NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: US Senators Are Being Issued Satellite Phones in Preparation for a ‘Disruptive Event’. “Gibson said the phones are a security backstop in the case of an emergency that ‘takes out communications’ in part of America. Federal funding will pay for the satellite airtime needed to utilize the phone devices.”

A friend comments, “It’s either a good idea, or foreshadowing.”