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Autumn

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10. Then what is the fucking purpose of Border Patrol?

Reply to Bread and Circuses (Original post)

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 03:28 PM

Jan 2026

Call it what you want Booker. The Gestapo is still the fucking Gestapo. And keeping them doing what their are doing is fucking foolish. They have been trained to harass and murder Americans. That's not going to fucking change.

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Senator Cory Booker Legislation in response to I.C.E. ....what do you think. [View all] Bread and Circuses Jan 2026 OP

It needs to be more specific..use allotted funds for cameras and they need extensive training, not minimal training Deuxcents Jan 2026 #1

WTF? yankee87 Jan 2026 #2

They were "trained" to stand in front vehicles so they would have an excuse to shoot the occupants. sop Jan 2026 #3

I think the situation calls for something with a little more teeth. SamKnause Jan 2026 #4

And the administration is DOING IT ON PURPOSE TO DIVIDE THE PEOPLE. ...n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2026 #13

Agree! ICE needs to be eliminated Bread and Circuses Jan 2026 #16

Background Checks Kid Berwyn Jan 2026 #5

This is the pattern we've seen for decades. A system does what it's designed to do, people don't like it, and decide it WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2026 #6

Reforming the Gestapo isn't going to work! Chasstev365 Jan 2026 #7

ICE is run by a MAGA. . . Stargleamer Jan 2026 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author betsuni Jan 2026 #9

Then what is the fucking purpose of Border Patrol? Autumn Jan 2026 #10

She was given a quota of 10K recruits JustAnotherGen Jan 2026 #14

Training? They are trained - to do exactly what this Fascist government wants them to do. Get rid of ICE and reform Nanjeanne Jan 2026 #11

That's not what I'm calling JustAnotherGen Jan 2026 #12

How about "No masks on law enforcement"? (n/t) appmanga Jan 2026 #15

I fucking hate threads like this. MorbidButterflyTat Jan 2026 #17

The whole counterproductive operation needs to be restructured starting with removing the GoodRaisin Jan 2026 #18