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"Emmitsburg Mayor Frank Davis voted for Donald Trump in hopes he would cut federal spending. Now Davis hopes those cuts don't include the permanent cancellation of classes at the National Fire Academy, which is part of the town's identity and helps drive its economy. Davis is also a chief at Emmitsburg's firehouse, known as the Vigilant Hose Company."

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/nx-s1-5351764/trump-cuts-national-fire-academy-maryland-emmitsburg-fema-federal-spending

Trump killed the Fema training academy. It's not coming back.

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[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Pardon me while i laugh my ass off

[–] pfr@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 days ago

Davis is a dumdum

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The worst part about this is that, in a racist, fascist world, them getting burned by their own hatred is the only downside.

Which means that, from their perspective, there is room for improvement.

Trump fascists are really just billionaire dark government.

But these people genuinely hate and want pain, death, and destruction for other people.

What in the actual fuck, humanity??

[–] uienia@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Dont blame this on humanity as a whole, when it has always only been a minority doing this

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Honestly? I'm not sure anymore.

Either way, do you think it's a gene? Or like a full-on phenotype? Or something else, like lead poisoning or just general cognitive impairment?

[–] Brandonazz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think of conservatism as behaving kind of like an immune system. People who are conservative tend to be overly concerned with things like purity and group cohesion, and react negatively to anything unfamiliar unless you hold their hand and show them it's ok. Sometimes this is a good thing for a society at large -helps maintain vigilance against external threats- but other times you get full-blown immune disorders, where the immune system can no longer distinguish an appropriate response from an excessive one, or a dangerous agent from a benign one, or starts to attack its own body.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Being trained from birth by organized religion into accepting bullshit from shitty people without questioning it.

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[–] DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's a minority doing it, but they couldn't possibly win an election so they spend billions to grift the lower rungs of society.

Without the griftee's the grifters couldn't do what they do, and that's a wrap of US history 🤷

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Everyone knows the parts of the federal government they have involvement with aren't all that wasteful. The sad truth is we're very, very far away from conservative voters realizing the rest of the government is about the same, and the wealthy just use the idea of wasteful spending as a red herring to distract from their taxes being unsustainably low.

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago

People are dumb. More news at 11.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Man didn't think fire fighters were maga. My outlook has completely changed

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 33 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Lots are

Firefighters might do an important job, but they are still just people

Same as nurses and teachers. There are still plenty of stupid and ignorant ones out there

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

while I'm grateful they exist, and respect their work I've known a few firefighters in my time, and I wouldn't exactly say they were the brightest of folks.

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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 days ago

Make America greatly ablaze!

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Silly leopards...not my face!

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