2026-10-13 17:00 UTC
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@fodor@lemmy.zip 2026-10-14 09:42
Many of us remember the creation of DHS and we said then, and many experts also said then, that the department was going to be bad for Americans. In fact, it has been just as bad as we expected. Does anyone actually feel safe because of TSA compared with previous airport security? I sure don’t. We certainly got safety by having locked reinforced cockpit cabins. But the agents who are doing the scanners, they miss weapons all the time. And of course they don’t get paid well so if they wanted to smuggle weapons in I’m sure they could do so easily enough. And that’s before we started talking about ICE.
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@TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-13 19:26
No party is more progressive than Democrats when they know their bills have absolutely no hope in hell of passing.
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@Bluewing@lemmy.world 2026-10-14 11:46
At this point, it’s going to be neigh on impossible to do away with the DHS. Few have any idea of just how much stuff has been crammed into that department. Everything from law enforcement down to FEMA and even the fire trucks and boots your local fire department use. That monster is huge.
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@Malica@lemmy.zip 2026-10-13 23:40
Everything needs to go and we need to start over, any less will not be enough
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@moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 2026-10-14 02:01
Sounds radical. But I can’t think of a single reason why we shouldn’t abolish DHS
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@kreskin@lemmy.world 2026-10-15 03:29
I think a lot of Americans actually like the idea of a security state apparatus. They want a sky-daddy to protect them.
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@stateofaffairs@lemmy.today 2026-10-14 15:28
DHS formed in the wake of 9/11 because federal agencies could not get their shit together and collaborate. Whether by design or rapid evolution, it became less of a coordinating agency between disparate federal intelligence agencies and more of a mysterious extra-judicial entity with a military arm. Oh and TSA. Let’s not forget about humble ole’ TSA.
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@TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world 2026-10-15 04:11
that turd of an agency was Orwellian in 02’
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@Tronn4@lemmy.world 2026-10-14 19:55
The people who will fight this the hardest will be the long toothed democrats unfortunately
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@Floon@lemmy.ml 2026-10-15 04:25
“Defund the police” was a major contributor to Trump winning again. That’s not a message a lot of the country reacts well to. Same thing here. Win before you start saying shit like this.
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@pinto@lemmy.world 2026-10-15 05:55
This thread is being directly linked by Hexbear, mods should be aware. lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/76956758
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@pinto@lemmy.world 2026-10-15 05:56
This post is being linked by Hexbear, mods should be aware of new accounts made, especially from ml hexbear.net/post/9790464