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From this morning's press conference: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Obviously, it is not standard to have aircraft collide. I want to be clear on that." ------------------ https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lgxojy6fah2m From a Fox news interview: Tennessee congressman Andy Ogles on the DCA plane crash: "Did DEI play a role?" ---------------- update: Trump giving press conference just now about the aviation crash, spouting nonsense. And commenting on the crash before the NTSB begins investigating. per the Guardian live blog https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/30/plane-crashes-near-washington-dc-after-mid-air-collision-with-military-helicopter-follow-live (from the Guardian international page, so some words here are in British spelling) “We did not know what led to this crash but we have some very strong opinions and ideas,” Donald Trump said. “We have some pretty good ideas … we’ll find out how this disaster occurred and we’ll ensure that nothing like this ever happens again,” he continued. Trump said “we have very strong opinions and ideas” about how the accident happened then reverted to taking political swipes at Barack Obama and Joe Biden over air traffic controller standards. “The word talented. You have to be naturally talented geniuses.” In a harsher tone than before, he is now complaining about diversity and inclusion in FAA programmes and describing former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg as a “disaster” who has a “good line in bullshit”. “You had a confluence of bad decisions that were made,” Donald Trump said. “One thing we do know, there was a lot of vision, and people should have been able to see that. You know, at what point do you stop at? What do you say, well, that plane’s getting a little bit close?” Trump continued. (then Trump said something about the relative heights and visiblity of the aircrafts, which I won't bother to quote here because it doesn't sound rational) Defense Secretary Hegseth is at same press conference and echoed Trump about the heights. Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary said: "When Americans take off in airplanes, they should expect to land at their destination. That didn’t happen yesterday." Trump continued to turn what might have been a sombre briefing into a baseless rant against DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) despite no evidence of a link with the plane crash. The president was backed to the hilt by transportation secretary Sean Duffy, who said “we can only accept the best and the brightest” in positions affecting passenger safety, and defence secretary Pete Hegseth, who echoed: “The era of DEI is gone at the defence department and we need the best and brightest.” Then came vice-president JD Vance, who claimed “we want to hire the best people” who are “actually competent enough to do the job”. Trump returned to the lectern to claim that “very powerful tests” for competence in air traffic control were “terminated” by Joe Biden. CNN’s Kaitlin Collins asked: “Aren’t you getting ahead of the investigation?” Trump replied: “No, I don’t think so at all... I don’t think that’s a smart question. I’m surprised, coming from you.” Another reporter asked why Trump believes DEI is responsible. He said: “Because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t. We want brilliant people doing this. This is a major chess game at the highest level.”

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To be clear, My post was intended as a response to the poster who was commenting on NAC not attending Tabyana's party, as if that were a slight or something. I personally never had any expectation that NAC and Tabyana were/are friends in real life. As far as I could tell, they were simply work colleagues. I was snarking about NAC preening at the Paris event, simply because he frequently posts pics of himself preening, and I (personally) find it annoying when anyone of any gender posts lots of pics of themselves looking 'sexy'. Just me. I don't care that NAC didn't attend a party with his former coworkers. I don't care about that at all!!! I just get annoyed with those types of photos posted by ANYONE. After I made my post in this thread, someone else posted that NAC was paid to attend the events in Paris, so it was simply a work gig. I had no idea! I know absolutely nothing about the Paris fashion world. All these years, I had been assuming that people attend such events so that they can be "seen", to improve their personal brand or whatever. It never occurred to me that anyone was being paid to attend.

