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The Department of Homeland Security is using a repurposed $55 billion Navy contract to convert warehouses into makeshift jails and plan sprawling tent cities in remote areas.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I mean they have been ramping up since the hanging chads thing. It made them realize how they could win elections by disenfranchising voters.

[–] etherphon@midwest.social 1 points 4 days ago

Well, their timing couldn't be worse, the world is on the verge of many major technological shifts and we're going all in with the dinosaurs. I don't know how people can't see how that's incredibly short sighted but then I think I've made my entire life way too difficult by giving people too much credit idk.