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Ashley Hernandez, William Rogers, and Esmie Tseng discuss opposition to the efforts of CoreCivic and the Trump administration to reopen the CoreCivic prison in Leavenworth. Hernandez is with the Sisters […] The post Reopening a CoreCivic prison in Leavenworth for ICE? appeared first on KKFI.

In the United States, immigration enforcement has become less about borders and more about margins. Profit margins. At the center of this convergence are two familiar corporate fixtures: CoreCivic and The GEO Group. Once traditional prison contractors, they've evolved into full-time beneficiaries of federal policy drift, especially the kind that turns due process into detention quotas. They don't just detain migrants. They warehouse them. They profit from them. And they quietly help shape the policies that keep them coming. In 2017, both companies opened their wallets for Trump's inaugural fund, just as federal contracts began to fatten. By 2020, wary of public backlash, they shifted strategy, funneling money into political action committees and lobbying firms to preserve ICE budgets and stall reform. Come 2024, with Trumpism back in full stride, the money moved again, this time through donor networks with patriotic branding and very little transparency. Now we get talk of shipping U.S. citizens yes, citizens to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison, a facility notorious for its brutality and complete insulation from U.S. constitutional oversight. No judge. No lawyer. No appeal. Just a one-way ticket to a regime proud to call itself a "cool dictatorship." It's a stunt with no real legal footing, but a very real political purpose: make cruelty the message, and let the legal scholars clean up the mess later. As Canadians inch toward another election, we watch this theatre unfold next door where immigrants become the easy foil for every populist speech and every cheap policy stunt. The script isn't original, but it travels well. Canada's conservatives have already begun stirring the same pot, raising the same bogus alarms, hoping no one notices it's the same tired playbook with a maple twist. Today, more than 70 percent of detained immigrants in the U.S. are held in private facilities. These companies don't just run them. They own them. Lease them. And lock in profits through guaranteed occupancy clauses. Their biggest client is ICE. And as you'll see, the detention business isn't just shaped by immigration policy. It helps write it. This article explores the entanglement between immigration enforcement and private prison profits, revealing how ICE contracts have reshaped business models and political incentives. Private Prisons in the U.S - A Brief History The roots of the private prison industry in the United States trace back to the early 1980s, during a political era marked by tough-on-crime rhetoric and mass incarceration policies. Facing overcrowded public prisons and mounting incarceration rates driven by the War on Drugs, federal and state governments began outsourcing prison operations to private firms. CoreCivic (then Corrections Corporation of America) was founded in 1983, becoming the first for-profit company to manage correctional facilities in the U.S. The GEO Group followed shortly after, originally operating under the name Wackenhut Corrections Corporation. In the early decades, these companies made their profits primarily through contracts to operate state and federal prisons for criminal offenders. They expanded rapidly throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, often building their facilities and leasing them back to governments, a model that proved highly lucrative. By the mid-2000s, however, incarceration growth began to plateau. In search of new revenue streams, private prison companies turned their attention to the emerging frontier of immigration detention. With growing national anxiety around border security and unauthorized migration, companies like CoreCivic and GEO positioned themselves as indispensable partners to federal agencies such as ICE, offering turnkey detention solutions at scale. How CoreCivic and GEO Group Make Money CoreCivic and The GEO Group are prime examples of how the incarceration business operates at scale. These companies generate profits through several distinct but interconnected revenue...

Plus de 32 000 migrants ont été arrêtés lors des 50 premiers jours du mandat de Donald Trump. En revanche, malgré les annonces du président américain, les expulsions sont pour l'instant stables par rapport au mandat de Joe Biden. En effet, il faut du temps pour organiser les vols retour et certains pays refusent de recevoir des migrants expulsés. Nombre d'entre eux attendent donc dans des centres de rétention aux États-Unis. Ce qui fait les affaires de grands groupes privés gérant ces centres. C'est une particularité des États-Unis : la majorité des lits des centres de rétention ne sont pas gérés par l'État mais par des entreprises à but lucratif, qui gèrent aussi certaines prisons. Les deux géants du secteur s'appellent GEOgroup et CoreCivic. L'essentiel de leur activité se fait aux États-Unis (mais GEOgroup a aussi des contrats en Australie ou encore en Afrique du Sud). Leur chiffre d'affaire annuel se compte en milliards de dollars. Ils sont côtés en bourse et le prix de leurs actions a grimpé en flèche au lendemain de l'élection de Donald Trump. Leur cours est resté très élevé depuis, car ils s'attendent à recevoir encore plus de migrants arrêtés.Doubler le nombre de litsLes centres sont actuellement plein à près de 90%. Et le « Monsieur frontières » de Donald Trump, Tom Homan, a annoncé qu'il veut plus que doubler le nombre de lits pour répondre aux besoins du plan d'expulsion à grande échelle de la Maison Blanche. Une série de contrat a été conclue récemment. GEOgroup est en train de rouvrir un centre de rétention dans le New Jersey, qui devrait lui rapporter 60 millions de dollars par an, sur 15 ans. CoreCivic, de son côté, a annoncé il y a deux semaines en rouvrir un au Texas, avec 2400 places. Cette période est « parmi les plus palpitantes de ma carrière », estimait en février son PDG, cité par le New York Times. Il s'attend pour les prochaines années à une forte croissance pour l'entreprise.Soutien à la campagne de Donald TrumpCes groupes ont contribué à la campagne de Donald Trump à hauteur d'au moins un million de dollars, d'après ABC News. Un montant loin de pouvoir changer le cours des élections aux États-Unis. Néanmoins, il est à noter que les compagnies du secteur ont récemment changé de stratégie. Habituellement, elles donnaient presque autant aux candidats démocrates. Cette fois-ci quasiment tous leurs dons sont allés au camp du futur président.Retournement de situationLes perspectives n'ont pas toujours été aussi bonnes pour les compagnies du secteur. Il y a quatre ans encore, de grandes banques s'étaient engagées à cesser de les financer, après une forte mobilisation contre ces entreprises, accusées de profiter du malheur des migrants. Des inspections ont également révélé l'insalubrité de plusieurs centres et prisons, ou encore un manque d'accès aux soins. Des plaintes ont par ailleurs été déposées pour travail forcé car des détenus doivent parfois travailler pour seulement un dollar de l'heure. Le vent aura donc fini par tourner. Il y a deux ans, Bank of America et la banque Wells Fargo ont assoupli leur conditions d'emprunt. Enfin, Joe Biden, malgré ses promesses de campagne, a finalement maintenu lors de son mandat la plupart des contrats entre l'État et ces groupes privés.

Carlos Adrian Vasquez, a formerly incarcerated and formerly detained activist, joins the podcast to discuss his leadership in organizing hunger and labor strikes in the Desert View Annex. Carlos shares about the terrible conditions that led people detained to engage in multiple hunger and labor strikes, breaks down the false distinction between civil and criminal custody, and explains how ICE and CoreCivic point fingers at each other to avoid taking accountability for the deplorable experiences of people in their custody. To support the podcast, join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFor as little as $3 a month, you'll get access to the back catalog of #litreviews, book-club style segments with other women of color. Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

CoreCivic is the largest private prison company in the nation, and it's based right here in Nashville. Their biggest facility in the state, nearby Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, is currently under investigation by the Department of Justice — but the company's CEO and stockholders are expecting significant financial growth under the Trump administration. Nashville Banner criminal justice reporter Steven Hale joins host Marie Cecile Anderson to help us understand why CoreCivic thinks their future looks bright. Want some more City Cast Nashville news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Nashville newsletter.  Follow us @citycastnashville You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 615-200-6392⁩ Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.

Presented by Men Of Valor. To learn more or volunteer: men-of-valor.org This episode is brought to you by CoreCivic. Better the public good: corecivic.com 

Watch out for record fraud when shopping. With technology, shopping has become so easy and set records in 2024 of around $5.3 trillion. While this by itself is a problem as some people are over shopping, it has also invited more fraud than ever before and for the first three quarters of 2024 there was an increase of 14.5% to $8.7 billion of shoppers who lost money to fraud. Two things are happening here. First, consumers may be too emotionally excited about the purchase and they forget to look for scams that could be happening to them. The second item is the scammers are becoming smarter about how to scam people and they are making it more difficult to detect. To avoid being scammed, it is always wise to deal with a company that you know. However, even that may not guarantee your safety. Scammers can now use names that look very similar to the names you know. They can do this by simply adding or deleting a period or a letter somewhere in the title. So before you make that purchase, be sure it is the correct site that you want to be at and you're not sending your money to some scammer from across the world!   Should you be investing in airline stocks with the record year they've had? It has been quite the year for airline stocks and there have been huge one-year gains for United Airlines at 138% and Delta Airlines at 49%. While it was a laggard compared with its peers, American Airlines still posted a strong return of 29%. It is forecasted for holiday travel between December 19th and January 6th, there will be a record number of travelers at 54 million. Since our economy was reopened after Covid, consumers continue to enjoy traveling, which has benefited the airlines. Even with the record number of travelers and the large gains for the airline stocks, they still trade at reasonable price to earnings ratios of 9.7 for United Airlines, 10.1 for Delta and 10.5 for American Airlines. My concern is could this be a value trap going forward? The low price to earnings ratio might suck you in only to see a slowdown in travelers in 2025. We could also see a little bit higher oil prices based on production not coming online quick enough to keep up with demand, which would hurt the profit margins for these companies. While they might look enticing, I wouldn't be interested in adding these positions to my portfolio at this time.   Could you benefit from the private prison boom that may happen in 2025? In 2025 there could be a huge demand for detention centers and investors may benefit from investing in the private detention center called CoreCivic Inc, trading under the symbol CXW. CoreCivic has a market cap of about $2.4 billion and a FFO on a forward basis of $1.79. The company could benefit from recent statements from ICE saying it will need enough beds to detain a minimum of 100,000 migrants. The agency already has funding for 41,500 beds. Their competitor GEO has a head start already housing about 40% of ICE detainees. It should be noted that CoreCivic was at $14 the day before the election and it climbed to $22 the day after. There was concern that some banks would withdraw funding from companies who participated in the immigrant detentions, however it appears that CoreCivic does not need any new capital to bring on new facilities or bring back idle facilities. The high estimate for deportation would be 1 million people in one year at a cost of $88 billion. It is estimated that there were 11 million undocumented migrants in the US as of 2022. These higher dollars could benefit the private prisons as a quick alternative if there is no room in the county jails. I was disappointed that the company does not pay a dividend, but it has pulled back from a recent high of $24.99 a share to under $22 a share. At the price the stock would trade at a reasonable 12.29x the estimated FFO for 2025. An executive from the private company GEO group spoke about an unprecedented opportunity for their company, it could be a good investment opportunity for the small investor as well.   “Big Social Security Changes Coming” The Social Security Fairness Act is set to be signed into law next week and will impact Social Security benefits for millions of Americans.  This bipartisan bill will eliminate the “Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)” and the “Government Pension Offset (GPO)” which currently reduce social security benefits for workers and spouses who have public pensions.  The Windfall Elimination Provision applies when someone has worked a job where they paid into Social Security and also a job where they did not pay into Social Security and receive a pension instead.  In this case, the Social Security benefits are reduced based on how many years they paid into Social Security.  The Government Pension Offset applies when a spouse is entitled to a Social Security spousal or widow benefit but they also worked a job where they did not pay into Social Security themselves.  In this case, the amount of their pension reduces the Social Security benefits they are entitled to receive.  With the passing of this new Social Security act and the elimination of the WEP and GPO, Americans who were having Social Security benefits reduced will no longer see a reduction.  This is one of the largest changes to Social Security in the last several years.  The downside is, the increased benefits will cause the Social Security trust fund to run out sooner, even if the elimination results in a fairer benefit system.    Companies Discussed: Tidewater Inc (TDW), Constellation Brands, Inc. (STZ), Carvana Co. (CVNA) & VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN)

The markets rallied after the 2024 election. CEOs made optimistic public statements. But behind the scenes, corporate insiders were selling at record rates. Why sell when stocks are soaring? What did these insiders see that others missed? And why such aggressive selling from companies poised to benefit from new policies? Join us for a close look at one of the market's most reliable signals: what insiders do with their own money.Ben breaks down four telling examples:Griffin Corp's CEO started with 80,000 shares at $70. Then he unloaded 300,000 more as the stock topped $78.GM's Cruise president waited until shares hit $55 - a three-year high - then sold.CoreCivic saw eleven insiders sell. Even a longtime buyer switched to selling.Wolverine Worldwide's HR chief broke her trading pattern just as policy impacts loomed.Edited, mixed, and scored by Calvin Marty.

La Administración Biden renovó contratos con prisiones administradas por empresas privadas como CoreCivic y GEO Group, para que la agencia de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) detenga a inmigrantes en proceso de deportación, a pesar de que en varios de esos centros de detención se han reportado abusos e incluso senadores demócratas han pedido su cierre, según un reportaje de The Guardian. Las acciones del actual gobierno facilitarán al gobierno del presidente electo Donald Trump para su plan de deportación masiva, como explica José Olivares, el periodista que hizo la investigación sobre las prisiones y los contratos.

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In der heutigen Folge von „Alles auf Aktien“ sprechen die Finanzjournalisten Philipp Vetter und Holger Zschäpitz über einen historischen Tag an der Wall Street, ein neues Allzeithoch für Nvidia, miese Dating-Zahlen bei Tinder und einen Höhenflug der Banken-Aktien. Außerdem geht es um BMW, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche AG, SMA Solar, Nordex, Teamviewer, Apple, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Plug Power, First Solar, Super Micro Computer, Exact Science, Trump Media & Technology, Tesla, Coinbase, Lyft, Qualcomm, Match Group, Bumble, ARM, Duolingo, MercadoLibre, Baker Hughes, Kinder Morgan, Lazard, Jeffries, Geo Group, CoreCivic, Axon Enterprise, Motorola Solutions, CoinShares Physical Bitcoin ETN (WKN: A3GPMN), iShares MSCI World Energy Sector ETF (WKN: A2PHCF), Xtrackers FTSE Vietnam Swap ETF (WKN: DBX1AG), iShares MSCI India ETF (WKN: A2AFCY), VanEck Crypto and Blockchain Innovators ETF (WKN: A2QQ8F). Wir freuen uns an Feedback über aaa@welt.de. Ab sofort gibt es noch mehr "Alles auf Aktien" bei WELTplus und Apple Podcasts – inklusive aller Artikel der Hosts und AAA-Newsletter.[ Hier bei WELT.](https://www.welt.de/podcasts/alles-auf-aktien/plus247399208/Boersen-Podcast-AAA-Bonus-Folgen-Jede-Woche-noch-mehr-Antworten-auf-Eure-Boersen-Fragen.html.) Disclaimer: Die im Podcast besprochenen Aktien und Fonds stellen keine spezifischen Kauf- oder Anlage-Empfehlungen dar. Die Moderatoren und der Verlag haften nicht für etwaige Verluste, die aufgrund der Umsetzung der Gedanken oder Ideen entstehen. Hörtipps: Für alle, die noch mehr wissen wollen: Holger Zschäpitz können Sie jede Woche im Finanz- und Wirtschaftspodcast "Deffner&Zschäpitz" hören. Außerdem bei WELT: Im werktäglichen Podcast „Das bringt der Tag“ geben wir Ihnen im Gespräch mit WELT-Experten die wichtigsten Hintergrundinformationen zu einem politischen Top-Thema des Tages. +++ Werbung +++ Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? [**Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte!**](https://linktr.ee/alles_auf_aktien) Impressum: https://www.welt.de/services/article7893735/Impressum.html Datenschutz: https://www.welt.de/services/article157550705/Datenschutzerklaerung-WELT-DIGITAL.html

In der heutigen Folge von „Alles auf Aktien“ sprechen die Finanzjournalisten Laurin Meyer und Philipp Vetter über den Zins-Effekt der EZB an den Märkten, Renditen mit Romantik bei Netflix und den Flugtaxi-Fluch bei Lilium. Außerdem geht es um Nvidia, Micron, TSMC, Elevance Health, Centene, CVS Health, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, US Bancorp, Trump Media & Technology Group, Geo Group, CoreCivic, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Peabody Energy, Lazard, Moelis, Evercore, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Riot Platforms, Microstrategy, Coinbase, General Motors, Lithium Americas, Rio Tinto, Arcadium Lithium, Rock Tech, Vulcan Energy, Albemarle, Tesla, BYD, SPDR S&P U.S Energy Select Sector (WKN: A14QB0), Invesco Russell 2000 ETF (WKN: A0RGCT) und Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (WKN: A2QPB3). Wir freuen uns an Feedback über aaa@welt.de. Ab sofort gibt es noch mehr "Alles auf Aktien" bei WELTplus und Apple Podcasts – inklusive aller Artikel der Hosts und AAA-Newsletter.[ Hier bei WELT.](https://www.welt.de/podcasts/alles-auf-aktien/plus247399208/Boersen-Podcast-AAA-Bonus-Folgen-Jede-Woche-noch-mehr-Antworten-auf-Eure-Boersen-Fragen.html.) Disclaimer: Die im Podcast besprochenen Aktien und Fonds stellen keine spezifischen Kauf- oder Anlage-Empfehlungen dar. Die Moderatoren und der Verlag haften nicht für etwaige Verluste, die aufgrund der Umsetzung der Gedanken oder Ideen entstehen. Hörtipps: Für alle, die noch mehr wissen wollen: Holger Zschäpitz können Sie jede Woche im Finanz- und Wirtschaftspodcast "Deffner&Zschäpitz" hören. Außerdem bei WELT: Im werktäglichen Podcast „Das bringt der Tag“ geben wir Ihnen im Gespräch mit WELT-Experten die wichtigsten Hintergrundinformationen zu einem politischen Top-Thema des Tages. +++ Werbung +++ Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? [**Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte!**](https://linktr.ee/alles_auf_aktien) Impressum: https://www.welt.de/services/article7893735/Impressum.html Datenschutz: https://www.welt.de/services/article157550705/Datenschutzerklaerung-WELT-DIGITAL.html

