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Bread and Circuses

(1,627 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:05 PM 7 hrs ago

Corey Booker ... wants more training and body cams for ICE !?!

Please check this out. Is Corey Booker explaining the past 6 months of ICE violence and disregarding the Constitution to
Inferior training ? I’m speechless. ??? What’s going on? Is this the Dem rationale to increase ICE budget?

Thanks

Okay... F'ing Corey Booker is not in touch with reality. @corybooker.com
You Mr. Booker are just as bad as the right and MAGAts.
youtu.be/mZQHUFTCCws?...

(@usaredwhitenblue.bsky.social) 2026-01-17T21:52:53.724Z
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Corey Booker ... wants more training and body cams for ICE !?! (Original Post) Bread and Circuses 7 hrs ago OP
The usual "compromise" position Prairie Gates 7 hrs ago #1
Trying to play nice with the SS n/t gay texan 7 hrs ago #2
Looks like this would require giving ICE even more money too. Brilliant. n/t flvegan 7 hrs ago #3
If this is truly the outcome it will do serious damage to any chances of destroying the tRump dictatorship and will yaesu 7 hrs ago #4
At the Bluesky link, he's saying he isn't going to approve funding for ICE or DHS. What am I missing? Scrivener7 7 hrs ago #5
It's confusing..,. Right... what is his position . Will he vote to shut down ICE . Bread and Circuses 7 hrs ago #9
Call Sen Booker at 202 224-3224 Ars Longa 7 hrs ago #6
In the Bluesky link, he's saying that's what he plans to do. Scrivener7 7 hrs ago #7
It seems like he's saying that he will approve ICE funding if they increase training and wear body cams . Bread and Circuses 7 hrs ago #10
I'm not seeing that on his Bluesky feed. He's saying the opposite. Scrivener7 7 hrs ago #11
Not "right now" but he could in the future LuvLoogie 7 hrs ago #12
Where is he saying anything about training? I'm reading his Bluesky feed, and I'm not seeing anything Scrivener7 7 hrs ago #13
Some people and systems cannot be repaired RockCreek 7 hrs ago #14
If you read his bluesky feed, he appears to agree with that. Where is he talking about training? I don't see it. Scrivener7 7 hrs ago #15
Almost any real training would be better. Better footwear or getting a f'ing clue underpants 7 hrs ago #8
F*ck that, disband them, close it up and throw it away. NotHardly 6 hrs ago #16
The country may not be ready for another government shutdown, but I don't know that there is a choice. pat_k 4 hrs ago #17
How about we fight the source - shut down Fox! Initech 4 hrs ago #19
Why the hell don't we have a GIANT citizen action group dedicated to abolishing FOX News? pat_k 4 hrs ago #20
I know, right? Initech 4 hrs ago #21
How about ICE are terrorists and they can get the fuck out of our cities now. Initech 4 hrs ago #18
So you want unchecked authority for all federal law enforcement? W_HAMILTON 26 min ago #22
Recommended. H2O Man 22 min ago #23

Prairie Gates

(7,290 posts)
1. The usual "compromise" position
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:08 PM
7 hrs ago

MAGAfascists: ICE can beat you and even kill you if you disobey. Dio what you're told or be shot in the face.

Centrist Dems: Excuse me. Perhaps it would be of use if there were more training and body cameras for your agents.

Fuck's sake. They're really trying to figure out a way to blow a gimme election, aren't they?

yaesu

(9,043 posts)
4. If this is truly the outcome it will do serious damage to any chances of destroying the tRump dictatorship and will
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:19 PM
7 hrs ago

further erode our voting base.

Scrivener7

(58,474 posts)
5. At the Bluesky link, he's saying he isn't going to approve funding for ICE or DHS. What am I missing?
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:20 PM
7 hrs ago

Scrivener7

(58,474 posts)
7. In the Bluesky link, he's saying that's what he plans to do.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:31 PM
7 hrs ago
"I am not going to support a budget that gives more money to an agency right now that is out of control," Booker said. "That's not even a question for me."


That's at the link in the OP. So what the issue here? What am I missing? I don't see anything that says he wants more for ICE.

