cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26858906

Summary

A leaked TSA email suggests funding for bomb-sniffing dogs has been halted under Elon Musk.

The email states that vet visits, kenneling, and food are “put on hold” until further guidance.

TSA deploys over 1,000 canine teams, with training costing $33,000 per dog.

The funding freeze contradicts Trump’s “tough on crime” stance and coincided with the White House celebrating “K9 Veterans Day.”

  • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    332 days ago

    Just here for my daily question of: How the fuck does this man have the authority to “order” fucking anything within my government?

    • /home/pineapplelover
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      42 days ago

      Executive branch controls executive things. Voters elected orange man who likes elon.

      Put simple, because people wanted this.

    • @finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      Millions of DNC voters stayed home in the 2024 election and known pro-billionaire convicted felon Donald Trump won the presidency.

      Now that still technically doesn’t give him the power to create a new office. Instead, they kicked everyone out of the digital services office and changed the sign on the door to DOGE. Now that STILL didn’t give him power over other offices and the budget, so they’ve instead been working alongside traitors in the treasury and fighting the courts over legitimacy of their firings and funding freezes.

        • @finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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          There absolutely was voter suppression, a voter deregistration campaign, and thrown out votes but sadly it wasn’t anywhere near a close enough race for those votes to make a difference. Trump won by millions, and theres a much bigger difference between Harris and Biden 2020’s numbers to the tune of 7 Million votes.

          That’s not fraud or corruption. Thats low turnout.

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed
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    212 days ago

    The last time a major terrorist attack happened, the government got expansion of powers.

    This is preparing for the next 9/11, reichstag-fire style.

    And the dems will approve the Enabling Act.

      • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost
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        32 days ago

        The one person who voted no to the Patriot Act was voted out next election.

        Let that be a lesson to all Americans. The one person who voted to protect the freedoms of America was voted out because it looked bad on paper.

    • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost
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      12 days ago

      They gladly will, especially if its a reach around in the name of compromise and good faith to the “Actually Just Open Nazis and Bad Faith Liars” party.

    • @MindlessHunter4@sh.itjust.works
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      Yeah Elon Musk is a sick fuck, though lets be real. We all knew he wasn’t above something like this, this is just proving what we all knew about him. It’s still horrible though.

  • @frazw@lemmy.world
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    Every time I read something about the USA in the last few weeks I think “Wow that’s shitty. How can it get worse?”

    In short order, the answer to my question is served up. I find it worse when the victims cannot speak or stand up for themselves. Though horrible things are happening to a wide range of victims at least they can protest, take action etc. The dogs cannot. I only hope that the handlers make sure the welfare of these animals is taken care of despite the order. They do not deserve to be pawns in the MAGA game, but then no one does.

  • RQG
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    3 days ago

    Elon orders government. They said it out loud.

  • @jimjam5@lemmy.world
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    193 days ago

    If it’s not already a thing we should start a live tracker of Elon’s current or last known whereabouts. For academic purposes.

      • @jimjam5@lemmy.world
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        103 days ago

        Yes, but I was thinking of a system with more … granularity and resolution. Maybe take the flight tracker and add to it, like noting the color of the vehicle he got in and its plate number. For research. Let’s say it’s to help calculate his efficiency with tax payer dollars.