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The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in Boat Strikes. We're Tracking Them All.

‘Trump’s EPA’ in 2025: A fossil fuel-friendly approach to deregulation | Douglas Brinkley: "It just constantly wants to pat the fossil fuel business on the back and turn back the clock to a pre-Richard Nixon era" | Pat Parenteau: "… I think the world is in just for absolute catastrophe."

Ret. LTG: "We are doing exactly the same kind of illegal activity that we have blamed Russia for over the last 4 years as they've invaded sovereign territory… So we are turning into a Russian-like state, not just with Venezuela, … we're threatening to do the same thing with Greenland…" (27:00-28:00)

ICE’s interest in high-tech gear raises new questions: ‘What is it for?’ | Article: "[ICE] is buying … new surveillance tools" & "Trump has scaled back protections for use of civilian data — a combination that could lead to a vast expansion of domestic surveillance that goes far beyond immigrants."

Fear Of Retaliation Grips State Department Lawyers Meant To Advise On International Law | "Lawyers at the Office of the Legal Adviser… worry [about] repercussions if they suggest the administration’s plans could break domestic or international law, & suspect they may be evaluated based on … loyalty"

Calls Grow for Release of Palestinian, Leqaa Kordia, Who Has Been Jailed by ICE Since March

It Is Happening Here | "They’re assaulting basic democratic ideals on all fronts," retired immigration judge Dana Marks said. "It’s really just classic authoritarianism. It always starts with the minorities. It always starts with the immigrants. If we don’t stop them, it will be American citizens."

The American Prospect: "Will We Have Free and Fair Elections in 2026?"

191 State Legislative Seats at Risk: Supreme Court Case Could Decimate Fair Representation Across the South; "[A report warns] that if [SCOTUS] guts Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act […], Republican-controlled legislatures […] could eliminate 191 state legislative seats currently held by Democrats"

‘Fire Them!’ Stephen Miller Throws a Fit Over 'Revolt' of ‘60 Minutes’ Producers Against Bari Weiss

Trump says broadcast licenses should be terminated if networks are "almost 100% Negative" about him | On Truth Social, Trump also said this about Stephen Colbert: "Stephen is running on hatred and fumes ~ A dead man walking! CBS should, "put him to sleep," NOW, it is the humanitarian thing to do!"

Kellyanne Conway said Dems are "sort of supporting Maduro & the drug cartels … [T]hey're on the side of the narco-terrorist by saying" that "Trump's taking out marijuana & cocaine" but not fentanyl | "Trump said … the problem with Iran & Afghanistan is you guys didn't take the oil. He wants the oil"

Congressmember who's facing charges after visiting ICE facility says Trump is 'using me as an example' | “This is about intimidation. It’s about bullying,” McIver told the Guardian. “It’s about trying to stop our level of government from having oversight and holding this administration accountable.”

Trump appointee inspired by conservative media outlet to push for probe of Democratic congressman; Richard Painter on probing by Pulte: "This has been part of the broader pattern of the politicization of the Department of Justice. It’s highly unethical to try to go after political enemies like this"

Hegseth reverses land mine policy to allow use of controversial weapon | WaPo: "The … memo also says that President Donald Trump has rescinded the U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action Program, a long-running campaign through which the United States supported other countries’ efforts to remove land mines."

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Media Matters (October 29, 2025): Right-wing media outlets are claiming regime change in Venezuela would be easy. Evidence and history suggest otherwise.

CNN: Trump “wouldn’t mind” notifying Congress ahead of a land strike in Venezuela but insists he doesn’t have to | Trump: "I wouldn’t mind telling them, but, you know, it’s not a big – I don’t have to tell them … I just hope they wouldn’t leak it. … They are politicians, and they leak like a sieve."

NBC News: Trump not ruling out war with Venezuela | "President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is leaving the possibility of a war with Venezuela on the table. "I don’t rule it out, no," he told NBC News in a phone interview."

Trump administration imposes sanctions on two more ICC judges | "Trump's administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on two more judges from the International Criminal Court over their involvement in the court's case against Israel"

Trump expands travel ban and restrictions to include an additional 20 countries | Associated Press: "The administration also fully restricted travel on people with Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents, the latest U.S. travel restriction against Palestinians."

Trump Calls for Arrest of Garland, Wray & 'Many Others': Unhinged Trump again threatens to arrest his political opponents | Trump amplified a call to arrest former FBI Director Christopher Wray & former Attorney General Merrick Garland in a post on Truth Social Tuesday, adding, "…And many others!!!"

House Republicans Squash Venezuela War Powers Resolutions | Conservative Democrat Henry Cuellar sided with nearly all Republicans in voting against two resolutions that were meant to restrain Trump's use of military force (against designated terrorists and Venezuela) without approval from Congress.