Bread and Circuses

(1,627 posts)
10. It seems like he's saying that he will approve ICE funding if they increase training and wear body cams .
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:39 PM
7 hrs ago

LuvLoogie

(8,551 posts)
12. Not "right now" but he could in the future
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:44 PM
7 hrs ago

Just gotta train the nazis, kkk, and proud boys better. Not make it so obvious when they murder someone.

Scrivener7

(58,474 posts)
13. Where is he saying anything about training? I'm reading his Bluesky feed, and I'm not seeing anything
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:45 PM
7 hrs ago

but, "No, I won't fund them."

Scrivener7

(58,474 posts)
15. If you read his bluesky feed, he appears to agree with that. Where is he talking about training? I don't see it.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:48 PM
7 hrs ago

underpants

(195,149 posts)
8. Almost any real training would be better. Better footwear or getting a f'ing clue
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:36 PM
7 hrs ago

There are many clips of ICE goons wiping out in Minneapolis. I get that it seems like it’s better - the Hi-Tec (if I have that right) boots in early 90’s were way better than “‘cruit boots” or Jungle boots in the Army. They were close to high top basketball shoes…but they had to be able to be shined.

I’m guessing that these are a combination of people not from the northern clime or are just so super aggressive their rage supersedes their feet.

Footwork is everything.

NotHardly

(2,666 posts)
16. F*ck that, disband them, close it up and throw it away.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:22 PM
6 hrs ago
They are just an armed Nazi sh*ts & private Trump army.

pat_k

(12,692 posts)
17. The country may not be ready for another government shutdown, but I don't know that there is a choice.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:09 PM
4 hrs ago

How else do we fight this insanity??

These would be my lines in the sand.
------------
Repeal the 75 Billion ICE Budget Increase
Reinstate expired Obamacare subsidies
Repeal Medicaid Cuts (MAGA Murder Budget Cuts 1 Trillion by 2034)

I know. A pipe dream from people who are still stuck thinking "it's all about kitchen table issues" when every institution and law involved in measuring and making the will of the people manifest is under all out attack from within.


Perhaps this small thing:
Make the 90 million for the office of the president conditional on release of all illegally impounded funds and compliance with all court orders.

As a small part of the budget, this is essentially symbolic, but why the hell are we funding a lawless White House?

Initech

(107,612 posts)
19. How about we fight the source - shut down Fox!
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:17 PM
4 hrs ago

Newsmax, too. And all of the other Trump ass kissing propaganda? If we can't have nice things, they can't, either!

pat_k

(12,692 posts)
20. Why the hell don't we have a GIANT citizen action group dedicated to abolishing FOX News?
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:22 PM
4 hrs ago

Seems to me that a whole hell of a lot of people would dig deep to invest in an effective all out national campaign to abolish FOX News. END THE LIES.

Initech

(107,612 posts)
21. I know, right?
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:26 PM
4 hrs ago

So many of our problems in the last 40 years can be traced directly back to Rupert Murdoch and Fox approved republicans. End Fox now!

Initech

(107,612 posts)
18. How about ICE are terrorists and they can get the fuck out of our cities now.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:14 PM
4 hrs ago

And fuck Trump!

W_HAMILTON

(10,112 posts)
22. So you want unchecked authority for all federal law enforcement?
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 02:30 AM
26 min ago

Because by saying you oppose what Booker is actually proposing, that's exactly what you are doing:

...

The legislation would establish minimum hiring and training standards for all federal law enforcement officers and require the use of body-worn cameras (BWCs) by federal officers on duty. These policies reflect widely accepted best practices in policing and are already standard in many state and local law enforcement agencies. Notably, many of these commonsense safeguards were previously federal policy before the administration dismantled them as part of a broader pattern of reducing accountability.


Taken from: https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-announces-new-legislation-to-strengthen-federal-law-enforcement-standards-and-transparency-after-fatal-shooting-of-minneapolis-woman

This is not an ICE-specific bill and you can bet that Trump and his MAGA fascists don't want it to pass, so why are you and this YouTuber siding with them?

H2O Man

(78,717 posts)
23. Recommended.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 02:34 AM
22 min ago

I'm not sure why someone "alerted" on this. I think it is a fair topic for discussion here. People can have different opinions on Booker.

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