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<title>The Cascade Ledger — Recent additions</title>
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<description>A documentary archive of 4,288 verified events tracing the systematic capture of American democratic institutions from 1142 to today. Court records, government filings, investigative reporting — sourced and indexed.</description>
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<title>Ballard Partners Q3 Report for Aldyl Energia Shows $200,000 Income; Ketchel and LaRosa Listed as No Longer Expected to Lobby</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--ballard-q3-report-aldyl-energia-200000-ketchel-removed-from-lobbyist-list/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-15</dc:date><description>Ballard Partners filed its first quarterly lobbying report (LD-2, 2026 Q3, covering 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-30) for client Aldyl Energia C.A., signed 2026-10-15. It reports lobbying income of $200,000.00 for the period (a good-faith estimate rounded to the nearest $10,000), under i</description><category>Ballard Partners</category><category>Brian Ballard</category><category domain="tag">lobbying</category><category domain="tag">venezuela</category><category domain="tag">oil</category><category domain="tag">revolving-door</category><category domain="tag">ballard-partners</category><category domain="tag">lda</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Ballard Partners filed its first quarterly lobbying report (LD-2, 2026 Q3, covering 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-30) for client Aldyl Energia C.A., signed 2026-10-15. It reports lobbying income of $200,000.00 for the period (a good-faith estimate rounded to the nearest $10,000), under i</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Ballard Partners, Brian Ballard</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--ballard-q3-report-aldyl-energia-200000-ketchel-removed-from-lobbyist-list/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Burkman and Wohl's Firm Reports $163,000 from Rajendra Parikh, Sentenced in a Maryland Bank-Fraud Case, for 'Pursuing a Federal Pardon'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--burkman-wohl-firm-reports-163000-from-rajendra-parikh-pursuing-a-federal-pardon/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-15</dc:date><description>Sequence only, with date kinds.</description><category domain="tag">pardons</category><category domain="tag">lobbying</category><category domain="tag">lda</category><category domain="tag">clemency</category>
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<title>DOJ Sues California, Weber and LA County's Logan in C.D. Cal. to Bar Tabulating Mail Ballots of Over 20,000 Voters DHS Flags as Likely Noncitizens</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--doj-sues-california-weber-la-county-logan-cd-cal-2-26-cv-12025-block-tabulating-ballots-of-20000-flagged-voters/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-15</dc:date><description>On 10/15/2026, the Justice Department filed United States v. State of California, Shirley N. Weber and Dean C. Logan, No. 2:26-cv-12025, in the Central District of California. The complaint is signed by Andrew M. Darlington of the Deputy Attorney General's office and lists Acting</description><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>Shirley Weber</category><category>Todd Blanche</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">voter-rolls</category><category domain="tag">noncitizen-voting</category><category domain="tag">mail-ballots</category><category domain="tag">california</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On 10/15/2026, the Justice Department filed United States v. State of California, Shirley N. Weber and Dean C. Logan, No. 2:26-cv-12025, in the Central District of California. The complaint is signed by Andrew M. Darlington of the Deputy Attorney General's office and lists Acting</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Justice, Shirley Weber, Todd Blanche</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--doj-sues-california-weber-la-county-logan-cd-cal-2-26-cv-12025-block-tabulating-ballots-of-20000-flagged-voters/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Donor Eric Deters sues Guilfoyle and her lawyers in Kenton Circuit Court (KY) for defamation; says in video discovery will include Donald Trump Jr. and 'might just bring down the entire Trump administration'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--deters-sues-guilfoyle-and-lawyers-defamation-kenton-circuit/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-15</dc:date><description>Deters, representing himself, filed on 2026-10-15 (reported filing date) in Kenton Circuit Court, Kentucky, against Guilfoyle and her lawyers Jesse Binnall and David M. Schwartz: defamation and false light against all three, breach of an alleged verbal contract against Guilfoyle </description><category>Kimberly Guilfoyle</category><category>Donald Trump Jr.</category><category domain="tag">guilfoyle</category><category domain="tag">defamation</category><category domain="tag">pay-to-play-pattern</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Deters, representing himself, filed on 2026-10-15 (reported filing date) in Kenton Circuit Court, Kentucky, against Guilfoyle and her lawyers Jesse Binnall and David M. Schwartz: defamation and false light against all three, breach of an alleged verbal contract against Guilfoyle </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--deters-sues-guilfoyle-and-lawyers-defamation-kenton-circuit/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Fired FBI Employees Sue Patel and Blanche in D.D.C. (Bacon v. Patel, 1:26-cv-03604)</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--nine-fired-fbi-employees-sue-patel-blanche-bacon-v-patel-ddc/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-15</dc:date><description>Complaint filed 10/15/26 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Bacon v. Patel, No. 1:26-cv-03604, against FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Todd Blanche, the FBI and the Department of Justice. Caption plaintiffs: JENNIFER BACON; ZACH FELDMAN; GILBERT GR</description><category>Kash Patel</category><category>Todd Blanche</category><category>Federal Bureau of Investigation</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>Jack Smith</category><category domain="capture-lane">Institutional Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="capture-lane">Executive Power Expansion</category><category domain="tag">fbi-purge</category><category domain="tag">retaliatory-firings</category><category domain="tag">doj-politicization</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Complaint filed 10/15/26 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Bacon v. Patel, No. 1:26-cv-03604, against FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Todd Blanche, the FBI and the Department of Justice. Caption plaintiffs: JENNIFER BACON; ZACH FELDMAN; GILBERT GR</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kash Patel, Todd Blanche, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Jack Smith</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Institutional Capture, Democratic Erosion, Executive Power Expansion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--nine-fired-fbi-employees-sue-patel-blanche-bacon-v-patel-ddc/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>FT, Citing Four Unnamed People: Witkoff and Kushner Proposed in Miami That Europe Unfreeze Some Russian Sovereign Assets Into a Washington-Overseen Vehicle; Europeans Said No</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--ft-witkoff-kushner-proposed-europe-unfreeze-russian-assets-into-us-overseen-vehicle-europeans-reject/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-15</dc:date><description>- Report, Oct 15: the Financial Times, "citing four people familiar with the matter", says Witkoff and Kushner proposed that European countries unfreeze some Russian sovereign assets.
