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Congressman sounds the alarm on China: ‘We’re sleepwalking through this competition’
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During four terms in Congress, South Dakota’s Dusty Johnson has emerged as a leading voice on American agricultural policy, U.S.-China relations and fiscal responsibility.
Often known as the «problem solver,» he recently sat down with Fox News Digital at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas to discuss his congressional career, his South Dakota gubernatorial bid and his future plans as his time in the U.S. House draws to a close.
Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., arrives for the House Republican Conference caucus meeting in the U.S. Capitol June 4, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Long respected for his detailed analysis of China policy, Johnson believes the United States is routinely underestimating the geopolitical and economic threat posed by Beijing.
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«I think the biggest mistake is that we’re basically sleepwalking through this competition. I mean, every day the leaders of China get up, and they try to figure out how to beat America, how to destabilize our country, how to get an advantage.
«And we’re, frankly, in this country spending more time fighting one another than we are trying to think about how to compete with the Chinese Communist Party.»
Johnson is the former leader of the Republican Main Street Caucus, a group of center-right Republicans focused on commonsense governance and pragmatism. He has approached his career aspiring to break the famed Washington gridlock.
However, recently Johnson lamented that «it’s a tough time to be normal,» observing that the loudest and angriest voices seem to be increasingly dominating the national conversation.
«Well … looking a little further than the New York primaries last week, where just an insane bunch of really out there democratic socialists beat some pretty liberal but still kind of mainstream American political thought Democrats, I just think you see that happening in both parties.

Darializa Avila Chevalier, U.S. Democratic House candidate for New York, speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Kings Theater in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 18, 2026, ahead of the state’s primary election June 23. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«Primary turnout is rarely great. Those who do turn out are generally the most interested in purity rather than in progress. And, so, when you’re trying to swim upstream, when you are trying to deliver a message of nuance and thoughtfulness, that sometimes doesn’t go over as well as just saying, ‘Let’s go fight.’»
Even as the GOP has controlled the White House and both chambers of Congress on several occasions over the past generation, it has been perennially unable to tackle the problem of balancing budgets and reducing the national debt.
Johnson argues that only a bipartisan approach has hope of offering a solution.
«Well, everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die,» he said. «I’ve certainly rolled out a number of plans that would have some pretty substantial reforms to our entitlement programs. I’m not looking to take away grandma’s Social Security or Medicare. But we simply are not going to restore solvency to those programs with a status quo approach.
«And, unfortunately, candidate Harris, candidate Biden, candidate Trump … they damn near swore on a stack of Bibles that they were not going to touch Social Security or Medicare. That approach guarantees failure.
«The other thing we have to acknowledge is one party’s not going to get this done. And I know that’s hard for Republicans to hear because so many Republican office holders have sold the American people a bill of goods that this can be done with one party alone. It cannot.
«The last time we made much-needed reform to Social Security in 1983, it took Democratic Speaker Tip O’Neill and Republican President Ronald Reagan to get it done. If we do not start thinking about avoiding fiscal calamity as a bipartisan problem, we will fail.»
Johnson entered the 2026 South Dakota GOP gubernatorial primary as the frontrunner but ended up placing third in a tight race behind real estate executive Toby Doeden and incumbent Gov. Larry Rhoden.

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks with the press during Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s Returning Education to the States tour April 8, 2026, at McCrossan Boys Ranch in Sioux Falls, S.D. (Samantha Laurey/Argus Leader/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
He acknowledges that a congressional pedigree, once seen as a boost in a bid for a higher office, now appears to be something of an albatross.
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«Well, I think an absolute onslaught of negative ads the last three or four weeks against me, they really worked. Told people I was a career politician, that I was a RINO, that I was a liberal, and we saw in the polling that that was resonating. Those ads worked so well because they tapped into kind of the spirit of the times.
«I have 13 of my colleagues in Congress who have lost their races for governor or senator. Normally, running as a House member, that gives you a bit of an advantage if you’re running for a different office. That’s no longer the case. People are fed up with Washington, D.C. And that clearly is a drag on my many colleagues like me who’ve lost their races.»
Despite the outcome of the crowded primary, Johnson looks to his future plans with optimism, not bitterness, and pledges that his work is not yet finished, citing previous success in the business and non-profit sectors.

Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., in the Cannon tunnel during the last votes of the week Feb. 15, 2024. (Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
«Well, I don’t know yet. Of course, I’ve got to spend most of my time focused on my day job, which is being South Dakota’s only voice in the U.S. House of Representatives. I’ll do that until January, but listen, I know you can lead a life of consequence.
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«You can make a better society in business. I’ve done that before. In the nonprofit sector, in lesser elected office or government office. So, I don’t really know yet, but I do know that I’m surely not ready to retire. I’m 50, but I feel like a real young 50, and I’m still filled with plenty of piss and vinegar. Let’s go get it done.»
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Un cohete cayó en la Luna: la NASA y SpaceX esperan la luz solar para confirmar el impacto
Esta madrugada se esperaba que un fragmento de cuatro toneladas del cohete Falcon 9 de SpaceX impactó la superficie lunar a 8700 kilómetros por hora, aunque todavía no hay confirmación oficial.
El objeto, equivalente en tamaño a un edificio, era la segunda etapa del cohete Falcon 9 que lanzó el 15 de enero de 2025, el módulo lunar Blue Ghost de Firefly Aerospace (Texas) y Resilience de Ispace (Tokio). Blue Ghost logró un alunizaje exitoso en marzo de 2025, mientras que Resilience no aterrizó de forma segura.
Ahora, tanto la NASA y la comunidad astronómica mundial buscan comprobar el choque que según sus cálculos sucedió a las las 6:35 GMT (3:35 hora Argentina, 1:35 hora de Colombia y Perú y 00.35 de México). El impacto tuvo lugar en la cara visible de la Luna, pero cerca del límite entre el día y la noche, lo que dificultó la visión en vivo.
“Lo que ha sucedido es, esencialmente, que una combinación de actividad solar y fuerzas gravitatorias la han puesto en una trayectoria hacia la Luna”, señaló Julianna Scheiman, directora de los programas científicos de la NASA y Dragon de SpaceX, al explicar que la pieza espacial no tenía combustible ni para regresar a la Tierra y desintegrarse en la atmósfera ni para escapar al espacio exterior fuera de la influencia gravitatoria de ambos cuerpos celestes.
Los cálculos anticipaban un choque en la región cercana a los bordes visibles del satélite. La velocidad y la masa del objeto permitieron a los científicos predecir un cráter de aproximadamente 18 metros de ancho y cuatro de profundidad, acompañado por una columna de regolito y escombros que se extendería varios kilómetros.
Sin embargo, aunque la luz solar debía iluminar la pluma de polvo, la propia ubicación y las condiciones lumínicas dificultaron la captura directa del fenómeno desde nuestro planeta.

La expectativa en la comunidad científica es alta. Equipos de astrónomos profesionales y aficionados organizaron campañas de observación utilizando telescopios y cámaras de alta sensibilidad, con la esperanza de registrar el destello inicial del impacto y la evolución de la nube de material eyectado. Pero el choque ocurrió en una región compleja para la observación terrestre.
La Luna, sin atmósfera ni viento, conserva durante milenios las marcas de cada intervención humana, lo que vuelve crucial la documentación fotográfica y científica de estos eventos.
“Esto puede tener cierto interés científico, probablemente menor, y podemos aprender algunas cosas de ello”, reconoció Bill Gray, creador de un software utilizado para rastreo astronómico. La NASA confirmó que buscará oportunidades para obtener imágenes del lugar antes y después del impacto, tarea que recae también en los satélites que orbitan la Luna.

El orbitador surcoreano Danuri y el Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) de la NASA fueron programados para tomar registros detallados, con el objetivo de analizar la formación del cráter y la dispersión del material superficial.
El doctor en astronomía Matt Bothwell de la Universidad de Cambridge explicó que los datos más valiosos surgirán cuando “un satélite orbital lunar pase por el lugar del impacto” y se logren comparar imágenes previas y posteriores a la colisión. Según Bothwell, “la gran recompensa por el impacto del cohete de SpaceX contra la Luna se verá en aproximadamente una semana”.
Hasta el momento, ninguna imagen en tiempo real pudo confirmar visualmente la colisión, lo que desafía la inmediatez habitual en la divulgación científica y obliga a confiar en la precisión de los instrumentos automáticos y en los registros indirectos.

