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On the recordJuly 17, 2025
the planned announcement to reopen Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary is the Trump Administration’s stupidest initiative yet.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

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Pelosi criticizes the Trump Administration's plan to reopen Alcatraz as a prison.

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