- Venue and date, as relayed: a Miami meeting "on 10 October" with officials from Ukraine, Franc</description><category domain="tag">russia</category><category domain="tag">ukraine</category><category domain="tag">sanctions</category><category domain="tag">kushner</category><category domain="tag">witkoff</category><category domain="tag">anonymous-sourcing</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>- Report, Oct 15: the Financial Times, "citing four people familiar with the matter", says Witkoff and Kushner proposed that European countries unfreeze some Russian sovereign assets.
- Venue and date, as relayed: a Miami meeting "on 10 October" with officials from Ukraine, Franc</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--ft-witkoff-kushner-proposed-europe-unfreeze-russian-assets-into-us-overseen-vehicle-europeans-reject/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>League of Women Voters, EPIC and LULAC Sue DHS Over Voter-Data Collection Policy; Complaint Alleges Voter Files From At Least 47 States</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--lwv-epic-lulac-sue-dhs-voter-data-collection-policy-47-states-dcd-1-26-cv-03602/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-15</dc:date><description>On the complaint's file-stamp date the League of Women Voters, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the League of United Latin American Citizens sued the Department of Homeland Security in the D.D.C. The defendants are DHS, Secretary Markwayne Mullin, ICE and its senior </description><category>League of Women Voters</category><category>Electronic Privacy Information Center</category><category>League of United Latin American Citizens</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">uscis</category><category domain="tag">voter-data</category><category domain="tag">privacy-act</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On the complaint's file-stamp date the League of Women Voters, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the League of United Latin American Citizens sued the Department of Homeland Security in the D.D.C. The defendants are DHS, Secretary Markwayne Mullin, ICE and its senior </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> League of Women Voters, Electronic Privacy Information Center, League of United Latin American Citizens, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, Markwayne Mullin, Heather Honey</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--lwv-epic-lulac-sue-dhs-voter-data-collection-policy-47-states-dcd-1-26-cv-03602/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Nine Senators (Shaheen, Tillis Lead) Write the Pentagon Inspector General Asking for an Investigation of the Ukraine Starlink/Starshield Restrictions and Intelligence-Sharing Disruptions; Letter Does Not Cite Sec. 1244</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--nine-senators-letter-dod-ig-investigate-ukraine-starshield-intelligence-disruptions/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-15</dc:date><description>**Date kinds.** Oct 15, 2026 is the date line on the letter itself (c1). The sponsors' press release was republished Oct 16, 2026 01:58 GMT and says the letter went "Today"; the tracker cites an NYT story of Oct 15 (not fetched here; nytimes.com blocked). The requested reporting </description><category domain="tag">starshield</category><category domain="tag">spacex</category><category domain="tag">ukraine</category><category domain="tag">congress</category><category domain="tag">oversight</category><category domain="tag">inspector-general</category><category domain="tag">intelligence-sharing</category><category domain="tag">infrastructure-dependency</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>**Date kinds.** Oct 15, 2026 is the date line on the letter itself (c1). The sponsors' press release was republished Oct 16, 2026 01:58 GMT and says the letter went "Today"; the tracker cites an NYT story of Oct 15 (not fetched here; nytimes.com blocked). The requested reporting </p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--nine-senators-letter-dod-ig-investigate-ukraine-starshield-intelligence-disruptions/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Patel Posts "From Russia, with Love" After MS NOW Report That He Was in Russia Is Corrected; He Was at Liberty University</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--patel-from-russia-with-love-post-after-ms-now-moscow-trip-report-corrected/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-15</dc:date><description>Sequence only. Premise correction: on the reporting available, Patel was not in Moscow; the "visit" was an MS NOW report that MS NOW then apologised for and corrected on air.</description><category domain="tag">fbi</category><category domain="tag">russia</category><category domain="tag">patel</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Sequence only. Premise correction: on the reporting available, Patel was not in Moscow; the "visit" was an MS NOW report that MS NOW then apologised for and corrected on air.</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--patel-from-russia-with-love-post-after-ms-now-moscow-trip-report-corrected/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Reuters Exclusive on Anonymous Sources: Order to Limit Ukraine's Starshield Came from Inside the White House; a Senior US Official Says the President Made No Such Request</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--reuters-starshield-limit-order-came-from-inside-white-house-anonymous-sources/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-15</dc:date><description>- Report, Oct 15: the order "came from inside the White House" (Reuters, Erin Banco and Gram Slattery).
