The Trump administration has gravely undermined counterterrorism work while also starting a war of aggression in the Middle East.
Terrorism
Posted inCivil Rights in America
This One Weird Trick Could Keep the Feds Out of Your City
Three cities have canceled federal-state Joint Terrorism Task Force partnerships for intelligence-gathering, which are being wielded to suppress dissent in the Trump era.
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Who’s Deportable Now?
Today on TAP: If previous administrations had deported immigrants by Trump’s criteria, the U.S. would be a lot smaller than it is.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Intelligence Bureau Watchdog Warns of FBI Overreach in NYC
The lone civilian representative overseeing a sprawling partnership between the federal government and the NYPD says that officers are avoiding guidelines in place for 40 years.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Suicide by Rental Truck: America Gets Another Violent Wake-Up Call From Vets in Distress
Twenty years of war has created tens of thousands of broken men and women.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Victim Pitted Against Victim in Funding Battle
A fund supporting terrorism victims has claimed Justice Department settlement money. If successful, an already-depleted fund that assists domestic violence and rape survivors could lose out.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech
DPS plans to spend millions in taxpayer dollars on a controversial software, used first as part of Gov. Abbott’s border crackdown, to ‘disrupt potential domestic terrorism.’
Posted inAmerica and the World
Biden-Saudi Alliance Puts America in Danger
Successive presidents have failed to pull away from the grip Big Oil has on geopolitics. It’s time for Congress to act, says this Senate candidate.
Posted inAmerica and the World
What Really Happened on October 7?
And why, wonders a new Al Jazeera documentary, did the media go to such lengths to concoct gruesome X-rated versions of an attack that was harrowing enough to begin with?
Posted inAmerica and the World
Israel’s Brutality Is Stoking the Imagination of India’s Far Right
As the genocide in Gaza continues, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking notes.