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MadameButterfly

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18. It's weird being on the side of large for-profit prison companies

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 02:58 AM

Aug 29

A bit like rooting for John Bolton, or worse.

When you have people who WANT to build concentration camps complaining about being unfairly treated, and they are right, you know things have gotten even crazier.

You have to wonder what's in it for Trump, to give the contract to a firm that can't deliver, or who will end up torturing inmates through inadequate resources, escalating the scandal. It's not enough to arrest and deport; they have to be crooked and incompetent at every step. It's as if they are trying to break things so badly that the most pitiful syccophants and devoted base will have to jump ship in the end. Or barring that, the soldiers he needs to prop him up.

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Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 28 OP

I wonder how much the Reichsmarschall of the Texas district is getting? LiberalArkie Aug 28 #1

A billion dollar sole source? There are laws against that. Grins Aug 28 #2

The article mentioned that it was definitely being protested BumRushDaShow Aug 28 #3

Massive tent? Oeditpus Rex Aug 28 #4

A skeevy business with a questional past and Trump ties. Torchlight Aug 28 #5

Ovens? Just askin'. twodogsbarking Aug 28 #6

I'll bet Prairie Gates Aug 28 #7

Kudos for the Encyclopedia Brown reference! Prof. Toru Tanaka Aug 29 #19

#BugsMeany (r) now going viral BoRaGard Aug 29 #23

They seem pretty confident that no Democrat will stop or reverse any of this. nt RandiFan1290 Aug 28 #8

They were also pretty confident that Kilmar Abrego Garcia BumRushDaShow Aug 28 #9

Big enough to house all of us? GreenWave Aug 28 #10

These days we get that feeling. bluestarone Aug 28 #11

Depends on how fast those soylent green machines can process us... erronis Aug 28 #12

Sort of like this song Hiring Fair from the Irish Rovers GreenWave Aug 29 #21

How do you spend a billion dollars on tents? tinrobot Aug 28 #13

I'm sure government contracts are now being awarded based on who will provide the largest percent of kickback to Trump. LudwigPastorius Aug 28 #14

Or who will do what Trump wants them to do MadameButterfly Aug 29 #17

Doesn't this revolve around Homan? sheshe2 Aug 28 #15

WTF? jfz9580m Aug 29 #16

It's weird being on the side of large for-profit prison companies MadameButterfly Aug 29 #18

$232 million for the 1st 1000 beds - $232,000 per bed; then $1.2bn for 5000 - $240,000 per bed muriel_volestrangler Aug 29 #20

"Ha ha. Taxpayer suckers. Ha ha." - G.O.P. BoRaGard Aug 29 #22