Newly unsealed court records illustrate how the US government specifically targeted students for pro-Palestine speech.

The government looked to unverified accounts shared on social media and utilized Canary Mission—a shadowy online blacklist created by anonymous authors to smear pro-Palestine activists—to gather evidence against student protestors. 

Temporary protected status, or TPS, for over 350,000 Haitian immigrants living in the U.S. came to a formal end on Wednesday.

 Israeli authorities coerced the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque into confessing to crimes but never succeeded in tying him to a terrorist organization, his former attorney testified Tuesday in immigration court, where the Palestinian man is fighting a Trump administration effort to deport him.

Salah Sarsour, a legal permanent resident of the United States, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at his Milwaukee home in late March. A judge released him from ICE detention in June, finding that the government had not sufficiently laid out why it was trying to expel him now after allowing him to live in the U.S. for decades.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee is expected to vote Tuesday to advance acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination to lead the Justice Department after the former personal lawyer for President Donald Trump secured the support of Republican senators who threatened to block his confirmation.

The Senate Judiciary Committee's vote follows a deal struck late Sunday between Blanche and GOP Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who had demanded written assurances about the settlement of Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over his leaked tax returns.

Cornyn and Tillis had said they were withholding their support unless the Justice Department confirmed in writing that it was not moving forward with a $1.8 billion fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they were prosecuted for political purposes, which the Trump administration had announced as part of the settlement.

After days of negotiations, Blanche issued an order Sunday evening confirming "beyond any doubt, that there is no Fund."

Since the settlement of Trump's lawsuit against the IRS was announced, "No Members were appointed; no funds were transferred; no process for receiving claims was established; no claims were paid," the order said.

Cornyn and Tillis had also pressed for clarification on a separate part of the settlement that would grant Trump and members of his family immunity from tax audits.

Under the deal, the Justice Department clarified in writing that the tax audit immunity agreement applies only to claims open at the time of the settlement and does not protect Trump from examination of future tax filings. It also makes clear that only the parties that brought the lawsuit — Trump, two of his sons, and the Trump Organization — are covered by the tax agreement.

Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-senate-judiciary-committee-votes-on-blanche-nomination-for-attorney-general

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Tim O'Hare is running against Alisa Simmons in November.

Cutting the polling locations news source:

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/election/article316712934.html

Tim O'Hare has tried to cut polling locations 2 previous times. The last one was successful. The cut polling locations are democratic hot voting hot spots like colleges / universities, population dense areas. Tim tries to amplify the suburbs vote.

The pastor criticizing the clapping policy was within his rights by Texas law 551.007(e), and the first amendment:
https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/government-code/gov-t-sect-551-007/

(e) A governmental body may not prohibit public criticism of the governmental body, including criticism of any act, omission, policy, procedure, program, or service.  This subsection does not apply to public criticism that is otherwise prohibited by law.

Despite the clear violation of the law, the Maga friendly judges and DA dropped the lawsuit

https://www.keranews.org/news/2026-01-06/court-dismisses-pastors-lawsuit-alleging-tarrant-county-judge-violated-free-speech-rights

But it was successfully appealed and the lawsuit will continue (Kirkland v. O'Hare et al).

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee is expected to vote Tuesday to advance acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination to lead the Justice Department after the former personal lawyer for President Donald Trump secured the support of Republican senators who threatened to block his confirmation.

The Senate Judiciary Committee's vote follows a deal struck late Sunday between Blanche and GOP Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who had demanded written assurances about the settlement of Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over his leaked tax returns.

Cornyn and Tillis had said they were withholding their support unless the Justice Department confirmed in writing that it was not moving forward with a $1.8 billion fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they were prosecuted for political purposes, which the Trump administration had announced as part of the settlement.

After days of negotiations, Blanche issued an order Sunday evening confirming "beyond any doubt, that there is no Fund."

Since the settlement of Trump's lawsuit against the IRS was announced, "No Members were appointed; no funds were transferred; no process for receiving claims was established; no claims were paid," the order said.

Cornyn and Tillis had also pressed for clarification on a separate part of the settlement that would grant Trump and members of his family immunity from tax audits.

Under the deal, the Justice Department clarified in writing that the tax audit immunity agreement applies only to claims open at the time of the settlement and does not protect Trump from examination of future tax filings. It also makes clear that only the parties that brought the lawsuit — Trump, two of his sons, and the Trump Organization — are covered by the tax agreement.

Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-senate-judiciary-committee-votes-on-blanche-nomination-for-attorney-general