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BumRushDaShow

(164,493 posts)
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 07:09 PM Nov 30

Idaho bar offering a month of free drinks to customers who help ICE make arrests

Source: The Independent

Sunday 30 November 2025 14:09 EST


An Idaho bar made a splash on social media after offering a month of free beer to customers who helped Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest undocumented immigrants.

The Old State Saloon in Eagle, a suburb of Boise, told customers on social media Saturday that “anyone who helps ICE identify and ultimately deport an Illegal from Idaho gets FREE BEER FOR ONE MONTH at Old State Saloon!”

The small town watering hole added that it “may award multiple months to one person if multiple illegals are deported.” The bar wrote that any customers who do so should send “a detailed email with any evidence, photos, videos, summary of events, dates and times” to the bar’s email.

The post quickly gained attention from many in the MAGA world who lauded the effort, while comments from anti-ICE Americans were few and far between. The eyebrow-raising offer comes as the Trump administration has sent hundreds of ICE agents into Democratic-led cities to target undocumented immigrants.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/idaho-bar-ice-arrests-free-beer-b2875294.html

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Idaho bar offering a month of free drinks to customers who help ICE make arrests (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 30 OP
That is one hateful waterhole I will not be visiting... wcmagumba Nov 30 #1
A real livs Randomthought Nov 30 #2
Just wait, one of the bar's patrons will tag someone who is NOT an illegal immigrant, and ICE will illegally grab them, SWBTATTReg Nov 30 #3
"The Nazi Bar" markie Nov 30 #4
They didn't say WHAT beer. They are probably still trying to find a way to get rid of all that Bud Light they stocked.. Ol Janx Spirit Nov 30 #5
Idaho must not have any farms/ranches that lost immigrant laborers. Norrrm Nov 30 #6
But they did decimate a horse racing venue BumRushDaShow Nov 30 #7
Idaho: 3rd highest Trump net approval rating (#1 is Wyoming, #2 is West Virginia) progree Nov 30 #8
What I find interesting about those statistics... jmowreader Nov 30 #9
Plus BumRushDaShow Nov 30 #11
". . . has more cattle than people. " AverageOldGuy Nov 30 #16
I've disowned all my Idaho relatives. pfitz59 Nov 30 #15
I've done the same with my MAGA siblings wolfie001 Dec 1 #22
My Blue as F Maryland making me proud as F wolfie001 Dec 1 #21
Just so you don't go there... jmowreader Nov 30 #10
Idaho should just stick to it's weird militias and potato farming mdbl Nov 30 #12
They had "Heterosexual Awesomeness Fest" during Pride month flvegan Nov 30 #13
If so.... sheeeesh! electric_blue68 Dec 1 #29
Another state I won't visit lonely bird Nov 30 #14
Okay. So you have one of your buddies dress up as ICE... hunter Nov 30 #17
If any of the free drink recipients had a conscience, the would be needing that beer DFW Dec 1 #18
This is what someone might do if they're planning a little insurance fraud. Grokenstein Dec 1 #19
I saw another OP that seems to describe this situation BumRushDaShow Dec 1 #20
I hope they go bankrupt. lark Dec 1 #23
Leave a Yelp review iemanja Dec 1 #24
Guessed it would be Eagle. maxsolomon Dec 1 #25
Swell, Bigots on Benders. What could possibly go wrong? Attilatheblond Dec 1 #26
As with the fascist J_William_Ryan Dec 1 #27
Perfect way to make mean drunks even meaner Torchlight Dec 1 #28
Idaho, particularly the handle portion, is home to a lot of the doomsday prepper, militia MAGA types. bearsfootball516 Dec 1 #30
Ironic because they used to hate the federal government. ForgoTheConsequence Dec 1 #32
Yup John Coktosten Dec 1 #31
I am confused kwolf68 Dec 1 #33
Apparently for horse racing (and the gambling that went with that) BumRushDaShow Dec 1 #34

SWBTATTReg

(25,960 posts)
3. Just wait, one of the bar's patrons will tag someone who is NOT an illegal immigrant, and ICE will illegally grab them,
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 07:20 PM
Nov 30

at which point the family of the wrongly accused person that ICE grabbed (and that person) can sue the bar into closure, every penny they have, as they should. Some people just for the free beers will go to any length to get those beers, so in short, this is not a good idea.

Ol Janx Spirit

(539 posts)
5. They didn't say WHAT beer. They are probably still trying to find a way to get rid of all that Bud Light they stocked..
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 07:26 PM
Nov 30

...up on back when righties still drank it.

For them it's a twofer.


progree

(12,654 posts)
8. Idaho: 3rd highest Trump net approval rating (#1 is Wyoming, #2 is West Virginia)
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 07:49 PM
Nov 30

Map shows Trump's approval rating in each state after 10 months
Newsweek, 11/29/25
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/map-shows-donald-trump-s-approval-rating-in-each-state-after-10-months/ar-AA1Ro0uS

Recent Civiqs polling underscores that Trump’s popularity remains highest in traditionally Republican states such as Wyoming and Idaho.

