The fascist president threatened that the facility would also be used as jail before deporting US citizens. “Many of them were born in our country,” he said. “I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too.”

The concentration camp sits atop a concrete airport pad, isolated in the swamplands of the Florida Everglades. Trump claimed the tents are air-conditioned, but the extreme heat and humidity of the Florida summer make humane conditions virtually impossible, particularly if generators fail or fuel supplies run out. If a hurricane were to strike the area, the tents would offer no meaningful protection. The result could be catastrophic, with an unknown number of potential deaths…

As part of a far-right media blitz aimed at normalizing the construction of remote concentration camps for immigrants and political opponents of the US government, the Republican Party is now selling merchandise to promote the Florida camp—complete with hats emblazoned with alligators. It’s the American fascist equivalent of the Nazis selling beer koozies or ashtrays to commemorate Auschwitz…

  • Maeve@kbin.earth
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    3 days ago

    I watched Jasmine Crockett last week taking about the Big Ugly Bill being stuck in the Senate and she made a comment about “this is what .your Republican…representative want.” The pause made me wonder if she almost said “and Democrat,” but obviously we can’t know.