Headlines for October 07, 2026
Israeli Activist Maoz Inon Lost His Parents on Oct. 7, Decries Israel's Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza
"Origins of a Genocide": Al Jazeera's Marwan Bishara on "Twelve Days That Shook the Middle East"
Three Years into Genocide, "The IDF Is Still Hunting Gazans": Palestinian Journalist Akram al-Satarri
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/democracy-now-2026-10-07-wednesday/
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/06/g-s1-145511/fbi-trump-counterintelligence-units-cuts
"I must say, discipline and troop education are not working at all," Kenji Higa, who lives in Okinawa City, told the Okinawa Times. He was referring to the U.S. military's measures taken in response to past criminal cases.
People in Okinawa have long opposed the heavy U.S. military presence on the island, but some have come to see its strategic value due to what is widely viewed as a growing threat from China…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/06/babies-marriage-transit-funding-trump-01107399
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/trump-shipyard-anduril-baltimore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/trump-fbi-ice-la-protesters
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/06/nx-s1-5991831/disney-battles-fcc
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/06/judge-disney-brendan-carr-licenses-01108411
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/households-drinking-water-cost-study
The Trump administration says none of this is happening.
“DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake.” “There are no ‘indiscriminate’ stops.” Allegations of “racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE.” “The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force.” “ICE does not zip tie or restrain children.”
But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported.
We know because we have once again done what the government hasn’t: We have tallied and cataloged every case we can find of an immigration agent holding a citizen during the current administration.
More than 500 cases. That includes:
Collectively, these cases show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, federal agents have run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens too. We’re showing you every case — the reality that the administration denies — along with the receipts.
https://projects.propublica.org/american-citizens-detained-dhs-civil-rights/
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/06/disney-trump-abc-fcc
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/06/ken-paxton-secret-weapon-ted-cruz-01107868
Beardslee said it’s a crime people often don’t report after finding out their new gift card doesn’t work.
“A lot of times they assume they just got a dud, or it goes unreported and it’s maybe the value they put on it was just not so much they wanted to go back and redeem it. It’s hard to quantify exactly how much it is but it’s certainly something that’s been seen all over the country,” he said…
