News and notes from around the interweb:
- We all have sleep routines on planes…
Marco Rubio says he covers his head with a blanket when taking naps on Air Force One so Trump won't think his secretary of state is weak for needing sleep on overseas flights.
An outstanding @bterris read, on Trump's health: https://t.co/kPYFwEOCwF pic.twitter.com/2WC6nEpYZx
— Jesús Rodríguez (@jesusrodriguezb) January 26, 2026
- Bilt seems to be fixing (1) people who had their Wells Fargo card, but were denied new cards – those folks are getting approvals, (2) people who were approved with lower limits than on the old card (I got an email with an increase from $25,000 to $40,000, still lower than the $50k from Wells).
- Womp, womp.
My dad was always a "If you got up there on your own, you can get down on your own" sort of man.
Fantastic father.
Terrible air traffic controller.— Miss Ally (@MissAlly_01) January 26, 2026
- This is why you always carry a U.K. power adapter with you in your laptop bag. A decade ago this was a huge problem across American Airlines planes. They developed a maintenance program for it, but shelved it because checking and fixing outlets across their fleet was going to cost several million dollars. Around 2018 they preferred to let them rot. Things are much better now, but I never removed the adapter from my bag.
Power outlets over-worn and chargers fall out
byu/n0v0cane inAlaskaAirlines - If you’re the taco editor for Texas Monthly, you’re hispanic and you’re spending your time in taco spots in southwest Texas around Del Rio, your business travel inevitably collides with immigration enforcement.
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Please, someone, shed your crocodile tears and tell us to ‘not get political’…
@L737 — Matt’s still got it.
I carry a couple of European plug adapters that have a very tight grip for US plugs and fit right into the European holes of AA’s domestic planes, where the Euro holes are not worn out, of course. Works every time, even on AS downward facing sockets. Not as bulky as UK adapters. Super cheap at Amazon, 5.99 for 6, search for “6 Pack European Travel Plug Adapter, US to Europe Plug Adapter”.
Father vs ATC quote remind me of Scenes from a Hat from Whose Line.
@1990 — Ol’ reliable!
He should ditch the blanket and fall asleep in the middle of meetings like the boss.
Right! The UK power plug is a lifesaver on planes especially if your charger weighs more than a fraction of an ounce!
@Christian
You talking about Biden again? Memories of Biden getting out of the car in Normandy looking like he just landed on Mars.
Marco proves that a fool who follows a fool will end up doing foolish things
Marco had a field day on those prepared script reading Demos. The best was the Tim Kane comeback. You go Marco.
@Coffee Please — Lil Marco…
@1990
Not anymore. Don’t mess with Marco. That’s what Margaret Brennan says.
Amazon carries “Loose Outlet Fix Plug.” NFI. I bought a similar product from them, but haven’t had a chance to try them. IF they work, they’re much more convenient in size.
You can always identify the weak person. They are the ones accusing others of being weak for doing, well, normal human activities. Need to sleep, eat, use the toilet? You weakling!
Sleeping on flights is good if it helps to minimize the impact of jet lag. It also helps to reduce the risk of degenerative brain function. That Trump has horrible habits and horrible behavior that just gets worse and worse is part and parcel of Trump’s worsening mental health.
“Immigration enforcement” on the road in Texas has nothing on “immigration enforcement” that hit when driving from Minneapolis to get to Wisconsin earlier this month. The ICE goons were running checkpoints to get onto the highway and it was worse than exit passport control in any developed country. DHS/ICE was more sketchy and poised to be trigger finger-happy than the Taliban guards on the main road to go between Kabul to Peshawar.
Trump/Vance and their enablers have brought about the Putinization of the US state and they will proceed to Talibanize it too if the Pretti Good people of Minnesota and the rest of the country don’t defeat the regime once and for all.
lol Donny had another late night social media bender, posting 56 times on Lie Social in 60 minutes. Maybe if he weren’t huffing stims to stay conscious he could relate to the natural and important role that sleep plays in a healthy lifestyle
@All Due Respect — Sheesh, that guy beats even my best records on these sites. LOL.
Stick to airline news not political BS!!
@TW — Nah, politics is part of life (people, money, power, aviation, too); get used to it, or ignore it. Neither Gary nor any of the other bloggers are gonna stop covering whatever they want. What happened to ‘free speech’? (Ah, it was only if you ‘like’ it, huh…)
lol trump has such a “mean gay from the 80s” personality it’s unreal
Airlines Mentioned in blog post Recap:
Air Force One – 2
Alaska Airlines – 1
American Airlines – 1
(Tim Dunn gets a break.)