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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    54 hours 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.

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      5 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.

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    56 hours ago

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

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    36 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?

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    169 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.

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        85 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.

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      1015 hours ago

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

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    1914 hours 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.

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      15 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

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    20 hours ago

    Elon orders government. They said it out loud.