Democrats won. Now the fun begins.
- He barely holds half the caucus?
- Why are Democrats fighting?
- Thirty presidential hopefuls?
Will Rogers had a point.
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While PatD battles Microsoft, here’s her morning toons…
Microsoft pushed through changes on Wednesday. Shortly after that I started wondering if, or when, we would see another off schedule update to fix it. On my machines I noticed very slow response along with no response on the intertube queries. I did a few things to try speeding up my machines, it was not on the user end, it turned out to be on the MS end. AND, it affected almost everything on the internets. Everything is interconnected enough today that one piece, like MS, goes down it all goes down. Years ago MS would go down and the rest of the internets continued functioning. Not anymore. The ripple effect will go on for a while, the the peal of a bell.
I finally had enough with Outlook recently and switched to a free alternative from the fine folks at Firefox. I feel like I do about my miraculous hip replacement: why didn’t I do that years ago. It’s not as pretty or feature-rich as Outlook but a much lighter load on your computer’s resources, and after a couple of months it hasn’t glitched out even once.
Find it at Thunderbird
MOZILLA ABOUT PAGE: “Thunderbird is a free and open-source software project founded in 2003 to make communicating and collaborating better. We are supported by the talent and generosity of thousands of individuals and part of the Mozilla family. Essential values guide us and make our work relevant”.
I endorse Thunderbird as a good replacement for Outlook. It is constantly touched up and improved. I have been using it since it came out, at the time in Linux. It handles MS emails, Google emails, and most others. I use Office LIbre to replace Office 365/MS Office. The days of needing to know programming and system engineering to implant and use these applications is over.
Now a third affair is revealed against Huang of NVIDIA. Morning Joe contributors spend a whole hour in a tizzy about China getting closer to stealing American chips technologies.
The worst scandal in all of U. S. history? I didn’t know that.
Was she really a spy? Apparently maybe not.
This spy story is being twisted in so many ways how can we believe anything? Chip wars? The most critical issue in the history of mankind?
I have other fish to fry…tastier than AI chips.
Something a bit off the major news agenda that’s got me curious:
WHERE IS THE VENEZUELA LOOT GOING?
Astonishing. We extract $12 billion in Venezuelan oil wealth, redact the buyers who took it, and then dump the cash into a black box of foreign exchange auctions for unnamed “legal entities.”
Yesterday, the Treasury Department called releasing a redacted summary of a secret audit “transparency.” I call it looting with better paperwork. Until the Treasury publishes the actual ledgers and tells us exactly which corporate insiders and elites are pocketing that $11.7 billion, this is just a government-sponsored cover-up.
I have a few questions for the adults in the room:
BB, any chance this Microsoft mess might be dirty tricks by dastardly unknowns? too co-inky-dinky with the nvidia nonsense going on.
Craig, thanks.
describes most supposed “alpha males”
patd – I am pretty sure, and have not seen anything else, that this is what MS has done, along with some of the computer works that had replaced human engineers and staff. The Win11 implementation has been a disaster from the start. But, that is the front end, the user end. There is also the big enterprise end that inserts itself into a huge part of the intertubes. Win11 was supposed to be a “cloud” implementation of the operating system and everything you have on your computer. It was supposed to track every thing you do on your computer.
There was a saying we had way back when – there comes a time in the life of every project when you kill all the engineers and go into production. (the idea being that once in production the engineers won’t show up and put in changes)
Although it looks like the electron world is calming down it does not mean this will not happen again, and again, and again. The world is interconnected. I do not want my kitchen appliances and my washing machine and my doorbell talking in that world.
Huang now up to three women we know about? By now can’t we just assume if a man can’t keep his dick tucked and zipper up, it will be trouble we don’t need.
if there wasn’t a spy involved, i don’t see the problem
I tuned in Morning Joe to see what Scarborough has to say about Van Hollen challenging Schumer. It never came up, or maybe I missed it. That’s really weird, especially since Van Hollen broke the news on MSNOW last night, and you’d think the fledgling network would want to crow about their scoop. The Schumer challenge led on their morning competitors, even the Today Show. There’s got to be a backstory here. Any guesses? Why would Joe ignore this?
my Outlook is fine, full of fresh spam as usual
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TRUMP’S DEPORTATIONS STILL NOT BEATING OBAMA RECORD
Homeland Security put out deportation numbers yesterday, boasting higher stats than Biden’s. Funny how they left out of the press release what their own report also shows: 489,251 total DHS deportations in FY2009 under Obama. That’s actually higher than Trump’s 481,008 total for this year.
