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Why Trump's regime will fall 5 CatWoman Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 1962
A Poem- History is Closing In 0 Ranting Randy Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 1007
"Every lie told by this regime [is] about pushing narratives to facilitate ethnic cleansing." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 1191
New York school violated civil rights law by changing name from 'Thunderbirds' to 'T-Birds,' US says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 1248
The head of Trump DOJ's Civil Rights Division boosts prediction markets placing 36% odds she'll prosecute Don Lemon 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 1215
Autopsy finds Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia 12 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 35 3130
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to DHS 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 1098
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's [LGBTQ] club to drag show ban ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 1328
DOJ files notice that it is appealing its loss in the challenge to its invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 992
"Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 1012
Stars and Stripes job applicants are asked if they back Trump policies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 1171
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers 0 Eugene Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 871
TWSJ.: Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1166
'Turn off your video': ICE agents tell NC men to quit recording traffic stop 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 22 1339
Seattle Indivisible: Know your protest rights. Edited: now in alt text, for people with visual disabilities. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 1182
"Data created during times of human rights violations can be used to prove command responsibility ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 1052
Top union accuses Texas of targeting teachers over Charlie Kirk posts 0 Eugene Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 856
"In the midst of everything else, the Trump administration is an incredible combination of entitlement and sloppiness." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 992
Organizer arrested in Grand Rapids following protest in response to U.S. attack in Venezuela 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 1241
More than 300 judges rebuff Trump's immigration policy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 991
NEW: The latest effort to hold Gregory Bovino accountable for his disregard of the rule of law. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 8 1124
JUST IN: Abrego Garcia lawyers press TN fed judge to sanction feds for alleged gag order violations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 7 1103
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1139
The Situation: A Legal Puzzle to Ponder 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 935
Miami Herald reporter accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1006
Here's the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 1536
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 1048
Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1100
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 1031
Trump's Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1210

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Kari Lake sends a memo to the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1087
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1100
Federal judge to decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should return to immigration custody 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 1191
Abrego's lawyers have proof of Todd Blanche's direct involvement in his prosecution - after lying to the court about it. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 25 1744
Texas is making a list of transgender Texans. It's using the DMV to help. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 14 1785
11th Ct. grants Florida's request to limit the injunction against the anti-drag law to cover only Hamburger Mary's 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 1064
"Rob Reiner was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California's Prop 8 banning same sex marriage." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 47 1999
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 1220
More Trump DOJ Hijinks in Abrego Garcia Saga 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 1105
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1111
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 38 2272
🚀 NOTICE: Federal US website newly registered. https://merrychristmas.gov 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1392
Turkish student who criticized Israel can resume research at Tufts after visa revoked, judge rules 0 Eugene Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 894
"Constitution's 'domestic violence' clause may block Trump deployment of National Guard in Oregon." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1007
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 944
Amicus brief from the Cato Institute, Dale Carpenter and Eugene Volokh urges full Fifth Circuit to affirm panel ruling 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1015
Trump Action Tracker keeps track of antidemocratic actions by category including civil liberties, with links 6 mahina Dec 2025 Dec 2025 12 1716
Halligan Continues as U.S. Attorney, Prompting Criticism From Judges 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 981
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1207
ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 58 3210
Fired EPA employees challenge agency, alleging free speech violations 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 878
The Rise of the Anti-Trump Jury. Juries Can Stop Trump, Too 1 ck4829 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1327
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1097
They're simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but ... 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 18 1914
Judge Boasberg orders DHS Sec Kristi Noem and other officials to submit declarations. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 13 1284
Ask yourself why there wasn't this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 70 3041
FL has suspended 25 rules using DeSantis' yearslong immigration state of emergency 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 1671
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana 6 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 53 3008
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 1122
After 27 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris "Jimmie" Duncan is finally getting out. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 19 1616

Civil Liberties Continued...

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High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 1279
ICE video shows officers planned to 'smash' into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol 7 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 37 2754
Judge Places Hold on I.R.S. Data Sharing With ICE 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 804
MAGA's $300 million heist 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 14 1267
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 1114
At the Justice Department, Civil Rights Now Means Gun Rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 885
UCLA faculty gets big win in suit against Trump's university attacks 0 usonian Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 1336
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 19 1610
Wisconsin: Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs--And They Have No Idea What They're Doing 2 Eugene Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 1108
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: 'I felt like a piece of trash' 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 13 1002
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 14 1286
Advocates Applaud as Pro-Palestinian Commentator Sami Hamdi Released by ICE 2 cbabe Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1015
DOJ Officials Hype Up Ongoing Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 822
Q) How does a person protect a pro democracy anti fascist web site? 2 Ranting Randy Oct 2025 Nov 2025 2 990
Trump administration speeds up new rules that would make it easier to charge some protesters 2 Eugene Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 1029
Flock cameras lead Colorado police to wrong suspect: "It became my job to prove my innocence" 2 ck4829 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 1008
"Excessive force. PERIOD!" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 40 1630
Are You on Trump's List of Domestic Terrorists? There's No Way to Know. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 860
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 1362
EXCLUSIVE: Key Lime Air is running flights of detainees for ICE, according to government data and flight tracking 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 10 1127
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