— America’s entire air traffic system seized up yesterday, and the men in charge of it are a reality TV star, a plumber, and a felon. Trump put Sean Duffy, the B-list reality TV star from MTV’s The Real World, who Trump thinks looks like somebody out of Central Casting, in charge of our air traffic (and all other transportation) system, so, of course, because he has no experience whatsoever as a transportation administrator he took his family, his security detail, and a camera crew on a bus trip all across American that’s not viewable on TV, The Great American Road Trip. Meanwhile, the other guy Trump put in charge of our air security systems, Markwayne Mullin, is a former plumber. Duffy marched into the White House’s Briefing Room to explain that this is all Democrats’ fault for not property funding the FAA, but when reporters noted that Republicans have controlled the White House, SCOTUS, and the House and Senate for the past two years he said it was a “great question,” changed the subject to a demand for $50 billion, “please.” Beside him stood former plumber Mullin, and the guy who put them both in place is a grifter convicted of 34 felonies including fraud, and an adjudicated rapist. So, surprise, things aren’t working out so well.
— Chuck Schumer finally has a fight on his hands, and it’s about time.