In der heutigen Folge von „Alles auf Aktien“ sprechen die Finanzjournalisten Daniel Eckert und Holger Zschäpitz über steigende Kaffeepreise, emotionale Nvidia-Kunden und die bevorstehende Zinssenkung der EZB. Außerdem geht es um BMW, Porsche AG (Sportwagen), ARM Holding, First Solar, Albemarle, Carrier Global, iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (WKN: A0MW0M), Trump Media and Technology, Cheniere Energy, CoreCivic, Société Générale, Raiffeisenbank, Deutsche Bank, ABN Amro, Monte dei Paschi, Banco BPM, BNP Paribas, Banco de Sabadel, Banco Santander und VW Wir freuen uns an Feedback über aaa@welt.de. Ab sofort gibt es noch mehr "Alles auf Aktien" bei WELTplus und Apple Podcasts – inklusive aller Artikel der Hosts und AAA-Newsletter. Hier bei WELT: https://www.welt.de/podcasts/alles-auf-aktien/plus247399208/Boersen-Podcast-AAA-Bonus-Folgen-Jede-Woche-noch-mehr-Antworten-auf-Eure-Boersen-Fragen.html. Disclaimer: Die im Podcast besprochenen Aktien und Fonds stellen keine spezifischen Kauf- oder Anlage-Empfehlungen dar. Die Moderatoren und der Verlag haften nicht für etwaige Verluste, die aufgrund der Umsetzung der Gedanken oder Ideen entstehen. Hörtipps: Für alle, die noch mehr wissen wollen: Holger Zschäpitz können Sie jede Woche im Finanz- und Wirtschaftspodcast "Deffner&Zschäpitz" hören. Außerdem bei WELT: Im werktäglichen Podcast „Das bringt der Tag“ geben wir Ihnen im Gespräch mit WELT-Experten die wichtigsten Hintergrundinformationen zu einem politischen Top-Thema des Tages. +++ Werbung +++ Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte! https://linktr.ee/alles_auf_aktien Impressum: https://www.welt.de/services/article7893735/Impressum.html Datenschutz: https://www.welt.de/services/article157550705/Datenschutzerklaerung-WELT-DIGITAL.html

In der heutigen Folge von „Alles auf Aktien“ sprechen die Finanzjournalisten Daniel Eckert und Laurin Meyer über die Nachwehen des Trump-Attentats an den Märkten, Flaute bei den Erneuerbaren und eine teure Quittung für Macy's. Außerdem geht es um TMTG, Phunware, Geo Group, CoreCivic, Coinbase, Riot Platforms, Marathon Digital, Siemens Energy, Nordex, SMA Solar, Vestas Wind, Bitcoin, Amazon, Target, Walmart, Droneshield, Invesco Solar Energy ETF (WKN: A2QQ9R) und iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (A0MW0M). Wir freuen uns an Feedback über aaa@welt.de. Ab sofort gibt es noch mehr "Alles auf Aktien" bei WELTplus und Apple Podcasts – inklusive aller Artikel der Hosts und AAA-Newsletter. Hier bei WELT: https://www.welt.de/podcasts/alles-auf-aktien/plus247399208/Boersen-Podcast-AAA-Bonus-Folgen-Jede-Woche-noch-mehr-Antworten-auf-Eure-Boersen-Fragen.html. Disclaimer: Die im Podcast besprochenen Aktien und Fonds stellen keine spezifischen Kauf- oder Anlage-Empfehlungen dar. Die Moderatoren und der Verlag haften nicht für etwaige Verluste, die aufgrund der Umsetzung der Gedanken oder Ideen entstehen. Hörtipps: Für alle, die noch mehr wissen wollen: Holger Zschäpitz können Sie jede Woche im Finanz- und Wirtschaftspodcast "Deffner&Zschäpitz" hören. Außerdem bei WELT: Im werktäglichen Podcast „Das bringt der Tag“ geben wir Ihnen im Gespräch mit WELT-Experten die wichtigsten Hintergrundinformationen zu einem politischen Top-Thema des Tages. +++ Werbung +++ Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte! https://linktr.ee/alles_auf_aktien Impressum: https://www.welt.de/services/article7893735/Impressum.html Datenschutz: https://www.welt.de/services/article157550705/Datenschutzerklaerung-WELT-DIGITAL.html

Many Americans are unaware that their retirement savings may be profiting off mass incarceration. In this eye-opening episode, we explore how major corporations and Wall Street firms are making billions by operating prisons and exploiting incarcerated workers.You'll learn how to use the free Prison Free Funds tool to easily check if your 401(k), IRA or other investment funds are invested in private prisons and related companies. Most importantly, you'll hear actionable steps you can take to divest your retirement savings from this industry. Whether it's contacting your employer about alternative fund options or choosing socially responsible funds, you'll walk away empowered to align your investments with your values.Our money has power. By keeping it out of the prison-industrial complex, we can be part of the solution to end mass incarceration and build a more just society. Tune in to learn how to take control of your financial future while making a positive impact with your investments.Links from today's episode:American Slavery, Reinvented. The Atlantic. September 2015.https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/prison-labor-in-america/406177/Prison Free Fundshttps://prisonfreefunds.org/ICYMI another episode you might enjoy:Episode 82 Divesting from Prisonshttps://pod.link/1577031108/episode/04a729da60dd2f1eb0b27eaf1ac8853b  (recorded before the 2024 rebranding of this show)Connect With Genet “GG” Gimja:Website https://www.progressivepockets.comTwitter https://twitter.com/prgrssvpckts Work With Me:Email progressivepockets@gmail.com for brand partnerships, business inquiries, and speaking engagements.Support the Show.

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Presented by Men Of Valor. To learn more or volunteer: men-of-valor.org This episode is brought to you by CoreCivic. Better the public good: corecivic.com

Presented by Men Of Valor. To learn more or volunteer: men-of-valor.org This episode is brought to you by CoreCivic. Better the public good: corecivic.com

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Ralph welcomes civic activist, writer and filmmaker, Pete Davis, to discuss “Join or Die,” a film about why you should join a club—and why the fate of America depends on it. Then Professor Scott Sklar, an expert on sustainable infrastructure joins us to talk about one of the easiest ways we can reduce our energy consumption and slow down the pace of our overheating planet: white roofs. Plus, Ralph has some choice words about the media's coverage of the Republican presidential campaign and also how we don't truly celebrate Labor Day. And speaking of labor, Steve gives us an update on the Writers' and Actors' strike.Pete Davis is a writer and civic advocate. He is the author of Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in An Age of Infinite Browsing, co-founder of the Democracy Policy Network— a policy organization focused on raising up ideas that deepen democracy— and co-director—with Rebecca Davis— of the film Join or Die.43% of Americans are part of zero organizations, and another 20% are only part of one organization. So we're talking about two-thirds of the country that are not part of anything. So they don't know how to run a meeting. They don't know how to do an invitation. They don't know how to deal with tension between neighbors. They don't know how to plan something together in public.Pete DavisThe real basic, atomic-level skills that eventually flourish into hardcore political action often start with softer civic organizing.Pete DavisScott Sklar is Energy Director of George Washington University's Environment & Energy Management Institute and Director of GW's Solar Institute. Mr. Sklar is an expert on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable infrastructure, and runs The Stella Group, Ltd., a clean energy technology optimization and strategic policy firm.White [roofing] is preferable, but even the lightest gray or lightest brown reflects out. We need building codes to do this, we need community activists to do this, we need to train roofers and builders to do this, and we need to create a sort of social compact that [recognizes] this is very easy to do. And so with this and things like tree canopy we can reduce the heat on the ground, which will save lives, make people healthier, and use less energy.Scott SklarThe obvious 800-lb gorilla in the room is the contradiction, where corporations in energy arenas make more money selling waste (by the overuse of energy) and consumers save money by the efficient use of energy. So there's a dead-on conflict between the two interests, and guess who has the most power in the country over government and media. So what Scott is saying is, the more you realize what you personally can save—quite apart from what your community and world can save— the more powerful you have to become.Ralph NaderIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantis1. Capping off a campaign defined by underhanded tricks and legal brute force by the corrupt right-wing establishment, Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo triumphed on Sunday – winning the presidential election in a landslide, with nearly 60% of the vote. However, even with this victory in hand, the road ahead remains perilous. As renowned investigative journalist Allan Nairn noted just before the election, “Arévalo…won't be due to be sworn in until January 14, 2024, and…members [of the corrupt ruling clique known as El Pacto] have made it clear that they will do what's needed to prevent that.”2. Ecuador also held elections on Sunday, including the first round of their presidential contest. Moving to the runoff are Luisa Gonzalez, a left-wing leader backed by Ecuador's former president Rafael Correa and Daniel Noboa, a businessman and scion of a powerful family of banana tycoons, per AP. Yet, looming larger than either candidate is the specter of political violence directed at the left. Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated earlier this month, as was a local leftist politician, and a third survived an attempt on his life. One can only hope for a runoff free of bloodshed.3. In that same election, the Guardian reports Ecuadorans passed a referendum to “halt the development of all new oilwells in the Yasuní national park in the Amazon, one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet.” The article goes on to state “In a second referendum, citizens in Quito also voted to block gold mining in the Chocó Andino, a sensitive highland biosphere near the capital city.”4. The Hollywood Reporter has a new story out concerning a federal court ruling that art created by AI is not eligible for copyright protection. This tremendous victory for creative workers puts up a major roadblock for Hollywood studios who have been unsubtly hinting that they will use AI-generated work to bypass writers, actors, and more. Hopefully, this ruling will convince the studios to return to the negotiating table and hammer out a fair deal to end the entertainment industry strikes.5. A report in The Intercept traces how Norfolk Southern successfully lobbied to weaken a rail regulation bill following the East Palestine disaster. As the author put it in a tweet: “April: Norfolk Southern sends lobbyists to Congress. May: A committee that lobbyists met with weakens the bipartisan rail safety bill. June + July: Norfolk Southern gives thousands to Republican members on that exact committee. Welcome to Washington!”6. From Truthout: In 2021, activists in New Jersey spearheaded a push to ban ICE contracts with private prisons – and got a bill signed into law. Yet, now the Biden administration is backing a challenge to this law led by private prison megacorporation CoreCivic. Back in 2021, Biden stated unequivocally “There should be no private prisons, period, none, period…They should not exist. And we are working to close all of them.” Another promise broken.7. Elon Musk has 153 million followers on Twitter – or as he has redubbed it, X – yet, how many of those are real? Mashable's Matt Binder examined the data and found some startling results. “[over] 42% of Musk's followers have 0 followers on their own account, [more than] 72% have less than 10 followers, [and over] 40 percent of Musk's followers have 0 posts.” While some of these accounts could simply be inactive, this data suggests many of these accounts are bots being used to artificially inflate Musk's follower count.8. The Daily Beast reports that Van Jones, the former activist and CNN commentator, has been forced out of his leadership role at the nonprofit Dream.org, two years after the group received a $100 million donation from Jeff Bezos. A subsidiary of Dream.org, Green For All, also received a three year, $10 million grant in 2020. The article quotes “several ex-employees” who allege “The group tore through that money with little to show for it.” This story shines a light on corruption in activist spaces and gives a window into the non-profit industrial complex run amok.9. Last year, San Francisco voters ousted progressive, reform prosecutor Chesa Boudin, in a recall brought after sustained attacks by conservatives and establishment liberals. Boudin was replaced by more traditional, ‘tough on crime' prosecutor Brooke Jenkins. Yet, a year on and MSNBC reports that violent crime has actually increased in the Golden City compared to Boudin's tenure. While this will come as a surprise to some, it is arguably more shocking that anyone could think going back to the old, failed model of law enforcement would yield new results. That is after all the very definition of insanity. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

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Sue Alice Sauthoff serves as the Vice President of Operations for Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Faith Driven Investor. She is passionate about connecting people to each other and equipping them for their God-given calling. Throughout her career, Sue Alice has worked to build and ignite teams in the non-profit, corporate, and education sectors, creating innovative training to catalyze growth. Prior to joining the Faith Driven team, Sue Alice spent 5 years as a strategist and training manager with Samaritan's Purse, building and equipping volunteer leaders and teams around the globe. As a consultant, Sue Alice has also worked with Mexico's Instituto Nacional para la Educación de los Adultos, CoreCivic, and McGraw Hill. After graduating from Baylor University, she enjoyed seven years teaching Spanish and coaching middle school soccer while pursuing graduate studies in education and biblical studies. On the weekends, Sue Alice can be found hiking, paddle boarding, and chasing waterfalls in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband and two daughters while hopelessly searching for real Tex-Mex. For more information go to: www.marcyllecombs.com

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Nearly 2 million people are locked in US jails and prisons on any given day. That's a 500% increase in during the last 40 years. Mass incarceration fueled a move toward private prisons-for-profit as states ran out of space to house incarcerated people and money to build new prisons. Our contemporary system of private prisons -for-profit began in the 1980s. Today, private prisons make billions of dollars every year housing, feeding and overseeing incarcerated people who the state pays them to lock up. But making money off of incarcerated bodies isn't a new idea. It's actually older than the United States.  For a great genealogical take on the contemporary prison system, check out Shane Bauer's book American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment. For more on the drug war, prison profits and CCA (CoreCivic), see Discourses of Deception: (Re)Examining America's War on Drugs. 

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In der heutigen Folge „Alles auf Aktien“ sprechen die Finanzjournalisten Laurin Meyer und Philipp Vetter über Frust-Börsen-Shopping bei den Saudis und das Geldverdienen mit dem Knast. Außerdem geht es um Delivery Hero, Rheinmetall, Hensoldt, Walmart, BlackRock, Amazon, Meta, Electronic Arts, Uniper, Geo Group und CoreCivic. Wir freuen uns an Feedback über aaa@welt.de. Disclaimer: Die im Podcast besprochenen Aktien und Fonds stellen keine spezifischen Kauf- oder Anlage-Empfehlungen dar. Die Moderatoren und der Verlag haften nicht für etwaige Verluste, die aufgrund der Umsetzung der Gedanken oder Ideen entstehen. Für alle, die noch mehr wissen wollen: Holger Zschäpitz können Sie jede Woche im Finanz- und Wirtschaftspodcast "Deffner&Zschäpitz" hören. Impressum: https://www.welt.de/services/article7893735/Impressum.html Datenschutz: https://www.welt.de/services/article157550705/Datenschutzerklaerung-WELT-DIGITAL.html

In mid-July, the Southern Poverty Law Center and several immigrant advocacy groups released a letter detailing sexual assault allegations made by four migrant women formerly detained at the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia. All four women accused the same nurse of assault, and since the release of that letter, The Intercept reported on a fifth woman who accused the nurse of assault. CoreCivic, the private prison company that runs Stewart, claims that they investigated three reports of sexual assault against the nurse and found two to be “unsubstantiated” and the other to be “unfounded.” We speak with José Olivares, lead producer for The Intercept and John Washington, contributor to The Intercept and reporter for Arizona Luminaria, about their reporting on this story. Click here to read the full Intercept report on this story. In a 2019 report for The Takeaway, José Olivares uncovered evidence that staff at Stewart “skirted rules when dealing with a migrant with mental illness” who died by suicide at the facility. Click here to listen to that reporting. The Takeaway reached out to CoreCivic for this story and received a statement that reads in part: "The safety, health, and well-being of the individuals entrusted to our care is our top priority. In accordance with Department of Homeland Security and Prison Rape Elimination Act standards, CoreCivic maintains a zero-tolerance policy for all forms of sexual abuse. It is the policy of CoreCivic to provide a safe and secure environment for all detainees that is free from the threat of sexual abuse, assault, or harassment. It is CoreCivic's policy to aggressively investigate all sexual abuse allegations, regardless of the source, and support prosecution for those who are involved in incidents of sexual abuse. Any detainees making such allegations are offered appropriate medical and mental health services, emotional support services, and answers to any questions they have about the investigative process. We unequivocally deny any claims of threats or retaliation." The Takeaway also reached out to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and received this statement: "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a zero-tolerance policy for all forms of assault, including sexual abuse, and works to protect detainees from sexual abuse by staff as well as other detainees. Detention facilities are required to notify ICE of all sexual abuse or assault allegations, as well as notify local law enforcement of any allegations involving potentially criminal behavior. Every allegation is investigated and referred appropriately for adjudication as required. With respect to the recent allegations at the Stewart Detention Center, two allegations remain under investigation and ICE continues to follow all appropriate protocol to notify, report, and investigative requirements. Any individual – ICE employee or contractor – suspected of sexual abuse or assault is immediately removed from contact with detained individuals until the completion of the investigation."  

