REMINDER: AI Startup Got $875M FAA Contract After Donating To House Campaign Of Duffy's Son-In-Law...

REMINDER: AI Startup Got $875M FAA Contract After Donating To House Campaign Of Duffy’s Son-In-Law

After Friday's FAA meltdown, many on social media are resurfacing this report from September: Republican donors with no ties to Wisconsin are pouring their money into a random House candidate there—who happens to be Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s son-in-law. Michael Alfonso, a 26-year-old running for Wisconsin’s 7th district, has collected money from at least 25 transportation executives, industry lobbyists, and corporate PACS.

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The Trump Cabinet has gone from occupying Washington to seeking asylum at Fort McNair.

From @meidastouch.com: That ground stoppage? It was (almost) all a scam.

One of my USF colleagues, Dr Ann Lawani, has been kidnapped by ICE. Dr Lawani is the director of the university's master's entry program in nursing and a vital leader in our community. Her detainment is further evidence of the racism and brutality propped up by Republicans in power.

The San Francisco Standard@sfstandard.com · 4d ago

A University of San Francisco nursing professor who was granted protection from deportation to her native Nigeria has spent the last eight weeks in ICE detention in Louisiana, thousands of miles from her family.

This is very disturbing.

Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · 23h ago

ICE posted a recruitment ad on X Thursday showing an all-white version of America, using vintage footage with the caption: “The way it was. The way it can be again.” Every person featured is white.

8 years old Third grade. “He just cried and begged to come home. He was distraught. He didn’t know where he was.” www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/u...

An 8-Year-Old Was Separated From Family and Taken by ICE at a Check-In

The third grader from Haiti had been living with his uncle’s family since his father was deported last year. From a shelter where ICE sent him, “he cried and just begged to come home.”

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An elderly man who was knocked to the ground. A 6-year-old who still has nightmares. A dad who was held for several days and missed his daughter’s third birthday. These are the stories of some of the U.S. citizens detained without cause by DHS.

We Photographed U.S. Citizens Held Against Their Will by Immigration Agents -- ProPublica

Over the past year, ProPublica has photographed some of the more than 500 U.S. citizens who have been held against their will by immigration agents and learned of the lingering impact the experience has had on their lives. These are their stories.

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The president just told JD Vance to go find corruption in blue states. Meanwhile a guy who helped bankroll Vance's Senate run got a no-bid license to sell Venezuela’s oil. But that's just pure coincidence right? Sure...

sorry there’s no money to fix air travel, we spent it all on secret masked police to solve the problem of having construction workers

lol

So much dedicated work by thousands and thousands of public health professionals, healthcare workers, and scientists over decades to earn measles elimination status. Gone in less than 2 years with RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary.

US loses measles-free status after continued spread of the disease, WSJ reports

The Pan American Health Organization has revoked the United States' measles-elimination status, ending a 26-year run after determining the country failed to halt continuous transmission of the highly ...

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There are literally hundreds of examples of corruption just like this. Every single day we learn about new ones. The US government is a mafia organization under Republicans.

Everything this administration does links back to some corruption. Sean Duffy awarded a $875 M contract for AI-powered air traffic control management. The contact was awarded after the company used its PAC to send money to Sean Duffy's son-in-law. The roll out of this AI was this week. Coincidence?

Trifid Duane of Canada🍁🇨🇦@trifidofcanada.bsky.social · 2d ago

In June the FAA under Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the Trump administration—awarded ASI a contract worth $875M for its AI-powered air traffic management tools (SMART and FMDS). The CEO of ASI made donations to Duffy's campaign. The system rollout was today. gizmodo.com/the-faa-is-r...

Project 2025 outlined a plan to privatize Air Traffic Control. They would need tens of billions of dollars in addition to the $12.5B they already spent to get that done.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Sean Duffy says the air traffic control system will “continue to fail”

The US has lost its long-standing status as having eradicated measles after transmission of the disease has continued through the past year and broken case records. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Loses Measles Elimination Status After Cases Surge, WSJ Says

The US has lost its long-standing status as having eradicated measles after transmission of the disease has continued through the past year and broken case records, the Wall Street Journal reported, c...

bloomberg.com

Jesus. Habeas Flight Watch map shows approximately six ICE flights stuck on the ground across the country, likely with shackled immigrants onboard for 4+ hours. —Bedford, MA —Columbus, GA —Tampa —Springfield, MO —Reno —Victorville, CA habeasflightwatch.org/dashboard-v5/

minnesotareformer.com/2026/11/11/f...

First detainees arrive at Appleton immigrant detention center • Minnesota Reformer

ICE did not respond to multiple emails from the Reformer.

minnesotareformer.com

Disgusting excuse for a human being & a representative of the people.

Miaganga@miaganga.bsky.social · 2d ago

✈️ From our SLC & Reno ICE flight watchers 👀

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social · 2d ago

✈️ YES, the nationwide ground stop includes ICE flights 🍻

at times like these i think it's important to remember that transportation secretary sean duffy spent his summer filming a reality show with his family and that no one watched or cared about it

fuck ICE fuck trump fuck stephen miller fuck all of this

Dad, girl killed in Brooklyn building collapse stayed home in fear of ICE, cousin says

Juan Daniel Sabala and his 9-year-old daughter, Nicole, died in the building collapse on Wednesday. His wife and younger daughter remain hospitalized.

gothamist.com

Good point. We don’t have a foreign policy. We have grifters degrading our power in order to make money.

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 2d ago

When Trump heard about the Nvidia boss' affair with a Chinese spy, he didn't take action to protect our national security. He took action to protect his stock portfolio.

Jet-powered Russian drones with Nvidia chips are now breaking into Ukrainian airspace and killing people because Starlink restrictions hinder Ukrainian air defense.

completely shameless and gross -- Fox & Friends today smeared Chris Van Hollen with the long-debunked lie that he traveled to El Salvador "to have margaritas" with Kilmar Abrego Garcia (the margaritas were planted to make Van Hollen look bad)

If you thought the USS Lincoln was the only one, think again. 🚨BREAKING: Now it’s the USS George HW Bush. Sailors going months without fresh food. Suicide attempts. Families at their breaking point. Deployments potentially stretching to a YEAR, with no clear end in sight. #SupportTheTroops

5.5 million Americans have already lost SNAP since Trump took office. Now, he wants to rip food assistance away from 6 MILLION more who are already struggling to get by because of his sky high gas prices and chaotic tariffs. Congress needs to stop this.

Alabama. Boston. Los Angeles. Idaho. For more than a year, @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social and I have traveled around the country to interview U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents. These are their stories: projects.propublica.org/us-citizens-...

We Photographed U.S. Citizens Held Against Their Will by Immigration Agents — ProPublica

Over the past year, ProPublica has photographed some of the more than 500 U.S. citizens who have been held against their will by immigration agents and learned of the lingering impact the experience h...

projects.propublica.org

They put off a lot of drastic things — eg Medicaid cuts — until after the elections. Another example, from what I can tell, is large deportation actions of Haitians from Springfield, Ohio. The signs are that something big will begin on or just after Nov 17th. Appealing to reporters to have a look.