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        <title><![CDATA[Sophie Alexander]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Crypto PACs Amass $180 Million War Chest for Midterm Races]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-21/crypto-pacs-amass-180-million-war-chest-for-midterm-races</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sophie Alexander]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:10:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cantor Fitzgerald Gives $10 Million to Tether-Led Crypto PAC]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Gillespie]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:57:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump's Border Wall Spending Creates a Billionaire Family]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Fisher Sand & Gravel embraced the MAGA immigration agenda early on and has won more than $8 billion in government contracts since July.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:30:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Rise of the Manhattan Mega-Mansion]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In the West Village and other historic neighborhoods, buyers are consolidating apartments and combining townhomes, a sign of New York City's allure to the ultra-rich.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paulina Cachero]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Here’s Where ICE Is Locating Its Massive Warehouse Jails]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[As DHS's $38 billion detention expansion plows ahead, at least seven sites in five states have been sold to the agency.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sophie Alexander]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:30:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Private Prisons Face Competition Under Trump’s New Detention Plan]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[GEO Group and CoreCivic face competition as the agency looks to dramatically reduce the number of immigrant jails by shifting to massive warehouses]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/trump-s-immigration-push-to-warehouses-could-cut-out-corecivic-geogroup</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:37:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaire Ed Roski Nixes Sale of Texas Warehouse for ICE Jail]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:02:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Blue Owl Fund Sells Warehouse to DHS for ICE ‘Mega’ Jail for Nearly $120 Million]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:51:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Canadian Tycoon Nixes Plan to Sell Warehouse for Use as ICE Jail]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-30/billionaire-is-third-to-cancel-ice-warehouse-sale-after-protests</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sophie Alexander]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:02:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-29/us-spends-hundreds-of-millions-on-warehouses-for-ice-detention-centers</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:51:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bill Gates Sends $8 Billion to French Gates for Charity Work]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-09/bill-gates-transfers-8-billion-to-french-gates-for-charity-work</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:33:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ICE Plans Detention Expansion With Deal to Design 'Mega Centers']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Agency envisions up to two dozen warehouses, some of which could hold 5,000 people or more.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-18/ice-plans-to-greatly-expand-detention-capacity</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fola Akinnibi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:42:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Military Suppliers Cashing In on Immigration Raids]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Some companies are securing record federal contracts by outfitting Trump’s crackdown. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:30:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[MacKenzie Scott Donates $7.2 Billion in Latest Giving Spree]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-09/mackenzie-scott-donates-7-2-billion-in-latest-charitable-spree</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sophie Alexander]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:32:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-18/elon-musk-s-foundation-gave-away-a-record-474-million-in-2024</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sophie Alexander]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:19:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Navy Considers Base for 10,000 Near Gaza Without US Troops]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-11/us-military-explores-building-base-for-10-000-people-near-gaza</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sophie Alexander]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 18:24:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ICE Contract Would Help the Police Track Down Immigrant Children]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Advocates fear the move would increase the number of family separations.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-06/ice-considers-a-call-center-to-help-police-track-down-immigrant-children</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Adams-Heard]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Private Jets and Car Washes Are the Latest Tax Shields for the Ultrarich]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Trump’s tax overhaul solidifies write-offs of certain assets — setting off soaring demand from wealthy Americans.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-10-27/trump-tax-law-fuels-surge-in-jet-and-car-wash-purchases</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sophie Alexander]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus and a 650-foot George Washington, a new class of monuments men are statue-maxxing.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-10-17/america-s-tech-right-is-obsessed-with-building-giant-statues</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sophie Alexander]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Border Czar Involved in Detention Contract Talks Despite Recusal]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ethics experts say Tom Homan’s participation could violate rules meant to ensure impartiality. The White House says he has not crossed that line.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-09-24/trump-s-border-czar-tom-homan-involved-in-detention-contract-talks</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fola Akinnibi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:16:57 GMT</pubDate>
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