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Schuyler Mitchell

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Records Reveal How Homeland Security Agents Surveilled ICE Protesters

Over the past year, ICE agents have scanned the faces of protesters, photographed their license plates, and collected samples of their DNA. But the...

27.07.2026 10

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Why Trump Wants You To Think All Dissent Is a “Conspiracy”

According to President Donald Trump’s Justice Department, you may be a member of a criminal conspiracy if you have done any of the following: worn...

23.07.2026 20

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SCOTUS Just Issued Its Biggest Privacy Ruling in Nearly a Decade

The Supreme Court dealt Big Brother a blow on Monday with a landmark ruling for digital privacy rights in Chatrie v. United States. Conservative...

02.07.2026 30

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ICE Finds a New Way to Dodge Congress About a Secret Protester Database

In response to lawmakers’ ongoing questions about ICE’s surveillance practices, a previously unpublicized letter to Congress reveals that...

01.07.2026 20

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Public Records Show FBI Secretly Extracted Data From ICE Protesters’ Phones

Previously unreported documents reveal “extractions” from at least 13 devices after a protest in Washington last June.

24.06.2026 80

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Public Records Show FBI Secretly Extracted Data From ICE Protesters’ Phones

On the evening of June 11, 2025, Shailynn Bray-Waters joined hundreds of other protesters at a demonstration outside an ICE field office in Spokane,...

24.06.2026 20

Mother Jones

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DHS Is Getting Sued For the Truth About Its “Domestic Terrorism Watchlist”

Does photographing ICE agents make you a domestic terrorist in Donald Trump’s America? That’s the question being asked by a growing chorus of...

26.05.2026 20

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So You Want to Organize a General Strike

On Friday, International Workers’ Day, tens of thousands of people across the US will walk out of school, skip work, and refrain from shopping as...

01.05.2026 20

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Schuyler Mitchell

Congress Is in Chaos Over a Surveillance Law—But the Full Story Is Classified

Increasingly desperate negotiations. A plea from the president himself. An eleventh-hour sleight of hand, followed by a surprise vote in the dead of...

29.04.2026 30

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How Your Data Is Powering Trump’s Surveillance State

In the past 24 hours, I’ve checked Google Maps for directions, logged a sunset run on Strava, booked a yoga class with ClassPass, swiped into the...

09.04.2026 20

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The Ugly History Behind the Olympics’ New Gender Test

On March 26, the International Olympic Committee announced that all athletes competing in women’s sports will be required to undergo genetic...

31.03.2026 30

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DHS Waited Until It Was Sued to Remind ICE Agents About the First Amendment

The Trump administration is scrambling to cover its tracks amid legislative pressure and a First Amendment lawsuit over its alleged “domestic...

18.03.2026 30

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First Trump Scrapped “DEI” Coins. Now the New Dime Is Losing the Olive Branch.

When Charles Thomson and William Barton designed the Great Seal of the United States more than 200 years ago, they were unambiguous about its meaning....

14.03.2026 30

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First Trump Scrapped “DEI” Coins. Now the New Dime Is Losing the Olive Branch.

When Charles Thomson and William Barton designed the Great Seal of the United States more than 200 years ago, they were unambiguous about its meaning....

14.03.2026 40

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The Trump Administration Will Somehow Make $10 Billion Off the TikTok Deal

The yearslong battle over TikTok’s ownership has concluded in a $10 billion windfall for the Trump administration. On Friday, the Wall Street...

14.03.2026 40

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DHS Wants to Build a System to Surveil Americans’ Travel Records

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Secret Service want to build a tool for tracking US travelers’ flights and other personal...

07.03.2026 30

Mother Jones

Schuyler Mitchell

“How Am I Going to Sell My House With This Crap in My Backyard?”

In the wintertime, when Elizabeth Jacobus steps out onto her front porch for a smoke break, she can see the hulking warehouse through a barren thicket...

04.03.2026 30

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Six Vital Lessons From Minnesota’s General Strike

Every few months, you likely notice something: people on Instagram calling for a general strike. The posts will appear suddenly, evincing urgency but...

06.02.2026 50

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Here’s Who Could Profit from Trump’s Pursuit of Greenland

On January 15, the governor of Louisiana appeared on Fox News to discuss the fate of an autonomous European territory nearly 3,000 miles away from his...

