Here are the contractors who Built #AuschwitzAlcatraz! Guess what they’ve been huge supporters of #RonDeSantis.This needs to be looked into more. 😡😡😡
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#NativeAmerican leaders blast construction of #Florida’s ‘#AlligatorAlcatraz’ on land they call sacred
By KATE PAYNE
Updated 5:57 PM EDT, June 26, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — "Florida Republican Gov. #RonDeSantis’ administration is racing ahead with construction of a makeshift immigration detention facility at an airstrip in the Everglades over the opposition of Native American leaders who consider the area their sacred #AncestralHomelands.
"A string of portable generators and dump trucks loaded with fill dirt streamed into the site on Thursday, according to #activist Jessica Namath, who witnessed the activity. The state is plowing ahead with building a compound of heavy-duty tents, trailers and other temporary buildings at the Miami Dade County-owned airfield located in the #BigCypressNationalPreserve, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of downtown Miami.
"A spokesperson for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which is helping lead the project, did not respond to requests for comment.
"State officials have characterized the site as an ideal place to hold #migrants saying there’s 'not much' there other than pythons and alligators.
"#Indigenous leaders dispute that and are condemning the state’s plans to build what’s been dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz' on their homelands. #NativeAmericans can trace their roots to the area back thousands of years.
"For generations, the sweeping wetlands of what is now South Florida have been home to Native peoples who today make up the #MiccosukeeTribe of Indians of Florida and the #SeminoleTribe of Florida, as well as the #SeminoleNation of Oklahoma.
" 'Rather than Miccosukee homelands being an uninhabited wasteland for alligators and pythons, as some have suggested, the Big Cypress is the Tribe’s traditional homelands. The landscape has protected the #Miccosukee and Seminole people for generations,' Miccosukee Chairman Talbert Cypress wrote in a statement on social media.
"There are 15 remaining traditional Miccosukee and #Seminole villages in Big Cypress, as well as ceremonial and burial grounds and other gathering sites, Cypress testified before Congress in 2024.
" 'We live here. Our ancestors fought and died here. They are buried here,' he said.
The Big Cypress is part of us, and we are a part of it.'
"Garrett Stuart, who lives about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from the site, described the crystal clear waters, open prairies and lush tree islands of Big Cypress as teeming with life.
" 'Hearing the arguments of the frogs in the water, you know? And listen to the grunt of the alligator. You’re hearing the call of that osprey flying by and listening to the crows chatting,' he said. 'It’s all just incredible.'
"Critics have condemned the #detention facility and what they call the state’s apparent reliance on alligators as a security measure as a cruel spectacle, while DeSantis and other state officials have defended it as part of Florida’s muscular efforts to carry out President Donald Trump’s #ImmigrationCrackdown.
#ImmigrationRaids #ICEKidnapping #ProtectTheGlades #NoAlligatorAlcatraz
#ICEDetentionCenter #ProtectTheSacred #BigCypressNationalPreserve
#StopAlligatorAlcatraz
#ICEACAB #StopDetentionCentersEverywhere
RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement is coming to a state near you https://www.diningandcooking.com/2052723/rfk-jr-s-maha-movement-is-coming-to-a-state-near-you/ #Affiliate #And #democratic #DemocraticParty #DeSantis #Donald #DonaldTrump #F. #food #Government #health #HealthPolicy #jr #Kennedy #local #LocalAffiliateFood #LocalAffiliateHealthAndWellness #Mehmet #MehmetOz #Negative #nutrition #Overall #OverallNegative #öz #party #Policy #Politics #public #PublicHealth #republican #RepublicanParty #robert #RobertF.KennedyJr. #Ron #RonDeSantis #trump #Utah #Vegetarian #wellness
"You listened to my child and called them by the name they asked you to! You broke the law and I am getting you fired from your job!"
This level of extremist control and power manipulation is incomprehensible. This level of hateful parenting and hatred of your own children and who they are, is incomprehensible.
Knowing that our Premier in Alberta, Danielle Smith, not only praised this legislation in Florida, told us how she "greatly admired" governor Ron DeSantis for his "Don't Say Gay" legislation, then enacted the same sort of legislation in Alberta, is also incomprehensible.
This is what Danielle Smith supports. Extreme authoritarian rule where angry reactionaries can fire public school teachers for simply listening to their kids.
This is unconscionable. We must vote out the UCP and demand that the new government repeal these hateful transphobic, homophobic, anti-queer laws in Alberta.
#abpoli #cdnpoli #uspol #transrightsarehumanrights #transrights #GayRights #rondesantis #daniellesmith #ucp
Taxpayer-funded staffers for Ron DeSantis solicit lobbyist cash as his wife considers a 2026 run
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/ron-desantis-lobbyist-fundraising-wifes-governor-campaign-rcna198380
#RonDeSantis #Florida #CaseyDeSantis #CriminalGOP #TaxpayerTheft #USPol
This is America
#USPOL #KristiNoem #RonDeSantis #Fascism #ConcentrationCamp #ChildLabour
'3.3 million' Canadian visitors to Florida mocked by DeSantis
> Florida Gov. #RonDeSantis suggested this week that so many Canadians visit the state because they want "to get a glimpse of what a Stanley Cup winning hockey team actually looks like."
