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Saturday, June 28, 2025

Associated Press reports that as hundreds of protestors lined a road near the building site of a "Alligator Alcatraz," a detention center being built in Florida Everglades, a steady line of trucks passed them hauling construction supplies.

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"I was kind of offended on the alligator's behalf with the way they talk about them," she said. "I don't think the alligator wants its name attached to the word Alcatraz."

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-- Miami Herald (@miamiherald.com) Jun 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM

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These protesters show no grit!!! Typical Florida Boomer BS.

Get in the road and block stuff!!

LA showed us how its done, get with the program!

#1 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-06-28 08:24 PM | Reply

Yeah, why protest in front of a federal building when you're protesting the feds?

You're a ------- drooling pile of dog feces, sonny.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 10:31 PM | Reply

This is hitting a lot of us native Floridians right in the gut. I am glad to see the protests. Great video and lots of other sources for what's going on in an effort to stop the idiot DeSantis.

One of my favorite artists, hands down, one whose work I have throughout my house, is actively voicing his dissent as well. I knew he would - he and his wife love the Everglades and wild Florida. I loved seeing him, 82 years old, with a microphone actively protesting!

The people that know and love the Everglades know how incredibly stupid Uthmeier and DeSantis are when the spout nonsense about how this is "secure" just because it's in the "dangerous" Everglades. Ask the Miccosukee, the Seminoles, ask the Gladesmen, ask the other Floridians that live there. Janet Reno grew up right on the edge of the Everglades.

#3 | Posted by YAV at 2025-06-28 10:31 PM | Reply

Yav,

Somewhat related question. Any likelihood of purging the Burmese python population or is the situation now just trying to keep it in check?

#4 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-28 10:35 PM | Reply

Soon to be banned from every Library in the State of Florida: "The Everglades: River of Grass" by Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

#5 | Posted by YAV at 2025-06-28 10:38 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

There's a (currently) huge multi-faceted effort from the government and private partners to control, and hopefully eradicate, Burmese python in the Everglades. From hunts, to tracking (radio beacons to find and eliminate nests), and on and on. No one's close to giving up on it at all, if that's what you were asking.

You should google it. I bet you'd find it interesting. There's plenty of info on it.

#6 | Posted by YAV at 2025-06-28 10:48 PM | Reply

That's good to hear. I knew the effort was multi faceted I just haven't heard anything about the level of success.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-29 12:20 AM | Reply

#6 | Posted by YAV

Last year, I read about Burmese pythons mating with African rock pythons in the Everglades. African rock pythons are quite aggressive, creating a hybrid python that's not only huge but aggressive too.

#8 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-06-29 12:45 AM | Reply

Sounds like Trump's plan is to create another Devil's Island.

He musta watched the movie, "Papillon" (1973)

#9 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-06-29 06:44 AM | Reply

AU

Living just a tad south of the I-70 corridor called "Allegator Alley" it isn't unusual to find a python taking a morning sun bath on the hood of your car.

Been there, done that.

#10 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-06-29 06:52 AM | Reply

Joe Arpaio warmed a lot of cold Republican hearts by creating a tent prison camp in the Valley of the Sun
The power and ability to casually inflict cruelty is the point.
Plenty of "good Germans" behavior here in the US feeds the beast.

#11 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-06-29 07:21 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

That's the truth, Doc.

#12 | Posted by YAV at 2025-06-29 08:33 AM | Reply

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