Feb. 1, 2025: Timon Kyle Durrett and Nischelle Turner will cohost the 2025 MLK, Jr. Beloved Community Awards Streaming this Saturday, February 1, 7pm ET, at www.thekingcenter.org https://www.instagram.com/berniceaking/p/DFc12jng9ev/ berniceaking and thekingcenter The King Center presents: The 2025 MLK, Jr. Beloved Community Awards Streaming this Saturday, February 1, 7pm ET, at www.thekingcenter.org Tune in as #TheKingCenter celebrates organizations and individuals who are doing their part to create the Beloved Community, as envisioned by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Don’t miss powerful moments with our amazing honorees, including Nadia Murad, Heman Bekele, Jenifer Lewis and LaTosha Brown; and inspiring performances, including from Common Hymnal, Kirk Whalum, MaKenzie, and The CommUNITY ATLl! Hosted by Nischelle Turner and Timon Kyle Durrett Honorees: Beloved Community Civic Leadership Award – Black Voters Matter - Accepted by LaTosha Brown and Cliff Albright, Co-Founders Beloved Community Technological Innovation Award – PSYONIC Beloved Community Christine King Farris Legacy of Service in Education Award – Morris Brown College Beloved Community Yolanda D. King Higher Ground Award – Jenifer Lewis -Actress, Singer, Author, Activist Beloved Community Youth Influencer Award (Individual) – Heman Bekele, Student Scientist Beloved Community Coretta Scott King Soul of the Nation Award – Nadia Murad - President & Chairwoman of Nadia’s Initiative and Nobel Peace Laureate Beloved Community Corporate Social Impact Award – MARS, Inc. Beloved Community Social Justice Award – AIDS Healthcare Foundation Beloved Community Environmental Justice Award – Serenbe Beloved Community Youth Influencer Award ( Organization) – Latin American Association Beloved Community Salute to Greatness Humanitarian Award - Laura Arnold, , Founder and Co-Chair of Arnold Ventures #MLK #MLKDay #MissionPossibleMLK #CorettaScottKing

Awesome! I see that this was Robin's home in NY, as she's packing up the portrait and some items to bring to the studio for the reboot, so this must've been filmed in 2013. What a fun video! thanks for posting. So then did Robin get the portrait back after the reboot finished?

Instead of posting comments from questionable officials who don't know anything yet ... I'll simply post this: U.S. officials just had a press conference and announced that there were no survivors of the plane/helicopter crash. RIP: 2018 interview with Evgenia and Vadim as coaches in Boston, coaching their teen son Max. (I don't know if their son was on the plane or not. He could have been elsewhere. Most of the passenger identities have not yet been announced. Just posting because it's Evgenia and Vadim speaking)

Per the Tr*mp Executive Order, the Defense Intelligence Agency is stopping the observances of MLK Day, Black History Month, Women's History Month, Holocaust Remembrance Days, Pride, Juneteenth, National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Etc etc etc As detailed here:

@Maxim @Errol The full Jan. 14, 2025 AMC reunion panel is now up on the 92Y youtube channel for free. Crediting thanks to @DemetriKane for finding and posting it on the AMC thread.

This is on the official youtube channel of "92Y" (the 92nd Street Y), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/92nd_Street_Y where the AMC event happened. Recorded on January 14, 2025. Since it's on their channel, it's likely the full session. Youtube video length is 52:20

This was Pete Buttigieg's final tweet as Transportation Secretary. Note that Buttigieg mentions infrastructure accomplishments. (However, because Biden tied the infrastructure deal with clean green environmentally-friendly new jobs, Trump now intends to throw all that out.) https://x.com/PeteButtigieg/status/1881452598420799526 Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg January 20, 2025 Serving the American people over the past four years has been an extraordinary honor. To everyone I’ve had the privilege of meeting and working with while serving as Secretary—especially the outstanding team of public servants at USDOT—I couldn’t be prouder of all we accomplished together. America’s Infrastructure Decade is fast underway. Until our paths cross again, thank you.

Oh I found this information on the archived "Soap Opera Portraits" thread: @SFK said: "The portrait of Robin’s Dorian is intended to be a different portrait from the Nancy/Claire one commissioned by Victor (which replaced the portrait of his late wife, Eugenia) Cassie had the Robin portrait commissioned as a gift to her mother after Dorian bought Marty’s house out from under her and had it renovated." ---------- I was probably mistaken. I may have misunderstood a photo Carlivati had posted of himself with Robin's portrait -- I had somehow thought that he had it in his possession, but that may have been an assumption on my part. You're right that Robin probably has it.

Oh I remember Viki's reaction to Pinkerton's Dorian putting her portrait on the wall. As you said, after Pinkerton left the show, Dorian's portrait was redone to feature Claire Malis. And then of course it was replaced with Robin Strasser's portrait. Ron Carlivati has posted in the past that after OLTL ended, he took the Strasser portrait -- he has/had it in his possession, or a copy, and has posed with it.

Pete Buttigieg was Biden's Secretary of Transportation, but Trump replaced him. Trump's new Secretary of Transportation is Sean Duffy. He first gained fame as a cast member on The Real World: Boston, 1998's Road Rules: All Stars and 2002's Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons. He later served as a congressman from Wisconsin. Sean Duffy was sworn in on January 28 as Secretary of Transportation. His first act was to sign a memorandum directing his department to immediately rescind and replace all existing corporate average fuel economy standards and eliminate the electric vehicle mandate https://x.com/SecDuffy/status/1884410146438185312 The plane/helicopter crash occurred Jan. 29, the day after he took office.

