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The Reprogrammer: Gene Hamilton and the Code of Cruelty

He doesn’t scream. He doesn’t purge. He rewrites the code that makes it all legal.

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Marie Riverton
May 20, 2025
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If you want to tear something down, start by renaming it. If you want to replace it, make it law.

You may not recognize his name. That’s the point.
Gene Hamilton doesn’t rally voters or hold press conferences. He doesn’t carry out the cruelty. He legalizes it.

He was behind the pen that ended DACA.
He wrote the policy that tore children from their parents.
H…

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