The Invasion of Chicago, Illinois (September 2025 onwards)

Chicago-area mayor says federal agents teargassed him at a protest outside an ICE facility (September 19, 2025)

Tear gas used on protesters at Chicago-area ICE site as immigration crackdown escalates (September 19, 2025)

ICE arrests nearly 550 in Chicago area as part of ‘Midway Blitz (September 19, 2025)

Federal agents fire chemicals as protesters try to block car at immigration site outside Chicago (September 26, 2025)

Fighting for Our Stolen Neighbors: ICE, Tear Gas and a Guitar Blown Open (September 26, 2025)

ICE in Chicago (September 27, 2025)

BSKY: Violet Miller: ICE has threatened a “sh*t show” in Broadview today, per a village statement. (September 27, 2025)

BSKY: Kelly Hayes: Multiple organizers I trust who have been a regular presence at Broadview are advising folks not to protest there tonight. For a number of reasons, they are worried that fatal force could be used against protesters tonight. They are calling for folks to regroup and return Friday morning. (September 27, 2025)

BSKY: Amanda Moore: A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too. (September 27, 2025)

ICE agents launching "enforcement action" amid ongoing protest in Broadview, village says (September 27, 2025)

Illinois senator demands to meet with Ice amid clashes at immigration facility (September 28, 2025)

Armed Border Patrol agents patrol downtown Chicago, drawing mayoral criticism (September 28, 2025)

BSKY: Tim Onion: I am just so fucking proud of her. (October 3, 2025)

Protesters arrested outside Broadview ICE facility as governor slams DHS Secretary Noem’s visit to the state (October 3, 2025)

Chicago alderwoman arrested by ICE agents while checking on detainee at hospital in Humboldt Park (October 3, 2025)

Must-Reads and the War on Chicago (October 5, 2025)

BSKY: Liz Ahern: "Chicago isn't licking boots! No hate no fear. Immigrants are welcome here. All power to the people. No human is illegal. No raids. No deportation. Down with the occupation!" (October 8, 2025)

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago, rest of state (October 9, 2025)

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square (October 10, 2025)

Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid, later released (October 10, 2025)

Fearless journalists & vigilant residents tell Chicago's story (October 10, 2025)

BSKY: Liz Ahern: “He’s a citizen! He’s a citizen! That’s my brother-in-law!” ICE entered a Walgreens in Chicago running with their guns drawn looking for any person of color. Apparently they kidnapped a black young man. Contact Walgreens HQ and ask them to not allow ICE on their property. (October 14, 2025)

Parents of teen tossed to ground, detained by apparent federal agent demand answers (October 14, 2025)

“You’re Dead, Liberal”: Federal Agent Threatens to Shoot Veteran (October 27, 2025)

DOJ indicts Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh over ICE protests (October 29, 2025)

Appeals court blocks order requiring Bovino to brief judge on Chicago immigration sweeps (October 29, 2025)

BSKY: Raider: Broadview ICE protester dressed as Greg Bovino explains why he’s the ‘baby in chief’. (November 1, 2025)

Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability (November 3, 2025)

Faith leaders blocked by ICE from delivering Communion to immigrants speak out (November 3, 2025)

‘Absolute terror’: Day care teacher detained by ICE agents on Chicago’s North Side (November 5, 2025)

“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime (November 13, 2025)

Only 3% of immigrants detained in Operation Midway Blitz had convictions for violent crimes, data shows (December 4, 2025)

Minnesota and Illinois invoke the 10th Amendment in lawsuits to block federal agents in their cities. Here’s why that matters. (January 14, 2026)

Woman Shot by Border Patrol Says Agent Appeared to Take “Trophy” Photo (February 3, 2026)

Chicago immigration activists react to Kristi Noem's ouster from Homeland Security (March 6, 2026)

The Invasion of Portland, Oregon (September 26, 2025)

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows (October 3, 2025)

US judge blocks Trump's deployment of Oregon National Guard to Portland for now (October 5, 2025)

BSKY: Raider: Portland, Oregon (October 11, 2025)

Portland judge rejects Trump request to allow national guard deployment (October 24, 2025)

