
Greg Sargent
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Staff writer at the New Republic
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https://newrepublic.com/authors/greg-sargent 10-02-2009 12:04:17
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"Buried in the big budget bill" is a provision that "could fund more complexes" like Alligator Alcatraz. It offers $3.5 billion to states, in part for "detention of aliens." And as Greg Sargent reports, Republican opportunists are beginning to cash in. newrepublic.com/article/197899…

The Young GOPer Behind “Alligator Alcatraz” Is the Dark Future of MAGA by Greg Sargent newrepublic.com/article/197899…

Very sinister stuff ala Greg Sargent

"Trump doesn't just work to protect autocrats from justice in their own countries. He also defends them against justice in the US." Great idea from Will Saletan here fleshing out the pattern of Trump helping fellow criminal elites internationally: thebulwark.com/p/trump-foreig…


Fascinating from David Kurtz on the pod: The massive funding for ICE puts us on the cusp of transformation similar to the war on terror and the war on drugs. These things "deform our priorities" in ways that "take decades to reverse." Transcript: newrepublic.com/article/197906…


Good Michael Tomasky diagnosis of why Jeffrey Epstein mess is such a fiasco for Trump: For the first time, Trump and MAGA are diverging on the conspiracy theory nutball stuff, where "there’s never been an inch of daylight between them. Now there is." newrepublic.com/article/197901…