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- 2025/01/30 21:36 UTC [L..T] [US:EO] Immediate Assessment of Aviation Safety «This shocking event follows problematic and likely illegal decisions during the Obama and Biden Administrations that minimized merit and competence in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Obama Administration implemented a biographical questionnaire at the FAA to shift the hiring focus away from objective aptitude. During my first term, my Administration raised standards to achieve the highest standards of safety and excellence. But the Biden Administration egregiously rejected merit-based hiring, requiring all executive departments and agencies to implement dangerous "diversity equity and inclusion tactics, and specifically recruiting individuals with "severe intellectual" disabilities in the FAA.» Parts of this are clearly lies, while others are just misleading. It would seem to be a follow-up to comments apparently made to reporters after the crash.
- 2025/01/30 21:03 UTC [L..T] Trump Acknowledges He Doesn't Have Evidence DEI Caused D.C. Plane Crash When pressed on the issue of whether there's any evidence for a connection between the crash and DEI, Trump throws out more attacks, distractions, and lies (but no evidence).
- 2025/01/30 19:05 UTC [L..T] Trump falsely claims military restored water to California «No water supply from the Pacific Northwest connects into California's systems, contrary to claims from US President Donald Trump. Federal and state agencies outside of the White House and independent experts said Trump's claims that the military "turned on the water" for fire-ravaged Southern California are false.»
- 2025/01/30 12:59 UTC [L..T] 'Making it very difficult to arrest': Trump's Border Czar supposedly hates that migrants know their rights «Homan whined that undocumented migrants living in sanctuary cities are too "educated" about their rights, and that makes them "very difficult" to arrest. Homan's statements are another example of the Republican habit of saying the quiet part out loud, implying that the Trump administration blatantly and criminally intends to violate the rights of migrants, and would rather keep those migrants uninformed of their rights in order to facilitate unlawful deportations.»
- 2025/01/30 [L..T] Trump baselessly criticizes DEI in D.C. plane crash; 67 feared dead «President Donald Trump suggested without evidence that the crash may be linked to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies at the Federal Aviation Administration. He accused Democratic former presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama of lowering hiring standards at the agency. Trump also announced the appointment of acting FAA administrator Chris Rocheleau.» Later that day, Trump issued an Executive Order elaborating on these talking-points.
On This Date
- 2025/01/30 21:36 UTC [L..T] [US:EO] Immediate Assessment of Aviation Safety «This shocking event follows problematic and likely illegal decisions during the Obama and Biden Administrations that minimized merit and competence in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Obama Administration implemented a biographical questionnaire at the FAA to shift the hiring focus away from objective aptitude. During my first term, my Administration raised standards to achieve the highest standards of safety and excellence. But the Biden Administration egregiously rejected merit-based hiring, requiring all executive departments and agencies to implement dangerous "diversity equity and inclusion tactics, and specifically recruiting individuals with "severe intellectual" disabilities in the FAA.» Parts of this are clearly lies, while others are just misleading. It would seem to be a follow-up to comments apparently made to reporters after the crash.
- 2025/01/30 21:03 UTC [L..T] Trump Acknowledges He Doesn't Have Evidence DEI Caused D.C. Plane Crash When pressed on the issue of whether there's any evidence for a connection between the crash and DEI, Trump throws out more attacks, distractions, and lies (but no evidence).
- 2025/01/30 19:05 UTC [L..T] Trump falsely claims military restored water to California «No water supply from the Pacific Northwest connects into California's systems, contrary to claims from US President Donald Trump. Federal and state agencies outside of the White House and independent experts said Trump's claims that the military "turned on the water" for fire-ravaged Southern California are false.»
- 2025/01/30 12:59 UTC [L..T] 'Making it very difficult to arrest': Trump's Border Czar supposedly hates that migrants know their rights «Homan whined that undocumented migrants living in sanctuary cities are too "educated" about their rights, and that makes them "very difficult" to arrest. Homan's statements are another example of the Republican habit of saying the quiet part out loud, implying that the Trump administration blatantly and criminally intends to violate the rights of migrants, and would rather keep those migrants uninformed of their rights in order to facilitate unlawful deportations.»
- 2025/01/30 [L..T] Trump baselessly criticizes DEI in D.C. plane crash; 67 feared dead «President Donald Trump suggested without evidence that the crash may be linked to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies at the Federal Aviation Administration. He accused Democratic former presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama of lowering hiring standards at the agency. Trump also announced the appointment of acting FAA administrator Chris Rocheleau.» Later that day, Trump issued an Executive Order elaborating on these talking-points.
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