- Instruction as described by the officials: Defense Department leaders "received a message that the SpaceX Starshield service for the Ukrainian military needed to be slowed".
</description><category domain="tag">starshield</category><category domain="tag">spacex</category><category domain="tag">ukraine</category><category domain="tag">white-house</category><category domain="tag">infrastructure-dependency</category><category domain="tag">anonymous-sourcing</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>- Report, Oct 15: the order "came from inside the White House" (Reuters, Erin Banco and Gram Slattery).
- Instruction as described by the officials: Defense Department leaders "received a message that the SpaceX Starshield service for the Ukrainian military needed to be slowed".
</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--reuters-starshield-limit-order-came-from-inside-white-house-anonymous-sources/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Reuters, Citing an Unnamed US Official: Administration Considering Letting 'Legal Oil' Move on Previously Sanctioned Shadow-Fleet Tankers to Cut Freight Rates</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--reuters-us-official-us-considers-easing-sanctions-shadow-fleet-vessels-freight-rates/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-15</dc:date><description>- Report, Oct 15 (Reuters, one unnamed US official): the administration is considering easing sanctions on some shadow-fleet vessels to cut record freight rates. Per the relay, the talks "centre on the United States potentially allowing 'legal oil' to flow on previously sanctione</description><category domain="tag">sanctions</category><category domain="tag">oil</category><category domain="tag">russia</category><category domain="tag">iran</category><category domain="tag">anonymous-sourcing</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>- Report, Oct 15 (Reuters, one unnamed US official): the administration is considering easing sanctions on some shadow-fleet vessels to cut record freight rates. Per the relay, the talks "centre on the United States potentially allowing 'legal oil' to flow on previously sanctione</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--reuters-us-official-us-considers-easing-sanctions-shadow-fleet-vessels-freight-rates/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>State Department Says Kristi Noem's Shield of the Americas Envoy Status Expired in September; She Is Now a Senior Adviser to Landau</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--noem-shield-of-the-americas-envoy-status-expired-now-landau-senior-advisor/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-15</dc:date><description>CBS News reported on October 15, 2026 (disclosure date) that an unnamed State Department official said Noem's envoy status "expired last month," and that she is "now a senior advisor to Deputy Secretary Landau" who "continues to work on the Shield of the Americas portfolio." The </description><category>Kristi Noem</category><category>Christopher Landau</category><category domain="tag">shield-of-americas</category><category domain="tag">noem</category><category domain="tag">latin-america</category><category domain="tag">personnel</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>CBS News reported on October 15, 2026 (disclosure date) that an unnamed State Department official said Noem's envoy status "expired last month," and that she is "now a senior advisor to Deputy Secretary Landau" who "continues to work on the Shield of the Americas portfolio." The </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kristi Noem, Christopher Landau</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--noem-shield-of-the-americas-envoy-status-expired-now-landau-senior-advisor/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>WaPo publishes internal ballroom donor spreadsheet: 67 donations over $10,000, $333M, at least $77M anonymous; Apple, Nvidia, Adelson family, Ergen at $25M each</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--wapo-ballroom-donor-spreadsheet-67-donations-333m/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-15</dc:date><description>The Washington Post (publication date 2026-10-15) obtained an internal fundraising spreadsheet listing 67 donations above $10,000, totaling $333 million as of late September 2026. Nvidia, Apple, the Adelson family and Charles Ergen are each listed at $25 million; Trump himself is</description><category>Nvidia</category><category>Apple</category><category domain="tag">pay-to-play-pattern</category><category domain="tag">nvidia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Washington Post (publication date 2026-10-15) obtained an internal fundraising spreadsheet listing 67 donations above $10,000, totaling $333 million as of late September 2026. Nvidia, Apple, the Adelson family and Charles Ergen are each listed at $25 million; Trump himself is</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Nvidia, Apple</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-15--wapo-ballroom-donor-spreadsheet-67-donations-333m/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Belgal Habeas Dismissed in S.D.N.Y. on Venue (ICE Says He Was in New Jersey), Refiled in E.D.N.Y.; Judge Gonzalez Issues Order to Show Cause</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--belgal-habeas-dismissed-in-sdny-for-venue-refiled-in-edny-order-to-show-cause/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-14</dc:date><description>Oscar Belgal's first habeas petition was filed in the Southern District of New York on October 8, 2026 (No. 26-cv-8928; the SDNY filings spell the name "Bergal"). The petitioner alleged he was held in a Manhattan hospital under ICE guard. On October 9, the Part I judge barred rem</description><category domain="tag">ice-shooting</category><category domain="tag">habeas</category><category domain="tag">sdny</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement-violence</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Oscar Belgal's first habeas petition was filed in the Southern District of New York on October 8, 2026 (No. 26-cv-8928; the SDNY filings spell the name "Bergal"). The petitioner alleged he was held in a Manhattan hospital under ICE guard. On October 9, the Part I judge barred rem</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--belgal-habeas-dismissed-in-sdny-for-venue-refiled-in-edny-order-to-show-cause/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>CBS: US Officials Told Ukraine Its Missile-Launch Warning Failed Because of "Bad Weather"; Ukrainian Officials Accuse the US of "Playing" With the System</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--cbs-us-officials-told-ukraine-warning-system-failed-bad-weather-ukrainians-say-us-playing/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-14</dc:date><description>Sequence only. The CBS article is the primary for what CBS reported; every US-side statement in it comes from anonymous sources.</description><category domain="tag">ukraine</category><category domain="tag">intelligence-sharing</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Sequence only. The CBS article is the primary for what CBS reported; every US-side statement in it comes from anonymous sources.