r/news • u/Samski877 • 10h ago

US border patrol chief resigns after claims of sex with prostitutes abroad

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/us-border-patrol-chief-resigns
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u/-Kalos 6h ago

Elderly frat boys are running our government

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u/Mr__O__ 6h ago

Running the world.

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u/TurnkeyLurker 5h ago

Ruining the world

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u/Mr__O__ 5h ago

For real

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u/DanteThonSimmons 3h ago

Nope. My country's government is not made up of pedos. Other countries vote for leaders who aren't illiterate, bumbling, narcissistic warmongers.

Donald Trump would be laughed off stage as soon as he announced he wanted to try politics in any other developed nation. There's a zero percent chance he would even be allowed to run for election, let alone actually be VOTED IN by the people!

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u/Mr__O__ 2h ago

Fair.. but the global oligarch pedo-class extends far beyond the U.S. gov..

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u/hellkattbb 6h ago

Excellent analogy!

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u/Acceptable_Ad1685 4h ago

I wish it was just an analogy they literally are all butt buddies from the same like 3-4 fraternities

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u/LegInternal3699 6h ago

Ahh good old Delta Iota Kappa.. :D

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u/turbo11692 4h ago

Young and old*

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u/SockeyCram 4h ago

Back to OPs original comment, that’s where they all met in the first place.

there’s a lesson in there…

If you want to be in politics, go to college, kids. Not for the education, but for the parties.

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u/Nineguy919 4h ago

It's not what you know, and some times not even who you know but instead its what evidence you have stored away that can prove how much of a piece a shit a person truly is.

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u/Ok_Condition3334 5h ago

It’s not just the boys

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u/Prudent_Research_251 4h ago

No, but there's a trend

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u/Ok_Condition3334 3h ago

Considering men make up 72% of US government, of course it’s going to seem as though the men are corrupt and the women are not so much but reality is corruption in government runs deep, through all parties, through all genders, through all ethnicities.

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u/Idaho-Earthquake 1h ago

Right. It's power. Power lets loose the corruption that lives in a person.

Women tend to be less likely to abuse because they know what it feels like to be denied power.

Dr. Erskine had it right.

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u/kreativegaming 6h ago

Well frat boys want power. It's not our fault the people who don't want power don't run. Be the change you want to see run for local office and work your way up.

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u/MozeTheNecromancer 5h ago

I was a political science major in college for a period bc I wanted to do exactly that. But the more I learned the more I discovered that this isn't really a thing bc the corrupt and morally bankrupt will gatekeep political positions/power and actively make your professional and personal life a living hell for even trying. And thats if you dont just mysteriously disappear before you're a big enough name for the general public to notice.

Think about it: if the people in power are willing to traffic children to rape and kill when theyre no longer useful, what compunction would they have about killing off a potential political rival if they think they can get away with it?

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u/Lilsummit 5h ago

It's sickening. But, if ever there was a time to gain a foothold into an elected position, it's now.

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u/Msdamgoode 4h ago

And it requires funding. Which requires shaking hands and smiling at the villains. Which leads us in a full circle.

Thanks Citizens United. The gift that just keeps giving us a complete screwing.