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@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes@social.treehouse.systems · Jul 15, 2025
I must confess I am discouraged by the alarming countercurrent in US discourse, pushing back on the idea that "Alligator Alcatraz" is an "actual" concentration camp. Some of this is fascist ideological flak, some is "enlightened centrists" whistling past the graveyard, and some of this is even coming from cynical folks on the left who know enough about the American carceral industrial complex to confidently (and to be fair, correctly) state America had "concentration camps" long before Trump. Frankly however I can think of few things less productive than entering into a semantic debate about the wholly accurate term concentration camp; I thought it might be better to just talk about the horrifying observed conditions inside Alligator Alcatraz instead, and let reasonable folks figure it out for themselves. To that end I want to share two stories about the same highly-controlled visit to Alligator Alcatraz by 3 Dem politicians, that each focus on different aspects of why I think the term fits and disputing the characterization borders on apologia. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/14/alligator-alcatraz-lawsuits Hundreds of detainees with no criminal charges sent to Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ "The notorious new “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in the Florida Everglades contains hundreds of detainees with no criminal records or charges, it was disclosed on Sunday, as lawmakers decried “inhumane” conditions inside after touring the facility. Donald Trump has insisted that the remote camp in swamp land populated by pythons and alligators was reserved for immigrants who were “deranged psychopaths” and “some of the most vicious people on the planet” awaiting deportation. But at least one detainee shouted out to politicians during Saturday’s visit that he was a US citizen, the Democratic Florida congressman Maxwell Frost said. And the Miami Herald obtained and published a list of 700 people held in cages showing that at least 250 had committed no offense other than a civil immigration violation." So let's briefly touch on the important revelations in this article. First of all immigration officials are purposely obscuring the numbers and identities of detainees in the camp. Florida politicians are also lying about who runs the camp, which is clearly ICE, to deny opposition (Democrat) oversight of the facility. Please keep in mind that this is in addition to the migrant cages being located in a remote area in the Florida Everglades, far away from the prying eyes of the media and making official oversight all the more difficult. Furthermore, Trump and regime officials who are justifying keeping migrants in appalling conditions that amount to a concentration camp by saying only the worst types of criminals are being held at Alligator Alcatraz, are once again lying; as I stated repeatedly in prior articles hundreds of people in the camp are simply in the US without permission, which as the article notes is a civil violation, not a criminal charge - let alone a violent one. So, can you articulate what perfectly innocent reason a fascist government might have for building a semi-secret migrant cage complex, demonizing all the brown inhabitants as violent criminals even though many of them have committed no crimes, and are actively working to hide what is actually going on inside Alligator Alcatraz from media, regulators, and opposition officials? Yeah, me neither. Now let's take a look at the conditions the 3 Dem politicians were allowed to see despite the regime's efforts to hide occupied cages from them: https://www.commondreams.org/news/alligator-alcatraz-lawmakers-visit 'This Is an Internment Camp': Lawmakers Horrified by Inhumane Conditions in 'Alligator Alcatraz' "Wasserman-Schultz described it as an "internment camp" where detainees are "essentially packed into cages." "Wall-to-wall humans. 32 detainees per cage," she said. This, she noted, is unusual for immigration facilities, like the nearby Krome detention center in Miami-Dade County, where detainees are allowed to roam freely between buildings." Whatever I think of Debbie Wasserman-Schultz as a politician, it is inarguable that she's objectively describing a type of concentration camp. With dozens of brown bodies packed into small cages, inadequate access to washroom facilities and water, purposely reduced caloric counts inadequate for the preservation of healthy adults, exposure to elements and insects; what exactly would you call it? It's not an accident Wasserman-Schultz references America's dark history with the term "interment camps" but I think she's still being too generous to the Trump regime here; this is a camp of cages for cruelty concentrating migrants without any concern for their wellbeing at all - a concentration camp if you will. Folks, this is not a question of semantics. This is a concentration camp, for brown people, on US soil and word games aren't going to stop the nightmare we're speeding towards now. #Fascism #Trump #DHS #AlligatorAlcatraz #Noem #EthnicCleansing #Immigration #ConcentrationCamps
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Apr 15, 2026
Bryon #Noem — husband of fired DHS Secretary #KristiNoem, father of three — reportedly told an online dominatrix named #ShySotomayor that he wanted to leave his wife and become a #transgender woman. He chose the name #Crystal. His screen name was #Chrystalballz666. https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-tucker-carlson-was-never-the-end-goal #trans #queer #lgbtqia #news #liberal #progressive #nonfiction #history #culture
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@paul@oldfriends.live · Mar 09, 2026
"Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?" Kristi Noem's 28-year-old aide, Madison Sheahan, wasted $2.25 million on unusable ICE vehicles in a non-compete contract with MAGA Trump GOP donor Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports for 25 Chevrolet Tahoes. The 28-year-old Sheahan graduated from Ohio State in 2019 and left ICE in January to run for Congress in #Ohio. She was Noem's political director from February 2021 to January 2024. In 2025, she became deputy director if #ICE. "I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job," Sheahan said last year when questioned about her lack of credentials. "Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?" #USPol #Noem #ICE https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4478925/deputy-director-ice-bought-thousands-marked-vehicles-cannot-use/
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@macabretavern@thistlenfern.org · Mar 06, 2026
The right-wing cope on #Noem is that she was too pretty and the dems had to take her down. I'm dying laughing.
