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"The police chief of Quakertown, Pa., led a group of plainclothes officers to disrupt a peaceful high school protest." 20 mahatmakanejeeves 12 hrs ago 23 min ago 58 1782
"More lawless slaughter at sea by the Trump administration under the specious guise of counterterrorism." 2 mahatmakanejeeves 18 hrs ago 1 hr ago 10 351
She was an orphan adopted from Iran by a US veteran. The Trump administration wants to deport her 4 mahatmakanejeeves 11 hrs ago 11 hrs ago 22 591
Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump's Secretive Deportation Program 13 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 53 1417
US DOJ lawyer hit with bar complaint over search of reporter's home 1 Eugene Feb 10 Feb 10 16 453
The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics 0 Eugene Feb 8 Feb 8 6 431
DHS warned its independent watchdog that Noem can kill its investigations, senator says 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 7 Feb 7 7 329
"Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping Trump From Rigging the Midterms" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 6 Feb 6 4 401
EXCLUSIVE: DOJ's Civil Rights Chief Called Federal Election Interference Unconstitutional 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 5 Feb 5 5 399
"An agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 4 Feb 4 18 600
Pentagon Defends Restrictions on Media Outlets 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 4 Feb 4 1 351
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 4 Feb 4 5 464
The Fashionable Notion of 'Free Speech Culture' Is Justifying State Censorship, Ironically 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2 Feb 2 2 295
What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2 Feb 2 11 514
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 31 Jan 31 4 528
Pam Bondi's X account is posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP, forbidden under DOJ rules. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 28 Jan 28 8 793
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues another out-of-state provider accused of illegally sending abortion-inducing pills to Texans. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 28 Jan 28 2 416
Why Trump's regime will fall 5 CatWoman Jan 18 Jan 27 6 886
A Poem- History is Closing In 0 Ranting Randy Jan 25 Jan 25 1 372
"Every lie told by this regime [is] about pushing narratives to facilitate ethnic cleansing." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 24 Jan 24 11 510
New York school violated civil rights law by changing name from 'Thunderbirds' to 'T-Birds,' US says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 24 Jan 24 0 434
The head of Trump DOJ's Civil Rights Division boosts prediction markets placing 36% odds she'll prosecute Don Lemon 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 22 Jan 22 0 498
Autopsy finds Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia 12 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 22 Jan 22 35 1558
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to DHS 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 21 11 537
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's [LGBTQ] club to drag show ban ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 0 562
DOJ files notice that it is appealing its loss in the challenge to its invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 0 462
"Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 11 513
Stars and Stripes job applicants are asked if they back Trump policies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 14 Jan 14 2 579
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers 0 Eugene Jan 14 Jan 14 1 364
TWSJ.: Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 11 Jan 11 5 643

Civil Liberties Continued...

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'Turn off your video': ICE agents tell NC men to quit recording traffic stop 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 11 Jan 11 22 844
Seattle Indivisible: Know your protest rights. Edited: now in alt text, for people with visual disabilities. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 10 Jan 10 4 566
"Data created during times of human rights violations can be used to prove command responsibility ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 10 Jan 10 6 580
Top union accuses Texas of targeting teachers over Charlie Kirk posts 0 Eugene Jan 6 Jan 6 3 407
"In the midst of everything else, the Trump administration is an incredible combination of entitlement and sloppiness." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 2 531
Organizer arrested in Grand Rapids following protest in response to U.S. attack in Venezuela 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 3 682
More than 300 judges rebuff Trump's immigration policy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 6 528
NEW: The latest effort to hold Gregory Bovino accountable for his disregard of the rule of law. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2 Jan 2 8 650
JUST IN: Abrego Garcia lawyers press TN fed judge to sanction feds for alleged gag order violations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 1 Jan 1 7 628
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 29 Dec 29 8 647
The Situation: A Legal Puzzle to Ponder 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 28 Dec 28 3 502
Miami Herald reporter accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 28 Dec 28 10 552
Here's the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 11 906
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 9 663
Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 10 690
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 1 596
Trump's Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 24 Dec 24 10 736
Kari Lake sends a memo to the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 Dec 23 5 662
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 22 Dec 22 5 637
Federal judge to decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should return to immigration custody 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 22 Dec 22 7 824
Abrego's lawyers have proof of Todd Blanche's direct involvement in his prosecution - after lying to the court about it. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 20 Dec 20 25 1154
Texas is making a list of transgender Texans. It's using the DMV to help. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 14 937
11th Ct. grants Florida's request to limit the injunction against the anti-drag law to cover only Hamburger Mary's 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 3 647
"Rob Reiner was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California's Prop 8 banning same sex marriage." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 47 1620
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 11 821
More Trump DOJ Hijinks in Abrego Garcia Saga 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 9 751
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 10 766
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 13 38 1700
🚀 NOTICE: Federal US website newly registered. https://merrychristmas.gov 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 4 927
Turkish student who criticized Israel can resume research at Tufts after visa revoked, judge rules 0 Eugene Dec 10 Dec 10 11 588

Civil Liberties Continued...

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"Constitution's 'domestic violence' clause may block Trump deployment of National Guard in Oregon." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 5 680
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 2 596
Amicus brief from the Cato Institute, Dale Carpenter and Eugene Volokh urges full Fifth Circuit to affirm panel ruling 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 7 Dec 7 4 734
Trump Action Tracker keeps track of antidemocratic actions by category including civil liberties, with links 6 mahina Dec 6 Dec 6 12 966
Halligan Continues as U.S. Attorney, Prompting Criticism From Judges 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 6 Dec 6 5 682
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 5 Dec 5 8 847
ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 4 58 2302
Fired EPA employees challenge agency, alleging free speech violations 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 6 600
The Rise of the Anti-Trump Jury. Juries Can Stop Trump, Too 1 ck4829 Dec 2 Dec 2 10 995
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2 Dec 2 8 804
They're simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but ... 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 30 Nov 30 18 1348
Judge Boasberg orders DHS Sec Kristi Noem and other officials to submit declarations. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 28 Nov 28 13 945
Ask yourself why there wasn't this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 28 Nov 28 70 2629
FL has suspended 25 rules using DeSantis' yearslong immigration state of emergency 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 28 Nov 28 9 1147
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana 6 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 53 2466
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 24 Nov 24 2 814
After 27 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris "Jimmie" Duncan is finally getting out. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 19 1147
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 937
ICE video shows officers planned to 'smash' into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol 7 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 37 2147
Judge Places Hold on I.R.S. Data Sharing With ICE 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 602
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