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New Denver order takes aim at ICE activity — ordering police to protect protesters, possibly by detaining agents “My first job is to run this city,” Mayor Mike Johnston said. “But in today’s America, that means answering questions from our residents about what happens if ice troops des…

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Are federal officers really being assaulted? Or is the government lying to us about the numbers?

You guessed it. They are lying.
Call Congress at 202-224-3121 today and demand accountability.

#ICELawlessness

Here is what the Democracy Docket team is tracking today:

Active Voting Rights Cases: 168
Active Redistricting Cases: 50
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 92
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 72
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32

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OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us OpenAI says Americans shouldn’t worry about the ethics of its new Pentagon contract. You’ll have to take their word for it (and Pete Hegseth’s).

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"Without being able to verify the company’s claims, Altman’s pitch to the world comes down to one premise: Trust me — along with Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — to do the right thing."

Reform: It Wasn’t Just Trump—It Was the System That Fed Him Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink"

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Trump says will not sign other legislation until voter act bill is passed by Congress (Reuters) WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump vowed in a social media post on Sunday ‌that he would not sign any other legislation ⁠until Congr...

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Rubio Admits That America Is Fighting Israel’s War Israel’s plan to strike Iran would put American lives at risk, Rubio said. Rather than confronting Israel, the U.S. joined their war.

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Dems Need to Wise Up: ICE Is a Threat to Our Elections DHS has built a national police force with massive surveillance capabilities — which it could use to interfere with our elections.

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Trump's pick for DHS secretary leaves US Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma President Donald Trump’s plan to nominate U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma as Homeland Security secretary will leave an unexpected Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma. Under a new Oklahoma law,...

Trump's pick for DHS secretary leaves US Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma President Donald Trump’s plan to nominate U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma as Homeland Security secretary will leave an unexpected Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma. Under a new Oklahoma law,... ...

Trump removes DHS Secretary Kristi Noem after controversial tenure President Donald Trump announced the decision on social media and said Noem would be replaced with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.).

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Prove me wrong

The New York Times on Instagram: "As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump criticized regime change and promised an “America first” approach, boasting of starting “no new wars.” Now he finds himself ... 88K likes, 1,849 comments - nytimes on March 2, 2026: "As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump criticized regime change and promised an “America first” approach, boasting of starting “no new wars.” ...

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The US government keeps using dangerous chemicals on protesters Civilians, children, and even the agents themselves are at risk.

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Witnesses say, video shows, the demonstration was largely peaceful before gas was deployed. In the weeks since, a federal judge moved to restrict the use of chemical munitions following reports agents used them against demonstrators who posed no imminent threat.

3 U.S. Planes Are Shot Down in ‘Friendly Fire’ in Kuwait, U.S. Military Says

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“During active combat — that included attacks from Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles, and drones — the U.S. Air Force fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses,” statement said.

All six crew members “ejected safely, have been safely recovered

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Cherished teacher mourned following deadly crash with driver who was being pursued by ICE Kindergarten and first grade students at a Georgia school are mourning their teacher days after she was killed by a driver who authorities say was fleeing federal immigration officers.

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Snopestionary: 8 tips to vet fundraisers and protect your donations Here is how to make sure your money is going to a legitimate cause.

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DOJ Feels The Squeeze As DHS's Courtroom Pain Sponge - Above the Law Contempt is temporary. Sanctions are forever.

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“The Court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the United States in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt—again and again and again—to force the United States government to comply with court orders,” Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz of Minnesota

People will conitnue to rape, murder and kidnap with greater frequency as long as we arrest the wrong people

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This absolute, inexcusable mess is not acceptable in any free country.

Judge gives 'explicit notice' that illegal ICE detentions will result in contempt and sanctions "A constitutional ruling cannot be reduced to a temporary directive that must be relitigated each time," the judge said. "The Constitution does not contemplate violations in installments."

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For state jail officials, those consequences include personal civil liability without qualified immunity protection. For federal officials, those consequences include exercise of court's full inherent authority to enforce constitutional compliance including contempt.

The most probable result of the SAVE Act's passage:

this week in stupid: February 28 edition Handy Oakley gloms it, Donny Convict bombs it, and so much more...

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Federal judge takes down Alina Habba's former office for 'appalling' violations of court orders A judge unloaded on the Trump administration for continuing to broadly carry out mandatory detentions despite hundreds of court rulings across the country.

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"The government's continued actions after being called to task can now only be deemed intentional," Quraishi concluded. "The undersigned will not stand idly by and allow this intentional misconduct to go on. It ends today."

Fulton County officials argue FBI agent misled judge to seize ballots from 2020 election A Trump-appointed federal judge has ordered the agent to testify at an upcoming hearing this week.

Did an FBI agent deliberately mislead a federal judge to secure the warrant that initiated the bureau’s unprecedented seizure of 2020 election records from an election facility in Fulton County, Georgia, last month? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

30 years.

This video should be on every network.

The New Gilded Age: How America Slipped Back Into Monopoly Rule A handful of private empires now shape what we pay, what we see, and how far our voices carry and Washington all but surrendered the power to stop them.

The New Gilded Age: How America Slipped Back Into Monopoly Rule
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"Efficiency and scale became virtues. Bigness was no longer suspicious. Mergers, once viewed as dangerous, were now seen as a rational business strategy."

[LIVESTREAM] People's State of the Union · MoveOn At the State of the Union (SOTU), Republicans in Congress are once again bending the knee to Trump and hanging their constituents out to dry. Nobody should participate in Trump’s vanity project, and t...

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