'“When you lose the leader responsible for making the fraud cases, it tells you this isn’t really about prosecuting fraud,” [Minneapolis police chief] Mr. O’Hara said.'

Land of the free, as long as you agree with the administration.

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'Black told The Guardian newspaper that ICE agents hit him in the head, face, torso, arms and legs with around seven or eight "pepper exploding pellets" while he was in a position of prayer.'

Those who stand up for the integrity of our elections will be attacked by a DOJ increasingly becoming a political tool.

Killing people is wrong.

"Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours."

Guess who will be most impacted by more lack constrains on hazing.

Are we great yet?

'Sen. Ted Cruz on his podcast Friday admonished Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr for demanding ABC suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show over comments regarding Charlie Kirk — calling Carr’s actions “dangerous as hell” and “right out of ‘Goodfellas.’”'

"Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists, including 227 events that took more than 520 lives,"

Fox News' Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying mentally ill homeless people should be executed.

Political violence is wrong. Our POTUS not saying that when some are attacked and not others is like pardoning someone who does violence. It is an implied endorsement of of particular acts of violence. www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...

Signs of life from the House?

Fascists do not stop themselves.

"Now nine months into the president's term as the tariffs take hold, the gulf between Trump's rhetoric, which boasts of investments pouring into the country, and the reality on the ground in places like Fall River, is starting to show." www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Then they came for me..." - disagree with them and you will be a criminal too. www.snopes.com/news/2025/09...

While POTUS attacks his own people, the leadership of the U.S. erodes. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"It is unusual for federal border agents to make arrests during the fighting of an active fire, especially in a remote area."

"Wholesale prices rose far more than expected in July, providing a potential sign that inflation is still a threat to the U.S. economy, a Bureau of Labor Statistics report Thursday showed."

"The U.S. government's gross national debt has climbed past $37 trillion, a record-breaking milestone that underscores the rapid growth of America's fiscal obligations and the mounting cost pressures on taxpayers."

"We found it to be likely true that the volume of violent crime reported to law enforcement was at or near a 50-year low in 2023-24."

"Two of the nation's largest companies operating private jails are reporting spikes in revenue thanks to the Trump administration's surge of immigrant arrests."

“although service members with 15 to 18 years of honorable service were permitted to apply for an exception to policy, none of the exceptions to policy were approved.”

"The unemployment rate among recent graduates has been increasing this year to an average of 5.3%, compared to around 4% for the labor force as a whole, making it one of the toughest job markets for recent graduates since 2015..."

In case you think this is about criminals. Not one criminal who was on the FBI Top 10 list on January 20th 2025 has been captured since January. [Continued...]

"Portions of Article 1, Section 8, as well as the entirety of Article 1, sections 9 and 10, were removed from the text of the Constitution on the Library of Congress' Constitution website as of Aug. 6, 2025."

In case you thought this was actually about deportations instead of the private sector making money off of incarceration.

'About half of all Americans say the cost of groceries is a “major” source of stress in their life right now, while 33% say it’s a “minor” source of stress...'

"This data shows that indeed, since 1981, the deficit deepened under Republican administrations and shrank under Democratic ones."

"Roughly 200 Federal Air Marshals, traditionally charged with safeguarding commercial air travel, are now reportedly assigned to ICE deportation flights, according to a CNN report published Thursday."

"The new map significantly shakes that up in an attempt from state Republicans to take small parts of left-leaning Austin and include them in the same congressional district as large swaths of rural, right-leaning Texas."

"...deportations are still lagging far behind what President Donald Trump has promised — and even behind those in the Obama administration, according to data obtained by NBC News."

"They began with the pardon of the January 6 defendants who sought to overturn the 2020 results."

"U.S. employment growth was weaker than expected in July while the nonfarm payrolls count for the prior two months was revised down by a massive 258,000 jobs, suggesting a sharp deterioration in labor market conditions[...]"

"US President Donald Trump has fired the boss of one of America's most important economic institutions hours after weaker-than-expected jobs data stoked further alarm about his tariff policy."

'The rumor that Langford posted a picture of himself in front of Auschwitz along with the caption "My 0% Unemployment Plan" is true.'

'"It's been an absolute nightmare," said Jared Hendricks, owner of the Utah-based Village Lighting Company, who took out a $1.5m (£1.1m) loan backed by his home earlier this year to cover the unexpected jump in his costs."

“Without housing, we are going to have people who are unhoused”

'Rohwer, 84, had always used a federal online system called E-Verify to check whether his employees were eligible to work, and Glenn Valley Foods itself had not been accused of any violations.'

"The Trump administration has long insisted that America should not be a haven for criminals. Last week, it brought one home."

"Since President Trump's return to office, images of masked federal agents carrying out immigration arrests have become a familiar — and for many Americans, deeply disturbing — sight."

"The tariffs took the U.S. from 2.4% growth in the fourth quarter of 2024 to -0.5% in the first quarter this year. The economy continues contracting, which will reduce wage growth and maybe even reverse it. So, as prices go up, wages will decline for the average worker."

The federal government is cutting support for local election officials’ preparations for scenarios like cyberattacks and bomb threats. Now state governments need to step up. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Slashing federal funding for successful crime-prevention programs makes no sense. But that’s exactly what’s happening. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...