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@CanvasesByPeter@mementomori.social · Mar 06, 2026
"Kristi Noem once led a dog to a gravel pit and ended its life with the cold precision of a mafia hit. On Thursday, the homeland security secretary confronted the grim truth that she, too, was expendable." Keep tabs on her, she still has a lot of crimes to answer for and a looooooot of jail time waiting for her when the regime falls.. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/kristi-noem-fired #News #USPol #Noem
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@MikeTRose@saturation.social · Mar 05, 2026
Fired like a dog, some might say https://apple.news/Ar4oqEm1AReqmYT3sFeLuXQ #noem
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Mar 04, 2026
@touaregtweet@mastodon.social #Noem is the most corrupt leader of the #DHS that has ever existed. She is the most cruel, and honestly, she should recieve the same punishment she doles out on others, only worse. I am not a good person for saying this, but she needs a stern lesson in manners and kindness.
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@yappari@universeodon.com · Feb 16, 2026
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@dougiec3@libretooth.gr · Feb 09, 2026
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@HamonWry__dup_5645@mastodon.world · Feb 02, 2026
One by one all ICE agents should be unmasked and their identities revealed. #ice #dhs #noem #trump #fascist #gestapo #fascism #MAGA #republicans #america #news #lawenforcement
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@HamonWry__dup_5645@mastodon.world · Feb 01, 2026
What have we learned during the first year of the Trump presidency? Ass kissers make the most incompetent department administrators. #trump #noem #Hegseth #patel #bondi #republicans #MAGA #ice #epstein #news
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@HamonWry__dup_5645@mastodon.world · Feb 01, 2026
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@KathyLK@universeodon.com · Jan 29, 2026
@indivisibleteam@mastodon.social IOW, it would be nice if #Trump, #Noem, #Patel and the rest would obey the laws of the land and keep their oaths to uphold the Constitution.
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@Seclusion5500@unwilling.observer · Jan 28, 2026
#Noem throwing #Miller under the bus to try and save her job is so fucking hilarious. if there's one thing that's consistent among #Trump and his lackeys, it's that there's no loyalty between any of them.
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@PhilipCJames__dup_644@mas.to · Jan 28, 2026
Morning, all, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen put 'Beast' Rabban on Arrakis to oppress its people so heavily that replacing him with Feyd-Rautha would seem like a release. Sorry, I'll Read That Again... President Donald Tantrump put 'Bovine' Bovino in charge of #ICEcoldKillers in Minnesota so that replacing him with Tom Homan would look like an actual relief from oppression. Republicans, invoke the #25A (and show us the #EpsteinFiles). #Trump #GOP #MAGA #USpol #ICE #Noem https://youtu.be/4cDXOYLsaF0?si=Za5GgYGr8LsXwBGd
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@PhilipCJames__dup_644@mas.to · Jan 26, 2026
Alex Pretti was a registered 'concealed carry' gun owner. A mob of masked armed men dressed in a hodgepodge of outfits, even blue-jeans, some but not all emblazoned with 'ICE Agent' or 'Federal Agent' badges, forced him prone, took the pistol he was legally entitled to carry, and executed him. #GOP and #NRA claim #2A is Americans' defence against tyranny. Clearly it's not. Nor did it protect him personally. #MAGA #ICE #Trump #Noem #USpol #TyrantTrump #ICEcoldKillers https://youtu.be/Yr8Fknv-u3o?si=pH1qooUWNhna46kZ
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@CindyWeinstein@zirk.us · Jan 02, 2026
After 6 hours of watching Jack Smith's testimony, it finally dawned on me what I find so inspiring about him. Of course, it's the truth-telling, the integrity, & the utter brilliance of the man but it's also his calmness, professionalism, & unwillingness to rise to #MAGA's foolish bait, esp. King fool Jim Jordan. & then I think of Smith's demeanor in relation to the outrageous, puerile, snotty, rude behavior of #Noem, #RFK, #Bondi, #Patel, etc. He is a hero for our time. #USPol #JackSmith
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