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Short Synopsis:  CoreCivic's purpose promotes “change,” “compassion,” and “community.” But can for-profit prisons truly be the change they wish to see in the world? In this episode, we explore the paradoxes and pitfalls of an industry with a murky history. Guests: Sharon Brett - Legal Director, ACLU Kansas César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández - Gregory Williams Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at Ohio State University College of Law and Author  David Safavian - General counsel, American Conservative Union Foundation   We'd love to hear what you think about the show. Maybe you're inspired to take action, maybe you disagree with today's bullshit rating. Either way, we want to hear about it. Leave us a message at 212-505-2305. You might even be featured on an upcoming episode.    Show Notes: Ava DuVernay's bold documentary 13th follows the evolution of American slavery into today's prison industrial complex. Read Juleyka Lantigua-Williams's coverage of the film's release and watch the full documentary on Netflix.  A recent lawsuit by the mother of Terry Childress, a Trousdale Turner inmate killed in custody last year, is looking to expose the link between understaffing and violence within a CoreCivic prison. Jam out to “Die Jim Crow Records” — a record label working to build compassion in prisons by giving incarcerated citizens an opportunity to create music.   Find out more at https://callingbullshitpodcast.com/.    Background Reading: Learn more about Sharon's work at the ACLU Kansas. Read César's book, ‘Migrating to Prison'. Learn more about David Safavian and the American Conservative Union Foundation.   If you love the show, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. Find out more at https://callingbullshitpodcast.com/.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Biden will Putin nicht glauben, deshalb muss der DAX dran glauben. Den Glauben verloren haben die Investoren von Palantir, die Commerzbank macht Milliarden und Charlie Munger hasst ETFs und den Bitcoin. Wer The Big Short mag, wird dieses Portfolio lieben: Michael Burry kauft Gefängnisse mit CoreCivic (WKN: A2DGL0) und der Geo Group (WKN: A11662), investiert in Harley Davidsons E-Bikes (WKN: A2QKPF) und wettet mit Fidelity (WKN: A1166U) auf überteuerte Häuser. Medtronic (WKN: A14M2J) erhöht seit 44 Jahren die Dividende, hat 49.000 Patente und produziert mehr Herzschläge als der Rest der Welt. Diesen Podcast der Podstars GmbH (Noah Leidinger) vom 18.02.2022, 3:00 Uhr stellt Dir die Trade Republic Bank GmbH zur Verfügung. Die Trade Republic Bank GmbH wird von der Bundesanstalt für Finanzaufsicht beaufsichtigt.

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En el episodio de hoy repasaremos la cartera del famoso inversor Michael Burry entre sus posiciones encontramos: CVS Health, Lockhead Martin, GEO Group, CoreCivic, DNOW y Scynexis. Solemos publicar nuestra cartera en Twitter. Para conocer más sobre las empresas que hablamos, visitad: analisisdeinversion.com Tickers: ADT, FMCCL, OSI, ORE, SAND, PSTH, FNMA, HHC, BUZZ, HHC, GSVR Si queréis visitar mi web (Albert): albert-mendoza.com.

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If you want your investments to match your principles should a threat to divest be part of your long-term strategy? In the fourth episode of our special five-part series on sustainable or ESG investing, produced in partnership with the FT's Moral Money team, the story of the California State Teachers' Retirement System, or Calstrs, and why its decision to divest from the US private prisons industry prompted tears and passionate discussion on the board.Joe Rennison, deputy US markets editor, assesses the long-term impact that divestment can have on companies, while Moral Money's Patrick Temple-West, Attracta Mooney, the FT's investment correspondent, and Lindsay Frost, a senior reporter at Agenda, an FT publication about the corporate board space, explain why divestment presents a conundrum for investors and whether passive investment funds are really compatible with ESG investing. JPMorgan funds invested in CoreCivic debt after vow to stop financing private prisonsBond funds wrestle with human rights dilemmaDivestment Concerns Creep In for More IndustriesCheck out stories and up-to-the-minute news from the Moral Money team here. Get 30 days of the premium Moral Money newsletter free, together with complimentary access to FT.com for the same period, visit www.ft.com/insideesgReview clips: Calstrs, NBC, Global News, PBS, AP, CBC News, The Guardian, CSPAN See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you want your investments to match your principles should a threat to divest be part of your long-term strategy? In the fourth episode of our special five-part series on sustainable or ESG investing, produced in partnership with the FT's Moral Money team, the story of the California State Teachers' Retirement System, or Calstrs, and why its decision to divest from the US private prisons industry prompted tears and passionate discussion on the board.Joe Rennison, deputy US markets editor, assesses the long-term impact that divestment can have on companies, while Moral Money's Patrick Temple-West, Attracta Mooney, the FT's investment correspondent, and Lindsay Frost, a senior reporter at Agenda, an FT publication about the corporate board space, explain why divestment presents a conundrum for investors and whether passive investment funds are really compatible with ESG investing. JPMorgan funds invested in CoreCivic debt after vow to stop financing private prisonsBond funds wrestle with human rights dilemmaDivestment Concerns Creep In for More IndustriesCheck out stories and up-to-the-minute news from the Moral Money team here. Get 30 days of the premium Moral Money newsletter free, together with complimentary access to FT.com for the same period, visit www.ft.com/insideesgReview clips: Calstrs, NBC, Global News, PBS, AP, CBC News, The Guardian, CSPAN See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Deadly year for motorcyclists; State extends CoreCivic prison contract; Booster uptake slow to start; Underhill residents to vote on removing selectboard member.

