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Do you need another reason to show up Wednesday night for @jmaddenmass.bsky.social book talk?
#TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk
See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt!
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#TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk
See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt!
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I’ve seen a lot of questions on these lines, and the quick answer is that once the federal government purchases the property (including the land the warehouse sits on), local governments cannot regulate them or tax them. They are now federal properties and so the Supremacy Clause applies.
Aren't warehouses usually zoned as 'Commercial/Industrial' properties?
So, then why are they being used as 'Residential'!?
Am I wrong?
So, then why are they being used as 'Residential'!?
Am I wrong?
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I’ve seen a lot of questions on these lines, and the quick answer is that once the federal government purchases the property (including the land the warehouse sits on), local governments cannot regulate them or tax them. They are now federal properties and so the Supremacy Clause applies.
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ICE is likely paying a premium to get the deal through quickly. E.g., in Hamburg, PA, the warehouse was purchased in 2024 for $57.5 million and sold to ICE for $87 million.
The real profit will come with the private prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities.
The real profit will come with the private prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities.
February 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
ICE is likely paying a premium to get the deal through quickly. E.g., in Hamburg, PA, the warehouse was purchased in 2024 for $57.5 million and sold to ICE for $87 million.
The real profit will come with the private prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities.
The real profit will come with the private prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities.
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In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
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Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps will cost the U.S. government billions of dollars. So far ICE has purchased at least half a dozen warehouses at a cost of $70-$110 million each. It'll cost billions more to refit them into detention camps, and hire staff.
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps will cost the U.S. government billions of dollars. So far ICE has purchased at least half a dozen warehouses at a cost of $70-$110 million each. It'll cost billions more to refit them into detention camps, and hire staff.
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The closest modern historical parallel is the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay for intercepted Cubans and Haitians during the HW Bush and Clinton administrations, where at maximum capacity roughly 12,000 migrants were detained. But those migrants were never in the physical US.
February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The closest modern historical parallel is the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay for intercepted Cubans and Haitians during the HW Bush and Clinton administrations, where at maximum capacity roughly 12,000 migrants were detained. But those migrants were never in the physical US.
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The largest federal prison in the nation is Fort Dix, which has a rated capacity of 4,600 people. The largest of these warehouse camps may hold more than twice that number of people.
The federal government hasn't operated a prison camp inside the United States that large since Japanese Internment.
The federal government hasn't operated a prison camp inside the United States that large since Japanese Internment.
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The largest federal prison in the nation is Fort Dix, which has a rated capacity of 4,600 people. The largest of these warehouse camps may hold more than twice that number of people.
The federal government hasn't operated a prison camp inside the United States that large since Japanese Internment.
The federal government hasn't operated a prison camp inside the United States that large since Japanese Internment.
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Right now Rikers Island, the physically largest jail in the entire United States, is holding under 7,000 people.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Right now Rikers Island, the physically largest jail in the entire United States, is holding under 7,000 people.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
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The U.S. currently has more prisoners and a more sophisticated system of concentration camps than Nazi Germany had on the eve of World War II in 1939
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 AM
The U.S. currently has more prisoners and a more sophisticated system of concentration camps than Nazi Germany had on the eve of World War II in 1939
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I will be honest: we are not talking nearly enough about the downstream effects of these ICE and CBP deployments.
For example: landlords and debt collectors file more aggressive collection and eviction suits with dubious (or no) factual bases, knowing that the defendants won't go to the courthouse.
For example: landlords and debt collectors file more aggressive collection and eviction suits with dubious (or no) factual bases, knowing that the defendants won't go to the courthouse.
February 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I will be honest: we are not talking nearly enough about the downstream effects of these ICE and CBP deployments.
For example: landlords and debt collectors file more aggressive collection and eviction suits with dubious (or no) factual bases, knowing that the defendants won't go to the courthouse.
For example: landlords and debt collectors file more aggressive collection and eviction suits with dubious (or no) factual bases, knowing that the defendants won't go to the courthouse.
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
It was about sugar cane and slavery.
February 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
It was about sugar cane and slavery.
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Seeing Amazon and Microsoft’s top lobbyist writing in the @seattletimes.com that we should support housing when these two both use their personal funds to elect anti housing NIMBYs against pro-housing candidates—is galling.
Such spectacular bullshit.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP899SwuX/
Such spectacular bullshit.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP899SwuX/
Amazon and Microsoft pretend in the Seattle Times to be housing leaders while funding #nimby politicians over #yimby leaders. Don’t buy their propaganda.
TikTok video by Ron Davis
www.tiktok.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Seeing Amazon and Microsoft’s top lobbyist writing in the @seattletimes.com that we should support housing when these two both use their personal funds to elect anti housing NIMBYs against pro-housing candidates—is galling.
Such spectacular bullshit.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP899SwuX/
Such spectacular bullshit.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP899SwuX/
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Local police did not open investigations into six of the 12 shootings by on-duty federal agents that have led to the deaths or injuries of citizens and immigrants since September, a ProPublica analysis found.
Local and State Police Can Investigate Federal Agents, But Rarely Do
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...
www.propublica.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Local police did not open investigations into six of the 12 shootings by on-duty federal agents that have led to the deaths or injuries of citizens and immigrants since September, a ProPublica analysis found.
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ICE’s pending $30 billion budget exceeds the military spending of nearly every country, including Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and Iran.
ICE + CBP funding for 2026 would total $66 billion, higher than all but 7 militaries worldwide.
ICE + CBP funding for 2026 would total $66 billion, higher than all but 7 militaries worldwide.
