Doesn’t Pass The Smell Test

MS NOW: "A congressional official with knowledge of the matter is telling MS NOW the cause of the shutdown of El Paso airspace is a lack of communication between the Pentagon and FAA. The official told us the FAA and DOD are 'not in clear communications with each other,' going on… pic.twitter.com/vSpjGmj12u

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 11, 2026

MS NOW: "A congressional official with knowledge of the matter is telling MS NOW the cause of the shutdown of El Paso airspace is a lack of communication between the Pentagon and FAA. The official told us the FAA and DOD are 'not in clear communications with each other,' going on to say FAA shut down because of their concerns about DOD counter-drone activity in the area."

"Counter-drone activity,” so FAA shuts down airspace for 10 days? That’s a bit beyond “miscommunication.” Or it means no one should be flying as long as this Administration is in charge.

Nothing to worry about here the groyper they put in charge of the alert system after everyone was DOGEd just pressed the wrong button. https://t.co/d41naQZRhl

— Tim Miller (@Timodc) February 11, 2026

As I was saying….

Or:

Several drones operated by the cartels in Mexico breached American Airspace overnight near El Paso, with electronic-warfare measures being utilized by the U.S. Army at Fort Bliss to down the drones, resulting in this morning’s Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) issued by the… pic.twitter.com/ORGAyNwah1

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 11, 2026

Several drones operated by the cartels in Mexico breached American Airspace overnight near El Paso, with electronic-warfare measures being utilized by the U.S. Army at Fort Bliss to down the drones, resulting in this morning’s Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). “Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace. The Dept. of War took action to disable the drones. The FAA and DOW have determined there is no threat to commercial travel,” an official with the White House told NewsNation.

Tim Miller is very nearly right.

🚨BREAKING: FAA just ordered a full halt on ALL flights to and from El Paso, Texas, for the next 10 days.

Reason? “Unspecified special security reasons.”

No details, no explanation, just grounded.pic.twitter.com/KaQfZaTxzh

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) February 11, 2026

BREAKING: A source briefed by FAA tells me the El Paso flight ban was driven by military operations from Biggs Army Air Field at Fort Bliss. The FAA acted after the Defense Department could not assure civilian flight safety. pic.twitter.com/r3Vdrmpday

— Pete Muntean (@petemuntean) February 11, 2026

Important context: the El Paso TFR is not like the 9/11 nationwide airspace shutdown. DC & NY restrictions were created later. A ban on all flights over a U.S. city—including medevac and police helicopters—has no modern precedent. https://t.co/nc6n7FfmyC

— Pete Muntean (@petemuntean) February 11, 2026

🚨 BREAKING: The FAA has just LIFTED the closure of airspace over El Paso, originally shut down for "special security reasons"

FAA: "There is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume as normal."

I wonder what happened 👀 https://t.co/opcb6qD8JK pic.twitter.com/77pq5mlqbe

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 11, 2026

Pretty sure it’s because the clowns are in charge.

“WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS…A FAILURE…TO COMMUNICATE!”

Ten days? Ten fucking days? Because some drones crossed the border? And the counter-drone operations at Biggs Airfield shit them down? Isn’t that what the counter drone force is in El Paso to do? And it was such a danger to civilian air traffic, they shut down El Paso airspace for 10 days? And then decided 6 hours was fine?

Someone get Duffy in front of a Congressional committee instanter.