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How a Tiny, Inexperienced Firm Landed a $1.3 Billion #Detention Deal To hold 5,000 human beings.
by Samantha Michaels, November+December 2025 Issue
Excerpt: "When the Trump administration awarded a $1.26 billion contract this summer to build and operate a new tent city #detention center in #Texas, it made headlines, and not just because the facility, located at the #FortBliss Army base, was expected to be the biggest of its kind in the country. The company that won the job, #AcquisitionLogistics, was so small it operated out of a single-family home in #RichmondVA. Almost nobody had heard of it. 'A random house…just won $1.26 billion from #ICE,' wrote the New Republic.
"Whereas many companies with ICE contracts had long histories with immigrant detention, including private prison giants such as GEO Group, Acquisition Logistics had no prior experience in incarceration. Previously, its biggest federal contract was $16 million, and CEO #KenWagner is circling retirement at 77. Over the summer, the company’s website was inaccessible to the public, with the header 'Site maintenance in progress.' Archived screenshots showed the firm specializes in supply chain management. Could it safely operate a 5,000-bed detention facility?"
#USPol #CampEastMontana #ICEDetentionCenters #Immigrants #HumanRights #ICESucks #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #AbolishCBP #DetentionFacility #DetentionCenters
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How a Tiny, Inexperienced Firm Landed a $1.3 Billion #Detention Deal To hold 5,000 human beings.
by Samantha Michaels, November+December 2025 Issue
Excerpt: "When the Trump administration awarded a $1.26 billion contract this summer to build and operate a new tent city #detention center in #Texas, it made headlines, and not just because the facility, located at the #FortBliss Army base, was expected to be the biggest of its kind in the country. The company that won the job, #AcquisitionLogistics, was so small it operated out of a single-family home in #RichmondVA. Almost nobody had heard of it. 'A random house…just won $1.26 billion from #ICE,' wrote the New Republic.
"Whereas many companies with ICE contracts had long histories with immigrant detention, including private prison giants such as GEO Group, Acquisition Logistics had no prior experience in incarceration. Previously, its biggest federal contract was $16 million, and CEO #KenWagner is circling retirement at 77. Over the summer, the company’s website was inaccessible to the public, with the header 'Site maintenance in progress.' Archived screenshots showed the firm specializes in supply chain management. Could it safely operate a 5,000-bed detention facility?"
#USPol #CampEastMontana #ICEDetentionCenters #Immigrants #HumanRights #ICESucks #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #AbolishCBP #DetentionFacility #DetentionCenters
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How a Tiny, Inexperienced Firm Landed a $1.3 Billion #Detention Deal To hold 5,000 human beings.
by Samantha Michaels, November+December 2025 Issue
Excerpt: "When the Trump administration awarded a $1.26 billion contract this summer to build and operate a new tent city #detention center in #Texas, it made headlines, and not just because the facility, located at the #FortBliss Army base, was expected to be the biggest of its kind in the country. The company that won the job, #AcquisitionLogistics, was so small it operated out of a single-family home in #RichmondVA. Almost nobody had heard of it. 'A random house…just won $1.26 billion from #ICE,' wrote the New Republic.
"Whereas many companies with ICE contracts had long histories with immigrant detention, including private prison giants such as GEO Group, Acquisition Logistics had no prior experience in incarceration. Previously, its biggest federal contract was $16 million, and CEO #KenWagner is circling retirement at 77. Over the summer, the company’s website was inaccessible to the public, with the header 'Site maintenance in progress.' Archived screenshots showed the firm specializes in supply chain management. Could it safely operate a 5,000-bed detention facility?"
#USPol #CampEastMontana #ICEDetentionCenters #Immigrants #HumanRights #ICESucks #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #AbolishCBP #DetentionFacility #DetentionCenters
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How a Tiny, Inexperienced Firm Landed a $1.3 Billion #Detention Deal To hold 5,000 human beings.
by Samantha Michaels, November+December 2025 Issue
Excerpt: "When the Trump administration awarded a $1.26 billion contract this summer to build and operate a new tent city #detention center in #Texas, it made headlines, and not just because the facility, located at the #FortBliss Army base, was expected to be the biggest of its kind in the country. The company that won the job, #AcquisitionLogistics, was so small it operated out of a single-family home in #RichmondVA. Almost nobody had heard of it. 'A random house…just won $1.26 billion from #ICE,' wrote the New Republic.
