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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Tampa Free Press: Federal Court Orders White House To Restore Public Spending Database. “The ruling Saturday, from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, denies the government’s request to pause a lower court’s order while it appeals the decision. This means the OMB must make the database and its previously withheld information available to the public by August 15, 2025.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/12/tampa-free-press-federal-court-orders-white-house-to-restore-public-spending-database/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/12/tampa-free-press-federal-court-orders-white-house-to-restore-public-spending-database/</a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2297333/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2297333/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Elon Musk’s DOGE Burned Through $21.7 Billion of Taxpayer Cash <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>‘Gold Standard Science’ in Theory and Practice – Peter A. Coclanis <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1231083/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1231083/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalInstitutesOfHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalInstitutesOfHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opinion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.AgencyForInternationalDevelopment</p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Tampa Free Press: Federal Judge Rules OMB Unlawfully Removed Site, Citing Congressional Mandate for Transparency. “A federal district court Monday ordered the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate a public online database detailing federal spending apportionments, ruling that the agency’s removal of the site in March 2025 was unlawful.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/26/tampa-free-press-federal-judge-rules-omb-unlawfully-removed-site-citing-congressional-mandate-for-transparency/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/26/tampa-free-press-federal-judge-rules-omb-unlawfully-removed-site-citing-congressional-mandate-for-transparency/</a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2258965/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2258965/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> To make government better, DOGE should learn from Texas <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederalSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalSpending</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OpEds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpEds</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opinion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2248833/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2248833/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Vance casts tiebreaker to advance Trump’s DOGE-inspired cuts <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JdVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JdVance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JohnThune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnThune</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WashingtonD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonD</span></a>.C.</p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2194021/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2194021/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Fed Chair Jerome Powell grilled over ‘lavish’ headquarters renovations <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CentralBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentralBank</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CentralBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentralBanks</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalReserve</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JeromePowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeromePowell</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TimScott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimScott</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Tiefer, who served on an independent commission established to study government contracting for the Iraq &amp; Afghanistan wars, said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> is “placing a very dicey long-term bet” because of its past problems &amp; said ICE is giving <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoreCivic</span></a> “the keys to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>treasury</span></a>” without competition.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeoGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeoGroup</span></a>’s former lobbyist <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> is now the US AG. It anticipates that all of its idle <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prisons</span></a> will be activated this year, its executive chair, George Zoley, told shareholders.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoreCivic</span></a>, which along w/Geo donated millions of dollars to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> candidates at all levels of government &amp; national political groups, is equally optimistic. It began daily talks w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin immediately after the election…. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a> executives are forecasting hundreds of millions of dollars in new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profits</span></a>. Since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s reelection in Nov, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoreCivic</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stock</span></a> has risen in price by 56% &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeoGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeoGroup</span></a>’s by 73%.</p><p>“It’s the gold rush,” Michael A. Hallett, a professor of criminal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> at the University of North Florida who studies <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrisons</span></a>. “All of a sudden, demand is spiraling. And when you’re the only provider that can meet demand, you can pretty much set your terms.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>When <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leavenworth</span></a> sued <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoreCivic</span></a>, it opened its lawsuit with a quote from U.S. District Court Judge Julie Robinson — an appointee of President George W. Bush, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> — who said of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a>: “The only way I could describe it frankly, what’s going on at CoreCivic right now is it’s an absolute hell hole.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Vacancies among correctional officers were as high as 23%, according to a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> report from 2017.</p><p>“It was just mayhem,” recalled William Rogers, who worked as a guard at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoreCivic</span></a> facility in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leavenworth</span></a> from 2016 through 2020. He said repeated assaults sent him to the emergency room three times, including once after a blow to the head that required 14 staples.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In late 2021, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoreCivic</span></a> stopped housing pretrial detainees in its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leavenworth</span></a> facility after President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a>, called on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> to curb the use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrisons</span></a>. In the months before the closure, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a> &amp; federal public defenders detailed stabbings, suicides, a homicide &amp; inmate rights violations in a letter to the White House. CoreCivic responded at the time that the claims were “false &amp; defamatory.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leavenworth</span></a> sued the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoreCivic</span></a> to force it to get one, &amp; a state-court judge issued an order requiring it earlier this month.</p><p>An attorney for the city, Joe Hatley, said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> fight indicates how much ill will CoreCivic generated when it held <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> suspects there for trials in federal court for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USMarshals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USMarshals</span></a> Service.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leavenworth</span></a> area’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> might have been expected to help <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoreCivic</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> carried its county by more than 20 percentage points in each of his 3 campaigns for president.</p><p>But skeptical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>city</span></a> officials argue that CoreCivic needs a special use permit to reopen its facility. CoreCivic disagrees, saying that it doesn’t because it never abandoned the facility &amp; that the permitting process would take too long.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoreCivic</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leavenworth</span></a> facility quickly became a priority for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> &amp; the company because of its central location. Leavenworth, w/ 37,000 residents, is only 10 miles (16 kilometers) to the west of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KansasCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KansasCity</span></a> International Airport. The facility would hold <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/men" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>men</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> &amp; is within ICE’s area of operations for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SanctuaryCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanctuaryCity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a>, 420 miles (676 kilometers) to the northeast.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin wants to more than double the existing 41k beds for detaining <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> to at least 100k beds &amp; — if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a> executives’ predictions are accurate — possibly to &gt;150k.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> declared a national *emergency* on the US border w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> as part of its justification for authorizing nine 5-year contracts for a combined 10,312 beds without “Full &amp; Open Competition.” </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A tax-cutting and budget reconciliation measure approved last month by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> includes $45 Billion over 4 years for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrant</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a>, a threefold spending increase. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> is now considering that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a>.</p><p>When <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> started his 2nd term in Jan, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoreCivic</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeoGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeoGroup</span></a> had around 20 idle facilities, partly because of sentencing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reforms</span></a> that reduced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> populations.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>To get more <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> beds, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has modified dozens of existing agreements with contractors &amp; used no-bid contracts. One pays $73 million to a company led by former federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> officials for “immigration enforcement support teams” to handle administrative tasks, such as helping coordinate removals, triaging complaints or telling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> if someone is a risk to community safety.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>That push faces resistance. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Leavenworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leavenworth</span></a> filed a lawsuit against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoreCivic</span></a> after it tried to reopen without <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>local</span></a> city officials signing off on the deal, quoting a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> judge’s past description of the now-shuttered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> as “a hell hole.” The case in Leavenworth serves as another test of the limits of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s unusually aggressive tactics to force <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrant</span></a> removals.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>