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A federal judge ordered a hearing into whether the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia was the result of a "vindictive" prosecution, finding there's "some evidence" that it was.
Judge orders hearing on whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia was the target of a 'vindictive prosecution'
U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw said there's "some evidence" the prosecution was brought in response to Abrego's successful challenge of his deportation.
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October 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A federal judge ordered a hearing into whether the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia was the result of a "vindictive" prosecution, finding there's "some evidence" that it was.
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@timothysnyder.bsky.social: Doing things that are ‘both unlawful and unpopular isn’t going to work out’ for Trump www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...
October 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
@timothysnyder.bsky.social: Doing things that are ‘both unlawful and unpopular isn’t going to work out’ for Trump www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...
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The federal government is offering unaccompanied migrant children 14 and older $2,500 to leave the United States of their own volition, or “self-deport” back to their countries, according to a memo sent by the Department of Health and Human Services and obtained by NBC News.
Trump administration offering some unaccompanied migrant children $2,500 to self-deport, according to memo
Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the offer is a “strictly voluntary option to return home to their families.”
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October 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The federal government is offering unaccompanied migrant children 14 and older $2,500 to leave the United States of their own volition, or “self-deport” back to their countries, according to a memo sent by the Department of Health and Human Services and obtained by NBC News.
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An emergency department doctor describes what it was like to treat people he knows following a shooting and fire at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan. NBC News’ Adrienne Broaddus reports.
October 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
An emergency department doctor describes what it was like to treat people he knows following a shooting and fire at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan. NBC News’ Adrienne Broaddus reports.
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The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.
October 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.
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Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism.
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
October 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism.
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
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Just an FYI: We’re not facing a “government shutdown.” This is a Trump-MAGA Republican shutdown. Call it what it is.
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Just an FYI: We’re not facing a “government shutdown.” This is a Trump-MAGA Republican shutdown. Call it what it is.
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BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying 200 National Guard troops to Portland.
Judge temporarily blocks use of National Guard in Portland
The ruling is a setback to the Trump administration’s use of military troops in some Democrat-run cities.
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October 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying 200 National Guard troops to Portland.
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Donald Trump thinks he’s all powerful.
But this was another week where he displayed just how vulnerable he is.
We break it all down on the latest Coffee Klatch.
But this was another week where he displayed just how vulnerable he is.
We break it all down on the latest Coffee Klatch.
Trump's Extremely Unhinged Week | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
Robert Reich
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October 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Donald Trump thinks he’s all powerful.
But this was another week where he displayed just how vulnerable he is.
We break it all down on the latest Coffee Klatch.
But this was another week where he displayed just how vulnerable he is.
We break it all down on the latest Coffee Klatch.
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ICE and other federal agents conducted a violent, middle-of-the-night raid on an apartment building in Chicago — just days after Trump said the military should go after “the enemy within.” He and his cronies are building a police state piece by piece. https://youtu.be/5zrye_p-EPI?si=VinP3uxFa9_JiN8X
Trump’s Police State Propaganda
Robert Reich
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October 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
ICE and other federal agents conducted a violent, middle-of-the-night raid on an apartment building in Chicago — just days after Trump said the military should go after “the enemy within.” He and his cronies are building a police state piece by piece. https://youtu.be/5zrye_p-EPI?si=VinP3uxFa9_JiN8X
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"Morris, former spiritual advisor to President Trump and the former pastor at a megachurch in Texas, pleaded guilty to charges in a child sex abuse scandal on Oct. 2.
He faced five counts of lewd indecent acts with a child..."
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He faced five counts of lewd indecent acts with a child..."
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Former Trump spiritual advisor Morris enters plea deal in Hominy child sex abuse case
Robert Morris, the former pastor at a megachurch in Texas and former spiritual advisor to President Trump, pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child on Oct. 2.
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October 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Morris, former spiritual advisor to President Trump and the former pastor at a megachurch in Texas, pleaded guilty to charges in a child sex abuse scandal on Oct. 2.
He faced five counts of lewd indecent acts with a child..."
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He faced five counts of lewd indecent acts with a child..."
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944
October 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944
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If any other president said something like this in a speech to a military academy, it would be a massive scandal. Instead, it isn’t among the ten most dangerous things he’s done this week.
Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
October 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
If any other president said something like this in a speech to a military academy, it would be a massive scandal. Instead, it isn’t among the ten most dangerous things he’s done this week.
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BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from sending federalized National Guard troops to Portland.
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from sending federalized National Guard to Portland
Earlier Sunday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that he would sue the Trump administration after it federalized 300 California National Guard troops.
nbcnews.to
October 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from sending federalized National Guard troops to Portland.
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1. Federal agents from ICE and other agencies are wrongly detaining U.S. citizens, sometimes detaining them for days, on suspicion that they are undocumented immigrants.
The raids are done without search warrants or other procedures designed to protect civil liberties.
The raids are done without search warrants or other procedures designed to protect civil liberties.
How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens
Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
1. Federal agents from ICE and other agencies are wrongly detaining U.S. citizens, sometimes detaining them for days, on suspicion that they are undocumented immigrants.
The raids are done without search warrants or other procedures designed to protect civil liberties.
The raids are done without search warrants or other procedures designed to protect civil liberties.
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BREAKING: Illinois sues the Trump administration over National Guard deployment to Chicago, saying the move is causing 'irreparable harm' to the state.
Illinois sues the Trump administration over National Guard deployment to Chicago
The lawsuit charges that deploying federalized troops to Chicago "infringes on Illinois’s sovereignty and right to self-governance."
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October 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BREAKING: Illinois sues the Trump administration over National Guard deployment to Chicago, saying the move is causing 'irreparable harm' to the state.
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If "states' rights" mean anything, they must include the right to not get invaded by another state in peacetime.
Americans everywhere: Speak up and stand against Trump's outrageous assaults on Illinois and Oregon.
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Americans everywhere: Speak up and stand against Trump's outrageous assaults on Illinois and Oregon.
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Gov. Pritzker Statement on the Texas National Guard Being Deployed to Illinois
CHICAGO – Today, Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement after the Illinois National Guard was informed that the Texas National...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If "states' rights" mean anything, they must include the right to not get invaded by another state in peacetime.
Americans everywhere: Speak up and stand against Trump's outrageous assaults on Illinois and Oregon.
gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...
Americans everywhere: Speak up and stand against Trump's outrageous assaults on Illinois and Oregon.
gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...
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A disturbed man and his fanatical advisors are making potentially life-threatening decisions on the basis of what he sees on television.
We should all be very concerned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-trump-gets-and-processes-information
We should all be very concerned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-trump-gets-and-processes-information
October 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A disturbed man and his fanatical advisors are making potentially life-threatening decisions on the basis of what he sees on television.
We should all be very concerned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-trump-gets-and-processes-information
We should all be very concerned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-trump-gets-and-processes-information
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A federal judge in Oregon has blocked the Trump administration from sending federalized National Guard members from California — or any other state — to the streets of Portland amid immigration raids by ICE.
October 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A federal judge in Oregon has blocked the Trump administration from sending federalized National Guard members from California — or any other state — to the streets of Portland amid immigration raids by ICE.
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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
October 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
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"U.S. citizens, immigrants with legal status and children have been among those detained in increasingly brazen and aggressive encounters..."
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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
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October 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"U.S. citizens, immigrants with legal status and children have been among those detained in increasingly brazen and aggressive encounters..."
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