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Soldiers are speaking out about Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star border scheme. They hate it

The fact is that the victims of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star also stretch beyond the Black and Latino asylum-seekers and migrants who have been cruelly swept up under the border scheme …

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Texas House members urge federal investigation of Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star scheme

50 members of the Texas House of Representatives are urging the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security open an “immediate” investigation into Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, citing …

Jan. 6 siege comes home to roost for Oath Keepers’ Rhodes with ‘seditious conspiracy’ charge

Federal prosecutors have been circling around Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes for the better part of the year since the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, and today—one week after the anniversary—they …

Garland: In Jan. 6 probe, whether powerful or powerless, all can be prosecuted

Attorney General Merrick Garland, in remarks one day before the anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, swore to hold perpetrators of the Jan. 6 riot and other related crimes that day fully …

Jan. 6 prosecutions get a boost from judge’s ruling that ‘obstructing Congress’ charges are OK

The wheels of justice turn slowly enough as it is, and when it comes to complex cases like the Jan. 6 insurrectionist prosecutions, the pace can be positively glacial, especially because evidence is …

Another contempt charge may be impending for Trump official

The Jan. 6 Committee will vote Wednesday on whether it should refer Jeffrey Clark, a Trump-era official, to the Department of Justice for criminal contempt of Congress after he—for weeks—failed to …

FBI to pay nearly $130M to families of victims slaughtered in 2018 Parkland school shooting

The families of the victims gunned down in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, have tentatively reached a $127.5 million settlement with the federal …

Revelation that ex-Nazi now holds key DOJ counterterrorism highlights police infiltration threat

A man who was a leading figure in the racist skinhead scene in the late ‘80s—the drummer for a white-power band called Arresting Officers, and an associate of a notorious neo-Nazi terrorist group—is …

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Advocates urge San Diego district attorney to probe brutal 2010 killing at hands of border agents

It has been over a decade since the killing of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), who was “tased, stripped and beaten by a mob of border & customs officers in 2010,” …

Attorney calls for DOJ probe after Oklahoma cops use Taser more than 50 times to murder man

An attorney representing the family of a man murdered when police used their Tasers on him more than 50 times in 2019 is making an important call of federal investigators investigating police …

Mark Meadows a no-show after House Select Committee runs out of patience, demands that he appear

After what appear to be a series of fruitless and time-consuming negotiations, the attorney for former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows made it clear on Thursday that his client was not going to appear, or …

Mark Meadows makes it clear he only takes orders from Trump, not Biden, not Congress, not the law

Among the first set of subpoenas issued by the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 back in September, the one issued to Trump advisor and professional fascist Steve Bannon has gotten the most attention. …

Congress will soon have oversight over U.S. Olympic leadership. Top gymnasts want a factory reset

Top U.S. Gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, and Maggie Nichols asked Congress to replace the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) board in a letter obtained Wednesday by …

Sackler family’s OxyContin liability settlement victory short-lived as DOJ steps in

At the beginning of September, Federal Judge Robert Drain signed off on a bankruptcy settlement that would give the Sackler family immunity from any liability litigation in perpetuity. The family …

Presence of Trump-friendly DOJ prosecutor on Proud Boys insurrection case raises red flags

The federal government’s prosecution of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrectionists continues to roll along with hardly any change in direction or pace: Participants in the attack continue to be arrested as …

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Greg Abbott's despicable executive order targeting migrants continues to face defeat in court

Right-wing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s despicable executive order targeting migrants continues to face defeat in the courts. George W. Bush-appointed U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone, who temporarily …

GOP operative charged, including 5 counts of child sex trafficking

On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Minnesota released a statement announcing the arrest and indictment of 30-year-old Anton Lazzaro on sex trafficking charges. The charges …

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Jan. 6 looked scary, but on Jan. 3 the U.S. came within hours of a coup supported by the DOJ

January 6 was not the only coup attempt of the 2020 cycle, nor the most dangerous. Screaming white nationalist militia smearing excrement on the halls of Congress as they searched for lawmakers to …

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A hungry migrant family tried to get something to eat and then xenophobic right-wingers ran with it

It appears that a good chunk of the right-wing campaign that’s currently trying to blame migrants for COVID-19 stems from one single incident involving a hungry family that went to eat at a Texas fast …

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'Order prevents us from doing what we do': ACLU sues Abbott on behalf of migrant aid volunteers

Greg Abbott is facing another lawsuit over this currently-blocked executive order targeting migrants. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Texas on Thursday sued the Republican …