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Roundup on the roundups, February 18
Tales from around the country of surveillance, horrific detention conditions, and officially championed untruths.
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Feds: find us that probable cause, and make it snappy
Judges not giving you the go-ahead to arrest someone? Turn the screws on them.
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Why I marched: a note to a friend
Yesterday I joined about a thousand neighbors in downtown Frederick, Maryland to stand up and be counted against ICE brutality. Here's why
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The feds can't be trusted after agents shoot
In the Marimar Martinez incident in Chicago and again today with the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, witnesses and video contradict…
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The rendition of Nicolás Maduro: oil's well that ends well
The Trump administration has offered a variety of rationales for its action, but it's hard to identify any that are both credible and creditable.
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H.L. Mencken on where a newspaper should stand
The "chief liberal goals" were all "well-tested and of the highest value" and included "a press secure against official pressure"
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Fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk
Public employees may have a legal remedy following the binge of dismissals -- of professors, K-12 teachers and others -- after the activist's…
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Walter Olson
Walter Olson
Writer and author, especially on legal subjects. Cato Institute, election law, and Maryland civic stuff.
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