"Whereas many companies with ICE contracts had long histories with immigrant detention, including private prison giants such as GEO Group, Acquisition Logistics had no prior experience in incarceration. Previously, its biggest federal contract was $16 million, and CEO #KenWagner is circling retirement at 77. Over the summer, the company’s website was inaccessible to the public, with the header 'Site maintenance in progress.' Archived screenshots showed the firm specializes in supply chain management. Could it safely operate a 5,000-bed detention facility?"
#USPol #CampEastMontana #ICEDetentionCenters #Immigrants #HumanRights #ICESucks #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #AbolishCBP #DetentionFacility #DetentionCenters
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How a Tiny, Inexperienced Firm Landed a $1.3 Billion #Detention Deal To hold 5,000 human beings.
by Samantha Michaels, November+December 2025 Issue
Excerpt: "When the Trump administration awarded a $1.26 billion contract this summer to build and operate a new tent city #detention center in #Texas, it made headlines, and not just because the facility, located at the #FortBliss Army base, was expected to be the biggest of its kind in the country. The company that won the job, #AcquisitionLogistics, was so small it operated out of a single-family home in #RichmondVA. Almost nobody had heard of it. 'A random house…just won $1.26 billion from #ICE,' wrote the New Republic.
"Whereas many companies with ICE contracts had long histories with immigrant detention, including private prison giants such as GEO Group, Acquisition Logistics had no prior experience in incarceration. Previously, its biggest federal contract was $16 million, and CEO #KenWagner is circling retirement at 77. Over the summer, the company’s website was inaccessible to the public, with the header 'Site maintenance in progress.' Archived screenshots showed the firm specializes in supply chain management. Could it safely operate a 5,000-bed detention facility?"
#USPol #CampEastMontana #ICEDetentionCenters #Immigrants #HumanRights #ICESucks #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #AbolishCBP #DetentionFacility #DetentionCenters
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#Secrecy seems to be the hallmark of both #DetentionCenters and #Datacenters! Sneaky, sneaky...!
Mystery surrounds #RichmondVA-area home tied to firm behind $1.2B Army #Texas tent-camp contract
By: The Associated Press
Posted 3:36 PM, Aug 28, 2025WASHINGTON (AP) — "When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.
Instead, it handed the project on a military base to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small business that has no listed experience running a correction facility and had never won a federal contract worth more than $16 million. The company also lacks a functioning website and lists as its address a modest home in suburban Virginia owned by a 77-year-old retired Navy flight officer."
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/mystery-surrounds-richmond-area-home-aug-28-2025#USPol #HistoryRepeats #TrumpSucks #ICESucks #AbolishICE #AbolishCBP #AbolishDHS #Shameful #Fascism #DetentionCenters #HumanRights #WeKnowWhereYouLive #InternmentCamp #CampEastMontana #Texas #ICE #ICEDetention
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#Secrecy seems to be the hallmark of both #DetentionCenters and #Datacenters! Sneaky, sneaky...!
Mystery surrounds #RichmondVA-area home tied to firm behind $1.2B Army #Texas tent-camp contract
By: The Associated Press
Posted 3:36 PM, Aug 28, 2025WASHINGTON (AP) — "When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.
Instead, it handed the project on a military base to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small business that has no listed experience running a correction facility and had never won a federal contract worth more than $16 million. The company also lacks a functioning website and lists as its address a modest home in suburban Virginia owned by a 77-year-old retired Navy flight officer."
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/mystery-surrounds-richmond-area-home-aug-28-2025#USPol #HistoryRepeats #TrumpSucks #ICESucks #AbolishICE #AbolishCBP #AbolishDHS #Shameful #Fascism #DetentionCenters #HumanRights #WeKnowWhereYouLive #InternmentCamp #CampEastMontana #Texas #ICE #ICEDetention
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#Secrecy seems to be the hallmark of both #DetentionCenters and #Datacenters! Sneaky, sneaky...!
