If the UNC fraternity wants to throw that rager AND help a good cause … (at least help offset some of this 🥺)

Boeing has locked out its 125 unionized on-site firefighters in Washington state and hired scabs to replace them

Boeing says it has 'fully implemented our contingency plan with highly qualified firefighters performing the work'

NEW: Ukraine is mounting a new push for the U.S. to send MQ-9 Reapers for surveillance, but Washington says the the drones are too vulnerable to jamming / being shot down. w/ ⁦⁦Paul McLeary⁩ subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Henry Cuellar will step aside as ranking Dem on the House Homeland Security Appropriations panel while he faces criminal charges.

Boeing is trying to increase production of its Dreamliner jets, but the company is having more parts trouble wsj.com/business/boein… via The Wall Street Journal

.Marcus Weisgerber hi, belated Mother’s Day gift nudge nudge wink wink

Big question here about what happens to the bases in Niger that currently house American troops once they leave. This is more of a problem for Airbase 201, the drone base the US paid $100M to build.

But the DOT rule stipulates that an automatic refund would only be issued if a passenger was not rebooked, or declined to be rebooked. Re: from today’s state of play on all things FAA bill: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0…

NEW from me: A bill responding to Boeing's problems may not be coming this year

subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0… via POLITICO Pro

Or a proposal that’s gonna get rowdy

I have two personalities in the senate subway

*my two personalities*

That sound you hear is members in House T&I committee roaring that this could get punted — for the fourth time, if you’re counting along like I am

“Sen. Ted Cruz, ranking member on the Commerce Committee, earlier Thursday insisted he still thinks the bill could be wrapped up by next week, though both Cruz and Thune said Senate leadership has still not landed a deal on the amendment requests” politico.com/live-updates/2…

At this point, getting a short-term FAA extension would likely require a time agreement. Thune said he hopes getting that time agreement wouldn't be controversial, but 'around here, you just don't know'
politico.com/live-updates/2…

New: Thune predicts Senate will need a short-term FAA extension ahead of next week's deadline

'There aren't enough days right now, in my view at least, for us to be able to finish this.' politico.com/live-updates/2…

Regarded as one of the most famous examples of the intertwined nature of social media and war operations [Re: military.com/daily-news/201…]