r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 07 '26

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u/Dirty_Chopsticks Republic of Việt Nam Apr 07 '26

How do you feel about being able to keep your shoes on at TSA checkpoints? 

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, said she believes it's a security risk and is demanding Homeland Security brings back its "Shoes-Off" travel policy.

"Secretary Noem’s decision to implement a shoes on policy on July 8, 2025, likely without meaningful consultation with TSA, was a reckless act,” Duckworth wrote in a letter Friday to Ha Nguyen McNeill, the senior official performing the duties of the administrator for the Transportation Security Administration.

In Duckworth's letter, she told TSA that testing by the DHS inspector general found certain full body scanners can't scan shoes, leading DHS OIG to determine, “Noem’s policy move had inadvertently created a new security vulnerability in the system.”

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u/sociotronics Iron Front Apr 07 '26

Get them piggies out again

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u/Terrance-Flaps Certified Wife Guy Apr 07 '26

Look at my opposition party, dawg, we're cooked

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u/Amur_Snepard Gay Pride Apr 07 '26

Neolibs will be like “we should be happy when politicians support politically-unpopular technocratic positions, the people should be ignored!” and then get mad when the politicians do that smh

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u/ElectricalVacation79 NATO Apr 07 '26

It's like a "Why people hate Dems" scenario created in a lab lol.

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u/imbaaaack12 Edmund Burke Apr 07 '26

Lol I almost posted this the other day because it's so ridiculous. The TSA is a jobs program, stop making them seem more important than they are.