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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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[–] Corno@lemm.ee 5 points 22 minutes ago

K9 units are considered police officers. So he essentially wants to punish some very good (and cute!) police officers who should be getting lots of good food and belly rubs for helping so many people be safe on their flights.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 10 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

Ok, first remove any kind of bomb detection from any flight he's taking. Need to show that he's serious about saving money

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 31 minutes ago

he flies privately

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 7 points 50 minutes ago

bro, I despised you already but now you went so far beyond the limits, there is no turning back! Don't feed dogs? Anyone who trained a dog and works with that dog would rather starve than not taking care of the dog. But I get it, dogs are loving and loyal to the extreme. Both are concept you will never comprehend.

[–] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 2 points 24 minutes 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!

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 minutes ago* (last edited 2 minutes ago)

"defund the police!"

the monkey's paw curls another finger

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

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

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Cool so bombs are doable now? heh

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 100 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

"Richest man in the world to starve dogs so he can have more money."

I wish they'd be more frank. They just want more. The same class that tells us to make our own toilet paper and stop getting that morning coffee, are now digging into the pockets of dogs just for a few more coins to rub together. They'll kill us all for what amounts to pocket change for them. How much better this time line would be if he just ceases to exist.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 29 points 6 hours ago

Its not even saving anyone money, either, which is the empty pretense they're doing all this under

Last month was more expensive by a significant margin than the same month last year.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I keep waiting to find out where the line is that gets people to actually take to the streets. The bar keeps getting lower as people make more excuses to continue doing nothing.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 17 points 3 hours ago

Its always hard to predict the tipping point. When the Berlin Wall came down, it surprised literally every intelligence agency in the world. Everyone knew the Berlin Wall would fall someday, but nobody had a clue when, how, or why. And NOBODY knew it was that close.

Then one day, it just happened. Someone tried to get through the wall, and a guard just simply refused to stop him, and the floodgates opened. Within minutes, people were smashing the wall with sledgehammers, and within hours the guards were gone, and the citizens were crawling all over it, knocking down sections.

All we can do is prepare and maintain readiness. One day it will tough off somewhere, and it will spread fast. Have a plan, and remain alert.

[–] TheRealAsmodeus@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

That doesn't happen in North America

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 37 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Even Hitler loved animals.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 1 points 44 minutes ago* (last edited 44 minutes ago)

Adolf Hitler had German Shepherd ( Blondi) which often stayed by his side

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 44 points 7 hours ago (7 children)

it would be hilarious for elon to die in a bombing

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

I love that for him

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (3 children)

More like to die from him doing on cocaine. Rich people almost always OD on cocaine and or alcohol, or antidepressants

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 51 minutes ago

Rich people almost always OD on cocaine and or alcohol, or antidepressants

Some of them die by "suicide" in jail cells.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 hours ago

Is that your Dr Worm? How does someone OD on antidepressants?

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[–] iwasnormalonce@lemm.ee 28 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] flightyhobler@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

Make it a hashtag. #StopFeedingElon

[–] Potato@feddit.org 10 points 6 hours ago

Surely THIS will get price of eggs down.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 87 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Legally-speaking, K9 units are considered police officers. "Elon Musk withholds food, housing, and healthcare from over one thousand very handsome police officers" is a much better headline.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 25 points 6 hours ago

That's very paradoxical. There are no good cops, but these officers are all good boys/girls. Therefore they can't be police officers.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 37 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

They can't be police officers. Dogs aren't bastards.

Police dogs very much are. It's not their fault though unlike their human counterparts

[–] CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 27 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Some of them are forced to be though. Very much reminds me of the dog that attacked the officer because it saw him beating a suspect.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 21 points 6 hours ago
[–] disgrunty@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

Can we amend the saying to "the only good cop is either a dead cop or a dog"

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Bet fElon wants to smuggle drugs on his private plane.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 points 5 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 5 hours ago

No need to smuggle, TSA doesn’t seem care

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 44 points 10 hours ago (6 children)

And he hates dogs?

This man is beyond redemption.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 5 points 3 hours ago

Sociopaths don't understand the role of pets. That's why Krasnov is the first president in 100 years to not have a pet.

[–] alchemist5@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Like a badly-written comic book villain.

Except in a comic book, he'd be a one-off.

[–] SilverCode@lemm.ee 6 points 7 hours ago

I heard when Elon played the original Wolfenstein he would kill all the dogs and leave the Nazi soldiers alone. He thought the goal was to collect all the scattered treasure to take to Hitler at the end.

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