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Robert Reich stated on May 13, 2025 in an X post While serving in Congress, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy “voted against upgrading air traffic control systems.” Instagram posts stated on February 19, 2025 in an Instagram post “Delta plane that crashed in Toronto operated by Endeavor Air with all-female flight crew.” Threads posts stated on February 18, 2025 in a Threads post A photo shows Jonathan Simpson, the pilot of “Delta’s crash in Toronto, Canada.” Social Media stated on February 18, 2025 in social media posts “An ICE minivan was reportedly set on fire in Philadelphia.” Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash. Facebook posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video on Facebook Early reports of four survivors show “this DC plane crash story isn’t adding up.” Threads posts stated on January 31, 2025 in una publicación en Threads “Al patinador artístico estadounidense Jon Maravilla se le negó el embarque en el vuelo de American Airlines (hacía Washington D.C.) que posteriormente colisionó con un helicóptero”. Instagram posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a post on Instagram CNN reported on the Potomac River plane and helicopter crash “hours before it happened.” Threads posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Threads post The Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash “was being controlled remotely.” Threads posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Threads post “Donald Trump is reportedly furious with Elon Musk for convincing him to push out the head of the FAA because Musk was mad SpaceX got fined last September by the FAA for license violations.” Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2025 in a press briefing “I changed the Obama policy (on hiring air traffic controllers) ... And then Biden came in and he changed it.” Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Facebook post “Pilot of Blackhawk helicopter that crashed into passenger jet at Reagan National was a transgender woman named Jo Ellis.” X posts stated on January 30, 2025 in an X post “The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.” Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2025 in a Facebook post “Elon Musk has just acquired Boeing.” Instagram posts stated on January 2, 2025 in an Instagram post Video shows “Fort Worth, Texas pileup, January (1st), 2025.” Threads posts stated on December 1, 2024 in a Threads post A CNN headline says, “Elon Musk considers melting down Statue of Liberty to make series of limited edition cyber trucks" Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2024 in a Facebook post Elon Musk is “finally releasing his first flying car today.” Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2024 in a Facebook post “Elon Musk reveals Tesla 2025 motorhome for under $17,000!” TikTok posts stated on October 7, 2024 in a video “FEMA is closing roads and bridges and causing gridlock traffic during evacuations from Hurricane Milton.” X posts stated on October 3, 2024 in a X post U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg banned private drones from flying over areas affected by Hurricane Helene. Load more
Robert Reich stated on May 13, 2025 in an X post While serving in Congress, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy “voted against upgrading air traffic control systems.”
Instagram posts stated on February 19, 2025 in an Instagram post “Delta plane that crashed in Toronto operated by Endeavor Air with all-female flight crew.”
Threads posts stated on February 18, 2025 in a Threads post A photo shows Jonathan Simpson, the pilot of “Delta’s crash in Toronto, Canada.”
Social Media stated on February 18, 2025 in social media posts “An ICE minivan was reportedly set on fire in Philadelphia.”
Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.
Facebook posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video on Facebook Early reports of four survivors show “this DC plane crash story isn’t adding up.”
Threads posts stated on January 31, 2025 in una publicación en Threads “Al patinador artístico estadounidense Jon Maravilla se le negó el embarque en el vuelo de American Airlines (hacía Washington D.C.) que posteriormente colisionó con un helicóptero”.
Instagram posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a post on Instagram CNN reported on the Potomac River plane and helicopter crash “hours before it happened.”
Threads posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Threads post The Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash “was being controlled remotely.”
Threads posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Threads post “Donald Trump is reportedly furious with Elon Musk for convincing him to push out the head of the FAA because Musk was mad SpaceX got fined last September by the FAA for license violations.”
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2025 in a press briefing “I changed the Obama policy (on hiring air traffic controllers) ... And then Biden came in and he changed it.”
Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Facebook post “Pilot of Blackhawk helicopter that crashed into passenger jet at Reagan National was a transgender woman named Jo Ellis.”
X posts stated on January 30, 2025 in an X post “The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”
Instagram posts stated on January 2, 2025 in an Instagram post Video shows “Fort Worth, Texas pileup, January (1st), 2025.”
Threads posts stated on December 1, 2024 in a Threads post A CNN headline says, “Elon Musk considers melting down Statue of Liberty to make series of limited edition cyber trucks"
Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2024 in a Facebook post Elon Musk is “finally releasing his first flying car today.”
Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2024 in a Facebook post “Elon Musk reveals Tesla 2025 motorhome for under $17,000!”
TikTok posts stated on October 7, 2024 in a video “FEMA is closing roads and bridges and causing gridlock traffic during evacuations from Hurricane Milton.”
X posts stated on October 3, 2024 in a X post U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg banned private drones from flying over areas affected by Hurricane Helene.
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