Step 1: Campaign Contributions Private prison corporations exploit our corrupt political system by using campaign contributions and lobbying to curry favor with legislators and regulators. The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and GEO Group, the two largest private prison companies in the United States, have funneled more than $10 million directly to State Lawmakers since 1989. They pick candidates…
Does Jade Helm Violate Posse Comitatus? June 1, 2015 by Ralph Lopez WhoWhatWhy Obscured by Jon Stewart’s well-publicized mockery of Texans’ reaction to Jade Helm 15—the US Army’s two-month-long exercise across nine states scheduled to begin in July—is the fact that the criticisms may not all be deranged droolings. The Daily Show‘s Stewart made headlines earlier…
BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center C.S.H.B. 483 84R31891 E By: Capriglione et al. (Kolkhorst) Business & Commerce 5/22/2015 Committee Report (Substituted) AUTHOR’S / SPONSOR’S STATEMENT OF INTENT Interested parties note that demand for the storage of precious metals is high and includes public institutions, private businesses, and individual investors alike, but there are concerns that…
