Larry Bushart Jr. spent more than a month in jail after a Tennessee sheriff ordered his arrest for a meme trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil.

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Man Jailed for Facebook Meme Is Freed in Tennessee

Liliana Segura

Larry Bushart Jr. spent more than a month in jail after a Tennessee sheriff ordered his arrest for a meme trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil.
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Kat Abughazaleh on the Right to Protest

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The Illinois congressional candidate on why more Democrats aren’t taking direct action and how leaders should be responding to the right.
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ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants

Sam Biddle

Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate.
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Trump Administration Admits It Doesn’t Know Who Exactly It’s Killing in Boat Strikes

Nick Turse

Officials acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing and can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors.
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We Asked People in Gaza What They Think of the Ceasefire: “Just a Declaration, Not Reality”

Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi, Jonah Valdez

Israel and the Trump administration insist that the ceasefire is still in place. Dozens of residents in Gaza disagree.
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An Obscure Military Program Helps Local Cops Buy Armored Cars and Spyware. It Might Balloon Under Trump.

Matt Sledge

The 1122 program, as it’s known, presents a danger to protesters facing off against militarized cops, according to a new report.
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ICE Investigations, Powered by Nvidia

Sam Biddle

ICE’s investigative division, increasingly involved in ground-level immigration enforcement, is using Nvidia tech to crunch data.
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Dark Money Drives Anti-China Crackdown Across State Legislatures

Nick Cleveland-Stout

A spate of state-level legislation purports to curb Chinese influence but could spur a “second Red Scare” that ensnares ordinary businesses.
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Inside the World of Leftist Gun Nuts

Alain Stephens

Graham Platner’s firearms trainings are only the most public example of the left’s efforts to arm themselves.
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