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dalton99a

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3. ICE prefers to hire losers and violent trash

Reply to justaprogressive (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 09:46 AM

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A Must Read and Truly Horrifying Story by Josh Marshall [View all] justaprogressive 15 hrs ago OP

... Turbineguy 15 hrs ago #1

So ICE gives him a badge and gun, and tells him "Have fun!" FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #2

Based on what I have read about him here on DU the last two days, niyad 14 hrs ago #4

Exactly! WHY? i think why is, when they make their final push to take Democracy away from every American bluestarone 9 hrs ago #38

ICE gave him a badge, a gun, Seinan Sensei 9 hrs ago #37

ICE prefers to hire losers and violent trash dalton99a 14 hrs ago #3

Yeah, but what about his T levels? The Blue Flower 14 hrs ago #5

You win yankee87 10 hrs ago #31

People like this are running concentration camps where Scrivener7 14 hrs ago #6

Homan needs to be dragged before Congress to explain how this happened Prairie Gates 14 hrs ago #7

with his bag full of cash mdbl 14 hrs ago #11

NPR aired his background story this morning. wnylib 13 hrs ago #21

Good for her! ShazzieB 10 hrs ago #32

She puts her life at risk for refusing lie for him and wnylib 9 hrs ago #34

Government is still at fault for not vetting these people properly. Baitball Blogger 14 hrs ago #8

But they ARE being vetted. They are EXACTLY what the icestapo wants. niyad 14 hrs ago #12

Yes, they are. ShazzieB 10 hrs ago #33

Holy crap! PatSeg 14 hrs ago #9

Far too many. niyad 14 hrs ago #13

Thousands. And people like them are in charge of wnylib 13 hrs ago #22

After seeing so many disturbing videos, PatSeg 11 hrs ago #28

The same kinds of people joined the Gestapo and wnylib 10 hrs ago #30

And the Border Patrol personnel popsdenver 1 hr ago #42

Clearly a case of criminal negligence on the part of ICE to properly vet and oversee their agents Martin68 14 hrs ago #10

He is exactly what the icestapo want. niyad 14 hrs ago #14

Hopefully he will also be ICE's undoing. Martin68 14 hrs ago #15

Don't hold your breath. niyad 14 hrs ago #16

No, I never hold my breath when it comes to Trump and his supporters, but I never lose hope. Martin68 12 hrs ago #24

To be fair Beausoleil 13 hrs ago #17

It's ironic.... MarcoZandrini 1 hr ago #44

With great power comes great responsibility. Corruption is the responsibility of the highest in command. multigraincracker 13 hrs ago #18

the highest in command is the greatest in corruption nt CharleyDog 9 hrs ago #36

The root of this, and many other problems we HAVE to deal with and fix: Attilatheblond 13 hrs ago #19

Link to the AP News article Josh Marshall referred to in his TPM post Attilatheblond 12 hrs ago #26

Ho Hum He sounds like the perfect ICE employee. flashman13 13 hrs ago #20

OMG!!! calimary 13 hrs ago #23

Betting that, like ICE officers, military recruiters have quotas to meet in their jobs Attilatheblond 12 hrs ago #25

This is why Trumpists want violent offenders to be able to have guns. TommyT139 12 hrs ago #27

"Only the best (worst) people." CaptainTruth 11 hrs ago #29

WTAF????? ShazzieB 9 hrs ago #35

Recruitment is way off these days popsdenver 1 hr ago #43

Congress needs to demand all ice agents be recalled Ilsa 9 hrs ago #39

ABOLISH ICE MorbidButterflyTat 8 hrs ago #40

REMINDER: Most People with Mental Illness are Not Violent electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #41