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AP: “Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash”


Article here.

When I read this, I’m reminded:

In 2015, during the Obama administration, a new safety rule was adopted requiring electronically controlled pneumatic brakes to be installed on all high-hazard flammable unit trains by 2023, allowing them to brake faster. Trump rescinded that requirement three years later.

And then (2023):

Source: NPR.

And in 2018, Trump disbands the NSC Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense.  What did we get in 2020?

Source: CEA archived.

Total deaths from Covid by August 8, 2020 = 203,447.



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