The Indictment of James Comey (September 24, 2025)

Comey’s son-in-law, a federal prosecutor, resigns after indictment (September 25, 2025)

Pam Bondi’s Justice Department in Uproar After Comey Indictment (September 26, 2025)

Judge who reviewed James Comey's indictment was confused by prosecutor's handling of case, transcript shows (September 26, 2025)

Prosecutors urge judge to reject ex-FBI Director James Comey's claim he's being 'vindictively' prosecuted (November 3, 2025)

"Hateful Rhetoric" aka True Christians

GOP Official Calls for Democratic Congresswoman to Be Executed (September 26, 2025)

SCOTUS (2026)

The Right-Wing Justices Know Their Favorite Legal Theory Is Bunk (January 2, 2026)

The Supreme Court Just Got Caught in Its Gun Rights Contradictions (January 21, 2026)

Nobody asked: Trump’s DOJ steps up uninvited recommendations at Supreme Court (February 13, 2026)

Clarence Thomas Has Lost the Plot (February 24, 2026)

The Supreme Court Has Abandoned All Pretense (March 4, 2026)

Sam Alito’s Latest Reversal at the Supreme Court Is an Absolute Embarrassment (March 17, 2026)

The Supreme Court’s conservatives could significantly alter the 2026 election (March 24, 2026)

Supreme Court clears path for Trump’s DOJ to dismiss criminal case against Steve Bannon (April 6, 2026)

The Supreme Court Lands Its Fatal Blow on the Voting Rights Act (April 30, 2026)

SCOTUS (2025)

Conservatives on SCOTUS give DOGE the go-ahead (June 7, 2025)

In a scathing dissent, Justice Jackson says the Supreme Court gives the impression it favors 'moneyed interests' (June 20, 2025)

The Supreme Court’s Trump Enablers May Have Screwed Themselves (September 24, 2025)

Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid (September 26, 2025)

SCOTUS's Republican appointees let Trump ignore Congress, cut foreign aid (September 26, 2025)

Clarence Thomas Says the Supreme Court Is Coming for More Precedents (September 26, 2025)

Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to rule on its plan to end birthright citizenship (September 26, 2025)

The Supreme Court Is Creating a King (October 3, 2025)

Supreme Court lets Noem end legal status for many Venezuelans in the U.S. (October 3, 2025)

Supreme Court conservatives poised to further gut the Voting Rights Act (October 14, 2025)

SCOTUS (2021 - 2024)

How Dark Money Bought A Supreme Court Seat (December 19, 2021)

An interactive guide to rights the Supreme Court has established — and could take away. (June 1, 2023)

SCOTUS (2017 - 2020)

The Supreme Court’s Covert Plan to Gut the EPA’s Powers (June 21, 2019)

SCOTUS (2016 and Before)

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MAGA vs. FEMA

Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened (September 26, 2025)

H-1B Visa (September 2025)

Trump administration to add $100,000 fee for H-1B visas (September 19, 2025)

Trump imposes $100K fee on H-1B visas in new immigration action (September 19, 2025)

Trump adds $100,000 fee for skilled worker visa applicants (September 20, 2025)

New H-1B visa fee will not apply to existing holders, White House official says (September 20, 2025)

H-1B $100,000 Fee Lawsuit Signals Labor Disruptions Beyond Tech (October 8, 2025)

Amazon in 2025

Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle U.S. lawsuit that it 'tricked' people into Prime (September 25, 2025)

Amazon and the tightening grip of capitalism (December 3, 2025)

Articles written by Jeremy Corbyn

Surprise, surprise – Labour is reaping what it has sown (September 16, 2025)

Trump vs. Letitia James, the Attorney General of the New York State

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US attorney under pressure to charge Letitia James in mortgage fraud case has resigned (September 19, 2025)

US attorney resigns amid pressure from Trump after sources say he refused to charge NY AG Letitia James (September 19, 2025)

Letitia James sees a record fundraising surge and Democratic support after indictment (October 10, 2025)

Evidence appears to undercut claims against Letitia James, prosecutors found (October 23, 2025)