</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--cbs-us-officials-told-ukraine-warning-system-failed-bad-weather-ukrainians-say-us-playing/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Rejects GAO Recommendation That ICE Adopt Automated Body-Camera Activation</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--gao-ice-body-camera-automatic-activation-recommendation-dhs-disagrees/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-10-14</dc:date><description>Reuters datelined its report on the Government Accountability Office's body-camera audit "Oct 14" (2026). The Department of Homeland Security's rejection of one recommendation: that ICE add automated body-camera activation.</description><category domain="capture-lane">Immigration Enforcement</category><category domain="capture-lane">Accountability</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">cbp</category><category domain="tag">body-cameras</category><category domain="tag">gao</category><category domain="tag">accountability</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Reuters datelined its report on the Government Accountability Office's body-camera audit "Oct 14" (2026). The Department of Homeland Security's rejection of one recommendation: that ICE add automated body-camera activation.</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Immigration Enforcement, Accountability</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--gao-ice-body-camera-automatic-activation-recommendation-dhs-disagrees/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>One of Two Detainees in the ICE SUV Identified as Witness; DA Seeks Statements and Calls Both Material Witnesses</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--ice-suv-detainee-witness-luis-enriquez-identified-da-seeks-statements-teare-material-witnesses/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-14</dc:date><description>At a FIEL Houston news conference on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 (event date), attorney Kim Bruno, who represents both Miguel Parra-Hernandez and Luis Enriquez, identified Enriquez as one of the two men handcuffed in the back of the ICE SUV when it struck Parra-Hernandez, and sai</description><category>Sean Teare</category><category>Harris County District Attorney</category><category>Miguel Parra-Hernandez</category><category>FIEL Houston</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement-violence</category><category domain="tag">texas</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>At a FIEL Houston news conference on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 (event date), attorney Kim Bruno, who represents both Miguel Parra-Hernandez and Luis Enriquez, identified Enriquez as one of the two men handcuffed in the back of the ICE SUV when it struck Parra-Hernandez, and sai</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Sean Teare, Harris County District Attorney, Miguel Parra-Hernandez, FIEL Houston</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--ice-suv-detainee-witness-luis-enriquez-identified-da-seeks-statements-teare-material-witnesses/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ProPublica: ICE Detained Immigrant Domestic Violence Victims at Michigan Facility After Kent County Jail Handoffs</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--propublica-ice-detains-immigrant-domestic-violence-victims-north-lake-michigan-kent-county-jail/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-14</dc:date><description>ProPublica reported on October 14, 2026 that immigrant women who called police about domestic violence were arrested, turned over by the Kent County jail in west Michigan to ICE, and held at the North Lake Processing Center, including women identified by first name only, Leya and</description><category>ProPublica</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">vawa</category><category domain="tag">michigan</category><category domain="tag">detention</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ProPublica reported on October 14, 2026 that immigrant women who called police about domestic violence were arrested, turned over by the Kent County jail in west Michigan to ICE, and held at the North Lake Processing Center, including women identified by first name only, Leya and</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ProPublica, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--propublica-ice-detains-immigrant-domestic-violence-victims-north-lake-michigan-kent-county-jail/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Ukraine Says SpaceX Capped Starshield Terminals at About 100 mph Without Warning; Musk Says Starshield Limits Are Set by the US Military and Ultimately the President</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--spacex-starshield-speed-cap-ukraine-military-terminals/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-14</dc:date><description>Sequence of dated events, each with its date kind. No finding here about who ordered the limit or why.</description><category domain="tag">starlink</category><category domain="tag">starshield</category><category domain="tag">spacex</category><category domain="tag">ukraine</category><category domain="tag">elon-musk</category><category domain="tag">infrastructure-dependency</category>
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<title>WSJ Reports Bo Hines Kept a Stake in Nxum, Which Took About $6.3 Million Under a Tether Marketing Deal; Only the First Payment Came During His Government Service</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--wsj-nxum-hines-one-third-stake-tether-payments-genius-act/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-14</dc:date><description>The Wall Street Journal reported on Oct. 14 that Nxum, a consulting firm Bo Hines co-owned, took in about $6.3 million under a marketing deal with Tether. Hines held a one-third stake in Nxum while he was executive director of the White House digital-assets council. This entry re</description><category>Bo Hines</category><category>Tether</category><category domain="tag">crypto-finance</category><category domain="tag">genius-act</category><category domain="tag">revolving-door</category><category domain="tag">tether</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Wall Street Journal reported on Oct. 14 that Nxum, a consulting firm Bo Hines co-owned, took in about $6.3 million under a marketing deal with Tether. Hines held a one-third stake in Nxum while he was executive director of the White House digital-assets council. This entry re</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Bo Hines, Tether</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--wsj-nxum-hines-one-third-stake-tether-payments-genius-act/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>WSJ Reports, on Anonymous Sourcing, That the Omar Probe Aims at Revoking Her Citizenship; Grand Jury Subpoenas Reach Relatives, Passport and Devices Reportedly