Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) claimed that referring to public information about her legal and ethics cases was ‘slander.’ It was a tactic to silence critics, her challenger says.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
ICE Boosts Income at Private Prison Company GEO Group by 800 Percent
The company’s year-end earnings call came just days after a lawsuit alleges guards in the company’s Washington state immigrant prison routinely sexually assaulted immigrants.
Posted inTAP
The Occupying Army Retreats
The announcement of ICE’s withdrawal from Minnesota, like that of the British from Boston 250 years ago, marks a victory for people power.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump Justice Department Poised to Preserve Ticketmaster Monopoly
Settlement talks on a monopolization case against Live Nation are under way, with Kellyanne Conway and other MAGA lobbyists seeking a sweetheart deal.
Posted inSports
How Congress Refused to Save the NCAA From Itself
Colleges want exemptions from antitrust and labor laws, so they can continue to hoard billions in cash from sports and deny the players their rights. So far, they’ve failed.
Posted inSports
Circling Sharks
A look inside the athlete-finance industry, which resembles predatory lending—and worse
Posted inPodcasts
Organized Money: White Collar Crime Enforcement in the Age of ICE
Laws are just wishes without enforcement.
Posted inTAP
GOP on Thin ICE
In the fight to drastically limit ICE as a condition of funding DHS, Democrats have the advantage. Let’s see how they press it.
Posted inSports
The Scourge of Online Sports Betting
States and leagues must face up to the damage from app-based gambling for the next generation of bettors, most of them young men.
Posted inWorking in America
The Minnesota Target Workers Who Walked Out Against ICE
The retailer, which gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration and has allowed ICE staging and abductions on its property, is feeling pressure from its own employees.