Brad DiFiore

I will never forget that the week Qatar decided to bribe the president of the United States with a plane, CNN decided to focus on the age and health of an ex-president.

Shame.

Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S. The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

Why are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:

“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

If they suspend Habeas Corpus, it won't just be for "migrants" or "illegals" or "criminals." If they suspend Habeas Corpus it will be for you and me and whomever this regime decides is unfit, undesirable, and a threat or a problem. This is how it works. This is how it's always worked.

Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.

Here’s a video of Bernie Sanders 21 years ago explaining how the Republicans win even though no one likes their policies.

How Republicans split and divide and win.

#MomSky
#Voices4Victory

Only if you are talking about my dad, my grandpa, or my great-grandfather. 🤣

She’s trying to save her state from economic collapse. I don’t think she’s as concerned about her personal political prospects as she is about Michigan.

Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal

If this doesn't feel like fascism to you because things are still mostly normal at work and school and the vacation is still planned, congratulations you've just learned what fascism is like.

It is insidious. It will initially target only the most vulnerable — people who probably aren't like you.

Republicans inherited one of the strongest stock markets in history and in 1 month they've fucked it all up.

This likely confirms that the decision to arrest him was made at the highest levels of government, a terrifying return to the policies of ideological exclusion last seen used during the heights of the Cold War. A very, very worrying precedent at the start of this government.

Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted

The Pentagon has abruptly scrapped its entire social science research program.
The decision “is short-sighted and harmful to U.S. national security,” @jaylyall.bsky.social told me. It “suggests they don’t care about better understanding threats the U.S. faces,” says @busbyj2.bsky.social.

Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...

Delta announces new nonstop flights to Morocco, Ghana and Cancun - The Points Guy Delta Air Lines is making big plans next winter, with nonstop service to Marrakech, Morroco; Accra, Ghana; and Cancun, Mexico.

3 new Delta routes coming later in 2025:

Atlanta-Accra: daily on an A330-900 from Dec. 1

Atlanta-Marrakech: 3x weekly on a 767-400ER from Oct. 25

Austin-Cancun: daily on an A320

via @seancudahy.bsky.social

This hits hard…

“Then she was fired by a Fox News weekend host.”

You know what else hits hard? The fact that voters thought it was a good idea to hire a reality show host/bankrupt businessman as President of the United States.

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I honestly do not know how to convey to people not in aviation that two things can be true:

1. The recent accidents in DC, PA, AK, AZ and now Toronto have nothing in common; and

2. Firings at the FAA & NWS will negatively impact flight safety in the future.

Meet me on the terrace The return of outdoor patios at U.S. airports

“I love the idea of being able to go outside and be a part of what’s happening on the tarmac,” said Thom Filicia in 2013.

So do many travelers. In the years since, American airports have begun, if not clamoring for, actively including consideration of outdoor airside spaces in a myriad of projects.

RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

Excellent post

The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good.

Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.

Though I love the podcast and greatly enjoyed the episode, I have a tiny bone to pick with @theairshowpodcast.com's claim that the Airbus A321XLR, if not revolutionary, will “just” be a Boeing 757 replacement.

The 321XLR is STILL NOT a 757 replacement. Here’s why, plus my 757-illustrated analysis 🧵

No, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and Ignorance In the wake of the election results, one of the most common media postmortems has been the Democratic Party’s supposed failure to reach those Americans who they were unable to persuade over the course...

Louder for the *Legacy pundit class, and OG Dem Consultants,* please: “This election result isn’t about policy or platform, it’s about racism, misogyny, lack of education—and a Right-wing media machine that caters to those realities.” via John Pavolitz johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...

Congratulations to the ATL team!

With homelessness at a record high and an astonishing *11.4 million* poor renter households now classified as "severely cost-burdened," it’s hard to overstate how catastrophic Trump’s pick to run HUD could be.

Thanks for coming.

The United States has oligarchs now.
Not merely rich people with more personal influence on politics than poorer people have, but a few extremely rich people closely connected to the national leader who act in government-like roles despite never being elected or nominated to any official position.

Encouraging. 😩