New records obtained by KARE 11 show the company that owned a vacant private prison in Appleton, Minnesota offered to sell it to the state in 2025 for $75 million.

One year later, the Trump administration agreed to use taxpayer funds to buy the same abandoned prison from CoreCivic, Inc., for $495.6 million.  

The price difference, $420 million, is more than taxpayers are estimated to have lost in Minnesota’s much-publicized Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. 

Federal records show CoreCivic donated half a million dollars to the Trump-Vance inaugural committee. 

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[–] 73 points 1 week ago* (4 children)

PRIVATE prison... Sold...

The USA is really a dark dystopian shithole. But the orange manchild "leading" it, sure is a perfectly fitting figurehead.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    We're like 5 years away from "escape from LA" with snake plissken...

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  • [–] 59 points 1 week ago

    "Paid" is NOT the correct word here.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    So the federal government is money laundering. Great.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I'll bet these guys don't even try to hide it when they discuss it.

    "Yeah, hand me that cigar. So, what are the numbers? You buy our empty, run down prison for $500 million, and we have to pay what? 10%? $500K? Will that do it?"

    "Well $500 million is going to get some unwanted attention. It doesn't matter, it will still go through, but the Libz will whine about it. Make it $495 mill, and we'll get in under the wire. Deal?"

    "Deal!"

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  • [–] 22 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    $420 million? Really? Even when they grift, they're memeing. I bet Musk is involved.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    No, ICE didn’t spend that—WE spent that. It’s our tax money.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago

    Oh so this is why they spent so much energy calling Walz and Ellison fraudsters for.... checks notes.... identifying fraud and prosecuting it.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago

    Totally not a bribe that's not even trying to be hidden.

    Fuck these openly corrupt PoS people. If you are still registered as a Republican, you are a disgrace and disgusting.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Who is behind the curtains at CoreCivic?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago

    Well come on. Obviously it appreciated.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    What a bargain

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    It isn't a "private public partnership" without completely fleecing the public in the exchange.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Gotta spend dat fat taxpayer budget -_-

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago

    i love capitalism

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