• Bus drivers in Washington DC are refusing to travel on New Jersey Ave past the Southeast Federal Center (headquarters for the US Department of Transportation). A bus company spokesman said, “Buttigieg has been throwing lots of people and companies under their buses and they no longer want to be a part of it”.

• And now this! The Department of Transportation has announced that they are soliciting bids to contract for a travel agency to plan the Secretary’s first trip to East Palestine, Ohio. The Department estimates that their review and selection process should be completed in about a month.