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Who REALLY Killed Spirit Airlines?

2026-05-06 News & Politics
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Matt Stoller breaks down the real reason Spirit Airlines went bankrupt. Matt Stoller: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/ Sign up for a PREMIUM Breaking Points subscriptions for full early access to uncut shows and LIVE AMAs with the hosts every week: https://breakingpoints.locals.com/support Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/ To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and Spotify Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Breaking-Points/61575893472315/ #news #politics #youtube

Top Comments (10)

@visigoda 2026-05-06

Spirit was the safest airline: 34 years with *NO* accidents.

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@G33KST4R 2026-05-06

Saagar looks different here.

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@fredsuccess 2026-05-06

Remember they found $40 billion to bail out Argentina.

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@emmanueljimenez6525 2026-05-06

The other airlines are celebrating the death of Spirit. They definitely were involved in not having the government bail them out.

97 11 replies
@karatsurba4791 2026-05-06

Fine report ! No fuss. To the point n decent storytelling with facts

58 1 replies
@anthonyfn 2026-05-06

The moment you mentioned a democrat was blaming the Biden FTC for Spirit's collapse. It became obvious they are trying to stop Lina Khan from ever holding office again.

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@BradSamuelsPro 2026-05-07

Love that you had Matt Stoller back, what a great reporter!

57 1 replies
@LexyandRandWakefield 2026-05-06

Heaven's yes an extra episode of Breaking Points! 😇😇

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@birdworldist 2026-05-06

Hi Matt Stoler!!!

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@RyanMcReynolds1990 2026-05-06

Hi. I’m Matt Stoller. Confirmed human and definitely not a robot.

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