Send In The ClownsIn his Substack post, Charlie Sykes calls the FAA's massive ground stop an utter FUBAR, quoting Ron Filipkowski, Marc Thiessen, and Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizing Sean Duffy's press conference, and saying experts are not buying the early spin; commenter KO in LA details the FAA's rushed rollout of its new SMART software. The post also promotes his podcast with John Avlon and notes Lauren Boebert's re-election loss.
As background newest first
- Democrats chart agenda after 2026 midterm win as Van Hollen challenges Schumer
- US flights resume after FAA ground stop blamed on router fault in contractor upgrade
- Republican recriminations over 2026 midterm defeat as Johnson yields House GOP leadership to Jordan
- Lauren Boebert loses Colorado House seat to Democrat Eileen Laubacher
- James Fallows says US air safety layers are being dismantled by the Trump administration
- FAA's SMART AI tool now covers US airspace; officials deny link to nationwide ground stop