Hey, everybody. It's Tim Miller from the bulwark here. Couldn't be more excited to bring in

George Redis. He posted this article on Substack that is moving, infuriating, all of the

feelings. The headline was, I'm a U.S. citizen and a veteran. Ice arrested me for no reason.

So I guess before we get to the ICE raid and just the fucking despicable behavior by the

government, what happened to you?

Just give everybody like a little first date story, like where'd you grow up?

You know, how did you end up in this place?

Yeah, I was born.

I was born and raised here in Ventura, California.

I grew up here my entire life, moved around a lot, and just eventually when I turned 18,

I was like, I was just tired of like doing the same thing over and over and just wanting to make

a change in my life. And I decided to join the military.

I joined the Army and I am going infantry.

And so I ended up getting, going to Fort Benning, Georgia for basic training.

Did that and my first duty station was Fort Wainwright, Alaska. And from there we deployed in 2019 to 2020 for 10 months, came back to Alaska, was there for a little bit, and then ended up going to

Fort Hood, Texas, and I finished out my contract there. And I ended up getting out,

and I was still in Texas for a little bit, went to school after I got out the Army, just bounced

around trying to figure out what I wanted to do in life, really.

Like, I was only like 22 when I got out, I think so, or like 23.

You had the picture of yourself in the Army in the article and you look like a baby.

Yeah, yeah, I know. I was young. I was 19 going overseas. So, so I mean, like when I got out, I was like,

after going through all that and like getting out, it's so different being out in like a civilian

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