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Resistance to Flock Cameras and Police Surveillance Is Exploding

Resistance to Flock Cameras and Police Surveillance Is Exploding

Backlash to Flock cameras and AI systems is exploding after scandals, including police using the tech to stalk women.

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A New House Resolution Would Dismantle DHS and Defund Trump’s War Machine

A New House Resolution Would Dismantle DHS and Defund Trump’s War Machine

Congress needs a new human rights mandate after deadly abuses by the Trump administration, progressives say.

13.05.2026 8

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More Details Emerge of Trump’s Secret Use of ICE to Spy on Critics

Privacy groups are pushing Big Tech to notify users about federal surveillance after anonymous ICE critics were exposed.

30.04.2026 8

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Afghans Stranded in Qatar Express Betrayal at Trump’s Push to Send Them to DRC

Trump’s assault on refugees is coming for Afghans left stranded in Qatar since the 2021 U.S. withdrawal.

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Locked Up by Israel at 15, Palestine Activist Is Now Jailed by ICE

Doxxed by Canary Mission and jailed by ICE, Salah Sarsour calls on his Wisconsin community to challenge injustice.

21.04.2026 10

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Democrats Reject Resolution Condemning AIPAC Money in Primaries

“Democrats chose genocide over winning in 2024,” one Palestinian rights advocate said. "When does this stop?”

10.04.2026 4

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Trump Isn’t Just Bullying Journalists. He’s Subverting the First Amendment.

The right attacked Biden for “jawboning” social media. Now Trump is doing it explicitly to control cable news.

26.03.2026 10

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Climate-Fueled Heat Waves Are Creating a Water Crisis in the Southwest

Scientists are linking deadly heat waves, like the record-breaking heat dome, to pollution from fossil fuel companies.

24.03.2026 3

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Trump’s HUD Is Pushing Low-Income Tenants Out of Subsidized Housing

The Trump administration’s housing agenda targets immigrant families and the nation’s poorest renters.

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Afghanistan War Veteran Dies in ICE Custody, Infuriating US Veterans

Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal served alongside US troops. He died one day after ICE arrested him in front of his children.

17.03.2026 10

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Iranian Dies in ICE Custody as Trump Administration Bombs Iran

A 59-year-old Iranian with chronic health conditions died in ICE custody just as the US-Israeli war on Iran began.

13.03.2026 10

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Kristi Noem Is Leaving a Trail of Death Behind Her in ICE Jails

Two more deaths in ICE custody were reported this week, including a refugee who died after an untreated toothache.

07.03.2026 10

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Trump’s War With Iran Is a Boon for the US Gas Export Industry

With Qatari liquified natural gas off the market, US gas exporters are primed to profit, says an energy expert.

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Illness Is Rampant Among Children Trapped in ICE’s Massive Jail in Texas

The number of people held at the notorious Dilley immigration jail has nearly tripled since October.

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Noem Faces More Calls to Resign After Gutting FEMA, Abandoning Disaster Victims

A FEMA whistleblower is calling for the agency, which Trump has threatened to phase out, to become independent again.

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Judge Blocks Noem’s Latest Attempt to Stop Democrats From Inspecting ICE Jails

ICE is incarcerating a record 73,000 people in dangerous and increasingly deadly immigration jails.

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Rubio Dodges Accountability at Senate Hearing as Deadly Boat Strikes Continue

The families of two men killed on a small boat targeted by the US military filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week.

30.01.2026 20

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ICE Was Warned About Conditions at Fort Bliss Migrant Jail. Then 2 Men Died.

Immigrant rights activists and elected officials are calling to shut down Camp East Montana.

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Public Rage Against ICE Sends Democrats Scrambling for a Response

Two Democrats announced a bill to abolish ICE prisons as Congress votes to keep funding Trump’s anti-immigrant blitz.

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Deaths in Detention Warn of Horrors Behind ICE’s Prison Walls

At least 32 people died in ICE jails in 2025, and four more have already died in ICE custody this year.

17.01.2026 10

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Trump’s “Homes for People” Plan Distracts From Failing Policies, Experts Say

Trump's proposal to ban institutional investors from buying homes won't make up for damage of tariffs and deportations.

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ICE’s Murder of Renee Nicole Good Was Not an Aberration — It Is the New Normal

US immigration agents have now shot 11 civilians in cars in four months.

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Trump Is Betting MAGA Fans Will Relish an Expanded War on Drugs

Trump’s invasion of Venezuela fuses the “war on drugs” with the “war on terror.”

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As Towns and Cities Fight Off Data Centers, Calls Grow for a National Moratorium

The battle to build new data centers has pitted communities across the country against Silicon Valley.

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Trump’s Embrace of Natural Gas Exports Is Driving Up Energy Bills for Consumers

US households paid $124 more on natural gas in the first nine months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.

24.12.2025 20

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Trump’s Expanded Drug War Will Make Overdose Crisis Worse, Experts Say

An executive order declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction could remove supports that keep people alive.

