• dhork@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        Santos would make a perfect Secretary of State, not only is he a former Congressman but he is also heir to the Swedish Throne. He was also the only member of the College of Cardinals to vote for Trump as Pope, so he has that going for him.

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    When asked about possible questions on Bedford’s biography after Wednesday’s hearing, Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) told a reporter he’d “heard about that” and that his team “did flag that.”

    “We are doing just sort of an extensive look, not just at his policies, but just sort of his background as well,” he said.

    Wow. What confident phrasing. Thanks so much for that hardline effort, you spineless muppet.

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      I’m not really sure what the point would be. You get limited time to question a candidate. Saying “did you know whoever wrote your bio on your company’s website listed the wrong flight license for you?” is not an effective line of questioning. Instead, they asked about flight safety, among other more important topics.

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    Trump’s FAA pick has claimed ‘commercial’ pilot license he doesn’t have. Bryan Bedford, the nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration, for years erroneously stated in his Republic Airways bio that he is a pilot with a “commercial” rating.

    That’s an awful lot of words to say: “Bryan Bedford, the nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration, lied for years about having a commercial pilots license.”

    He lied. It’s clear. Call it lying.

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    I mean, I’m pretty sure you can fly at night using VFR. I’m not sure why they made that comment about night flying and IFR. It’s probably better practice to file IFR, but it’s not required.

    But yes, I only found one Bryan Bedford and there is no commercial cert.