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Immigration agents arrested a U.S. citizen and created warrants after an arrest, lawyers say in court

Chicago attorneys were in federal court Thursday accusing federal agents of violating immigration law and the constitutional rights of at least 22 people

> Aka a police state. One of the features of fascism.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati

Matt Elliston
Chicago Sun-Times · Immigration agents arrested a U.S. citizen and created warrants after an arrest, lawyers say in courtChicago attorneys were in federal court Thursday accusing federal agents of violating immigration law and the constitutional rights of at least 22 people since January.
#civil#rights#ice
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Following the #Jan6 attack, there was a wave of #civil cases & #criminal prosecutions that splintered the [domestic terrorist] orgs & sent many members to prison before sweeping #clemency from #Trump. Among them were group leaders named alongside >30 others in the city’s suit, including #ProudBoys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio & #OathKeepers founder Stewart Rhodes, both of whom juries #convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy for their part in trying to block the peaceful transition of power.

“Even More #Assaults On #Free #Speech To #Silence #Criticism Of #Israel

by Caitlin Johnstone in Caitlin’s Newsletter on Substack

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@guardian @Independent @thetimes

“I have said it before and I will say it again: there is no greater threat to free speech in our society than #Israel and the western governments who support it. #Civil #rights are being stomped out throughout the western world to shut down all criticism of Israel”

open.substack.com/pub/caitlinj

Caitlin’s Newsletter · Even More Assaults On Free Speech To Silence Criticism Of IsraelBy Caitlin Johnstone

Lawsuit accuses Atlanta police of illegally targeting ‘Stop Cop City’ protesters

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Jamie Marsicano, alleges that authorities view any critic of the training center as a would-be criminal and have repeatedly made arrests without cause, depriving protesters of their First Amendment rights and their civil rights protections against false arrest and malicious prosecution.

apnews.com/article/atlanta-cop

Yeah, that’s gonna happen:

#Trump admin says #undocumented immigrants must *register*

The Trump admin will require all unauthorized immigrants in the United States who are 14 & older to register w/the federal government or face #civil & #criminal penalties, including up to $1k in fines & up to 6 months in #prison.

#immigration #law #USpol #Nazi #NurembergLaws #YellowStar #WhiteSupremacy
washingtonpost.com/immigration

The Washington Post · Trump administration says undocumented immigrants must registerBy Maria Sacchetti

"During the #Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the conflict ended, two women sought help from high places to track down their lost loved ones."

Robert Colby, author of "An Unholy Traffic," recounts the efforts of #JaneLyles and #PriscillaMarshall to re-unite their families

smithsonianmag.com/history/aft
#AmericanCivilWar #Gettysburg #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #UShistory #FreedmensBureau #ThaddeusStevens @histodons

Newly confirmed #Trump #AttorneyGeneral #PamBondi is expected to order a review of the cases brought against #Trump, including those undertaken by prosecutors in #NewYork who successfully #convicted him in court.

Sworn in at the White House on Wednesday, Bondi intends to issue a series of memos aimed at curbing the so-called weaponization of the #DOJ….

She will order the review of the #criminal & #civil cases against Trump….

#law #lawlessness #Felon47
cnn.com/2025/02/05/politics/pa

CNN · Attorney General Pam Bondi plans review of cases brought by NY prosecutors against TrumpBy Hannah Rabinowitz

“Historic sentencing appeal at Royal Courts of Justice for 16 Just Stop Oil prisoners”

by Kate Bermingham in The Canary @thecanaryuk

“The prisoners include the ‘Whole Truth Five’, sentenced for four to five years each for participating in a zoom call about temporarily blocking the M25. These are the longest prison sentences ever handed down for nonviolent civil disobedience in the UK”

thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/

Canary · Lord Walney 16 protesters appeal draconian sentencesIt was a defining moment for the climate movement - and the Canary’s Kate Bermingham was on the ground as events unfolded

Interim US Attorney Ed Martin announced dismissal this afternoon of roughly 80 #FBI #federalprosecutors #DOJ #attorneys who worked on #CapitolRiots cases #jan6th in #DC office over past 4 yrs two...cuts amount to about 8% of office’s prosecutors. Combined with a recently announced freeze on #hiring #promotions, the openings will have impacts across office’s #civil #appellate #SuperiorCourt and #violentcrime divisions, where some prosecutors had been previously reassigned. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20

The Washington Post · D.C. U.S. attorney fires Jan. 6 prosecutors, launches new probesBy Spencer S. Hsu
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The prosecutors were still under probationary status, allowing the firings w/o recourse under #DOJ policy….

Notifications went out Fri to people who served in the office’s now-disbanded Capitol siege prosecution section…. The cuts amount to about 8% of the office’s prosecutors. Combined with a recently announced freeze on hiring & promotions, the openings will have impacts across the office’s #civil, #appellate, #SuperiorCourt & #ViolentCrime divisions…

#law#Felon47#Jan6