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Who are the real Americans? We are
Kirk Swearingen, Salon
Never mind the ignorant fantasies coming from the White House. Chicago and Portland are showing us true patriotism
Oct 11, 2025, 10:30 AM
Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US
By Renee Hickman and Lizbeth Diaz, Yahoo Entertainment
CHICAGO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -When Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was 12 minutes late for his shift at Tom & Jerry's Gyros, a diner on Chicago's northwest side,...
Oct 11, 2025, 10:02 AM
District Court: TRO For Troops In Chicago Area, TRO From Using Riot Tactics Against Protests, And More!
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Hello from the free state of Illinois! We just talked about Donald Trump’s incurrsion into Chicago and the surrounding area, in which he first sent in a bunch of masked ICE agents to terrorize citizens and immigrants alike, at one point raiding an apartment b…
Oct 10, 2025, 10:40 PM
National Guard troops begin patrols in Memphis
Juliana Kim, NPR
Guard members in Memphis are operating under the governor's command — unlike other cities facing troop deployments, including Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago.
Oct 10, 2025, 7:47 PM
Judge Blocks Federal Agents From Using Riot Weapons on Photojournalists in Chicago
Pesala Bandara, PetaPixel
A U.S. federal judge has temporarily barred Homeland Security agents from using riot control weapons on journalists in the Chicago area after a photographer was struck with pepper balls. [Read More]
Oct 10, 2025, 1:11 PM
Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement
Sam Levin in Los Angeles, Yahoo Entertainment
Data shows a stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns
Oct 9, 2025, 9:21 PM
Hey, San Francisco, There Should Be Consequences When Police Spy Illegally
Matthew Guariglia, Techdirt
A San Francisco supervisor has proposed that police and other city agencies should have no financial consequences for breaking a landmark surveillance oversight law. In 2019, organizations from across the city worked together to help pass that law, which requ…
Oct 9, 2025, 6:56 PM
Prosecutors say no harm was done by social media posts about assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO
MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Yahoo Entertainment
Federal prosecutors told a judge Wednesday that no harm was done to prospects for a fair trial after two U.S. Justice Department officials reposted...
Oct 9, 2025, 1:58 AM
House Dems demand more info about Homan scandal from Trump admin
Garrett Owen, Salon
Trump's border czar reportedly took a $50,000 cash bribe from undercover agents.
Oct 8, 2025, 11:19 PM
Comey pleads not guilty to charges pushed by Trump
Garrett Owen, Salon
The former FBI director faces up to five years in prison.
Oct 8, 2025, 11:00 PM
NYPD's top cop is stepping down as Mayor Adams' exit nears
Charles Lane, Gothamist
John Chell John Chell served in the role for less than a year. It's unlikely the next mayor would have kept him in place. [ more › ]
Oct 8, 2025, 10:00 PM
WATCH: Ex-FBI Director James Comey pleads not guilty
ABC News
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday. He is charged with one count of false statements and one count of obstruction of a congressional proceeding.
Oct 8, 2025, 3:28 PM
News Networks Dip In And Out Of Coverage Of Non-Televised James Comey Arraignment; No “Perp Walk” For Former FBI Director
Ted Johnson, Deadline
Former FBI Director James Comey did not have a so-called “perp walk” into Alexandria federal courthouse in Virginia on Wednesday. In fact, he did not have any kind of public entrance at all, instead choosing a private courthouse door. That largely left news n…
Oct 8, 2025, 2:46 PM
Trump live: Ex-FBI chief Comey makes first court appearance
Brian Osgood, Al Jazeera English
Trump critic James Comey expected to plead not guilty to charges that he made false statements to Congress.
Oct 8, 2025, 2:01 PM
Former FBI Director James Comey to make 1st court appearance
Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News
Former FBI Director James Comey will appear in court on Wednesday for the first time since he was indicted last month on charges of lying to Congress.
Oct 8, 2025, 1:40 PM
The Latest: Comey pleads not guilty in Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress
The Associated Press, Yahoo Entertainment
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a criminal case that has thrown a spotlight on the Justice Department’s efforts to target...
Oct 8, 2025, 12:29 PM
WATCH: London police dismantle international phone theft gang
ABC News
Police in London have made dozens of arrests linked to a criminal gang who are alleged to have smuggled 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the U.K. to China.
Oct 8, 2025, 11:02 AM
Trump threatens Insurrection Act as he sends troops to Chicago
Al Jazeera English
The US President has threatened to invoke an 1807 law to give the National Guard powers of arrest and policing.
Oct 8, 2025, 10:42 AM
Episode One: Dirty Business
Collateral Damage, The Intercept
The Atlanta narcotics unit’s deadly raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston. The post Episode One: Dirty Business appeared first on The Intercept.
Oct 8, 2025, 10:00 AM
Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources
Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin, Peter Charalambous, ABC News
Ex-FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned Wednesday, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness would prove "problematic," sources say.
Oct 8, 2025, 9:19 AM
United States Department of Homeland Security Responds to Anti-ICE Lyrics in Zach Bryan Song Snippet
Walden Green, Pitchfork
DHS assistant secretary of public affairs Tricia McLaughlin told TMZ that Bryan should “stick to ‘Pink Skies’”
Oct 7, 2025, 10:31 PM
It Definitely Looks Like I Was Wrong About The Iowa School Superintendent Arrested By ICE
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
A lot has happened since last week when my post about Des Moines (IA) school superintendent Ian Roberts being arrested by ICE first hit the front page here at Techdirt. A lot of new information has come to light, almost all of it obtained by Des Moines Regist…
Oct 7, 2025, 10:16 PM
The Volunteers Tracking ICE in Los Angeles
Oren Peleg, The New Yorker
Oren Peleg on the Harbor Area Peace Patrol, a group in Los Angeles that monitors the movements of federal agents in and out of a Coast Guard facility on Terminal Island.
Oct 7, 2025, 7:01 PM
Diddy wants to serve his sentence at a NJ prison previously home to 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli and mobsters
Natalie Musumeci,Laura Italiano, Business Insider
FCI Fort Dix has what's known as a Residential Drug Abuse Program that Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyer suggested would be beneficial to him.
Oct 7, 2025, 6:04 PM