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Texas national guard troops have arrived in the Chicago area, marking an escalation of Donald Trump’s crackdown on the city. Chicago has already seen a ramping up of immigration enforcement in the past few weeks, as well as increasingly violent altercations in the suburb of Broadview, where law enforcement has been filmed deploying tear gas and pepper gas against protestors. …

Nintendo is seeking $4.5m in damages against a reddit moderator the company has accused of pirating its games. The lawsuit was filed earlier this month with the US District Court for the Western District of Washington (thanks OatmealDome), and according to a document, Nintendo is accusing James Williams (known as “Archbox”) of piracy having “facilitated a network of unauthorised ‘shops’…that …

Pritzker says Trump officials’ Chicago crackdown is “making it a war zone”  Axios Border Patrol shoots woman on Southwest Side; agents, protesters battle for hours  WBEZ Chicago Woman shot by Border Patrol is charged; Brighton Park residents say feds antagonized the community  Chicago Sun-Times Federal agents shoot woman in Chicago neighborhood after allegedly being rammed, boxed in by cars, DHS says  CBS News Wild …

Saturday Night Live opened its 51st season with a skit skewering Donald Trump‘s crackdown on late-night TV, as the president (James Austin Johnson) warned that “daddy’s watching.” The skit also featured Mikey Day as FCC chairman Brendan Carr, who last month came to national prominence after he warned of agency action over comments that Jimmy Kimmel made on his ABC …

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies  Reuters 37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments  CNN Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: ‘I feel defeated’  Chicago Sun-Times ICE in Chicago news: Agents raid South Shore apartment building; Donald Trump says city could become military training ground  ABC7 …

Trump’s Chicago ICE Crackdown Intensifies With Drones, Helicopters and Trucks  The New York Times Armed Agents Raid South Shore Apartment Building Overnight Tuesday  Block Club Chicago Pritzker claims Trump has dementia  MyStateline When Chicago becomes melting pot for US soldiers and federal agents, what can go wrong?  NBC 5 Chicago Democrats liken Trump to Putin after call to use US cities for military training  The …

Federal Agents Heading to Memphis as Part of Trump’s Crime Crackdown  The Wall Street Journal What to know about the National Guard and federal agencies coming to Memphis  CNN What will the National Guard, federal agencies do in Memphis? What to know  The Commercial Appeal Tennessee governor says more federal agents to join fight against crime in Memphis next week  AP News Federal Forces …

President Donald Trump on Thursday directed his administration to crack down on backers of what it described as “left-wing terrorism,” naming two top Democratic donors as he alleged without evidence a vast conspiracy to finance violent protests against the government. Trump’s executive order put the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Taskforce in the lead and said the effort would span agencies across …

Donald Trump issued a presidential memorandum on Thursday aimed at reining in what he has called a radical leftwing domestic “terror network” but which seemed likely to meet fierce legal pushback from critics depicting it as a licence for a broad crackdown on his political opponents. At a signing ceremony in the Oval Office, the memorandum was presented as aimed …

Wednesday’s deadly shooting at an Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (Ice) facility in Dallas comes as the agency has heightened its crusade against undocumented people and bolstered its self-image of being under siege from violent enemies. Little is known of the motives of the gunman who opened fire on the detention center near Love Field airport from a nearby roof, …