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TSA agents are donating blood and sleeping in their cars as DHS shutdown drags on (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They’re workers at the end of the day. The problem is that the DHS is a right-wing jobs program and embezzlement scheme. These people should have been put to work repairing roads and bridges, expanding commuter rail, broadband, electrical infrastructure, etc.