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'The tables will turn one day': Pritzker blasts ICE, CBP in Chicago

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/the-t ... bp-chicago

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Fair Elections — and Perhaps Control of Congress — at Stake as SCOTUS Hears Challenge to VRA

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-al ... ge-to-vra/

something something jim crow something something

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US judge blocks Trump's plan to lay off thousands of government workers

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-AA1OxChS

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County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/count ... r-AA1OxkOe

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US judge extends block on Trump deploying National Guard in Portland, Oregon

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-ju ... r-AA1OxxF3

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Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/1 ... e-00609704

New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools

https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-sch ... ef6a35b7d8

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Her 13-year-old son was arrested, then taken by ICE to a detention facility. The police chief calls it a first for his city

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/her-1 ... r-AA1OwD4G

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The New World- Paul Marshall, the man who owns the right

https://archive.is/5YOzv

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We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
By Nicole Foy
October 16, 2025

Introduction:

(ProPublica) When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned.

“If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.”

But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched.

About two dozen Americans have said they were held for more than a day without being able to phone lawyers or loved ones.

Videos of U.S. citizens being mistreated by immigration agents have filled social media feeds, but there is little clarity on the overall picture. The government does not track how often immigration agents hold Americans

Read more here: https://www.propublica.org/article/im ... nst- will

caltrek’s comment: This ProPublica report is getting a lot of play on MSNBC. The article has also been reprinted in Mother Jones: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2 ... a-report/

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