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1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
March 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
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NEW: GEO Group, an ICE contractor, has surged in value under President Trump.
But despite its soaring fortunes, the for-profit prison company continues to resist having to pay detainees more than $1 a day for cleaning facilities where the government has forced them to live.
By @mckenziefunk.com
But despite its soaring fortunes, the for-profit prison company continues to resist having to pay detainees more than $1 a day for cleaning facilities where the government has forced them to live.
By @mckenziefunk.com
An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work.
GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.
propub.li
March 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
NEW: GEO Group, an ICE contractor, has surged in value under President Trump.
But despite its soaring fortunes, the for-profit prison company continues to resist having to pay detainees more than $1 a day for cleaning facilities where the government has forced them to live.
By @mckenziefunk.com
But despite its soaring fortunes, the for-profit prison company continues to resist having to pay detainees more than $1 a day for cleaning facilities where the government has forced them to live.
By @mckenziefunk.com
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NEW: In six Texas districts that used at-large voting systems, ideologically driven conservatives successfully helped elect school board members who have moved aggressively to ban or remove educational materials that teach children about diversity.
With @texastribune.org
With @texastribune.org
The Way Texans Elect School Board Members Plays a Key Role in What Students in Diverse Districts Learn
In six Texas districts that used at-large voting systems, ideologically driven conservatives successfully helped elect school board members who have moved aggressively to ban or remove educational…
propub.li
March 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: In six Texas districts that used at-large voting systems, ideologically driven conservatives successfully helped elect school board members who have moved aggressively to ban or remove educational materials that teach children about diversity.
With @texastribune.org
With @texastribune.org