Trump Wants to Put You in a Massive, Secret Government Database
Agencies are reportedly pooling immigration data, Social Security numbers, and more into a central database. FPF is suing to learn how deep it goes.
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Why We Have to Fight Back Against ICE Protesters’ Terror Convictions
Since his first inauguration, Trump has been throwing charges at protesters and seeing what sticks. He always failed — until now.
Senate Dem Leaders Are Trying to Sink Graham Platner. Voters Aren’t Convinced.
Despite his high-profile controversies, Platner is still popular with Mainers. But leadership isn’t budging from its centrist pick.
Why Dems Keep Saying Trump Has “No Plan” Instead of Calling to End the War With Iran
By rallying behind process-based critiques, the Democrats are refusing to stand against the war on moral grounds.
I Wrote a Movie Review. Cops Took It From a Protester’s Home to Make the Case That He’s a Terrorist.
My little horror movie review was introduced to prove a conception of antifa that — like many of the monsters we scream at in horror flicks — isn’t quite real.
It’s a War With Iran, Not an “Intervention”
Elected officials desperately want to cast our war with Iran as an “intervention” or “operation.” Don’t let them get away with it.
Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Roads and Transit. Now, We Walk Everywhere.
Israeli bombing left cars in Gaza immobile and roads impassable. The assault on Iran has only spiked prices and worsened conditions.
ICE Poses a Real Threat to Our Elections
DHS has built a national police force with massive surveillance capabilities — which it could use to interfere with our elections.
Military Leaders See Iran War as “God’s Divine Plan” — a Chilling Turn for Trump’s Fascism
A military watchdog has been “inundated” with complaints that officials are using end-times Christian rhetoric to justify war.
Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online
The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.