ScheerPost Staff In a shocking revelation straight out of a dystopian satire, the Pentagon has quietly begun asking civilian employees to volunteer for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).…
Rebecca Gordon for Tom Dispatch The March 4, 2026, edition of the Arizona Daily Star put the facts succinctly: “A Haitian asylum seeker held for four months at Florence Correctional…
Doug Bock Clark for ProPublica David Harvilicz, who co-founded a firm with a 2020 election denier, oversees voting machine security for the Department of Homeland Security while the Trump administration…
By Joshua Scheer I just wrote about the murder of a man in Minneapolis and the country’s descent toward a fascist state, and of course what goes along with that…
By Joshua Scheer While many of us are celebrating the New Year with family and friends, the White House and its allies are doing the same—but seemingly partying as if…
By Sasha Abramsky Original for Truthout Two months after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the White House released the text of a sprawling executive order allegedly designed to ensure the integrity…
By Brett Wilkins Original to Common Dreams The Trump administration on Wednesday launched a major operation against what it said are “criminal illegal aliens” in New Orleans but that critics…
By Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski / ProPublica On Oct. 2, the second day of the government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived at Mount Rushmore to…
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration…
"Every acre of habitat left in the Rio Grande Valley is irreplaceable," said one advocate. "We can't afford to lose more of it to a useless, medieval wall."
By Andrea Mazzarino | TomDispatch Recently, an agent of the Department of Homeland Security called me and started asking questions about a childhood acquaintance being investigated for extremism. I put…
A federal court sentenced Jessica Reznicek to eight years in prison for taking nonviolent direct action to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Her story is a sign of Big Oil’s…
By Dara Lind / ProPublica This article was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like…
Homeland Security just issued its fourth danger bulletin this year. And both the weapons and rhetorical tactics of the first War on Terror are increasingly visible.
“ICE Wants Unpaid Volunteers—The U.S. Military is at a Breaking Point”
ScheerPost Staff In a shocking revelation straight out of a dystopian satire, the Pentagon has quietly begun asking civilian employees to volunteer for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).…
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People Die While Companies Profit
Rebecca Gordon for Tom Dispatch The March 4, 2026, edition of the Arizona Daily Star put the facts succinctly: “A Haitian asylum seeker held for four months at Florence Correctional…
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This DHS Official Oversees the Security of Federal Elections. He Wants to Ban Voting Machines.
Doug Bock Clark for ProPublica David Harvilicz, who co-founded a firm with a 2020 election denier, oversees voting machine security for the Department of Homeland Security while the Trump administration…
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Tracking, Targeting, and Terrorizing: ICE’s Surveillance State
By Joshua Scheer I just wrote about the murder of a man in Minneapolis and the country’s descent toward a fascist state, and of course what goes along with that…
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DHS and White House Officials Partying Like It’s 1930s Germany: Amid Growing Fascist Trends
By Joshua Scheer While many of us are celebrating the New Year with family and friends, the White House and its allies are doing the same—but seemingly partying as if…
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Trump Militarized Cities in ICE Crackdowns. Is Militarizing the Ballot Box Next?
By Sasha Abramsky Original for Truthout Two months after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the White House released the text of a sprawling executive order allegedly designed to ensure the integrity…
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‘Political Stunt Wrapped in Badges’: New Orleans Readies Resistance as Trump Operation Begins
By Brett Wilkins Original to Common Dreams The Trump administration on Wednesday launched a major operation against what it said are “criminal illegal aliens” in New Orleans but that critics…
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
By Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski / ProPublica On Oct. 2, the second day of the government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived at Mount Rushmore to…
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Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration…
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DHS Announces It’s Surveilling Immigrants’ Social Media for ‘Antisemitism’
“You are not welcome here,” read a chilling statement from a top DHS official.
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‘Horrific Step Backwards’: Biden Admin Waives Protections to Speed Border Wall Construction
"Every acre of habitat left in the Rio Grande Valley is irreplaceable," said one advocate. "We can't afford to lose more of it to a useless, medieval wall."
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How Terror Came Home and What to Make of It
By Andrea Mazzarino | TomDispatch Recently, an agent of the Department of Homeland Security called me and started asking questions about a childhood acquaintance being investigated for extremism. I put…
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The Feds Are Using Terrorism Charges Against Water Protectors
A federal court sentenced Jessica Reznicek to eight years in prison for taking nonviolent direct action to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Her story is a sign of Big Oil’s…
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A Secretive Counterterrorism Team Interrogated Dozens of Citizens at the Border, Government Report Finds
By Dara Lind / ProPublica This article was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like…
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The New Domestic War on Terror Has Already Begun
Homeland Security just issued its fourth danger bulletin this year. And both the weapons and rhetorical tactics of the first War on Terror are increasingly visible.
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