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Turns out the Border Patrol officers who murdered Alex Pretti are of Hispanic lineage. Their names are Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, according to Pro Publica.This appears to be causing some confusion among people of good-faith. How can men of Hispanic lineage work for a paramilitary organization dedicated to terrorizing Hispanics? The news is also, I presume, being used by people of bad faith. Donald Trump’s critics say ICE and CBP are purging Latinos in order to achie

Chants attacking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are common at the many protests and demonstrations opposing President Donald Trump's mass deportations policy. But on Wednesday, February 4, an anti-ICE chant broke out somewhere else: a major pro-wrestling event in Las Vegas. The event was the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Dynamite, held at Vegas' T-Mobile Arena—where Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) was up against "Big, Bad" Brody King. Fans, according to Newsweek immigration reporter Billal Rahman, broke out in chants of "F—— ICE.""During the event on Wednesday," Rahman repor

A Republican and former member of Congress on Thursday called out the Trump administration over the pending deportation of a U.S. Army veteran, accusing the president and other officials of having "no respect" for those who have served.According to a Wednesday report from CBS News, Georgia resident Godfrey Wade, who has lived in the U.S. for around 50 years since immigrating from Jamaica, has been in ICE custody for five months amid their efforts to deport him. The man's attorney said that while an appeal is pending, their request for a stay of removal was recently shot down in court.Wade came to the U.S. lawfully in 1975 and ser

President Donald Trump has finally done something that has broken through to his loyal supporters and broken their support along with it. Longtime Republican pollster and Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell sorted through the recent Quinnipiac poll, which found that it's isn't just the Democrats and Independents who are furious over the recent slaying of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis during Trump's recent occupation of the city. Pollsters asked respondents, "As far as you are aware, do you think the shooting was justified or not justified," specifically asking about Pretti.Only 2 percent of Democrats

Republicans in the Senate are growing increasingly scared that Donald Trump's mounting unpopularity will tank their midterm hopes, according to lawmakers who spoke with The Hill on Thursday, with a recent special election upset acting as a major "wake-up call."The GOP has been stressing about its odds heading into the 2026 midterm elections since the off-year elections in November, when Democrats across the nation swept into office campaigning on affordability and against Trump's many overreaches.

I think most liberals are probably familiar with what has become known as Wilhoit’s Law – that the true goals of the right are inequality, injustice, repression and control. This is how composer Frank Wilhoit put it in 2018:“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect,” Wilhoit wrote. “There

Donald Trump is planning to do everything he can to subvert the 2026 midterms and prevent Democratic victories, but according to conservative commentator David French, there is a new bill in Congress that stands a chance of stopping his quest for "permanent power."Writing for the New York Times Thursday morning, French reiterated his past warning that voters should not expect the midterms to be "free or fair" under Trump's watch. Indeed, he noted that the recent FBI raid on an election office

After targeting Los Angeles and Chicago for militarized immigration raids, the Trump administration carried out an even more draconian strategy in Minneapolis — where two U.S. citizens, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, were fatally shot (Good by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross, Pretti by Border Patrol agents). The Trump administration defended the shootings, while critics argue that Good and Pretti would still be alive had the officers not used excessive force.In an

You are going to hear a lot about the word inevitable in this space the next nine months as America tries to shake off this Republican fascist assault while rumbling toward the most important elections in her 250-year history.It is inevitable Democrats will smash Republicans in November’s midterm elections.It is inevitable that the fascist felon, Donald Trump, will do everything with the power anointed him by his crooked Supreme Court to stop those elections and/or change those results.So let’s begin by focusing on the first inevitability, because if we can effectively communicate the inevitable outcome of this year’s election, the blowback from

When Ben Bagdikian, an esteemed journalist and early FAIR contributor, published his groundbreaking book The Media Monopoly in 1983, he painted a troubling picture of US media consolidation, reporting that 50 corporations controlled the media business. With each reprint, that number dwindled (FAIR.org, 6/1/87). When FAIR replicated his analysis in 2011 (Extra!, 10/11), it stood at