Kris Pierson
@krispierson.com
Captain and Check Pilot for a major US airline.
Author: https://asa2fly.com/pilots-in-command-your-best-trip-every-trip-third-edition/
Newsletter: https://crewbriefing.substack.com
Website: https://krispierson.com
New Market, Minnesota
Author: https://asa2fly.com/pilots-in-command-your-best-trip-every-trip-third-edition/
Newsletter: https://crewbriefing.substack.com
Website: https://krispierson.com
New Market, Minnesota
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Kris Pierson
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· Nov 10
"Choose your heroes very carefully and then emulate them. You will never be perfect, but you can always be better." - Warren Buffett, today in his farewell letter as he leaves the CEO post at Berkshire.
Just to be clear, the general public and media will never know why an aircraft has an air-return, emergency landing, diversion, etc. including said events on AF1, AF2, or any other similar callsigned flights.
January 21, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Just to be clear, the general public and media will never know why an aircraft has an air-return, emergency landing, diversion, etc. including said events on AF1, AF2, or any other similar callsigned flights.
This is not a "I support ICE" post.
It is ILLEGAL to shoot at / shoot down ANY aircraft, manned or unmanned.
It is ILLEGAL to shoot at / shoot down ANY aircraft, manned or unmanned.
January 20, 2026 at 4:05 AM
This is not a "I support ICE" post.
It is ILLEGAL to shoot at / shoot down ANY aircraft, manned or unmanned.
It is ILLEGAL to shoot at / shoot down ANY aircraft, manned or unmanned.
The rest of the world is preparing to stand up to the USA! 🤯
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 20, 2026 at 12:59 AM
The rest of the world is preparing to stand up to the USA! 🤯
This is what leadership looks like. @littleforcongress.bsky.social isn’t afraid to stand alongside us and lead the fight for love to prevail over hatred in Minnesota.
On Friday, I stood with the protestors at the Whipple Building in Minneapolis as a line of 70-80 ICE officers marched at us.
In that crowd you could feel the anger and sadness over what ICE has done to the great state of Minnesota.
In that crowd you could feel the anger and sadness over what ICE has done to the great state of Minnesota.
January 20, 2026 at 12:55 AM
This is what leadership looks like. @littleforcongress.bsky.social isn’t afraid to stand alongside us and lead the fight for love to prevail over hatred in Minnesota.
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All it would take is for a bunch of these CEOs to confront Trump in front of the world and tell him he's unfit to run a hot-dog stand, and his presidency would be over. Seriously.
But none of them has the balls to do it.
But none of them has the balls to do it.
January 20, 2026 at 12:36 AM
All it would take is for a bunch of these CEOs to confront Trump in front of the world and tell him he's unfit to run a hot-dog stand, and his presidency would be over. Seriously.
But none of them has the balls to do it.
But none of them has the balls to do it.
For anyone still wondering what the *actual* mission of ICE Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, will this finally help you figure it out?
Intimidating a toy store for selling protest signs a whistles. A TOY STORE FFS.
#iceout #MNStrong #resistfascism
Intimidating a toy store for selling protest signs a whistles. A TOY STORE FFS.
#iceout #MNStrong #resistfascism
DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
January 17, 2026 at 2:04 AM
For anyone still wondering what the *actual* mission of ICE Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, will this finally help you figure it out?
Intimidating a toy store for selling protest signs a whistles. A TOY STORE FFS.
#iceout #MNStrong #resistfascism
Intimidating a toy store for selling protest signs a whistles. A TOY STORE FFS.
#iceout #MNStrong #resistfascism
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Given the timing, we consider this to be targeted harassment as punishment for exercising our First Amendment rights.
We're still handing out free whistles. And we just got in hundreds of new yard signs.
Keep resisting, Minnesota. We love you.
We're still handing out free whistles. And we just got in hundreds of new yard signs.
Keep resisting, Minnesota. We love you.
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Given the timing, we consider this to be targeted harassment as punishment for exercising our First Amendment rights.
We're still handing out free whistles. And we just got in hundreds of new yard signs.
Keep resisting, Minnesota. We love you.
We're still handing out free whistles. And we just got in hundreds of new yard signs.
Keep resisting, Minnesota. We love you.
Reposted by Kris Pierson
DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
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This angle shows Trump’s ICE agent standing on the side of the vehicle and firing into the open window at the driver. This was murder.
January 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
This angle shows Trump’s ICE agent standing on the side of the vehicle and firing into the open window at the driver. This was murder.