A telling difference between Van Hollen and Schumer: From the beginning in the Maine Senate race, Van Hollen sided against Schumer’s candidate, 78-year-old Gov. Janet Mills. He also backed Abdul from the start against Chuck’s pick, Haley Stevens.
https://dolly.u2.com/
U2 asking fans to help create Dolly’s video with them. This is the response when you sign up:
EVERY HEART IS TORN
You’re on the list. We’ll let you know how to take part once the tribute project goes live.
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https://www.newsweek.com/chuck-schumer-draws-progressive-fury-for-ice-funding-deal-with-trump-11443115
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer faced a wave of progressive backlash over a bipartisan bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security and avert a government shutdown.
Tensions reached a boiling point over recent weeks after federal officers fatally shot two American citizens, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti. Democrats have called for lawmakers to refuse to provide funding to ICE as Congress has considered a series of bills to fund the federal government.
Emma Vigeland, a co-host of The Majority Report, called Schumer a “fascist collaborator” in response to the deal.
*In case anyone forgot.
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/schumer-israel-aid
“I have many jobs as [Senate] leader… and one is to fight for aid to Israel — all the aid that Israel needs”
According to Jacob Kornbluh, who provided footage of the remarks while reporting for The Forward, Schumer told the audience that his support for Jewish security funding will only continue growing under his leadership, calling it his “baby.”
“As long as I’m in the Senate,” Schumer said, “this program will continue to grow from strength to strength, and we won’t let anyone attack it or undo it.”
*In case you didn’t know, that’s not one of the jobs of US Senate Minority Leader. Someone tell Chuck.
Do we think Van Hollen is the only one jumping in?
https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/business/commerce-depts-lutnick-kessler-under-fire-over-inaction-on-nvidias-megaspeed-spy-fiasco/
Commerce Dept’s Lutnick, Kessler under fire over inaction on Nvidia’s Megaspeed ‘spy’ fiasco
Howard Lutnick’s Commerce Department is facing major heat over its failure to crack down on Megaspeed – the Chinese AI firm at the center of the spy scandal that prompted Nvidia boss Jensen Huang’s shock resignation on Thursday.
Last year, officials learned that Megaspeed had imported 50,000 more chips than what Nvidia officials found at its Singapore-based data centers.
Lutnick and top aide Jeffrey Kessler, who oversees export controls as head of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, will certainly face congressional probes as both parties demand answers and a crackdown on AI export controls.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) – one of more than half a dozen GOP lawmakers to speak out – told Politico that Lutnick needs to explain his failure to address the problem “in front of God and country.” Elsewhere, Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent reportedly confronted Lutnick in the Situation Room for slow-walking the chip crackdown and not already naming Megaspeed an entity of concern.
“China’s getting access to very large numbers of chips. It’s very significant. I do think the blame for that is squarely on Kessler and ultimately Lutnick,” the ex-official added.
Senate Leadership Endorsements: Van Hollen vs. Schumer
Publicly-announced support only. No whiners or wafflers included:
Chris Van Hollen (4): UPDATE: PEGGY, SLOTKIN | Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who caucuses with Democrats.
Chuck Schumer (15): Sens. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.); Sen.-elect Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio); and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who caucuses with Democrats.
Needed to win: 29 (If Peltola wins Alaska).
These are public endorsements or stated commitments to support a candidate. The caucus vote itself — expected early next month — will be by secret ballot.
Sources:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club_(U.S._Senate)
The Fight Club is a left-wing populist faction of the Senate Democratic Caucus in the United States Senate. The Fight Club was founded to combat Democratic leadership and the establishment. The group is named after the movie, in reference to the “first rule of Fight Club” (to not talk publicly about the Fight Club), as their meetings were initially held in secret from leadership.
