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Lonestarblue

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22. We get closer to living in a police state every day.

Reply to The Blue Flower (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 07:15 AM

18 hrs ago

And the immigration bill that just passed provides tons of money to build more prisons euphemistically called detention centers. Once Trump gets rid of all the migrants, those for-profit prisons will need yo be filled with citizens. Guess who will be targeted.

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