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<\/a><\/p>\nThom Hartmann:
\nPolice State: Are We Already There and Just Don’t Know It?<\/a><\/h2>\nHistory shows that police states aren’t declared: they’re assembled piece by piece, until one day ordinary people realize the freedoms they once took for granted have quietly disappeared\u2026<\/em><\/p>\nTuesday morning in Houston, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo did what he\u2019d done nearly every morning for 35 years. He woke at 5 a.m., kissed his wife goodbye, loaded his van, and drove off to pick up his construction crew<\/a> in Magnolia Park, the neighborhood that\u2019s anchored Houston\u2019s Mexican American community for a century.<\/p>\nHe\u2019d raised three sons in that city; they became a teacher and two engineers. He had no criminal record, and he was partway through the legal process of getting a work permit, biometrics and fingerprints already done.<\/p>\n
By 7 a.m. he was lying face down on Canal Street with a bullet in his abdomen, crying out for help in Spanish while a federal agent knelt over him talking on the phone. He died at Ben Taub Hospital, the same hospital where two of his sons were born. The Harris County medical examiner has ruled the manner of his death a \u201chomicide.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nICE says he rammed their vehicle and \u201cweaponized\u201d his van to run down an officer, who fired in self-defense. His family says he almost certainly thought the unmarked cars tailing him were thieves after his work tools<\/a>, because the men following him wore no insignia identifying them as law enforcement.<\/p>\nThe League of United Latin American Citizens says photographs of the vehicles show little visible damage<\/a>, which is a strange thing for a van that supposedly rammed a law enforcement vehicle hard enough to justify lethal force. David Bier of the libertarian Cato Institute reviewed newly surfaced footage and concluded it appears to show ICE initiating contact with Salgado Araujo\u2019s vehicle<\/a>, not the other way around; Norm Ornstein looked at the same evidence and called it<\/a> \u201ccold-blooded murder.\u201d<\/p>\nThe federal government has released no body camera footage, no dash camera video, and no photos of the damage it claims exists. The three eyewitnesses who were in the van, including Salgado Araujo\u2019s own brother, are in ICE custody and can\u2019t speak out. The Harris County District Attorney is trying to investigate, but her office says access to key evidence \u201cremains under federal control<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nGreg Sargent @ TNR<\/em>: Texas ICE Killing Takes Damning Turn as Even MAGA Judges Abandon Trump<\/a><\/h2>\nGaby Del Valle @ Verge<\/em>: ICE is threatening to deport witnesses of its latest shooting<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Miles Taylor:
\nDonald Trump purged top U.S. election officials yesterday and may be preparing a \u201cback-door\u201d implementation of his SAVE America Act. But he\u2019s about to meet a flurry of resistance.<\/a><\/h2>\nHeather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – July 10, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nPresumably afraid of investigations into his actions, President Donald J. Trump appears to have abandoned all pretense of governing for the good of the country and is focusing on rigging the 2026 election to keep Republicans in power.
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This is the backdrop for the news from Betsy Klein and Kaitlan Collins of CNN today that the White House is fortifying the White House entrance at the North Portico during Trump\u2019s renovation of the Ionic columns there.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nJennifer Rubin: Defending free and fair elections<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Brian Merchant: The Luddites take New York<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Tuesday morning in Houston, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo did what he\u2019d done nearly every morning for 35 years. He woke at 5 a.m., kissed his wife goodbye, loaded his van, and drove off to pick up his construction crew<\/a> in Magnolia Park, the neighborhood that\u2019s anchored Houston\u2019s Mexican American community for a century.<\/p>\n He\u2019d raised three sons in that city; they became a teacher and two engineers. He had no criminal record, and he was partway through the legal process of getting a work permit, biometrics and fingerprints already done.<\/p>\n By 7 a.m. he was lying face down on Canal Street with a bullet in his abdomen, crying out for help in Spanish while a federal agent knelt over him talking on the phone. He died at Ben Taub Hospital, the same hospital where two of his sons were born. The Harris County medical examiner has ruled the manner of his death a \u201chomicide.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n ICE says he rammed their vehicle and \u201cweaponized\u201d his van to run down an officer, who fired in self-defense. His family says he almost certainly thought the unmarked cars tailing him were thieves after his work tools<\/a>, because the men following him wore no insignia identifying them as law enforcement.<\/p>\n The League of United Latin American Citizens says photographs of the vehicles show little visible damage<\/a>, which is a strange thing for a van that supposedly rammed a law enforcement vehicle hard enough to justify lethal force. David Bier of the libertarian Cato Institute reviewed newly surfaced footage and concluded it appears to show ICE initiating contact with Salgado Araujo\u2019s vehicle<\/a>, not the other way around; Norm Ornstein looked at the same evidence and called it<\/a> \u201ccold-blooded murder.\u201d<\/p>\n The federal government has released no body camera footage, no dash camera video, and no photos of the damage it claims exists. The three eyewitnesses who were in the van, including Salgado Araujo\u2019s own brother, are in ICE custody and can\u2019t speak out. The Harris County District Attorney is trying to investigate, but her office says access to key evidence \u201cremains under federal control<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Presumably afraid of investigations into his actions, President Donald J. Trump appears to have abandoned all pretense of governing for the good of the country and is focusing on rigging the 2026 election to keep Republicans in power. This is the backdrop for the news from Betsy Klein and Kaitlan Collins of CNN today that the White House is fortifying the White House entrance at the North Portico during Trump\u2019s renovation of the Ionic columns there.Greg Sargent @ TNR<\/em>: Texas ICE Killing Takes Damning Turn as Even MAGA Judges Abandon Trump<\/a><\/h2>\n
Gaby Del Valle @ Verge<\/em>: ICE is threatening to deport witnesses of its latest shooting<\/a><\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nMiles Taylor:
\nDonald Trump purged top U.S. election officials yesterday and may be preparing a \u201cback-door\u201d implementation of his SAVE America Act. But he\u2019s about to meet a flurry of resistance.<\/a><\/h2>\nHeather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – July 10, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n…<\/p>\n
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nJennifer Rubin: Defending free and fair elections<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nBrian Merchant: The Luddites take New York<\/a><\/h2>\n
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