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Nowhere in this article do they mention the Biden administration stopped a merger that might have saved the airline and that Democrats did a victory dance over it. This is the most pervasive media bias. It’s not the outright lies. It’s what they purposely omit.

The National Debt Now Exceeds the Size of the American Economy. Get ready for Democrats to clamor for higher taxes. But as Reagan said, “the problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much" For our children and grandchildren, Republicans must lead the way, back to a Balanced Federal Budget, with fiscal discipline and reform. If we don’t, no one will.

✈️ Spirit Airlines is the first US airline casualty of the Iran war. The shutdown announcement today (May 1, 2026) isn't really a Spirit story. It's an oil-shock story - and Spirit is the canary, not the exception. The trigger: Jet fuel prices have roughly doubled since the Iran war started. Asia/Oceania weekly average: $208.79/barrel (IATA). For a discount carrier with thin margins, that's not a headwind - it's a kill shot. → Spirit was already in its 2nd bankruptcy in 12 months (Nov 2024, Aug 2025). → $3.8B JetBlue merger blocked by federal court in early 2024. → A $500M Trump administration rescue (in exchange for up to 90% govt ownership) collapsed this week after bondholders and lawmakers walked. → Cash runway: "matter of days, not weeks" (CBS News). $250M left, with creditor liens. Why this spreads: Jet fuel is 20–30% of an airline's operating cost. When it doubles, weak balance sheets don't restructure. They die. Watch list - airlines already showing distress signals globally: 🇺🇸 Frontier Airlines - same ultra-low-cost model, similar fuel exposure, weak Q1 2026 numbers. 🇺🇸 JetBlue - already restructuring routes, lost the Spirit merger, margin-thin. 🇪🇺 Wizz Air, easyJet, Ryanair - Deutsche Bank analysts flagged carbon-allowance costs alone could rise to €2.25B by mid-decade. Add fuel doubling on top of that. 🇮🇳 Indian carriers - IndiGo and Air India are heavily exposed to ATF (aviation turbine fuel), which has surged with crude. Govt indicated bulk diesel/ATF hikes coming. 🌏 SpiceJet, Akasa - already sub-scale; an extended fuel shock at this level forces consolidation. The contagion isn't only airlines: → Tourism / hospitality - fewer routes, higher fares = lower volumes. Spirit served leisure markets. Hotels, restaurants, car rentals in those cities take the hit next. → Cargo / logistics - FedEx, UPS, DHL all face the same fuel curve. Watch for fuel surcharges to step up. → Refiners / OMCs - globally squeezed between high crude and politically frozen retail prices (see: India). → Petrochemicals - naphtha, ethylene, every plastic, every fertiliser. Oil at $125+ pushes the whole input chain higher. The pattern: Wars don't just disrupt the country at war. They redistribute pain across every sector that runs on cheap energy. Airlines are first because they're the most fuel-leveraged listed industry. They won't be the last. Spirit is what a $208/barrel jet fuel print does to a thin balance sheet. The next ones are already in queue. Sources: WSJ, Bloomberg, CBS News, IATA, Deutsche Bank.

The number 1 worst thing bungie could do with the RaD reprisals in June is to drip feed them week over week. Players are so sick of Bungie's antics right now that this WILL result in a number of players quitting the game forever. Please avoid this incredibly obvious pitfall!

LANDMARK DECISION — The Supreme Court has narrowed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act with their decision in Louisiana v. Callais, opening the door to sweeping redistricting changes across the South that could erase up to 10 majority-Black seats and flip them from blue to red.

BREAKING: Justice Department announces it's readopting the firing squad as a means of execution