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EPISODE · Feb 16, 2026 · 26 MIN

Leftist Army Veteran Walks Into Career Expo; Accidentally Gets Hired By ICE

from Speak Plainly Podcast · host Owl C Medicine

Send us Fan MailWe follow a veteran journalist’s surreal path through an ICE career expo that “hired” her without finished paperwork, then track how speed, bed quotas, and private prison incentives warp vetting and accountability. We connect personal stories, federal denials, and the money trail to show how throughput beats caution.• audiobook update for Rethinking Broken and request for reviews• Laura Jadeed’s six-minute interview and optional screening• tentative email turning into a final offer and start date• DHS public denial vs screen-recorded receipts• sign-on bonuses and the detention bed quota economy• recruiting veterans into street-first enforcement roles• trauma, conditioning, and the pipeline from military to ICE• incentives that favor speed over safety and oversight• questions about abusers, extremists, and inadequate vettingPlease leave an honest review on Audible if you listen to the audiobookSupport the showMusic by WutaboiEmail us at [email protected] Buy me a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/owlmedicine Social MediaFacebook: www.facebook.com/owlcmedicineInstagram: www.instagram.com/owlcmedicine My Websiteswww.owlchrysalismedicine.comwww.decolonizehealthcare.comwww.rethinkingbroken.com#rethinkingbroken #CPTSD#chronicstressadapted #ComplexPTSD#childhoodtrauma #Authorpodcast #bestsellingauthor #queerauthor#adhd #dyslexia #dyscalclia #Queer #queerpodcast #queerhost#adultswithadhd #veteran #therapist #nonfictionauthor #traumaauthor#undiagnisedadhd  #childhoodtrauma #trauma #lifeaftertrauma  #PTSD   

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