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They want to throw away the key

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  SHARING BECAUSE THIS DEFINES THE MADNESS OF THIS REGIME!  WAREHOUSING PEOPLE? NO DUE PROCESS? NO CRIMES COMMITTED? Let’s look at the reality of what the Trump regime is actually building in Surprise, Arizona. When you strip away the bureaucratic jargon and the $313 million military contracts, this is what you are left with: a taxpayer-funded black hole.   They are converting a suburban warehouse into a massive holding pen designed to lock human beings up—the vast majority of whom have never even been convicted of a crime—and simply throw away the key. Right now, Operation Liberty is on the ground in Surprise. We rolled our Liberty Vans directly to the front lines and joined the local community in protesting the detention center. We brought the cameras. We brought the organizers. And we brought the exact kind of undeniable, real-world friction that terrifies this administration. But maintaining a sustained, rapid-response operation across the country requires immediate c...

The secret police comes to the suburbs

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  How do you build an authoritarian detention network without the pesky interference of local mayors, environmental reviews, or angry taxpayers? You use a Department of Defense contracting vehicle to bypass them entirely. The administration is using a military program called  WEXMAC TITUS  to rapidly award hundreds of millions of dollars to private contractors to build their mega-prisons. Sunday morning, they used it to greenlight two major facilities: one in Hagerstown, Maryland, and the $313.4 million site in Surprise, Arizona. That is exactly why Operation Liberty is heading to Surprise. When the administration tries to use military contracting loopholes to operate in the shadows, we bring a blinding national spotlight. Our Liberty Vans are rolling into Arizona to flood the zone. We are linking up with local organizers, faith leaders, and veterans to provide the tactical, on-the-ground support they need to create unavoidable, real-world friction. Our job is to make it...