Inside ICE, Officials Question String of Trump Admin “Midterm Panic Moves”
One ICE official said the timing of the raid on Ilhan Omar’s home was “politically motivated.”
Chilling Dissent
An alarming sea change has become a hallmark of the second Trump administration: an inversion of the assumption that, for the most part, Americans are protected by their right to free speech. First Amendment rights are under attack, as Trump uses the tools of the U.S. government to crack down and even punish protesters, journalists, critics, and more.
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An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.
Cases in Arkansas and California show how desperately we need a federal law against lawsuits intended to chill free speech.
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ICE Raid on Ilhan Omar Shows How Dangerous Two Years of Flailing Trump Could Get
With his popularity tanking and his grip on power growing tenuous, Trump is becoming a decrepit tyrant — and the checks to stop him are failing.
Trump Wanted Minnesota 15 Case to Be Another Prairieland. Instead, Twin Cities Rallied Behind Anti-ICE Activists.
The mainstream of Minnesota’s left-of-center politics — including unions, the backbone of Democratic power — are behind the radical left.
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.
Antisemitism Law Helped Get a Professor Fired for Free Speech, Lawsuit Says
A hardline anti-Islamic Republic group went after a tenured professor for comments about Iran. When that didn’t work, they cited tweets about Israel and Gaza.
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Public Radio Station Forced to Call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is rolling over to Trump and his acolytes in the state, rather than stand up for editorial independence.
The Intercept Briefing
Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to Stay Silent”
Taken by ICE last year for protesting Israel, Khalil speaks on how his fight is bigger than whether he gets to stay in this country.
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Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
A Eugene-based publication requested records about a cop accused of misconduct. The city slapped it with a prohibitive fee.
The Intercept Sues Texas City Over Refusal to Release Police Records on Prairieland Protest
“This is one of the singularly most distressing cases that I’ve seen in terms of public access to records. This is stonewalling on steroids.”