Trump Administration Updates

[dpic73]

You or I don't know that.

Can you tell me which Biden administration officials didn't have the credentials for their positions? I'd bet all of them were more qualified than Trump's picks if we're going to compare.

I also know there are requirements to work at the FAA that everyone has to meet, regardless of their, gender, race or sexual orientation.

• AI Overview
  
  
  To work at the FAA, qualifications can vary depending on the specific role, but generally include being a US citizen, passing a rigorous medical examination, passing a security background check, and having relevant education or work experience, with the most demanding requirements typically associated with becoming an Air Traffic Controller which includes passing specialized aptitude tests and meeting strict physical and mental health standards.
  
  Key qualifications for FAA jobs:
  • Citizenship: Must be a US citizen.
    
    
  • Medical clearance: Passing a comprehensive medical exam to meet FAA standards.
    
    
  • Security clearance: Clearing a security background check.
    
    
  • Education/Experience: Depending on the role, a bachelor's degree, relevant work experience, or a combination of both may be required.
  
  Specific qualifications for Air Traffic Controllers:
  • Age limitations: May have age restrictions, typically under 31 years old.
    
    
  • English proficiency: Must be able to speak English clearly and effectively over communication systems.
    
    
  • Aptitude tests: Passing specialized air traffic controller aptitude tests like the Air Traffic Controller Specialists Skills Assessment Battery (ATSA).
    
    
  • Physical and mental fitness: Meeting strict physical and mental health standards.
  • Air Traffic Controller Hiring | Federal Aviation Administration
    The FAA has rigorous qualification requirements for air traffic controllers. Health conditions like hearing loss, heart disease, or certain mental disorders could disqualify you for employment. Review our robust medical standards prior to applying.

 

[ANEW]

Can you tell me which Biden administration officials didn't have the credentials for their positions? I'd bet all of them were more qualified than Trump's picks if we're going to compare.

I also know there are requirements to work at the FAA that everyone has to meet, regardless of their, gender, race or sexual orientation.

• AI Overview
  
  
  To work at the FAA, qualifications can vary depending on the specific role, but generally include being a US citizen, passing a rigorous medical examination, passing a security background check, and having relevant education or work experience, with the most demanding requirements typically associated with becoming an Air Traffic Controller which includes passing specialized aptitude tests and meeting strict physical and mental health standards.
  
  Key qualifications for FAA jobs:
  • Citizenship: Must be a US citizen.
    
    
  • Medical clearance: Passing a comprehensive medical exam to meet FAA standards.
    
    
  • Security clearance: Clearing a security background check.
    
    
  • Education/Experience: Depending on the role, a bachelor's degree, relevant work experience, or a combination of both may be required.
  
  Specific qualifications for Air Traffic Controllers:
  • Age limitations: May have age restrictions, typically under 31 years old.
    
    
  • English proficiency: Must be able to speak English clearly and effectively over communication systems.
    
    
  • Aptitude tests: Passing specialized air traffic controller aptitude tests like the Air Traffic Controller Specialists Skills Assessment Battery (ATSA).
    
    
  • Physical and mental fitness: Meeting strict physical and mental health standards.
  • Air Traffic Controller Hiring | Federal Aviation Administration
    The FAA has rigorous qualification requirements for air traffic controllers. Health conditions like hearing loss, heart disease, or certain mental disorders could disqualify you for employment. Review our robust medical standards prior to applying.

That doesn't prove that they were or were not qualified. When you track "aspirational goals" by sex, skin color, sexual orientation, ethnicity (de facto Quotas) then it comes into question. Was some part of the qualification waived in order to get the mix of characteristics that you want? Or, at minimum did you pass over more qualified candidates ? Who knows?

Anyway, it's all good. All the Biden-era DEI nonsense is on it's way out.

 

[dpic73]

That doesn't prove that they were or were not qualified. When you track "aspirational goals" by sex, skin color, sexual orientation, ethnicity (de facto Quotas) then it comes into question. Was some part of the qualification waived in order to get the mix of characteristics that you want? Or, at minimum did you pass over more qualified candidates ? Who knows?

Anyway, it's all good. All the Biden-era DEI nonsense is on it's way out.

DEI has nothing to do with quotas so no need to speculate about their lack of qualifications simply because the right decided to make DEI a boogeyman.

 

[ANEW]

DEI has nothing to do with quotas so no need to speculate about their lack of qualifications simply because the right decided to make DEI a boogeyman.

