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"The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, on a major American city." 32 mahatmakanejeeves 12 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 50 2842
Governor JB Pritzker: "Conoce tus derechos, Illinois." 1 mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 17 886
Former Fox News Producer With History of Racist Social Media Posts Lands New Gig at EEOC 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 2 417
‪Qasim Rashid: A Florida Judge Tried To Strip Me Of My Law License 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 12 378
Know Your Rights with ICE 1 struggle4progress Monday Tuesday 3 243
'Scan your face' laws for the web are having unexpected consequences 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Tuesday 3 452
He Burned a Flag and Won an American Right. He Worries It's at Risk. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 4 397
Judge Halts U.S. Effort to Deport Guatemalan Children as Planes Sit on Tarmac 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 4 246
The Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 15 760
How ICE Spies On American Citizens 0 struggle4progress Aug 30 Aug 30 8 454
Trump's National Guard plans are 'basis of civil war' - Malcolm Nance - Times Radio 2 TexasTowelie Aug 27 Aug 28 14 625
Trump no longer expected to sign executive order to punish those who burn American flags 5 Eugene Aug 21 Aug 25 2 487
Dystopian definition 0 brakester Aug 24 Aug 24 7 390
Judge Orders That 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 22 Aug 22 9 534
Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be released from jail Friday. Here's what to know 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 4 377
Judge orders DOJ to give more info on subpoenas targeting trans minors' medical care 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 1 370
"Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 19 Aug 19 46 1582
DC and civil liberties 0 Be Leave On Aug 19 Aug 19 2 328
"Our leading papers failed to stand up to Trump's criminal justice authoritarianism" 10 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 18 Aug 18 25 902
Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE's breakneck expansion 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 17 Aug 17 6 446
"Declaring a fake emergency as an excuse to deploy the military to police civilians is ..." 12 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 17 Aug 17 73 2060
"NYT keeps publishing stories sourced entirely to Susie Wiles and White House staffers ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 5 506
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 15 Aug 15 3 409
I find myself thinking about historian Robert Paxton's 2004 definition of fascism far too often than I'd like these days 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 15 Aug 15 15 481
"Trump's entire regime consolidation strategy is to persuade everyone through displays of force ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 15 Aug 15 16 494
IRS has officially passed over taxpayer information to ICE, per court filing 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 14 Aug 14 9 440
Trump Allies Were Told to Stop Saying They'll Put Migrants in 'Camps' 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 14 Aug 14 7 554
Will the Supreme Court revisit its ruling on same-sex marriage? 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 13 Aug 13 7 472
Florida Officials Won't Say If COVID Is Spreading at Everglades Concentration Camp 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 13 Aug 13 15 626
Army Secretary forces West Point to rescind appointment given to Easterly 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 30 Aug 10 10 587

Civil Liberties Continued...

