"What we have learned is that local resistance works when it is persistent, scrappy, and deeply informed. This... fight has been built on facts, records, legal pressure, public health evidence, and relentless visibility..."

blog.hagerstownrapidresponse.com/p/rachel-maddow-on-stopping-the-hagerstown-ice-detention-facility-this-is-the-moment-to-increase-pressure-not-reduce-it

April 08, 2026 - 18:09 UTC

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We The People have the power!
Pressuring them is effective.
It takes persistence, tenacity, perseverance.
May require adjustments in tactics but never, ever back up or give up. Protest in person, on the phones, emails and at the polls in local, state and federal elections.
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Listen Americans
Persistence !
Not once every 3 months. Weekly. As we do in Europe. Other protests daily. Like
striking garbage collectors
Roadblocks.
Peaceful
Don’t give djt an excuse to cancel elections
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Hi Kees, there are many weekly protests taking place all over the US. I myself protest every week at the local Tesla dealer, against Musk and Trump. Others protest weekly at busy intersections or on bridges over highways and where ICE is active. These are not things that make the news in Europe
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We are acting daily.
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👀👀👀
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These detention center (concentration camps) are for “WE THE PEOPLE” that refuse to kiss the ring of the trump regime. They use the excuse that it’s for immigrants but I believe this morally bankrupt group has other plans.
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Three powerful words:

We. The. People.
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💯 We are doing the work in Covina!
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youtube.com/shorts/6bhWNpFKnDU?si=RkttvqjVywfR5fCy
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Any updates on Epstein file?
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📌
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LESSON: solidarity + intelligence = effective resistance
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Having a well-informed citizenry was Jefferson's defense against tyrants. We are generally speaking ill informed and incurious and think that's intentional.
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bsky.app/profile/theoutpost.bsky.social/post/3miyd2zi2is2e
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That won’t happen. Country is too big. I suggest you read that article and get hooked up with organizers on the ground. Then you’ll have some idea of what is actually happening.
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💯Facts!
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Your turn Utah!
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Help is stop the detention center in Surprise, AZ😭
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🎯
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What we have learnt is that Rachel Maddow cannot see the wood for the trees and continues to ignore a rigged election that gave America an insurrection not an administration, so that all that’s left is local people fighting, because the elite doesn’t like to make waves and face the truth.
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Remove and PROSECUTE ALL members and participants in the TREASONOUS, CRIMINAL, CORRUPT, EVIL, Grifting Trump/Vance Regime!!
Epstein files must be released!

John Roberts, Alito, Thomas et al are COMPLICIT!!