BENZINGA ELECTRIC VEHICLES CONFERENCE TOMORROW SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 Click here to register for FREEEpisode Summary:UBER's Wild Ride Crypto Update How To Trade The VolatilityGuests:Kristen Helsel CRO Ideanomics $IDEX 24:00Richard MacPherson CEO of Midwest Energy Emissions Corp $MEECMeade Wells, Founder https://www.altso.org/ 39:00 Hosts:Aaron BryTwitter: https://twitter.com/aaronbry5Hot Stocks Luke JacobiTwitter: https://twitter.com/lukejacobiJason RaznickTwitter: https://twitter.com/jasonraznickSubscribe to all Benzinga Podcasts hereGet 20% off Benzinga PRO here Become a BENZINGA AFFILIATE and earn 30% on new subscriptionsDisclaimer: All of the information, material, and/or content contained in this program is for informational purposes only. Investing in stocks, options, and futures is risky and not suitable for all investors. Please consult your own independent financial adviser before making any investment decisions.Unedited Transcript what's up, everybody. Welcome to the power hour on Spencer. That's Aaron Bree in the dark studio. There. Dark. I got the lights on. It's not, it's not that dark, whatever it is, a little dungeon in here, but it's also just gloomy and dark outside in Detroit today. Uh, it's gloomy. The more kids to dare I say, AB my question for you is, are you buying the dip or you sum the rip?That is my origin. Both. Um, yeah, so Spencer, I'm glad you asked. So yesterday I did get in and buy a little, you know, a few dips out there. You can stay at that's what you bought. Um, okay. So yesterday I bought some shares of ticker, I N D a. You might know this one. Spencer w the Indian ETF I did. Wow. Oh man.I got it here. Yeah. So essentially, um, you know, I think with like so much fear surrounding everything in China, um, a lot of investors are going to look for other emerging markets to dip their fingers into. Um, and actually it's a, it's a little known fact that India's economy has actually been growing at a faster rate than China's over the past couple of years.Not like not through the economy. Bigger than China knows, but that it's growing faster. So like it's projected that India's economy is going to, you know, 10 X over the next 10 years versus China's like five vaccine or whatever the numbers are. So I, I like the in India trade right now. And I just found this as like an easy way to kind of dip my toes into it.I didn't, um, enter like a huge position of this or anything. I think I bought about five shares. So about $250 worth. Yeah. Wait, I want to tell you under the bus here, are there any companies in this ETF that you or I, or anyone else what I've heard of? Um, so I did look at the holdings on ETF, uh, and there's one.Company that I'd heard about before. Let me figure out which one it was. Um, but no, I don't, I don't think any big names that like people really trade here a lot. Is this a, what is this? Fuse is a trade. This is a short term thing. No, not at all. No. I'm just going to buy this and hold it. I think that, um, you know, I think India's economy, like I said, is going to keep growing over the.Five 10 years or so. So I that's what I'm looking at. I'm looking at just, oh, nice. A gone with the, a little bit obscure ETF. I N D a like, why can't it, what else did you buy yesterday? Um, the, I think that was. Stock that I purchased yesterday for the first time I have been watching a couple other stocks that are just in my holdings.Um, FUBU, I have a pretty big, uh, steak. I don't have a big stake in FUBU. Like the company that my portfolio is, uh, you know, heavily weighted toward FUBU right now. Um, so FUBU actually dipped today at one point down more than 3%, uh, since then, Oh an hour ago at 11, it's kinda been ripping up. So, um, FOBO is coming back up and I'm waiting Spencer to see I'm looking at the chart.It looks like we are in a little like downtrend on FUBU. And if we continue this downtrend down to around the $16 range where there's previous support, I'm going to buy more shares to kind of average my costs down. Hmm. Never. You're never frowning average. Exactly. Yeah. I mean, look, I, I. Um, you know, going to be, I'm going to persevere and I'm not going to let this trade beat me.All right, dude, you duty, you know what you do, you, you w we can all, all we control, we can control. I can't control you. You do you, man. I hope it works out for you. That is a risky strategy, but I hope it works out for you. I mean, look, I I've said it before that I originally invested in FOBO, uh, you know, with very high hopes since then my hopes have dampered a little bit.I haven't gotten to the point where I'm just like, okay, I don't want this stock in my portfolio anymore. And completely shedding all my shares. So that's what. I'm going to, uh, you know, continue to try this trade out until I'm profitable. And if, if a few months from now, Spencer, I'm still talking I'm in the red on FUBU.Then you can tell me it's time to say goodbye. Fair enough. Fair to break up completely. Okay. Real quick. Before we keep going a couple house keeping items, house. Item number one, go ahead and smash that like button for us, please. And thank you. Housekeeping item number two. Our next event is actually tomorrow.There is a graphic up on the bottom, right of the screen. They are going to BZ Evie. BZ V con.com to, uh, see who will be presenting speaking tomorrow at the Benzinga electric, you have a conference it'll be all day right here on a YouTube nine to five. Uh, X pong will be there. Ticker X, P E V G M will be there.Archimoto will be there ticker FUV so, uh, big names we'll be there tomorrow. Uh, and we were so excited. Uh, for the stuff that we actually couldn't wait. And we got an Evie guest on the power hour today coming up in a couple of minutes here, actually, we're going to have the chief revenue officer of ID Nomics.Uh, Kristen Helsel ticker IDX. That'll be at 1215. That'll be followed by Richard MacPherson, the CEO of, uh, me, uh, Emmy B2C environmental at 1230. We're going to talk, uh, power and, uh, Yeah, how do we get our power in this country at 1230 and then 1245. We're going to talk with a former headphone manager who is doing what I think is what we all should do is make a lot of money and then devote all his time to, to a good cause, um, need, well, you usually chairman and co-founder of a leg to stand on, um, was a, uh, used to run a hedge fund, octagon asset management.And, uh, we're gonna talk to me meet about that, but that's the dream right there. Right? Make a lot of money. Devote all your time to, uh, some good cause yeah, look, basically, you got two options right now out there. You can make a lot of money and then try to, uh, you know, go to space or getting a little space race with your, you know, other ultra rich arch-nemesis counterpart, or you can use that money, uh, you know, in a very.Productive way, like get, get in prosthetics for kids that need them. I know which one I would choose and it's the ladder and that's why we're bringing bead Wells on to talk to him. Um, and yeah, so very, very beautiful. What he's doing there. Steve Cohen in the chat is asking, what did I buy it for? And what do you want to sell it at?So my average cost, uh, for FUBU is $29 and 76 cents. Um, I'm currently down on the position about 13%, right, right. Um, so definitely not the price action that I've been wanting in FUBU, but what do I want to sell it at? Looking at the chart, Spencer, I see two previous, uh, you know, peaks in the chart. The first one was in December of 2020.It got all the way up to $62. I'm going to kind of dis I'm going to disregard that one because I, you know, it looked like, I don't know if there was like a short squeeze there or something, but the stock went up a lot and then dropped down a lot really quickly. And then about a month or two later, it got back up to $52.Um, and you tested those highs again before coming back down. And we've talked about it before Spencer, that there's a lot of studies shown out there that typically stocks do have a tendency to at some point, get back to their previous, uh, highs. Um, so I would be looking. To sell this at around $50. Um, but maybe I would take some profits on the way up from there considering I've been in the red, on this trade for a while.All right. You've already watched lost the plot here on this. I'm afraid, like I said, I'm rooting for you, man. I hope it works out, uh, knowing this market, it probably will. Uh, but, but, um, good. Seriously, uh, because it seems like you have changed your mind on this one, several times in terms of what you bought a four versus what you're doing with it now.And, and, uh, stocks don't have to go back to all the time. I was just, just, just remember that they don't have to, they, I think they typically do a. Solar solar up saying, are you still heavily invested in? I would never say I was heavily invested in private prisons. I threw out. Um, what was it? Core civic, tickers.CVX, I think run th there was, there was a trade. There was a prison trade to be made when biding got elected. I think because, uh, they, the thinking was he was gonna meet the geo group. Right. Is the. Yeah. Yeah. Geo and CoreCivic are the two biggest ones. And yeah, there were, there was thoughts that they were going to outlaw private prisons or whatever.And then Biden kind of came out and said, I basically just said from a value perspective, Luke and I were going through different companies. Um, that, that was one that I had seen, like thrown around Reddit and stuff that like, Hey, the balance sheet looks very strong on this strong balance sheet on a proven company.Great. Yeah, exactly. Um, but. Pointed that out. The stock went from about $8 to not when I pointed out, but after I pointed out, it went from about $8 up to, uh, around 12, but is now trading lower from there, back to around the range when I like first brought it up here, but honestly, solar up, I don't even think I was ever in that trade.I, it was just something that I talked about. Can I say the one trade I made that I, where I felt so dirty, uh, after the fact and I had to like sell my stock like a couple of days later, because I felt so bad about it. Uh, it was last year I bought a what was the ticker, uh, S see, I think I've mentioned this before service Corp international.Oh man. I should have. Do you know what this company does? No clue. They're a leading provider of funeral homes. Uh, did you, did you buy it as like a COVID play? Oh, wow. That's that's grim. That's Graham Spencer, but wait, so the stock crashed when everything else did and got down here, but I'm surprised, I guess it took a little bit for buyers to come in for that whole, I bought it like, um, this was like in the spring, this was after the bottom.I bought it. Um, wait, wait, wait. You're talking. That's this. Oh, I'm sorry. You're right. You're right. Uh, yeah, I know I bought it. Oh God. It was so volatile. I, I dunno. I bought it somewhere in this vicinity and then I lost, I sorta like three days later because I was like, I can't, I can't do this, like so bad.Yeah. That's how I feel anytime. Uh, you know, I think there was a point, um, over, uh, you know, w where. Oil and gas companies were actually getting like undervalued and all. And you know, th there's always cyclical flows, right? Like all the money's going to go into growth and green energy until, um, a lot of those assets are overpriced and overbought.And then a lot of the other energy stocks, the oil and gas ones get oversold and undervalued. And that was kind of pointed out to me by a few, uh, you know, traders that. I take their, uh, you know, opinions, not lightly, you know, guys like gene monster, um, and people like that are like actually oil and gas is like getting pretty cheap.Like it should be valued a little higher. And I got into some of those trades and then within like a month, I was like, I, I can't do this. I can't, uh, you know, I can't be invested in the oil and gas to be clear. There was nothing. With the funeral home was they provided a re a valuable service and nothing wrong with that, or even like investing in them at all.But I like specifically bought this for a trade. Once it became evident that like COVID was going to be really, really bad and that, you know, if you want to do that great. I, but my conscious caught up to me and I was like, I can't, I can't, I can't do this. So, uh, anyway, that's my quick story. I'm on sci real fast before our first guest ABI want to do a crypto update.Alright. Uh, it is, uh, mostly right here on the screen, Bitcoin down 1.6% eith down for call at 1.5%, uh, more green than red. And let's go to the Bitcoin chart here. Uh, you know what though? Today's candle doesn't actually look that. Right. If you can see there, uh, the, the, the lower wick is, is, is huge, right?It means we're well off the low of the day. Uh, so this is actually not like the, I mean, we, we did break below whatever kind of support that was. What, what does that forty forty two call the high 40 twos, but we're worried back there now. So, um, you know, buying the dip has worked for today, at least in Bitcoin, not so much this week, but certainly for today.Um, but we are, we are below that range from a company as they go in theory. Um, kind of the same story, right? These charts were identical. Um, but the difference is that, uh, actually, no, there really is. No, there's no difference here. It's the same story, right? At what I have support around the $3,000 area, I wanted to talk about sushi, sushi swap as well.I dunno if you saw this one, um, bought this thing, uh, has gotten creamed, uh, past how many days is that? Past week, past week gotten creamed, uh, from 16 to below 10 narrower at 10 20 now. And then, so I wanted to bring that up because it is a. Uh, there's a reason why I wanted to bring this up and I forget why.W w what's it like the worst performer of the day? No, it wasn't what it was. Uh, I forgot why I think, I, I think I saw this yesterday, uh, that that bar stood out to me. And then avalanche, I don't know if you're watching an avalanche, uh, tip of the hat to anyone who has the stomach for this, because this thing is really moving it is it is your best performing crypto, at least on corn market cap, uh, of the last.I think, but it's in that, within that month, you've had multiple days of like serious, serious pain. So hats off to, I mean, like when we look at today in avalanche, right? We're we are on our way to, to regaining all of yesterday's losses. Uh, so if this is you tip of the hat, I can't stomach this, but, but, uh, This is what cryptos for right is for volatiles stuff.And that's what, that's what, that's what this is. Uh, if anything, Bitcoin and ether have, have, uh, gone correlation straight to the overall market to the stock market here, right? Uh, like, like these charts, maybe not like all the way back here, but if you look at the last couple of days in Bitcoin, there's correlates to the stock market.So. Yeah. I mean so much for that being a hedge, but, um, I'm still long Bitcoin, Ethereum Cardona, Solano, not Cardona Solano. Um, yeah, AB and just alone. Yeah. I mean, I am holding strong. My theory I'm right now. Um, kind of same thing I was talking about with FUBU. If it continues to drop, I might, uh, average my costs in, at a lower price, but, um, I think we're at a, at a pretty, you know, significant line in the sand right here, Spencer with Ethereum, I think will either.Uh, you know, see it, hold these levels and bounce again. Or if it continues to fall, we could see it drop all the way down to that $2,600 inch. I think I'm sort of stuck in now. It's like, do I want to buy more? That's sort of my only question is, do you, what do I, or do I not want to buy more? I don't actually even know where my cost basis, you know what?I have a bone to pick, um, when I opened my crypto account whatever year ago, or whenever I did that, um, I just picked Coinbase because. Frankly, I just picked out of the hat and, uh, you can't see your cost basis on Coinbase. What's up with that? I don't actually remember where I bought. I think I bought a theme around here, honestly.Um, so, so anyway, I don't really know where I, where I bought out, but my point was, do I buy more or do I not? But I don't have the very large exposure. I have a very minimal exposure to crypto. I've got thing I through like between all my crypto is I, my cost basis is probably like. I dunno. I think I threw probably like three, $4,000 in it.So not, not a ton, but do I want to buy more here or do I not AB I think we'll wait, Spencer. I think we'll wait. Um, you know, to see what happens throughout the rest of this week. Okay. You say, wait, how happy he says you can, or maybe I just don't know how to use corn base, but I, I swear, I've looked at corn base and you, you, you can't see.Your whatever, moving on. I don't care. Um, okay. Crypto update brought to you by Voyager. Everyone. Get $50 in Bitcoin for free. Download the Voyager app funding with a hundred dollars. Make your first trade use. The code is zing that's Z I N G. And that'll get you $50 in free Bitcoin. Okay. Uh, our first guest is not here AB I know I'm.Doing some reach out right now to make sure everything is AB is doing some reaching out our 1230 guests. I see. In the green room or the blue room. I don't know what color the room has been. Our 1230 guest is here. Uh, so we're looking forward to talking with Richard MacPherson at 1230, uh, and waiting for idea Nomics, uh, CRO chief revenue officer Kristin Helsel at, um, at now, uh, whenever she.I want to talk to hurricanes. I really want to get her take on like what she thinks goes on with like their stock. Cause I don't, I IDX is one of the most widely held stocks like Robin hood. And I, I just wouldn't want her to take on that. Um, because I don't really, not that I have anything against the company, but I.You know, it's a seemingly random, random company to be, uh, so widely held. So, uh, what I'd love to get Kristen on. If she, if she wants to join us today, then if not, we're going to be, uh, moving right along. Uh, one of the things we'll want to get mentioned also, before I forgot, before it got away from me is if you look at it like a heat map today or a.Whatever, uh, a watch list and, you know, they just show you what I'm talking about. Okay. I put up a watch list today of like overall market, right? Every sector, every major index, every five larger stocks, it's all green. Right. But that doesn't tell the whole story. Because it doesn't account for, um, how we've really behaved from the open, this only really accounts for how we've behaved from yesterday's clothes.So all that being said, I pull up a chart of the spy and my, my, my take here on the, on the whole market is whatever happens from three 30 to four o'clock today is w is the direction I think we're, we're gonna. So if we re, if we basically, if we sell off into the clothes, I'm, I'm short term bearish, I'm bearish for the week.I'm buried for the rest of the month. Um, maybe even in Stocktober, if we don't sell off until the close, but we actually hold these gains, then color me bullish for the week. Paul was for September. Both for the rest of the year. Um, but I do think it's important. I don't, I still have no idea what happened into the clothes yesterday.If anyone has any ideas. Uh, I know there is some, some talk about some, some, some options buying, but, but that rally into the close yesterday was, was something something's fierce. And my take is whatever happens in the last half hour of the day. That's where. I don't know if you have a take on that. Um, yeah.Sorry. I'm working with a, I R idea. I our team try and get, uh, get Kristen on. Um, no, Roger says she's too busy for us. She's too busy counter grant money. That may be true. Neuro Roger, that may be true. We've we've been blown off before. I've been blown off many times. I've done many, many interviews. I'm hosting many shows for Benzinga and I've been blown off more times than I, uh, than I than I care to count.So it wouldn't be the first time and it probably won't be the last, I want a, uh, to do a quick survey in the chat. A one, if you are Jay Ray says it's not a constant call. Okay. J. I want to do a survey in the chat one, if you're a, what's called through the end of the month, if few of the end of September, do we close September in the spy higher or lower than 4 36, where, which is where we are right now.Wonder if he close higher to close lower? That's what I want to know. One of your bullets too. If you're married.That's what I got to know biggest so far. I mean, we, yeah, we gave back a nice track of gains and the, the, the threats of pre-market and, and, and for the first hour of today, but it's been a nice rally from the, in the last hour and a half. I'm seeing, oh, I'm seeing mixes. I'm seeing, I'm mostly ones, some twos though, one and a half and cow, you can't be both actually.All right. Let's think it's split 50, 50 Cameron doll. W w w w what is three? What is three means? But it wasn't even on the menu. I will remind you. I do have an active bet with Joel Al cannon, that we will see a new, all time high at some point before the end of the year. It's an active bet. I gave him amazing eyes.I gave him like five to one odds that we're gonna get a new all-time high at some point between now and the end of the year. Um, so unchanged. All right. One important five means unchanged. Wow. That's a lukewarm take. If I ever heard one. Alright, fine. Cam Cameron knows betting on for the next nine days.Have fun with that one. I'm doing I'm just kidding. Okay. Well, let's go to the scanner. Benzinga pro uh, we got a couple minutes before our guests here. Uh, see what jumps out to us. And again, this is why I love looking at movers from the open, not from the clothes, because from the clothes, I'm sorry. From the, yeah, from the clothes, the move is distorted by whatever happened.And I want to know what's volatile from the open discovery dis CB. This thing is a, it's a high flyer, super vault tile. This w this is the one that does crazy things, right. It's not liquid at all. Forget that. I don't want to look at that stock. It's no, it's no liquidity. Huge spreads. Forget that. Um, what else jumps out to me?Upside or downside? Uh, nothing really. Oh my gosh. Again, with the Dutch brothers, have you seen the stock? Because the stock look at this coffee company, I got to know where, uh, I'm gonna ask Richard, if he's ever had this, when he comes on this Dutch brothers coffee, they must be the, they must have the best coffee in the world.Uh, it was trading lower at one point today to came back. Um, no, uh, Tim ID omics will be on, we do have our guests here, so Spencer, without further ado, let's get. Get access to actual news and market research with all the information you need to invest smarter and profit faster. Start your free trial today@prodotbenzinga.com.Hey, nice intro, Aaron, Bruce. Thank you. We may. Yeah, how's it going, Kristen? Thank you for joining us on, on Ben power hour today. Thank you for taking time out of your, uh, you know, busy Tuesday to join us. Thrilled to be here. Hi guys. Um, so go ahead, go ahead. I was just going to say Kristen real quick. Before we get into some specific questions about.Um, the company, you just want to give a brief overview of ID and omics for our audience, that some of some of the, uh, audience may not be familiar. Sure. We're a publicly traded on NASDAQ under IDE acts, headquartered in, uh, New York city and, uh, really in the fleet, uh, electrification. So, uh, we've, uh, put together a company that's really focused on this transition from internal combustion engines to fleet electrification, and we're doing it on a global basis.Uh, Kristen, I know you guys, you guys don't necessarily control this, but do you have any idea as to why your stock is so volatile and so, so wild, so widely held among retailers. I think it's, uh, our leader Alf Corp, who has been, uh, you know, who really, I think resonates with the retail investor community.And I think, you know, he's been putting his vision out there and, uh, has been really heavily supported, which is something we really love you. I did I'll mix does a lot of investing. You guys do a lot of investing in, in other, in smaller Evie companies. Can you tell us about sort of like that, that process?What do you look for? When you're. Cause I imagine your thought process, it should not, is not that or should not be that be dissimilar to my thought process when I'm looking at like an UV company that I want to buy stock and whatever. Right. So like, what is your thought process behind some, like your, your investments?Sure. We look for three. Tech that we really believe in that we think is transformational and will also hold up in the future. So that's really the very first thing. We also look for companies that have referenceable customers. We're not, we're not necessarily talking to a lot of people who have. You know, really thought through the product and gotten it deployed.And then we're looking for a strong leadership team because, you know, we work with those teams to grow these companies and we want to make sure that all those pieces are in place. And so when you look at the acquisitions we've made like waive our inductive charging company, you know, it has a strong leadership team in place.It has a really strong CEO and Erin Gilmore. A strong CTO, you know, a really strong leadership team below that we have, uh, electric tractor company select track. And again, we put a, an industry leading tractor specialist of Manny. I are there to lead that team and he's assembling an amazing group. So that's, that's really how we go to market with these companies.And, and we really, uh, are confident that that's going to be what makes them successful. What do you make of just the. Evie market environment. It's been a really, really wild year. I mean, it really last year, too, especially the back half of last year EVs were so in favor and even the, you know, the first part of this year too.And a lot of that favor has come off in, you know, in the last six, seven months. Has that impacted your business at all? This is a long-term play. I did Evie infrastructure. Uh, I was with another company and we launched with the leaf in 2009. And we thought the Evie revolution was going to happen then. And you know, flash forward, it's 2021.It's still going to happen. I think people have to be patient. You know, it is going to take some time. This isn't going to be something that happens, you know, tomorrow or next week. But if you look over the next couple of years, I can already, you know, the vehicles are coming. The fleet vehicles are coming, the passenger vehicles.This is a transition that we're going to make it's, you know, gonna, you know, not only take time, but you also have to think about the future. What's beyond what we have today in terms of charging. Where's the future going? And that's where products like Waverly. Got it. Um, so, so Kristen, going back to, you know, the retail traders, just being, um, you know, kind of a namerd with the ID Nomics stock, what do you think, you know, w was the retail trader, was that kind of the reason behind the stocks, you know, rapid rise back in early February of 20, 20 up to $5, um, or were there other factors kind of driving that stock.I think there were a lot of things. I mean, I think that, you know, there was a lot of talk even then about an infrastructure package. There was, you know, a lot of, uh, you know, talk about the climate, you know, it, I mean, it is going to be volatile, I think for years to come, but we love, love, love our retail traders and, uh, are, you know, are excited about the support that they give ID Nomics, number one, but, you know, number two, we see a lot more, you know, of the.Companies coming in and listen to this space. And, you know, I think that, uh, that may smooth things out in the next, I dunno, a couple of years, but until then, you know, um, you know, it's going to be up and down. You know, the Biden infrastructure plan is on again, off again on again, off again. And you know, those kinds of things really affected.Uh, ID Nomics has, uh, offices or subsidiary or facility in China, correct? Um, I I'm, I'm just curious how that's going. There is some subjective, some, some controversy last year. Uh, you had some, some short sellers, uh, come out against you guys, specifically for that facility. Uh, but now I'm not just referring to that.I'm referring to just like. Geopolitical like stuff going on between the