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Trump’s DOT Hires Unqualified Gamers to Fill Air Traffic Controller Vacancies

Mike Lindell lost by 45,000 votes and won't concede, sailors on the USS Lincoln are trying to jump overboard, and 92 percent of Americans won't see a doctor because they can't afford it

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Aug 12, 2026
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The Trump administration has hired 2,000 video gamers to serve as air traffic controllers. Mike Lindell trailed by more than 45,000 votes in Minnesota’s Republican primary and still refuses to concede. Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard during an exten…

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