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21. The overall picture is rather horrifying

Sat May 24, 2025, 12:49 PM

May 2025

and that is just taking into account what we know. There could be more going on behind the scenes. It is pretty easy to see what the price of dissent will be in this country going forward.

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US officials visit Alcatraz amid Trump's plan to reopen island prison [View all] BumRushDaShow May 2025 OP

Regimentation, detention, incarceration, lack of due process bucolic_frolic May 2025 #1

The overall picture is rather horrifying PatSeg May 2025 #21

inane creon May 2025 #2

Just another demented whim that Trump thinks is genius. ananda May 2025 #9

el gringo loco creon May 2025 #31

He should demolish it and build a golf course there. Autumn May 2025 #3

Bravo! 4th May 2025 #4

Sure, let's spend a few hundred grand on engineering consultants followed by $100 billion or so sinkingfeeling May 2025 #5

Jeez! Elect a clown, expect a circus. Where's DOGE on his latest whacky idea? surfered May 2025 #6

I visited Alcatraz 25 years ago gab13by13 May 2025 #7

I would be in favor of him being moved in there rurallib May 2025 #8

If they continue to look at that as a "viable" facility BumRushDaShow May 2025 #10

Yep. Most cells are solitary confinement. johnnyfins May 2025 #11

And possibly the old Graterford prison (since SCI Phoenix is open now) BumRushDaShow May 2025 #17

Forgot that one johnnyfins May 2025 #22

Is Andersonville an option? Is Devil's Island an opportunity for off shore imprisonment? displacedvermoter May 2025 #29

My first thought too. Then there is Waverly Hills. appleannie1 May 2025 #15

Will it be renamed Gullf of Auschwitz ? twodogsbarking May 2025 #12

More wasted money! PortTack May 2025 #13

Another waste of tax dollars like the wall. Rebuilding bridges would make more sense. appleannie1 May 2025 #14

Maybe Orange Julius Caesar will change his mind and tear down the facility generalbetrayus May 2025 #16

RUMP has the emotional maturity and impulsiveness of a 12-year-old William Seger May 2025 #18

Hey lonely bird May 2025 #33

LOL, but there's a specific reason I peg it at 12 William Seger May 25 #41

it is now a very expensive piece of land AlexSFCA May 2025 #19

Just imagine the cost per prisoner. BradBo May 2025 #20

5 other closed prisons as well Figarosmom May 2025 #23

When we take back the Presidency orangecrush May 2025 #24

Rump has been convicted of 34 felonies. Wolf Frankula May 2025 #25

No need to do any repairs. ChazInAz May 2025 #30

What fresh hell is right. How many of these narcissistic fantasies are we gonna be forced to participate in? Walleye May 2025 #26

Spend, spend, spend but not on food, healthcare, education or infrastructure. Deuxcents May 2025 #27

are they going to re-open Manzanar as well? DBoon May 2025 #28

I believe we're at the pre-concepts of a plan stage Prairie Gates May 2025 #32

Well based on the millions wasted to try to prepare to send 30,000 immigrants to Guantanamo BumRushDaShow May 2025 #36

Has anyone mentioned Gulag yet? If not, GULAG ! rickford66 May 2025 #34

Oh, how I wish I was Captain of that ferry boat usonian May 2025 #35

All just because he watched fucking Escape from Alcatraz. His incoherent rant about "movies" when asked about this Karasu May 2025 #37

What movies should be arranged for him to watch Blue Full Moon May 2025 #38

..After its closure, the island took on a second life as a site of Indigenous resistance. In 1969, a group of Native Ame riversedge May 2025 #39

FUCK DONALD TRUMP YoshidaYui May 2025 #40

I think people are missing a crucial point flamingdem Jun 25 #42