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Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary and other top officials.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 98 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Just more proof that DOGE was a scam.

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 66 points 21 hours ago

DOGE's only purpose was to make it easy for Elon and company to steal data, and put systems in place to hold onto that access.

Its other purpose was to strip regulating agencies so billionaires would also have no enforcement to fuck up the economy and environment with no repercussions.

It was unfortunately wildly successful.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 33 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DNS@discuss.online 16 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Republicans are Nazi's, in addition to being a scam.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago

Don't forget cunts, they're also cunts.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 17 hours ago

Fascism was always fraud.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 18 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Of all the people I want to see the legal system directed at, Noem definitely ranks way up there. The amount of cosplay and trolling from that bitch, JFC.

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dhork@lemmy.world 28 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Money that is not subject to annual appropriations, obviously.

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 21 hours ago

He's already misappropriated funds so you can't assume that.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 29 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Why didnt she just grift them from some Middle Eastern country? Isn't that how MAGA is supposed to do it?

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 27 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Why grift from foreign people when you can grift the American people instead?

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago

America First!

[–] fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world 20 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

America last. Politicians first.

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 21 hours ago

America last. Politicians second. Billionaires first.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Republican politicians first.

[–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] don@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago

My guess is personal transportation.