The Fight Club’s members include Senators Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Tina Smith of Minnesota, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.[1][2][3]
The Fight Club was created to fight back against the Democratic leadership and establishment, specifically Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Kirsten Gillibrand, who they believed were backing the wrong candidates and were using the wrong strategy to win the 2026 midterm elections.
Its first move was endorsing Peggy Flanagan in the 2026 United States Senate election in Minnesota…
Dolly U2 song is a bit of a downer, but I did sign up for the video project.
Yep our outlook is back up to snuff, at least on this end it appears so.
Huang – the other one is suspected of being a Chinese spy. Until that is proved to be false, his nuts and Lutnick need to be very concerned. It is difficult to overestimate the damage that the combined compromises, if borne out, could do too the US AI industry and our current competitive advantage in that technology. I don’t have any problem seeing Lutnick having deeper troubles than he can imagine as a result of his actions. Lets see that fucking Nvidia portfolio, Howie, oh, and so you don’t feel left out, Donnie, let’s see yours, too. Let me suggest a special prosecutor. Jack, you available? (A guy can dream, right?)
OK, this is blatant price manipulation of gasoline
I’m not falling for their little trick where they lowered it a little bit for the election to throw off suspicion
Craig – They are probably holding their tongues until there’s a vote. Why expose yourself to unwanted pressure/threats?
See previous post re: secretive Dem “fight club.”
Local news explained lower prices of gas as winter blend, and I am getting better mileage, again.
i’m reading winter blend is diluted with butane, why it’s cheaper- less gasoline
allegedly
only industry more crooked than the oil industry is the healthcare industry
Or maybe they are equally crooked in different ways
Butane is more volatile than gasoline. Meaning it will vaporize more readily in cold weather, thus letting you start your car. In hot weather it does this even faster causing other problems. Including things like summer smog.
Jack
I’m not sure why this winter blend/summer blend switch over has to be explained every spring and winter, It has only been going on most of my adult life.
Jack
But if you just need to be educated here is a good article from the AAA web site (Link)
Something more interesting than gas prices or internal democratic squabbles.
Team Trumps is in chaos as members are busy pointing the finger at other team members. Is this fallout from the election or just business as usual.
From Boomberg:
today’s meme…
Craig, This is what I was talking about during live in the way Chat gpt works as commentary. This was Merlin’s response to the idea of a third emerging party we discussed just this morning.
Folk Friday needs Trailmix on that coffee cup.
one more (cash) cow….
Today in the Diner…
Is JD Vance Dropping Out of the 2028 Presidential Race?
Chuck Schumer and Chris Van Hollen battle for Senate Majority Leader. Plus, JD Vance 2028 rumors and the Treasury’s redacted Venezuelan oil report.
The fight for Senate Majority Leader is officially out in the open. Chuck Schumer is sitting on a handful of endorsements, but Chris Van Hollen is making moves, scooping up support from newly minted figures like Elissa Slotkin. We are watching the whipping process play out in real time as the Democratic Party figures out who will lead the charge against the incoming administration. It takes 29 votes to win, and the math is going to get very messy, very fast.
Meanwhile, rumors are swirling that JD Vance is already having second thoughts about a 2028 presidential run following massive Republican losses. But the real scandal no one is talking about is the absolute looting of Venezuelan oil assets. We are looking at Treasury Department reports covered in redactions, no-bid contracts handed to Vance mega-donor John Addeson, and a banking trail that leads straight to Citibank. Harvard economist Ricardo Hausmann nailed it when he called it a union of two corrupt oligarchies.
We also dive into the bizarre chatter around the 25th Amendment, Stephen Miller dictating White House personnel without an official title, and the prospect of naming a Medicare for All bill Trump Care just to get it signed.
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00:00 Intro
02:40 Schumer vs Van Hollen Math
14:26 Stephen Miller Staffing Drama
24:26 JD Vance 2028 Rumors
26:20 25th Amendment Principal Officers
34:25 Elissa Slotkin Backs Van Hollen
45:15 Venezuelan Oil and Citibank
56:00 Vance Mega Donor John Addeson
57:50 Bernie Sanders Medicare For All
— Human directed and edited. Machine drafted (Gemini Pro).