Seized</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--wsj-reports-omar-probe-aims-to-build-case-to-revoke-citizenship-subpoenas-to-relatives-items-seized/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-14</dc:date><description>The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, Oct. 14 (the day Mediaite and Townhall relayed it; the WSJ page is paywalled and was not read directly), that the federal investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar is aimed at building a case to revoke her citizenship and deport her. The WSJ'</description><category>Ilhan Omar</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">omar</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">election-2026</category><category domain="tag">political-targeting</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, Oct. 14 (the day Mediaite and Townhall relayed it; the WSJ page is paywalled and was not read directly), that the federal investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar is aimed at building a case to revoke her citizenship and deport her. The WSJ'</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Ilhan Omar, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-14--wsj-reports-omar-probe-aims-to-build-case-to-revoke-citizenship-subpoenas-to-relatives-items-seized/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Bloomberg: Selig Adviser Mel Gunewardena Told CFTC Supervisor to Retract Insider-Trading Referral on March 23 Oil Trades Placed ~15 Minutes Before Trump's Iran Reversal</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--bloomberg-cftc-selig-adviser-gunewardena-retract-referral-march-23-oil-trades/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-13</dc:date><description>On Tuesday, October 13 (Bloomberg report date), Bloomberg reported that a senior adviser to CFTC Chairman Michael Selig, Mel Gunewardena, told a supervisor to retract an insider-trading referral that analysts in the Division of Market Oversight had sent to the CFTC's enforcement </description><category>Michael Selig</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Commodity Futures Trading Commission</category><category domain="tag">cftc</category><category domain="tag">insider-trading</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On Tuesday, October 13 (Bloomberg report date), Bloomberg reported that a senior adviser to CFTC Chairman Michael Selig, Mel Gunewardena, told a supervisor to retract an insider-trading referral that analysts in the Division of Market Oversight had sent to the CFTC's enforcement </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Michael Selig, Donald Trump, Commodity Futures Trading Commission</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--bloomberg-cftc-selig-adviser-gunewardena-retract-referral-march-23-oil-trades/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Champaign County, Illinois Board Unanimously Bars Tax Abatements for Hyperscale Data Centers</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--champaign-county-il-board-unanimously-bars-tax-abatements-hyperscale-data-centers/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-13</dc:date><description>The Champaign County, Illinois board unanimously approved a resolution on Oct. 13 prohibiting tax abatements for hyperscale data center construction, according to Illinois Public Media. The resolution states that the policy of Champaign County shall be to not negotiate any proper</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">tax-abatement</category><category domain="tag">illinois</category><category domain="tag">local-government</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Champaign County, Illinois board unanimously approved a resolution on Oct. 13 prohibiting tax abatements for hyperscale data center construction, according to Illinois Public Media. The resolution states that the policy of Champaign County shall be to not negotiate any proper</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--champaign-county-il-board-unanimously-bars-tax-abatements-hyperscale-data-centers/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Confirms ICE Processed 14 Detainees in Roxbury, NJ Warehouse Parking Lot; Rep. Mejia Cites Court Order</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--dhs-confirms-ice-processed-14-detainees-roxbury-nj-warehouse-parking-lot/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-13</dc:date><description>In a statement Tuesday forwarded to NPR by the office of Rep. Analilia Mejia, D-N.J., a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed that ICE officers used the parking lot of a Roxbury Township warehouse to initially process 14 detainees in September. DHS told Mejia that it</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>NPR</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-detention</category><category domain="tag">roxbury-nj</category><category domain="tag">court-order</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In a statement Tuesday forwarded to NPR by the office of Rep. Analilia Mejia, D-N.J., a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed that ICE officers used the parking lot of a Roxbury Township warehouse to initially process 14 detainees in September. DHS told Mejia that it</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, NPR</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--dhs-confirms-ice-processed-14-detainees-roxbury-nj-warehouse-parking-lot/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Letters Give California 48 Hours on 'Likely Noncitizen' Voter List, Demand LA County Segregate Ballots</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--doj-letters-give-california-48-hours-on-likely-noncitizen-list-demand-la-county-segregate-ballots/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-13</dc:date><description>On or about Tuesday, October 13, 2026, Justice Department personnel delivered a password-protected thumb drive to Los Angeles County election officials, and the Department gave California officials 48 hours to review a list of alleged noncitizen voters or face legal action, accor</description><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>Shirley Weber</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">voter-rolls</category><category domain="tag">noncitizen-voting</category><category domain="tag">mail-ballots</category><category domain="tag">california</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On or about Tuesday, October 13, 2026, Justice Department personnel delivered a password-protected thumb drive to Los Angeles County election officials, and the Department gave California officials 48 hours to review a list of alleged noncitizen voters or face legal action, accor</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Justice, Shirley Weber</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--doj-letters-give-california-48-hours-on-likely-noncitizen-list-demand-la-county-segregate-ballots/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Harris County DA Opens Criminal Investigation of ICE Vehicle Strike, Says It Was