La ausencia de imágenes en vivo no reduce la relevancia del experimento. El Falcon 9, lanzado con el propósito de impulsar módulos lunares, agotó su combustible y, al no poder maniobrar, se integró a la lista de desechos espaciales que circulan entre la Tierra y la Luna. La segunda etapa del cohete, al contrario de lo que ocurre con lanzamientos a órbita baja que regresan a la atmósfera y se desintegran, quedó a la deriva. Solo cuando la actividad solar y las fuerzas gravitatorias alteraron su curso, se confirmó una trayectoria de impacto lunar.
La NASA detalló que el análisis del cráter y del material expulsado permitirá “comprender mejor los impactos artificiales y sus implicaciones para la exploración espacial”. El portavoz de la agencia, Jimi Russell, precisó que “el impacto no supone ningún peligro para la Tierra y los científicos de la NASA planean recopilar datos lunares del suceso y perfeccionar las técnicas para rastrear objetos en el espacio”.
La información recolectada ayudará a mejorar los modelos que describen la formación de cráteres, el comportamiento del regolito y la dispersión de polvo, factores clave para planificar futuras misiones tripuladas y proteger equipamiento e infraestructura en la superficie lunar.

El impacto del Falcon 9 fue seguido con atención por la comunidad internacional, no solo por su valor como experimento controlado, sino por el debate que despierta sobre la acumulación de basura espacial y la gobernanza del entorno lunar. La colisión, aunque no representa un peligro inmediato, ilustra cómo la exploración y el uso comercial del espacio generan nuevos desafíos para la administración responsable de los cuerpos celestes.
El evento fue posible solo porque los astrónomos lograron, este año, rastrear la trayectoria de la etapa superior del cohete y confirmar que terminaría en la Luna. Este nivel de seguimiento, aún incipiente para la mayoría de los objetos espaciales, resulta fundamental para evitar colisiones no planificadas y para anticipar los riesgos que enfrenta la infraestructura científica y humana en el satélite.
A diferencia de los impactos naturales de meteoritos, donde las variables suelen ser inciertas, la colisión del Falcon 9 ofrece a los científicos información exacta sobre el peso, la velocidad y el ángulo de entrada. Todo ello permite ajustar modelos informáticos y obtener parámetros precisos sobre el brillo del impacto, la forma y el tamaño del cráter y la cantidad de regolito desplazado.

(NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University)
Las simulaciones previas estimaban un cráter de 20 metros de diámetro y una pluma de polvo elevándose varios kilómetros. Parte de ese material volvería a la superficie en segundos, pero algunos fragmentos más ligeros podrían permanecer suspendidos durante minutos, iluminados por la luz solar, aunque fuera del alcance de la vista humana sin equipamiento especializado.
El interés de la comunidad astronómica por el evento no se limita a su carácter científico. El Dr. Bothwell lo describió como “un pequeño y curioso experimento en la Luna”, pero advirtió que el espacio “se está llenando cada vez más de basura espacial: objetos fabricados por el hombre que orbitan alrededor de la Tierra”.
La preocupación por la acumulación de desechos es compartida por expertos y agencias: “Dentro de unas décadas, podría ser muy difícil superar la órbita terrestre debido a la gran cantidad de objetos en el espacio. Se trata de basura espacial, y sin duda deberíamos preocuparnos por ello”, subrayó Bothwell.

