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orangecrush

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24. When we take back the Presidency

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat May 24, 2025, 02:17 PM

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Bulldoze the fucking thing.

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

Regimentation, detention, incarceration, lack of due process bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1

The overall picture is rather horrifying PatSeg Yesterday #21

inane creon Yesterday #2

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

el gringo loco creon Yesterday #31

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

Bravo! 4th Yesterday #4

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

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

I visited Alcatraz 25 years ago gab13by13 Yesterday #7

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

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

Yep. Most cells are solitary confinement. johnnyfins Yesterday #11

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

Forgot that one johnnyfins Yesterday #22

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

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

Will it be renamed Gullf of Auschwitz ? twodogsbarking Yesterday #12

More wasted money! PortTack Yesterday #13

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

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

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

Hey lonely bird Yesterday #33

LOL, but there's a specific reason I peg it at 12 William Seger 22 hrs ago #41

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

Just imagine the cost per prisoner. BradBo Yesterday #20

5 other closed prisons as well Figarosmom Yesterday #23

When we take back the Presidency orangecrush Yesterday #24

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

No need to do any repairs. ChazInAz Yesterday #30

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What movies should be arranged for him to watch Blue Full Moon Yesterday #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 Yesterday #39

FUCK DONALD TRUMP YoshidaYui Yesterday #40