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Wiz Imp

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30. The Government doesn't own ANYTHING

Mon Jul 7, 2025, 09:27 PM

Jul 7

It's honestly a money laundering operation.

They're paying to lease everything in addition to overpaying a contractor to run and manage the place.

Watch these 2 tik-tok videos if you can. Myranda Knows her stuff.

https://www.tiktok.com/@myrandapolisci/video/7523673180733443342

https://www.tiktok.com/@myrandapolisci/video/7523707131682393399

This Daily Kos article has some information on some of the contractors involved but not much on the actual costs.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/5/2331596/-Why-will-Alligator-Alcatraz-cost-450-million-a-year-to-run

Lemoine CDR Logistics and CDR Healthcare, whose owner is a significant donor to Republican political action committees, the owner confirmed his involvement but couldn't provide details due to a non-disclosure agreement. Right.

Granny's Alliance Holdings Inc has a $3.3 million contract to provide meals.

IRG Global Emergency Management has a $1.1 million contract for flight and operational support services.

SLSCO Ltd is a construction company that was also involved in building part of the border wall during Trump's first administration.

Garner Environmental Services is a disaster relief company.

Doodie Calls is a portable toilet company. Cute name.

GardaWorld is one of the world's largest security services.

Gotham LLC is a disaster logistics company.

Longview International Technological Solutions is tough to find anything out about, except for a review from somebody who said that they would never work for a company like this again.

I'm shocked that Fox actually published this editorial slamming it.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/swamp-games-inside-noems-controversial-alligator-alcatraz-detention-strategy

In the middle of directing the most underwhelming deportation effort in modern American history, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has now decided to play swamp games.

Literally.

Rather than investing in a durable, institutional enforcement backbone capable of sustaining President Donald Trump’s mass deportation mandate, Noem is shoveling detention funds into a pop-up project in a Florida swamp – proudly dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." It’s not a joke. It’s an insult.

Let’s be clear: the heart of the Trump immigration agenda is mass deportation. That requires infrastructure like beds, buses and planes. And when it comes to beds, we’re talking real detention facilities and actual jails, not circus tents surrounded by reptiles.

So why is Noem building a "soft-sided" facility in an ecologically fragile mosquito pit, 45 miles from downtown Miami? Why is she seeking to sideline ICE’s institutional partners with decades of experience and instead cutting side deals with states desperate for political brownie points?

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How does it cost $450 millon to set up a [View all] doc03 Jul 7 OP

Reports say snowybirdie Jul 7 #1

They're figuring in the cost of the crematoriums yet to be built. rsdsharp Jul 7 #2

I wouldn't surprised, that is supposed to be doc03 Jul 7 #5

That's what the alligators are for: the "escapees" Hekate Jul 7 #6

Ya think? Biophilic Jul 7 #3

Ya think? Ah well, Death Camps don't come cheap, in the end. Hekate Jul 7 #4

The Nazis had to pay IBM for the punchcard system and Bayer for the cyanide gas Evolve Dammit Jul 7 #17

Zyklon B, specifically. eggplant Jul 8 #43

I recall seeing photos of the cannisters with the Bayer name. Thanks Evolve Dammit Jul 8 #46

No bid contracts given to your friends bucolic_frolic Jul 7 #7

$300 million in my pocket, and I'll give you $100 million. The rest you can sprinkle to friends as hush payments. TheBlackAdder Jul 7 #8

I wonder how long it'll stay above water. ananda Jul 7 #9

It flooded last week. Already. nt LittleGirl Jul 7 #24

Those guys really don't understand what they're up against. ananda Jul 7 #26

Isn't that kinda what they hope? Rowdyag Jul 7 #27

Like I said. They just don't understand what's coming. ananda Jul 7 #35

And that was during a typical daily South Florida thunderstorm Wiz Imp Jul 7 #33

Exactly. nt LittleGirl Jul 7 #34

Spoil system. All of Trump's pals getting very rich. Irish_Dem Jul 7 #10

They have to purchase the land? Emile Jul 7 #11

No, it's owned by the state Jose Garcia Jul 7 #12

That's the people's money flamingdem Jul 7 #13

It's not money laundering swong19104 Jul 7 #14

"They" said it took 8 days - Nigrum Cattus Jul 7 #15

The $450,000,000 is not the cost to build it, it's the annual cost to operate it. Wiz Imp Jul 7 #32

Everything has to be trucked in. Biophilic Jul 7 #16

Just pump all the waste into the Glades. They don't fucking care. At all Evolve Dammit Jul 7 #18

No different than all the DENVERPOPS Jul 8 #41

Yes. Or toxic coal ash waste being released into waterways. They simply don't fucking care. At all. Evolve Dammit Jul 8 #47

Waste, fraud, and abuse is GOP normal opperation Johonny Jul 7 #19

Ya gotta get to that new republican $5 trillion debt ceiling somehow! Mysterian Jul 7 #20

I do believe the enormous budget in the Baitball Blogger Jul 7 #21

Thats the point Hornedfrog2000 Jul 8 #45

With Trump it's always follow the money. Gimpyknee Jul 7 #22

Well the executives must get their bonuses.... Quanto Magnus Jul 7 #23

Remember, everything he touches dies. nt LittleGirl Jul 7 #25

This entire regime is nothing but the largest, hughest, greatest, most beautiful smash and grab ever. flashman13 Jul 7 #28

I saw something on Tik Tok where they mentioned that it took eight days and they did this and that. OldBaldy1701E Jul 7 #29

The Government doesn't own ANYTHING Wiz Imp Jul 7 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author krkaufman Jul 7 #31

because it's a grift/money laundry operation disguised as something truly fucking horrible. nt Javaman Jul 8 #36

Using budget appropriations as their personal laundry mat.. kentuck Jul 8 #37

When another Irma comes through, well, I don't think evacuation of detainee's will be a priority n/t Cheezoholic Jul 8 #38

When $435 million goes into your pocket. Easy math. Scalded Nun Jul 8 #39

Still vile and a waste, but $450 M is annual operating cost. Depending on how many poor souls end up there, Silent Type Jul 8 #40

$400 million is in trmp's pocket...Now you see how simple it is? spanone Jul 8 #42

I'm sure that's what it is. barbtries Jul 8 #44

Are they going to sell tickets to the MAGAs so they can taunt the caged people? Ping Tung Jul 8 #48