(US GOVERNMENT) Cabinet level position created by the Bush Administration in 2003. One of the most costly and poorly executed reorganizations in US history, it essentially blew hundreds of billions of dollars on unrelated and pointless government projects intended to reward members of congress who sided with the president.
The DHS budget's largest line items are:
*the Customs and Border Protection (CBP)-20%;
*the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)-19%;
*the Coast Guard (USCG; formerly part of the Department of Transportation {DOT})-18%;
*the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)-12%;
*Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-10%;
*Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS)-5%.
(Percentages are of the FY 2011 DHS Budget--$57 billion
The DHS budget's largest line items are:
*the Customs and Border Protection (CBP)-20%;
*the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)-19%;
*the Coast Guard (USCG; formerly part of the Department of Transportation {DOT})-18%;
*the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)-12%;
*Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-10%;
*Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS)-5%.
(Percentages are of the FY 2011 DHS Budget--$57 billion
The Department of Homeland Security was created to bring most federally-controlled law enforcement bodies into one single, union-free, whistle-blower-free, department. Riders to the Homeland Security Act cost taxpayers billions in useless programs.
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A good example of Newspeak.
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The far-right bigot in charge of this office, whose name I forget, is the same man who spent years trying to lynch Mumia Abu-Jamal and he's praised the Nazis as well.
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Why is Grandpa Phil in such a hurry to leave the dinner?
I think he's a Homeland Security Shitter - nature is calling after the turkey dinner but he won't go here so he's in a hurry to drive back to Montreal.
I think he's a Homeland Security Shitter - nature is calling after the turkey dinner but he won't go here so he's in a hurry to drive back to Montreal.
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The Homeland Security Advisory System was raised to orange August 1, 2004 weeks before the GOP convention.
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"Did you hear what he said? I think he has a homelander complex."
"Did you hear what he said? I think he has a homelander complex."
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Context: The term highlights the terrifying convergence of three factors: the influx of military-grade weapons to police departments (via programs like the 1033 program), lowered recruitment standards, and a documented pattern of officers losing composure and using excessive force on crowds (e.g., with rubber bullets during the 2020 protests).
Context: The term highlights the terrifying convergence of three factors: the influx of military-grade weapons to police departments (via programs like the 1033 program), lowered recruitment standards, and a documented pattern of officers losing composure and using excessive force on crowds (e.g., with rubber bullets during the 2020 protests).
The way that cop was screaming at us walking past the protest with his finger on the trigger, oof. Could have sworn we were seconds from a Homelander Event.
Arming federal agents with LMGs is just begging for a Homelander Event; they act like they're untouchable.
Arming federal agents with LMGs is just begging for a Homelander Event; they act like they're untouchable.
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