– EFE/EPA/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH
La gestión de estos residuos, que ya circulan en gran número alrededor de la Tierra y la Luna, exige coordinación internacional. El control y rastreo de etapas de cohetes y otros fragmentos se vuelve urgente ante el incremento de misiones comerciales y científicas.
La posibilidad de que un accidente afecte experimentos, equipos o incluso bases lunares en el futuro realza la importancia de perfeccionar las técnicas de monitoreo y de diseñar rutas seguras de eliminación para misiones de alta energía.
El estudio de este impacto artificial servirá para perfeccionar las herramientas de observación y las estrategias de protección, a medida que la exploración lunar avance hacia una presencia humana más sostenida.
En este contexto, la colaboración global y la transparencia en la gestión de información serán esenciales para preservar tanto el valor científico como el patrimonio cultural y ambiental de la Luna.
La colisión del Falcon 9 inaugura una etapa donde la ciencia, la tecnología y la diplomacia deben avanzar juntas. El desafío será garantizar que el progreso en la exploración lunar no comprometa la seguridad de futuras misiones ni el legado que la humanidad deja en su único satélite natural.
Mientras la comunidad espera los registros de los satélites y la llegada de imágenes claras del cráter, el episodio deja una lección: cada nueva huella en la Luna es indeleble y cada intervención abre preguntas que trascienden la ciencia, involucrando ética, derecho y cooperación internacional.
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WATCH: Smithsonian director admits she sees history as ‘tool’ of ‘social justice’ in resurfaced 2025 clip
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After an explosive series of congressional hearings on alleged woke «ideological capture» at the Smithsonian, a resurfaced video of a presentation by National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig shows her calling «history as a practice» a «prime tool of social justice.»
In a series of July hearings on Capitol Hill, Hartig defended the Smithsonian’s record of objectivity and nonpartisanship. However, in a resurfaced presentation to University of California, Los Angeles students in February 2025, Hartig described «a number of ways in which your National Museum of American History is taking an equity-based, justice forward, community driven and necessarily humble approach to public history and to service.»
Later in her presentation, Hartig asserted that the «United States’ long and violent racial history continues to be present in our reckoning, if you will.»
She said that «redress in the form of reparation, of course, goes beyond acknowledgement of wrongdoing; it should leverage responsibility, it should think about the act of correction, as we pursue restorative justice and, for us [on the call], restorative justice through history.»
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From left, Anthea Hartig, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, Mike Gonzalez, Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum Senior Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, and Matthew Spalding, professor in constitutional government and dean of Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Government, testify during the House Oversight and Government Reform Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee hearing titled «Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past,» in Rayburn building on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
During her testimony on Capitol Hill last month, Hartig stated: «Our work is governed by the Smithsonian standards of scholarship, accuracy, independence and nonpartisanship.» She said, «the museum does not take sides in America’s political debates,» but instead, «We preserve and document the evidence of American life in all of its breadth, so that the public can encounter the past and draw their own conclusions.»
However, in her presentation to UCLA, she asserted that «history as a practice … is for me a prime tool of social justice.»
Hartig began her talk with a land acknowledgement and a slide showing a picture of an American flag defaced with words that appeared to read «Defund the Police.» Her caption said the photo was from a Black Lives Matter protest in Washington, D.C., in 2020. Another photo Hartig showed later in the presentation depicted a protester holding a sign that read, «America loving you is complicated.»
She remarked that the museum opened in 1964 as «this kind of Cold War, you know, ‘We’re going to be the best and most technologically advanced country in the nation, and we’re going to show everyone how we did that’ … We clearly have moved away from that.»
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is being called out for being «ideologically captured» and presenting woke revisionist history on the weekend of America’s 250th birthday. (Kevin Carter)
Instead, Hartig highlighted what she called the museum’s «bold new vision» to become the «most accessible, inclusive, relevant, and sustainable public history institution in the country.» This, the vision states, will allow the museum to «serve an audience that reflects the full racial, class, gender, ethnic, and geographic demographics of the United States.»
To this end, Hartig said the museum «joined a very collaborative Smithsonian-wide collecting effort around Black Lives Matter … to document and preserve and share objects focused on Black Lives Matter to show the history of the movement starting in 2012.»
She shared a picture of protest signs outside the White House from the summer of 2020 and spoke highly of «these phenomenal, ephemeral statements, signs … expressing that kind of very heartfelt and incredibly poignant [message].»
Hartig also praised an anti-ICE organization called «Tsuru for Solidarity» as a «truly remarkable group,» highlighting its collaboration with the Black Lives Matter movement.
According to its website, Tsuru for Solidarity is a «nonviolent, direct action project of Japanese American social justice advocates and allies working to end detention sites and support directly impacted immigrant and refugee communities that are being targeted by racist, inhumane immigration policies.» Its website also states, «We stand on the moral authority of Japanese Americans who suffered the atrocities and legacy of U.S. concentration camps during WWII and we say, ‘Stop Repeating History!’»
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Activists burn a U.S. flag at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House July 4, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Besides the Black Lives Matter initiative, Hartig said the museum is pursuing a «proactive multilingual strategy to support language justice.»
She explained that «the idea, of course, [is] that everyone has the right to communicate in the language in which they feel most comfortable to be understood and to understand.»
To this end, she said that since the fall of 2019, «all exhibitions and signage and digital projects will be at least bilingual in English and Spanish and a number of them in more languages depending on the project and communities of origin.»
Hartig asserted, «We’re under attack for speaking complicated truths» and urged students to «raise your voices and speak them together.»
She said, «It continues to grow resolute in my mind, [history] is the key that unlocks the mysteries of humanity, of meaning, of place, of conquest, of love, power, authority and self.»
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«We are tellers of stories and seekers of truths, hopefully embracers of nuance, ambassadors of empathy and defenders of inalienable rights,» she said.
Fox News Digital reached out to the National Museum of American History, the Smithsonian Institution, Black Lives Matter and Tsuru for Solidarity for comment.
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