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Don't dox me bro's avatar

4 1/2 more years until I can afford to move my family out of this accursed hell mouth masquerading as a democratic republic. Not sure I'll retain my sanity that long...

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Joan Hilty's avatar

Perhaps you mean “pop a Zohran”, as that is what we’re doing in NYC. Anyway, I recommend it. It may work better.

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Ward From Cali's avatar

How this is affecting ICE is something we should pay attention to. The Nazis built the death camps because the earlier policy of large-scale executions in the field in Eastern Europe was destroying the German Army from within. Even specialized SS units selected for ideological reliability and eager viscousness, fell apart under the stress of routine, large-scale, face-to-face brutality. The Nazis learned that even psychotic hatred has limits. You can't just turn off the human drive to be sociable and cooperative. And that's gonna remain true even when the policies of hate fall well short of summary execution.

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Peter MacMonagle's avatar

This crazy old man is sowing fear and uncertainty. Every Republican office holder needs to be asked: WHY ARE YOU AFRAID OF DONALD TRUMP? Failing to give an answer is not an answer. If they cannot answer, then they are afraid, and need to be told straight out to resign immediately so we can hold special elections or a constitutional convention to get this country back on track. Between Putin and Trump's infatuation with Adolph Hitler we are in a grave crisis. Building a Gulag to house immigrants is not acceptable.

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Fog of Jen's avatar

huh so they're cool with the ill-eagles if they support Trump?

Oh hey, the press, whar your bipartisan whines now?

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𝕺𝖓𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉's avatar

If you haven’t checked this out yet, you might consider it because I can’t imagine it will stay up much longer. So even if you’ve never wanted to click on Crusty Gnome’s Instagram account, I think you should see this. And check out the comments while you’re there.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLyjaZ5s51o/

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Dina's avatar

Wow, she's gettin' ROASTED.

Good.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Robyn. I miss Carolyn Maloney as head of Oversight, but I'm very glad I'm represented in Congress by Dan Goldman.

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Jessica's avatar

The only thing that surprises me about all this is that ICE is letting their kidnappees communicate with the outside world

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Steve in LB's avatar

Call it what it is: Alligator Auschwitz.

The folks staying at Alcatraz were there with their constitutional rights intact.

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Fog of Jen's avatar

Well. In theory. In practice there was a whole lot of human rights violations.

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Dina's avatar

At least prisoners at Alcatraz had trials.

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KEITH TAYLOR's avatar

"I will support him until the day I die," says Arpineh.

When you have a name like Arpineh in Trump's America, that day can come distressingly soon. The lady expects gratitude for her total support? From that dreary bastard? Maybe she's just a masochist. Sometimes it seems like the only explanation.

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Docadoodledoo's avatar

I'm waiting for the first few deaths and then they can rename it Alligator Auschwitz because that'll appeal even more to their base. And, sadly, probably sell more merch, too. Sick fuckers.

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Eva Porter's avatar

I hate this fucker more every damn day

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Let me sum up's avatar

Can you be more specific?

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Marty Smit's avatar

I think she summed it up well.

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Trux Mint In Box's avatar

“The cruelty is the point”

And the profit.

There is zero oversight. They probably get paid per detainee at a flat fee and probably have add on payments for when they strip search someone, transport them, do medical exams and unnecessary transfers to other facilities.

Then they have no incentive to spend any of it. They are giving them just enough to avoid death so they profit as much as possible. And bonus for them, their lack of humanity is an asset for this.

The officers working there are probably getting crappy benefits (if any) and wages as well.

It’s a huge huge grift of public funds with 171 billions in the trough. You can hear the oinks and snorts from here.

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WTAF's avatar

Zofran is legit my drug of choice “these” days 😜💗

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David N. Brown's avatar

Here's a calculation I've done: The broadly accepted estimate of the illegal immigrant population (even if it's maximum to some and rock bottom minimum to others) is 10 million. The budget of ICE has topped 170 billion and could easily be on the way to 200 billion. That means if ICE could deport every single illegal immigrant in the country, the cost would average out at $20,000 per immigrant, which even now is pretty much a year's pay at a minimum wage job. That means for the same price, you could provide a native born citizen with a job, or pay enough foreign aid to support one potential migrant in their home countries, or just plain pay an illegal immigrant to leave. And meanwhile, Drumpf insists that more than 2 million undocumented migrants entered the country under the Biden admin alone. Math and MAGA do not mix.

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Gern Blansten's avatar

I was told there’d be no maths: SELF DEPORT!

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