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A bar, kitchen and flat-screen TVs: the $70m jet DHS is eyeing for deportations
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MicroWave lemmy.world MicroWave@lemmy.world
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The department is reportedly considering buying a Boeing plane for deportation flights and for use by Trump officials

A $70m aircraft the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering for deportation flights has a luxurious interior and will be used to transport Trump administration officials to engagements in comfort, according to a report published Friday.

NBC News obtained images of the Boeing 737-8 Max plane showing a bedroom with a queen bed, showers, a kitchen, four large flat-screen TVs and a bar.

According to the report, some DHS officials are privately questioning the necessity of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency buying the jet it currently leases. One official told NBC anonymously that the department’s stated plan to use the aircraft alternately as a ferry for senior government members and for deporting immigration detainees was “far-fetched”.

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First_Thunder lemmy.zip First_Thunder@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-26
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See how the left is inconsistent! First they demand we treat migrants or “the browns^tm” humanely, now that we bought a jet for that, they complain

Tap for spoiler

Selash s or /j or whichever is adequate

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ZiggyTheZygote lemmy.ca ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-01-03
#3 · Quote Reply

If that plane crashes with all the right people on board, I will believe in god.

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man_wtfhappenedtoyou lemmy.world man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-10-27
#4 · Quote Reply

I know it would be great if these people all saw justice and spent the rest of their days in a cell, but I think it be just as satisfying to see their brains decorating a wall somewhere.

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BrianTheeBiscuiteer lemmy.world BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-17
#5 · Quote Reply

If that plane crashes with all the right people on board, I will believe in god.

Are you there ATC? It's Brian. I know we haven't talked lately but I could use your help.

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GuyFawkesV lemmy.world GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-19
#6 · Quote Reply

If that plane crashes with all the right people on board, I will believe in god.

At this point the evidence to the contrary is overwhelming.

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tko tkohhh.social tko@tkohhh.social
Joined: 2023-06-27
#7 · Quote Reply

This is off topic, but why does the headline call out that the TVs are flat screen? Is it even possible to buy a non-flat-screen TV anymore?

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daannii lemmy.world daannii@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-08
#8 · Quote Reply

Maybe it was the aliens running all that sex trafficking. They were the ones in the photos with the kids.

So no body here to prosecute. It was all aliens.

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ZiggyTheZygote lemmy.ca ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-01-03
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This is off topic, but why does the headline call out that the TVs are flat screen? Is it even possible to buy a non-flat-screen TV anymore?

You're asking the right question.

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workerONE lemmy.world workerONE@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
#10 · Quote Reply

Maybe they could save some money if they stopped cranking the air conditioning up all the way, trying to torture people with cold air

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drdalek lemmy.dbzer0.com drdalek@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-14
#11 · Quote Reply

Pure, unfiltered corruption

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MrShankles reddthat.com MrShankles@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-07-01
#12 · Quote Reply

This is off topic, but why does the headline call out that the TVs are flat screen? Is it even possible to buy a non-flat-screen TV anymore?

Came to ask the same. I mean, obviously corrupt bullshit... but the "flatscreen" part is kinda outta touch

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Cort lemmy.world Cort@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-06
#13 · Quote Reply

This is off topic, but why does the headline call out that the TVs are flat screen? Is it even possible to buy a non-flat-screen TV anymore?

why does the headline call out that the TVs are flat screen?

Probably to show that it's not a 20 year old jet.

Is it even possible to buy a non-flat-screen TV anymore?

Yes, they're just concave now instead of convex.
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Also it's probably more accurate to call them a flat panel tv, as flat screen originally referred to the glass CRT being flat.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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Are you there ATC? It's Brian. I know we haven't talked lately but I could use your help.

Are you there, [Tower}? It's [me again], Brian [Three Beta India Sierra]. I know we haven't talked lately...

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CharlesDarwin lemmy.world CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
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Is this Noem's bang plane?

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foggy lemmy.world foggy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#16 · Quote Reply

You are aging yourself by referring to a TV as flat screened.

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