TPM Editor’s Blog

Who’s Got the Keys?

As the American Police Force private jail deal swirls down the drain of public-private partnership ignominy, now the question gets asked, who’s got the keys? The town originally told us they gave them to the APF. But APF says they gave them back to the town. And as long as we’re on the subject, a hypothetical: if APF is still in the prison and won’t leave, would Hardin MT need to hire another private army to roust them out?

Josh Marshall

Josh Marshall is editor and publisher of TalkingPointsMemo.com.

Editor & Publisher

Josh Marshall

Managing Editor

David Kurtz

Senior Associate Editor

Paul Werdel

Associate Editor

Tom Lane

Assistant Editor

Igor Bobic

Reporters

Brian Beutler

Carl Franzen

Sahil Kapur

Eric Kleefeld

Nick Martin

Evan McMorris-Santoro

Jillian Rayfield

Ryan J. Reilly

Benjy Sarlin

News Writers

Kyle Leighton

David Taintor

Pema Levy

Video Editor

Michael Lester

Research Interns

Christopher Hohmuth

Tom Kludt

Publishing Intern

Christopher O’Driscoll

General Manager & General Counsel

Millet Israeli

VP, Ad Sales

Bruce Ellerstein

Waldo Tibbetts

Bob Edmunds

Manager, Ad Operations and Sales Support

Versha Sharma

Deputy Publisher

Callie Schweitzer

Director of Technology

Eric Buth

Designer/Developer

Ni Mu

Matthew Wozniak