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32. You'll appreciate this supplemental little detail

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:09 PM

Mar 24

The Germans, true to their reputation for being obsessed with bureaucratic detail, in those days used to print the profession of every passport holder in the passport underneath the photo and listed name. When Walter Scheel opened his passport to show the German border police, I saw what was printed in his passport in the line where the holder's profession was supposed to be listed. It read "Alt-Bundespräsident," or "former Federal President." How stodgy can a country get? Can you imagine some CBP officer asking Bill Clinton, arriving from London or wherever, what he does for a living? To their credit, Germany doesn't do that any more.

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Delta Airlines suspends "special Congressional desk" service till shutdown ends [View all] Tanuki Mar 24 OP

Do nothing for a do-nothing Congress dalton99a Mar 24 #1

Not Congress -- azureblue Mar 24 #13

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He is my senator, and frankly I prefer him out of the state/country ... lol - n/t TBF Mar 24 #26

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yes Skittles Mar 24 #47

He flies United. cloudbase Mar 24 #46

well Skittles Mar 24 #48

Too damn bad, Teddy-boy. calimary Mar 24 #50

This is the right thing to do, for starters, they take shackled people and contribute to deportation w/o due process Deuxcents Mar 24 #6

They shouldn't fix it. They should refuse to participate. Initech Mar 24 #25

Maybe Delta watched Rachel Maddow drag them through the mud last night? gab13by13 Mar 24 #7

Probably - Flying a little boy to a tRump prison is a bad look. nt AnotherMother4Peace Mar 24 #11

After reading your post, I found that clip of Rachel's show. 70sEraVet Mar 24 #45

The Republican congress criters popsdenver Mar 24 #8

They wish. Show me your evidence. littlemissmartypants Mar 24 #18

Here's a non-paywall link to the AJC article in "archive" form QueerDuck Mar 24 #9

Maybe Kristi can fly them to their destinations Norbert Mar 24 #10

She isn't in charge anymore obamanut2012 Mar 24 #12

Yeah but, did she give her jet back? gab13by13 Mar 24 #14

Did they take away her residence? Seinan Sensei Mar 24 #29

Nancy Mace is gonna be pissed!! Owens Mar 24 #15

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I wouldn't want to be behind her either MustLoveBeagles Mar 24 #42

I realize that some of them may have urgent �official busness� to attend to DFW Mar 24 #16

Neat story! Thanks for sharing with us. KPN Mar 24 #24

You'll appreciate this supplemental little detail DFW Mar 24 #32

Haha. Yeah, that's some pretty detailed rules-following! KPN Mar 24 #36

Great story and supplemental 👍 underpants Mar 24 #37

Cruz and Noem are going to be livid if treated like commoners Torchlight Mar 24 #19

Yeah, the picture is pretty clear now Quiet Em Mar 24 #20

Health Coverage bdamomma Mar 24 #21

We should take away all their perks... llmart Mar 24 #38

This MustLoveBeagles Mar 24 #40

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Good for Delta! Martin68 Mar 24 #23

Should have done this from Day One of the shutdown. Maybe charge them niyad Mar 24 #27

Yep MustLoveBeagles Mar 24 #41

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Is everyone interpreting ths article incorrectly or is it just me. Didn't Cornyn just force Democrats to support a KPN Mar 24 #31

Great! Now do health care and retirement benefits. BadgerMom Mar 24 #33

Finally..............they can join the "small people"..............and see what it is like to eat cake............ turbinetree Mar 24 #34

Delta gives preferential treatment to those with lots of SkyMiles Soul_of_Wit Mar 24 #43

You know what would solve this problem? Another tax cut for billionaires and corporations. Ray Bruns Mar 24 #44

Good catrose Mar 25 #51