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Attilatheblond

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19. The root of this, and many other problems we HAVE to deal with and fix:
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 11:02 AM
21 hrs ago

From article in OP. Get this shared anywhere and everywhere. And tell Susan Collins and others who vote to finance ICE that THEY are accomplices to assaults, kidnappings, and murders!

A relative told the AP, “They took someone who was extremely mentally ill and turned him into a killing machine.” (An additional, horrifying detail: Brouillette was initially rejected by the military because of his mental health history. “But recruiters encouraged him to go off his medications for a year and reapply, which he did,” and he was then enlisted.)




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... Turbineguy 22 hrs ago #1
So ICE gives him a badge and gun, and tells him "Have fun!" FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #2
Based on what I have read about him here on DU the last two days, niyad 22 hrs ago #4
Exactly! WHY? i think why is, when they make their final push to take Democracy away from every American bluestarone 17 hrs ago #38
ICE gave him a badge, a gun, Seinan Sensei 17 hrs ago #37
ICE prefers to hire losers and violent trash dalton99a 22 hrs ago #3
Yeah, but what about his T levels? The Blue Flower 22 hrs ago #5
You win yankee87 18 hrs ago #31
People like this are running concentration camps where Scrivener7 22 hrs ago #6
Homan needs to be dragged before Congress to explain how this happened Prairie Gates 22 hrs ago #7
with his bag full of cash mdbl 21 hrs ago #11
NPR aired his background story this morning. wnylib 21 hrs ago #21
Good for her! ShazzieB 18 hrs ago #32
She puts her life at risk for refusing lie for him and wnylib 17 hrs ago #34
Government is still at fault for not vetting these people properly. Baitball Blogger 22 hrs ago #8
But they ARE being vetted. They are EXACTLY what the icestapo wants. niyad 21 hrs ago #12
Yes, they are. ShazzieB 17 hrs ago #33
Holy crap! PatSeg 22 hrs ago #9
Far too many. niyad 21 hrs ago #13
Thousands. And people like them are in charge of wnylib 21 hrs ago #22
After seeing so many disturbing videos, PatSeg 19 hrs ago #28
The same kinds of people joined the Gestapo and wnylib 18 hrs ago #30
And the Border Patrol personnel popsdenver 9 hrs ago #42
Clearly a case of criminal negligence on the part of ICE to properly vet and oversee their agents Martin68 21 hrs ago #10
He is exactly what the icestapo want. niyad 21 hrs ago #14
Hopefully he will also be ICE's undoing. Martin68 21 hrs ago #15
Don't hold your breath. niyad 21 hrs ago #16
No, I never hold my breath when it comes to Trump and his supporters, but I never lose hope. Martin68 20 hrs ago #24
To be fair Beausoleil 21 hrs ago #17
It's ironic.... MarcoZandrini 9 hrs ago #44
With great power comes great responsibility. Corruption is the responsibility of the highest in command. multigraincracker 21 hrs ago #18
the highest in command is the greatest in corruption nt CharleyDog 17 hrs ago #36
The root of this, and many other problems we HAVE to deal with and fix: Attilatheblond 21 hrs ago #19
Link to the AP News article Josh Marshall referred to in his TPM post Attilatheblond 19 hrs ago #26
Ho Hum He sounds like the perfect ICE employee. flashman13 21 hrs ago #20
OMG!!! calimary 20 hrs ago #23
Betting that, like ICE officers, military recruiters have quotas to meet in their jobs Attilatheblond 19 hrs ago #25
This is why Trumpists want violent offenders to be able to have guns. TommyT139 19 hrs ago #27
"Only the best (worst) people." CaptainTruth 19 hrs ago #29
WTAF????? ShazzieB 17 hrs ago #35
Recruitment is way off these days popsdenver 9 hrs ago #43
Congress needs to demand all ice agents be recalled Ilsa 16 hrs ago #39
ABOLISH ICE MorbidButterflyTat 16 hrs ago #40
REMINDER: Most People with Mental Illness are Not Violent electric_blue68 13 hrs ago #41
His ex-wife has a heroic testimony that needs to be spread far and wide Blue Owl 2 hrs ago #45
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