us and China. So like w w w can you update us on what's going on over there and how that's going? Yeah. We have a great leader, Larry wrong, who leads the China team? Uh it's uh, you know, they're really doing a lot to finance, like ride sharing EVs, and, you know, they're really in the EDI space as well.And while, you know, that is a part of our business. The majority of our business is in north America right now, and a little bit in Europe. And of course Asia, where we have our tree electric bikes. So, you know, it's, you know, we see ourselves now as a global global company with a presence in China. And when you say you're a business, you're really you're you mean just B to B Evie and infrastructure.Type things, electrification of, of fleets, et cetera, et cetera, B E V infrastructure, but also the things we've announced like via the, uh, you know, the, uh, uh, class two to class six, a skateboard technology delivery last mile and mid mile delivery, a van that we, uh, you know, just, uh, Now that that's a deal we've signed, that's not closed yet, but we're very excited about that product, you know, energy co, which is actually making motorcycles and selling them around the world.You know, that's another, I mean, so we, we not only have the, if a customer comes to us, we certainly have the infrastructure technology, but we also have the vehicle knowledge and technology. And we're uniting that around things like energy storage and renewables, so that when somebody comes to us and says, how am I going to Tran?You know, how am I going to move from my internal combustion engine? How do I move my fleet to a transfer? You know, electrified transportation. We can provide the solution, start to finish. And that's where we really think not only, you know, our vision about, you know, the infrastructure, but that glue holding it together.That's where we think we're really differentiated and where we're going to make it easy for our customer to make that transition. We can help them do that. Th there there's some questions from our chat actually, AB if I could just jump in for one second and maybe we will have to get Alfond Rahul, but there's some questions from our chat.Uh, w w w about there's a few here that I can't, I can't get to all of them. Okay. Let's just do this one from, uh, from Anthony, um, w regarding revenue, uh, do you have, uh, some, uh, time when a guidance as to when you, when you guys projected. Yeah, I'm certainly not going to give any guidance about the future, but, you know, we've had two of the, well, the two best quarters we've ever had in Q1 and Q2.And while we do think that this is an up and down situation, you know, we're, we're, I think on a, you know, a very good glide path. All of our, uh, individual businesses, especially in the mobility side are doing really well. You know, today we just took a big PO for our waves of cities. So we're very excited about what the future brings and, you know, think that as this market opens up, we're going to be at the forefront of it.Um, and then I'm sitting in another question to chat about contracts. Um, so, you know, you mentioned the, the Biden administration earlier, you currently work in, um, I'm trying to get any government contracts to try to like transform some, some of these fleets to electric vehicles or anything like that. We certainly are.I mean, we work on contracts at the national level. We're certainly working at the state level. We're working with individual utilities, you know, we're responding to RFPs for, you know, infrastructure and charging projects. You know, we just responded to an RFP where we're sort of uniting our mobility and our in our capital side where we're saying that we'll not only put in the transportation, but do it as.So in this particular case, it's a huge municipality where they're looking at trying to electrify all of their fleets. So we would put in the charging infrastructure and then you start mobility side or our capital side to offer that as a service so that the municipality doesn't have to pay for it all at once.They can pay for it on a monthly. Got it. That's exciting. Last one, um, from the chat and we'll wrap up today, um, is ID and omics done kind of raising money, at least in the short term, you know, uh, we have a lot of cash in the bank and, uh, we, our plan is to put that to good use around all of the businesses that I just mentioned.And, you know, we're really excited about what the future is, but we always keep an eye on what's coming next and never take our eye off that ball. Got it. All right, Kristen. Well, thank you so much for taking time out of your busy Tuesday to join us on the Benzinga power hour. Um, we'd love to have you or Al for you and Alf both on together, you know, in the future.Anytime the company has some exciting updates, that'd be great. This is the lot of fun. Thank you guys. Of course. All right. Uh, we're running behind. We got to get our next guest on he's here. He's been here, Richard MacPherson, the CEO of to see let's get Richard ed, you know what let's just call him and me to see.Cause that's what that's that's that's his name upon this green Richard. And how are we doing today? Excellent. Uh, okay. Before I get to, um, uh, what you guys do and, and all that, uh, there was, there was a headline in this morning, Richard, uh, tell us what they have said, but more importantly, what it means. So the headline made notice of a new settlement agreement, a licensing agreement that we had with a utility.Um, and it's one of many that we expect to come down the pipe in the next while as we move forward to monetize the IP position that we have across the. Um, with folks that are utilizing our technologies. So sit back up for a second and me to see what you guys do. As I understand it is you provide a technology for, um, coal fired power plants to safely dispose of mercury mercury emissions.Is that, is that right? That's pretty accurate. Yes that's. Okay. So what, what is the market for that? It looks very good, actually. Um, unusually expected the, uh, output of coal-fired plants is rising considerably this year and expected to stay, uh, as compared to the last few years. Um, for the next few years, that's mainly because of the increase in natural gas and the folks running coal plants more than we're excited.For us, that means that there's lots of initiatives to be captured. And that's why we're busier this year than in previous years. How much of a electricity in the U S do you know that comes from coal? It's about 23 to 24%. This year expected to stay that way over the next three to five. What about longer expected to say that way, that way into the future, probably for the next five to 10 years.However, it's more difficult to project that what you'll see is some consolidation of some of the smaller plants and the larger plant staying open. After these smaller plants are shuttered to pick up the amount of output that's necessary to stay in that 23, 20 4% range of the total grid. At this point?Yes, we're our core business is in the capturing of worker emissions from coal fire plants. So that is our main business. We expected to stay strong because of. Output that's underway. Now, are there any new regulations that anyone in this space should know about? I know things are always changing with regards to environmental emissions and the like, or any, any new regulations that that investors should, should perhaps know about in this space.No, at this time it's pretty much. Uh, in stone, the regulations are very tough. Um, they don't look to be going anywhere, so it, and everybody's up to speed meeting them. So it's pretty much expected that things will stay as they are for the foreseeable future. Uh, and do you have, so right now you, uh, uh, uh, to see you guys co basically collect, uh, mercury emissions, are there plans to broaden that to other, other, other types of, um, environmental, uh, emissions?Um, actually our strength and our skillset is in a field called Kimmy store. Okay. That's, that's the know how that led us to, um, be able to create and introduce this technology across the fleet, which a very significant part of the fleet utilize our technology. So over the past couple of years, while we backed up and tried to from an IP point of view, monetize all of the adoption that's taken place, we also started to focus on wastewater remediation.And the extraction of rare elements from the coal Ash, um, side of the power plant industry. We've been very active in that and are working and making some great progress in that. Richard MacPherson is the CEO of M E to see environmental again. Uh, any company that tries to, uh, uh, make the environment better.Good in my book. So keep doing what you're doing and, uh, thanks for joining us on the thyroid. My pleasure. Thank you guys. Get access to actual news and market research with all the information you need to invest smarter and profit faster. Start your free trial today@prodotbenzinga.com. Former CEO of octagon asset management meet.Um, before we talk about it, like to stand on an old good work you're doing there, I got to get your thoughts on this market. Where are you right now? I, I I'm the end of the world or things are better than ever scale. It's a very good question. I think the, um, the market is obviously very frothy. Uh, we actually don't trade equities.We focused on trade finance and finance. We. Producers processors exporters' importers of all sorts of different goods with a distinct focus on physical bulk commodities. So in our world, things are roaring. It's just a phenomenal time right now, largely because there's a lack of liquidity by. So these companies are starved for financing in order to make the trades happen.But the demand for global trade is, is just booming. And as I'm sure you've seen with the freight markets being with what's going on, that it's just the congestion, the, the amount of activity is just extraordinary. So these are very unusual times. So for. Despite what's happening in the equity markets and in the fixed income markets, we've got a, a tremendous opportunity ahead of us right now.All I've seen here then is the pictures of the port of Los Angeles. And it's, it's like a traffic. It's crazy. I think Gaynor one container, the cost of bringing that container from China to the United States west coast, we needed a long beach LA area a year ago. It was about 1500, $2,000 today it's as high as $25,000.Wow. It's just crazy. So how does this get fixed? Because we all know supply everyone's supply chains broke, right? Every economy is shut down and they reopened, it was a whole thing, but we're, we've now been reopened. Most of the global economy has been reopened for the better part of the majority of this year.Right. I mean, how do these. Continue to supply chain problems. Do they just fix themselves? Well, you have to understand that the independent MC has cycles, right? So we've seen a taper and we've also seen a research back up. We've seen that happen in China and Thailand, Malaysia, and all throughout south these stages.So while things have calmed down here, um, although you can argue that they're on the upswing again. Uh, we've seen a, a number of port shut down in China, so that's contributed to the backlog and the issues. So, um, you've got ports that are operating at half capacity because of COVID restrictions and separation requirements.We know there are a number of different factors. It'll take probably a good three to six months to get to some point where it starts clearing, but we could see these kind of congested, uh, logistics issues sustained for another 16 and 12. I'm afraid to say,oh my goodness, what, what, what do you think? Like our audience is mostly retail investors that trade stocks and stuff. Do you think there are any opportunities out there to kind of, um, play this problem? That's out there right now? You know, there, there are different ways to play it. I mean, as an example, we finance bulk commodities, but with the, with the pandemic, Um, when everyone had to go on to home arrest is what I call it.We haven't shut down. Right. And so the demand for fitness equipment went through the. So we saw, um, you know, issues where you could not find dumbbells at any stores you wanted to buy dumbbells or kettlebells, or, you know, uh, Olympic weights. You just couldn't find them on the shelves of any of the big retailers.So we got behind a fitness equipment company. It's actually a startup called true grit fitness, and they went from zero to almost a hundred million in sales and in the span of about eight to 12 months, just incredible. So there are ways if you think about it, What's the, the ebbing and flowing in the market, you know, we're, we're kind of tracking things cycles always occurred.So when, when you have a shortage of supply, parties will come in to fill that shortage. And what that'll translate to is eventually an oversupply. So you want to kind of, if you're a trader and you find the market you're going to have no, no trend is a straight line, right? You don't have a market scope, perfectly perfect.A straight line it's usually at, up and down. Um, kind of cycle. So you, you just have to follow things and track kind of where overbuying is happening. You know, we're a shortage occurs and kind of try to take a contrarian view. I'm very much about the markets are very efficient, but they don't think too far ahead.And so if you're, you know, if you're a contrarian you'll end up, I think doing well. That's why relative value trading in Paris trading makes a lot of sense if you're, if you understand that that's. Um, I could not agree more immediate. We've talked about Paris training and really has been trading more times than I can count.So, uh, I'm still caught up on your previous comment though, six to six to 12 months. So that, that, that obviously includes this holiday season, right? I mean, that's. Th th the store is all the big box retailers are having a very difficult time getting the product on the shelves. So we're going to see price inflation.There's no question about it because the suppliers can't sustain this kind of a freight cost. They can't eat that, so they're not passing it on. And so that's going to be passed onto the consumer. So we're likely to see. Uh, inflation really rear its ugly head we're seeing already, but I think it's going to be even further exacerbated over the next three to six months.So, so since you, you said it not me. So I want to bring up inflation just for a second. And I know this is a really, really, really hard question. How much of the inflation that we're seeing is just a result of mass ops supply chains that will naturally fix itself, as you say, in the next six to 12. Well, the problem is once it goes up, it's hard to kind of deflate it.Cause when companies get used to charging the high rate, they want to continue to do stuff. Uh, we have two things. We've got up to see the price inflation on, on the goods, in the logistics, but you also have labor costs and inflation work companies and restaurants. They just can't get the employees in nobody's wants to work.And so in order to get them in, they're having to pay a higher wage. To draw the employees and that's, again, it's a hard thing to resell lower. So, um, we're in a grand unusual situation that could be, um, contributor to tremendous volatility over the next 12. Just be smart about how you play your cards. Um, here's another, maybe a, maybe a dumber question, but how do I as a consumer, is there any way for me to like, help things get, do I just not to knock shop online?I just have to like, like, like how do I help the situation? How can we all help the situation? Well, the easy one is pray.We need all the help we can get, but I think, um, you know, it's a hard, it's a hard thing to do. I think if you, uh, that's, that's a question I need to need to give more thought to that's fair. That's fair. I want to ask you about a leg to stand on. Uh, tell us about that. Tell us the work that you do. Sure. So I like to stand on is a nonprofit, a registered 5 0 1 C3 based in New York city.We've been around for almost 20 years. Uh, we have one. Objective. And that is to help children in developing countries that have limb disabilities. So these are children that were born with that arms or legs, where they were born with deformed arms and legs, or they might've had a cancer that led to an amputation, or it might've been a traumatic accident led to an amputation or a, um, you know, severely disabled.We go on and provide free corrective surgery and artificial limits from the ages of birth until 18 years old. In fact, we actually have exceeded that up to 21 in certain cases, but, uh, we, we operate in, in, um, many different countries and we have project partners that are located in these countries that we have vented out.We help provide the Lim kits and the other resources they need include including capital they needed in order to provide these service. Is this all over the world or is it, is it mostly in certain kinds of, well, it's all over the world. We're just, uh, we're Demandbase. So project partners will hear about us and come to us and say, we have a need for helping these hundred and 50 or 300 children, whatever it is, we'll go and do an onsite due diligence to vet the math, to make sure they're a real organization that they've got experience, uh, that they're credible, that they're properly registered and licensed.That they, um, have policies and procedures in place that ensure that the treatments are being done the right way. Uh, we just can't afford to get involved with any organization. That's, that's kind of cutting corners are likely to get in trouble, um, because for us there's no, no upside in that. So we do as much due diligence on a project partner, as we do on a company that we fund out of October.Um, but the goal is really to develop a long-term partnership where we are the fuel that goes into their engine to provide the services and there's accountability. So each, each program partner will give us their budget and their list of children. They want to help, and we will allocate a certain amount of product to that product.Meaning Lim kits. We have a Joshi Lim kit where we design our own prosthetic limb that we have manufactured at a very, very low cost. And we deliver those to the project partner. As a donation in kind, we also donate wheelchairs and other types of mobility aids. Um, so we get through each patient and we get a patient intake form with a before picture and after picture and all the invoices to make sure that the work that was said would be done, was done.How can. So there are all sorts of ways to get involved. We have our website, which you've got up there. Uh, the domain name is, is the acronym for a leg to stand up on.org. So it's a L T S o.org. You can go there and you can obviously donate money. You can donate time. If you have ideas where we would love people to a whole host events.Um, it's a great way to, to, to expose your children, to how lucky they are to have all their limb, uh, Faculties and the ability to play sports and to run and to, to work and to walk to school and to ride bicycles. So, um, we were very open in terms of how people want to support us. If you have ideas on, uh, hosting an event, we have events of our own.We have our biggest of the year called Rocktober Fest on October 21st. It's going to be a virtual event. Our technology partners at OCC, they're hosting this, which is basically like an online conference or an online event. They're fantastic. We just had our first, last year and it was a tremendous success.We encourage you to come out and check it out. But, um, if you go to our website, you can see how you can donate or, or contribute. And we, we, um, we're not, we're not greedy. We'll take any help we can get. So our goal is just to help as many children as we can every year. So I'm curious about, I guess the kind of connection.Um, coming from a finance background, uh, into a leg to stand on. And how do you try to kind of connect, you know, your context in the finance industry, uh, to this charitable cause it's a good question. So. At octagon, we do the vast majority of our work in emerging markets. So I'm traveling down to Latin America, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa, and you can't help.But to see these children, you know, they just don't have the ambulatory services or the health systems like we have in the west. So they're not getting treated and you can't help, but have your heart go out to them. And you see that they're already battling a very large mountain to climb in if they're based in emerging countries.So if they don't have their limbs. They're actually, um, treated very poorly. In many cases, children can be abandoned or orphaned because the parents view the child with the disability is. As a, as a black mark. And so they're embarrassed by it. They think it's at that kind of omen. So they, they don't want to have that exposure and don't want to be, uh, deemed to be a sinful family because they had a child with disability.So for us, it's a very important thing to be able to give back. And this is the way that we can do that and how we connect the dots with our, um, kind of peers in the Indian. I'm a closet musician. I play the drums and the guitar. And I worked also late hours because we have Asia starting, you know, when we closed down.And so in my office, in New York, I had a drum set and guitars and, uh, PA systems and, uh, in a bar and we would have people over after hours to Jan and I used to have investors come in. In fact, when we started our first band called the subscribers, is that. Um, our investors at Lazard asset management came in to interview us and conduct due diligence.They saw all the musical equipment and after we were done doing all the, the, the, you know, shop talk, um, a comment was made about, you know, I play guitar. Why don't we get together and jam? So we started getting together and, uh, this gentleman, his name was Chris Cheesman, and we'd come over and we'd, uh, play some songs.And we laughed about our, our lack of, or our lack of skills and how much we wanted to improve. The idea came up about why not, uh, hosting events, where we play in front of an audience of our peers to raise money for like stand up. So we rented out the bar at the Chelsea hotel in New York city, and we sent out emails to all of our closest friends in the hedge fund world.We had to sell our crap. And after the show, people came up and said, you know, that was amazing. And, uh, I played a band or I'm a drummer, I'm a bass player. I play the kazoo and, and, um, you know, soon enough we had all these people expressing interest to get behind it. So we ended up having our first event while hedge fund Rocktober Fest at the planet, Hollywood in times square.And again, we had a sell out crowd and people had a tremendous time and it's just sort of taken on a life of its own. So it's been a lot of fun to see the industry kind of get behind. So, so last year, uh, you know, the Rocktober Fest, you mentioned you had to bring it virtual, um, this year, again, you know, doing virtual.So you, is, are you performing with your band as, as part of the Rocktober Fest? I am not this year, but we've got great bands that have been involved, uh, the alcohol scars and cause and all these great bands had them with us for, you know, many, many years in some cases since the very first show. So. The, the demand to be in the program is so great that it becomes a competition.Whoever can raise the most money, gets the seat at the table and the top five are sort of led in. And then between them, whoever raises the most money gets to pick their place slot during the night. So, um, I've kinda said I've let all the, these huge stars performing and not really bore everyone. Musical talents or lack thereof.Uh, we have someone on the Benzinga team, uh, Brent Slava, who he's, he's kind of a closet DJ. So he does, um, you know, so if you, if you want to mix it up from rock and have a nice DJ set in there, let me know we can arrange that. Um, and then, so I also wanted to ask about the, uh, you know, kind of, there's like a game, right?A stock-picking game involved in the, in the October Fest this year. Um, we have these, uh, It's a way to raise money. It's a fantastic organization that we work with that, um, essentially allows you to, to, uh, pick stocks and the ones that do the best will win and it provides a donation to a leg to stand on.So it's, um, uh, it's kind of a fun activity for those that are involved. You can go into our website. If you look at the event, I think you're on it right now. You're you're just going through the sponsored. Um, but you can learn more about the show and all the different kind of features that we're offering and encourage you to go to a leg to stand on and click on Rocktober Fest in the top banner, which we're where you're at right now.Um, yeah, so you can click here, see all the different bands that are, um, you know, participate in. Um, and yeah, I mean, I think this is great, cause I think in the finance world, Um, maybe, you know, some companies or funds could be doing a little bit more on the charitable side. So I think it's great to see someone kind of take initiative and use those contacts to try to, um, you know, raise some money for, for a very good cause.Well, we appreciate the support. It. It's an opportunity to see some, some people that normally were, uh, their pinstripe suits and, uh, you know, they, they, they strip the suits off and fill on the guitar and it's pretty amazing to see how good these bands are. So I, I can't encourage you strongly enough to come out and watch the show on October 21st.Well, we're excited for it. I know. Keep me apprised of what's going on with the competition, the stock picking game, because I know, uh, we here at Benzinga once, uh, offer. Help kind of beef up the prize. I think we're going to offer a quarter three free months free of Benzinga pro, which is about a, you know, a $400 value.Um, so, so we're excited to participate as well. Yeah. We're grateful depending, and you guys are fantastic. Uh, appreciate you having us on and, uh, sharing the word about the organization and the event. So thank you very much. Uh, and, and we, so let me get this straight. So it's a virtual event. Um, but I know maybe like next year, once it's in person, there's going to be one in New York, London, and Chicago.Yep. We have in those three locations, but with the pandemic, we had to obviously move to a more benign than you, which is online. We actually were really surprised about how well. The event of last year and the praise that we got back from all the attendees with super. So we're excited for a good, uh, online event this year station.And it's fun because you can have watch parties and you can do it from home and interact with the events. You can shout out while the events going on and everybody sees what you're saying. So you actually get a chance to network and, and, um, you know, have your words shared with the world out there.Become a little celebrity yourself this way, which is not as easy to do when you're at planet Hollywood or hard rock cafe or wherever we're having it. Beautiful. All right. Maybe we'll thank you for coming on the Benzinga power hour today. We're looking forward to the October vest. I'm dropping that link in the chat.One more time for audience to go out there and check it out. Yeah. And we look forward to having you on again in the future, kind of to talk, you know, maybe, maybe again, as the, uh, conference or event is getting ready to ramp up. Um, but yeah. Thank you for taking time out of your Tuesday to join us. Thanks a lot.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/zingernation-power-hour/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Let’s Talk New Mexico 5/27 8am : Asylum seekers who arrive in the U.S. are often fleeing violence at the hands of police or gangs in their home countries. However, once they arrive in our country, they continue to face the threat of violence, including while in detention. A lawsuit recently filed against a private detention center here in New Mexico claims guards sprayed asylum seekers with a chemical agent to stop a peaceful hunger strike protesting living conditions in the facility. International law says states must protect asylum seekers and refugees, not harm them. On this week’s Let’s Talk New Mexico, we will be talking about this lawsuit against CoreCivic in Torrance County, and what these private detention centers mean for New Mexico.

