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Amaryllis

(11,369 posts) Tue Apr 28, 2026, 10:44 AM Tuesday

Rachel Maddow is helping STOP Trump's prison camps. To do it, she broke one rule.

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https://www.defiance.news/p/rachel-maddow-is-helping-stop-trumps

The MSNOW anchor partly inspired a new effort — GTFOice.org — that's now going mainstream around the country.
Miles Taylor
Apr 28, 2026

Last night, Rachel Maddow devoted the majority of her show to the growing national movement to block Trump’s prison camps from taking root in American communities. She also did something she almost never does.

She put two guests on at once.

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So when she opened her segment last night by telling viewers, “I’m about to break one of the informal rules that we have on this show,” I knew folks would be intrigued. Hell, I was intrigued. And I was sitting there in the chair waiting to come onto the show!

It turns out Rachel wanted to know why a conservative ex-Trump official and a progressive data scientist would be teaming up. So she brought us on at the same time. Rachel welcomed me and Project Salt Box co-founder Michael Wriston to talk about the new effort we launched: GTFOice.org — “Get the Facilities Out, ICE!” — a new nationwide rapid-response network to block Trump’s prison camps. This is a team effort — Michael’s org, DEFIANCE.org, and The Save America Movement (SAM).

Michael and I told her why we decided to collaborate. This topic far transcends partisan lines. No American — regardless of ideological stripes — should be “okay” with DHS developing enough detention capacity to imprison the entirety of Salt Lake City or Knoxville. I’ve spent almost two decades helping to build DHS. So believe me when I say that kind of sprawling prison system is vastly more capacity than DHS needs for immigration, and it has ominous overtones of a police state.

Little did Rachel Maddow know, SHE helped inspire this effort.

Much more at link

Edited to add Rachel's show from last night. The first part of the show is footage of alll the protests that have been going on. So far they have managed to stop alll of the prison camps. She talks about how far behind national media is on this and how it's independent and local media that is stepping up.

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Rachel Maddow is helping STOP Trump's prison camps. To do it, she broke one rule. (Original Post) Amaryllis Tuesday OP

Excellent. "Detention" centers are how concentration camps get started. THEY MUST BE STOPPED NOW. usonian Tuesday #1

Words matter Whip-poor-will Tuesday #4

The right is good at controlling the narrative, gab13by13 Tuesday #5

Sadly popsdenver Tuesday #7

Indivisible. MLK. Gandhi Peaceful resistance. usonian Tuesday #9

Exactly popsdenver Tuesday #11

I keep saying that Democrats need to run a non-politician in 2028 gab13by13 Tuesday #2

So true malaise Tuesday #3

Miles Taylor is almost a regular guest on Nicolle Wallace. gab13by13 Tuesday #6

Now he doesn't want gas chambers, multigraincracker Tuesday #8

The Nazis started with the Einsatzgruppen Lucky Luciano Tuesday #10

usonian

(26,185 posts)

1. Excellent. "Detention" centers are how concentration camps get started. THEY MUST BE STOPPED NOW.

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 10:55 AM

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https://gtfoice.org/
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Whip-poor-will

(409 posts)

4. Words matter

Reply to usonian (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 11:01 AM

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Detention camp are concentration camps and when over 35 have died in custody they are extermination centers.

When will enough be enough ?

gab13by13

(32,566 posts)

5. The right is good at controlling the narrative,

Reply to Whip-poor-will (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 11:57 AM

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especially when we help them out. Yes, words matter. Also, they are not prisons, prisoners have rights, they are concentration camps.

popsdenver

(2,480 posts)

7. Sadly

Reply to usonian (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 12:56 PM

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the only resistance the Republicans will listen to is Violent Demonstrations..............

Which they are trying to provoke, in order to enact the Insurrection Act and dismiss the Posse Comatatus Act.......opening the way for them to install Martial Law throughout the U.S. using the U.S. Military.........The Republicans are already using the U.S. Military, including the National Guard, and Border Patrol, the FBI, ATF, and even the Secret Service to inch their way forward.....

They are frightened, after seeing what Trump's incitement could cause with their attack on the U.S. Capitol with 5,000 MAGAots.
And realizing what a massive group of Demonstrators against Trump and the Republican Politicans could cause in DC.
People don't fully realize that Repubs HAVE ALREADY ASSEMBLED a massive military force, walking the streets of DC in case anyone tries to revolt........

usonian

(26,185 posts)

9. Indivisible. MLK. Gandhi Peaceful resistance.

Reply to popsdenver (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 01:08 PM

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/10115107

A core principle behind all May Day events is a commitment to nonviolent action.

We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. No weapons are permitted under any circumstances.

popsdenver

(2,480 posts)

11. Exactly

Reply to usonian (Reply #9)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 01:23 PM

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thanks for your reminder,.... usonian.

BTW.......The Denver City Council just this past week, finally finished the Millions and Millions of Dollars of payouts, for the Denver Police Brutality, at the BLM peaceful demonstration, that was years ago in Denver.........You would think the City of Denver would come down hard on their Police Department?????????????? Not so much.........but, I will say the Colorado State Patrolmen that were there to help with the crowd, rushed in to get between the DPD and demonstrators to protect the peaceful demonstrators from what the DPD was maliciously doing to the demonstrators.......Good On You CSP...........