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@hiareth.bsky.social

Why is trump still free? Blue dot in red state. Retired public school teacher. Devoted to democracy. Searching for folks I followed on Twitter. New to BlueSky. Abolish ICE!

El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"

ICE has now spent over $2.2 BILLION on purchasing 4 private prisons from CoreCivic, with the company banking half a billion dollars on the most recent sale. Of course, ICE will not actually operate these facilities; CoreCivic keeps the contracts to run these places for the foreseeable future.

Andrea Castillo
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CoreCivic has sold told two more detention centers to DHS, in Minnesota and Kansas, for $734 million. Company says more sales possible: https://ir.corecivic.com/news-releases/news-release-details/corecivic-sells-two-additional-detention-facilities

This news follows the sale of two ICE facilities in California last month for $1.5 billion: 
https://latimes.com/politics/story/2026-07-07/dhs-buys-two-california-immigrant-detention-centers-for-1-5-billion
ir.corecivic.com
CoreCivic Sells Two Additional Detention Facilities | CoreCivic, Inc.
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August 5, 2026

Follows Sales of Two Detention Facilities in California
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Aug. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CoreCivic, Inc. (NYSE: CXW) (CoreCivic or the Company) announced today that it has completed the sales of its 1,600-bed Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota and its 1,033-bed Midwest Regional Reception Center in Leavenworth, Kansas to the United States of America and its assigns, by and through the Department of Homeland Security for an aggregate gross sales price of $734.0 million, including $495.6 million for the Prairie Correctional Facility and $238.4 million for the Midwest Regional Reception Center. These purpose-built facilities were specifically designed to care for individuals in a secure environment. After federal and state income taxes of approximately $182.2 million and transaction costs, the Company anticipates its net proceeds from these asset sales to be approximately $522.5 million. The Company currently expects to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include debt reduction and the repurchase of the Company's common stock.

Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳

MacFarlane: We are near the new gold-plated statues the Trump administration unveiled near Memorial Circle, Memorial Bridge, and the Lincoln Memorial. It’s really, really gold.…

It is being reported that the cyclospora outbreak has expanded to another six states. So if you are wondering how the cyclospora outbreak is currently going, just know that the cyclospora outbreak is currently going to even more places.

Enforcement is quietly expanding into parts of Utah that never used to see it, and the numbers puncture the "worst of the worst" talking point: most of those detained have no convictions at all. -> 🔗 KUER: buff.ly/PA3FXZe

St. George ICE flights signal increased southern Utah enforcement activity

Activists in Salt Lake City are tracking flights so people know where their loved ones are headed, and a group in St. George is working on doing the same.

kuer.org

“The Reflecting Pool mess is different from other Trump obsessions because it reveals just how immune to evidence and logic his beliefs have become, even when a trusted lieutenant wheels an entire box of supporting evidence into the Oval Office.”

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 5h ago

Trump’s outburst over the Reflecting Pool is a sign of dangerous dysfunction in the Oval Office, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/OMivBxpl

It’s been 166 days since SCOTUS struck down Trump’s illegal tariff taxes & big corporations are getting their refunds. $2.2 BILLION for Apple, $600 MILLION for Amazon, $300 million for Nike.   When are American families going to see the $1,700 they're owed? Return the money, NOW.

Corporate America got billions of dollars in tariff refunds. Where’s your cut? | CNN Business

Apple got an estimated $2.2 billion tariff refund last quarter. Amazon got $600 million. Nike got $300 million. But American consumers who paid higher prices as President Donald Trump’s tariffs filter...

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UNREAL: Willie Geist makes interview with Abdul El-Sayed about aid to Israel and then conflates Israel with Jewish Americans. Yet not even one question on concern for Christian and Muslim Palestinians being attacked by IDF and settlers. Why not?! www.mediaite.com/media/tv/abd...

Abdul El-Sayed Promises Jewish Voters He Will Fight Anti-Semitism — After Criticism Against ‘Arming’ Israel

Geist challenged El-Sayed on whether he could reassure Jewish voters after the candidate defended his calls to end military aid to Israel.

mediaite.com

Capitol One shut down 300 accounts belonging to Trump because they were flagged for potential money laundering. That was 2021. Imagine if this were Biden. How would America react? But yes "liberal media."

In Nov. 2024, the Chinese govt arrested Dr. Youlin Chen, an American citizen & scientist, on bogus claims of espionage.   Dr. Chen has spent nearly 2 years in pretrial detention & his family is concerned for his health.   I call on the Chinese govt to release Dr. Chen immediately & unconditionally.

U.S. seismologist has been detained in China for nearly 2 years with no trial, his family says

The relatives of Youlin Chen of Boston broke their silence this week, apparently after they saw no sign from the Chinese government that it was planning to release him.

nbcnews.com