NY AG Letitia James to ask for her case to be dismissed due to appointment of Lindsey Halligan (October 23, 2025)

New York Attorney General Letitia James pleads not guilty in federal bank fraud case (October 24, 2025)

Trump official refers New York AG Letitia James for prosecution after a previous case was dismissed (March 25, 2026)

Jimmy Kimmel's Firing by ABC (September 16, 2025)

ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel show off air ‘indefinitely’ over Charlie Kirk comments (September 17, 2025)

'Jimmy Kimmel Live' pulled indefinitely by ABC over Charlie Kirk comments (September 17, 2025)

Jon Stewart mocks Trump in song to the 'Dear Leader' after Kimmel suspension (September 19, 2025)

Why FCC Chief Brendan Carr May Be the Most Dangerous Man in Media (September 19, 2025)

MAGA Rages Over Jimmy Kimmel’s Return—and Reveals a Big Trump Weakness (September 23, 2025)

Trump 2.0 (September 2025)

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits last week hits 263,000, most in nearly 4 years (September 11, 2025)

Americans are feeling a lot worse about the state of the economy (September 12, 2025)

Grocery prices have jumped up, and there's no relief in sight (September 19, 2025)

3 reasons your grocery bill is getting more expensive (September 20, 2025)

The trope of ‘liberal media’ is finally dead (September 20, 2025)

Democrats slam proposal to give Marco Rubio the power to revoke passports (September 18, 2025)

Trump wants to label Antifa a terror group. His real target might be a lot bigger. (September 18, 2025)

Trump’s Idea of the Criminal Left Is a Fiction. A Coordinated Defense Against His Fascism Shouldn’t Be. (September 19, 2025)

Why Won’t Farmers Rebel Against Trumponomics? Because They’re Rich. (September 24, 2025)

World Leader Compares Trump to Hitler in Front of Entire U.N. (September 25, 2025)

As Trump seeks death penalty in DC, Bondi says administration also wants it across the country (September 25, 2025)

Pete Hegseth Calls Alarming Meeting With Hundreds of Military Leaders (September 25, 2025)

Not One Member of Trump’s Administration Is Popular, Brutal Poll Shows (September 25, 2025)

American Pessimism About U.S. Economy Grows—Job Market, Inflation Worries Deepen (September 26, 2025)

FBI fires agents seen kneeling in iconic photo during George Floyd protests five years ago (September 26, 2025)

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say (September 27, 2025)

US revokes visa for Colombia’s president after he urges American soldiers to disobey Trump (September 27, 2025)

BSKY: Mark Bray: I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism. (September 30, 2025)

The Shooting of Charlie Kirk (September 10, 2025)

Nashville Fire Department suspends employee for Charlie Kirk post (September 11, 2025)

After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts (September 12, 2025)

APSU fires professor over ‘insensitive’ social media post following shooting of Charlie Kirk (September 13, 2025)

Florida teachers could face consequences for Charlie Kirk social media comments (September 13, 2025)

BSKY: Katelyn Burns: Reporters talking with everyone who has ever met the shooter asking if the shooter knew any trans people. Healthy society we have here for sure. (September 13, 2025)

Two Florida universities take action after faculty comments on reported assassination of Charlie Kirk (September 13, 2025)

2 more Massachusetts teachers put on leave over Charlie Kirk social media posts (September 15, 2025)

The Right’s Scary Quick Campaign to Exploit Charlie Kirk’s Death (September 17, 2025)

The crackdown on Charlie Kirk critics has ignited a free speech debate. Legal experts say it sets a dangerous precedent. (September 18, 2025)

‘Page one of the authoritarian playbook’: how Trump and allies are exploiting Kirk’s killing (October 11, 2025)

Rutgers professor flees U.S. for Spain, claims he received death threats (October 11, 2025)

The absurd prosecution of a man who posted a Charlie Kirk meme (October 23, 2025)

Israel: A Terrorist State (September 2025)

Images show how neighbourhoods across Gaza's largest city have been levelled in recent months. (September 12, 2025)

Israel pounds Gaza City, killing 49 and displacing 6,000 in a single day (September 13, 2025)