But the president continues to face significant headwinds in Democratic states such as Hawaii and battleground states like Michigan. Overall, Civiqs puts his net approval at 39 percent, with his net disapproval rating standing at 56 percent. ((that's a net approval rating of -17% in my book (39-56=-17). I think they mistakenly included "net" twice in that above sentence -progree))

According to a new state-by-state breakdown, Trump‘s approval ratings remain positive in several Republican-dominated states, with the highest net approvals in Wyoming (+34 percent), West Virginia (+27 percent), Idaho (+23 percent), North Dakota (+18 percent), Montana (+17 percent), and Oklahoma (+17 percent).

Conversely, the president is experiencing significant disapproval in historically Democratic states, according to the polling. Hawaii reports a net approval of -55 percent, Vermont sits at -50 percent, Maryland at -44 percent, Massachusetts at -42 percent, California and Rhode Island at -40 percent, and Washington and Oregon at -36 percent.

Trump is underwater in all the 2024 battleground states

Below is an Imgur of the map
but it is "static", to see the map where you can mouse over each state and see its name and net approval rating pop up, click on this link:

https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/26517440/embed


jmowreader

(52,833 posts)
9. What I find interesting about those statistics...
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 08:01 PM
Nov 30

...is the places where he has net positive approval, they don't like him all that much either.

BumRushDaShow

(164,493 posts)
11. Plus
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 08:15 PM
Nov 30

the state with the smallest population of the 50 states (WY) has the highest approval. A state where it is often said, has more cattle than people.

wolfie001

(6,698 posts)
22. I've done the same with my MAGA siblings
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:17 AM
Dec 1

A lot of us and I only communicate with one of 'em. He keeps his yapper shut.

jmowreader

(52,833 posts)
10. Just so you don't go there...
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 08:05 PM
Nov 30

The Old State Saloon is at 50 State Street in Eagle. It's in the old Eagle Drug Store building, which makes sense because you'd have to be on drugs to think this is a good idea.

mdbl

(7,965 posts)
12. Idaho should just stick to it's weird militias and potato farming
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 08:34 PM
Nov 30

To quote Kathleen Madigan.

lonely bird

(2,665 posts)
14. Another state I won't visit
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 09:02 PM
Nov 30

Cut off the federal money to them. They can raise their state taxes.

hunter

(40,290 posts)
17. Okay. So you have one of your buddies dress up as ICE...
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 10:41 PM
Nov 30

... another buddy pretend to be "illegal," assist in an "arrest," and FREE BEER!



If "ICE" is masked, and the "illegal" is masked, you and your buddies can do it three times.

Free beer for all of you!

DFW

(59,588 posts)
18. If any of the free drink recipients had a conscience, the would be needing that beer
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 03:59 AM
Dec 1

But then, if they had a conscience, the wouldn't have been eligible for the freebies in the first place.

Grokenstein

(6,224 posts)
19. This is what someone might do if they're planning a little insurance fraud.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 04:30 AM
Dec 1

"Oh no! ANTIFA done burnt mah bar down."

maxsolomon

(38,036 posts)
25. Guessed it would be Eagle.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 12:11 PM
Dec 1

"Small town watering hole" isn't exactly accurate: Eagle is a booming suburb filled with generic American Mallscapes and masses and masses of Repukes.

It's where you live when you think Boise has too many Libs.

Attilatheblond

(8,026 posts)
26. Swell, Bigots on Benders. What could possibly go wrong?
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 12:36 PM
Dec 1

I see potential lawsuits ahead for that bar, not the least of which will be liability issues for over serving drunks who then get behind the wheel and kill people.

J_William_Ryan

(3,243 posts)
27. As with the fascist
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 01:23 PM
Dec 1

Trump regime, this isn’t about ‘illegal’ immigrants – it’s about the racist right keeping all persons of color out of the country.

Torchlight

(6,239 posts)
28. Perfect way to make mean drunks even meaner
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 01:28 PM
Dec 1

I imagine the owners are aware of the likely consequences of this and giggle to themselves about it every hour or so.

bearsfootball516

(6,671 posts)
30. Idaho, particularly the handle portion, is home to a lot of the doomsday prepper, militia MAGA types.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 02:43 PM
Dec 1

Unfortunetly I'm not surprised by the article.

ForgoTheConsequence

(5,152 posts)
32. Ironic because they used to hate the federal government.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 05:05 PM
Dec 1

Now they can't get enough of Trump's illegal federal overreach.

BumRushDaShow

(164,493 posts)
34. Apparently for horse racing (and the gambling that went with that)
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:35 PM
Dec 1
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3574810

Even in the big Triple Crown races of the KY Derby, Pimlico, and Belmont, most of the jockeys (and I expect the stable hands) are from those Central American countries nowadays.
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