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Trump Administration Approves New Potentially Dangerous Pesticides, Watchdog Groups Claim
The EPA and groups disagree on a key definition
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Man Sues DHS After Agents Tracked Him Over ICE Email
FIRE sues DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin as ICE agents track down David Streever over a critical email to ICE.
The post Man Sues DHS After Agents Tracked Him Over ICE Email appeared first on Reclaim The Net: Free Speech, Privacy, Digital Rights.
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Judge Who Helped Illegal Alien Evade ICE Arrest Let Off with Fine, No Jail Time
Convicted of obstructing federal immigration agents, former Wisconsin Judge Hannah C. Dugan was spared jail time and let off with a fine Wednesday by a judge nominated by Democrat President Bill Clinton in 1997.
Judge Dugan is guilty of obstructing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in April of last year when she helped an illegal alien evade arrest, as WTOV 9 explains:
“Dugan was convicted in December of felony obstruction after prosecutors said she intentionally misdirected Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and escorted Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican national who had reentered the United States illegally, out of her courtroom through a private jury door while agents waited to arrest him.”
Flores-Ruiz was in Judge Dugan’s courtroom at the time to face charges of domestic battery. He was eventually tracked down, arrested and ultimately deported.
Dugan had faced a potential sentence of up to five years in prison. Instead, Clinton-nominated Judge Lynn Adelman let her off with a $5,000 fine.
“Rather than uphold the rule of law, the defendant used the power and prestige of judicial office to obstruct federal agents carrying out their lawful duties in order to help an individual evade arrest,” prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo calling for Judge Adelman to hand down a harsh sentence because Judge Dugan had abused her power as a judge:
“Rather than uphold the rule of law, the defendant used the power and prestige of judicial office to obstruct federal agents carrying out their lawful duties in order to help an individual evade arrest.”
Prosecutors said that Dugan not only violated her oath as a judge, but also endangered both the public and federal officers by helping the illegal alien escape.
“Judges are entrusted with tremendous discretion, but there is a line they cannot cross…the defendant crossed that line,” Acting Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Frohling wrote in a sentencing memo.
On Wednesday, Judge Adelman disagreed, dismissing Dugan’s crime as merely the actions of someone “upset by immigration policies”:
"I think this is a situation where an otherwise good person, upset by immigration policies in this country, made a bad decision in the moment."
Apparently dissatisfied with her lenient sentence, Dugan’s lawyers say they will file an appeal with the 7th U.S. Circuit.
For her part, Dugan, who resigned from the bench in January amid calls for her impeachment, announced Wednesday that she plans to “return to public service."
Virginia’s Gun Law Under Fire in Courts: Cuccinelli
Virginia’s governing Democrats made it a crime to buy, sell, manufacture, or swap so-called assault weapons and high-capacity magazines that hold more than 15 rounds of ammunition. The law’s July 1 enactment, however, sits in a legal limbo as a wave of lawsuits moves through various courts. Plaintiffs in four state jurisdictions have sued to…
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Massive H-1B visa fraud investigation within the Labor Department…
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Metro Nashville Produces No Documents Justifying Origin or Current Need for $1.5 Million in Grants to Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofits
Metro Nashville provided The Tennessee Star with 51 documents in response to its June 11 request filed using the Tennessee Public Records Act (TPRA), but none offer justification for the decision by Mayor Freddie O’Connell to include nearly $1.5 million for two pro-illegal alien nonprofits in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget passed by the Metro Council last month.
The response from Metro included 51 emails, along with some of their attachments, exchanged among Metro officials, employees, and Metro City Council members between 2022 and 2026. However, none of the emails included the information Tennessee state law requires metropolitan governments to obtain from nonprofits before authorizing appropriations.
Democratic Socialists of America Membership Sets Record as 58% of Democrats View Socialism Favorably
On July 4, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) boasted of record membership. Meanwhile, a strong majority of Democrat Americans said they have a favorable view of socialism and a plurality say it’s a better economic system than capitalism, results of a new survey of U.S. adult citizens reveal.
In a social media post on Saturday, DSA announced that it has become the largest socialist organization in U.S. history:
“On July 4, 2026, Democratic Socialists of America passed 120,000 members, making us the largest socialist organization in United States history and surpassing the Socialist Party of America under Eugene Debs, which reached its peak dues-paying membership in 1912.”
In a national survey of U.S. adult citizens, conducted June 26-29, The Economist/YouGov polled Americans’ views of socialism and socialist agenda items, including the following question:
“Which is the better economic system?”
One in three (34%) Democrats said that socialism is the better economic system, more than the 22%, or about one in five, who said capitalism is better. Another 43% of Democrats weren’t sure which is the superior system. Among all American citizens, 44% preferred capitalism, while 19% voted for socialism.
In another question, the survey asked:
“Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of socialism?”
Fully 58% of Democrats said they view socialism favorably – more than five times the 11% who said they have an unfavorable opinion of socialism. When all other U.S. citizens are factored in, 39% said they view it unfavorably, 32% said they have a favorable view and 29% weren’t sure what they thought.
Likewise, 62% of Democrats said that they would vote for a candidate who identified as a “Democratic Socialist,” far more than the 24% of Independents, 3% of Republicans and 29% of all adult citizens who said they would be willing to do so.
When it comes to health insurance, three-fourths (73%) of Democrats said they support the socialist goal of eliminating private enterprise and putting the federal government in complete control.
Here, 73% of Democrats said they support a “national health plan in which all Americans get their health insurance from the federal government and private health insurance companies are eliminated,” while only 13% said they oppose a government takeover. In contrast, 54% of Republicans voiced opposition and 30% expressed support.
Among self-described Socialists, 90% support eliminating private health insurance companies and replacing them with a federal monopoly of health insurance.
Three-fourths (77%) of Democrats also favor taxpayer-funded college tuition for all students, while just 13% oppose having the government cover the cost of college tuition for everyone. Among Republicans, however, 54% oppose such a plan, while just 30% support it.
Public housing is another socialist agenda item widely supported by Democrat adults, as 79% of those surveyed said “the government should build public housing.” Among Republicans, 35% said it should, while 47% said it shouldn’t.
Despite their support for socialist ideals, just 15% of Democrats said they “think the Democratic Party is socialist.” Among all U.S. citizens, 31% defined the Democrat Party as socialist. Slightly more said they disagree (36%) or aren’t sure (33%).
Nonetheless, Democratic Socialists’ influence in the Democratic Party is on the rise, thanks in part to the ascent of New York City’s DSA-member mayor, as The Washington Examiner explains:
“[Mayor Zohran] Mamdani and a dozen other local candidates across the U.S. won in November 2025 with the DSA’s help in get-out-the-vote operations, outreach, and other campaign efforts. DSA candidates asserted more control over the Democratic Party in June with three primary wins in New York, prompting criticism from more centrist Democrats.
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“The group reported increasing membership after DSA member and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic primary win in June 2025.”