The Guardian's Oliver Laughland on Starbase, TX; Cops with "Red Flags" Helping ICE; "Detention Alley"
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🗓️ 9 May 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This is Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the Warren Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman. |
| 0:09.8 | We're joined now in our New York studio by a reporter who's just back from covering the vote to incorporate Elon Musk's new company town in South Texas called Starbase, home to Musk's |
| 0:26.1 | aerospace and defense company, SpaceX. The vote was 212 to 6. The Guardian's Oliver Lachland caught up |
| 0:36.4 | with one of the few people who voted no. |
| 0:39.3 | You just cast your ballot? |
| 0:41.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:42.3 | Do you mind me asking how you voted? |
| 0:44.3 | Vote it no. |
| 0:45.3 | Voted no? |
| 0:46.3 | I was here before SpaceX. I have no loyalty issues there. |
| 0:50.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:51.3 | So, no. |
| 0:52.3 | How are you feeling about the whole vote? |
| 0:53.3 | Not happy. Why? you feeling about the whole vote? Not happy. |
| 0:55.0 | Why? |
| 0:56.0 | Tell me about it. |
| 0:57.0 | Are you from the local area? |
| 1:00.0 | No, I live in New Orleans, so I am. |
| 1:02.0 | This used to be a nice, quiet, peaceful little, kind of retirement community. |
| 1:09.0 | It's not anymore. |
| 1:10.0 | How do you feel about going to Mars? Hmm? How do you feel about going to Mars? |
| 1:12.4 | How do you feel about going to Mars? |
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