Schumer’s Fight for Survival ➡️ Two more Senate Democrats endorsed Van Hollen during our podcast.
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Remember the tobacco industry’s total support for cigarettes and smoking?
They’re all like that, those big industries.
An interesting interview with Senator Mark Kelly. Articulate, smart and running for President, even though he claims he hasn’t decided.
good catch, Jamie. fixed that…
I’ve only found it on FB but it’s out there somewhere. It’s her response to Vance’s denigration of emergency rooms treating illegal ommigrants.
He doesn’t seem to know that Reagan signed a bill into law which made it illegal for emergency rooms to refuse treatment to ANYONE who comes to an emergency room.
“We are not like you.”
—Senator-Elect Dr Annie Andrews to JD Vance.
I’m assuming Kelly can fix this, but he had a big problem with unions in 2024. They nixed even putting him on Kamala’s short list for VP. He was once against their biggest issue, a bill to remove restrictions against labor organizing.
Bumper Sticker from the nice lady in Charleston.
WE ARE NOT LIKE YOU
here is live feed of that Democratic gathering in Denver…
Slotkin speaking now
For her presidential ambitions, would different hairstyle be in order? Something unserious about her look?
I’m just watching the speeches without sound in superficially judgemental mode. Another outer ring WH hopeful, Sen. Gallegos. The grunge look won’t cut it
they both look fine
Next up. More presidential. Nice suit and tie, but get a haircut that doesn’t say “I just got a haircut”
Van Hollen just took the stage
Hakeem shouted down in Denver:
More on the effort by Microsoft to drive people to Linux and Apple is on a WBAL article. They state it is a MS problem.
Bye Bye Boebert. Another flip.
Bye bye, Bo Bo. 😉
some kind of meme…
Are we underestimating the Nvidia story?
Washington has so many scandals swirling around this administration that it’s hard to tell what’s seismic and what’s just another drip in the bucket. Jensen Huang’s affair may look like tabloid material. The bigger question is whether it exposed a failure to protect technology the United States considers essential to its security.
That question already has bipartisan attention. Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott has asked Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has publicly blamed Lutnick’s department for failing to move against Megaspeed, the company at the center of the chip-export questions. Reuters reported on Scott’s request; CBS covered Bessent’s criticism.
We still don’t know whether Nvidia chips reached China through Megaspeed, or whether Nvidia or its executives broke the law. Those are the questions investigators need to answer. Democrats could widen the inquiries when they take control in January, but a flood of investigations is a forecast, not a fact. Congress can follow the evidence—or turn this into a wild-goose chase and help the administration wave it away.
Then there’s the pocketbook. Nvidia sits inside many index funds and retirement portfolios. A serious blow to the company could reach people who couldn’t pick Jensen Huang out of a lineup. An Iran crisis can hit your wallet at the gas pump. This story could reach it through your retirement account. Millions of Americans have that kind of exposure, Reuters reported.
That may be why this one feels different. Huang built an extraordinary American company and once looked like one of the good guys in the AI race. Now the scandal threatens to make even that story harder to believe. With this much at stake, maybe the real question is whether we’ve mistaken a seismic story for just one more drip.
Bronc.
Asha, one of the elephants at the Tennessee sanctuary.
Beautiful. It is so wonderful to see an elephant strolling through the woods and reaching down to grab a snack on the way.
Ten or fifeteen years ago, when my Mother was in her mid to late eighties I could not think of a gift for her. Then, tada, I had been donating to the African sanctuary for a while by then and I think ‘why not? Mom likes things like that.’ So I donated in her name. She likes it. A few months ago she asked me about it and I told her I continue donating in her name and she was happy.
Pog, yep, outlook back here too; but the critter within hasn’t fully recovered from Frigga triskaidekaphobia freakout.
pog, your senator and former Guv makes the news
from Daily Beast Rule-breaking Republican hit with historic censure
A Republican lawmaker has faced an unprecedented public rebuke from the Senate Ethics Committee after missing deadlines to report his personal finances, violating both federal law and chamber rules.
The historic slapdown targeted former billionaire Republican Senator Jim Justice of West Virginia in a rare letter of admonition released this week.
