CEO Dana White has long been an ally of President Donald Trump and his administration. Agents would be trained in hand-to-hand combat.

The FBI plans to offer the Ultimate Fighting Championship an exclusive one-year contract to train its special agents in hand-to-hand combat, according to a document released by the agency in September.

The UFC, according to the bureau, is “the sole qualified vendor” capable of providing tactical training that meets FBI standards. The justification for the contract cited the “expertise” the multibillion-dollar global media business has in mixed martial arts, striking techniques, grappling and takedowns.

The bureau said that market research determined that “no other vendor can provide comprehensive training encompassing all required skills at the necessary expertise level within the required timeframe.”

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    Shit like this shows that it’s not just Trump that’s the problem, but that the MAGA movement as a whole is based on grift and political favoritism at the expense of competent governance.

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      No kidding?

      I am sarcastic because the situation has been clear for 30 years at a minimum.

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      America is the problem. The whole country allowed (and is still allowing) this to happen.

      MAGA isn’t the hero America needed, but it’s the one they deserve.

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        The analogy isn’t quite right, but I know you wanted to use the quote.

        MAGA is Joker, and the US doesn’t have a Batman anywhere, maybe a few Gordons but they don’t have enough power to do much. Although as all analogies do, this breaks because MAGA leaders would never burn their half of the money for a message. They want every dime for themselves.

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        It scares me that Americans want to go back to life before trump. As an American it looks like the left just wants to be able to get back their personally unearned privileges again.

        Ignorance is bliss IS their culture.

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        But if people would just vote differently and stop doing purity tests then the system would fix itself /copium