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Charlane and Tequila host a timely discussion with elected officials, advocates, and community members about hot topics surrounding TSU President Glenda Glover accepting a position on CoreCivic's board (which she has since withdrawn), respectability, and a lot more. Charlane and Tequila are Co-Founders and Co-Executive Directors of The Equity Alliance. Porch Politics is recorded LIVE from our porch every other Thursday at 6 pm CT. You can stream it on The Tennessee Holler or wait for it to drop as a podcast wherever you listen. Porch Politics is part of The TN Holler Podcast Network. Visit www.tnholler.com to keep up with The Tennessee Holler's relentless coverage that seeks to lift up progressive voices and shine a light on injustices throughout Tennessee. Music attribution: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque

It's the final episode of Black History Month and what better way to celebrate than by bringing in an actual historian? Help us welcome Bridgette Jones, of the TN State Museum, into The Den! This weeks topics include: A Columbia University Professor's attempt to destigmatize drug usage didn't go as planned, Nene Leakes vs. Bravo & why nobody's talking about it, and TN Senate Mark Pody proposes a bill that would allow fathers to impede on a woman's right to an abortion... because why not? We also delve a bit into Bridgette's illustrious career & get her thoughts on Glenda Glover's CoreCivic debacle & how/why North Nashville has the highest incarceration rates in the entire country. Oh & "Sir Joshua Black"? Bring dat ass HERE, nigga! We got some things to discuss... (Outro: Reaux Marquez - Jubilee)

Last month President Joe Biden instructed the Department of Justice to end contract renewals with private prisons as a first step to end racial disparities and pave the way to fair sentencing. But Biden, who ran on promises to make sweeping changes to immigration policy, left private immigration detention untouched, allowing the Department of Homeland Security to continue renewing contracts with these private facilities. For years, immigrants in detention and advocacy groups have documented a lack of oversight and physical and mental abuse at the facilities. Today, about 80% of immigrants in detention centers are in private detention, according to an American Civil Liberties Union report. Advocates say that ending the migrant detention system is one more piece of the puzzle in achieving racial justice and ending migrant abuse. In 2020, 170,000 people cycled through detention, which is an unusually low number compared to other years. The pandemic, along with former President Donald Trump's tough policies on immigration contributed to those lower numbers. Policies like the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as “Remain in Mexico,” kept asylum-seekers on the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border. Related: Reuniting families after Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy Still, detention continues to be a lucrative business.The US government used to oversee immigration detention. But that changed after 9/11 with the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Immigration detention expanded after that, and US officials turned to private prison companies to manage this work. The companies jumped right in. “They [companies] started seeing the federal government as a place to have these more lucrative contracts,” said Silky Shah, executive director of the Detention Watch Network, an immigration detention advocacy group.The group has tracked the increasing privatization of the detention system during the Trump administration, with more multimillion-dollar contracts signed by key companies such as CoreCivic Inc and GEO Group. Related: The winding journey to reunite families separated at the US borderDuring the pandemic, many immigration detention centers have also become COVID-19 hot spots. These private companies say they take safety seriously, especially during the pandemic. Immigrants are given face masks and medical attention, they say. But addressing abuse and neglect is only the beginning of a much larger detention problem, Shah said.It's also about racial justice.“What we know about these systems [is] that [they] disproportionately target people of color and Black people, and we're seeing that even now, in the context of who is currently in detention and who is being deported."Silky Shah, executive director, Detention Watch Network“What we know about these systems [is] that [they] disproportionately target people of color and Black people, and we're seeing that even now, in the context of who is currently in detention and who is being deported,” she said. Biden said he wants to address racial inequity inside detention centers, too. But unwinding these contracts might be more of a battle. Last August, the Trump administration renewed contracts with GEO Group and CoreCivic, Inc., in Texas, to run two facilities for an additional 10 years. Any steps Biden takes now need clear deadlines to phase out these and other private contracts, said Jesse Franzblau, a policy analyst with the National Immigrant Justice Center, which provides direct legal services to immigrants. Franzblau said giving these companies a two-year deadline is reasonable, and the federal government has the authority to do so. “But they need direction from above to start carrying that out,” he said. Advocates also stress the fact that nearly one-third of immigrants held in detention centers don't have a criminal record. And many others have minor nonviolent offenses. Shah points to other options. “There are models that include GPS monitoring that are just alternative forms of detention. And so, I think the alternatives that do work are, one, people should just be with their families,” she said. GPS monitoring involves ankle bracelets to track people while their immigration cases go through the courts. States like California and Florida do this more than other states, although the practice has also come under scrutiny. Shah said it's possible that Biden could be holding back on dealing with immigration detention as a way to leverage his other immigration goals. But with Alejandro Mayorkas' recent appointment to secretary of Homeland Security, along with Biden's recent executive orders addressing deportations and travel bans, Shah said there could be some shifts in how the agency operates around detention. Still, advocates like Shah and Franzblau say ending contracts with private detention centers is only a fractional part of a larger, problematic system. There are other aspects to address — like county jails. An executive order phasing out private contracts might not apply to county jails that also contract with the federal government to detain immigrants.  Johannes Favi is an immigration rights activist.  Credit: David Volden This impacts people such as Johannes Favi, 33, from Benin. “It's just horrible to live in detention, you know, you just want to give up on everything."Johannes Favi, former migrant detainee“It's just horrible to live in detention, you know, you just want to give up on everything,” he said. Favi overstayed a 2013 visitor visa and was in the process of applying for a green card, which his wife, a US citizen, sponsored. During a court hearing for a previous financial crime he pled guilty to, immigration officials arrested him. He spent 10 months in a county jail, 60 miles south of Chicago. He was released in 2020, right as the coronavirus pandemic began to spread inside that facility. Favi is now living in Indianapolis, Indiana, and continues to advocate for detained immigrants. For him, detention — privatized or not — is the same. “So, I really wish the Biden administration can break the whole system down, you know, detention for profit, you know, private detention, county jail.”For now, immigrants like Favi and those working to dismantle the detention system altogether will wait to see how — and when — Biden might change it. 

Broadcaster C. Countee embraces life as a space pirate and takes some time to do a broadcast. Transcripts available here. Morgan Wolski as Broadcaster C. Countee Morgan Maxwell as Broadcaster J. June Leanne Thacker as Broadcaster W. Coleman Angela Barraza as Broadcaster S. Cisneros Kent Overshown as Broadcaster K. Baldwin Dispatch from the Desert Planet is a work of fiction. For non-fiction learning we recommend starting with the following links. (None of the following people, resources, or organizations are affiliated with this podcast in any way.) Prisons for profit: Concerns mount about Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, operator CoreCivic (article) Today It Locks Up Immigrants. But CoreCivic's Roots Lie in the Brutal Past of America's Prisons (article) CoreCivic (website for a diversified, government-solutions company with the scale and experience needed to solve tough government challenges in cost-effective ways.) Starting to consider yourself an abolitionist? Looking for more reading? Try: Dereka Purnell's article How I Became an Abolitionist in the Atlantic Thank you to Librivox for our poetry interlude. Ralph Chaplin's From Bars and Shadows. Support Dispatch from the Desert Planet: One Time or Sustaining Monthly Donations on Ko-fi.com/dispatchfromthedesertplanet Venmo: Dispatchfromthedesertplanet Paypal: Dispatchfromthedesertplanet Instagram: instagram.com/dispatchfromthedesertplanet Twittter: twitter.com/dispatchfromthe Visit our website: www.dispatchfromthedesertplanet.com Email us at disaptchfromthedesertplanet@gmail.com

The private prison industry has been capitalizing on mass incarceration since the 1980s, but no one seems to talk about it. This week, we dive into how companies, such as GEO Group and CoreCivic, have managed to profit off of the incarceral system in the US, the rising significance of their political and social influence, as well as ethical issues involved with the industry. --- Special thanks to our friend Kaylie Serna for producing all of the music in this episode! --- Check out our Instagram @positionalitymedia! Email us at positionalitymedia@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/positionality-media/message

Kevin Ott was arrested with 3.5 ounces of methamphetamine in 1996. That's the weight of a bar of soap. His sentence was life without the possibility of parole.Kevin was pardoned by the governor in 2019, 7 years after a documentary called The House I Live in highlighted his story from prison. Last week I sat down to ask him about his transition to the free world, his time inside, and what could have been different. 

Safara Parrott of Be Better Belmont joins Holler Hour to talk about the protest they organized before the Presidential Debate at Belmont University. Be Better Belmont is a coalition of students and alumni calling on Belmont University to divest from the private prison system CoreCivic. The Tennessee Holler is powered by people - Subscribe and Support to help keep us hollerin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tennessee-holler/message

Voice of the People: Radio by and for the 99% will continue a theme of crime from the past several weeks. Our word of the week is “qualified immunity” which is a US Supreme Court manufactured legal doctrine that explains why police murder and brutality are not punished by the courts. In the first hour we also discuss items in the news, continuing to cover the pandemic and the economic catastrophe for the 99% allowed to happen by Congress, while billionaires grow even richer. We take a closer look at the dismal national unemployment figures, and also take a closer look at Montana's surprisingly strong employment rates. Within these statistics we see how the burden of unemployment falls by far the heaviest on low wage workers. We also review the sketchy arrest by unidentified men of a co-chair of the Spokane Democratic Socialists of America chapter on his way to a Black Lives matter protest who turn out to be undercover Spokane County deputies acting in concert with Federal authorities. We take a brief look at the extradition trial in Britain of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. And we announce an event next Monday at the State Capital to protest the Montana Dept. of Corrections mishandling of important census data of Native inmates. In the third half hour we interview Josh Butterfly, who works with Project Opening Doors in Great Falls which helps recently released inmates to successfully reintegrate into the community. Josh tells us about a couple of disturbing incidents he has experienced with the Montana jail and prison system. Then for the last part of the show we have a great conversation with a Friend of the Show, Sue Kirchmyer and our sound sound guy Jim Gillan. The conversation centers around how the private, for-profit company CoreCivic is making a profit off of Montana at its Crossroads Facility in Shelby. Join us in our social distancing by listening from Noon to 2 pm on Saturdays in Missoula, Montana on 105.5 FM or streaming worldwide on 1055kfgm.org. And please join our Facebook Group (Voice of the People: Radio by and for the 99% on 1055KFGM.org Group) to access scripts of this and previous shows and other contact information.

This week on “Money Talks,” hosts discuss the year-to-date market movements and the correlation between market performance and election outcomes. The financial experts delve into a case study of a couple who are looking to create more liquidity in their plan so they can delay tapping their retirement funds. Refinancing their home might just do the trick. The hosts wrap up the show answering listeners’ questions on recontributing IRA withdrawals, specialty REITs The GEO Group and CoreCivic, and consumer conglomerate Target Corporation.

Listeners' questions on recontributing IRA withdrawals, specialty REITs The GEO Group and CoreCivic, and consumer conglomerate Target Corp.

This week on “Money Talks,” hosts discuss the year-to-date market movements and the correlation between market performance and election outcomes. The financial experts delve into a case study of a couple who are looking to create more liquidity in their plan so they can delay tapping their retirement funds. Refinancing their home might just do the trick. The hosts wrap up the show answering listeners’ questions on recontributing IRA withdrawals, specialty REITs The GEO Group and CoreCivic, and consumer conglomerate Target Corporation.

Listeners' questions on recontributing IRA withdrawals, specialty REITs The GEO Group and CoreCivic, and consumer conglomerate Target Corp.

You can find links to each of Sean's analysis pieces here. This article covers the week beginning May 24.

Standing by while others suffer is bad. Profiting from their exploitation is worse. And unfortunately, it’s relatively easy to do by accident. Take real estate investment as an example: investors who hold a diversified portfolio of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are likely to hold shares in GEO Group (NYSE: GEO) and CoreCivic (NYSE: CXW). GEO describes itself as a “global leader in evidence-based rehabilitation.” CoreCivic says it’s a “diversified, government-solutions company with the scale and experience needed to solve tough government challenges in cost-effective ways.” But they both do the same thing: operate prisons for profit. And they’re both members of the Russell 1000 and the S&P 400 Midcap index. Which means you might own them right now. How many other problematic companies might have snuck into your portfolio? We reached out to Jay Lipman, a co-founder of sustainable asset manager Ethic, to hear more about what’s out there and how to stay away from the worst of it. Our conversation starts at 11:43 if you’d like to jump right to it, but if you listen to the whole thing you’ll also hear about how Mario Kart almost ended Ashby’s Marriage, Goldman Sachs’ massive $3.9 billion settlement, and what we’re reading to take our minds off of the ongoing collapse of civilization. We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Free Money Atelier, which makes beverage and apparel solutions previously reserved for only the largest institutions available to the general public.Our products include:Underwear (now 40% off!) Bibs (for infants or messy, small-necked adults)Our signature Portable Alpha strategiesBut wait, there’s more! Purchases over $35 ship for free, so an excellent trade execution is assured. Get on the email list at freemoney.substack.com

What's it like to be a migrant or correctional officer in an immigrant detention facility located in a global hotspot during a pandemic?   At the Eloy Detention Center in southern Arizona, correctional officers and immigrants' rights advocates and lawyers are decrying dangerous conditions they say have exacerbated the outbreak of COVID-19 at the facility. The Arizona Republic reported July 9 that 128 staff members at the center tested positive for COVID-19. The 128 members make up nearly 41% of the workforce at Eloy. In June, a correctional officer at the facility died from potential COVID-19 complications.  The center is run by CoreCivic, a for-profit private prison company based in Nashville. It is under contract from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.  In this week's episode of The Gaggle: An Arizona politics podcast, host Ronald J. Hansen speaks with immigration reporter Daniel Gonzalez. Hansen and Gonzalez break down the lengthy list of allegations against CoreCivic and ICE, how the company and agency have responded, and how the 2020 election plays into immigration decisions made by the federal government that might affect detention centers like these. 

Protesters flee on foot as law enforcement fires tear gas and so-called “less lethal” weapons at the end of a Justice for George Floyd protest in Oakland on June 1. Photo by KPFA's Ariel Boone. On this show: 0:08 – The first death from Covid-19 inside an ICE detention center took place in Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego. We speak with Anthony Alexandre, who is currently being detained at the CoreCivic-run facility, and led a hunger strike inside earlier this year. Alexandre reports being exposed to confirmed cases of Covid-19 at least twice since inside, and says immigration status should not be a death sentence during the pandemic. Alexandre also says ICE is vastly underreporting the number of cases inside Otay Mesa. 0:17 – A new Reuters investigation follows asylum seekers who are dropping their cases in order to flee for their safety — from Covid-19. Immigrants in detention with medical vulnerabilities fear death from the virus and are reporting immigration officials are encouraging them to sign for their own deportation, to try to avoid the virus. Laura Gottesdiener (@Gottesdiener), a reporter for Reuters in Monterrey, Mexico. You can read her investigation here. 0:33 – Yesterday, Mexico's COVID-19 death toll reached 30,000, making it the country with the fifth-highest number of officially reported deaths. Shannon Young (@SYoungReports) reports from Oaxaca. 0:41 – We turn to Yemen, where a five-year civil war and devastating U.S.-supported bombing campaign by Saudi Arabia continue to cause a humanitarian disaster, destroying the country's health infrastructure and leaving it unprepared to handle the coronavirus. KPFA's Rami Almeghari reports. 0:48 – Laura Carlsen (@lauracarlsenc) discusses the politics and economics of COVID in Mexico and President Trump's upcoming meeting with with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. She's the director of the Mexico City-based Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. 1:08 – The Supreme Court let stand a lower court decision that blocked construction of part of the Keystone XL Pipeline in Montana, a pipeline long targeted by climate activists; a federal judge ruled that the Dakota Access Pipeline operated by Energy Transfer Partners must shut down and empty itself of oil within 30 days; and Dominion Energy and Duke Energy have cancelled their plans to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, deciding it was no longer profitable. Environmental advocates count these as major victories against polluting, extractive projects, after years of resistance largely led by indigenous organizers. We speak with Antonia Juhasz (@AntoniaJuhasz), a Bertha Fellow in investigative journalism, part of a global team of journalists investigating climate, fossil fuels and corporate power. Her most recent book is Black Tide. 1:33 – On June 1, 2020, at the end of a youth-led Justice for George Floyd demonstration and 20 minutes before Oakland's curfew, the Oakland Police Department tear gassed protesters. The police claim it was justified and provoked. But what really happened that evening? We're joined by three journalists from nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside, Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha), Sarah Belle Lin (@SarahBelleLin) and Jonah Owen Lamb, who used visual evidence to investigate police conduct at the protest and compare it to police and city statements and policies. Read their investigation here: “Did OPD violate its own policies against protesters?” The post Some asylum seekers abandon their cases to escape COVID in ICE detention; Mexico's virus death toll reaches 30,000; Visual evidence sheds light on OPD protest crackdown appeared first on KPFA.

You can find links to each of Sean's analysis pieces here. This article covers the week beginning May 3.

