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Things didn't end well for the last guy...

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[–] resin85@lemmy.ca 168 points 7 months ago (9 children)

And they ripped out funding for pediatric cancer research. $250 million.... or around 0.05% of president Musk's net worth. Why do repubs hate kids with cancer?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 66 points 7 months ago

Because they're not profitable.

[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 51 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Also 900 million will not be going to North Carolina hurricane relief.

Cold heartless bastards

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[–] fatalicus@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (37 children)

They want to strip away everything that reduces infant mortality, so that people start having more kids again since so many of them will die young.

Then later they give it back, and since they already took away the right to abortion... Boom, population explosion and a bunch of poor kids are born to later be exploited in factories and wars.

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[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 68 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Just a reminder that Elon Musk is not from the United States.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 55 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

...which is why he had to buy a president instead of buy the presidency.

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[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 67 points 7 months ago (11 children)

I'm sorry but, FUCK THE TSA. Go join a real theater group, assholes.

[–] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 52 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Fuck the TSA, but the people who work there because it is a paying job deserve stable employment like the rest of us. They don't make the decisions.

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[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 42 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (12 children)

Sorry, but unemployed TSA should get no sympathy. In fact, if you want to kill government programs, it should be at the front of the line. Pork barrel security theater bullshit.

Fuck the TSA and the idiots on power trips working for them.

[–] minnow@lemmy.world 38 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's not the employees' fault, saying they should get no sympathy is a dick move.

That aside, I agree the TSA is a great example of the kind of spending that needs cut and the department dissolved.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Have you seen the kind of people these kinds of jobs attracts? We aren't talking about Starbucks workers, we are mostly talking about people that get off on power trips.

[–] Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

Yeah I was going to say this. Just because their pay is shit, does not make TSA employees nice people.

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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 41 points 7 months ago (7 children)

It's going to be a long 4 years

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[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

President Musk flexing his muscles even before puppet inauguration.

One thing I wondered is what would happen if Putin and Musk disagree at some point about what Trump is supposed to do? But the answer is actually easy: whoever strokes Trump's ego better at the time gets their policy through. Trump lives in the moment.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know, I still think Putin has info on Trump that Trump really doesn't want to be public for whatever reason. So I'm thinking he would defer to Putin.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 30 points 7 months ago (10 children)

I used to think that, but there's nothing Trump could have done that the loony right wing public wouldn't gleefully dismiss as not important. (Well, apart from a lewd orgy with trans Muslim Mexican immigrants, but I don't think any of those exist, and Trump would just call it faked anyway.)

Now I think that Putin just rings him up to tell him what a great president he is and all the world admires how strong a leader he is, not like those weak Democrats who (insert policy Putin wants dropped), no, Trump is a strong and courageous leader and everyone can tell how strong and virile he is because he supports policies like (insert policy that Putin wants implemented).

I mean maybe there's a video of Trump shouting "Yes, shove that big beautiful black dildo in me harder!", but I don't think it's necessary at all. See how easy it was for the North Korean president to get Trump to completely change direction. He just sweet talked him for a bit. Trump is an absolute sucker for someone he perceives as strong telling him he's great. American foreign policy is at the whim of any world leader who can make Trump feel proud of himself for a week.

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[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Out of the loop, what do you mean SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT???

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 65 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It’s a thing that’s been happening a lot over the past few years where US politicians refuse to sign bills that approve government spending (such as continuing to pay government employees) until their demands about some unrelated thing are met.

[–] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 56 points 7 months ago (7 children)

I believe the term for this is “political blackmail”.

Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.

[–] mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.world 43 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like terrorism to me

[–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

No, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.

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[–] ThePrimitive@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago (12 children)

We need to teach him to be scared of us.

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 28 points 7 months ago
[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Remember when the goverment was first shut down in a long time, if ever before, when Republicans thought it would be a good ratfucker move to harm Obama's presidency, and it blew up in their faces, and our Country went from a AAAA rated borrower to a AAA borrower due to government disfunction? We seriously need a law that prevents this stupid shit from happening again. Maybe if they don't pass funding, we just renew the last passed funding. It pisses me off so much. Imagine getting paid a significant amount of tax payer money, a life long sipend, and better health care than most the county, and not even doing your job and letting the goverment shut down. At some point here the lawlessness is going to convince enough people that it seriously doesn't matter anymore.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We seriously need a law that prevents this stupid shit from happening again. Maybe if they don't pass funding, we just renew the last passed funding

What we do in Australia is of the government can't pass a budget we dissolve the government and go for elections.
Clearly the MP are not doing their jobs so make them run for their jobs again.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 24 points 7 months ago (10 children)

"Oh you're not gonna pay me today? Guess I'm not working today."

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 23 points 7 months ago (14 children)

Why do they have to work? Doesn’t it make more sense to shutdown US airports?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 18 points 7 months ago

Or just run them without TSA, like we used to before 9/11

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I hope that US citizens will remember who caused the chaos out of pure spite when the next election comes around.

[–] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 31 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Why would anyone remember? You clearly don't remember how often this happens.

This happens constantly and 80% of the time it's republicans playing games (not being unable to agree, but agreeing and then doing stupid shit because of the tea party or Trumpers or whatever)

[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

Remember? Mmmmwwwwhahahahaha!

Not a chance, not with the publics goldfish like memory span and media companies pushing their narrative.

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[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 22 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I get it, but having people feel bad for the TSA of all organizations is a tall order. Why not pick a less controversial gov agency effected like say the National Parks and Museums?

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (4 children)

So is a South African buying his way into the U.S. presidency, but here we are.

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[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not even a government shutdown can stop the TSA from harassing people

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

"let them eat cake" -Elon Musk

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 7 months ago (15 children)

Fuck musk and fuck everyone Like him

That said: fuck everyone who works for the TSA, bunch of useless dickheads who take out their anger on those trying to fly while objectively failing to catch basic security failures. Much like anyone who works for an insurance company: they can rot for all I care

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 43 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Until working is optional I never blame the lowest in the hierarchy. I've worked some shit jobs of questionable morality in my time because I had to eat and pay rent and couldn't gamble having a roof over my head on a better job coming along.

All airport jobs look shit, I mean that sympathetically.

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I wonder how this will affect unexpected delays during holiday travel.

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