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milestogo

(22,205 posts) Thu Nov 6, 2025, 12:18 PM Nov 6

Sean Duffy does not inspire confidence. [View all]

Decreasing the number of flights before the holidays is catastrophic. So is having too few air traffic controllers.

This country is getting shit on by Republicans who refuse to end the shutdown. Fuck them all.

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Sean Duffy does not inspire confidence. [View all] milestogo Nov 6 OP

Hoping my good neighbor makes it home in a week. He'd hate being stuck in WI all winter if air traffic controllers strike Attilatheblond Nov 6 #1

People will have to rent cars and drive home. Irish_Dem Nov 6 #4

People in their late 70s and 80s generally don't have that option. Attilatheblond Nov 6 #12

They have a number of choices. Irish_Dem Nov 6 #13

Waiting it out will by my neighbor's choice. Attilatheblond Nov 6 #14

Where is he stranded in WI? Irish_Dem Nov 6 #15

Not stranded yet, but he has a while to go before he heads home to AZ. Flies Milwaukee to Denver then to AZ Attilatheblond Nov 6 #17

Since he has family housing he will be fine on that score. Irish_Dem Nov 6 #18

LOL, he's second from youngest and he's pushing 80 None of them will be driving to AZ Attilatheblond Nov 6 #19

No other family near by? Irish_Dem Nov 6 #20

Jobs and kids in school Attilatheblond Nov 6 #21

One advantage to coming from a big family. Irish_Dem Nov 6 #22

LOL His IS a big family, but several have died and siblings' younger 'kids' are housebound with jobs/children Attilatheblond Nov 6 #23

Did you see THE TERMINAL with Tom Hanks? Irish_Dem Nov 6 #24

The goal is to make Americans and the world distrust the US government. Irish_Dem Nov 6 #2

To make the government appear incompetent and impotent LastDemocratInSC Nov 6 #5

Yes, and more: to get Americans to distrust all information Bernardo de La Paz Nov 6 #6

Today being cynical is not propaganda. Irish_Dem Nov 6 #7

There is cynicism and there is default reflex cynicism. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 6 #10

Hannah Arendt, who self-deported from Nazi Germany Bernardo de La Paz Nov 6 #11

People living in Canada like yourself have no idea what it is like to live in the US right now. Irish_Dem Nov 6 #8

I do. I lived in the US for decades during Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Shrub Bush, and Obama. I know how things work and feel Bernardo de La Paz Nov 6 #9

Flying to Dallas on the 13th for a wedding on the 15th. redwitch Nov 6 #3

I have a family member who works for the TSA progressoid Nov 6 #16