Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Daily blotter

GOP welcomes Screwworm back to Texas.













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They are watching you. And keeping a file.When it comes to ICE your civil liberties evidently fly right out the window.

...Scarlet Kim, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union, said the Trump administration has set a precedent of characterizing lawful First Amendment activities as possible crimes.

"We know that very high level officials within DHS and Lyons himself have explicitly equated First Amendment-protected activities like video recording, gathering information about federal agents, and sharing that information publicly as essentially potential criminal acts that threaten officer safety," said Kim, who is representing observers in Memphis and Minneapolis in federal lawsuits against agencies involved in immigration enforcement.

"So their own definition of what potentially violates the law and could trigger surveillance against an individual includes activities that are squarely protected by the First Amendment," Kim said.

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Forest Service spraying Round-up on public lands

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Trump loves the inflation.

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Cadet Bonespurs

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New York and Trump





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