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ananda

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18. But I think they do care about how it looks...

Reply to Harker (Reply #17)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 03:20 PM

Dec 2025

from a government and legal policy angle.

The optics on this are going to be so bad, that's why...

... even if they plan to circumvent every single safeguard
and legality written in the oath they have taken.

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ICE plans $100 million 'wartime recruitment' push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires [View all] demmiblue Dec 2025 OP

But we have no money for food, housing, medical care, housing, science, vaccines, etc. Irish_Dem Dec 2025 #1

And tell me how this is a "wartime" recruitment? ananda Dec 2025 #10

Trump is not hiding the fact he is waging war against the US. Irish_Dem Dec 2025 #12

I suppose they figured "wartime" sounded better than "open season. " Harker Dec 2025 #15

That is true. Also, ananda Dec 2025 #16

I'm not sure they care much about the legal definitions. Harker Dec 2025 #17

But I think they do care about how it looks... ananda Dec 2025 #18

They're Trump's private army... GiqueCee Dec 2025 #21

Elmer's putting the old gang back together... Harker Dec 2025 #23

Not all that long ago... GiqueCee Dec 2025 #20

The rise of vigilante justice bucolic_frolic Dec 2025 #2

military "fans" ? Like the people who cheer on our military during a war but never serve and ignore disabled veterans? ChicagoTeamster Dec 2025 #3

People like this. Ray Bruns Dec 2025 #5

They wouldn't fit in the clothes anyway. Or afford them. ChicagoTeamster Dec 2025 #8

Gun nuts make the best jackboot thugs (nt) William Seger Dec 2025 #4

"Wartime recruitment", I guess that means against us, the American public. Lord, are we in trouble. Firestorm49 Dec 2025 #6

Maybe if some of the current thugs liberalgunwilltravel Dec 2025 #7

Don't use my American flag or the Statue of Liberty on those posters! Bayard Dec 2025 #9

TV ad in Washington, DC, offers $70,000 signing bonus Grins Dec 2025 #11

Just like putin opening up the prisons to supply more cannon fodder to his war machine. erronis Dec 2025 #13

States need to record these actions lonely bird Dec 2025 #14

Not unlike every other day a story that should be big news isn't even news. twodogsbarking Dec 2025 #19

Surprised Rebl2 Dec 2025 #22

"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles Brother Buzz Dec 2025 #24

Wartime? Aussie105 Dec 2025 #25

Can they find people to pass physical requirements ? underpants Dec 2025 #26