According to reporting from the Washington Sun, the citation marks a major milestone on Capitol Hill. “It is the first time since the passage of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 that the committee has found a senator in violation of federal law for failure to report their finances by the legal deadline,” the outlet reported.
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Putin is upping his demands for the “peace”. Actually reverting back to December demands for NATO. Any chance Putin’s poodle will push back to save Ukraine? Or maybe the Alternate President Miller might do it?
also at https://wvpublic.org/story/government/justice-admonished-by-senate-ethics-committee/
Ha!
Democrats, gotta love em.
Yes, everyone is so focused on how many women a man cheated with on his wife that they are missing what has happened with the chips, and who will control things when this shakes out.
See my post about Lutnick/Dept. of Commerce from this morning, and last night’s Israel/Nvidia post.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/russia-not-in-a-position-to-make-security-demands-of-europe-latvia-pm-to-afp/ar-AA2hozAX
Russia ‘not in a position’ to make security demands of Europe: Latvia PM to AFP
“Europe is the military power. Europe is times bigger in military, times bigger in economy, and in leadership. So I think they are not in a position to really put on a table demands,” he told AFP after EU leaders met in Dublin.
“We should understand who is who, in size and capabilities,” he added.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/navy-iran-mission-uss-george-hw-bush-trump-b3084030.html
Families of the USS George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group were told their loved ones won’t be coming home for Thanksgiving or Christmas as the conflict in the Middle East continues, according to a report.
Relatives of the 7,000 service members who are part of the USS George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group were left incensed after they were told the Iranian attacks continue to “pepper” U.S. ships enforcing the blockade of Iran, meaning their loved ones will not be coming home for the holidays, according to audio of a November 9 meeting in Norfolk, Virginia, obtained by MS NOW
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/uss-george-h-w-bush-deployment-could-last-entire-year-ps-111226
USS George HW Bush deployment could last an entire year, Navy officials warn
i thought trump said that war is over
The aide/intern at my Rep’s office sounded super-happy with my fifth or sixth request that they not support Jeffries for House Speaker. No idea what the Rep is doing, but supposedly they’ll call me at some point.
Schumer says he has the votes, sets Dec. 1 vote. Van Hollen is challenging him. Sanders, Flanagan and El-Sayed are backing the challenge. But the ballot is secret. Who really has the votes?
TRUMP ARCH WATCH: GENERAL WARNS OF NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS
Retired Army Brig. Gen. Steven Anderson has submitted a declaration supporting the lawsuit to block Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery.
Anderson, a 31-year Army veteran, challenges the administration’s claim that the arch would serve a national security purpose.
His warnings:
WHY IT MATTERS: The administration has invoked national security to justify the arch. Now a retired general is challenging that argument in federal court.
Anderson’s declaration supports the lawsuit led by Vietnam veteran Michael Lemmon. These are arguments submitted to the court, not judicial findings.
WHERE THINGS STAND: Judge Tanya Chutkan’s temporary restraining order continues to block construction despite the National Capital Planning Commission’s November 5 approval. The order is expected to expire November 19 unless she extends it.
No new construction activity or upcoming protests have been confirmed.
SOURCE: The Daily Beast: Retired general sounds alarm on Trump’s triumphal arch and military complex (November 12).
— Human directed and edited. Machine Drafted (ChatGPT)
patd, our Senator/ex-gov has a long history of financial problems – he was big on self-dealing when he was governor, screwed up the Greenbrier Hotel by putting a frigging cassino in it, didn’t pay taxes of different ilks for the mines he owned and operated. The list goes on. I’m surprised Dumbass didn’t recruit him for his cabinet.
Poobah, the Nvidia issue is just getting started. All of those national security concerns start with Lutnick and relaxing restrictions on selling that tech. I want to see his stock portfolio over the past 2 years – and Dumbass’.
Jerry Jeff and my favorite (or one of anyways) song of his (in truth, my real favorite is Night Rider’s Lament, or is it Mr. Bojangles…?). Ennywho, Ridin’ High is thee album that got me hooked on JJW.
