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Don't worry, he'll just tariff physics until it agrees to not allow any airline crashes anymore.

In all seriousness, this showcases why cutting government is not really a good idea - American air traffic controllers are overworked and understaffed because they are federal employees, which means their numbers haven't gone up in 40 years even though there are way more planes in the sky. There was a staffing issue at the airport the night previous and well...this is what happens.

DEI encourages people to hire more broadly, increasing the pool of hires available. It is a solution to staffing issues, not a cause. But hey, Trump probably doesn't even know what the E stands for.
 
MrKnickerbocker said:
January 20: FAA director fired
January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring freeze
January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

And then has the audacity to blame DEI while families are mourning.

I hate this man with every bone in my body.
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Just you wait. Biden is somehow personally responsible for this.
 
MrKnickerbocker said:
January 20: FAA director fired
January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring freeze
January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

And then has the audacity to blame DEI while families are mourning.

I hate this man with every bone in my body.
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Thanks Trump voters!
 
A president holding a PC hours after a tragic accident, already trying to blame different people before the NTSB has even had time to talk to the Air Traffic Controllers. But hey, this is what the majority of US voters wanted. Congratulations.

Blaming DEI ... does he know what it takes to work in ATC? If your only asset is belonging to a minority, you will not be able to pass the tests and complete the courses. It is quite possible that Trumpolini, projecting as always, thinks that ATC staff are hired based on who the employers like or that corruption is involved - rather than employing those who are qualified. But that says more about him than about US air traffic controllers.
 
Dr. Eddies Wingman said:
A president holding a PC hours after a tragic accident, already trying to blame different people before the NTSB has even had time to talk to the Air Traffic Controllers. But hey, this is what the majority of US voters wanted. Congratulations.

Blaming DEI ... does he know what it takes to work in ATC? If your only asset is belonging to a minority, you will not be able to pass the tests and complete the courses. It is quite possible that Trumpolini, projecting as always, thinks that ATC staff are hired based on who the employers like or that corruption is involved - rather than employing those who are qualified. But that says more about him than about US air traffic controllers.
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I think it's a case of they've been told the helicopter pilots name and it's an ethnic minority, because I can't believe they'd have gone in as hard as they did blaming DEI and "incompetence" if it turns out the pilot's name was Chad Hogan or something.
 
The latest updates from Fucknut Supreme:


Trump has defended his decision to give pardons and commutations to all of the defendants charged in connection with the violent Jan. 6 attack, by suggesting that evaluating all of the cases individually would have been too difficult.

"It would be very, very cumbersome to go and look – you know how many people we're talking about? 1,500 people," Trump told Fox News earlier this month.
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It would be cumbersome to review 1,500 cases? WTF do you think the system is for you piece of shit?!
 
Dr. Eddies Wingman said:
A president holding a PC hours after a tragic accident, already trying to blame different people before the NTSB has even had time to talk to the Air Traffic Controllers. But hey, this is what the majority of US voters wanted. Congratulations.

Blaming DEI ... does he know what it takes to work in ATC? If your only asset is belonging to a minority, you will not be able to pass the tests and complete the courses. It is quite possible that Trumpolini, projecting as always, thinks that ATC staff are hired based on who the employers like or that corruption is involved - rather than employing those who are qualified. But that says more about him than about US air traffic controllers.
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And another deadly plane crash last night.

I'm sure that's all just coincidence, it must be those darn woke trans air traffic controllers suddenly becoming incompetent out of spite.
 
Vaenyr said:
I'm not a religious person, but you'd think Evangelicals, who like to see signs in every little thing, would start attributing all the recent catastrophes as signs of God's displeasure.
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The moral bankruptcy of the Evangelical community has been on display for awhile. It ceased being a religious movement en masse a long time ago, and has been a political one since at least the 80s. That's not to say every Evangelical Christian is dishonest, but the overall leadership cares more about political advancement than any level of integrity.
 
Trump seems to think that all he has to do is say something and that will magically make it true in everyone else's reality. In other words, he has a god complex :(
 
www.nytimes.com

Trump Officials Release Water in California That Experts Say Will Serve Little Use

Local officials and experts said the water the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began sending downstream on Friday could have been helpful to farmers later this year. President Trump, in an apparent reference to the move, called it a “victory.”
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

It infuriates me that the headline is "experts say the water won't help" when what it should say is "idiot president wastes water because he doesn't understand water flows downhill".
 
LooseCannon said:
The moral bankruptcy of the Evangelical community has been on display for awhile. It ceased being a religious movement en masse a long time ago, and has been a political one since at least the 80s. That's not to say every Evangelical Christian is dishonest, but the overall leadership cares more about political advancement than any level of integrity.
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Speaking as someone who is a pastor in a college-focused ministry, the Trump idolatry in churches is really frustrating and discouraging.

So much of what Trumpism stands for is directly counter to the teachings of Jesus. But because he pays the vaguest lip service to "protecting Christian values" (a more accurate description would be hurting people they don't like), so many people just accept it uncritically. Cruelty and hate are becoming "Christian values" in the Trump world.

I honestly don't know what to even do about it. I'm doing what little I can to point people away from the hate though.
 
Yeah, while I am no Christian, there are many out there who are good people and try to do good things. The Evangelical movement has always been concerning politically, but the level of moral bankruptcy that has been made evident by the movement's full throated adoption of MAGA is frightening.
 
Iron Brody said:
So much of what Trumpism stands for is directly counter to the teachings of Jesus. But because he pays the vaguest lip service to "protecting Christian values" (a more accurate description would be hurting people they don't like), so many people just accept it uncritically. Cruelty and hate are becoming "Christian values" in the Trump world.
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Isn't that right-wing Evangelicalism in a nutshell?
 
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