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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

“Lewandowski fired a US Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane.”

This is true - After they fired him, and told him to take a commercial flight home, this happened:

The personnel action was reversed, though, when it was determined that no other pilot was immediately available to operate the aircraft for the return flight.

A DHS spokeswoman did not address the specific episode but said Kristi Noem has made personnel decisions intended “to deliver excellence.”

So they fired the guy, kicked him out, and then had to go get him back because these geniuses had forgotten that someone still had to fly them home.

Can you imagine that guy, stalking through the airport toward the Southwest desk to buy a ticket home with his own money, muttering angrily under his breath, when a bunch of ICE Apes roll up on him, and demand he return.

"Why?"

"You have to fly the plane home."

"I'm fired, remember? Go find someone else."

"There isn't anyone else."

"It's an airport, there are pilots everywhere! Go kidnap one, and force him to fly her."

"Yeah, that's YOU! You're coming with us, that's an order!"

"I'm fired, I don't take orders from anyone. And even when I wasn't fired, I didn't take orders from YOU."

"If you're looking for some trouble, you're going to find some trouble," and they all took a step closer, and slightly raised their weapons.

The pilot, trained to keep his head under extreme stress, didn't flinch, and said "Listen, boys, this is an easy problem to fix. If you want me to fly that plane so badly - make me an offer."

"Huh?"

"Make. Me. An. Offer."

"An offer?"

"Did you hit your head? Go ask your boss how much it's worth to her for me to enthusiastically fly her plane, or else I can fly my LAST flight as an unemployed, suicidal pilot, flying the psychopath who is FORCING me to work, like a slave. She's got an unlimited budget, go ask her what she'll pay "to deliver excellence.""

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago
[–] dhork@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

“There is so much crazy shit, outrageous corruption, and naked, ham-fisted ambition in this WSJ piece about Noem, Lewandowski, and DHS,” she wrote. “Read and take note of the of eye-popping number of sources who have knives out for Kristi and Corey.”

That's why they are doing all this! They are taking Noem to the gravel pit, and once she is dispatched to that farm Upstate, the rest of MAGA will say "See! She was the problem all along. Let's Deport some more brown folks!"

[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 25 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Aedis@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago

I can hear this. Moisturize me!

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 23 points 1 day ago

Someone needed a report to figure out that these people are vile?

[–] LemmyShemmy@aussie.zone 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I find her really hot. She should be doing OF. She's really in the wrong profession.

FYI I am into plastic bimbos who degrade themselves and have no self respect.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

How misogynistic of you.

[–] cheeseburger@piefed.ca -4 points 1 day ago

Most Vile Scumbags on Earth: OF when? 🤭