28.01.2026 20

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Trump DOJ Uses Anti-KKK Law to Charge ICE Protesters With Felony

The Trump administration is using an anti-Ku Klux Klan law to prosecute Minnesota activists for demonstrating against ICE at a St. Paul church. On...

24.01.2026 60

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Monster of 2025: GLP-1 Ads

The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective...

01.01.2026 80

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Monster of 2025: AI Slop

The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective...

18.12.2025 40

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How the Right Uses “Gender Ideology” to Blame Trans People for Everything

Hours after being sworn in for a second term, President Donald Trump used his constitutionally vested powers to define “man” and “woman.” In...

17.11.2025 30

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Trump Calls for an Epstein Investigation Into Everyone But Him

For months, President Donald Trump begged America to forget about Jeffrey Epstein. But this week a House committee released a trove of the late sex...

15.11.2025 30

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Trump Finally Admits His Tariffs Raise Prices

President Donald Trump, who ran in 2024 on the promise to bring down prices “on day one,” has finally admitted that his tariffs do the opposite....

15.11.2025 30

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House Candidate Kat Abughazaleh Calls Her Indictment for Protesting a “Political Prosecution”

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against six protesters—including 26-year-old Democratic...

30.10.2025 40

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He Studies Fascism. Is He Now Living Through It?

On Saturday, October 4, Rutgers University professor Mark Bray was sitting in his living room watching the MLB playoffs when he received an email that...

14.10.2025 30

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Schuyler Mitchell

“Extremely Disturbing”: What Does Trump’s “Antifa” Executive Order Actually Do?

It took only minutes after Charlie Kirk was pronounced dead for right-wing figures to begin calling for retribution. “More people will be murdered...

26.09.2025 30

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EPA Paved Way for Buildout of Fossil Fuel-Boosting Chemical Recycling Facilities

Fossil fuel companies are working hard to push chemical recycling because plastic is one of Big Oil’s last lifelines.

11.09.2025 30

Truthout

Schuyler Mitchell

The National Guard Soldier Pissed About Trump’s DC Takeover

Thanks to President Donald Trump, the residents of Washington, DC, are now safe from the horrors of fallen leaves and errant litter. Otherwise, as the...

03.09.2025 30

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Schuyler Mitchell

As a Journalist, I’m Ashamed to See Western Media Failing Gaza Reporters

The targeted slaughter of their Palestinian colleagues still hasn’t shaken Western journalists from their cowardice.

13.08.2025 40

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Schuyler Mitchell

Palestinian Statehood Is Not a Political Bargaining Chip

The UK and Canada have added conditions -- but no arms embargoes -- to their recognition of a Palestinian state.

02.08.2025 30

Truthout

Schuyler Mitchell

Facing Rising Caseloads and Stagnant Pay, Hundreds of NYC Legal Workers Strike

The workers say their pay and workloads keep them from providing the best possible representation for their clients.

25.07.2025 30

Truthout

Schuyler Mitchell

Trump’s Coal-Friendly EPA Rolls Back Rules Meant to Prevent Water Contamination

The move delays base-level reporting and monitoring, and actual cleanup will be punted even further into the future.

24.07.2025 30

Truthout

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Trump’s Mass Firings at Department of Education Are Already Harming US Students

Trump’s firing of 1,300 DOE workers is bad news for all student loan recipients and K-12 students alike.

22.07.2025 30

Truthout

Schuyler Mitchell

Trump Admin’s Focus on Child Labor After California Raids Is a Bait and Switch

The Trump administration’s raids are part of the same immigration system that makes child labor conditions possible.

17.07.2025 30

Truthout

Schuyler Mitchell

Trump Revoked Rules Meant to Protect Against Disasters Like Texas Floods

A commonsense rule created building requirements for projects receiving federal funds. Trump revoked it twice.

12.07.2025 40

Truthout

Schuyler Mitchell

Trump’s Threats Against Mamdani Put a Target on the Back of All Immigrants

By using denaturalization as a threat, Trump shifts the goal posts of citizenship to further his political agenda.

11.07.2025 30

Truthout

Schuyler Mitchell