DHS Databases and MAGA Judges Criminalize Political Dissent
June 26, 2026
Federal agencies and partisan judges are weaponizing data centers and anti-protester databases to dismantle First Amendment protections, evidenced by the thirty-year sentencing of a zine distributor and the arrest of citizens at public utility meetings. This domestication of counterterrorism doctrine, authorized by figures like Marco Rubio and enforced through proprietary ICE detention centers, converts administrative oversight into a mechanism for the targeted elimination of political opposition.
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Cops Warn CEO Bodyguards That Luigi Mangione Fever Could Spark Class War
Cops warned corporate bodyguards that “challenges faced by the middle and lower classes” might spur attacks on wealthy CEOS. The post Cops Warn CEO Bodyguards That Luigi Mangione Fever Could Spark Class War appeared first on The Intercept.
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He Moved A Box Of Leftist Zines. MAGA’s Favorite Judge Just Gave Him 30 Years.
In Trump’s America, the First Amendment is a dead letter. If you’re seen as anti-Trump, you apparently no longer have any rights at all. We’ll get to the man who moved a box of zines and got thirty years — he wasn’t even at the protest, but the judge claimed he was aiding a “terrorist […]
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The Intercept Sues to Uncover Secretive Government Anti-Protester Database
The Department of Homeland Security refuses to comply with FOIA requests over its unlawful efforts to stifle the First Amendment. The post The Intercept Sues to Uncover Secretive Government Anti-Protester Database appeared first on The Intercept.
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ICE Detention Center Contractor Endangered Detainees, Destroyed Homicide Evidence
One of ICE’s largest detention centers is conveniently located only miles from the US border in El Paso, Texas. Erected on an apparently unused section of the Ft. Bliss military base, the detention center was crafted to hold up to 5,000 detainees at a time. Camp East Montana has already earned the r…
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Marco Rubio Personally Authorized Detention Of An Immigrant Who Criticized A Politician Trump Likes
It’s absolutely irritating to be living under the thumb of an administration filled to the brim with facile subservients who think they’re the biggest and best people to ever walk the earth. It’s a bunch of boys pretending to be men, right up until they have to talk to the boss, at which point they…
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