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"Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem." 4 mahatmakanejeeves 2 hrs ago 1 hr ago 2 219
The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here 2 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 13 629
"It's important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 12 275
Supreme Court to decide if states may ban attempts to 'convert' gay and transgender youth 3 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 296
"Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point." 12 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 57 2314
" Fascism occurs twice: ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 6 438
"This is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 6 555
crazy kop. Cop sees guy pumping gas, mistakes it for pistol. doesn't apologize, tries to justify his actions 4 BlueWaveNeverEnd Friday Sunday 12 554
This is a declaration they will use federal resources to deploy violence against judges, prosecutors, attorneys general. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 19 555
Watchdog group files Hatch Act complaint over federal agencies blaming Democrats for shutdown 2 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 11 300
Fiercely Anti-Abortion Judge Has Bowed Out of Blockbuster Mifepristone Case 2 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Friday 6 426
"Kavanaugh Stops" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 1 Oct 1 51 1776
"Instead of the next judicial education session, all the judges watch this tiktok instead." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 29 Sep 29 10 1815
Justice Clarence Thomas says legal precedents are not 'the gospel' 9 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 27 Sep 27 5 1186
A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 24 Sep 24 41 2460
Indiana AG Todd Rokita urges public schools to fire teachers who speak poorly of Charlie Kirk. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 23 Sep 23 5 2639
"'Major terrorist organization' is not a thing in any US law." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 17 Sep 23 6 2704
Trump's Censorship Binge After Kirk's Killing Is Part of an All-Out Effort to Crush the Opposition 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 22 Sep 22 2 734
US appeals court orders deportation of Atlanta journalist detained by ICE 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 19 Sep 19 8 2340
Brendan Carr Makes It Clear That He's Eager To Be America's Top Censor 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 18 Sep 18 22 2526
Protester found not guilty of assault despite top Border Patrol official's testimony 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 17 Sep 17 1 442
New Edict from the Trump Regime 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 17 Sep 17 6 2725
The Danger of Silencing Dissent 0 littlemissmartypants Sep 17 Sep 17 2 1251
Clay Higgins sent a letter to social media sites threatening investigations if they don't censor speech. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 17 Sep 17 8 2927
Total porn ban proposed by Michigan lawmakers. (Fox2, Detroit) 13 usonian Sep 15 Sep 16 2 842
Top FEMA official resigns after staffers ousted for negative Charlie Kirk comments 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 15 Sep 15 12 2577
Lawyers fear 1,000 children from Central America, dozens in California, are at risk of being deported 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 15 Sep 15 5 2451
ICE Spends Millions on Clearview AI Facial Recognition to Find People 'Assaulting' Officers 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 8 Sep 8 1 608
"Pam Bondi is letting a powerful white man engage in violence in part bc GOP Majority depends on her doing so." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 8 Sep 8 2 781
Trump's Most Dangerous Executive Order 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 7 Sep 7 14 1806

Civil Liberties Continued...

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"The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, on a major American city." 33 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 6 Sep 7 50 3790
Justice Breyer Defends Judge Accused of Defying Supreme Court Order 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 7 Sep 7 4 714
Governor JB Pritzker: "Conoce tus derechos, Illinois." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 6 Sep 6 18 1662
Former Fox News Producer With History of Racist Social Media Posts Lands New Gig at EEOC 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 2 614
‪Qasim Rashid: A Florida Judge Tried To Strip Me Of My Law License 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 12 562
Know Your Rights with ICE 1 struggle4progress Sep 1 Sep 2 3 399
'Scan your face' laws for the web are having unexpected consequences 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 1 Sep 2 3 619
He Burned a Flag and Won an American Right. He Worries It's at Risk. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 1 Sep 1 4 612
Judge Halts U.S. Effort to Deport Guatemalan Children as Planes Sit on Tarmac 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 1 Sep 1 4 388
The Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 1 Sep 1 15 920
How ICE Spies On American Citizens 0 struggle4progress Aug 30 Aug 30 8 604
Trump's National Guard plans are 'basis of civil war' - Malcolm Nance - Times Radio 2 TexasTowelie Aug 27 Aug 28 14 834
Trump no longer expected to sign executive order to punish those who burn American flags 5 Eugene Aug 21 Aug 25 2 679
Dystopian definition 0 brakester Aug 24 Aug 24 7 530
Judge Orders That 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 22 Aug 22 9 723
Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be released from jail Friday. Here's what to know 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 4 567
Judge orders DOJ to give more info on subpoenas targeting trans minors' medical care 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 1 529
"Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 19 Aug 19 46 1757
DC and civil liberties 0 Be Leave On Aug 19 Aug 19 2 482
"Our leading papers failed to stand up to Trump's criminal justice authoritarianism" 10 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 18 Aug 18 25 1122
Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE's breakneck expansion 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 17 Aug 17 6 601
"Declaring a fake emergency as an excuse to deploy the military to police civilians is ..." 12 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 17 Aug 17 73 2285
"NYT keeps publishing stories sourced entirely to Susie Wiles and White House staffers ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 5 649
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 15 Aug 15 3 568
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 15 631
"Trump's entire regime consolidation strategy is to persuade everyone through displays of force ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 15 Aug 15 16 649
IRS has officially passed over taxpayer information to ICE, per court filing 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 14 Aug 14 9 597
Trump Allies Were Told to Stop Saying They'll Put Migrants in 'Camps' 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 14 Aug 14 7 743
Will the Supreme Court revisit its ruling on same-sex marriage? 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 13 Aug 13 7 646
Florida Officials Won't Say If COVID Is Spreading at Everglades Concentration Camp 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 13 Aug 13 15 813

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Army Secretary forces West Point to rescind appointment given to Easterly 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 30 Aug 10 10 773
"Do Legal Checks on a President's Power 'Diminish the Votes of the Citizens Who Elected Him'?" 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 8 Aug 10 8 588
New: Harvard patents targeted by Trump administration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 8 Aug 8 2 579
DOJ manufactures another lawsuit to block in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 Aug 7 1 507
Immigration Trump's plan to hold migrants at military bases begins taking shape 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 Aug 7 3 472
body cameras/dash cameras 2 RussBLib Aug 5 Aug 5 3 602
"Jack Goldsmith points out that Justice Barrett's opinion in the universal injunction case rests on an error ..." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 5 Aug 5 11 769
VOA director fired after declining reassignment to low-level post 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 5 Aug 5 7 614
Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 3 Aug 3 14 664
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 26 829
"The guy Trump picked to lead the office that's now investigating Jack Smith:" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 3 Aug 3 7 812
Alabama Notifying Adult Sites of New Tax Set to Take Effect Sept. 1 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 3 652
🧊🖕✈️ ICE HATES BEING WATCHED 👉 So what are you gonna do? 🤨 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 7 757
Justice Department fired official whose husband operated controversial ICEBlock app 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 1 517
Judge rips Noem's latest termination of immigrant protections: 'Color is neither a poison nor a crime' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 17 590
Florida AG demands names of guests and performers who attended a drag show 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 31 Jul 31 4 628
Brown University Makes a Deal With the White House to Restore Funding 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 31 Jul 31 1 563
"Three DOJ attorneys challenged their removals in the U.S. District Court for D.C." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 30 Jul 30 2 522
The Quickest Route to a Plum Judicial Appointment 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 30 Jul 30 4 598
Chokeholds, bikers and 'roving patrols': Are Trump's ICE tactics legal? 2 Eugene Jul 29 Jul 29 11 702
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