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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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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 314 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

This man is literally trying to starve dogs to death so he can get a tax cut.

That is a level of evil that Saturday morning cartoons would reject as being over the top.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 39 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Straight up, most Saturday morning cartoon villains would be like "go home, heroes. I've got this one, and I don't want you to see what I'm about to do to him."

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Magneto would be a great addition here.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

The original inglorious bastard

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Bet fElon wants to smuggle drugs on his private plane.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 10 hours ago

I'm thinking one of his kids that hates him got a new dog, and this is how he responds.

[–] TK420@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

No need to smuggle, TSA doesn’t seem care

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 76 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I propose bringing all the hungry canines over to meet Elon. It should be televized.

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[–] Flashback956@feddit.nl 16 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

This is so fucking funny, everyday we (the world) get to read news articles about the United States of Idiots.

Disclaimer: I don't think that all Americans are idiots, many of you are okay.

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[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 130 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

I'm reading this and thinking "this can't be real". How did we end up here? I really don't get it.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 86 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

He's basically doing a scream test, you shut off something, and if nobody comes back to you asking why it's down, you can assume nobody was using it, and you can just leave it shut down. If it was needed, you just spin it back up.

Obviously that's not a huge issue with computers (although you'll have a bad time if you do it across the board or with backup systems), but you can't do that shit to people (or in this case animals).

He's doing silicon valley stuff to real life, and you just have to be a complete idiot to think that's a good idea.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 27 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

I have a idea. We do our own scream test.

Let's turn his brain off permanently.

And we Don't bother listening for anyone complaining about it.

It's the perfect plan.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 22 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I prefer Luigi's method personally. Shoot CEOs until someone cares.

[–] getoffthedrugsdude@lemmy.ml 13 points 17 hours ago

Be the change you want to see in the world.

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[–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 15 hours ago

Or a twisted monster

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Millions of people who voted for Biden in 2020 stayed home in 2024. Republican numbers stayed the same.

By abstaining from voting for Harris, the entire US collectively voted for the worst option.

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 31 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

It started with Gerry Springer, really. We started celebrating the most awful qualities of humanity and normalized them.

[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 hours ago

MTV becoming a viral "reality" TV show hosting things like "The Real World" I think brought awful qualities to the mainstream, then social media gave everyone the opportunity to be THAT viral reality tv star. It may have started with Jerry, but MTV spread it to the masses. At the end of the day it was all driven by the pursuit of profits. All roads lead to capitalism, after all.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I'd say that Springer was influenced by Oprah Winfrey, whose show about abuse, neglect, crime and vice was influenced by her harrowing childhood, a product of racism, and capitalist-induced poverty.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago

And it turns out she was lying or possibly severely misremembering her childhood. She didn't grow up in poverty. Oprah sucks, she gave us Drs Phil and Oz.

[–] overcooked_sap@lemmy.ca 11 points 19 hours ago

Didn’t he apologize for that and said had he known what was unleashed he would have shut it down?

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 31 points 16 hours ago

Kristi Noem must have plans for these dogs that for some reason won't need food, shelter, or vet care afterwards.

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 13 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Waiting for someone to hopefully explain how the title is misleading and the dogs are ok plz

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 17 points 14 hours ago

Obviously the dogs' handlers will continue to care for their dogs. It's not okay that they might be spending their own money to do so.

Y'all Muricans need to stop this madness. Sincerely, rest of the world.

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 41 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

This is opening the gate for the next 911 style attack so they can further reduce your civil liberties.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

lol, tsa doesnt prevent shit

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 29 points 16 hours ago

They prevented my toothpaste from visiting Boston.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 15 hours ago

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

Have the police unions feed them. They are well protected.

[–] regrub@lemmy.world 22 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Maybe its collateral damage from getting rid of drug-sniffing dogs that might narc on him and his friends

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 13 points 19 hours ago

Perhaps we take those dogs. When the unruly mobs kick in the mansions of the ultra rich, we let the dogs feed once more.

[–] Dimmer@leminal.space 10 points 20 hours ago

Airplane in USA crashes by itself so often that I don’t know I should be worried about TSA or other part of the flight system more.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I would bet that they're aware of an attaok and opening the doors so that it can happen. They've already compromsed the rest of the industry. This is 9/ll all over again.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, they need something to blame on Canada to get the full support of their idiot population to kill us.

[–] ZeroCool@lemmy.ca 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

This is literally the plot of Michael Moore's comedy, Canadian Bacon (1995), starring John Candy. 30 years later, and Republicans are now leading us down a path that even Michael Moore deemed to be so patently absurd that it'd be perfect for a zany satirical comedy.

[–] VeryVito@lemmy.ml 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Holy cow, Michael Moore made Canadian Bacon?? And as late as 1995??

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

I was surprised when I found that out, too. It's apparently the only fictional movie he's made; everything else has been documentaries.

I guess they'll have to update the Wiki page when it comes true anyway, LOL.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago

Well, I know who wants an absolutely explosive birthday gift!

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