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All flights grounded. Wonder if AI called the stop. Doesn’t seem to be an emergency.
whoever wrote bezos’ lotr show should be ashamed of themselves
simon tolkien should change his name
wow glad i’m not flying this weekend
Pog, on our podcast today Nelson told us about Justice wanting to be Governor again? come talk to us about it sometime
Lutnick. NYT
This is serious shit.
Colom puts down claims Schumer recruited him…
And from the “Now which one is the dumb son” file… Don Jr. NYT
Stoopid shit wouldn’t know a conflict of interest if it shat on his shoe.
Markwayne Mullin got a question about this and said “it is SI not AI” and we are lucky to have Trump in charge
Latest announcement: Software Update …
lol ya think markwayne is gonna help 25th trump
funny how this happened right after they announced this…
FAA expands AI advice to manage air traffic congestion across entire US airspace
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/13/faa-orders-nationwide-grounding-of-passenger-planes-01166043
FAA orders nationwide grounding of passenger planes
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on X that the FAA “issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers.” He added, “FAA technicians are investigating the issue.”
*Either the Epstein class building on top of yesterday’s Microsoft debacle toward a banking outage that will resolve as digital currency for all, or this is the start of a false flag to hold onto power past January, and possibly give a reason to use nukes. (There is no reason.)
Somebody wake up Stephen Miller. He needs to play president.
Tomorrow at the Diner: DISCO SATURDAY…
Poobah,
I’d love to chat about Jim Justice (WV’s most recent Democratic Governor – before he became our most recent Republican Governor before the current one – and most recent Republican Senator, but until 12/14 when I’m taking some time off to get a new hip and try to transition to a part timer at our little law office I’m going to be busier than a one legged man at an ass kicking contest.
I would recommend a glance at the Wiki article on ole Jim, and pay particular attention to the last half of the business career section. He belongs in the U.S. Senate as a republican in the Trump era.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/us-flights-grounded/
Startup eyed over flight chaos funnels cash to transportation chief’s son-in-law
The developer of a new AI system now under scrutiny as airplanes stand grounded nationwide funneled cash into the political campaign of Transportation chief Sean Duffy’s son-in-law, records show.
Air Space Intelligence, the contractor Duffy announced in June would develop the Federal Aviation Administration’s new AI-powered air traffic management system, contributed $12,500 to the congressional campaign of U.S. Rep.-elect Michael Alfonso (R-WI) in March this year, federal records show.
The contract it won was worth up to $875.9 million.
The Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes and Trajectories (SMART) system launched this week, according to CNN National Security analyst Juliette Kayyem.
Pog, congrats on the hip replacement. It’s a miracle. I ran out of hips to replace or I’d get another one
The only departures being allowed are from West Coast airports for aircraft, headed for the far east
Of course, the simplest explanation is that fascists are inept.
Can’t wait for Nov 17th.
administration officials are just not going on air with public briefings. Only Mullen ruling nothing out and griping about what we call AI
She is up for reelection in 2028 in a district Talarico carried by about 4 percentage points.
The Venezuelan Oil Heist ➡️
No-bid contracts to a Vance mega-donor and a fully redacted Treasury report. They are looting Venezuela.
🍽️ From today’s Digital Diner menu
https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/26/11/63057669/texas-is-not-for-sale-gov-elect-gina-hinojosa-asks-state-to-hold-off-on-boca-chica-land-near-spacexs-starbase
Texas is not for sale: Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa asks state to hold off on Boca Chica land near SpaceX’s Starbase
Rockets can blast off from Boca Chica. Buying the beach next door just got a lot more complicated.
Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa, the first Democrat to win the office since 1990, asked state officials to hold off on any action involving roughly 1,300 acres of public land in Cameron County. The acreage sits beside Starbase, the South Texas launch hub of SpaceX SPCX.
She said she spoke with the executive director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, David Yoskowitz, that morning and asked that “no action be taken” during the transition.
The weekend before Wednesday’s vote is here and nobody has formally announced a challenge to Hakeem Jeffries for House speaker.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is supporting him, along with prominent progressives Greg Casar, Pramila Jayapal and Ro Khanna.
Axios reported today that Pressley has privately told colleagues she’s not interested.