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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis bunch has to be put against the wall.
Simply horrific. What are we becoming?
— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) 2026-02-18T00:00:12.420Z
Gaugamela
(3,439 posts)FakeNoose
(41,110 posts)

ShazzieB
(22,444 posts)wnylib
(25,531 posts)And they are building more.
Anybody else think that this will not end with immigrants? After all there is money to be made by private prisons increasing the number of detaineees. There are political scores for Herr Drumpf to settle.
First they came for the socialists....etc.
FakeNoose
(41,110 posts)... that they won't get permits for any detention centers or any other kind of "center" in our state. They have been nosing around Berks County (near Philly) and a few other places. Be sure to let your Governor and officials know that they must refuse to allow any of this anti-American activity in your state.
wnylib
(25,531 posts)Kudos to Shapiro. NY already has detention centers. There is one at Rochester that I know of and I think some in other parts of the state, too.
Private prisons of any kind have NO place in a democracy!
lastlib
(27,955 posts)Last edited Wed Feb 18, 2026, 02:57 PM - Edit history (1)
...and given a final cigarette.
(And, to borrow from "Hogan's Heroes," "...shot, court-martialed, AND sent to the Russian front!" )
Hell is too good for some evil bastards---most of whom reside within this "administration".
JoseBalow
(9,412 posts)That's as true today as it ever was. Thank you for your wisdom and insight, Mr Guilmet!
Grim Chieftain
(1,540 posts)and parents and put them in cages - in cages! He is truly evil, as are his followers and enablers. This horror will continue until we demand it end.
Rhiannon12866
(253,467 posts)canetoad
(20,584 posts)It's almost a religion for him. Incidentally, that's what Basil Fawlty did when he was caught doing something wrong; double down, cover up, make things worse and look like a total idiot in the end.
He can thank Roy Cohen for making him look like an idiot.
Rhiannon12866
(253,467 posts)wnylib
(25,531 posts)IcyPeas
(25,278 posts)Homan will say it's not true.
Never any accountability... never anyone held responsible.
Who are the fuckin guards in these detention centers? We see what ICE does in broad daylight.... what are they doing behind closed doors?
Abolish ICE
wnylib
(25,531 posts)As for who they are, I believe that many of them are the pardoned insurrectionists from J6. Others are probably members of the J6 militias who were not caught or not present. They are America's equivalent of Germany's SA which morphed into the SS.
They are Trump's personal army. He is using ICE for security for US diplomats at the Olympics. Who in hell uses their own domestic immigration agents as security in a foreign country?
drmeow
(5,981 posts)or fired a gun in my life but I want to part of that firing squad!
lastlib
(27,955 posts)....but I'll let you cut in behind me......
drmeow
(5,981 posts)first choice should be to the people who have been directly hurt by this administration - have a lottery for all of them who want to. If there are any spots left over, have a lottery for the rest of us!
jmowreader
(53,053 posts)So many people want to be on that firing squad they're going to have to tie them to poles so they can be shot by thousands of people.
They'll also see a unique phenomenon regarding Trump's firing squad: Firing squads typically load at least one rifle with a non-lethal cartridge - either a blank or one with a wax bullet - so the firers can tell themselves, "maybe it wasn't me who fired the fatal shot." In this case, we'll be seeing firing squad members specifically request live ammunition. "But sergeant, we have no more live ammunition to give you." "Fine. Wait here fifteen minutes." "Where are you going?" "To that gun store down the road so I can buy my own damn ammo."
if push came to shove I don't know if I could do it (besides, I'd have to get training to fire a gun). But I will celebrate it like its 1999! It would even be worth the multiple weeks (months?) of severe IBS to get drunk when it finally happens!