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ProPublica has identified the two Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man killed January 24 while observing immigration enforcement in the city. The outlet says the agents are Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Raymundo Gutierrez, 35. “This is in the public interest,” says reporter J. David McSwane. “This country has a tradition and norm of being able to identify law enforcement officers, both for their safety and the safety of the public.”
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Activists in Maine are resisting ICE immigration raids in Portland and Lewiston that the Trump administration dubbed “Operation Catch of the Day.” The immigrant community in Maine has grown in recent years, with an influx of asylum seekers and Somali immigrants in particular. “As a small state, community means a lot,” says Mufalo Chitam, executive director of the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, adding that her organization has received thousands of phone calls to their immigrant support hotline in recent weeks.
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At least 15 Philadelphia city councilmembers have backed a package of ”ICE Out” legislation aimed at combating ICE and federal immigration enforcement operations in Philadelphia, including codifying sanctuary protections and prohibiting federal immigration agents from concealing their identities or covering their faces. “We heard the cries from the community calling for something to be done,” says Kendra Brooks, a member of the Philadelphia City Council, where she serves as minority leader. “Our goal was to make sure that something is in place to prevent any undue harm.” Councilmembers will vote on the legislation in the coming weeks, and it is expected to pass with a veto-proof majority.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order directing Chicago police to investigate reports of illegal activity conducted by ICE and other federal immigration agents. The move came in the aftermath of Trump’s so-called Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago late last year, when masked agents flooded neighborhoods, snatching residents off the streets as part of Trump’s mass deportation campaign. “What this executive order is doing is showing up for the people of Chicago, … creating a model for the rest of the country,” Johnson tells Democracy Now!
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Democracy Now! Tuesday, February 3, 2026
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Democracy Now! Tuesday, February 3, 2026
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- Fulton County to Sue Over FBI Ballot Seizures as Trump Says GOP Should "Nationalize" Elections
- Tulsi Gabbard Arranges Call Between Trump and FBI Agents Who Seized Ballots from Atlanta
- Measles Cases Confirmed at Texas ICE Jail Housing Hundreds of Children
- Pentagon Quietly Takes Active-Duty Troops Off Standby to Deploy to Minnesota
- Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration Bid to End Protected Status for Haitian Immigrants
- Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill 4 Palestinians, Including 30-Month-Old Child
- U.S. Firm Seeks 300% Profits from Monopoly Over Gaza Trucking and Logistics
- Biden Admin Officials Killed Memo Warning Israeli Attacks Turned Gaza into "Apocalyptic Wasteland"
- Trump Envoy Plans Talks in Istanbul with Iranian Officials Over Nuclear Program
- Russian Drones and Missiles Strike Ukraine's Cities and Infrastructure Ahead of Peace Talks
- Right-Wing Populist Laura Fernández Elected President of Costa Rica
- Bill and Hillary Clinton Agree to Testify in House Investigation of Epstein
- Paris Prosecutor Raids French Offices of Social Media Platform X
- Civil Liberties Groups Sue NYPD for Targeting Black and Latino Drivers
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We speak with Mother Jones voting rights correspondent Ari Berman about the shocking FBI raid on an elections hub in Fulton County, Georgia. Federal agents were seeking records related to the 2020 presidential election, which President Donald Trump continues to falsely claim he won despite his loss to Joe Biden that year. During his efforts to overturn the election results, Trump pressured local officials to “find” him an additional 11,780 votes. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was on the scene Friday despite having no domestic law enforcement authority. The raid comes amid an ongoing federal probe into the 2020 election.
“The fact that they seized 700 boxes of ballots was incredibly disturbing and sets a chilling precedent for how Trump might try to interfere in the 2026 election,” says Berman, who ties the raid in Georgia to the administration’s pressure on Minnesota to hand over voter rolls. “This is now a multifront, concerted effort to try to interfere in the midterm elections.”
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The Justice Department on Friday released an additional 3 million pages of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration says it was the final release of Epstein files, even though some 2 million more documents remain unreleased. The latest batch reveals new details about Epstein’s connections to the rich and powerful, including Hollywood figures, tech billionaires, public officials and more. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said it is unlikely anyone else would be prosecuted.
Attorney Arick Fudali, who represents 11 Epstein survivors, says the release of the files has been a “perfect storm” of “incompetency and an active cover-up” by the Trump administration. “It’s so mind-boggling, because they’re withholding documents that they shouldn’t be withholding … but, on the other hand, they’re showing documents that they shouldn’t be showing because they contain unredacted names of survivors,” says Fudali.
Investigative journalist Vicky Ward, who has covered the Epstein case for many years, says despite the flawed release of the files, they continue to shine light on a world of elite impunity and excess. “We just see over and over again in these documents, this was just one big billionaires boys club that treated women like objects,” says Ward.
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Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in hundreds of demonstrations across the United States this weekend as protests continue against the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant crackdown. Democracy Now! was in the streets of Minneapolis on Friday speaking with protesters who marched in subzero temperatures.
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As protests continue in Minnesota over the federal government’s immigration crackdown, former CNN anchor Don Lemon and independent journalist Georgia Fort now face federal charges stemming from their reporting on a January 18 demonstration at a St. Paul church, where a senior ICE official works as a pastor. The two journalists were released Friday without bail following initial court hearings and could face fines or prison time if convicted. Their charges stem from the FACE Act, a 1994 law intended to protect access to abortion clinics which also prohibits interference with religious worship. Seven activists who took part in the demonstration also face charges.
“We’re having a constitutional crisis,” Fort tells Democracy Now! “What we’re seeing here in Minnesota is the people are continuing to stand. They are continuing to demand that our Constitution be upheld. I believe that journalism is not a crime.”
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Democracy Now! 2026-02-02 Monday
- Headlines for February 02, 2026
- "Journalism Is Not a Crime": Georgia Fort & Don Lemon Arrested for Covering St. Paul Church Protest
- "Leave Our City Now": Minneapolis Residents March as Part of National Strike Against ICE
- "Billionaire Boys Club": What the Latest Epstein Files Reveal About Elite Impunity
- FBI Raid in Georgia Is Part of "Trump's Scheme to Try to Rig the Midterms": Ari Berman
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- Federal Judge Denies Request by Minnesota Officials to Temporarily Block Surge of Immigration Agents
- Former CNN Anchor Don Lemon and Independent Journalist Georgia Fort Released from Federal Custody
- 5-Year-Old Liam Conejo Ramos and His Father Reunited with Family Members in Minnesota
- More Than 300 Anti-ICE Protests Held Across the Country
- NYT: Former Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor's Jewish Faith
- Chicago Orders Local Law Enforcement to Probe Illegal Activity by Federal Immigration Agents
- Justice Department Release Over 3 Million Pages of the Epstein Files
- Israeli Forces Partially Reopen Gaza's Rafah Crossing into Egypt
- Iranian Authorities Arrest Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian
- Democrats Flip State Senate Seat and Pick Up Congressional Seat in Texas
- President Trump Announces Kennedy Center Will Close for Two Years for Renovations
- Bad Bunny Denounces ICE During Grammy Awards Acceptance Speech
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Democracy Now! 2026-02-02 Monday
- Headlines for February 02, 2026
- "Journalism Is Not a Crime": Georgia Fort & Don Lemon Arrested for Covering St. Paul Church Protest
- "Leave Our City Now": Minneapolis Residents March as Part of National Strike Against ICE
- "Billionaire Boys Club": What the Latest Epstein Files Reveal About Elite Impunity
- FBI Raid in Georgia Is Part of "Trump's Scheme to Try to Rig the Midterms": Ari Berman
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