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Hope22

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8. We have been living in a 'nice' prison...

Reply to Coldwater (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 07:33 AM

Nov 1

Since the ‘ Patriot’ Act. It has been a slow boil but we are definitely cooking now. Boating on the Great Lakes under Homeland Security has been anything but pleasant…..but now ICE has raised the bar to living hell.

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America will soon be one large Prison [View all] Coldwater Nov 1 OP

During Stalin's Great Purge, over a million people were killed. Another million sent to prison. Irish_Dem Nov 1 #1

Kissinger and our CIA gab13by13 Nov 1 #4

Those detention centers won't sit empty long after the illegal immigrants are gone. bluedigger Nov 1 #2

and some still think that fence was meant... ret5hd Nov 1 #3

Will it matter if I buy stock in private prisons, (concentration camps) gab13by13 Nov 1 #5

your dividends can be... ret5hd Nov 1 #6

And we're all on his list somewhere.. Joinfortmill Nov 1 #7

We have been living in a 'nice' prison... Hope22 Nov 1 #8

"Boating on the Great Lakes... has been anything but pleasant." WestMichRad Nov 1 #11

Back as early as Homeland 'Security's birth Hope22 Nov 1 #20

Thank you for bringing this information. I had not been aware of this & find it interesting (and a bit frightening) . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2 #23

As far as I'm concerned, we are all prisoners now. n/t ReRe Nov 1 #9

Reread the Grapes of Wrath... The Great Rewind continues JCMach1 Nov 1 #10

Building the wall was a tell about imprisoning us all within the country. Efilroft Sul Nov 1 #12

Yep. If things go completely rotten they'll lock us all in... hunter Nov 1 #16

The US has some of the highest incarceration rates in the world, with most of them in red states. Lonestarblue Nov 1 #13

"this website"? What website? It is important to pay attention to details, like website links Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #19

Sorry. I just neglected to copy and paste the website, which I've now done. Lonestarblue Nov 2 #21

Thank you. That was quite interesting to see the states and countries compared. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2 #22

We're all over thinking this gerryatwork Nov 1 #14

We can't possibly defund the police, so.... WhiskeyGrinder Nov 1 #15

More than a little Stalinist it would seem. Critics of the regime, if not killed, were deemed insane. NNadir Nov 1 #17

Miller has feared the year 2043 for some time. Norbert Nov 1 #18

If so, I can't wait until someone shivs the "warden" and we can all bust out: RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Nov 2 #24