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The FBI Thinks Renee Good's Anti-ICE Activism Is Relevant in Deciding Whether Killing Her Was Justified

The FBI Thinks Renee Good's Anti-ICE Activism Is Relevant in Deciding Whether Killing Her Was Justified
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19 States That Legalized Marijuana Use Nevertheless Say It Should Disqualify People From Owning Guns

19 States That Legalized Marijuana Use Nevertheless Say It Should Disqualify People From Owning Guns
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The ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good Disregarded Traffic Stop Guidelines

The ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good Disregarded Traffic Stop Guidelines
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Video of the Minneapolis ICE Shooting Does Not Resolve the Issue of Whether It Was Legally Justified

Video of the Minneapolis ICE Shooting Does Not Resolve the Issue of Whether It Was Legally Justified
10.01.2026 50

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Why the DOJ Has Stopped Describing Maduro as the Head of a Literal Drug Cartel

Why the DOJ Has Stopped Describing Maduro as the Head of a Literal Drug Cartel
08.01.2026 5

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The 'Law Enforcement' Rationale for Invading Venezuela Is an Open-Ended License for War

The 'Law Enforcement' Rationale for Invading Venezuela Is an Open-Ended License for War
07.01.2026 50

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A School District Cop Allegedly Did Nothing To Stop the Uvalde Mass Shooting. Was That Failure a Crime?

07.01.2026 10

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California's Ban on Openly Carrying Guns Is Unconstitutional, 9th Circuit Says

California's Ban on Openly Carrying Guns Is Unconstitutional, 9th Circuit Says
06.01.2026 8

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The DOJ Thinks Cocaine Couriers Are Not Worth Prosecuting. Trump Thinks They Deserve To Die.

03.01.2026 7

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3 Areas Where the Courts Pushed Back Against Trump's Attempts To Avoid Judicial Review in 2025

02.01.2026 10

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If You Give a Bear a Badge, Will It Respect Your Rights?

01.01.2026 30

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How Politicians and Cops Tried To Dodge Responsibility in 2025

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Trump makes the right call on cannabis — after a 40-year wait

The federal government has been exaggerating marijuana's hazards and ignoring its potential benefits for more than half a century.

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The DOJ Assails D.C.'s 'Assault Weapon' Ban As an Arbitrary, Historically Ungrounded Gun Law

25.12.2025 6

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Refusing To Let Trump Deploy the National Guard in Chicago, SCOTUS Adds a New Wrinkle To the Debate

24.12.2025 6

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Trump's Marijuana Order Vindicates Longstanding Criticism of the Plant's Legal Classification

24.12.2025 10

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Another New Mexico Cop Lauded for Nabbing Drunk Drivers Admits Taking Bribes To Let Them Off the Hook

24.12.2025 20

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The 9th Circuit Upholds a University of Washington Professor's Right to Mock 'Land Acknowledgments'

23.12.2025 10

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Trump's Designation of Fentanyl As a 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' Is a Drug-Fueled Delusion

20.12.2025 10

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This Tennessee Man Spent 37 Days in Jail for Sharing an Anti-Trump Meme. He Says the Cops Should Pay for That.

19.12.2025 20

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Trump Orders the 'Expeditious' Reclassification of Marijuana

19.12.2025 5

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Hegseth Won't Let Us See a Video That Might Undermine Support for Trump's Bloodthirsty Anti-Drug Strategy

18.12.2025 10

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Texas News Vlogger Asks SCOTUS to Decide Whether Criminalizing Journalism Is 'Obviously Unconstitutional'

17.12.2025 10

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A Texas News Vlogger Asks SCOTUS To Decide Whether Criminalizing Journalism Is 'Obviously Unconstitutional'

17.12.2025 10

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Trump's Plan To Reclassify Marijuana Would Leave Federal Prohibition Essentially Untouched

16.12.2025 10

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2 Grand Juries Have Rejected the Grudge-Driven Case Against Trump Foe Letitia James

13.12.2025 7

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CBP Agents Held This U.S. Citizen for Hours Until He Agreed To Let Them Search His Electronic Devices

12.12.2025 20

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The DOJ Says It Will Challenge Unconstitutional Gun Policies. Maybe It Should Stop Defending Them.

11.12.2025 4

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Trump's Word Games Can't Conceal the Murderous Reality of His Anti-Drug Strategy

10.12.2025 3

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Trump Is Still Claiming He Saves '25,000 American Lives' When He Blows Up a Suspected Drug Boat

10.12.2025 30

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Why Gun Groups Oppose Transgender Gun Bans

09.12.2025 2

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Hegseth Mulls Releasing a Video That Illustrates the Brutality of Trump's Murderous Anti-Drug Strategy

08.12.2025 2

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The 'Threat' That Supposedly Justified Killing 2 Boat Attack Survivors Was Entirely Speculative

06.12.2025 10

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Boat Attack Commander Says He Had To Kill 2 Survivors Because They Were Still Trying To Smuggle Cocaine

05.12.2025 20

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Hegseth's 'Fog of War' Is No Excuse for Summarily Executing Suspected Drug Smugglers

04.12.2025 20

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Trump Tries To Cut Congress Out of U.S. Attorney Appointments

03.12.2025 20

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The Law of War Was Not Designed for Trump's Bogus 'Armed Conflict' With Drug Smugglers

03.12.2025 20

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Hegseth's Alleged Order To 'Kill Everybody' Complicates Trump's Defense of His Murderous Anti-Drug Campaign

02.12.2025 40

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The Pentagon and the FBI Are Investigating 6 Legislators for Exercising Their First Amendment Rights

27.11.2025 10

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Trump's Habitual Charges of 'Treason' Reflect His Authoritarian Impulses

26.11.2025 10

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Federal Judge Dismisses Comey and James Indictments, Saying Trump's U.S. Attorney Appointment Was Illegal

25.11.2025 10

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Psychoactive Hemp Products Will Be Federally Prohibited in a Year Unless Congress Intervenes

25.11.2025 10

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Can the Government Mandate a Vaccine for Your Own Good? This Federal Court Says Yes.

23.11.2025 10

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Trump Says Legislators Committed Treason by Noting That Soldiers Are Not Obligated To Obey Unlawful Orders

22.11.2025 20

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A Rookie Procedural Mistake by James Comey's Prosecutor Could Doom the Case Against Him

21.11.2025 10

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A Reporter's Unwelcome Questions Provoke Yet Another Trump Threat To Yank Broadcast Licenses

20.11.2025 20

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Misconduct in the James Comey Case Stemmed From a Reckless Rush To Indict Him

19.11.2025 4

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This Gun Case Harks Back to Constitutional Concerns About the Limits of Federal Power That Now Seem Quaint

18.11.2025 20

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A Senate-Approved Bill Would Ban the Hemp-Derived THC Products That Congress Legalized in 2018

13.11.2025 20

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The Limits of Treating Psilocybin As Medicine: Most ‘Magic Mushroom’ Uses Won’t Get FDA Approval

12.11.2025 10

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