@#4 ... remotely ...

I remain to be convinced of that.

@#9 ... His sole job is to to attend Cabinet meetings, and then, when it's his turn, tell Lewzer what an honor and privilege [it] is to serve under his greatness. And then say no more. ...

So... you've watched the broadcasts of the Cabinet meetings.

And, yep, agreement abounds.

@#82

So, your current trolling alias has nothing in response, beside the usual attack posture.

So, just trolling for replies I see.

Back when I used to run a message board (1990's or so), the message board was subject to what I now call "attacks" by troll farms.

At the time, there was a common concern that those random aliases who were polluting the message boards were paid by how many replies their comments received.

While, at the time, I did not buy into that theory, nowadays it is starting to look more accurate.

@#2 ... Is this really surprising? ...

In a word ... no.

Hungary's PM Orban seems to be controlled by Pres Putin even more so than Pres Trump.

i.e., fighting more for the interests of Russia than the EU.

Which is why the upcoming election will be interesting to watch.

@#7 ... Funding NTSB investigations? ...

So... looking for problems?

What is he doing to resolve the problems the investigations may discover?

OK, I found this ...

@#4 ... the whole traffic control system has taken a long time for the technology to get caught up. ...

While I cannot disagree, I will also say that is not the sole reason for the current ATC issues.

So, if our ATC system seems to need a major personnel and technology overhaul, what is (fmr MTV reality star) Sec Duffy doing to that end?

@#75 ... Specifically what I quoted from the embedded article. ...

I read that, and I also read that article when it was first posted here.

So, specifically, what part of the article does your current trolling alias want to cite in answer to my #74 comment, "Well, nothing beside new evidence that has not been seen before."

Yer up ...

@#2

imo, ever since fmr Pres Reagan fired 10,000+ air controllers back in the day, there has been an ATC issue.

... and I am the first person to notice a similarity of Pres Trump foray into Iran and the Epstein Files?

I mean ...

Epic Fury.

Epstein Files.

A coincidence of acronyms?

I wish I knew.

@#73 ... Having said that, give me something tangible. ...

OK, how's this question ...

Why does Pres Trump seem to be so focused upon burying the Epstein Files.

Why the apparent cover-up?

@#73 ... So, nothing. ...

Well, nothing beside new evidence that has not been seen before.

What else yer current trolling alias go?

More from the article ...

... The GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, or OCX, is designed for command and control of the military's constellation of more than 30 GPS satellites. It consists of software to handle new signals and jam-resistant capabilities of the latest generation of GPS satellites, GPS III, which started launching in 2018. The ground segment also includes two master control stations and upgrades to ground monitoring stations around the world, among other hardware elements.

RTX Corporation, formerly known as Raytheon, won a Pentagon contract in 2010 to develop and deliver the control system. The program was supposed to be complete in 2016 at a cost of $3.7 billion. Today, the official cost for the ground system for the GPS III satellites stands at $7.6 billion. RTX is developing an OCX augmentation projected to cost more than $400 million to support a new series of GPS IIIF satellites set to begin launching next year, bringing the total effort to $8 billion.

Although RTX delivered OCX to the Space Force last July, the ground segment remains nonoperational. Nine months later, the Pentagon may soon call it quits on the program. Thomas Ainsworth, assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, told Congress last week that OCX is still struggling. ...

More from the article ...

... The crash at the New York airport at about 11:37 p.m. ET on March 22, which killed both pilots, has revived concerns over U.S. air traffic control staffing shortages and the workload of controllers across the country. ...

The National Transportation Safety Board said last week that as part of its crash investigation, it was seeking information on the duties being performed by each controller.

If the controller involved in the crash was performing both air and ground duties, that would be inconsistent with the LaGuardia tower's standard operating procedures.

An NTSB final report on a 1997 collision at LaGuardia between a private jet and a vehicle referenced new procedures being put in place afterward to ensure "local and ground positions shall not be combined prior to" midnight at the New York airport.

As of 2023, the rule remained in place, according to a LaGuardia Tower Standard Operating Procedures document seen by Reuters.

"Positions at LaGuardia Tower are not to be consolidated to one position prior to midnight local time or 90 minutes after the start of the shift, whichever is later," said the 2023 document, which people familiar with the matter said remained current in 2026. ...

@#7 ... nowhere near as ugly as Obama's. ...

Pres Trump trying to take control of the elections.

Plain and simple.

... In a speech, he ticked through defunded outlets, ousted journalists and looming ownership changes -- then said the president is 'winning' ...

The issue, as I see it, is that the general population wants to be ~entertained~ when they view "news" media.

That's why more people have been getting their "news" from social media of late.

They want to be entertained, so they watch the social media channels that tell them what they want to hear.

Meanwhile, the news media that reports the facts seem to be losing their audience.

@#17 ... And MAGA was so stupid they went along. They still go along. ...

But, Pres Trump relied upon the Independents to put him in the Oval office.

Now, poll after poll seem to be showing that Pres Trump is losing the support of those Independents.

But, looking at those polls, a question I have to ask is along the lines of ...

OK, if Pres Trump is losing the support of the Independents, are the Democrats gaining from that changing support?

Or, will the Independents just stay home and not vote in 2026 and 2028?

Asked differently, how are the Democrats working to get people to the polls?

I wish I knew ...

... "Something I've noticed lately is all the military guys are coming in and they're spending all of their money," Daze says in he TikTok clip. "It's sad. They're kind of depressed ... ...

So, now Tik-Tok may be a breach of National Security?

@#3 ... Make-believe soldiers disappearing real soldiers family members? ...

I wish I could disagree.

More from the cited article ...

... Free-market zealots have long wanted to gamble with the retirement savings of Americans. Republicans regularly fantasize about privatizing Social Security, handing over a wildly popular pillar of the social safety net to the whims of Wall Street. But the public strongly opposes the idea, so the president has turned to the next best thing.

It's the latest brazen example of Trump socializing risk and privatizing profit through his own pitiless brand of market capitalism"and yet another opportunity for him to haul off with loot on the backs of the American people.

It should shock no one that Trump is delivering a giant gift to the crypto industry. He and his family own billions of dollars' worth of crypto and related investments, and will personally benefit as swarms of new buyers push up the price of those assets. ...

Another question I have ...

Is this just for 401(k) retirement plans, or might, say, Roth IRAs also be included?

From the cited article ...

... The stakes are enormous: If Americans collectively shifted just 1 percent of their 401(k) assets into crypto and private equity, those industries would be flooded with more than $100 billion in new capital. ...

... and how much income would Pres Trump's crypto companies stand to make?

@#2 ... That will only happen in an emergency situation ...

Agreed.