Salon.com | Trump wants do-over of failed airline fantasy — at taxpayers’ expense by Heather Digby Parton

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Donald Trump is proposing a taxpayer‑funded takeover of Spirit Airlines, which is facing bankruptcy and a possible $500 million government bailout, echoing his earlier, failed venture with the Trump Shuttle airline in the early 1990s that collapsed amid high fuel costs and a weakening corporate market. Critics from both parties—including Senators Tom Cotton, Ted Budd, Elizabeth Warren, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy—argue that Spirit is unsalvageable and that using public money to prop up a struggling private carrier would repeat past mistakes of bailouts that benefited executives rather than the public. The commentary frames the plan as another example of Trump’s “right‑wing‑socialism” approach of privatizing the state while socializing private losses, warning that such a move would add to the nation’s mounting economic challenges and could result in a taxpayer‑burdened “national joke” airline.

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Trump wants do-over of failed airline fantasy — at taxpayers' expense

Spirit Airlines could get a $500M government bailout. Even MAGA diehards think it's a bad idea

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NBC News Top Stories | Possible Spirit rescue fuels new fears about government involvement in business by Allie Canal

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The Trump administration is weighing a $500 million rescue of Spirit Airlines that could leave the federal government with up to a 90 % stake after the carrier emerges from bankruptcy, a move experts warn could set a dangerous precedent by expanding government involvement in private businesses and prompting other struggling airlines such as JetBlue and Frontier to seek similar aid. Critics, including Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Tom Cotton, call the deal a poor use of taxpayer money, while Wall Street analysts caution it could upset competition in the industry, giving an advantage to major carriers like Delta, United and American. The proposal follows recent government‑backed equity deals in sectors ranging from semiconductors to mining and raises concerns about blurring the line between regulator and operator, potentially reshaping the low‑cost airline market that Spirit has long supported.

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Spirit bailout idea fuels fears about government, business

The Trump administration is discussing a $500 million rescue deal for Spirit Airlines that could leave the federal government owning up to 90% of the company.

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Chinese capital circling Trump’s school voucher gold rush

In September 2023, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stunned school choice advocates when he kicked out four private schools from the state’s

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“Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), the Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, defended the FBI’s location data purchases. Cotton compared buying location data to law enforcement searching through a person’s trash.”

Apparently Tom Cotton thinks it’s ok for the federal government to sift through your trash without a warrant. Ask yourself, do you want the government to take a close look at your life?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/fbi-started-buying-americans-location-data-again-kash-patel-confirms/

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FBI started buying Americans' location data again, Kash Patel confirms

Tom Cotton supports FBI data purchasing, compares it to searching people's trash.

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Sen. #TomCotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that there’s “not a simple answer” as to who will lead Iran after the death of #Ayatollah Ali #Khamenei in a massive U.S.-Israeli military operation a day earlier.

“I don’t think anyone can give you a simple answer,” Cotton said on @facethenation. “There’s probably a lot of jockeying inside of Iran right now; they hav... https://instagr.am/p/DVXklecjDmL/

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Whether it is Iran or Venezuela it is always about war and oil

Senator Tom Cotton and forty six Republicans attempted to sabotage the the President of the US and his negotiations with Iran. Did it really fail?

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Tom Cotton Blames Gun Control And Birthright Citizenship For Attack On Jews In Australia

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) called for an end to birthright citizenship and gun control laws after an attack on Jews in Australia, reportedly by two Muslim gunmen.

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