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
Prediction I hate to make: McCarthy gets hurt in this game. After the stupid taunting he pulled I’m pretty sure GB won’t let up on him. #skol
January 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Prediction I hate to make: McCarthy gets hurt in this game. After the stupid taunting he pulled I’m pretty sure GB won’t let up on him. #skol
If they voted for a democrat aren’t they rejecting republicans? @axios.com always toeing the line with their conservative backers.
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If they voted for a democrat aren’t they rejecting republicans? @axios.com always toeing the line with their conservative backers.
Best line from late night shows ever: "Buckle up, America. Before this is over he [Trump] is going to rub his balls on everything." -- Stephen Colbert.
December 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Best line from late night shows ever: "Buckle up, America. Before this is over he [Trump] is going to rub his balls on everything." -- Stephen Colbert.
I think all you need to do to decipher Trump is to understand if a person controls $$. The Mamdani visit makes this clear -- no matter what you say to/abt Trump even in front of him doesn't matter. In the end. if your post wields/affects wealth, you are IN! See: MBS, Starmer, Carney, Macron, Modi.
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I think all you need to do to decipher Trump is to understand if a person controls $$. The Mamdani visit makes this clear -- no matter what you say to/abt Trump even in front of him doesn't matter. In the end. if your post wields/affects wealth, you are IN! See: MBS, Starmer, Carney, Macron, Modi.
For anyone bemoaning the chummy Mamdani - Trump ‘positivity’ today (on either side) you need to take a deep breath. ZM and his comm team did a fab job prepping and executing. If you haven’t been to [formal/pro] media training you have no ability to score how the event in the Oval was handled.
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
For anyone bemoaning the chummy Mamdani - Trump ‘positivity’ today (on either side) you need to take a deep breath. ZM and his comm team did a fab job prepping and executing. If you haven’t been to [formal/pro] media training you have no ability to score how the event in the Oval was handled.
Racism and xenophobia are hallmarks of fascism and autocracy.
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Racism and xenophobia are hallmarks of fascism and autocracy.
Sick. Just turns your stomach.
Dershowitz: The predecessor on your show described Epstein as a convicted pedophile. He pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. That’s not a pedophile.
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Sick. Just turns your stomach.
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This is off our our internal station module (also live on the website). So we started the day with a low just below freezing and now it has warmed to 70°F. CRAZY for mid-November in #Minnesota! #mnwx #weather #climate
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This is off our our internal station module (also live on the website). So we started the day with a low just below freezing and now it has warmed to 70°F. CRAZY for mid-November in #Minnesota! #mnwx #weather #climate
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Human beings have always felt real weird about the prospect of human flight - but of course, we spent thousands of years trying to do it anyway.
Read my latest about flying necromancer kings, ancient Taoist wind-riders, and what they’ve got to do with drones here:
Read my latest about flying necromancer kings, ancient Taoist wind-riders, and what they’ve got to do with drones here:
The Three Dreams You Need to Make a Drone: The Fear and Fantasy of Flying
There is something deeply rooted in our psyche that is both appalled and fascinated by the prospect of a human being flying like a bird, by this act that is both deeply unnatural and has also become, ...
little-flying-robots.ghost.io
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Human beings have always felt real weird about the prospect of human flight - but of course, we spent thousands of years trying to do it anyway.
Read my latest about flying necromancer kings, ancient Taoist wind-riders, and what they’ve got to do with drones here:
Read my latest about flying necromancer kings, ancient Taoist wind-riders, and what they’ve got to do with drones here:
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) hopped on his Harley to get in on the performative game MAGA is playing with forced airline cancellations and threats against ATC professionals. Nevermind that he resides within a 2-hour road trip of three airports that would get him to DC just fine.
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) hopped on his Harley to get in on the performative game MAGA is playing with forced airline cancellations and threats against ATC professionals. Nevermind that he resides within a 2-hour road trip of three airports that would get him to DC just fine.
NO WAY!? Not to mention it hasn't received either a price tag or a funding request, for which Congress would have to then approve.
Secretary Duffy confirms earlier @theaircurrent.com reporting that a common automation platform for the “brand new” ATC system will most likely take longer than the 3 year timeline he has set for the rest of the modernization project. theaircurrent.com/air-traffic-...
The ‘brand new’ ATC system might not be as new as you think
FAA Administrator anticipates final solicitation for an ATC modernization integrator will go live at the end of August
theaircurrent.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
NO WAY!? Not to mention it hasn't received either a price tag or a funding request, for which Congress would have to then approve.
Pritzker FTW.
Gov. Pritzker: “All I can say is that whether it was the loss in the elections a week ago that's led to Donald Trump deciding to pull CBP out or the fact that Greg Bovino is a snowflake…Whatever it is, the people of Chicago have deserved better than having CBP and Greg Bovino in this city.”
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Pritzker FTW.