America survived Y2K.26, but can we make it through 2 more years? | Will Bunch

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Will Bunch's Philadelphia Inquirer column calls the November 13, 2026 breakdowns — a nationwide FAA ground stop that cancelled more than 15,000 flights, a communications failure, a rocket explosion — "Y2K.26," a sequel to the Y2K scare that went wrong once the mobilization of competence that beat the original was mocked and discarded. Citing Hannah Arendt's warning that totalitarians swap talent for crackpots and fools, he calls Trump's regime one of incompetent nincompoops, questions an FAA contractor tied to Sean Duffy's son-in-law, and says removing an increasingly unhinged Trump should be an imperative.

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