Israel Gives Evacuation Orders Before a Bombing. Many Gazan Families Can’t Afford to Leave. (September 20, 2025)

For autistic children, Israel’s war on Gaza brings acute suffering (September 28, 2025)

41 killed as Israel continues to ‘destroy Gaza’s infrastructure’ (September 28, 2025)

Immigration (September 2025)

Georgia Sen. Ossoff Investigates ICE: Probe Reveals Hundreds of Credible Reports Of Abuses In Immigration Detention (September 5, 2025)

Immigration raid at New York business left workers terrified and slowed production, co-owner says (September 6, 2025)

Legal aid group sues to preemptively block US from deporting a dozen Honduran children (September 6, 2025)

Trump administration launches immigration enforcement surge in Massachusetts (September 7, 2025)

Mexican man dies in ICE custody at Arizona detention center, officials say (September 7, 2025)

Ice’s secretive flights and deportation hub: a Guardian investigation (September 13, 2025)

What immigration lawyers want you to know about ICE and criminal warrants (September 14, 2025)

Inside Stephen Miller's reign of terror (September 14, 2025)

‘Nobody Is Going to Stay and Work When It’s Like This’: South Koreans Reluctant to Return After Harrowing ICE Detention (September 15, 2025)

South Korea to review possible human rights violations in US raid on workers (September 15, 2025)

Judge orders ICE to improve conditions for detainees at NYC holding facility (September 17, 2025)

‘The dungeon’ at Louisiana’s notorious prison reopens as Ice detention center (September 18, 2025)

Several New York officials arrested in protest at Manhattan ICE office (September 18, 2025)

Dallas community leader, SMU alum Omar Salazar in ICE custody after traffic stop (September 18, 2025)

The Feds want to unmask Instagram accounts that identified immigration agents (September 18, 2025)

Rights group calls for urgent action for 5 men deported by US and held in Eswatini without charges (September 19, 2025)

Civil disobedience and mass arrests outside immigration court in New York – in pictures (September 19, 2025)

Trump cuts threaten futures of 250,000 children of migrant farm workers: ‘We felt like crying’ (September 19, 2025)

Lawyers for Spanish-language journalist in ICE custody fear deportation after unfavorable ruling (September 19, 2025)

Trump administration threatens lawsuits, funding cuts if Democratic states don't hold migrants for ICE (September 20, 2025)

Immigrant rights activists braced for crackdown as Trump threatens to target ‘leftwing’ groups (September 20, 2025)

Protesters pepper-sprayed, detained at Eugene federal building (September 24, 2025)

79-year-old U.S. citizen files $50 million civil rights claim after Van Nuys car wash ICE raid (September 24, 2025)

ICE Agent Tackles Woman To Ground After Her Husband Is Snatched (September 25, 2025)

Trump’s Eruption of Rage at Texas ICE Shooting Hints at a Darker Story (September 26, 2025)

Woman, 73, deported by ICE to India after three decades in the US (September 26, 2025)

ICE agents point guns at bystanders during violent arrest in Maryland (September 26, 2025)

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts arrested by ICE (September 26, 2025)

BSKY: David Bier: Border Patrol agent talks about how he knows that the people he's arresting at this nutrition bar factory in NY are "literal street rats" who would "eat our kids" (September 27, 2025)

US revokes visa for Colombia’s president after he urges American soldiers to disobey Trump (September 27, 2025)

‘Like the Gestapo’: trailblazing immigration judge on Ice brutality and Trump’s damage to the courts (September 28, 2025)

BSKY: The Tennessee Holler: “Show us your warrant!” “Ma’am, you’ve been watching too many movies. We’ll show you the warrant after we’re done.” *busts in the door with babies crying* (September 28, 2025)

Children left short of clean water and sleep amid ‘prolonged’ detention by Ice, watchdog groups allege (September 28, 2025)

The Invasion of Washington DC (August 2025)

Washington, DC, residents protest against Trump's troop deployment to the city (September 6, 2025)

D.C. man sues after being detained for following National Guard around while playing 'Darth Vader's Theme' (October 23, 2025)