Mystery surrounds #RichmondVA-area home tied to firm behind $1.2B Army #Texas tent-camp contract
By: The Associated Press
Posted 3:36 PM, Aug 28, 2025WASHINGTON (AP) — "When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.
Instead, it handed the project on a military base to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small business that has no listed experience running a correction facility and had never won a federal contract worth more than $16 million. The company also lacks a functioning website and lists as its address a modest home in suburban Virginia owned by a 77-year-old retired Navy flight officer."
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/mystery-surrounds-richmond-area-home-aug-28-2025#USPol #HistoryRepeats #TrumpSucks #ICESucks #AbolishICE #AbolishCBP #AbolishDHS #Shameful #Fascism #DetentionCenters #HumanRights #WeKnowWhereYouLive #InternmentCamp #CampEastMontana #Texas #ICE #ICEDetention
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#Secrecy seems to be the hallmark of both #DetentionCenters and #Datacenters! Sneaky, sneaky...!
Mystery surrounds #RichmondVA-area home tied to firm behind $1.2B Army #Texas tent-camp contract
By: The Associated Press
Posted 3:36 PM, Aug 28, 2025WASHINGTON (AP) — "When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.
Instead, it handed the project on a military base to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small business that has no listed experience running a correction facility and had never won a federal contract worth more than $16 million. The company also lacks a functioning website and lists as its address a modest home in suburban Virginia owned by a 77-year-old retired Navy flight officer."
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/mystery-surrounds-richmond-area-home-aug-28-2025#USPol #HistoryRepeats #TrumpSucks #ICESucks #AbolishICE #AbolishCBP #AbolishDHS #Shameful #Fascism #DetentionCenters #HumanRights #WeKnowWhereYouLive #InternmentCamp #CampEastMontana #Texas #ICE #ICEDetention
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#Secrecy seems to be the hallmark of both #DetentionCenters and #Datacenters! Sneaky, sneaky...!
Mystery surrounds #RichmondVA-area home tied to firm behind $1.2B Army #Texas tent-camp contract
By: The Associated Press
Posted 3:36 PM, Aug 28, 2025WASHINGTON (AP) — "When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.
Instead, it handed the project on a military base to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small business that has no listed experience running a correction facility and had never won a federal contract worth more than $16 million. The company also lacks a functioning website and lists as its address a modest home in suburban Virginia owned by a 77-year-old retired Navy flight officer."
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/mystery-surrounds-richmond-area-home-aug-28-2025#USPol #HistoryRepeats #TrumpSucks #ICESucks #AbolishICE #AbolishCBP #AbolishDHS #Shameful #Fascism #DetentionCenters #HumanRights #WeKnowWhereYouLive #InternmentCamp #CampEastMontana #Texas #ICE #ICEDetention
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Y’all know where this is going, right? I keep moving down the coast. South of NJ is the #Petrofuture of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia. #WashingtonDC, #Baltimore, are mostly flooded.
Next up after this is…?
Higher-res images:
https://conspiracyofcartographers.com/PetrofutureGallery/?e-filter-e6e9f32-product_tag=east-coast#climateChange #maps #cartography #climateCrisis #chesapeake #greenWashing, #clifi, #climateart #RichmondVA
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My wife and I attended GalaxyCon / Nightmare Weekend in Richmond, VA yesterday and I returned home with some SciFi-geek life goals fulfilled. :-)
I met The Last Starfighter stars Lance Guest (Alex) and Catherine Mary Stewart (Maggie) with photos and autographs. Good times!
(Cathy is also in Night of the Comet, another dear favorite of mine from the eighties!)
