Chilling Dissent
Trump Subpoenas Teachers Union for Info on Pro-Palestine Students
The expansive subpoena asked the American Federation of Teachers headquarters for information related to a vandalism case against Michigan students.
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C. Frances is a freelance journalist. Her work centers around politics, conflict, and resistance in contemporary social movements.
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The War on Immigrants
ICE Was Secretly Ordered to Stop All Immigration Raids on Election Day
“Yesterday was the least amount of activity observed from ICE ERO throughout the entire year so far,” said an activist who monitors immigration enforcement nationwide.
Chilling Dissent
Feds Charged Activists Just Before Major Anti-ICE Protest in a Tiny Vermont Town
Authorities are taking unprecedented steps to charge protesters in a sleepy Vermont town that hosts an ICE intelligence and targeting center.
Chilling Dissent
Pentagon Employee DataRepublican Posts Inside Info About Hacks Against the Far Left
A far-right hacker that touts cyber attacks on leftist sites has close ties to DataRepublican, the X account of a Pentagon employee.
Chilling Dissent
NYPD Used High-Tech Surveillance to Find Gaza Paint Splatter Protester, Docs Show
Throwing paint on a statue at Columbia seems like a minor crime, but cops use tremendous resources when pro-Palestine protesters are in the crosshairs.
Chilling Dissent
FBI Raided Texas Activist’s House — Then Offered Her $200,000 to Become Antifa Informant
Federal agents asked about links between the woman and the Prairieland case — suggesting a sprawling conspiracy that fits with Trump’s attacks on antifa.
Chilling Dissent
FBI Tried to Flip Anti-ICE Protesters Into Informants
“They were asking me to inform,” said a protester, one of dozens contacted by the feds, who was arrested while playing the cello.
Chilling Dissent
Undercover Cops Infiltrated Delaney Hall ICE Protest to Spy and Make Arrest
A complaint by Newark police didn’t mention that ICE led the ambush on a protester and made the initial arrest.
Midterms 2026
ICE Watchers Worry Democrats Are Trying to Co-Opt Their Movements For Votes
Minneapolis activists are accusing a local House candidate of “cosplaying” as a protester, blurring the line between solidarity and opportunism.
Chilling Dissent
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
“I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept in an exclusive interview.