When you make DEI a central part of your mission statement even though that has nothing to do with the mission, you have on performance evals a an objective "supports DEI" , and you have statistics on how many green people have been hired and are on staff getting briefed to the boss on the regular and that boss says, "why Jim, it looks like you haven't hired anyone identifying with gender 71 or 72 and there is only one green person on your staff" ... it may not be a quota but it sure can act like one in practice.

Boogeyman or not, it's going away so this will be a moot point going forward .

 

[dpic73]

When you make DEI a central part of your mission statement even though that has nothing to do with the mission, you have on performance evals a an objective "supports DEI" , and you have statistics on how many green people have been hired and are on staff getting briefed to the boss on the regular and that boss says, "why Jim, it looks like you haven't hired anyone identifying with gender 71 or 72 and there is only one green person on your staff" ... it may not be a quota but it sure can act like one in practice.

Boogeyman or not, it's going away so this will be a moot point going forward .

Bullshit, I have first-hand experience with DEI initiatives, do you? This is you using your imagination to create scenarios about a subject you know nothing about.

 

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[ANEW]

Bullshit, I have first-hand experience with DEI initiatives, do you? This is you using your imagination to create scenarios about a subject you know nothing about.

Lol. Yes I do. But it's all good. What you think and what you want doesn't matter. DEI is dead.

 

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God Bless!!!

 

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[UrHuckleberry]

When you make DEI a central part of your mission statement even though that has nothing to do with the mission, you have on performance evals a an objective "supports DEI" , and you have statistics on how many green people have been hired and are on staff getting briefed to the boss on the regular and that boss says, "why Jim, it looks like you haven't hired anyone identifying with gender 71 or 72 and there is only one green person on your staff" ... it may not be a quota but it sure can act like one in practice.

Boogeyman or not, it's going away so this will be a moot point going forward .

My company has a DEI VP, people have pronouns in their signature (if they want), there is a PRIDE ERG (and others), and it has not once come up as part of a performance review. Not saying it doesn’t happen anywhere.

Quotas should be illegal. Actual discrimination should be and is illegal.

 

[fatpiggy]

My company has a DEI VP, people have pronouns in their signature (if they want), there is a PRIDE ERG (and others), and it has not once come up as part of a performance review. Not saying it doesn’t happen anywhere.

Quotas should be illegal. Actual discrimination should be and is illegal.

What is your litmus test to decide if something is discriminatory or not?

 

[UrHuckleberry]

What is your litmus test to decide if something is discriminatory or not?

Something unjust that has a adverse affect.

Me providing a mother’s room for the women in my office does split between men and women, but does not discriminate them. The men who don’t use it aren’t receiving less promotions or work opportunities. Rather the women of the office have a convenient place to pump and feel supported and seen. It’s acknowledging a difference but has no adverse affect on the men or non-mothers.

 

[fatpiggy]

Something unjust that has a adverse affect.

Me providing a mother’s room for the women in my office does split between men and women, but does not discriminate them. The men who don’t use it aren’t receiving less promotions or work opportunities. Rather the women of the office have a convenient place to pump and feel supported and seen. It’s acknowledging a difference but has no adverse affect on the men or non-mothers.

So a very subjective definition. No real definition at all.

This is the problem. The judge of these things is always in the eye of the biased beholder.

There is no way to hold your definition accountable. Just the way you want it.

Give us a metric we can hold accountable and measure to see if it even works.

 

[dpic73]

 

[TigerGrowls]

BREAKING: President Trump just signed an Executive Order terminating all regulations & processes that delay the production of timber, lumber, paper, bioenergy, and other wood products.

It's time to cut trees and use them to make houses, & other things affordable again.

"The United States has an abundance of timber resources that are more than adequate to meet our domestic timber production needs, but heavy-handed Federal policies have prevented full utilization of these resources and made us reliant on foreign producers."

 

[dpic73]

"Concerns about affordability, jobs, and inflation are weighing on Trump’s economic approval rating against a backdrop of faltering consumer sentiment and flashing economic warning signs, including a negative forecast for first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth from the Atlanta Federal Reserve.

According to February Gallup polling, 42 percent of Americans are giving a thumbs-up to Trump’s economic stewardship while 54 percent are giving him a thumbs-down.

Approval of Trump’s handling of the economy also fell to 39 percent from 43 percent in polling released last week by Reuters/Ipsos.

