Monday, February 16, 2026

Tag: authoritarianism

Deaths in Minnesota drive rebellion against ICE funding as Sanders demands...

After U.S. citizens were killed by federal agents, lawmakers tie DHS money to accountability and warn of authoritarian enforcement.

Public fury erupts as ICE presence deepens after killing of Renee...

Videos from Minneapolis and nationwide protests reveal escalating public outrage as peaceful demonstrations confront Trump’s expanding federal crackdown.

We’re entering a new phase of the resistance

We must stay ready and not assume that because Democrats won the elections this time, we’re safe.

Organizers plan massive Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ protests as Trump escalates...

Organizers say more than 2,110 protests across all 50 states will build on June’s nationwide actions, as Trump expands National Guard deployments, ICE raids, and rhetoric about cities as “training grounds.”

Trump orders death penalty push in Washington, DC, testing local abolition...

New directive tells federal prosecutors to pursue capital punishment “in all appropriate cases” in D.C., despite local repeal, as rights groups warn the policy spreads fear and undermines safety.

Trump’s ‘full force’ order meets Oregon’s lawsuit over national guard deployment

Oregon officials say the president’s move is unlawful and dangerous, warning it threatens to escalate tensions in Portland.

Trump’s education department redirects funds to far-right groups pushing whitewashed civics

Millions in federal education funds meant for minority students are being funneled to right-wing organizations, critics warn, to create a partisan “patriotic education” agenda that erases systemic racism and rewrites U.S. history.

Free speech under siege as Trump FCC forces cancellation of Kimmel

ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel’s show after threats from Trump’s FCC, raising alarms about corporate capitulation, censorship, and the systematic erosion of First Amendment protections.

Trump threatens Chicago with federal takeover despite falling crime

Democrats decry a “manufactured crisis” as the White House touts a post-DC crackdown and eyes Chicago, despite data showing declining violent crime.

Texas Republicans push Trump-backed map to entrench power and silence voters...

A rare mid-decade gerrymander in Texas, championed by Donald Trump, sparks lawsuits, protests, and warnings of a nationwide redistricting arms race.

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Suffocating an island: What the US blockade is doing to Cuba

The American people need to know what the U.S. is doing to Cuba.

MAGA outgrows isolationism

Does America first mean America alone?

Trump administration revokes EPA endangerment finding, unraveling foundation of US climate rules

Rollback targets legal basis for greenhouse gas limits as environmental and public health groups prepare lawsuits.

Epstein file search logs in Bondi binder raise surveillance concerns during House hearing

Photograph from Judiciary Committee session prompts accusations that DOJ tracked lawmakers reviewing Epstein records.

Do special election results spell doom for Republicans in 2026?

And with the 2026 midterm elections less than nine months away, analysts are already scrambling for indications of the likely outcome.