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  • Billionaire California gov. candidate Tom Steyer caught in shocking hypocrisy: ‘It was a mistake’

    04/14/2026 1:16:02 PM PDT · by DFG · 20 replies
    NY Post ^ | 04/14/2026 | Titus Wu
    Progressive billionaire Tom Steyer has been telling California voters he wants to “abolish ICE” despite investing nearly $90 million in a company behind the state’s largest immigration detention center. The California gubernatorial candidate has tried to swat off that criticism, but in a recent interview with the Sacramento Bee, he said it was a “mistake.” “We never had anything to do with running the company,” Steyer said. “But it was a mistake to think that that was a place where it was decent to make money.” Steyer founded a hedge fund named Farallon Capital Management in 1986. Under his management,...
  • Biden phases out federal use of private prisons as part of racial equity actions

    01/26/2021 1:24:44 PM PST · by blueplum · 13 replies
    ABC News ^ | 26 Jan 2021 | Sarah Kolinovsky and Ben Gittleson
    ... Joe Biden on Tuesday signed four executive actions pertaining to racial equity, including phasing out the use of private prisons at the federal level. "We have never fully lived up to the founding principles of this nation, to state the obvious, that all people are created equal and have a right to be treated equally throughout their lives," Biden said just before signing the actions. ...