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BREAKING: Full Fifth Circuit decides it will rehear the case over West Texas A&M's effort to ban a drag show 0 mahatmakanejeeves 18 min ago 18 min ago 1 95
Trump ally says grand jury empaneled in Florida to investigate a sweeping conspiracy against Trump 2 mahatmakanejeeves 7 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 2 243
Looking to speed up building network of migrant detention centers, Trump administration turns to the US Navy 4 mahatmakanejeeves 6 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 2 208
Man challenges arrest for mocking DC troops with Darth Vader's theme song 3 cbabe Thursday Thursday 26 437
6 ICE monsters attack blind 4'6" man 2 Nululu Wednesday Wednesday 12 461
ICE agents hold teens at gunpoint at Dutch Bros in Hillsboro 2 cbabe Tuesday Tuesday 16 566
DoDEA Must Return Books to Shelves, Judge Rules 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 12 312
After hours of oral argument ... in Callais v. Louisiana... Supreme Court is ready to decimate ..Voting Rights Act 1 littlemissmartypants Oct 19 Oct 19 9 366
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall Veteran and Legendary Trans Activist, Has Died at 78 0 cbabe Oct 18 Oct 18 2 181
Hey Desperate Times, this is Desperate Measures. Desperate Measures, this is Desperate Times. 1 ck4829 Oct 17 Oct 17 3 237
Can Police Enter Your Home Without a Warrant? The Supreme Court Will Soon Decide. 0 littlemissmartypants Oct 16 Oct 16 10 373
Official border patrol FB page is posting the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song. "Jew me sue Kick me k*ke me." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 15 Oct 15 7 328
Supreme Court to hear arguments in pivotal case on the Voting Rights Act 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 12 Oct 15 4 390
"MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 10 Oct 15 9 459
"Honestly very impressed by Newsmax, the Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner." 11 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 22 957
Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, which has agreed to accept him for residency. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 12 Oct 12 38 1166
Discussion Highlights False Confessions on International Wrongful Conviction Day 0 ck4829 Oct 11 Oct 11 4 229
This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to Prison in Africa 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 11 Oct 11 10 576
Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia return to court as his deportation saga continues 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 11 Oct 11 3 261
"They are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest." 7 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 10 Oct 10 10 740
How Right-Wing Influencers Are Shaping the Guard Fight in Portland 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 10 Oct 10 3 344
"Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 9 Oct 9 7 487
The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 8 Oct 8 13 772
"It's important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 6 Oct 6 12 360
Supreme Court to decide if states may ban attempts to 'convert' gay and transgender youth 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 6 Oct 6 2 403
"Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point." 12 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 6 Oct 6 57 2498
" Fascism occurs twice: ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 5 Oct 5 6 540
"This is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 5 Oct 5 6 686
crazy kop. Cop sees guy pumping gas, mistakes it for pistol. doesn't apologize, tries to justify his actions 4 BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 3 Oct 5 12 675
This is a declaration they will use federal resources to deploy violence against judges, prosecutors, attorneys general. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 4 Oct 4 19 653

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Watchdog group files Hatch Act complaint over federal agencies blaming Democrats for shutdown 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 4 Oct 4 11 381
Fiercely Anti-Abortion Judge Has Bowed Out of Blockbuster Mifepristone Case 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 3 6 516
"Kavanaugh Stops" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 1 Oct 1 51 1885
"Instead of the next judicial education session, all the judges watch this tiktok instead." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 29 Sep 29 10 1890
Justice Clarence Thomas says legal precedents are not 'the gospel' 9 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 27 Sep 27 5 1286
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 2542
Indiana AG Todd Rokita urges public schools to fire teachers who speak poorly of Charlie Kirk. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 23 Sep 23 5 2724
"'Major terrorist organization' is not a thing in any US law." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 17 Sep 23 6 2780
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 2 815
US appeals court orders deportation of Atlanta journalist detained by ICE 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 19 Sep 19 8 2416
Brendan Carr Makes It Clear That He's Eager To Be America's Top Censor 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 18 Sep 18 22 2605
Protester found not guilty of assault despite top Border Patrol official's testimony 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 17 Sep 17 1 507
New Edict from the Trump Regime 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 17 Sep 17 6 2794
The Danger of Silencing Dissent 0 littlemissmartypants Sep 17 Sep 17 2 1318
Clay Higgins sent a letter to social media sites threatening investigations if they don't censor speech. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 17 Sep 17 8 3012
Total porn ban proposed by Michigan lawmakers. (Fox2, Detroit) 13 usonian Sep 15 Sep 16 2 920
Top FEMA official resigns after staffers ousted for negative Charlie Kirk comments 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 15 Sep 15 12 2640
Lawyers fear 1,000 children from Central America, dozens in California, are at risk of being deported 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 15 Sep 15 5 2522
ICE Spends Millions on Clearview AI Facial Recognition to Find People 'Assaulting' Officers 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 8 Sep 8 1 677
"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 2 860
Trump's Most Dangerous Executive Order 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 7 Sep 7 14 1876
"The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, on a major American city." 33 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 6 Sep 7 50 3909
Justice Breyer Defends Judge Accused of Defying Supreme Court Order 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 7 Sep 7 4 781
Governor JB Pritzker: "Conoce tus derechos, Illinois." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 6 Sep 6 18 1733
Former Fox News Producer With History of Racist Social Media Posts Lands New Gig at EEOC 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 2 680
‪Qasim Rashid: A Florida Judge Tried To Strip Me Of My Law License 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 12 630
Know Your Rights with ICE 1 struggle4progress Sep 1 Sep 2 3 463
'Scan your face' laws for the web are having unexpected consequences 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 1 Sep 2 3 686
He Burned a Flag and Won an American Right. He Worries It's at Risk. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 1 Sep 1 4 686
Judge Halts U.S. Effort to Deport Guatemalan Children as Planes Sit on Tarmac 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 1 Sep 1 4 457

Civil Liberties Continued...

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The Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 1 Sep 1 15 989
How ICE Spies On American Citizens 0 struggle4progress Aug 30 Aug 30 8 672
Trump's National Guard plans are 'basis of civil war' - Malcolm Nance - Times Radio 2 TexasTowelie Aug 27 Aug 28 14 907
Trump no longer expected to sign executive order to punish those who burn American flags 5 Eugene Aug 21 Aug 25 2 752
Dystopian definition 0 brakester Aug 24 Aug 24 7 603
Judge Orders That 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 22 Aug 22 9 793
Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be released from jail Friday. Here's what to know 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 4 645
Judge orders DOJ to give more info on subpoenas targeting trans minors' medical care 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 1 595
"Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 19 Aug 19 46 1829
DC and civil liberties 0 Be Leave On Aug 19 Aug 19 2 558
"Our leading papers failed to stand up to Trump's criminal justice authoritarianism" 10 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 18 Aug 18 25 1201
Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE's breakneck expansion 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 17 Aug 17 6 665
"Declaring a fake emergency as an excuse to deploy the military to police civilians is ..." 12 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 17 Aug 17 73 2368
"NYT keeps publishing stories sourced entirely to Susie Wiles and White House staffers ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 5 714
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 15 Aug 15 3 639
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 15 704
"Trump's entire regime consolidation strategy is to persuade everyone through displays of force ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 15 Aug 15 16 718
IRS has officially passed over taxpayer information to ICE, per court filing 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 14 Aug 14 9 670
Trump Allies Were Told to Stop Saying They'll Put Migrants in 'Camps' 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 14 Aug 14 7 811
Will the Supreme Court revisit its ruling on same-sex marriage? 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 13 Aug 13 7 728
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