Anand Giridharadas
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Today I'd like to share a story of a business that gives back.

(But keep reading, just in case.)

Today I'd like to share a story of a business that gives back.

(But keep reading, just in case.)

American Securities is an investment fund that manages a great deal of money.


And it believes in giving back. I mean, wow. Just look at this list of nonprofits it supports.

Giving Back | American Securities
We believe in long-term strategic partnership, built on trust and driven by core values.
https://www.american-securities.com/en/our-firm/giving-back




And this is inspiring, because so many companies don't have this spirit.

They take and take, and profit from pain.

For example, this company in the news, GTL, which charges prison inmates $3 an hour to read books that are free and in the public domain.

West Virginia Inmates Will Be Charged by the Minute to Read E-Books on Tablets
Inmates at several West Virginia prisons are getting free electronic tablets to read books, send emails, and communicate with their
https://reason.com/2019/11/22/west-virginia-inmates-will-be-charged-by-the-minute-to-read-e-books-on-tablets/
I wonder who is behind this company, GTL?

Maybe we can get a generous company like American Securities to teach them how to be kinder.

Oh, gosh.

American Securities owns GTL.

Oh, gosh.

So here's how it works, then. GTL profiteers from mass incarceration, making money selling inmates the chance to read works that are free and belong to the public.

Then American Securities reaps returns from investments like these, and donates a fraction to all these nonprofits.
Now, we have a recourse in politics.

And Senator @CoryBooker has bravely stepped up and called out GTL’s abusive profiteering.

mentions But if you want to know what a rigged system looks like up close, consider that American Securities, the owner of the company @CoryBooker has criticized, is a Booker donor.

American Securities LLC: Summary
Find the companies and other organizations seeking to influence U.S. politics and policy via campaign donations and lobbying spending, and see which members of Congress hold stock in those companies.
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000031499&cycle=2014

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JUST IN: House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said in a letter to lawmakers that his committee has completed public hearings and plans to release its report on the impeachment inquiry after Thanksgiving.

Trump Organization lawyer Marc Mukasey started working on the case in recent months, according to sources familiar with the situation.

Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, a former business partner of Trump ally and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, also is helping with Gallagher's case. Kerik, who once served three years in federal prison for charges including tax fraud and lying to officials, was nominated as homeland security secretary by President George W. Bush but withdrew from consideration due to potential tax violations.

He has regularly appeared on Fox News as a surrogate for the President.

Lead defense attorney Tim Parlatore confirmed Wednesday that Mukasey, who is also involved in legal efforts to block House lawmakers from accessing President Donald Trump's financial records, is "one of the attorneys on Chief Gallagher's team."

T’was the week before Thanksgiving and all thru the West Wing-not a creature was stirring - they were all afraid Giuliani would sing.