Trump Fills The ICE Prisons. The Prison Companies Fund Nine GOP Senate Candidates. Thirty-two days left until the midterms.
A quick note before we begin: one date jumped off the page in the filings behind today’s story. On June 10, 2025, CoreCivic’s PAC cut checks to two Republicans. Three weeks later, both voted for $45 billion in detention money. Your paid subscription made that find possible—thank you. To help us put these scoops in front of more voters before Election Day, you can become a Founding Member or gift a subscription. Trump Fills The ICE Prisons. The Prison Companies Fund Nine GOP Senate Candidates. Every name, from the filings nobody added up. Also: Georgia’s voters, Jerome Powell, and 30,000 prison workers all beat Trump this week. Scott Dworkin Oct 2 Two of the biggest private prison corporations in America—the companies ICE pays to lock people behind bars—have been dumping campaign money into at least nine of this fall’s Republican Senate races. More than $150,000 of it. Cable news was too busy bowing to Trump to notice. Corporate reporters didn’t take the time to add it up. We spent days...