Intentional</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--harris-county-da-teare-opens-criminal-investigation-ice-vehicle-strike-parra-hernandez/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-13</dc:date><description>Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said on Tuesday that his office has opened a criminal investigation of the Saturday incident in which an ICE vehicle struck Miguel Parra-Hernandez, and that prosecutors are looking at the possibility of aggravated assault with a deadly w</description><category>Sean Teare</category><category>Harris County District Attorney</category><category>Miguel Parra-Hernandez</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>FIEL Houston</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement-violence</category><category domain="tag">texas</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said on Tuesday that his office has opened a criminal investigation of the Saturday incident in which an ICE vehicle struck Miguel Parra-Hernandez, and that prosecutors are looking at the possibility of aggravated assault with a deadly w</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Sean Teare, Harris County District Attorney, Miguel Parra-Hernandez, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), FIEL Houston</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--harris-county-da-teare-opens-criminal-investigation-ice-vehicle-strike-parra-hernandez/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Kelly Grants Preliminary Injunction Against White House Hard-Pass Ban on CNN, Politico, MS NOW on Due Process and Two First Amendment Grounds</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--judge-kelly-grants-preliminary-injunction-cnn-politico-ms-now-hard-passes/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-13</dc:date><description>On **October 13, 2026**, Judge Timothy J. Kelly granted the preliminary injunction in *Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump*, No. 1:26-cv-03287 (D.D.C.). The order bars defendants other than President Trump from executing, implementing or enforcing the September 18 decision to revok</description><category>Judge Timothy J. Kelly</category><category>CNN</category><category>Politico</category><category>MS NOW</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">first-amendment</category><category domain="tag">fifth-amendment</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">court-order</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **October 13, 2026**, Judge Timothy J. Kelly granted the preliminary injunction in *Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump*, No. 1:26-cv-03287 (D.D.C.). The order bars defendants other than President Trump from executing, implementing or enforcing the September 18 decision to revok</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Judge Timothy J. Kelly, CNN, Politico, MS NOW, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--judge-kelly-grants-preliminary-injunction-cnn-politico-ms-now-hard-passes/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Lowndes County, Alabama Approves Project Red Clay Data Center Abatement 3-2 Ahead of a Scheduled Special Meeting</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--lowndes-county-al-commission-approves-project-red-clay-data-center-abatement-3-2-before-special-meeting/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-13</dc:date><description>The Lowndes County Commission in Alabama voted 3-2 on Tuesday morning to approve a project development agreement and a 20-year tax abatement for Project Red Clay, a data center planned by Cloverleaf Infrastructure on more than 1,000 acres in Burkville, according to Yellowhammer N</description><category>Nvidia</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">tax-abatement</category><category domain="tag">alabama</category><category domain="tag">local-government</category><category domain="tag">nvidia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Lowndes County Commission in Alabama voted 3-2 on Tuesday morning to approve a project development agreement and a 20-year tax abatement for Project Red Clay, a data center planned by Cloverleaf Infrastructure on more than 1,000 acres in Burkville, according to Yellowhammer N</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Nvidia</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--lowndes-county-al-commission-approves-project-red-clay-data-center-abatement-3-2-before-special-meeting/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Minnesota's Sworn Filings Document That the U.S. Attorney's Office Stopped Sharing Good/Pretti Evidence Soon After July 13 and Told Moriarty on September 10 the Pause Is Indefinite</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--minnesota-sworn-filings-doj-usao-stopped-evidence-sharing-good-pretti-after-july-13-indefinite-sept-10/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-13</dc:date><description>On October 13, 2026, Minnesota filed its opposition to the federal motion to dismiss, plus a cross-motion for summary judgment, in *State of Minnesota v. U.S. Department of Justice*, No. 1:26-cv-01007-EGS (D.D.C., Judge Emmet G. Sullivan). The filings, with sworn declarations fro</description><category>Drew Evans (BCA Superintendent)</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>Renee Good</category><category>Alex Pretti</category><category>Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis</category><category domain="capture-lane">Constitutional Crisis</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">renee-good</category><category domain="tag">pretti-alex</category><category domain="tag">moriarty-mary</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">evidence-blockade</category><category domain="tag">state-lockout</category><category domain="tag">operation-metro-surge</category><category domain="tag">accountability-bypass</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On October 13, 2026, Minnesota filed its opposition to the federal motion to dismiss, plus a cross-motion for summary judgment, in *State of Minnesota v. U.S. Department of Justice*, No. 1:26-cv-01007-EGS (D.D.C., Judge Emmet G. Sullivan). The filings, with sworn declarations fro</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Drew Evans (BCA Superintendent), U.S. Department of Justice, Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Constitutional Crisis, Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--minnesota-sworn-filings-doj-usao-stopped-evidence-sharing-good-pretti-after-july-13-indefinite-sept-10/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Seven Former Detainees File Class Action in D.D.C. Alleging ICE Has a 'De Facto Policy' of Keeping IDs, Work Permits and Property After Release</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--gonzalez-v-dhs-class-action-ice-keeps-ids-eads-property-after-release/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-13</dc:date><description>Allegations are the plaintiffs'. No defendant response or ruling exists as of the docket pull (RECAP copy last modified 2026-10-15).</description><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">detention</category><category domain="tag">class-action</category><category domain="tag">fourth-amendment</category><category domain="tag">identity-documents</category>
