Fluffy 🦊

@[email protected]
25 Followers
186 Following
254 Posts
Student who flies small planes, programs in Java/Go, analyzes malware, and "some other stuff". US Congress procedural nerd, avgeek, OSINT/ADS-B enthusiast, avidly pro-Ukraine. Progressive Liberal, anti-fascist. 
PronounsShe/They
OrientationSapphic/Pan
GenderTransfem/Non-Binary(?)
Substackttps://fluffyanthro007.substack.com/
Fluffy 🦊Feb 14, 2024
🤘​https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/13/democrats-tom-suozzi-flip-george-santos-seat-00141351
Democrats win back George Santos seat in hotly contested election

The results allow Democrats to claim momentum in a crucial election year when control of the House and the presidency are on the ballot.

POLITICO
Fluffy 🦊Oct 10, 2023
Substack just dropped: https://fluffyanthro007.substack.com/p/hello
Hello!

Hello everyone! My name is Fluffy, and I am currently involved in the aviation and computer science industries. On this blog, I plan to post about democracy, public policy, elections, aviation, computer science, and national security. You can follow me on Mastodon at:

Fluffy’s Policy Zone
Fluffy 🦊Oct 3, 2023
It's official: the Kevin McCarthy/Matt Gaetz showdown just dropped:
https://nitter.net/Acyn/status/1708983789395800233
Show threadFluffy 🦊Oct 1, 2023
Still would be nice if GPO published the text of the CR sometime soonish.
Show threadFluffy 🦊Oct 1, 2023
This means that all Air Traffic Controller training, etc, remains open for business.
Show threadFluffy 🦊Oct 1, 2023
https://transportation.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=406873
House Approves Three-Month FAA Extension | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Fluffy 🦊Oct 1, 2023
Aha! The 5-year FAA reauthorization bill may not have passed the Senate yet, but as part of the CR, the FAA is entirely reauthorized (until December 31, 2023).
Show threadFluffy 🦊Oct 1, 2023

H.R. 5860 is now law:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2023/09/30/press-release-bill-signed-h-r-5860/

The government will not shut down*.

*For now...

Press Release: Bill Signed: H.R. 5860 | The White House

On Saturday, September 30, 2023, the President signed into law: H.R. 5860, which provides fiscal year appropriations to Federal agencies through November 17, 2023, for continuing projects of the Federal Government and extends several expiring authorities. ###

The White House
Show threadFluffy 🦊Oct 1, 2023
Oh yeah, and this CR also provides $16 billion in disaster relief funding
Show threadFluffy 🦊Oct 1, 2023
What is a CR (Continuing Resolution)? A quick 🧵
(1/6)