Posted at Hartmann Report on Jul. 2, 2025
Alligator Alcatraz Isn’t Just a Prison. It’s a Mirror. And It’s Asking Us: Who Are We, Really?
The most dangerous thing about Alligator Alcatraz isn't the alligators. It's the message...
When Louise and I lived in Germany in 1986/87, we visited Dachau with our family. The crematoriums shocked our children, but even more so because this was simply a "detention facility" and not one of Hitler's death camps. The ovens were for those who had been worked to death or killed by cholera.
The death camps, it turns out, were all located outside of Germany so Dear Leader could deny responsibility for them. You know, like Gitmo.
Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" (aka the "GOP Donor Fellatio Act") contains a 13-fold increase in ICE's budget, turning it into the largest single (secret, masked) police force in America, along with, in aggregate, close to $100 billion to build a new series of "detention facilities" all across America.