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Morale is plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
(www.independent.co.uk)
Are they quitting en masse? No? I call bs.
this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2026
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Good. Fuck you. You're all terrible and will one day get exactly what you deserve.
Nazi scum.
May them and their families never have a peaceful night again.
Good. Fuck em. I hope they all die.
This is the first stage.
ICE are funded up until the end of FY2029, so that they can act as Trump's personal army should the election not go his way. They cannot be defunded by anyone. That gives them over 3 years to weed out the weak, harden the strong, and practice urban combat.
So while I'm glad that these crybabies couldn't hack the path they chose, I can't be glad about what it's doing to the overall makeup of ICE.
They still got a $50,000 starting bonus.
We need to cut their funding.
Did they ever stop for a second to think that maybe...just maybe...they're the baddies?
Like, seriously...history hasn't judged people like them as being right since, like, the 1600s.
It's like "If you don't want to be hated, then stop doing hateful things!"
That's the problem with echo chambers. You start thinking you're the good guy and that everyone thinks like you, because that's all you interact with. When you leave that bubble, you get a harsh reality check.
Say what you will about AI, but right now anyone who has an on prem model has a sort of snapshot of human history/knowledge/discourse.
They're like 3-6 months behind current news.
So, by like August everything we've been through this far will be basically immutable human history. Eradicating every download of every competent model would be even less realistic than taking away Americans guns. By a lot.
They're like 3-6 months behind current news.
I love telling language models the current news. They are blown away, every time. I give them a "how plausible is my novel?" analysis then when they say not at all, I tell them it's real, then allow them to search the news. Loads of fun, in a "watching the apocalypse slowly unfold" kind of way.
If they had any honor or humanity left in them they would kill their superiors and then themselves.
“It’s completely unfair to the agents who have been put in this position,” he added. “There’s only so much they can handle before bad things start to happen.”
They knew exactly what they were getting themselves into. Most of them want those bad things to happen. They masturbate over the prospect of that brutality.
This is just some asshole trying to hand-wave away the crimes these people are doing under the guise of "boo hoo, poor them!"
They deserve zero sympathy. And all of them who have harassed, threatened, kidnapped, hurt, or murdered people should be brought to justice.
Good.
I can never seem to find my nanoscopic violin when I need it. You wouldn't believe how easily that tiny thing gets lost.
And so expensive to replace! You'd think "Surely someone can just pretend!", but the true connoisseur of miniscule heart-rending accompaniment can always tell the difference.
.......and don't call me Shirley.
Good. They should feel miserable and hated.
This isn’t a fucking game to the people whose lives you are ruining.
Keep it up until they all quit. Then when we can go for convictions.
Not enough.
I imagine that being a mindless violent drone, doing evil for rich fascists that take you for granted, in a society that fucking hates you to the core, has got to be tiring. Maybe they can find some inner peace before we prosecute them for all their crimes.
Poor things, facing a few weak consequences of their murderous brutality.
If it's too much for them, suicide is always an option.
Good
ICE, Do the world a favor and send yourselves to the shadow realm. Then you won't need to get put on a list after this is all done.
I do not give a rats ass about the poor agents' morale
I do, because low matters. They are bad and they should feel bad. Really really bad.
Feel bad? They should feel the soft caress of a prison bed.
That too
Oh no not the poor feelings of the Nazi Gestapo that willingly signed up to be a domestic occupying force!
I don't give a fuck if they feel bad every single ICE agent should be hit with a treason charge and dealt with as such. Anyone who committed any provable acts of brutality gets even less sympathy.
No room for fascists in society. It is an ideology that must be eradicated. Use force if you need to.
Thank you Mr. CEO sir.
... when do I get my paycheck?
Payments go out on the 5th of every 4th month of even years. Please standby for your Soros money.
Maybe their PTSD will be too much to handle
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Can't handle being hated for being traitor Nazi scum? Go hang yourself with your gun belt.
No belt? Find a bridge, canyon, building, or anything else high, and do your best swan dive. Idc how it happens, but the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi.
Make racists feel embarrassed again.
They never were! But it wasn't socially acceptable for them to publicly act like Nazis. I preferred that...
Here's hoping they develop permanent mental health problems and are quickly abandoned by their families. May all their wives, husbands and children hook up with immigrants and liberals.
It doesn't matter if the Nazis are sad; what they need to be is dead.
This sounds like bullshit to get people to feel like they won something
but the ice agents have won something! snow cones..
I saw the homeless guy making them in the alley. (pretty sure those aren't in fact lemon flavored, but uh, we don't need to tell them that.)
"but Sir I want to go play call of doody now"
This is just propaganda. If they have low morale, they will quit.
Going to be a lot of people explaining gaps on their resumes.
Good.
We'll treat them better after they've atoned for being disposable goonsquads whose sole purpose is to bait a populace into killing them.