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[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And there it is, Trumps kids or Trumps cronies will buy these in no bid sales for nothing

Edit: and then they’ll be rented by Ice and used as concentration camps because fucking Nazis gonna Nazi

[–] tburkhol@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 day ago

Dunno if I'd be looking forward for the grift. The wannabe camp in Social Circle, Georgia had been an abandoned warehouse that DHS bought from some Russian oligarch for 4 times what the oligarch paid. That doesn't mean DHS won't give it away so some new courtier can make a few million, just that it's already been used to gift $100M taxpayer dollars to a billionaire.

[–] breezeblock@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago

So good with money. So good for the economy. Thank god we didn’t spent $40k on some liberal arts project — deficit fixed.

[–] NM_Gringo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We should chip in and buy one to hold the Republican administration.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Alcratraz is enough for them, without renovations

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

it would be far more efficient and economical to do that by ''other'' means.

[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know they wanted to buy a warehouse in western MD to house 1500 prisoners; I saw an interview with the head of the local water utility who said the building had two toilets and two water fountains. “If they want to house 1500 people there, they’re going to need to run more water out there. And no one has talked to me about this.” I don’t get the impression this whole thing was very well thought out.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

That presupposes they actually care about the prisoners, as opposed to dumping them in a hole to die of neglect.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 6 points 1 day ago

corruption noun cor·​rup·​tion kə-ˈrəp-shən Synonyms of corruption 1 a : dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police officers) : depravity b : inducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means (such as bribery) the corruption of government officials c : a departure from the original or from what is pure or correct the corruption of a text the corruption of computer files d : decay, decomposition the corruption of a carcass

FUNNY HOW THE PEDOPHILE FITS ALL THE DEFINITIONS OF THE WORD. What a fuckin idiot!