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KTLA5: Masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests take Santa Ana father after repeatedly hitting him
In a graphic video that has since gone viral on social media, about seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests are seen violently detaining a father in Santa Ana before forcing him into the back of an unmarked car on Saturday.
The violent incident sparked protests in the following hours, and an online fundraiser was started through GoFundMe, where family members identified the victim as Tustin resident Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines.
One of his sons, 25-year-old Alejandro Barranco, told KTLA that his father was pepper-sprayed in addition to repeatedly being punched in the face during his detention. According to Alejandro, Narciso was picked up by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at the IHOP on Edinger Avenue and Ritchey Street.
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Above the Law: Trump Judge Gives Nazi-Sympathizing Law Student High Marks For Rehashing Klan Legal Theory Calling For Minority Disenfranchisement And Murdering Immigrants
NY Times: A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.
The University of Florida student won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people. From there, the situation spiraled.
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LAWdork: SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice
SCOTUSblog: Supreme Court pauses district court order preventing immigrants from being deported to third-party countries
In a 19-page opinion that Sotomayor ended by indicating that she dissented “[r]espectfully” – an adverb traditionally used in dissents – but also “regretfully,” Sotomayor complained that her colleagues in the majority had stepped in “to grant the Government emergency relief from an order it has repeatedly defied” when it should have allowed the lower-court judges “to manage this high-stakes litigation with the care and attention it plainly requires.”
Steve Vladeck: The Court’s Disastrous Ruling in the Third-Country Removal Case
The majority did not just greenlight an especially odious immigration policy without any explanation; it did so in a case in which the government defied the district court—twice—with no consequence.
Morgaan Sinclair, Ph.D.: The Supreme Court from Hell, Part V: Permission to Torture
Today’s 6-3 decision—a one-paragraph death and torture sentence—allows the Trump administration to circumvent federal law and an international treaty to send unconvicted, alleged migrants to prison outside the USA and not in their home countries.
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – June 23, 2025
In a timeline of Trump’s decision to drop 12 of the reportedly 20 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bombs the U.S. military possessed on Iran, New York Times reporters confirmed what Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo judged from the beginning: Trump wanted in on the optics of what seemed to be Israel’s successful strikes against Iran.
Andrew Perez and Asawin Suebsaeng of Rolling Stone reported conversations with administration officials who confirmed there was no new intelligence to suggest Iran was on the brink of producing nuclear weapons.
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)NY Times: Iran’s Nuclear Dreams May Survive Even a Devastating American Blow
Through revolution and upheaval, the program has become intertwined with the country’s security and national identity.
(NY Times more…)Daily: Sen. Mark Kelly Sums Up How Badly Trump Has Screwed Up With Iran
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) noted that Trump still hasn’t gotten the US back to where Obama had the country on the Iran nuclear issue.
Atlantic: Trump Wants to ‘Make Iran Great Again’
The president’s call for “regime change” brings unpleasant echoes of the Iraq War.
NewsNation: Trump slams Israel, Iran amid accusations of ceasefire violations
- Hours after ceasefire’s onset, Israel says Iran carried out strikes
- Israel threatens to ‘respond with force’ as Iran denies attack claims
- Trump said both countries ‘don’t know what the f— they are doing’
TNR: Trump Erupts in Fury at Journos Over Iran—and Reveals a Big Weakness
Guardian: Trump is not interested in listening to US experts on Iran’s nuclear program
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Al Jazeera: Under Trump, US strikes on Somalia have doubled since last year. Why?
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Rebecca Solnit: On Feminism, Creeps, and New York City’s Election Tomorrow
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Borowitz: Trump Accuses Biden of Violating Ceasefire
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
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