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wnylib

(25,531 posts)
12. American concentration camps.
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:31 PM
Feb 18

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)
17. I'm in Pennsylvania and our Governor Shapiro has already notified DHS and ICE
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:47 PM
Feb 18

... 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)
19. Hi. I'm a PA native from Erie living in western NY now.
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:55 PM
Feb 18

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)
3. "...put against the wall".....
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 11:45 PM
Feb 17

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...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)
4. As my high school history teacher taught us, "the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi"
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 12:10 AM
Feb 18

That's as true today as it ever was. Thank you for your wisdom and insight, Mr Guilmet!

Grim Chieftain

(1,540 posts)
5. In his first term, he separated children
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 12:30 AM
Feb 18

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)
8. And there were massive protests back then, so instead of learning from that, this time he's doubling down
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 01:07 AM
Feb 18

canetoad

(20,584 posts)
14. That's what he always does
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:33 PM
Feb 18

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)
15. Excellent point! He has no knowledge of laws and ignores norms, this country is at the mercy of his temper!
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:36 PM
Feb 18

IcyPeas

(25,278 posts)
7. Trump and johnson will say: "I don't know anything about it"... Noem will say its a lie.
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 12:45 AM
Feb 18

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)
18. That's my concern too. What are they doing behind closed doors?.
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:48 PM
Feb 18

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)
11. I've said before
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:14 PM
Feb 18

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)
13. You realize the problem
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:31 PM
Feb 18

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."

drmeow

(5,981 posts)
20. Honestly
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:38 AM
Feb 19

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!

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