19.12.2025 10

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Survivors Slam Kristi Noem Over FEMA’s Response to Deadly Disasters

FEMA workers say the agency is being gutted under Trump, putting disaster victims at risk.

17.12.2025 60

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States That Cut Environmental Agencies Face Crisis as Trump Deregulation Unfolds

Budget slashing and staff cuts have made states vulnerable to Trump's efforts to dismantle the EPA.

11.12.2025 10

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New Orleans Resists ICE Invasion Despite Surveillance and State Repression

Before ICE descended on New Orleans, GOP lawmakers made it a crime to interfere with immigration enforcement.

09.12.2025 10

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Microsoft Faces Reckoning for Assisting Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

The tech giant could face legal liability for aiding and abetting “atrocity crimes” in Palestine, legal groups say.

04.12.2025 10

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With Big Tech Talking Government Backing, Has OpenAI Become “Too Big to Fail”?

Leaders at the AI company are scrambling to pacify concerns that the bubble around their company could soon burst.

07.11.2025 10

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From the Coasts to Rust Belt, Progressive Candidates Take On Dem Establishment

“What is being pushed by the corporate wing of the party is increasingly unattractive to voters,” said an organizer.

05.11.2025 10

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Attorneys General Sue Trump for Using Shutdown to Disrupt Food Aid for Millions

Critics say Trump is exploiting the federal shutdown to unilaterally slash the safety net and cause unnecessary pain.

29.10.2025 10

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Elon Musk Wants $1 Trillion to Build a “Robot Army” at Tesla

The Take Back Tesla campaign is urging shareholders to reject Musk's proposed $1 trillion compensation package.

25.10.2025 10

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Elected Officials in Chicago Look for Tools to Squeeze ICE Out of Public Spaces

A city commissioner pledges to leave “no stone unturned” in the city's fight to slow ICE abductions.

18.10.2025 10

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“No Kings” Protests Set to Sweep US Even as Trump Increases Attacks on Activists

Republicans are already smearing the protesters, but their intimidation tactics are out of touch with reality.

16.10.2025 10

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Tenants Launch US’s First Ever Rent Debt Strike Against Corporate Landlord

Nine tenants organized by the Debt Collective are refusing to pay back rent, hoping to inspire others to do the same.

09.10.2025 10

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Trump’s ICE Has Started Targeting Activists, Not Just Immigrants

ICE demanded Meta hand over personal information attached to Instagram accounts that track immigration raids.

02.10.2025 10

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Trump Wants to Open Up 45 Million Acres of Roadless Wilderness to Logging

A push to repeal the Roadless Rule that protects the few ecosystems that remain truly wild faces mass public opposition.

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This Back-to-School Season, Teachers and Parents Are Fighting Back Against ICE

The Trump administration is on the defensive as educators demand action to protect students from immigration police.

11.09.2025 10

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Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Firms Have Doubled Since 2017, Now $35 Billion a Year

Oil and gas companies could gobble up billions in tax credits if lawmakers don't act, warn the authors of a new report.

09.09.2025 10

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RFK Jr. Faces Widespread Calls to Resign in Wake of Heated Senate Hearing

Democrats see RFK Jr. as a weakness in Trump’s cabinet — and a clear and present danger to public health.

05.09.2025 10

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These Billionaires Have Already Spent $19 Million in a Bid to Defeat Mamdani

Michael Bloomberg and anti-DEI pundit Bill Ackman are just two of the many billionaires showering cash on Cuomo.

29.08.2025 10

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Judge Blocks Kristi Noem From Deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda — for Now

Critics say Trump is putting Abrego Garcia “through literal hell” and that efforts to deport him amount to a power grab.

27.08.2025 10

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Trump’s EPA Delayed Pollution Safeguards Ahead of Deadly US Steel Explosion

Residents of steel communities say fence-line monitoring for dangerous air pollution must be mandatory.

22.08.2025 10

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Trump Administration Delays Rule Protecting Coal Miners from Black Lung — Again

Exposure to toxic silica dust is driving an increase in black lung cases among miners across Appalachia.

21.08.2025 10

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Trump’s FCC Considers Supercharging Corporate TV Consolidation

Media conglomerates are pushing to eliminate rules that limit consolidation of local TV stations.

08.08.2025 10

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Dakota Access Pipeline Company Is Top Fossil Fuel Donor to Trump’s War Chest

Energy Transfer is battling a federal pipeline safety agency after being fined $2.5 million for a deadly accident.

06.08.2025 10

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Democrats Are Struggling to Block Trump’s Texas Power Grab 

“When you can’t win fairly, you cheat, and that is exactly what this is,” a civil rights advocate said of Trump’s ploy.

01.08.2025 10

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Bernie Sanders Launches Investigation of RFK Jr.’s Attacks on Vaccine Access

By firing all 17 members of the CDC’s vaccine panel, RFK Jr. has imperiled vaccine access in the US, critics say.

31.07.2025 10

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