Matt Ling

musician, lawyer, politics // tweeting into the void

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@SenTomCotton Seems like it's your job to protect them, perhaps by voting against funding for this illegal war or by impeaching the guy who started it.

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@ASFleischman I will say, though, that if you turn Payne into a cop, there is *no way* the State would argue that Herring was "unarmed" (he was driving a car), "non-aggressive" (he was not complying with orders), or that he was "not an imminent threat" (again, driving a car and not complying).

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@ASFleischman Yeah I read both briefs and I found the AG/DA's statement of facts to be more persuasive. The multiple eye witness accounts are pretty rough for your client. That said I didn't read the transcripts in the record and it does sound like her trial atty fucked up.

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@samstein He has Fetterman's vote so he makes it out of cmte

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@shashj Doesn't seem complicated -- Trump is trying to shift the blame to the Europeans and also use this as an opportunity to further erode NATO

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@DeanBaker13 94% of Lakers fans want the Lakers to win

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@PGATout Georgetown law prof Jon Zytnick wrote a paper with a similar solution back in 2024. https://t.co/31en9u3QMU

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@USAttyEssayli You're a disgrace

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@BrettKollmann You say all three receivers like it's all of their faults but no -- it was one guy's fault, we just don't know which one

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@jasonscheer @mstrom28 https://t.co/2jbhOwFvDF

lol your kid would go home without the signed bat then I guess

[Abd_Mueez🎨 @Abd_Mueez01]

@jasonscheer The boy's life changed actually.
After the woman drama, he went home with a signed bat from Bader.
Shameful act from the woman though.

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@noiseeng That it's a fuckin' mess

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@KDbyProxy @JuddLegum @elonmusk Ok we're on the same page, I was just reading between the lines where it says that acceptance excludes one from in-person work requirements and I wasn't sure if that meant *all* work. Fwiw I could see them describe it as "severance" but then in the fine print, it wouldn't be.

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@KDbyProxy @JuddLegum @elonmusk Per your earlier point, if they are WFH then is it really a separation incentive payment? Because the payments would just be for the WFH.

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@joshtpm Feels like CYA bullshit from Stephen Miller and his team.

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@matthewstoller Wasn't just Cruz, it was Cornyn and Castro and many others. It was a bipartisan bill.

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@JohnCornyn "I think they are cloaking their arguments in public safety, but I don’t think it’s a safety argument. I think they like monopoly.” This you? Want to apologize?

https://t.co/JYHsNEPhI0

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@JohnCornyn “I think they are cloaking their arguments in public safety, but I don’t think it’s a safety argument. I think they like monopoly.”... this you? are you going to apologize? #planecrash #ATC #reagannational #BlackHawk

https://t.co/JYHsNEPhI0

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@JettBlast00 Thanks for this breakdown

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@Whatdidyousay82 @PeterHamby Maybe a good breakdown here: https://t.co/DtAC2KZZIB

[JettBlast @JettBlast00]

The Blackhawk was clearly above the 200ft limit of the flight corridor and turned well West of it. ATC should’ve called for the CRJ to go around. My guess is that corridor will be shutdown when landings are on RWY 33 in the future, especially at night. The CRJ could have just kept their original RWY 1 assignment. Sad turn of events. 🙏🙏🙏

Current transcript of the PSA 5342 crash:

Blue Streak 5342 is the CRJ. Pat 25 is the helicopter.

4 mins prior to crash: "Tower, Blue Streak 5342 on Mount Vernon Visual Runway 1"

"Blue Streak 5342, Washington Tower, winds are 320/17G25 can you take Runway 33?"

30 sec pause

"Yeah we can do Runway 33 for Bluestreak 5342"

"Bluestreak 5342 (unclear) bridge make the turn for 33, cleared to land 33"

"Change to Runway 33, cleared to land 33 bluestreak 5342"

Other traffic being handled to Runway 1.

Approx 2.5 mins to crash:

Pat25: "PAT25 memorial."

Tower: Pat25 rodger.

Approx 1:20 till crash:

Tower: "PAT25 traffic just south of (unclear) bridge is a CRJ at 1,200ft turning for Runway 33"

PAT25: PAT25 has the Traffic in sight, request visual separation

Tower: Visual separation approved.

Tower: "American 1631 winds are (unclear) no delay, traffic on 3 mile final for Runway 33 cleared for immediate takeoff"

"Cleared for takeoff, AA1631"

Approximately 10 seconds prior to collision

Tower: "PAT25 do you have the CRJ in sight?"

Tower: "PAT25 (unclear maybe pass behind) CRJ"

Pat25: Affirm. Pat 25 has traffic in sight request visual separation.

Tower: Separation.

15 seconds later

"Tower, AA472 (unclear)"

"American 472 washington tower" alarms going off "Oooh!" "Oh my god!" *click

15 seconds later

"Tower, did you see that?"

Tower frantically begins commanding go arounds and deconfliction.

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@Whatdidyousay82 @PeterHamby ATC is operated by the FAA. This appears to be a joint error by the helicopter operator, who seemed to visually identify the wrong plane, and the controller, who probably should have called off the helicopter rather than asking for the pilot to confirm visuals.