Pressure Systems edition
Pentagon Blacklists and Domestic Surveillance Expand Under Trump
August 25, 2026
What this edition shows
The Trump administration and British state are aggressively criminalizing dissent, deploying terrorism laws against protesters, threatening think tanks with libel lawsuits, and expanding ICE operations onto domestic flights. Simultaneously, federal agencies are targeting civil rights experts and Minneapolis activist groups while CENTCOM officials compile secret blacklists of journalists.
Reporting and analysis behind this edition 7 sources
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Pentagon Spokesperson Admits There’s a Secret Blacklist of Journalists
When pressed about the Iran war, a CENTCOM press official threatened to put an Intercept reporter on a “list of people to disregard.” The post Pentagon Spokesperson Admits There’s a Secret Blacklist of Journalists appeared first on The Intercept.
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The British state has recast protest as terrorism
Britain’s ever-broader terrorism laws are erasing the line between political violence, protest and dissent.
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Trump Threatens Think Tank With Libel Lawsuit For Telling The Truth About National Guard Deployments
Whenever Trump doesn’t like the facts, he calls it “fake news” or does what he’s doing here: tries to shoot the messenger by threatening them with a lawsuit. The administration has been sending National Guard troops to various US cities ever since it became clear its mass deportation efforts weren’t…
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ICE Opportunism Expands To Passengers On Domestic Flights
Things used to be normal. We used to be doing alright here in the United States, limiting ourselves to catching people at the borders or picking up migrants with criminal charges or convictions with detainers at local jails. Now, it’s just a constant swarm all day, every day. “Worst of the worst” ha…
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Trump administration arrests Southern Poverty Law Center expert for fraud
Heidi Beirich, an expert on far-right groups, has been charged over alleged misuse of donor funds to pay informants.
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Rather Than Investigate The Alex Pretti Murder, The DHS Investigated Minneapolis Activist Groups
Two murders in less than a week. That’s how the surge went in Minneapolis — a city targeted because the city and state were run by members of the opposing party. It was political persecution pretending to be a public safety effort. Trump and his administration buddies amplified accusations of govern…
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Trump warns of ‘jihadists’ ruling in Washington as Democrats show momentum
Donald Trump labels US Democratic nominees 'jihadists' in inflammatory remarks made in the Oval Office.