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The FAA’s much-hyped hiring push has attracted thousands of air traffic controller applicants, but now the agency does not have enough qualified instructors to train new recruits.
FAA’s ‘Hiring Supercharge’ Hits A Bottleneck—Not Enough Instructors To Train New Air Traffic Recruits
The FAA’s much-hyped hiring push has attracted thousands of air traffic controller applicants, but now the agency does not have enough qualified instructors to train new recruits.
www.forbes.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The FAA’s much-hyped hiring push has attracted thousands of air traffic controller applicants, but now the agency does not have enough qualified instructors to train new recruits.
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This is a terrifying but unfortunately realistic description of how well coordinated and effective the demolition of law-based democratic institutions and norms has been — and how far from an effective counterforce the fragmented and disjointed resistance has mounted
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Most Fateful Teardown Is Happening Now
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This is a terrifying but unfortunately realistic description of how well coordinated and effective the demolition of law-based democratic institutions and norms has been — and how far from an effective counterforce the fragmented and disjointed resistance has mounted
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
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Joy! 😱❤️
Video credit: itsjuliencohen
Description: "11 and 8-year-old prodigy sisters played Vivaldi Winter with me"
This is serious musical talent 🎻🎻🎹🎶🎵
#VivaldiWinter #Song #music #Piano #Violin #Instruments #Instrumental
Description: "11 and 8-year-old prodigy sisters played Vivaldi Winter with me"
This is serious musical talent 🎻🎻🎹🎶🎵
#VivaldiWinter #Song #music #Piano #Violin #Instruments #Instrumental
September 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Joy! 😱❤️
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Complex government spending doesn’t have to be confusing. Seriously. That’s why we created this interactive(!) Sankey — so you can track every dollar of the federal budget.
p.s. The taller the segment, the bigger the cash flow. #DataViz
usafacts.org/government-s...
p.s. The taller the segment, the bigger the cash flow. #DataViz
usafacts.org/government-s...
US government finance statistics, charts, and trends | USAFacts
Get data-driven insights into how governmental revenue and spending affect American lives and programs. Get insight into Congressional and judicial decisions, programs like Medicare, Social Security, ...
usafacts.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Complex government spending doesn’t have to be confusing. Seriously. That’s why we created this interactive(!) Sankey — so you can track every dollar of the federal budget.
p.s. The taller the segment, the bigger the cash flow. #DataViz
usafacts.org/government-s...
p.s. The taller the segment, the bigger the cash flow. #DataViz
usafacts.org/government-s...
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Always great when the … {checks notes} … White House and Pentagon are taking shots at each other in the press
July 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Always great when the … {checks notes} … White House and Pentagon are taking shots at each other in the press
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Los Angeles residents were outraged after dozens of federal agents marched through MacArthur Park, in one of the city’s most immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. Homeland Security officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. trib.al/JYW5IsU
July 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Los Angeles residents were outraged after dozens of federal agents marched through MacArthur Park, in one of the city’s most immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. Homeland Security officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. trib.al/JYW5IsU
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"Should the President have the power to revoke the citizenship of naturalized citizens?"
No: 70%
Yes: 25%
Data For Progress / July 4, 2025
No: 70%
Yes: 25%
Data For Progress / July 4, 2025
July 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Should the President have the power to revoke the citizenship of naturalized citizens?"
No: 70%
Yes: 25%
Data For Progress / July 4, 2025
No: 70%
Yes: 25%
Data For Progress / July 4, 2025
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ICE is going to get someone killed.
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
July 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
ICE is going to get someone killed.
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
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Ringo Starr performs The Beatles' "I Call Your Name" in 1990. This was a tribute to John Lennon's 50th & I wish he'd do more stuff like this.
His band is Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh & Jim Keltner.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEKn...
His band is Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh & Jim Keltner.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEKn...
Ringo Starr, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne - I Call Your Name
YouTube video by Natalia Moreira
www.youtube.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Ringo Starr performs The Beatles' "I Call Your Name" in 1990. This was a tribute to John Lennon's 50th & I wish he'd do more stuff like this.
