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bigtree

(94,749 posts)
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 06:48 PM 17 hrs ago

"Senator Collins wrote the blank check to allow these officers to conduct themselves in the way they have in Maine."

Eric Michael Garcia @EricMGarcia
AOC on Susan Collins touting the money she got for body cameras and ICE training in the DHS bill.

“Senator Collins wrote the blank check to allow these officers to conduct themselves in the way that they have in Maine in the first place, and she's the one who's poured resources into it.”





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AOC shreds Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins


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"Senator Collins wrote the blank check to allow these officers to conduct themselves in the way they have in Maine." (Original Post) bigtree 17 hrs ago OP
K&R Blue Owl 17 hrs ago #1
Important malaise 17 hrs ago #2
So why were none of the goons involved in the most recent murders NOT wearing body cameras, and why is ICE suspending jls4561 17 hrs ago #3
It's just more Trump-gang stalling struggle4progress 15 hrs ago #5
I don't know it for a fact, but... BidenRocks 15 hrs ago #4

jls4561

(3,365 posts)
3. So why were none of the goons involved in the most recent murders NOT wearing body cameras, and why is ICE suspending
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 07:07 PM
17 hrs ago

vehicle stops in order to give the thugs “additional training”?

What did they do with all the damn money?

The way this administration moves money around, I wouldn’t be surprised if it went to buy more tacky tat for Trump’s decor.

struggle4progress

(127,496 posts)
5. It's just more Trump-gang stalling
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:53 PM
15 hrs ago
Oh, yes, we'll have body-cameras almost any day now
*winky* *winky* *nudge* *nudge*

BidenRocks

(3,743 posts)
4. I don't know it for a fact, but...
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:50 PM
15 hrs ago

Someone will argue that the body camera denies them of a self incrimination defense.
Throw it out!

I just know someone will try this.

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