The Daily Populous Friday January 31st, 2025 morning edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by z8675309z

AOC responded on X. “I represent LaGuardia Airport as well as workers for JFK. Trump gutted the Aviation Safety committee last week,” she wrote. “Air traffic controllers—already understaffed—got Trump’s ‘buyout’ this week with a 1 week ultimatum to decide. It’s not DEI—it’s him. And Elon too.”

Trump is pointing the finger at aviation workers of color or people with disabilities, while ignoring the fact that he fired the directors of the TSA and the coast guard, and killed the Aviation Security Advisory Committee—all last week. The FAA chief resigned on Trump’s first day in office, thanks to pressure from Elon Musk, leaving the federal aviation agency without a leader during this crisis. It’s also being reported that Trump’s hiring freeze led to the FAA being seriously understaffed when it comes to air traffic controllers.

Trump has since doubled down on his absurd claims that DEI somehow did this.

swiftfoot_hiker on January 30th, 2025 at 23:59 UTC »

There are only a handful of Dems in Congress right now that are doing the good work of calling out Trump's BS. AOC is one of them She's making her case for party leadership

Soloact_ on January 30th, 2025 at 23:47 UTC »

Ah yes, the plane crashed because of diversity, not because Trump gutted aviation safety. Makes total sense... if you have zero brain cells.

LowerBed5334 on January 30th, 2025 at 23:44 UTC »

Good on her but this will amount to absolutely nothing in the public arena.

The firehose of bullshit is just gearing up. We're going to be bombarded with insane statements from the Orange Shitgibbon for the next four years, unless he croaks before the time is up.

And it's all a strategy to keep us occupied trying to keep up with the 24/7 batshittery, while the real bad actors dismantle American democracy and gift the entire country to the über-wealthy broligarch class.