STOP THE COUP !!
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ICE is finished. Torched. There's no way they're going to exist after the GOP is eliminated.
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Strength is in the number but people, nations ain't united.
Hagerstown I perceive unity 💪 in you, I am proud of you.👍
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As a Hagerstown native, thank you for bringing continued attention to this awful concentration camp!
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I used to work in Hagerstown, and still live in Maryland (although a couple of hours away from there). I'm proud of my fellow Marylanders for becoming a national model for effective resistance!
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I live here. This scares me, but angers me more. No matter if you're D or R, fight back!
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Get em Rachel!!
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You go Maryland! Run the bastards out!
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The damned thing would be enormous; 825,000 square feet. For comparison, an NFL football field is 57,600 square feet (including the end zones). 825,000 is more than 14 NFL fields. Might that be a typo?
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bsky.app/profile/off-dutch.bsky.social/post/3miz2tf5t4s2w
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Folks,
Give a read and please take a second to SHARE and spread the word!
mdavis19881.substack.com/p/may-1-general-strike-why-now-is-the
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Persistent and deeply informed, checked… ‘scrappy’ requires some tactical activation - this is where it, often, falls short.
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Except not in this case.
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The media telling people to continue to resist and put pressure on Trump and his regime is what I want to see a lot more of. Thanks Rachel for leading. I hope the rest of MSM follows your lead. We the People have the power, we must come together and use it with continued momentum and pressure.
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Oh the media won’t. You have to go find it yourself. Stop waiting for people to tell you. You can just find a need and fill it, you don’t need permission.
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DHS is continuing with its activities to ready the facility for occupancy along with plans to erect a security fence around the property.
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We have learned that Americans can't stop anything. Corruption, insurrection, war... Your freedom, your justice, your legislature, even your much touted guns because tyranny. Nothing. Utterly useless.
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Persist!
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We must continue and not take our foot of the pedal. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/04/theres-simple-way-to-judge-country-look.html?m=1
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NAZI STEPHEN MILLER. I hate that motherfucker. I hate Nazi's.
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The join the people resisting.
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Important to note that Hagerstown is a decidedly RED city. This makes their resistance especially heartening.
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That's right Rachel. It's working. I stand by my prediction that because of your efforts, and those of others, they will not successfully bring any of their new Mega Warehouse prisons into operation.
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Yep! Hyperbole doesnt work. Facts. Persistance. Energy
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Only Maddow could get away with using a word like "scrappy."
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That’s great that you’re stopping, but what you’re stomping is not a solution at the same time. Provide a different alternative solution, please. Cause where else would you like everybody to be detained if not in facilities
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I spent a lot of time in Hagerstown when I lived MD. I would not have thought this relatively red community would show out like this. Love it.
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... I Cannot Think of any Better Way to CREATE Future Terrorists than to treat People this way ...
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Sick demented old bastard! 🤮🤬👎🖕
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My parents & the relatives home town.
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Hagerstown is going to raise hell. Maybe some Baltimore gangs feel the need to get involved. It's actually super bad for them if it opens too. Maryland has It's work cut out for it. Show up at all the public meetings you can and give them resistance at every inch and corner.
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On behalf on so many people around the world, thank you Rachel for your tireless work and dedication in holding these unstable and detached people accountable. 🙏🏻
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Perhaps we need to help the Palestinians resist better against a genocidal thug state like Israel
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I grew up in Hagerstown and I’m so damn proud of all of the locals fighting this fight. 👏👏👏
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I really believe they will attack the american people and killed hundreds, if not thousands, to send a message to the rest of the population.

That's what I see coming...
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How? Where? In what way?
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Pressure the Filthy Rich to make him go away.
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Emphasis on persistent

Change doesn't come if we protest once a month, it comes when we resist every damn day
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Good thing most of us are protesting basically every day. Lots of ways to get involved.
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I live in the DC burbs of Maryland.
I've always thought of Hagerstown as much more Republican leaning than my area, so I'm thankfully surprised at my neighbors to the west.
Good job you guys!
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One deranged man has taken the planet hostage. It wouldn’t happen without the MAGA supporters who are complicit in this horror story. This slow-burning jazz tune points out that even those closest to him are learning they are “Just Pawns to Him.” youtu.be/cXtMbXjRS2Q
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substack.com/ href="/profile/chaplaintotheunderground?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=36r1c">@chaplaintotheunderground?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=36r1c
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What happened to P Bondi???
War a diversion.
We all need to focus.
Epstein.
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⚖️✊💙 Good people, Great work #Resist
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You had me at scrappy
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Look at that DAMNED MESS!
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Seems like they are building DOWN first.
(Nuclear bunker?
With golden toilet, obvs.)
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Well trump was going to blow them to kingdom come and now he wants to go into BUSINESS with them?????
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Huh? Trump was already in business with ICE lol.
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So very proud and grateful for all the work of Indivisibles and other activists in Hagerstown and around Maryland.
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Tell us about the rally in May!!!!
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Check out May Day Strong or hook up with a local group. Make sure you have the day off and the kids are home from school. Buy nothing.
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Love 💕 it!
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This is great. These are practical, down-to-earth steps that are effective against the spread of fascism.
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As a current resident of Hagerstown. I am glad; however, I do not think it is over
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Nope it never is. Eternal vigilance.
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Yes, consistent, on going demonstrations do work and it matters. Be there May 1st for next huge protest.
RESIST, REMOVE, PROTEST
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And a little help from Rachel.
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