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/desantis-florida-canada-stanley-cup #Canada #CDNpoli #Florida #RonDesantis #MAGA
Trump declined to publicly say how he voted on Florida's ballot measure asking voters whether to amend the state constitution to protect abortion access after the state banned them after six weeks under a May 1 law signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis. #us #usa #news #minimarketonlineltd #minimarket #America #AmericaNews #AmericaFirst #SaveAmerica #trump #donaldtrump #DonaldTrump2024 #trump2024 #florida #rondesantis
Included in this excellent #AmandaMarcotte piece about how women's reproductive freedom is the bedrock of women's freedom (and freedom more generally) is the pro-choice ad #RonDeSantis, #fascist in #Florida, doesn't want people seeing.
Florida official says DeSantis's office ordered him to threaten TV stations over abortion ads
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/4945482-florida-department-health-threatens/
#RonDeSantis #DoneSantis #NeverRonDeSantis #GOP #FascistRon #AdolphDeSantis #Florida #FloridaIsForDeadPeople
#IndictRonDeSantis
"Threatening to cancel votes": Florida officials allege fraud to kneecap abortion rights amendment
https://www.salon.com/2024/10/12/threatening-to-cancel-votes-florida-officials-allege-fraud-to-kneecap-abortion-rights-amendment/
#RonDeSantis #Florida #Abortion #VoteBlueForWomen #HumanRights #WomensRights #USPol
#Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDesantis Commits 'As Blatant A #Violation Of The #1stAmendment As You'll See'.
#FCC #Chair #Rebukes DeSantis-Run Florida for #Threatening a #TV #Station With #CriminalCharges (!) Over #AbortionRights #BallotMeasure #Ad
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #WomansRights #AbortionRights #Abortion #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://crooksandliars.com/2024/10/no-desantis-you-cant-prosecute-ad-you-dont
#Finland is teaching children how to recognize fake news as a part of critical thinking and civic responsibility.
The #USA ban books.
#America #USPolitics #Trump #GOP #Florida #DeSantis #RonDeSantis
BREAKING - #HurricaneMilton bankrupts #Florida after #RonDesantis spent disaster funds flying immigrants around the country
#maga #republicans
Via #NewRepublic @ 12:39pm EDT on Oct 08, 2024
"#Republican Representative #AnnaPaulinaLuna demanded more #FEMA funding for #Florida, just weeks after she voted against a #bill that provided $20 billion for #FederalEmergencyFunds.
As #HurricaneMilton approaches the Florida coastline, #Luna has waded into a growing spat between Vice President #KamalaHarris and Florida Governor #RonDeSantis."
‘Florida isn’t safe’: Ron DeSantis is unfit for hurricane response, activists say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/09/hurricane-milton-helene-florida-desantis #HurricaneMilton #HurricaneHelene #Climatecrisis #RonDeSantis #Environment #Hurricanes #USweather #Florida #USnews
Lest we forget, Ron DeSantis is an asshole.
DeSantis 'not aware' of Harris calls after reports he dodged them https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4920674-ron-desantis-not-aware-of-kamala-harris-calls/
#RonDeSantis #DoneSantis #NeverRonDeSantis #GOP #FascistRon #AdolphDeSantis #Florida #FloridaIsForDeadPeople
None of Trump’s corruption, #DavidFrench?
Florida under #RonDeSantis is a cesspool of patronage, from Ben Sasse to Richard Corcoran and the people they hire to do minimal, mediocre work at exorbitant salaries.
from https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/08/opinion/maga-movement-trump-election.html
#Project2025, #RonDeSantis; a retired #Florida #SupremeCourt #justice’s views on #Nazi #Germany:
#Extremist #manifesto reminded me of the #lament in #Nazi #Germany, ‘I had no idea they would do such #terrible #things
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Homophobia #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
Republicans suck, part 1,238,763,495,787
Ron DeSantis strips more than $32m in Florida arts funding https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/30/ron-desantis-florida-art-funding-cut
#RonDeSantis eliminates #state #arts, #culture #funding for dozens of #SouthFlorida #orgs
#Theater, #visualarts, #dance, #music, and other #cultural and #artistic #orgs are scrambling with #budget #shortfalls after the #fascist #governor wiped out state #arts and #culture #grants.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drops out of the U.S. presidential primary election, throws support behind former President Donald Trump. Axios reports:
https://flip.it/t8qBqX
#Politics #USA #GOP #RonDeSantis #DonaldTrump
The utter humiliation of #RonDeSantis has been a rare bright spot in an otherwise dismal year. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/24/us/politics/desantis.html?mwgrp=c-mbar&unlocked_article_code=1.IU0.tWQo.4rHwormT2T9f&hpgrp=ar-abar&smid=url-share