His band is Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh & Jim Keltner.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEKn...
His band is Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh & Jim Keltner.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEKn...
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Guys, guys. Knock it off. Stay focused. EPSTEIN!!
July 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Guys, guys. Knock it off. Stay focused. EPSTEIN!!
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I just saw that the department of ag secretary say that the regime is deporting undocumented farm workers and will replace them with “able-bodied” people on Medicaid…
July 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I just saw that the department of ag secretary say that the regime is deporting undocumented farm workers and will replace them with “able-bodied” people on Medicaid…
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Your Medicaid is cut. Your health insurance is not safe. Your tips are still taxed. You pay the tariffs. There’s no trade deals. No wars have ended. Gas isn’t $2. Eggs aren’t cheaper. There isn’t $10 trillion in investment. The Epstein files are buried.
It’s. All. Lies.
All the time.
It’s. All. Lies.
All the time.
July 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Your Medicaid is cut. Your health insurance is not safe. Your tips are still taxed. You pay the tariffs. There’s no trade deals. No wars have ended. Gas isn’t $2. Eggs aren’t cheaper. There isn’t $10 trillion in investment. The Epstein files are buried.
It’s. All. Lies.
All the time.
It’s. All. Lies.
All the time.
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Undocumented builders face unchecked exploitation amid Trump raids: ‘It’s more work, less pay’ https://twp.ai/4io83g
www.theguardian.com
Undocumented builders face unchecked exploitation amid Trump raids: ‘It’s more work, less pay’
twp.ai
July 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Undocumented builders face unchecked exploitation amid Trump raids: ‘It’s more work, less pay’ https://twp.ai/4io83g
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Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
July 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
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BREAKING: The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban. The court’s liberal majority ruled 4-3 on Wednesday that the ban is no longer valid because newer abortion restrictions superseded it.
bit.ly
July 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
BREAKING: The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
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As USAID stops foreign aid, Rubio says future US assistance will be limited reut.rs/4nuadDK
As USAID stops foreign aid, Rubio says future US assistance will be limited
The U.S. Agency for International Development will on Tuesday officially stop implementing foreign aid, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, adding that America's assistance in the future will be targeted and limited.
reut.rs
July 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As USAID stops foreign aid, Rubio says future US assistance will be limited reut.rs/4nuadDK
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LEVER TIME: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on why Republicans are right now frantically rushing to pass their tax cut bill before the public discovers what's in the bill - and how it particularly harms the working-class Trump voters who gave Trump the presidency.
LeverTimePod.com
LeverTimePod.com
Why Is Trump Rushing To Pass The Tax Cut Bill?
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro explains what Republicans don’t want you to know about their legislation — and how it “screws over the people who voted for this president.”
www.levernews.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
LEVER TIME: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on why Republicans are right now frantically rushing to pass their tax cut bill before the public discovers what's in the bill - and how it particularly harms the working-class Trump voters who gave Trump the presidency.
LeverTimePod.com
LeverTimePod.com
In 1935 (with a top tax of 79%) FDR signed social security, unemployment insurance, workers comp & beginning food programs. In 1965 LBJ signed Medicare & Medicaid, with a top tax of 70%
The current top tax rate 37% (permanent in the BBB) @ $626,350/year
~$20,740/year qualifies for Medicaid
The current top tax rate 37% (permanent in the BBB) @ $626,350/year
~$20,740/year qualifies for Medicaid
U.S.is
July 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
In 1935 (with a top tax of 79%) FDR signed social security, unemployment insurance, workers comp & beginning food programs. In 1965 LBJ signed Medicare & Medicaid, with a top tax of 70%
The current top tax rate 37% (permanent in the BBB) @ $626,350/year
~$20,740/year qualifies for Medicaid
The current top tax rate 37% (permanent in the BBB) @ $626,350/year
~$20,740/year qualifies for Medicaid
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