This is notably a lower mark compared to the start of Trump’s first term in 2017, when his economic approval rating stood at 53 percent. While this could reflect less enthusiasm about the economy more generally, it is also a notable thing to watch for the president’s team."

"The Atlanta Fed’s real-time GDP forecast projected negative 1.5 percent growth for the first quarter. That’s much worse than just last week, when it was predicting 2.3 percent positive growth for the first quarter. A month ago, it was registering 3.9 percent growth."

https://thehill.com/business/5167446-trump-economic-confidence-slipping/

 

[TigerGrowls]

No more ****ing around

#BREAKING - US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has informed his European counterparts to expect a reduction of US military presence in Europe.

Hegseth also informed his European counterparts to take responsibility for their own security - Washington Post reports.

Aquila

 

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[TigerGrowls]

Scott Bessent getting it done.



.@SecScottBessent: What I find interesting is, for the past year and a half... most of the media said, "Oh, the economy is great..." Now that President Trump is in office, there's an "economic problem." ... It took four years to get us here. President Trump's been in office five weeks... interest rates — the 10-year bond — have been down every week since President Trump took office. Mortgage rates have been down every week.

 

[TigerGrowls]

Amen!



This is what I voted for.

Europe is being destroyed by it's political leaders. Their open borders immigration policies are resulting in European culture being destroyed.

The native European populations are being replaced with 3rd world fake refugees. Islam is replacing western civilization in Europe. We must avoid the mistakes of Europe.

 

[TigerGrowls]

Voting system will be repaired.

We need a ‘citizenship database’ for voter registration.

GOP pushes ahead with citizenship voting bill. Some state election officials say it's problematic

The centerpiece election legislation from congressional Republicans would require voters to prove their citizenship when registering, raising concerns among state election officials about how it would be implemented and who would pay for it. In recent interviews, secretaries of state from both...

www.yahoo.com

 

[UrHuckleberry]

So a very subjective definition. No real definition at all.

This is the problem. The judge of these things is always in the eye of the biased beholder.

There is no way to hold your definition accountable. Just the way you want it.

Give us a metric we can hold accountable and measure to see if it even works.

Yes, just the way I want it. It was all planned.

 

[fatpiggy]

Yes, just the way I want it. It was all planned.

Not you personally, the collective you. But yes, that is the way it is designed. It is designed so there can be no accountability and you can administer according to the bias of the person in charge. Not a system i want to live under.

 

[UrHuckleberry]

Not you personally, the collective you. But yes, that is the way it is designed. It is designed so their can be no accountability and you can administer according to the bias of the person in charge. Not a system i want to live under.

So what is your definition?

 

[WapPride]

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Didn't Pete Rose admit to ****ing a 14 year old?

 

[fatpiggy]

So what is your definition?

If you won't do it for one color, but you will do it for another that is discrimination.

Equality - equal. What you would do for one you would do for another.

We are all humans and we are all born equal.

 

[Clemsonu90]

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Neither he nor you get it…an executive order doesn’t change this. An executive order only changes have executive office agencies operate. The US doesn’t have an official language because he said so. LOL

 

[ANEW]

Amen!

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This is what I voted for.

Europe is being destroyed by it's political leaders. Their open borders immigration policies are resulting in European culture being destroyed.

The native European populations are being replaced with 3rd world fake refugees. Islam is replacing western civilization in Europe. We must avoid the mistakes of Europe.

Not Poland. Poland knows the deal and are fighting the good fight.

 

[ANEW]

Neither he nor you get it…an executive order doesn’t change this. An executive order only changes have executive office agencies operate. The US doesn’t have an official language because he said so. LOL

the EO makes English the official language of government and it removes any mandates that government services need to be offered in any other language but English.

 

[WapPride]

IDK guys, this seems not great.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/28/the-first-quarter-is-on-track-for-negative-gdp-growth-atlanta-fed-indicator-says-.html

 

[UrHuckleberry]

IDK guys, this seems not great.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/28/the-first-quarter-is-on-track-for-negative-gdp-growth-atlanta-fed-indicator-says-.html

Nothing matters for two years, then you're allowed to judge.

 

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[dpic73]

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Tomorrow night will be the Big Lie you mean? 🎇

Where he won't tell it how it really is?

 

[yoshi121374]

the EO makes English the official language of government and it removes any mandates that government services need to be offered in any other language but English.

Help me understand the purpose of this.

It's literally stupid and is just kissing up to his ignorant 'Merica fans, who btw all buy made in China goods because it's cheaper.