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Airports Solicit Food Donations For TSA Agents Working Without Shell out

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32 Comments

CRk76
CRk76· 27d ago

Does the white house understand how humiliating this is? Federal workers having to ask for food. Like wtf

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squishycuco77
squishycuco77· 28d ago

Did the White House block the funding bill today?

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RosettI
RosettI· 28d ago

The more important question is does America understand how utterly broken their system of government actually is? In any functional democracy, not passing a budget would immediately dissolve the legislature and trigger snap elections. My guess is "no", people have become so ...

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matttHepianoman
matttHepianoman· 27d ago

It acts like a little blue pill for most of them...

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Fuck_Th1s
Fuck_Th1s· 27d ago

Fucking sad. America is broken. I hope it's fixable.

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Lawrence-skywalker33
Lawrence-skywalker33· 27d ago

Its morals are broke, 1/3 of the country thinks that’s ok, another 1/3 is apathetic about it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I doubt it.

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DuckSmiling85
DuckSmiling85· 27d ago

Somebody tried, he missed.

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Alternative-Shock775
Alternative-Shock775· 27d ago

AA, Delta, and United made about $8 billion between themselves last year. That's profit, not revenue. Maybe they should fucking feed TSA employees if they want to keep making money.

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GritONMotion
GritONMotion· 27d ago

Many federal offices set up their own in-office food bank during the fall shutdown. The issue with TSA is the need is likely larger as most front line positions are lower pay.

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lUmpycurvevalls
lUmpycurvevalls· 27d ago

Another republican shut down hurting American families. Happens whenever they try and “govern”. Their ideas are wildly unpopular.

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zzoll6
zzoll6· 27d ago

Unfortunately many of their ideas are popular with people who think they will only be applied to other groups. Some of it is stupidity/lack of education but some of it is just plain spitefulness and bigotry. A subset of Americans genuinely don’t want to see a high tide raise a...

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Beekier_t
Beekier_t· 27d ago

So, if you give them food, will they lift the velvet rope and let you through? Asking for a disgruntled friend. Edit - Guess I was too subtle, or not subtle enough...point being is that the Government has put our agents in a position to be comprised.

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Findinh_Way_
Findinh_Way_· 27d ago

No, but they will use lube on the gloves, so you at least have that going for ya.

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PandaBold22
PandaBold22· 27d ago

Every day I feel like we need Frank Castle to clean this up more and more

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9lwxle-lo5u8u3
9lwxle-lo5u8u3· 27d ago

Religious conservatives love creating unnecessary hardship and suffering among innocent civilians for nothing more than political games.

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ArcherSharp19
ArcherSharp19· 28d ago

And ICE continues on unaffected

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theindape_ndentonline
theindape_ndentonline· 27d ago

Fuck, we failed

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HEalthy_Block3036
HEalthy_Block3036· 27d ago

1. Trump + MAGA voters = broken country. 2. While I applaud airports for doing this, cynically speaking, this is also one way for airports to get them to want to come to work, similar to how school lunch is usually the best meal children from struggling homes get these days....

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Angry_Fish338
Angry_Fish338· 27d ago

Dibs on any leftover Sbarro!

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keVinmrr63
keVinmrr63· 27d ago

This is insane.

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ASpranr
ASpranr· 27d ago

Why doesn't the airports feed the employees instead of asking everyone else to subsidize? They can certainly afford it. Not saying these people shouldn't go without food. But if your business is dependent on these workers, they should be offering to pay for their meals.

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Traffodi_l59
Traffodi_l59· 28d ago

TSA can afford it too. Notice the fine print when you buy an airline ticket and it includes $11.20 "security fee" that goes to TSA. But I guess they aren't allowed to use that to pay employees, since the budget isn't approved?

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RealiStic_View_3745
RealiStic_View_3745· 27d ago

Are we great yet?

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SilentWolf485
SilentWolf485· 27d ago

Maga doesnt believe in airports. They like to live in their little pond

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leonatoi27
leonatoi27· 27d ago

If only DHS had had some massive influx of money.

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wds-1
wds-1· 27d ago

lol. No. Get a different job, and be sure to take off your shoes when you do.

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DeliCious-Ad4799
DeliCious-Ad4799· 27d ago

How did I miss a government shutdown?!

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Smiling_Goose
Smiling_Goose· 28d ago

It was barely in the news until a few days ago. bunch of CAT X airports saw 2-5 hour security lines and then the shut down got some attention. Sad thing is there’s about as many articles talking about how privatization would solve for shutdowns versus articles sympathizing wit...

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CleverShark604
CleverShark604· 27d ago

This goes under the resistance topic of "mutual aid" since it's due to Democratic senators finally taking a hard line about not providing more funding for ICE. I'll take a look at whether my local Indivisible chapters are discussing this.

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USDA_BARC-1912
USDA_BARC-1912· 28d ago

I found out last year that Americz is one of the few countries where food and housing arent rights, so this tracks.

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