This story seems like something you'd see in the Onion.

[berg80]

FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say​

The Federal Aviation Administration is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract to overhaul a communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control system and awarding the work to Elon Musk’s Starlink, according to two people briefed on the plans.

The move to cancel a major contract in favor of a venture led by Musk — who is leading President Donald Trump’s disruptive overhaul of the federal government through the U.S. DOGE Service — would represent a significant test of protections against conflicts of interest in government projects. It would be an especially extraordinary step for the typically cautious FAA, whose systems are vital to the safety of millions of air travelers every day.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/26/musk-starlink-doge-faa-verizon/

This has to be satire, right? I mean, c'mon man. The $20B in contracts Musk's companies already get from the federal government represent an unparalleled, massive conflict of interest. Adding another $2.4B is like proclaiming, "yes, we are corrupt, whatcha going to do about it?"

If Starlink has a competitive edge in terms of technology, so be it. But the appearance of impropriety calls for Elon to step down from his temporary position. Especially considering he has already exceeded his legal authority given to special government employees.

 

[Seymour Flops]

FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say​

The Federal Aviation Administration is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract to overhaul a communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control system and awarding the work to Elon Musk’s Starlink, according to two people briefed on the plans.

The move to cancel a major contract in favor of a venture led by Musk — who is leading President Donald Trump’s disruptive overhaul of the federal government through the U.S. DOGE Service — would represent a significant test of protections against conflicts of interest in government projects. It would be an especially extraordinary step for the typically cautious FAA, whose systems are vital to the safety of millions of air travelers every day.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/26/musk-starlink-doge-faa-verizon/

This has to be satire, right? I mean, c'mon man. The $20B in contracts Musk's companies already get from the federal government represent an unparalleled, massive conflict of interest. Adding another $2.4B is like proclaiming, "yes, we are corrupt, whatcha going to do about it?"

If Starlink has a competitive edge in terms of technology, so be it. But the appearance of impropriety calls for Elon to step down from his temporary position. Especially considering he has already exceeded his legal authority given to special government employees.

I think the Onion version would read:

Washington Post Still Taken Seriously as a Source for News
- Middle of the Road Reporting and Unbiased Analyses Attract Readers from the Full Political Spectrum

 

[Crepitus]

FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say​

The Federal Aviation Administration is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract to overhaul a communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control system and awarding the work to Elon Musk’s Starlink, according to two people briefed on the plans.

The move to cancel a major contract in favor of a venture led by Musk — who is leading President Donald Trump’s disruptive overhaul of the federal government through the U.S. DOGE Service — would represent a significant test of protections against conflicts of interest in government projects. It would be an especially extraordinary step for the typically cautious FAA, whose systems are vital to the safety of millions of air travelers every day.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/26/musk-starlink-doge-faa-verizon/

This has to be satire, right? I mean, c'mon man. The $20B in contracts Musk's companies already get from the federal government represent an unparalleled, massive conflict of interest. Adding another $2.4B is like proclaiming, "yes, we are corrupt, whatcha going to do about it?"

If Starlink has a competitive edge in terms of technology, so be it. But the appearance of impropriety calls for Elon to step down from his temporary position. Especially considering he has already exceeded his legal authority given to special government employees.

Lining their pockets, just as we said they would.

 

[berg80]

I think the Onion version would read:

Washington Post Still Taken Seriously as a Source for News
- Middle of the Road Reporting and Unbiased Analyses Attract Readers from the Full Political Spectrum

I have never found snark to be particularly effective in refuting a story. But I suppose you have to roll with what you have. Which as always is nothing.

 

[Crepitus]

I think the Onion version would read:

Washington Post Still Taken Seriously as a Source for News
- Middle of the Road Reporting and Unbiased Analyses Attract Readers from the Full Political Spectrum

 

[excalibur]

The L3Harris a systems are beginning to fail. Musk providing Starlink, free.

 

[berg80]

Lining their pockets, just as we said they would.




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Because they are flooding the zone with this kind of stuff the tendency is to read a story like this and move on. Because in all likelihood tomorrow will bring something equal if not greater in terms of it's outrage. I recall feeling somewhat similarly during trump's 1st term, but there's never been anything quite like this.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say​

The Federal Aviation Administration is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract to overhaul a communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control system and awarding the work to Elon Musk’s Starlink, according to two people briefed on the plans.

The move to cancel a major contract in favor of a venture led by Musk — who is leading President Donald Trump’s disruptive overhaul of the federal government through the U.S. DOGE Service — would represent a significant test of protections against conflicts of interest in government projects. It would be an especially extraordinary step for the typically cautious FAA, whose systems are vital to the safety of millions of air travelers every day.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/26/musk-starlink-doge-faa-verizon/

This has to be satire, right? I mean, c'mon man. The $20B in contracts Musk's companies already get from the federal government represent an unparalleled, massive conflict of interest. Adding another $2.4B is like proclaiming, "yes, we are corrupt, whatcha going to do about it?"

