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Here's the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 11 551
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 9 372
Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 10 335
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 1 266
Trump's Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here 2 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 10 412
Kari Lake sends a memo to the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 5 356
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 5 294
Federal judge to decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should return to immigration custody 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 7 347
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 25 799
Texas is making a list of transgender Texans. It's using the DMV to help. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 14 491
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 3 314
"Rob Reiner was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California's Prop 8 banning same sex marriage." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 47 1304
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 11 509
More Trump DOJ Hijinks in Abrego Garcia Saga 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 9 459
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 10 479
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 1295
🚀 NOTICE: Federal US website newly registered. https://merrychristmas.gov 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 4 576
Turkish student who criticized Israel can resume research at Tufts after visa revoked, judge rules 0 Eugene Dec 10 Dec 10 11 307
"Constitution's 'domestic violence' clause may block Trump deployment of National Guard in Oregon." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 5 411
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 2 313
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 4 469
Trump Action Tracker keeps track of antidemocratic actions by category including civil liberties, with links 6 mahina Dec 6 Dec 6 12 517
Halligan Continues as U.S. Attorney, Prompting Criticism From Judges 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 6 Dec 6 5 403
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 5 Dec 5 8 516
ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 4 58 1786
Fired EPA employees challenge agency, alleging free speech violations 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 6 318
The Rise of the Anti-Trump Jury. Juries Can Stop Trump, Too 1 ck4829 Dec 2 Dec 2 10 689
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2 Dec 2 8 488
They're simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but ... 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 30 Nov 30 18 939
Judge Boasberg orders DHS Sec Kristi Noem and other officials to submit declarations. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 28 Nov 28 13 628

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Ask yourself why there wasn't this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 28 Nov 28 70 2306
FL has suspended 25 rules using DeSantis' yearslong immigration state of emergency 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 28 Nov 28 9 806
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana 6 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 53 2046
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 24 Nov 24 2 514
After 27 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris "Jimmie" Duncan is finally getting out. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 22 Nov 23 19 795
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 23 Nov 23 8 622
ICE video shows officers planned to 'smash' into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol 7 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 23 Nov 23 37 1671
Judge Places Hold on I.R.S. Data Sharing With ICE 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 22 Nov 22 3 341
MAGA's $300 million heist 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 21 Nov 21 14 689
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 2 636
At the Justice Department, Civil Rights Now Means Gun Rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 2 438
UCLA faculty gets big win in suit against Trump's university attacks 0 usonian Nov 17 Nov 17 4 897
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 17 Nov 17 19 772
Wisconsin: Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs--And They Have No Idea What They're Doing 2 Eugene Nov 16 Nov 16 2 539
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: 'I felt like a piece of trash' 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 15 Nov 15 13 529
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 13 Nov 13 14 696
Advocates Applaud as Pro-Palestinian Commentator Sami Hamdi Released by ICE 2 cbabe Nov 11 Nov 11 6 485
DOJ Officials Hype Up Ongoing Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 11 Nov 11 5 426
Q) How does a person protect a pro democracy anti fascist web site? 2 Ranting Randy Oct 31 Nov 9 2 490
Trump administration speeds up new rules that would make it easier to charge some protesters 2 Eugene Nov 7 Nov 7 4 515
Flock cameras lead Colorado police to wrong suspect: "It became my job to prove my innocence" 2 ck4829 Nov 7 Nov 7 0 491
"Excessive force. PERIOD!" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 40 1174
Are You on Trump's List of Domestic Terrorists? There's No Way to Know. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 7 468
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 7 794
EXCLUSIVE: Key Lime Air is running flights of detainees for ICE, according to government data and flight tracking 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 1 Nov 1 10 627
Don't think of it as a concentration camp; think of it as an "accountability center." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 3 487
Shock Video Shows ICE Agent Assaulting Woman Who Asked If He's A Good Christian 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 29 Oct 29 11 600
There's a Right To Record ICE Raids--and There's No Blanket Immunity for Raiders 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 28 Oct 28 9 566
BREAKING: Full Fifth Circuit decides it will rehear the case over West Texas A&M's effort to ban a drag show 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 27 Oct 27 4 704
Trump ally says grand jury empaneled in Florida to investigate a sweeping conspiracy against Trump 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 27 Oct 27 2 653

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Looking to speed up building network of migrant detention centers, Trump administration turns to the US Navy 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 27 Oct 27 2 612
Man challenges arrest for mocking DC troops with Darth Vader's theme song 3 cbabe Oct 23 Oct 23 26 783
6 ICE monsters attack blind 4'6" man 2 Nululu Oct 22 Oct 22 12 828
ICE agents hold teens at gunpoint at Dutch Bros in Hillsboro 2 cbabe Oct 21 Oct 21 16 901
DoDEA Must Return Books to Shelves, Judge Rules 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 21 Oct 21 12 615
After hours of oral argument ... in Callais v. Louisiana... Supreme Court is ready to decimate ..Voting Rights Act 1 littlemissmartypants Oct 19 Oct 19 9 669
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall Veteran and Legendary Trans Activist, Has Died at 78 0 cbabe Oct 18 Oct 18 2 467
Hey Desperate Times, this is Desperate Measures. Desperate Measures, this is Desperate Times. 1 ck4829 Oct 17 Oct 17 3 523
Can Police Enter Your Home Without a Warrant? The Supreme Court Will Soon Decide. 0 littlemissmartypants Oct 16 Oct 16 10 649
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 7 619
Supreme Court to hear arguments in pivotal case on the Voting Rights Act 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 12 Oct 15 4 673
"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 9 759
"Honestly very impressed by Newsmax, the Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner." 11 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 22 1450
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 1680
Discussion Highlights False Confessions on International Wrongful Conviction Day 0 ck4829 Oct 11 Oct 11 4 509
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 10 901
Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia return to court as his deportation saga continues 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 11 Oct 11 3 527
"They are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest." 7 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 10 Oct 10 10 1110
How Right-Wing Influencers Are Shaping the Guard Fight in Portland 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 10 Oct 10 3 625
"Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 9 Oct 9 7 850
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