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<title>UW Center for Human Rights Report: Washington's Driver-Data Limits Failed to Stop ICE, 356 Arrests Documented</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--uw-human-rights-report-ice-used-dol-driver-data-356-washington-arrests-nlets/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-13</dc:date><description>The University of Washington Center for Human Rights released a report on October 13, 2026 finding that Washington's actions to curtail federal agents' access to DMV data have been ineffective, despite a state sanctuary law that bars sharing with federal immigration enforcement f</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>Customs and Border Protection (CBP)</category><category>Thomson Reuters</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The University of Washington Center for Human Rights released a report on October 13, 2026 finding that Washington's actions to curtail federal agents' access to DMV data have been ineffective, despite a state sanctuary law that bars sharing with federal immigration enforcement f</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Thomson Reuters</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--uw-human-rights-report-ice-used-dol-driver-data-356-washington-arrests-nlets/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>White House press secretary says Guilfoyle was asked to resign as ambassador to Greece; she confirms her exit under two hours later</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--white-house-asks-guilfoyle-to-resign-greece-ambassador/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-13</dc:date><description>On Tuesday 2026-10-13 (announcement date), press secretary Katie Zacharia said at her first briefing the White House had asked Guilfoyle to resign; Guilfoyle confirmed on X less than two hours later, saying she would defend her name. Trump: "She will not be there. I didn't like w</description><category>Kimberly Guilfoyle</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">guilfoyle</category><category domain="tag">trump-family</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On Tuesday 2026-10-13 (announcement date), press secretary Katie Zacharia said at her first briefing the White House had asked Guilfoyle to resign; Guilfoyle confirmed on X less than two hours later, saying she would defend her name. Trump: "She will not be there. I didn't like w</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--white-house-asks-guilfoyle-to-resign-greece-ambassador/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Zelensky Says Ukraine Got No Early Warning From Partners Before Ballistic Strikes on Kyiv Overnight Oct 12-13 and Again Late Oct 13; Reuters: Russia Hit No Energy Targets for the First Time Since Trump's Truce</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--ukraine-no-early-warning-kyiv-missile-strike-russia-no-energy-targets-ap-reuters/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-13</dc:date><description>Sequence only, with date kinds.</description><category domain="tag">ukraine</category><category domain="tag">intelligence-sharing</category>
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<title>Zelensky Tells NPR the US Threatened to Suspend Intelligence Sharing Unless Ukraine Stopped Refinery Strikes: 'They Told My Generals, Not Me'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-13--zelensky-confirms-us-intelligence-threat-delivered-to-his-generals-npr/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-13</dc:date><description>Sequence only, with date kinds.</description><category domain="tag">ukraine</category><category domain="tag">intelligence-sharing</category>
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<title>DOJ Brief Defends White House's Altered Armstrong Arrest Photo as Protected Speech, Emptywheel Reports</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-12--doj-brief-defends-altered-armstrong-arrest-photo-first-amendment-emptywheel/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-12</dc:date><description>Emptywheel reproduces passages from a DOJ filing in the Nekima Levy Armstrong prosecution: an October 12 opposition to a motion to dismiss, signed by Ned Hedley, one of the AUSAs who reports to Harmeet Dhillon. The quotations below come from Emptywheel's reproduction; the filing </description><category>Harmeet Dhillon</category><category>Department of Justice</category><category>White House</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="tag">minnesota-15</category><category domain="tag">protest-prosecution</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">first-amendment</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Emptywheel reproduces passages from a DOJ filing in the Nekima Levy Armstrong prosecution: an October 12 opposition to a motion to dismiss, signed by Ned Hedley, one of the AUSAs who reports to Harmeet Dhillon. The quotations below come from Emptywheel's reproduction; the filing </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Harmeet Dhillon, Department of Justice, White House</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-12--doj-brief-defends-altered-armstrong-arrest-photo-first-amendment-emptywheel/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>HSI Agents Search Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C.-Area Home on a DOJ-Secured Warrant 22 Days Before the Midterms; No Charges Filed</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-12--hsi-searches-rep-ilhan-omar-dc-home-doj-warrant-22-days-before-midterms/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-12</dc:date><description>Homeland Security Investigations agents searched the Washington, D.C.-area residence of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar early Monday morning. A Department of Justice spokesperson said HSI "executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice" as part of</description><category>Ilhan Omar</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>Tom Homan</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">election-2026</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">political-targeting</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Homeland Security Investigations agents searched the Washington, D.C.