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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."

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[-] Chodi_MacCunt@no.lastname.nz 1 points 51 minutes ago

LOL GO ELONG

[-] prole 17 points 8 hours ago

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

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.

[-] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 38 minutes 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.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago

And the dems will approve the Enabling Act.

if the patriot act is any indication, yes.

[-] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 39 minutes 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.

[-] formergijoe@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago
[-] MindlessHunter4@sh.itjust.works 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

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.

[-] firadin@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago

This is going to be the thing that gets white people off the train. Being mean to the dogs.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago

i'd wager good money they ignore it

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

They didn't give a shit about kristi noam.

[-] jimjam5@lemmy.world 19 points 21 hours 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.

[-] Natanael@infosec.pub 9 points 20 hours ago

Like the Elon flight tracker?

[-] prole 2 points 8 hours ago

Maybe some brave air traffic controller can take one for the team and send his plane into the Atlantic Ocean.

[-] jimjam5@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours 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.

[-] reiterationstation@lemm.ee 8 points 19 hours ago

This is some unhinged shit. Is it the drugs? Is it the Putin?

[-] xye@lemm.ee 5 points 8 hours ago

Can we please stop blaming ‘drugs’ or ketamine specifically, even when joking. This is seriously hurting its reputation and future use as a therapeutic option. It might not feel like a big deal but every time we say this it normalizes it. Not targeting you specifically just trying to call it out any time I see it - thank you.

[-] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Putin. Not even once kids.

[-] danciestlobster@lemm.ee 3 points 9 hours ago

Poutine though, more than once!

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago

I pray everyday for a poetic Mussolini ending for Musk

Nah, he's cutting corners in bomb detecting dogs, it's gonna be a Carrero Blanco 2 electric boogaloo

[-] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

So how does it go down when a moral human is forced to respond to this? Curious to get a scenario where an unelected bureaucrat tells you to ignore congress?

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago

Beyond animal cruelty, you NEED bomb sniffing dogs! Holy shit! Do they realize that now potential bombers would have a huge upper hand in carrying explosives into airports? Why don't they say 'well those metal detectors and xray machines are too fancy' and go back to the late 60s when there was a hijackings once every 5.6 DAYS.

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

That's actually really shocking. I looked it up, and you're correct. Hijackings were extremely common in the 60s and 70s.

https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/columns/2023/07/02/miller-airplane-hijackings-during-the-late-60s-and-early-70s/70365468007/

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

They'll still feed the drug sniffing dogs, though.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago

Why don't they say 'well those metal detectors and xray machines are too fancy'

I'm sure they'll cut maintenance budgets too, it just takes x-ray machines longer to starve

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

Paging D.B Cooper.

[-] booly@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago

Oh well I'm sure the cabinet secretary who oversees TSA will get right on that oh wait she loves killing dogs too

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago

Musk: The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy. The empathy exploit. They're exploiting a bug in Western civilization, which is the empathy response. So, I think, you know, empathy is good, but you need to think it through and not just be programmed like a robot.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-yes-musk-said-171900322.html

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago
[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 4 points 22 hours ago

quite literally

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

That’s definitely something a malignant narcissist would say

[-] RQG@lemmy.world 86 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Elon orders government. They said it out loud.

[-] frazw@lemmy.world 119 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

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[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Sounds like those dogs should start letting bombs through to me.

[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago

Yes let’s start starving animals now. Great job Republiscum.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago

Failing to feed and look after animals you are responsible of is animal abuse and illegal.

I thought that we already established that in Magastan "illegal" is only for poor people.

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[-] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Failing to feed and look after animals you are responsible of is animal abuse and illegal.

All that's going to happen is the people who the dogs live with will end up buying them food. As if they would starve a member of their family.

I have an idea for what we could feed those dogs.

[-] unlogic@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

Oh lord. The residual ketamine might kill them

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[-] iwasnormalonce@lemm.ee 46 points 1 day ago
[-] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago

Or feed him enough fent to take care of the problem

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[-] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 day ago
[-] Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 56 points 1 day ago

Having dog handlers pay for the dogs they need for work is totally in line with having teachers pay for teaching tools.

[-] Goretantath@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

Sick fuck..

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