GEO Group Donated to the Trump-Tied Turning Point USA, Then Got Rave Review
TPUSA’s communications director visited a GEO Group detention facility and called it nicer than public schools she’d attended.
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Conservative Democrat Continues to Take Koch Cash
Rep. Henry Cuellar of oil-rich Texas got another campaign donation from the PAC of GOP megadonor Charles Koch’s fossil fuel conglomerate, Koch Industries.
Mainstream Charities Bankroll Islamophobic Hate Groups, New Report Shows
The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ new study analyzes the deep-pocketed donor networks behind the rise in American Islamophobia.
Paul Gosar Omitted Dinner with Far-Right Nationalists in Travel Report
A new documentary on Steve Bannon reveals that the Arizona congressman dined with European far-right nationalists in London last year.
Echoing Defense Industry Donors, Democrats Call for a Surveillance Wall
Democratic appropriators are promoting an increase in spending on border surveillance technologies to solve the impasse over Homeland Security funding. Their donors from the defense industry have been lobbying for these funds for years.
Members of New Border Security Committee Took Money from Private Prison PACs
More than half of the members of the House-Senate conference committee that will work on a deal to fund ICE have received campaign donations from GEO Group and CoreCivic.
Greenwashing Hate: Anti-Immigrant Colcom Foundation Funds Dozens of Environmental Groups
Sludge asked the groups, which include The Conservation Fund and Earthworks, about their funding from Colcom Foundation. Most declined to comment.
Who Funds PragerU’s Anti-Muslim Content?
The right-wing educational website PragerU has published videos that discriminate against immigrants and Muslims. Sludge found out who’s funding them.
NYC Council To Hold Public Hearing on #AbolishICE
Councilmember Carlos Menchaca's legislative push was inspired by a Sludge investigation in July that discovered ongoing NYC government contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
