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Civil Liberties Group Warns of FBI Monitoring Political Speech

by Arturo Dominguez September 29, 2026September 29, 2026

A new report by Defending Rights and Dissent highlights how the FBI has been empowered by Trump’s NSPM-7 to surveil protected speech

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IDENTITY, OPINION

Silencing Dissent in Uvalde, Texas

by Arturo Dominguez June 14, 2022December 1, 2025

50 Years Later: The Bombing of Cubana Flight 455
Declassified documents reveal that the U.S. had prior knowledge of the terrorist attack, allowing it to happen
More Than 1,000 Academics Denounce U.S. Measures Against Cuba
The letter asks academics around the world not to be silent about U.S. aggression against Cuba
Dubious U.S. Allegations Lead to Arrest of Bolivian Attorney General
The U.S. Department of State recently leveled alarming accusations against more than two dozen prominent Latin American elected officials, judges, and business leaders
Civil Liberties Group Warns of FBI Monitoring Political Speech
A new report by Defending Rights and Dissent highlights how the FBI has been empowered by Trump’s NSPM-7 to surveil protected speech
Interference in Brazil’s Elections Continues Unabated
In addition to interference from the White House, social media companies are doubling their efforts to meddle in Brazil’s elections
DHS’s Dangerous Election Infrastructure Security Plan
From threatening to arrest election officials to creating systems that all but federalize control over U.S. elections, democracy is on the brink
ICE Continues to Claim Its Agents Are Being Targeted; They Aren’t
Since Trump took office in 2025, ICE has claimed multiple times that migrants were targeting their agents; in nearly every case, agents were found to have lied
Anxiety From Immigration Enforcement Is Reaching a Breaking Point
Despite the flood of immigration-related news and social media content since Trump took office in 2025, many are missing the tension created by federal government overreach
Cuba In Photos: Enduring U.S. Policy
As the U.S. tries to break the Cuban people through relentless and oppressive sanctions, it’s not winning itself any friends in Cuba
The 9/11 Hate Machine
The aftermath of 9/11 was the foundation for popularizing the open bigotry and hate we see in Western society today