Wednesday, January 29, 2025

I thought it would happen

 But I am still surprised at how quickly.

Guantanamo is being readying to be used by the fascists to house immigrants. Not sure if it is just so called "illegal" immigrants as these guys don't seem to know the difference between those here legally and those without papers.

Read more here

The actual directive from the white house is here. It is about as vague as everything else they are doing.

The True Cost of Guantanamo

 Karen Greenberg has long written about Guantanamo with an understanding that has failed most journalists (and lawyers). This week she has written a post on TomDispatch which chronicles some of that history and brings us up to date with the hell hole now back in the hands of our corrupt and fascist leader and with no end in sight. 

"Today, that long, soul-crushing, legally abhorrent story stands, at a far greater cost than we might once have imagined, where it has always stood — as a mistake that never should have happened and that, once made, never found a leader able to muster the courage to end it."

Read the article appropriately titled "The Forever Charade" here.

(h/o to Walt for sending this to me!)