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More alarmingly, the laser weapon was deployed before the FAA actually shut down the airspace:

https://apnews.com/article/faa-el-paso-texas-air-space-close...

I'd say these trigger-happy clowns chasing tough-guy optics are going to get innocent people killed, but then they already have -- multiple times.

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Reading between the lines, it seems like the FAA shutdown the airspace to make public the fact that the DoD wasn't cooperating with the FAA.

Even more alarmingly, a US cabinet secretary came out with a public statement about the incident that was a complete fabrication (labelling it a "cartel drone incursion"), has issued no retraction, and no one seems to care.

(Less alarmingly but more personal: my personal prediction to this effect, expressing distrust about statements like this in real time, got flagged right here on HN because apparently our leaders lying to our faces about news relevant to our community is "politics" and unseemly to discuss.)

You didn't expect Kegsbreath to actually tell the truth?

The problem with that attitude is it normalizes it, which is extra scary for military

Hegseths personal lawyers worked at a law firm that was founded by epsteins long time personal lawyer.

Is he even capable of telling the truth?

Yeah, a bit late for that. But this would likely kill more at once than they've had before, so would land a new record.

Have you not seen the cowboy hat that she wears tho?

Remember, this is the same side that espoused "meritocracy" as their number one virtue. Instead, we got a cabinet full of loyalists and fascists that decided doing joint missions between the DoD and Border Patrol was a good idea.

Firing lasers at party balloons in American cities, everyone else be damned. OPSEC is clear.

To be fair, the current version of the party is nothing like the version of the party from even a decade ago.

Whats disturbing is how so many people on that side have completely abandoned everything they ever said about their principles and values.

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