The number of detainees infected by COVID-19 continues to grow at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. On ICE’s website the number of infected detainees at Otay Mesa is listed as 149, the highest known in the country's sprawling network of immigrant detention facilities. The San Diego Union Tribune reported earlier this week that 150 ICE detainees had tested positive for the virus and 67 U.S. Marshals Service inmates tested positive as well, bringing the total to 217 infected detainees at Otay Mesa. CoreCivic is the private company that operates the center for ICE and also holds detainees for the U.S. Marshals service. We continue our conversation with Anthony Alexandre, a detainee at Otay Mesa.

The Otay Mesa Detention Center in the San Diego County has become ground zero for the COVID-19 pandemic spread within ICE Detention Centers. San Diego County officials confirmed on May 6th, the first death of a detained immigrant in ICE’s custody of COVID-19. Guest: Anthony Alexandre, a detainee at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. He is one of the main organizers of the hunger strikes that have recently taken place at the detention center. The recent hunger strikes started in protest of the unsanitary and unsafe conditions that the detainees complained about to ICE and CoreCivic, the private company that operates the center for ICE.

Severe weather is anticipated across the Magnolia State this weekend. We have the details about what to expect. Then, new state officers are sworn in, and the house passes its first bill of the session.And, the 2020 senate race is set. We hear from the candidates.Plus, more on prison reform.Segment 1:An outbreak of severe weather is expected Saturday morning as an intense line of severe thunderstorms moves through the area. We welcome the National Weather Service in Jackson to tell us more.Seven of Mississippi's eight statewide office holders have been officially sworn-in. Among them, Lynn Fitch, the first woman to serve as Attorney General. Secretary of State Michael Watson and Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann were also among the seven Republicans beginning their terms in state office yesterday.The Mississippi House has voted to pay the full cost for this year's teacher pay raise. The $1,500-per-person raise was approved during the 2019 session. But, officials later discovered a bureaucratic error that resulted in too few teachers being counted as the state budget was written. The error meant that too little money was initially set aside for the budget year that started July 1. Rep. Richard Bennett from Harrison County led the floor debate. House Bill 1 will cover the shortfall of more than $18 million. The measure now moves to the Senate where it is expected to pass. Segment 2:When Mississippians head to to polls in November, they will see some familiar names on the ballot. Republican Cindy Hyde Smith will once again face Democrat challenger Mike Espy for a place in the U.S. Senate. Hyde Smith filed for re-election last week. During her filing ceremony, she touted the appointment of conservative judges among the list of accomplishments she is most proud of during her abbreviated term. When asked about impeachment, the Republican told MPB's Desare Frazier that fairness is what is needed most.Attorney Mike Espy filed his election papers this week. He tells our MPB's Kobee Vance that his campaign learned a lot from the last race and that his team is ready to narrow the gap.Segment 3:Mississippi's prison system is transferring 375 inmates to a private prison after recent eruptions of violence. The state corrections commissioner says the prison system doesn't have enough guards to safely keep the inmate in state custody. The state signed a contract with private prison operator CoreCivic of Nashville. The inmates are being shifted for at least 90 days from the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, where three people died and others were injured in violence last week. J. Robertson is with Empower Mississippi. He tells our Michael Guidry that the first step to reforming the system is addressing sentencing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

by José Olivares A warning to listeners: some of the audio in this story is disturbing and hard to listen to. An exclusive Takeaway and The Intercept investigation shows that correctional staff at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center skirted rules when dealing with a migrant with mental illness. The detainee, a 40-year-old undocumented Mexican migrant, killed himself after spending 21 days in solitary confinement in July 2018. The investigation shows that correctional staff at the Stewart Detention Center did not follow the ICE national detention standards during the classification process, the disciplinary process and even on the night he killed himself. The migrant, Efraín Romero de la Rosa, took his own life at the Stewart Detention Facility in Georgia, which is run by the private corrections company CoreCivic. He had been previously diagnosed with schizophrenia. The solitary confinement cell in which Efraín Romero de la Rosa took his own life. (GBI Investigation Photo) While in ICE custody, Efraín was placed in solitary confinement for 15 days, was later placed on suicide watch and, separately, spent time at a mental health institution for over a month. On his return to Stewart to continue immigration proceedings, correctional staff neglected to recognize his mental illness and classify him accordingly. Staff had noted his fixation on death, repeatedly telling staff he would "die three terrible deaths," and telling other detainees he was a "prophet." Yet, CoreCivic's correctional staff sent Efraín to solitary confinement for 30 days. None of the disciplinary records released by CoreCivic in response to courtroom discovery demands and provided by family attorney Andrew Free make mention of his worsening mental illness. The Takeaway and The Intercept accessed hundreds of pages of records, photos, audio with witnesses and correctional staff, and 18 hours of security footage from within the facility. Efraín’s story helps the public gain insight at the tangled and opaque world of ICE detention. As the Trump Administration continues to round up migrants at an increasing pace, more people diagnosed with mental illness will inevitably be placed in ICE detention. You can listen to the entire investigation by clicking "play" above. You can read the detailed investigation on The Intercept here. A special thank you to Cindi Kim, Associate General Counsel at New York Public Radio. For The Takeaway, Deidre Depke, Ellen Frankman, Lee Hill, Arwa Gunja and Jim Schachter edited; Jay Cowit sound designed and composed the score. For The Intercept, Ali Gharib edited the story, Ariel Zambelich was the visual designer, and Travis Mannon and Lauren Feeney made the accompanying film.

Learn what it's like to be a correctional nurse. Our guest, Sherry Cameron, started her career with CoreCivic in 2009 as an HR Manager at a Bureau of Prisons facility in Mississippi. A few months later, she was promoted to the Corporate Headquarters in Nashville as a Regional Recruiter assisting the HR teams and later served in a role as a Program Facilitator for Arts and Music at a facility in Florida. She left CoreCivic in 2013 to start a part-time business but then returned in 2016 where today she passionately serves as a Regional Medical Recruiter assisting to fill CoreCivic's healthcare vacancies across the organization throughout the United States. Learn more about Essentials of Correctional Nursing at: https://www.springerpub.com/essentials-of-correctional-nursing-9780826109514.html

The biggest banks in the country are pulling their financial backing from the biggest private prison companies. Why now, and what does it mean long-term in the larger fight to end mass incarceration? On Episode 10 of ReFraming Justice, we discuss private prison divestment with AFSC's Economic Activism Program Director Dalit Baum and Alex Friedmann, an activist shareholder in CoreCivic and the associate director of the Human Rights Defense Center.

CO highways rank 36th, Hickenlooper is endorsed by DSCC while Bennnet fails to qualify for debate, sixty DPS schools don't have AC, Denver City Council begins process to move away from GEO and CoreCivic, private guard at STEM school shooting had unauthorized weapon and National Popular Vote makes the ballot.

Good morning. Today is Monday, August 12th. I’m Mary Regalado, and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. Heat and humidity continue today with highs near 100. It will be partly sunny, with a good chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Our top story is: Hundreds of Kansas inmates will soon wake up each day in an Arizona city. The state of Kansas is turning to prison company CoreCivic to house up to 600 inmates out of state in an attempt to fight prison crowding.

Mental Models discussed in this podcast: Blood in the Streets Please review and rate the podcast If you enjoyed this podcast and found it helpful, please consider leaving me a rating and review. Your feedback helps me to improve the podcast and grow the show's audience.  Support the Podcast on Patreon This is a podcast supported by listeners like you. If you'd like to support this podcast and help me to continue creating great investing content, please consider becoming a Patron at DIYInvesting.org/Patron. You can find out more information by listening to episode 11 of this podcast. Should you invest in Private Prisons? - Show Outline The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.diyinvesting.org/Episode38 Blood in the Streets - Mental Model The best time to invest is often when an industry is most hated.  The private prison industry is a current example of an industry with large amounts of negative news coverage leading to lower stock prices.  Previously, I took advantage of a similar situation in 2015/2016 during the oil price crash. At that time, the oil industry was similarly hated.  Major Companies in the Private Prison Industry Core Civic The GEO Group Both offer dividend yields exceeding 10% Reasons for the current industry hate Political headwinds Alleged problems at specific companies Moral reasons Summary Opportunity in the stock market does not often coincide with the hot industry of the day. Instead, you are most likely to find value investments when broad industries or individual companies suffer from temporary hatred and disdain. The private industry currently fits the bill. The companies in this industry may not be a good investment or companies that you even want to invest in. However, the private prison industry currently offers a good example of the sorts of occasions where value investing tends to shine. 

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     1:00: What is a private prison? When and why did they appear in America?   2:41: What policies mark the development of the modern prison system?   10:35: What is the prison industrial complex?   19:30: Who are the major entities responsible for the private prison system?   28:05 What are the priorities of private prisons?   31:30: What are some arguments in favor of private prisons?   42:10: What are some arguments against private prisons?   43:00: G4S https://bit.ly/1hJm3IO   43:30: CoreCivic https://bit.ly/2ST6lhZ   44:00: GeoGroup https://bit.ly/2K7rMJf   49:30: How has the profit motive of private prisons affected the working class?   52:00: Wayfair Walkout protest https://cnb.cx/2LPZFPZ   53:00: R.A.I.C.E.S  https://bit.ly/2AMfvHA   58:50: 5 Links article by Hannah K. Gold https://bit.ly/2YffBTf   59:00: The New Jim Crow https://bit.ly/1wDCBHj   59:03: For Profit Imprisonment article by Andrea Jones https://bit.ly/2Yz0wXY     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

Seven years ago, Standing With Hope launched a program - the only one of it's kind in the world - where inmates helped disassemble donated used prosthetic limbs in order to recycle the parts. Standing With Hope is the presenting sponsor of HOPE FOR THE CAREGIVER.  Founded by Gracie and Peter Rosenberger, Standing With Hope has two program areas: A prosthetic limb outreach to amputees in Ghana, West Africa An outreach (HOPE FOR THE CAREGIVER) to family caregivers ( world-wide) CoreCivic manages and owns private prisons and detention centers around the country, and hosts many faith-based programs within those facilities.   Standing With Hope is one of those programs located at the Metro Davidson County Detention Centers ( Nashville) Chaplain Henry Davidson (Pictured with Gracie and shop manager Ms Clayton) called the show and shared the value of this and other programs in helping inmates turn their lives around.  The success rate is astonishing, and the program has a far reaching impact.  Chaplain Davidson is one of my favorite people in the whole world. His passion for wounded and broken lives is evident in the first moments of meeting him. He and his wife also serve as chaplains for the Metro Nashville Police Department.   If your company is interested in working with CoreCivic to hire inmates who want to prove they can return to society, rebuild their lives, and make a positive contribution ...please click here to learn more and contact CoreCivic.     