After a string of ICE murders, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries proposed reforms — and $11 billion more for ICE.
Including reconciliation bill funding, the Schumer-Jeffries plan would give ICE a $30 billion budget, higher than all but 15 militaries worldwide:
www.stephensemler.com/p/democratic...
Including reconciliation bill funding, the Schumer-Jeffries plan would give ICE a $30 billion budget, higher than all but 15 militaries worldwide:
www.stephensemler.com/p/democratic...
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
ICE’s pending $30 billion budget exceeds the military spending of nearly every country, including Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and Iran.
ICE + CBP funding for 2026 would total $66 billion, higher than all but 7 militaries worldwide.
ICE + CBP funding for 2026 would total $66 billion, higher than all but 7 militaries worldwide.
Do you need another reason to show up Wednesday night for @jmaddenmass.bsky.social book talk?
#TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk
See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt!
www.eventbrite.com/e/cedar-cros...
#TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk
See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt!
www.eventbrite.com/e/cedar-cros...
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Do you need another reason to show up Wednesday night for @jmaddenmass.bsky.social book talk?
#TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk
See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt!
www.eventbrite.com/e/cedar-cros...
#TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk
See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt!
www.eventbrite.com/e/cedar-cros...
There is a line of 15 people at the pharmacy. Always. Every day. Imagine all the good things ppl could do instead of waiting in line.
February 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM
There is a line of 15 people at the pharmacy. Always. Every day. Imagine all the good things ppl could do instead of waiting in line.
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Next Wednesday — for you, affordable housing tenants in the Seattle area — take light rail for a resource fair, food, community & hear from author @jmaddenmass.bsky.social about growing up in affordable housing & then helping buildings get built! Registration required - space is limited!
Cedar Crossing Tenants Association presents Jamie Madden | Bittersweet Lane
Join us for a tenant union meeting, book talk, signing, and tenant resource fair. We want to hear youth and young adults at this event!
www.eventbrite.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Next Wednesday — for you, affordable housing tenants in the Seattle area — take light rail for a resource fair, food, community & hear from author @jmaddenmass.bsky.social about growing up in affordable housing & then helping buildings get built! Registration required - space is limited!
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If you want some more community connection after the Seahawks parade we hope to see you at our event!
Next Wednesday — for you, affordable housing tenants in the Seattle area — take light rail for a resource fair, food, community & hear from author @jmaddenmass.bsky.social about growing up in affordable housing & then helping buildings get built! Registration required - space is limited!
Cedar Crossing Tenants Association presents Jamie Madden | Bittersweet Lane
Join us for a tenant union meeting, book talk, signing, and tenant resource fair. We want to hear youth and young adults at this event!
www.eventbrite.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
If you want some more community connection after the Seahawks parade we hope to see you at our event!
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Special event service on S Ln & N Ln from 8:30am through 10:40am on Wed, Feb. 11 for the Seahawks Parade.
Special event service on S Line and N Line from 8:30 a.m. through 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11 for the Seahawks Super Bowl Victory Parade.
Seahawks Victory Parade: 10 a.m.
S Line:
Special event service on S Line and N Line from 8:30 a.m. through 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11 for the Seahawks Super Bowl Victory Parade.
Seahawks Victory Parade: 10 a.m.
S Line:
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Special event service on S Ln & N Ln from 8:30am through 10:40am on Wed, Feb. 11 for the Seahawks Parade.
Special event service on S Line and N Line from 8:30 a.m. through 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11 for the Seahawks Super Bowl Victory Parade.
Seahawks Victory Parade: 10 a.m.
S Line:
Special event service on S Line and N Line from 8:30 a.m. through 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11 for the Seahawks Super Bowl Victory Parade.
Seahawks Victory Parade: 10 a.m.
S Line:
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hey, did you know a right wing nut said some insane things about the halftime show on twitter? i wish i didn't know but i've seen the screenshot 20 times already, in addition to ten other twitter screenshots of people being awful. i deleted that app for a reason
February 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
hey, did you know a right wing nut said some insane things about the halftime show on twitter? i wish i didn't know but i've seen the screenshot 20 times already, in addition to ten other twitter screenshots of people being awful. i deleted that app for a reason
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🧿 warding off ICE in our neighborhood
February 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
🧿 warding off ICE in our neighborhood
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60% of Washingtonians support a 9.9% Millionaires Tax on incomes over $1M to fund schools, health care & child care. Backed by working families, unions & even some wealthy residents, the tax could raise $3.5B a year—and voters say they’d defend it at the ballot box.
https://ow.ly/RF2q50YbV8G
https://ow.ly/RF2q50YbV8G
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
60% of Washingtonians support a 9.9% Millionaires Tax on incomes over $1M to fund schools, health care & child care. Backed by working families, unions & even some wealthy residents, the tax could raise $3.5B a year—and voters say they’d defend it at the ballot box.
https://ow.ly/RF2q50YbV8G
https://ow.ly/RF2q50YbV8G
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In letters to and interviews with ProPublica, they described the anguish of being ripped from their lives, being bored and depressed, going to school in Dilley and the lack of reliable medical care.
The children of Dilley
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.mprnews.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
In letters to and interviews with ProPublica, they described the anguish of being ripped from their lives, being bored and depressed, going to school in Dilley and the lack of reliable medical care.
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Children held at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas say they fear what might happen to them if they return to their home countries and what might happen to them if they remain in the U.S.
The children of Dilley
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.mprnews.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Children held at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas say they fear what might happen to them if they return to their home countries and what might happen to them if they remain in the U.S.