#TheLastStarfighter #YouHaveBeenRecruited #GalaxyCon #NightmareWeekend #Richmond #RichmondVA #RVA #conference #con #movies #film #eighties #celeb #celebrities #SciFi #geek #games #tshirt #ThePrincessBride #tattoo #photo #photoop #show #galaxyconlive #GRCC
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Reminder: Please share far and wide, and get your tickets before they sell out. I'm going to be there so you can see me in person!
https://ticketscandy.com/e/pride-litcon-2025-4942
#queerbooks #mmromancereads #ffromance #authorevent #Sapphic #booksigningevent #booksigning #richmondreads #richmondva #virginia #loveislove #virginiaisforlovers #romancebooks
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Don't fall for the #okiedoke . For a scam to be successful, it relies on either the greed and/or desperation of the victim/mark. We have the desperation of thousands of citizens looking for a way to better their #economicconditions in this city as well as the greed of the few who think that today is the day they will strike it rich. Neither will find what they are looking for in this venture.
Vote #nocasino
Vote #nopovertytax
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TWO #February events celebrating #HipHop and the #verbal #arts ? In #PetersburgVA ?!
This #Saturday (2/3), our friends at the #PetersburgResiliencyHub are hosting the '50 Years of Hip-Hop' Black Excellence Exhibition on 464 Byrne Street.
The following Saturday (2/10), #PetersburgMutualAid will be hosting the 'Battle for the Burg', an #openmic , at 1600a East Washington Street (the Finger Taste restaurant).
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Petrofuture of the Mid-Atlantic states
66m sea rise on a 1956 Shell Oil map
Sea level is highest predicted by the #IPCC if the ice caps melted
More: https://conspiracyofcartographers.com
Base from David Rumsey Maps
#RichmondVA #Baltimore #WashingtonDC #Philadelphia #Virginia #ChesapeakeBay #vintagemaps #retrofuture #petrofuture #climatearson #solarpunk #oilandgasindustry #sealevelrise #climatechange #climatechangemaps #maps #cartography #clifi #climateart #conspiracyofcartographers
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Petrofuture of Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware
66m sea rise on a 1956 Shell Oil map
Sea level is highest predicted by the #IPCC if the ice caps melted
More: https://conspiracyofcartographers.com
Base from David Rumsey Maps
#RichmondVA #norfolkVA #Baltimore #WashingtonDC #Philadelphia #Virginia #ChesapeakeBay #vintagemaps #retrofuture #petrofuture #climatearson #solarpunk #oilandgasindustry #sealevelrise #climatechange #climatechangemaps #maps #cartography #clifi #climateart #conspiracyofcartographers
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Please phonebank to support pro-choice Lashrecse Aird to win her Virginia State primary election on 6/20. She's running against an anti-choice “Dem”. You can choose from 3 phonebanks on Tues 5/30, 6/6, & 6/13, @5:30-7:00. Sign up HERE https://ssprogressiveaction.org/event-directory/
#DemCastVA #Virginia #RichmondVA #PhoneBank #Elections2023 -
Are you in the #RichmondVA area? Download FREE APRIL 13 #BigGeorgeForeman advance screening passes now!
Quantities are limited!
#movies #AdvanceScreening
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If you live in the VA 4th Congressional district, today is a good day to get into some #GoodTroubleForDemocracy & VOTE in the special election today!
That is the best way to honor John Lewis' Birthday!
#VA04 @jennmcclellanva #USHouse #SpecialElection #RichmondVA #Richmond #ProtectOurFreedoms #JohnLewis #JohnLewisBirthday #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct #VotingRightsAct
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Catch us this Friday, January 13 2023 at #FalloutRVA with #IIOIOIOII #DeadCoolBand & #SeveredSkies
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#Darkwave #DarkElectronicMusic #IndustrialMusic #Coldwave #Synthwave #Goth #RichmondVA #RVA #VAMusic #SolemnShapeshttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CnSac8RD6T9/?igshid=Zjc2ZTc4Nzk=
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#introduction time. I play #guitar and practice #yoga, and I live in beautiful #richmondva. I’m interested in #cities, #art, #architecture, #literature, #AmericanHistory, #cooking, #guitars, #Buddhism, and just about every kind of #music. Straight cis male chest-poking liberal, especially as pertains to #climatechange, #socialjustice, #LGBTQ+, and #artseducation. Rust is as pretty as flowers. #BeKind.
