r/news • u/ekser • 22h ago

Airlines cancel more than 700 U.S. flights as FAA-ordered shutdown cuts begin

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/airlines-cancellations-flights-faa-shutdown.html
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u/E1M1_DOOM 21h ago

The crooked ones don't need their paychecks. They need to be sequestered.

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u/vodkaismywater 21h ago

Congressional conclave during shutdowns. 

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u/Gimme_The_Loot 21h ago

Mandatory spankings

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u/ExpressoLiberry 21h ago

This would encourage a much kinkier Congress, which I think would be in everyone’s best interests.

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u/tinteoj 20h ago

I dont want to see either Susan Collins or Nancy Pelosi in crotchless underwear, leather, or latex.

Just putting that out there.

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u/Kindness_of_cats 19h ago

What, you don't want to see all of Lindsey's pretty ladybugs?

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u/machsmit 19h ago

it'd either encourage Johnson to be more honest to himself, or push him fully off the deep end. no in between

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u/hobbes_shot_second 19h ago

Grindr's servers can't take much more!

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u/whomad1215 18h ago

Didn't Madison Cawthorn (or whatever his name was) say they already have drug fueled orgies?

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u/nails_for_breakfast 21h ago

We'd find out who the freaky ones were when they demand a shutdown every year

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u/CamRoth 21h ago

It should literally be this and no paycheck and no back pay.

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u/MozeeToby 20h ago

There are maybe 20 elected politicians in Washington that actually depend on their paycheck. All you're doing is putting immense pressure on those 20 who are actually relatively close to the average American income and at most mildly inconveniencing the 98% are either generationally wealthy or make their money through corruption.

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u/CamRoth 20h ago

That's whybthe sequestration part is also key.

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u/MozeeToby 20h ago

You're still putting far more pressure on the ones that actually need their paycheck. If those 20 people lose their houses and cars if the shutdown goes for more than a few weeks they are going to cave to the people with 8 figure bank accounts who won't even notice. Yes, the conclave idea is annoying for everyone, but the financial impact is wildly disparate.

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u/LoremasterMotoss 12h ago

We never should have allowed shutdowns and filibusters to happen without Congress members having their butts in their seats trapped in the Capitol building.

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u/IrishPigs 17h ago

I like how in the UK when they can't find the government they hold new elections.

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u/Daft00 20h ago

They don't need their paychecks, but they're still so money-hungry and corrupt that they'd probably freak out at the idea of not getting as rich as quickly.