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Y'all... No Justice? No Peace!

Jeffrey Epstein is sticking to Trump "like white on rice"...

Pedophile Child Rapist Protector Ron Desantis just got called out publicly by MAGA!

Keep calling out the REpub PEDOS!

Expose the Republican Pedophile Ring Coverup!

msn.com/en-us/politics/governm

It's at the two minute mark in the video below. 2:00

youtube.com/watch?v=rJpL6SwTpX

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Building the facility in the #Everglades & naming it after a notorious federal prison were meant as deterrents, #DeSantis & other #Republican ofcls have said.

The #Trump admin has delighted in the area’s remoteness & the fact that it is teeming w/ pythons & alligators. It hopes to convey a message to detainees & the rest of the world that repercussions will be severe if the #immigration laws of the #US are not followed.

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“I think you’re going to see the numbers go up dramatically,” #DeSantis said during a news conference near the #Florida #detention center.

Ofcls said that 2 or 3 flights have departed from the site so far, but they didn’t say where those flights headed.

Critics have condemned the facility as #cruel & #inhumane. DeSantis & other #Republican ofcls have defended it as part of the state’s aggressive push to support #Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

"This is a human kennel; a sweltering dumping ground for fathers, sons, husbands, and best friends who have been stolen from their homes, workplaces, churches, and graduation ceremonies to satisfy the irrational bloodlust of ignorant white people who spend their Sundays cosplaying followers of Jesus."

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/c

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz · Call It What It Is: A Death CampBy John Pavlovitz

DeSantis has already awarded over $200 million in contracts to private contractors to build the big concentration camp in Florida. At least one contractor donated to Florida Republicans just before getting their contract.

To name and shame these contractors:

· Longview International Technology Solutions of Herndon, VA
· Gothams LLC of Austin, TX
· Garner Environmental Services of TX
· SLSCO LTD of TX
· CDR Companies
· Granny’s Alliance Holdings of MS
· Critical Response Strategies
· Doodie Calls Inc.
· Meridian Rapid Defense Group
· IRG Global Management

More details about the contracts are in the article.

The trump administration projects that each bed at this camp will cost $245/day. Remember this when someone complains about NYC housing migrants in hotels.

FEMA has said that expenses for this can come out of a fund established by Biden to provide services for migrants. 😡😡😡

miamiherald.com/news/local/imm

Be sure to hand that big, smelly💩…to #desantis !

“She(#TriciaMcLaughlin ) added that the state of #florida oversees the facility, not #ice an argument echoed in court by Thomas P. Giles, a top official involved in enforcement & removal operations.

“The ultimate decision of who to detain” at #AlligatorAlcatraz “belongs to Florida,” he wrote as part of the federal gov’s response to a #lawsuit challenging the #detention facility on environmental grounds.”

apple.news/A18NJopVqRWqVCX39fi

apple.newsHundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges or convictions, records show — Miami HeraldTrump said Alligator Alcatraz is for “vicious” criminals. Documents obtained by the Miami Herald for over 700 detainees show that a third have no criminal charges or convictions.

Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times has obtained list of 700+ people who have been detained or are scheduled to be sent #Florida #immigration #detention #AlligatorAlcatraz. #DeSantis has not made public a list of names of #immigrants held at facility in heavy duty tents at airstrip in Florida #Everglades. Individuals sent to makeshift #detention center do not show up in an online #government database that allows the public to search for immigrant detainees’ whereabouts. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm #trump

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@IveyJanette
Here is where we are . U of FL
Well, after all #DeSantis has transformed universities in the state to bastions of white supremacist evangelical holy ghost centers for woke white people. Don't need a home in Moscow.

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/flori

NBC News · The Florida law student who wrote a paper with white nationalist views has Jewish ancestryBy Polly DeFrank

“…2 contractors who worked to quickly build out #alligatoralcatraz which #florida Gov Ron #desantis …has called a ‘one-stop shop’ for detention, adjudication, & deportation of migrants, have been significant donors to DeSantis & #Trump.…

“…CDR Companies, which Bloomberg rep’d ‘will run medical services & did some site preparation.’…[and] SLSCO Ltd, a construction company in Galveston, TX, [that] had helped build parts of Trump’s border wall during his 1st term….”

rollingstone.com/politics/poli

Rolling Stone · Republican Donors Cash In on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Immigrant CampBy Andrew Perez
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Extract of Letter from
US Rep Anna V. Eskamani, PhD (FLA-47),
Jul 7, 2025

[#Florida : Call to Action]
“We are demanding answers, filing records requests, and sounding the alarm. But we need your voice, too.

“Consider signing this petition demanding that the Florida Department of Emergency Management focus on hurricane response, not detaining immigrants in harsh conditions and with no due process.”

thepetitionsite.com/takeaction

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www.thepetitionsite.comSign Petition: Stop "Alligator Alcatraz" – Sign On to Demand Accountability from Director Kevin GuthrieStop "Alligator Alcatraz" – Sign On to Demand Accountability from Director Kevin Guthrie (47 signatures on petition)
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[Extract of Letter from
US Rep Anna V. Eskamani, PhD (FLA-47),
Jul 7, 2025]

“We don’t even know who is paying for this facility — the state or the feds —but we do know that it’s expected to cost the public more than $450 million. And the contracts? Awarded in the dark, with no transparency, to DeSantis-connected donors.…
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#Florida #AlligatorAlcatraz #ICE #DeSantis #Gop #Trump

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“We’ve already heard firsthand from family members of detainees: no running water, unsanitary bathrooms, people bound for hours during transport, forced vaccinations, and no access to legal counsel or loved ones. Yet when we arrived to investigate, we were told it was “too unsafe” for us to enter…

“Let me be clear: if it’s too unsafe for elected officials to tour, how can it possibly be safe for people to work there or be detained?…
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Extract of Letter from
US Rep Anna V. Eskamani, PhD (FLA-47),
Jul 7, 2025

”Last week, four of my fellow state lawmakers and I traveled deep into the Everglades to visit Florida’s newest immigrant detention camp, a remote, mosquito-infested facility now being called by the State of Florida ‘Alligator Alcatraz’.

“Despite our statutory authority and duty to conduct oversight visits of state detention centers, we were denied access.
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