Regarding the plane/helicopter crash in DC, there are so many insane comments from Trump and his new cabinet, that I won't post them all here because, well you can imagine the stupid stuff they are saying, and who they are blaming. Trump said "NOT GOOD". Useful information for families of the passengers: via the Kansas City Star https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article299417149.html

Wednesday night January 29, 2025 A U.S.Army Blackhawk helicopter carrying three service personnel collided with an American Airlines jet civilian passenger flight carrying 60 passengers and four crew members. The collision was in Washington DC mid-air, near Reagan airport. (Many reports are using "DCA" which is the official abbreviation for Reagan airport) Both aircraft broke apart and fell into the Potomac River. The American Airlines flight was arriving in DC from Wichita Kansas. Some of the 60 passengers were figure skaters and their families. The US figure skating governing body confirmed that athletes, coaches, and family members were on board after attending national development camp held in conjunction with the US figure skating championships. Russian state media has reported that figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board. The pair, who were married, won the world championships in pairs figure skating in 1994 and lived in the US. Russian media also quoted a Kremlin official stating that there were additional Russian citizens on the flight as well. https://bsky.app/profile/mattdpearce.com/post/3lgwrwdnkgs22

I want to see this again Tommy Lee Jones as Mark Toland having a torrid affair with Nancy Pinkerton's Dorian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Toland

https://x.com/JBKSchlossberg/status/1884294384474046900

We didn't talk about "ships" back in those days, but I adored Joe and Viki. Wild to see Viki pregnant with Kevin! I didn't recognize Victor Lord Sr. I see that he's a recast, also. I knew only the first one.

Love seeing Anna and Jim Craig again! But that recast Vince Wolek seemed off to me! Antony Ponzini was the only Vince for me. And yes Larry Wolek was a cutie and a sweet character!

I think the painting in the videos is of Dorian. (This link has a pic supposedly of Eugenia https://abc-daytime.fandom.com/wiki/Eugenia_Lord )

"The 19 Republican officials, co-led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird have demanded Costco notify the states within 30 days whether it will repeal its DEI policies or provide an explanation for maintaining them." via Reuters - full story at this archived link: https://archive.is/xbV83 -------------------------------- They really aren't rational if they think they can tell a private corporation to stop DEI.

Tabyana doesn't need NAC. She is her own person. She had a party with actual friends. NAC was at some trendy fashion event in Paris posing for photos, trying to be cool.

Okay so ... to sum it up: Trump FROZE all federal spending until each agency can prove to him that they will follow his agenda. They have to fill out a review form to state their intentions and he will read it and decide afterwards whether to give them money or not. The funding would be frozen ("paused") for a week, and agencies have one week to prove that they follow his line of idiocy. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-judge-halts-trump-freeze-on-federal-grants-and-loans-for-a-week The full scope of the administration’s review was spelled out in a 51-page spreadsheet sent to federal agencies and viewed by The Associated Press. Each line was a different government initiative, from pool safety to tribal workforce development to special education. Officials were directed to answer a series of yes or no questions for every item on the list, including “does this program promote gender ideology?” or “does this program promote or support in any way abortion?” Responses are due by Feb. 7. Trillions of dollars are potentially under review. Grants that have been awarded but not spent are also supposed to be halted if they might violate one of Trump’s executive orders. “The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve,” wrote Matthew Vaeth, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, in a memo distributed Monday. Vaeth wrote that “each agency must complete a comprehensive analysis of all of their Federal financial assistance programs to identify programs, projects, and activities that may be implicated by any of the President’s executive orders.” He also wrote that the pause should be implemented “to the extent permissible under applicable law.” The pause on grants and loans was scheduled to take effect at 5 p.m. ET, just one day after agencies were informed of the decision. _________________ Then the update from less than an hour ago: A federal judge (U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan) on Tuesday January 28 temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives. In other words, Judge AliKhan blocked the one-week freeze (aka "pause"). The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect. AliKhan, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, said in halting the freeze, “It seems like the federal government currently doesn’t actually know the full extent of the programs that are going to be subject to the pause.”