Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harms. The federal watchdog system at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversees complaints about civil rights violations, including in immigration detention, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) – one of three DHS oversight offices – has been cut from a staff of 150 to just nine.
Weakening Civil Rights
Fewer than one-third of the individuals arrested by Border Patrol during the Trump administration's recent immigration enforcement crackdown in Charlotte were classified as criminals, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News.
The government document undermines claims by Trump administration officials who said the crackdown, dubbed Operation Charlotte's Web, was primarily focused on apprehending immigrants living in the U.S.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlotte-border-patrol-immigration-criminals-arrests/
Fewer than one-third of those arrested by Border Patrol during the recent immigration crackdown in Charlotte were classified as criminals, a government document says.
The Trump administration is snapping up ownership shares of private companies it deems essential to national security. It is an unusual new strategy that has already committed more than $10 billion in taxpayer funds and shows little sign of slowing. The unusual government intervention into the private market is fueling some concerns, including the opacity of the process.
Reported Mon Nov 24 2025
Corruption
#trump #IMPEACH #DEMOCRACY
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/trump-intel-steel-minerals-china.html
ICE detains teenaged US citizen during lunchbreak. The highschool senior was driving when stopped, and despite telling the officers he was an American citizen, one of them broke the driver’s side window and detained him.
“The experience of an emotional event such as this one can have an impact on all of our students,”
Reported Sat Nov 22 2025
#Trump #ice #icedetain #dueprocess #maga #defenddeomcracy #ice
Link - as always do your own research -
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/23/ice-oregon-student-citizen-detained-immigration
Trump reposts social media AI generated image of himself in goldern armour, sitting on a goldern throne under an eagle (in stylised Nazi style), with three people in suits kneeling at his feet. The caption is "None shall escape his justice".
Reported Sat Nov 22 2025
Undermining Democracy
Suppressing Dissent
Link to source - as always do your own research
Donald Trump issued another pair of calls for Democrats who spoke out urging serving military to disobey illegal orders to be jailed late Saturday evening, and again called them traitors. Five out of the six Democrat lawmakers have reported receiving death threats since Trump's attacks.
Reported Sat Nov 22 2025
Suppressing Dissent
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