I have FOIA'd records from GCSO showing one of these payments, for the round sum of $180,000 -- which, at $15K each, would imply 12 task force members at the time -- for "IT and equipment."
![A 4/30/26 payment record from ICE, labeled "298(g) TFM [Task Force Model] Service Provider 2026 IT and Equipment Incentives" with the subject "Greene County Sheriff's Office 287g report Jan 1-Mar 31, 2026," with a payment of $180,000 divided equally between "Information Technology" and "Equipment."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6lyhdte6gtwvkcdnrhm5doj/bafkreic2eo7fq2ccbwjzuf3se3y7eqmyitwxibjc7yjs7z5k4myrkaothe)
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![A screen capture of an email from GCSO's records specialist to a contact at the Virginia State Police:
Question:
If we have some traffic stops that were forgotten to be entered in June and we entered them now or even after the 15th of the month, I know the form will be updated.
We do try our best to have all information entered and completed by the due date, unfortunately it didn’t happen this time.
I am wanting to know if we would be in violation of code below, if they were entered after the Quartey [sic] time period, and what does that mean for our office if they are late?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6lyhdte6gtwvkcdnrhm5doj/bafkreiah6cmei6v4di6lc46s3ntikxkzh7hyqajmi5rvfbtdlkg3p5lhfy)
![I think what this book suggests is that it might be a totally viable strategy to stitch together a winning coalition with a principle that’s narrow enough to be definable, broad enough to include a lot of people, and that is partisan, right? It isn’t actually trying to be about bringing everyone together. [A coalition] that is about drawing distinctions in the larger electorate. That is about saying, if you are for this, then you are with us, rather than trying to pinpoint something in the center in hopes that you’ll be sort of sufficiently inoffensive to enough people.
I do think that part of what Lincoln stumbles upon or discovers is that you’re going to be offensive to some people, and that’s actually part of how you put together a coalition: by creating a sense or demonstrating that actually there are people opposed to us, and if you are also opposed to them, then you’re with us.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6lyhdte6gtwvkcdnrhm5doj/bafkreigozgaieksjxejc75hm6nfmpiltxagblkcnxhsbuhi35uvgscwfj4)
