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Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State

https://newrepublic.com/article/204191/ ... -dark-plot

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DOJ weighs novel federal hate crimes case against suspect in Charlie Kirk's assassination

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/doj-w ... r-AA1SgAE3

WASHINGTON — Three months after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Justice Department is weighing how to bring federal charges against the shooter, including under a novel legal theory that it was an anti-Christian hate crime, according to three people familiar with the investigation.
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Prosecuting it as an anti-Christian hate crime would be highly unusual because the federal case would likely turn on equating anti-trans views with Christianity, according to the three people familiar with the matter. And other potential federal statutes, like the stalking charge brought against Luigi Mangione, do not appear to apply in this case, the people say.

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He was an Uber driver in the US. Now he's scared of jihadists after deportation to Somalia

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/he ... r-AA1SiHjw

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New Orleans police face backlash over ICE stance

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-o ... r-AA1SkWqJ

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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ ... er-by-ice/

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https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... s-deadline

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Professors, students appeal ruling on Alabama law banning DEI initiatives at public universities

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/profe ... r-AA1SozC8

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US appeals court says Trump's National Guard deployment in DC may continue

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-AA1SxVtd

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Judge allows Trump’s ballroom project to proceed for now

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-AA1Syap6

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Oregon ICE arrest sparks firestorm

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/orego ... s-AA1SzqYl

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Pastor says ICE arresting congregants at check-ins

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pasto ... r-AA1SAZSU

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Minneapolis police chief critical of ICE agents' conduct after woman dragged through street

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ ... -responds/

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https://apnews.com/article/florida-deat ... 01b370caf4

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Germany charges alleged teen members of right-wing extremist group with attempted murder

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ge ... r-AA1SBUwP

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Report: Border Patrol agent shot Mexican man 3 times in Starr County

https://www.borderreport.com/news/cbp-b ... rr-county/

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Human Rights Group Condemns ‘Terror’ and ‘Lawlessness’ Spread by Trump’s Masked Thugs
By Brett Wilkins
December 18, 2025

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(Common Dreams) As masked government agents—an oft-employed terror tool of authoritarian regimes—run roughshod amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort, a leading human rights group on Thursday called on Congress to investigate abuses perpetrated by federal officers against immigrants and US citizens alike.

Federal immigration enforcement agents “now commonly operate masked and without visible identification, compounding the abusive and unaccountable nature of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. “The indefinite and widespread nature of these practices is fundamentally inconsistent with the United States’ obligations to ensure that law enforcement abuses are investigated and met with accountability.”

HRW continued:

• Since President Donald Trump’s return to office in January 2025, his administration has carried out an abusive campaign of immigration raids and arrests, primarily of people of color, across the country. Many of the raids target places where Latino people work, shop, eat, and live. The agents have seized people in courthouses and at regularly scheduled appointments with immigration officials, as well as in places of worship, schools, and other sensitive locations. Many raids have been marked by the sudden and unprovoked use of force without any justification, creating a climate of fear in many immigrant communities.

Read more here: https://www.commondreams.org/news/huma ... ed-agents