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After hours of oral argument ... in Callais v. Louisiana... Supreme Court is ready to decimate ..Voting Rights Act 1 littlemissmartypants Sunday Sunday 9 309
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall Veteran and Legendary Trans Activist, Has Died at 78 0 cbabe Saturday Saturday 2 150
Hey Desperate Times, this is Desperate Measures. Desperate Measures, this is Desperate Times. 1 ck4829 Friday Friday 3 205
Can Police Enter Your Home Without a Warrant? The Supreme Court Will Soon Decide. 0 littlemissmartypants Thursday Thursday 10 328
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 Wednesday Wednesday 7 302
Supreme Court to hear arguments in pivotal case on the Voting Rights Act 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 12 Wednesday 4 361
"MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 10 Wednesday 9 429
"Honestly very impressed by Newsmax, the Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner." 11 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 22 893
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 1120
Discussion Highlights False Confessions on International Wrongful Conviction Day 0 ck4829 Oct 11 Oct 11 4 206
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 10 528
Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia return to court as his deportation saga continues 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 11 Oct 11 3 234
"They are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest." 7 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 10 Oct 10 10 692
How Right-Wing Influencers Are Shaping the Guard Fight in Portland 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 10 Oct 10 3 316
"Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 9 Oct 9 7 449
The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 8 Oct 8 13 734
"It's important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 6 Oct 6 12 330
Supreme Court to decide if states may ban attempts to 'convert' gay and transgender youth 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 6 Oct 6 2 372
"Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point." 12 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 6 Oct 6 57 2454
" Fascism occurs twice: ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 5 Oct 5 6 508
"This is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 5 Oct 5 6 651
crazy kop. Cop sees guy pumping gas, mistakes it for pistol. doesn't apologize, tries to justify his actions 4 BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 3 Oct 5 12 646
This is a declaration they will use federal resources to deploy violence against judges, prosecutors, attorneys general. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 4 Oct 4 19 626
Watchdog group files Hatch Act complaint over federal agencies blaming Democrats for shutdown 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 4 Oct 4 11 356
Fiercely Anti-Abortion Judge Has Bowed Out of Blockbuster Mifepristone Case 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 3 6 489
"Kavanaugh Stops" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 1 Oct 1 51 1849
"Instead of the next judicial education session, all the judges watch this tiktok instead." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 29 Sep 29 10 1867
Justice Clarence Thomas says legal precedents are not 'the gospel' 9 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 27 Sep 27 5 1245
A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 24 Sep 24 41 2511
Indiana AG Todd Rokita urges public schools to fire teachers who speak poorly of Charlie Kirk. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 23 Sep 23 5 2692

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"'Major terrorist organization' is not a thing in any US law." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 17 Sep 23 6 2753
Trump's Censorship Binge After Kirk's Killing Is Part of an All-Out Effort to Crush the Opposition 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 22 Sep 22 2 789
US appeals court orders deportation of Atlanta journalist detained by ICE 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 19 Sep 19 8 2386
Brendan Carr Makes It Clear That He's Eager To Be America's Top Censor 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 18 Sep 18 22 2575
Protester found not guilty of assault despite top Border Patrol official's testimony 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 17 Sep 17 1 483
New Edict from the Trump Regime 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 17 Sep 17 6 2768
The Danger of Silencing Dissent 0 littlemissmartypants Sep 17 Sep 17 2 1293
Clay Higgins sent a letter to social media sites threatening investigations if they don't censor speech. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 17 Sep 17 8 2979
Total porn ban proposed by Michigan lawmakers. (Fox2, Detroit) 13 usonian Sep 15 Sep 16 2 891
Top FEMA official resigns after staffers ousted for negative Charlie Kirk comments 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 15 Sep 15 12 2617
Lawyers fear 1,000 children from Central America, dozens in California, are at risk of being deported 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 15 Sep 15 5 2497
ICE Spends Millions on Clearview AI Facial Recognition to Find People 'Assaulting' Officers 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 8 Sep 8 1 652
"Pam Bondi is letting a powerful white man engage in violence in part bc GOP Majority depends on her doing so." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 8 Sep 8 2 837
Trump's Most Dangerous Executive Order 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 7 Sep 7 14 1852
"The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, on a major American city." 33 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 6 Sep 7 50 3876
Justice Breyer Defends Judge Accused of Defying Supreme Court Order 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 7 Sep 7 4 758
Governor JB Pritzker: "Conoce tus derechos, Illinois." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 6 Sep 6 18 1711
Former Fox News Producer With History of Racist Social Media Posts Lands New Gig at EEOC 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 2 657
‪Qasim Rashid: A Florida Judge Tried To Strip Me Of My Law License 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 12 609
Know Your Rights with ICE 1 struggle4progress Sep 1 Sep 2 3 441
'Scan your face' laws for the web are having unexpected consequences 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 1 Sep 2 3 664
He Burned a Flag and Won an American Right. He Worries It's at Risk. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 1 Sep 1 4 665
Judge Halts U.S. Effort to Deport Guatemalan Children as Planes Sit on Tarmac 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 1 Sep 1 4 432
The Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 1 Sep 1 15 971
How ICE Spies On American Citizens 0 struggle4progress Aug 30 Aug 30 8 650
Trump's National Guard plans are 'basis of civil war' - Malcolm Nance - Times Radio 2 TexasTowelie Aug 27 Aug 28 14 879
Trump no longer expected to sign executive order to punish those who burn American flags 5 Eugene Aug 21 Aug 25 2 729
Dystopian definition 0 brakester Aug 24 Aug 24 7 582
Judge Orders That 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 22 Aug 22 9 772
Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be released from jail Friday. Here's what to know 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 4 614

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Judge orders DOJ to give more info on subpoenas targeting trans minors' medical care 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 1 573
"Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 19 Aug 19 46 1803
DC and civil liberties 0 Be Leave On Aug 19 Aug 19 2 531
"Our leading papers failed to stand up to Trump's criminal justice authoritarianism" 10 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 18 Aug 18 25 1165
Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE's breakneck expansion 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 17 Aug 17 6 640
"Declaring a fake emergency as an excuse to deploy the military to police civilians is ..." 12 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 17 Aug 17 73 2328
"NYT keeps publishing stories sourced entirely to Susie Wiles and White House staffers ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 5 692
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 15 Aug 15 3 613
I find myself thinking about historian Robert Paxton's 2004 definition of fascism far too often than I'd like these days 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 15 Aug 15 15 678
"Trump's entire regime consolidation strategy is to persuade everyone through displays of force ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 15 Aug 15 16 692
IRS has officially passed over taxpayer information to ICE, per court filing 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 14 Aug 14 9 643
Trump Allies Were Told to Stop Saying They'll Put Migrants in 'Camps' 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 14 Aug 14 7 784
Will the Supreme Court revisit its ruling on same-sex marriage? 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 13 Aug 13 7 698
Florida Officials Won't Say If COVID Is Spreading at Everglades Concentration Camp 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 13 Aug 13 15 858
Army Secretary forces West Point to rescind appointment given to Easterly 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 30 Aug 10 10 821
"Do Legal Checks on a President's Power 'Diminish the Votes of the Citizens Who Elected Him'?" 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 8 Aug 10 8 637
New: Harvard patents targeted by Trump administration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 8 Aug 8 2 622
DOJ manufactures another lawsuit to block in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 Aug 7 1 551
Immigration Trump's plan to hold migrants at military bases begins taking shape 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 Aug 7 3 519
body cameras/dash cameras 2 RussBLib Aug 5 Aug 5 3 649
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