Byrdland Mike (Empty Nester) · @micchiato
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do it and
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RT @davidsirota
🚨BREAKING: After @SecretaryPete pretended to be powerless, major enviro groups are now threatening legal action if he continues to refuse to use his power to strengthen rail safety rules. levernews.com/enviros-threaten
twitter.com/davidsirota/status

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Byrdland Mike (Empty Nester) · @micchiato
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one day Mayor Pete is constrained on holding @nscorp accountable; the next day he has the power to hold @nscorp accountable; I have whiplash from all his flip flops

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RT @SecretaryPete
USDOT will hold Norfolk Southern accountable for any safety violations found to have contributed to the disaster that has upended lives in East Palestine, OH.  

We respect the independence of NTSB’s investigation, and its findings…
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Byrdland Mike (Empty Nester) · @micchiato
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odds that the goal of their *controlled burn* was to destroy evidence that could have been legally used against them later?
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RT @nscorp
CEO Alan Shaw’s letter to the East Palestine community: “I know you have questions about whether Norfolk Southern will be here to help make things right...We are here and will stay here for as long …
twitter.com/nscorp/status/1626

#eastpalestine #ohiotraindisaster #ohio #ohioriverplume #norfolksouthernderailment #epa #firesecretarypete

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Byrdland Mike (Empty Nester) · @micchiato
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RT @micchiato
he may cheerfully do awful Obama impressions to campaign for the nomination, but Mayor Pete won’t repeat Obama’s regs twitter.com/secretarypete/stat

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Byrdland Mike (Empty Nester) · @micchiato
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he may cheerfully do awful Obama impressions to campaign for the nomination, but Mayor Pete won’t repeat Obama’s regs
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RT @SecretaryPete
In the wake of the East Palestine derailment and its impact on hundreds of residents, we’re seeing lots of newfound or renewed (and welcome) interest in our work on rail safety, so I wanted to share more about what we’ve been doing in this area:
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Byrdland Mike (Empty Nester) · @micchiato
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Byrdland Mike (Empty Nester) · @micchiato
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he is very good at industry PR, but very bad as chief industry regulator
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RT @SecretaryPete
Yesterday’s US flight cancellation rates (preliminary numbers per FAA):

Southwest Airlines: 56%
All other airlines average: 1%
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Byrdland Mike (Empty Nester) · @micchiato
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Pete knew about the coming crisis in air travel, and he refused to lift a finger until everything went pear-shaped, and now he's trying to minimize the damage
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RT @SecretaryPete
A week since the storm hit, every airline but one has recovered. Overall we’re seeing around 3% of flights canceled, excluding the unacceptable performance of Southwest - which canceled 59% yesterday. USDOT is investigating and we are en…
twitter.com/SecretaryPete/stat

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