WHAT IN THE ACTUAL HELL, PART II:

🚨NEW – Federal Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has shut down aid flights into Western North Carolina.

A NOTAM has been issued by the FAA that won’t allow anyone not approved by the state to fly aid missions. They said they would give permission but they’re not being…

— Dr. Ben Braddock (@GraduatedBen) October 3, 2024

Plus: “FAA also restricting airspace for drones. How much of this is legitimate issues with drones and how much is it to try to keep footage of the devastation from getting out?”

There are two teams trying to help. The first team has far fewer resources but can move quickly. The second has far more resources but moves much more slowly.

Buttigieg has benched the first team — and people deserve to know why.

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I wouldn’t call them random. Those half-trained awesome people seem to have self-selected for excellence.

— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) October 3, 2024

Excellence doesn’t seem to have much constituency with Biden-Harris.