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Brenda

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56. Alcatraz is a very popular National Park site

Tue May 6, 2025, 07:05 AM

May 2025

Heather Cox Richardson wrote this yesterday:

No one is reopening the island of Alcatraz as a federal prison. Officials closed it in 1963, after 29 years of operation, because it was too expensive to operate: more than three times as expensive as any other federal prison. Since then, it has become one of the most popular sites of the National Park Service, located as it is in San Francisco Bay, easily accessible by ferry.

It feels rather as if Trump is throwing any strong words he can at the wall to distract from a series of news stories that are not going his way.

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OMG! WTF??? llmart May 2025 #10

I've found myself thinking the same thing. Prof. Toru Tanaka May 2025 #18

Bird brain of Alcatraz Nelg May 2025 #11

Turdman of Alcatraz BattleRow May 2025 #27

SNL skit, right? nt wiggs May 2025 #12

That's a great idea. Ask him to leave the presidency and join SNL. erronis May 2025 #15

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Yeah, I do. patphil May 2025 #48

Noticed that comments were turned off on the youtube video posted by Dennis Donovan erronis May 2025 #14

Florence ADX is the ultimate prison, not Alcatraz. valleyrogue May 2025 #17

Alcatraz is a very popular National Park site Brenda May 2025 #56

So many of us have been there, but dollars to donuts maxsolomon May 2025 #60

I made it halfway through the clip. That's it. Miles Archer May 2025 #19

There's no Gandalf the White coming to release this demented king from his spell. Grokenstein May 2025 #21

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So he watched a movie about Alcatraz FullySupportDems May 2025 #34

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