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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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[–] Potato@feddit.org 13 points 1 day ago

Surely THIS will get price of eggs down.

[–] Flashback956@feddit.nl 17 points 2 days ago (1 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.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] regrub@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Bet fElon wants to smuggle drugs on his private plane.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

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

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[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

They can just eat the bombs they find during their work. Like a barn 🐈. They also just eat the mice they catch.

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 days 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.

[–] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago

Dogs taking away jobs from humans? What a disgrace! Surely dogs are DEI hires, if I ever saw one. They're not even people!

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

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Cool so bombs are doable now? heh

[–] Dimmer@leminal.space 10 points 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] ZeroCool 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 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.

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