In the final days of the 115th Congress, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law the First Step Act, which made changes to the operation of the federal prison system. In this episode, learn every detail of this new law, including the big money interests who advocated for its passage and their possible motivations for doing so. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Click here to contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536 Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD176: Target Venezuela: Regime Change in Progress CD129: The Impeachment of John Koskinen Bills/Laws S.756 - First Step Act of 2018 Govtrack Link Committee Summary Bill Text House Final Vote Results Senate Final Vote Results Sponsor: Sen. Dan Sullivan (AK) Original bill numbers for the First Step Act were S.2795 and HR 5682 First Step Act Outline TITLE I - RECIDIVISM REDUCTION Sec. 101: Risk and needs assessment system Orders the Attorney General to conduct a review current and possible recidivism reduction programs, including a review of products manufactured overseas the could be produced by prisoners and would not compete with the domestic private sector Orders the Attorney General to create an assessment system for each prisoner to be conducted during the intake process that will classify each of them as having minimum, low, medium, or high risk of recidivism, the prisoner’s likelihood of violent or serious misconduct, and assign them to programs accordingly. This process must be published on the Department of Justice website by July 19, 2019 (210 days after enactment). Prerelease custody means home confinement with 24 hour electronic monitoring, with the possibility of being allowed to leave to go to work, to participate in a recidivism reduction program, perform community service, go to the doctor, attend religious services, attend weddings or funerals, or visit a seriously ill family member. Sec. 102: Implementation of Risk and Needs Assessment System By mid-January 2020, the Attorney General must implement the new risk assessment system and complete the initial intake risk assessments of each prisoner and expand the recidivism reduction programs The Attorney General “shall” develop polices for the warden of each prison to enter into partnerships with “non-profit and other private organizations including faith-based, art, and community-based organizations”, schools, and “private entities that will deliver vocational training and certifications, provide equipment to facilitate vocational training…employ prisoners, or assist prisoners in prerelease custody or supervised related in finding employment” and “industry sponsored organization that will deliver workforce development and training, on a paid or volunteer basis.” Priority for participation will be given to medium and high risk prisoners Sec. 104: Authorization of Appropriations Authorizes, but does not appropriate, $75 million per year from 2019 to 2023. Sec. 106: Faith-Based Considerations In considering “any entity of any kind” for contracts “the fact that it may be or is faith-based may not be a basis for any discrimination against it in any manner or for any purpose.” Entities “may not engage in explicitly religious activities using direct financial assistance made available under this title” Sec. 107: Independent Review Committee The National Institute of Justice will select a “nonpartisan and nonprofit organization… to host the Independent Review Committee" The Committee will have 6 members selected by the nonprofit organization, 2 of whom must have published peer-reviewed scholarship about the risk and needs assessments in both corrections and community settings, 2 corrections officers - 1 of whom must have experience working in the Bureau of Prisons, and 1 individual with expertise in risk assessment implementation. The Committee will assist the Attorney General in reviewing the current system and making recommendations for the new system. TITLE II - BUREAU OF PRISONS SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE Sec. 202: Secure Firearms Storage Requires secure storage areas for Bureau of Prisons employees to store their firearms on the outside of the prisoner area. Allows Bureau of Prison employees to store firearms lockboxes in their cars Allows Bureau of Prison employees “to carry concealed firearms on the premises outside of the secure perimeter of the institution” TITLE III - RESTRAINTS ON PREGNANT PRISONERS PROHIBITED Sec. 301: Use of Restraints on Prisoners During the Period of Pregnancy and Postpartum Recovery Prohibited From the day a prisoner’s pregnancy is confirmed and ending 12 weeks or longer after the birth, a “prisoner in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, or in the custody of the United States Marshals Service… shall not be placed in restraints” Will not apply to state prisons or local jails Exceptions include if the prisoner is an “immediate and credible flight risk” or if she poses an “immediate and serious threat of harm to herself or others” No matter what, a pregnant or recovering mother can’t: Have restraints placed around her ankles, legs, or waist Have her hands tied behind her back Be restrained using “4-point restraints" Be attached to another prisoner Within 48 hours of the pregnancy confirmation, the prisoner must be notified of the restraint restrictions (it doesn’t say how they must be notified) TITLE IV - SENTENCING REFORM Sec. 401: Reduces Sentencing for Prior Drug Felonies Changes the mandatory minimum for repeat offender with a previous “serious drug felony” (which is defined based on the length of the prison sentence: An offense for which they served more than 12 months) or a “serious violent felony” (added by this bill) from an automatic 20 year sentence to an automatic 15 year sentence. Changes the mandatory minimum for repeat offenders with two or more previous “serious drug felony or serious violent felony” convictions from a mandatory life sentence to a mandatory 25 years. Applies to cases that have not been sentenced as of the date of enactment and is not retroactive Sec. 402: "Broadening of Existing Safety Valve” Expands the criteria for leniency from mandatory minimums to include people with up to 4 prior non-volent convictions, not including minor misdemeanors. Applies to cases that have not been sentence as of the date of enactment and is not retroactive. Sec. 404: Appeals For Current Prisoners Convicted of Crack Related Crimes Allows people who were convicted of crack related crimes prior to August 3, 2010 (when the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 - which reduced the sentencing differences between crack and power cocaine - became law) to be eligible for reduced sentences. TITLE V - SECOND CHANCE ACT OF 2007 REAUTHORIZATION Sec. 502: Changes Existing Programs Creates an optional grant program for the Attorney General allowing him to provide grants to private entities along with governmental ones, for consulting services (to “evaluate methods”, “make recommendations”, etc). Authorizes, but doesn’t appropriate, $10 million per year from 2019 through 2023 ($50 million total) Sec. 503: Audits of Grantees Requires annual audits of entities receiving grants under the Second Chance Act of 2007 beginning in fiscal year 2019. Prohibits grantees from using grant money to lobby Department of Justice officials or government representatives, punishable by the full repayment of the grant and disqualification for grants for 5 years. TITLE VI- MISCELLANEOUS CRIMINAL JUSTICE Sec. 601: Placement of Prisoners Close to Families Requires that attempts be made to place a prisoners within 500 driving miles of the prisoner’s primary residence Adds “a designation of a place of imprisonment… is not reviewable by any court.” Sec. 603: Terminally Ill Prisoners Can Go Home Allows some terminally ill or elderly prisoners over the age of 60 to serve the rest of their sentences in home confinement Sec. 605: Expanding Prison Labor Allows Federal Prison Industries to sell products, except for office furniture, to government entities for use in prisons, government entities for use in disaster relief, the government of Washington DC, or “any organization” that is a 501(c)3 (charities and nonprofits), 501(c)4s (dark money “social welfare" organizations), or 501d (religious organizations). Requires an audit of Federal Prison Industries to begin within 90 days of enactment, but no due date. Sec. 611: Healthcare Products Requires the Bureau of Prisons to provide tampons and sanitary napkins to prisoners for free Sec. 613: Juvenile Solitary Confinement Prohibits juvenile solitary confinement to only when needed as a 3 hour temporary response to behavior that risks harming the juvenile or others, but it can not be used for “discipline, punishment, or retaliation” Federal Prison Industries: UNICOR UNICOR Index FPI is a “wholly-owned government corporation established by Congress on June 23, 1934. It’s mission is to protect society and reduce crime by preparing inmates for successful reentry through job training” UNICOR FAQs UNICOR 2018 Sales Report UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, Inc., Fiscal Year 2015, Annual Management Report, November 16, 2015 Shutdown Back-Pay Law -Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, signed January 16 2019. - Bill Text Additional Reading Article: Revolving door brings Trump-tied lobbying firm even closer to the White House by Anna Massoglia and Karl Evers-Hillstrom, OpenSecrets News, January 22, 2019. Article: Trump fails the first test of the First Step Act by Edward Chung, The Hill, January 10, 2019. Article: The First Step Act could be a big gift to CoreCivic and the private prison industry by Liliana Segura, The Intercept, December 22, 2018. Article: For-profit prisons strongly approve of bipartisan criminal justice reform bill by Karl Evers-Hillstrom, OpenSecrets News, December 20, 2018. Statement: SPLC statement on bipartisan passage of First Step Act criminal justice reform bill by Lisa Graybill, Southern Poverty Law Center, December 20, 2018. Article: The First Step Act is not sweeping criminal justice reform - and the risk is that it becomes the only step by Natasha Lennard, The Intercept, December 19, 2018. Article: Conservatives scramble to change criminal justice bill by Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 18, 2018. Article: The FIRST STEP Act will make us safer without the Cotton-Kennedy amendments by Tricia Forbes, The Hill, December 18, 2018. Article: Who no details about criminal justice 'reform'? by Thomas R. Ascik, The Hill, December 17, 2018. Letter: The ACLU and the Leadership Conference support S.756, and urge Senators to vote yes on Cloture and no on all amendments, The Leadership Conference, CivilRights.org, December 17, 2018. Article: Koch-backed criminal justice reform bill to reach Senate, All Things Considered, NPR, December 16, 2018. Article: The problem with the "First Step Act" by Peniel Ibe, American Friends Service Committee, December 14, 2018. Article: Why is a Florida for-profit prison company backing bipartisan criminal justice reform? by Steve Dontorno, Tampa Bay Times, December 7, 2018. Article: How the FIRST STEP Act moves criminal justice reform forward by Charlotte Resing, ACLU, December 3, 2018. Article: Private prison companies served with lawsuits over using detainee labor by Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian, November 25, 2018. Statement: GEO Group statement on federal legislation on prison reform (The FIRST STEP Act), GEO Group, November 19, 2018. Article: Karl Rove's crossroads GPS is dead, long live his multi-million dollar 'dark money' operation by Anna Massoglia and Karl Evers-Hillstrom, OpenSecrets News, November 16, 2018. Article: We are former attorneys general. We salute Jeff Sessions. by William P. Barr, Edwin Meese III, and Michael B. Mukasey, The Washington Post, November 7, 2018. Article: How the Koch brothers built the most powerful rightwing group you've never heard of by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Caroline Tervo, and Theda Skocpol, The Guardian, September 26, 2018. Article: U.S. prisoners' strike is a reminder how common inmate labor is by Ruben J. Garcia, CBS News, September 8, 2018. Article: Kim Kardashian, activist, visits White House to call for prisoner freedom by Amelia McDonell-Parry, Rolling Stone, September 6, 2018. Article: Who is Chris Young? Kim Kardashian West to meet with Donald Trump to try to get prisoner pardoned by Janice Williams, Newsweek, September 5, 2018. Article: Kim Kardashian West visits White House to talk prison reform by Brett Samuels, The Hill, September 5, 2018. Article: Kim Kardashian West to another convicted felon's case: report by Brett Samuels, The Hill, September 5, 2018. Article: 'Prison slavery': Inmates are paid cents while manufacturing products sold to government by Daniel Moritz-Rabson, Newsweek, August 28, 2018. Article: Turf war between Kushner and Sessions drove federal prison director to quit by Glenn Thrush and Danielle Ivory, The New York Times, May 24, 2018. Report: Attorney General Sessions announces Hugh Hurwitz as the Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, May 18, 2018. Article: Beware of big philanthropy's new enthusiasm for criminal justice reform by Michelle Chen, The Nation, March 16, 2018. Article: Corporations and governments collude in prison slavery racket by Mark Maxey, People's World, February 7, 2018. Article: Super PAC priorities USA plans to spend $50 million on digital ads for 2018 by Jessica Estepa, USA Today, November 2, 2017. Article: Private prisons firm to lobby, campaign against recidivism by Jonathan Mattise, AP News, October 31, 2017. Article: Slave labor widespread at ICE detention centers, lawyers say by Mia Steinle, POGO, September 7, 2017. Article: The sordid case behind Jared Kushner's grudge against Chris Christie by Byron York, The Washington Examiner, April 16, 2017. Report: How much do incarcerated people earn in each state? by Wendy Sawyer, Prison Policy Initiative, April 10, 2017. Press Release: The GEO Group closes $360 million acquisition of community education centers, Company Release, GEO Group, Inc., April 6, 2017. Article: How a private prison company used detained immigrants for free labor by Madison Pauly, Mother Jones, April 3, 2017. Article: Bias in criminal risk scores is mathematically inevitable, researchers say by Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson, ProPublica, December 30, 2016. Article: Jailed for ending a pregnancy: How prosecutors get inventive on abortion by Molly Redden, The Guardian, November 22, 2016. Article: Federal prison-owned 'factories with fences' facing increased scrutiny by Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, September 4, 2016. Investigative Summary: Findings of fraud and other irregularities related to the manufacture and sale of combat helmets by the Federal Prison Industries and ArmorSource, LLC, to the Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General, August 2016. Report: Federal prison industries: Background, debate, legislative history, and policy options, Congressional Research Service, May 11, 2016. Article: New Koch by Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, January 25, 2016. Article: Pregnant and behind bars: how the US prison system abuses mothers-to-be by Victoria Law, The Guardian, October 20, 2015. Article: American slavery, reinvented by Whitney Benns, The Atlantic, September 21, 2015. Article: Yes, prisoners used to sew lingerie for Victoria's Secret - just like in 'Orange is the New Black' season 3 by Emily Yahr, The Washington Post, June 17, 2015. Report: Treatment industrial complex: How for-profit prison corporations are undermining efforts to treat and rehabilitate prisoners for corporate gain by Caroline Isaacs, Grassroots Leadership, November 2014. Report: The prison indistries Enhancement Certification Program: A program history by Barbara Auerbach, National CIA, May 4, 2012. Article: The hidden history of ALEC and prison labor by Mike Elk and Bob Sloan, The Nation, August 1, 2011. Article: Slave labor - money trail leads to Koch brothers and conservatives who want your job! by Bob Sloan, Daily Kos, February 21, 2011. Article: The Legacy by Gabriel Sherman, New York Magazine, July 12, 2009. Hearing: Federal Prison Industries, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, C-SPAN, July 1, 2005. Article: Democratic donor receives two-year prison sentence by Ronald Smothers, The New York Times, March 5, 2005. Sound Clip Sources Discussion: Criminal Justice Reform and Senate Vote on First Step Act, C-SPAN, December 19, 2018. Speakers: - Mike Allen, Founder and Executive Editor of Axios - Mark Holden, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Koch Industries - Senator Amy Klobuchar Sound Clips: 22:27 Mike Allen: So, I have on NPR, “Koch-Backed Criminal Justice Reform to Reach Senate.” To some people, at least at first blush, there’s an incongruity to that. Tell us how Koch Industries got involved in this issue. Mark Holden: Yeah, well, I mean, Charles Koch and David Koch have been very focused on these issues forever, literally. They were early funders of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Institute for Justice, a lot of different groups. And from Charles’s perspective, the war on drugs, it’s been a failure. It doesn’t mean that you—there aren’t—it was in a criminal element within the war on drugs, but there are a lot of people in the war on drugs who don’t need to be incarcerated for so long. And so we’ve been very much in favor of proportional sentencing. You know, punishment must fit the crime. You break the law, you should pay a price, and then once you pay that price, you should be welcomed back into society, with all your rights. All your rights come back. That’s why we supported Amendment 4 down in Florida, the voting restoration rights for people with felonies in Florida. We don’t think it makes sense for people not to be able to participate once they’ve paid their debt to society. And for us, for Charles in particular, this is all about breaking barriers to opportunity. 24:10 Mark Holden: And last night, 87 to 12, that’s a curb stomping. And I will note, as a Patriots fan, Gronk is 87 and Brady’s 12, right? I mean, yeah. Something there. 49:00 Mike Allen: Watching last night, and the conversations today, it was clear there was a real sense of history, a sense of occasion on the Senate floor last night. Take us there. Tell us what that was like. Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN): Well, we haven’t had a lot of joyous moments in the Senate this year. Big-surprise-news item I gave you. And this was one of those because I think for one thing we’re coming to the end of the year. We were able to get some really important things done: the farm bill; the sex harassment bill that I led with Senator Blunt that had been really difficult to negotiate for the last year; and then of course the budget, which we hope to get done in the next two days; and then we’ve got this. And this was something that has been explained. It was five years in the making. It took people out of their comfort zones. You had people on both sides that never thought they’d be talking about reducing drug sentences. So in that way, it was kind of this Christmas miracle that people came together. But the second piece of it was just that we knew they were these bad amendments that you’ve heard about. Some of them we felt were maybe designed to put us in a bad place, only because politically the bill protected us from a lot of the things that were in the amendments. So what was the best part of the night for me was that it wasn’t Democrats fighting against Tom Cotton and these amendments; it was Chuck Grassley, in his festive-red holiday sweater, who went up there with that Iowa accent that maybe only I can understand, being from Minnesota, and was able to really effectively fight them down. And the second thing was just the final vote—I mean, we don’t get that many votes for a volleyball resolution—and that we had that strong of support for the reform was also really exciting. Senate Session: Senate floor First Step Act Debate and Vote, C-SPAN, December 18, 2018. Podcast: Wrongful Conviction Podcast: Kim Kardashian and Jason Flom join forces to advocate for Criminal Justice Reform and Clemency, September 5, 2018. Netflix Episode: Orange is the New Black, Season 3 Episode 5, Fake it Till You Make It Some More, June 11, 2015. Netflix Episode: Orange is the New Black, Season 3 Episode 6, Ching Chong, Chang, June 11, 2015. Video Clip: Whitney Houston 'Crack is Whack' Clip from 2002 Diane Sawyer Interview on ABC News, YouTube, February 11, 2012. Hearing: Federal Prison Industries, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, C-SPAN, July 1, 2005. Witnesses: - Phillip Glover - American Federation of Government Employees Prison Locals Council - President - Paul Miller - Independent Office Products & Furniture Dealers Association Sound Clips: 1:32 Former Representative Howard Coble: Prisoners who are physically able to work must labor in some capacity five days a week. FPI is a government corporation that operates the BOP’s correctional program and employs inmates of the federal prison population to manufacture goods for and provides services to federal agencies. About 20% of the inmates work in Federal Prison Industries’, FPI, factories. They generally work in factory operations such as metals, furniture, electronics, textiles, and graphic arts. FPI work assignments pay from $0.23 to $1.15 per hour. 6:19 Representative Bobby Scott (VA): FPI can only sell its products and services to federal agencies. The program was established in the 1930s, in the midst of the Great Depression, as a way to teach prisoners real work habits and skills so that when they are released from prison they’ll be able to find and hold jobs to support themselves and their families and be less likely to commit more crimes. It is clear that the program works to do just that. Followup studies covering as much as 16 years of data have shown that inmates who participate in Prison Industries are 14% more likely to be employed and 24% less likely to commit crimes than like prisoners who do not participate in the program. 1:39:58 Former Representative Pieter Hoekstra, current Ambassador to the Netherlands: Mandatory source was great for Federal Prison Industries during the 1990s and 2001 and 2002. But you know what? I think it was wrong that Federal Prison Industries was the fastest and probably the only growing office-furniture company in America during that time. As the industry was going through significant layoffs, Federal Prison Industries was growing by double digits each and every year. 1:46:40 Philip Glover: If you have someone serving at USP, Leavenworth, for instance, and they’re in for 45 years or 50 years, you can educate them, you can vo-tech them, but to keep them productive and occupied on a daily basis and feel like they have a little bit of worth, this program seems to do that. That’s where, at least as a correctional officer, that’s where I come from on this program is that it gives the inmate a sense of worth, and every day he goes down and does something productive. Resources About Page: Americans for Prosperity American Addiction Centers: Crack Cocaine & Cocaine: What's the Difference? Annual Report: The GEO Group, Inc. 2017 Annual Report Lobbying Report: Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) Media Statement: Statement from CoreCivic President and CEO Damon Hininger on the First Step Act OpenSecrets: Americans for Prosperity OpenSecrets: CoreCivic Inc. Lobbyists OpenSecrets: CoreCivic Inc Profile for 2018 Election Cycle OpenSecrets: GEO Group Lobbyists OpenSecrets: GEO Group Profile for 2018 Election Cycle OpenSecrets: Outside Spending of Political Nonprofits OpenSecrets: Trump 2017 Inauguration Donors Product Page: Pride Enterprises Ranker.com: 50 American Companies That Have Ties to Modern Slavery SPLC: Criminal Justice Reform Visual Resources Community Suggestions See more Community Suggestions HERE. Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)

Today we talk about ghosts, a conspiracy involving a popular travel website covering up crimes, and discuss the mysterious "CCA-XX1."   The Stoner House in Dark Harbor, Maine is supposedly the home to a ghost that can never leave it's resting spot. Unfortunately, that resting spot is underneath your carpet . . . Then we look at the recent expose that showed the travel booking site TripAdvisor was deleted complaints of rape at some of the resorts that did business with them. Innocent mistake or a cover-up to keep the cash coming from shady hotels? And finally, we take a look at CCA-XX1. What is it? We delve into that mystery today on Dead Rabbit Radio.   Links:   The Bump in the Carpet https://fairweatherlewis.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/the-bump-in-the-carpet/   National Directory of Haunted Places https://amzn.to/2R8wd7e   TripAdvisor removed warnings about rapes and injuries at Mexico resorts, tourists say https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/2017/11/01/tripadvisor-removed-warnings-rapes-and-injuries-mexico-resorts-tourists-say/817172001/   TripAdvisor Facing New Scrutiny Over Rapes, Deaths Deleted From Reviews https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetwburns/2017/11/22/tripadvisor-facing-new-scrutiny-over-rapes-deaths-deleted-from-reviews/#65b5e0fe5f44   CCA XX1: https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/20228497/ https://imgur.com/a/S2iPJz3   USGS 363256076272102 CA-XX1 https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/inventory/?site_no=363256076272102&agency_cd=USGS&;   Zuma, The Phantom Satellite https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4624   2D-3D face recognition method based on a modified CCA-PCA algorithm https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272921978_2D-3D_face_recognition_method_based_on_a_modified_CCA-PCA_algorithm   Canonical Correlation Anaylsis https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1083/c80e0544ba89145801ebe5c531c10f76a7eb.pdf   CoreCivic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoreCivic   Force XX1 Operations TRADOC Pamphlet 525-5 http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/virtual_disk_library/index.cgi/4240529/FID3171/ACDOCS/PAPERS/B004.PDF   Combat command https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_command   Brigade combat team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade_combat_team   Force XXI: Redesigning the Army Through Warfighting Experiments https://fas.org/irp/agency/army/mipb/1996-2/menoher1.htm   United States Army Futures Command https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Futures_Command   Force XXI https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/force-xxi.htm   Listen to the daily podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts!   ------------------------------------------------   Logo Art By Ash Black   http://www.DeadRabbit.com Email: DeadRabbitRadio@gmail.com Twitter: @JasonOCarpenter Facebook: www.Facebook.com/DeadRabbitRadio   Paranormal, Conspiracy, and True Crime news as it happens! Jason Carpenter breaks the stories they'll be talking about tomorrow, assuming the world doesn't end today.

Hosts Nik & Anna discuss privatization and mass incarceration - we will be airing interviews with Bianca Tylek from the Corrections Accountability Project at the Urban Justice Center in NYC and Nico Amador at ACLU-Vermont. We cover Vermonters move to a CoreCivic privately owned prison in Mississippi that happened early October, prison slave labor, the criminalization of the poor, and divestment.

On this week's episode, Mother Jones senior reporter Shane Bauer reports on the surging profits of the private prison industry thanks to Trump. More than two-thirds of all immigration detainees are held by private prison companies, and nine of the 10 largest immigrant detention centers in the United States are privately operated. Bauer traces the history of the second-largest for-profit prison company in the country, CoreCivic, to its surprising roots. Also on the show, MoJo staff writer Stephanie Mencimer brings you the latest from Day One of the raucous Senate confirmation hearings for conservative Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.