Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
President Donald Trump’s military occupations of U.S. cities have cost nearly half a billion dollars, according to an expert estimate...
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Trump’s Federal Cops Just Gave Themselves Expansive Anti-Protest Powers Targeting Masks
Citing “civil unrest” in American cities, the Department of Homeland Security has accelerated new regulations meant to expand the powers...
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
A documentary featuring mothers surviving Israel’s genocide in Gaza. A video investigation uncovering Israel’s role in the killing of a...
Kat Abughazaleh on the Right to Protest
Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh was charged earlier this week with federal conspiracy charges for protesting outside of Broadview ICE...
Man Jailed for Facebook Meme Is Freed in Tennessee
More than a month after he was arrested for sharing a meme on Facebook, 61-year-old Larry Bushart Jr. walked out...
Feds Say Kat Abughazaleh “Impeded” ICE Agents. That Would Put Her on the Right Side of History.
Donald Trump’s federal security forces confront a protest outside of an ICE facility, where Kat Abughazaleh is alleged to have...
Trump DOJ Charges House Candidate Kat Abughazaleh With Conspiracy for Protesting ICE
The Department of Justice has brought federal charges against Illinois House candidate Kat Abughazaleh and five other activists for protesting...
The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme
By the time the cops showed up to arrest him for sharing a derisive meme responding to the killing of...
Why the No Kings Protests Matter
Demonstrators gather in front of the federal building guarded by a mix of U.S. Marines and National Guards during the...
“Antifa” Protesters Charged With Terrorism for Constitutionally Protected Activity
The entrance of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4, 2025. Photo: Mark David...
Unions Sue to Stop AI Surveillance Powering Trump’s “Catch and Revoke” Deportation Scheme
Three major labor unions sued the federal government on Thursday to stop a sweeping social media surveillance program designed to...
He Tweeted Charlie Kirk “Won’t Be Remembered as a Hero.” The State Dept. Revoked His Visa.
As part of the Trump administration’s drive to lionize the late Charlie Kirk and chill criticism of his politics, the...
Trump’s War on Drugs
From Afghanistan to Iraq, the United States has long used drone strikes to take out people it alleges are terrorists...
Government Shutdown and Free Speech Showdown
The federal government shut down on Wednesday as President Donald Trump threatened mass federal layoffs. Republicans are blaming Democrats for...
She Sent Money to Family in Gaza. ICE Claimed It’s Evidence She Supports Hamas.
Since coming to the U.S. from the West Bank in 2016, Leqaa Kordia has sent thousands of dollars to family...