If Starlink has a competitive edge in terms of technology, so be it. But the appearance of impropriety calls for Elon to step down from his temporary position. Especially considering he has already exceeded his legal authority given to special government employees.

Pretty sure it's mostly bullshit. Starlink can't really compete bandwidth-wise.

 

[Independent thinker]

FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say​

The Federal Aviation Administration is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract to overhaul a communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control system and awarding the work to Elon Musk’s Starlink, according to two people briefed on the plans.

The move to cancel a major contract in favor of a venture led by Musk — who is leading President Donald Trump’s disruptive overhaul of the federal government through the U.S. DOGE Service — would represent a significant test of protections against conflicts of interest in government projects. It would be an especially extraordinary step for the typically cautious FAA, whose systems are vital to the safety of millions of air travelers every day.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/26/musk-starlink-doge-faa-verizon/

This has to be satire, right? I mean, c'mon man. The $20B in contracts Musk's companies already get from the federal government represent an unparalleled, massive conflict of interest. Adding another $2.4B is like proclaiming, "yes, we are corrupt, whatcha going to do about it?"

If Starlink has a competitive edge in terms of technology, so be it. But the appearance of impropriety calls for Elon to step down from his temporary position. Especially considering he has already exceeded his legal authority given to special government employees.

Your post is like something we would see in The Onion.

 

[Dekster]

FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say​

The Federal Aviation Administration is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract to overhaul a communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control system and awarding the work to Elon Musk’s Starlink, according to two people briefed on the plans.

The move to cancel a major contract in favor of a venture led by Musk — who is leading President Donald Trump’s disruptive overhaul of the federal government through the U.S. DOGE Service — would represent a significant test of protections against conflicts of interest in government projects. It would be an especially extraordinary step for the typically cautious FAA, whose systems are vital to the safety of millions of air travelers every day.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/26/musk-starlink-doge-faa-verizon/

This has to be satire, right? I mean, c'mon man. The $20B in contracts Musk's companies already get from the federal government represent an unparalleled, massive conflict of interest. Adding another $2.4B is like proclaiming, "yes, we are corrupt, whatcha going to do about it?"

If Starlink has a competitive edge in terms of technology, so be it. But the appearance of impropriety calls for Elon to step down from his temporary position. Especially considering he has already exceeded his legal authority given to special government employees.

IDK does starlink not have problems with 5G?

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

IDK does starlink not have problems with 5G?

Different satellite.

 

[toobfreak]

If Starlink has a competitive edge in terms of technology, so be it.​

Verizon sucks eggs. Glad to see the money go to a better company.

But the appearance of impropriety calls for Elon to step down from his temporary position.​

Nice try, buttkiss. I don't think so. Ain't happening.

 

[berg80]

Your post is like something we would see in The Onion.

See post #4.

 

[TheInfiniteSadness]

Let's see the American people will have to buy out the contract of Verizon. I'm sure elon the fairy will claim he saved the American people a billion dollars

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

This has to be satire, right?

Unfortunately, not.

Trump and Musk are equally corrupt.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Because they are flooding the zone with this kind of stuff the tendency is to read a story like this and move on. Because in all likelihood tomorrow will bring something equal if not greater in terms of it's outrage. I recall feeling somewhat similarly during trump's 1st term, but there's never been anything quite like this.

Berg 80 complaining to her friend Crepitus about other people "flooding the zone."

 

[Mac1958]

But the appearance of impropriety calls for Elon to step down from his temporary position. Especially considering he has already exceeded his legal authority given to special government employees.

Unfortunately, the "appearance of impropriety" is simply no longer a standard. What Musk is doing absolutely pales in comparison with what Trump has gotten away with, what Justices Thomas & Alito have gotten away with, what Trump's insurrectionists have gotten away with, on and on.

The Trump years have seen the elimination of all standards of behavior, and Musk can just surf along behind that.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Wapo is not a legitimate news source.

 

[berg80]

Unfortunately, the "appearance of impropriety" is simply no longer a standard. What Musk is doing absolutely pales in comparison with what Trump has gotten away with, what Justices Thomas & Alito have gotten away with, what Trump's insurrectionists have gotten away with, on and on.

The Trump years have seen the elimination of all standards of behavior, and Musk can just surf along behind that.

Perhaps more than anything else the danger trumpery represents is the constant erosion of norms we all took for granted. Certainly the Founders did. A traitorous bad actor like trump was beyond their ability to contemplate in so far as reaching the pinnacle of power.

 

[berg80]

Wapo is not a legitimate news source.

A belief you hold despite an inability to factually refute anything they report.

BTW, what you said is music to trump's, and Murdoch's ears. They have worked very hard to get people like you to trust liars like them.