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chia

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8. What do you mean, "a more reputable source?"

Reply to pfitz59 (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 03:22 PM

Sep 3

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Holy @$#%!!! Remember when ICE thugs arrested firefighters recently? [View all] Takket Sep 3 OP

Dim-witted commanders think racist immigration enforcement more important than saving homes & lives Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #1

awfully hard to maintain trust when the people who work for you think you are trying to get them arrested Takket Sep 3 #2

These are people working for the DOI or USDA fighting forest fires. Including the commanders. maxsolomon Sep 3 #10

Okay. "should" and "likely" address different aspects. Do you know where the fire will end when it goes out? . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #11

It's not going out until the rain and snow put it out - November. maxsolomon Sep 3 #12

Not necessarily. This team is an interagency team out of California. KPN Sep 3 #18

One of my daughters lives at the edge of that park. nt Trueblue Texan Sep 4 #23

I sense that government agencies KT2000 Sep 3 #3

If that is true, they are all rats Nigrum Cattus Sep 3 #4

HCN High Country News rated highly for Factual Reporting Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #6

Well, well. How very Soviet. Hekate Sep 3 #5

This was also reported in the Seattle Times pfitz59 Sep 3 #7

What do you mean, "a more reputable source?" chia Sep 3 #8

Excerpt from Seattle Times - thanks for mentioning this erronis Sep 3 #9

While most firefighters I've met are generally live and let live types... haele Sep 3 #13

I think this "outing" is going on everywhere. Otherwise ICE would spend 99% of their time Bengus81 Sep 3 #14

Why aren't these "commanders" being fired for hiring undocumented immigrants? sop Sep 3 #15

Not surprised. Law enforcement and firefighters usually are MAGA Blue Full Moon Sep 3 #16

Yup, even in California, firefighters and cops are majority MAGA. SunSeeker Sep 3 #19

Is there an equivalent of "fragging" in firefighting? tonekat Sep 3 #17

Sickening. Every time I think I can't get more pissed, I learn about more skullduggery. Joinfortmill Sep 3 #20

I knew something was up when the Fire crew spokesperson insisted the arrest did not impede their firefighting efforts... SunSeeker Sep 3 #21

This IS the Deep State. BurnDoubt Sep 4 #22