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"Do Legal Checks on a President's Power 'Diminish the Votes of the Citizens Who Elected Him'?" 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 8 Aug 10 8 401
New: Harvard patents targeted by Trump administration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 8 Aug 8 2 431
DOJ manufactures another lawsuit to block in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 Aug 7 1 358
Immigration Trump's plan to hold migrants at military bases begins taking shape 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 Aug 7 3 322
body cameras/dash cameras 2 RussBLib Aug 5 Aug 5 3 422
"Jack Goldsmith points out that Justice Barrett's opinion in the universal injunction case rests on an error ..." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 5 Aug 5 11 613
VOA director fired after declining reassignment to low-level post 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 5 Aug 5 7 469
Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 3 Aug 3 14 507
Two sisters in DCF custody since mother was detained by ICE in May in Worcester are missing, officials say 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 3 Aug 3 26 676
"The guy Trump picked to lead the office that's now investigating Jack Smith:" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 3 Aug 3 7 648
Alabama Notifying Adult Sites of New Tax Set to Take Effect Sept. 1 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 3 486
🧊🖕✈️ ICE HATES BEING WATCHED 👉 So what are you gonna do? 🤨 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 7 599
Justice Department fired official whose husband operated controversial ICEBlock app 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 1 370
Judge rips Noem's latest termination of immigrant protections: 'Color is neither a poison nor a crime' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 17 432
Florida AG demands names of guests and performers who attended a drag show 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 31 Jul 31 4 472
Brown University Makes a Deal With the White House to Restore Funding 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 31 Jul 31 1 411
"Three DOJ attorneys challenged their removals in the U.S. District Court for D.C." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 30 Jul 30 2 378
The Quickest Route to a Plum Judicial Appointment 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 30 Jul 30 4 437
Chokeholds, bikers and 'roving patrols': Are Trump's ICE tactics legal? 2 Eugene Jul 29 Jul 29 11 550
Why we need a right not to be manipulated 1 Jilly_in_VA Jul 28 Jul 28 3 475
"DHS has arrested two medical personnel at a surgical center in California for demanding the officers provide a warrant" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 28 Jul 28 20 687
"The Trump admin has formally unveiled a program to illegally use money Congress passed for sheltering migrants ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 26 Jul 26 11 625
His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He's Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 25 Jul 25 2 364
Quebec man warning Canadian boaters after he was detained by U.S. Coast guard, put in jail cell 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 24 Jul 24 11 765
"Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask Judge Crenshaw to bring DHS back in line after its tweets and comments ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 24 Jul 24 7 423
Columbia punishes students involved in pro-Palestinian protest 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 23 Jul 23 0 486
Trump Awards $1.26 Billion Contract to Build Biggest Immigrant Detention Center in US 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 22 Jul 22 4 754
The Pentagon Won't Track Troops Deployed on U.S. Soil. So We Will. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 22 Jul 22 6 445
Beware of SHOCK EXHAUSTION 2 brakester Jul 21 Jul 22 13 587
"... Chief Judge James Boasberg--hearing the "CECOT class" AEA case--scheduled a status hearing for 11a Thursday, July 24." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 22 Jul 22 5 397

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to delay release from jail over deportation fears 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 21 Jul 21 1 413
Nine Ways To Suppress African American Votes--the Republican Playbook Opinion (Newsweek) 2 usonian Jul 21 Jul 21 6 551
Iowa mom falsely accused of cocaine use during pregnancy sues drug testing lab 0 ck4829 Jul 20 Jul 20 14 760
Allentown grandfather's family was told he died in ICE custody. Then they learned he's alive, in a hospital in Guatemala 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 19 Jul 19 10 717
"Trump to TRY to fire Powell, although doing so may be illegal" is the headline. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 16 Jul 16 8 930
NEW: The State Department has quietly declassified and posted the diplomatic notes exchanged between US and El Salvador 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 16 Jul 16 15 2025
Group challenges ruling that potentially weakens the Voting Rights Act 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 15 Jul 15 5 419
Trump appointee argues in dissent that noncitizens are not protected by the First Amendment. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 15 Jul 15 5 668
"Time to start paying attention to Florida attorney general James Uthmeier, the brains behind Alligator Auschwitz." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 15 Jul 15 9 643
NYT Opinion: 'Egregious.' 'Brazen.' 'Lawless.' How 48 Judges Describe Trump's Actions, in Their Own Words 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 13 Jul 13 11 739
Concentration camp jobs posted on Indeed. I wonder if they'll advertise that the uniforms are made by Hugo Boss. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 13 Jul 13 9 1053
"DC Circuit rules that Pentagon can unravel plea deals with 9/11 plotters that would have precluded death penalty." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 11 Jul 11 1 673
"Judge restrains LAPD from using nonlethal munitions against journalists, detaining or assaulting journalists ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 11 Jul 11 5 589
"Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 10 Jul 10 10 696
Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be deported to Mexico or South Sudan, ICE official tells judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 10 Jul 10 2 464
U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans Held in El Salvador for Americans 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 9 Jul 9 2 491
US judge rules Abrego's challenge to wrongful deportation can proceed 1 Eugene Jul 8 Jul 8 4 529
Trump admin now again calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation "a one off mistake...an administrative error." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 7 Jul 7 13 804
Breaking: Judge issues administrative stay stopping South Sudan deportations 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 3 641
'Fidelity' to Trump policies now part of criteria for Foreign Service promotions 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 3 619
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