Elon Reportedly Orders Government to Stop Feeding the Bomb-Sniffing Dogs
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As Elon Musk's DOGE continues to plunder the federal government, even the TSA's bomb-sniffing K9 units aren't safe.

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.”

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    8 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.

    • MindlessHunter4@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      9 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.worldEnglish
    5·
    10 hours ago

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

  • jimjam5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    13 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.

      • jimjam5@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        9 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.

  • Beetschnapps@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    10 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.eeEnglish
    191·
    18 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.

    • Revan343@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      9 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

  • frazw@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1191·
    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.

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
      351·
      1 day ago

      Same here. Since 2016.

      There’s no such thing as rock bottom. It can always get worse.

      Except: death. Total annihilation. Planet im- or exploding. That’s the only actual rock bottom there is.

      • Birch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        301·
        1 day ago

        Yes, but is it instant death, like a plane crash, because the FAA got defunded, or a slow excruciating death because your Healthcare was cut? Or by dehydration in some internment camp because you liked a tweet by AOC?