TSA’s “Ken & Barbie dolls” useless to lessen ATL lines | Is Burt ‘sorry, Mrs. Jackson?’

Likened to ⁠useless “Ken and Barbie dolls” by TSA union representation⁠, TSA agents in Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport aren’t able to do much to lessen the long, winding lines of passengers trying to clear security to make their flights on-time. CBS News Congressional correspondent Taurean Small tells me if there’s any chance a deal to fund DHS gets done before the ‘No Kings’ weekend.

Local Atlanta TV station ⁠WANF provided a look in at the overflowing airport⁠, too: a madhouse before 8am.

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We can at least be grateful no one has died (yet) at Atlanta’s airport; ⁠not the case at NYC’s LaGuardia⁠, thanks in large part to understaffing and missing safety equipment. Uhm, where’s the scrutiny on DOT Secretary Sean Duffy?

That crash got ⁠Josh Doss⁠ (a great follow on ⁠Instagram⁠) to thinking about how our government prioritizes its spending on bombs and not the health & well-being (and actually safety!) of us here at home. Sheer brilliance. Also, did you know that it’s ⁠3x harder for ‘blue’ states to get needed federal aid from this President⁠? Of course you knew.

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Trump took yet another opportunity to tell the media how many dangerous criminal and mentally unwell immigrants “sleepy Joe” Biden let in, but did you know ⁠his grandfather was an undocumented immigrant ⁠who skipped Germany to avoid military service (you can’t make this stuff up) and wound up being deported from Bavaria?

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A ⁠pro-Burt Jones mailer pointed to a “Jackson” op/ed⁠ that railed on Jones’ intent to eliminate the state’s income tax. Problem is, it wasn’t Rick Jackson that wrote the piece; it was Senator Kim Jackson, Democrat of Stone Mountain. ⁠Her op/ed actually deserves its time⁠ to shine.

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Lastly, a little on the ⁠Meta/YouTube New Mexico decision⁠ and did ⁠Trump throw Stephen Miller and his white nationalist tendencies under the bus⁠ to pivot on immigration tactics to try and win back midterm voters?