-area residence of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar early Monday morning. A Department of Justice spokesperson said HSI "executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice" as part of</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Ilhan Omar, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice, Tom Homan</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-12--hsi-searches-rep-ilhan-omar-dc-home-doj-warrant-22-days-before-midterms/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>NYT: Musk Has Given $276 Million to Republican Groups Since July, About $366 Million This Cycle</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-12--musk-276m-new-midterm-giving-since-july-366m-cycle-total-nyt/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-12</dc:date><description>The New York Times reported on October 12, 2026 that Elon Musk has funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups and his super PAC since the start of July. Representatives for Musk supplied the previously unreported figures to the Times, so the amounts are the donor's ow</description><category>Elon Musk</category><category>America PAC</category><category>Ken Paxton</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category><category domain="tag">campaign-finance</category><category domain="tag">super-pac</category><category domain="tag">elon-musk</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The New York Times reported on October 12, 2026 that Elon Musk has funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups and his super PAC since the start of July. Representatives for Musk supplied the previously unreported figures to the Times, so the amounts are the donor's ow</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Elon Musk, America PAC, Ken Paxton</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Electoral Manipulation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-12--musk-276m-new-midterm-giving-since-july-366m-cycle-total-nyt/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump to Reporters Before Marine One, Hours After the Omar Search: 'I Have Nothing to Do With It'; 'Really Up to the DOJ'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-12--trump-to-reporters-before-marine-one-omar-search-nothing-to-do-with-it-up-to-the-doj/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-12</dc:date><description>Before leaving the White House for a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, Trump was asked about the search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home. He said: "I understand they're looking at her very carefully. I've always found her to be totally crooked, personally, but that has nothing to do with me. I</description><category>Ilhan Omar</category><category domain="tag">omar</category><category domain="tag">public-statements</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">election-2026</category><category domain="tag">political-targeting</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Before leaving the White House for a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, Trump was asked about the search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home. He said: "I understand they're looking at her very carefully. I've always found her to be totally crooked, personally, but that has nothing to do with me. I</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Ilhan Omar</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-12--trump-to-reporters-before-marine-one-omar-search-nothing-to-do-with-it-up-to-the-doj/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Bipartisan Senators Say GL 135 Russian Diesel Imports Run Counter to 2022 Ban and Skipped Required Consultation; Letter Oct 13 Demands Rescission</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-11--senators-say-russian-diesel-license-violates-2022-import-ban-no-consultation/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-11</dc:date><description>Sequence only, with date kinds. Statement date 2026-10-11 (six senators: Collins, Murkowski, Tillis, Curtis, Shaheen, Blumenthal per AP syndication); letter date 2026-10-13 (12 senators, six Republicans and six Democrats, asking rescission of GL 135, per Kyiv Post summary, not fe</description><category domain="tag">sanctions</category><category domain="tag">russia</category><category domain="tag">congress</category>
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<title>FT and CNN Report the US Threat Extends to Blocking PURL, the Mechanism Through Which Europe Buys US Weapons for Ukraine</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-11--ft-cnn-us-threat-reportedly-extends-to-purl-european-funded-weapons/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-11</dc:date><description>Sequence only, with date kinds.</description><category domain="tag">ukraine</category><category domain="tag">intelligence-sharing</category>
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<title>Trump Posts on Truth Social: 'Effective Immediately, There Is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War Between Russia and Ukraine'; Zelensky Says It Was News to Him</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-11--trump-truth-social-energy-ceasefire-announcement-ukraine-russia/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-11</dc:date><description>Sequence only, with date kinds.</description><category domain="tag">ukraine</category><category domain="tag">russia</category><category domain="tag">truth-social</category>
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<title>Axios, Citing a Ukrainian Official: Witkoff and Kushner Threatened in Miami Talks to Cut Off US Intelligence if Ukraine Kept Striking Russian Refineries; a US Official Denies a Threat Was Made</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-10--axios-us-envoys-threatened-ukraine-intelligence-cutoff-over-refinery-strikes-us-official-denies/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-10</dc:date><description>Sequence only, with date kinds.</description><category domain="tag">ukraine</category><category domain="tag">intelligence-sharing</category>
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<title>ICE Agent Strikes Miguel Parra-Hernandez With a Vehicle in Houston Pursuit; Sheriff and ICE Give Different Accounts</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-10--ice-agent-strikes-miguel-parra-hernandez-with-vehicle-houston-pursuit/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-10</dc:date><description>On Saturday a man was struck by a vehicle driven by an ICE agent who was allegedly pursuing him and another man, Texas law enforcement officials and ICE said (ABC News). Harris County Sheriff's Office Major Anthony McConnell said the man was 48 years old and was in ICE custody, a</description><category>Miguel Parra-Hernandez</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>FIEL Houston</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category><category domain="tag">texas</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On Saturday a man was struck by a vehicle driven by an ICE agent who was allegedly pursuing him and another man, Texas law enforcement officials and ICE said (ABC News). Harris County Sheriff's Office Major Anthony McConnell said the man was 48 years old and was in ICE custody, a</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Miguel Parra-Hernandez, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, FIEL Houston</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-10--ice-agent-strikes-miguel-parra-hernandez-with-vehicle-houston-pursuit/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump at Clarksville, TN Rally: Of Omar, 'Let's See What Happens. JD Vance and Our People Are Looking at It Very Strongly'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-10--trump-clarksville-rally-omar-lets-see-what-happens-vance-and-our-people-looking-at-it-very-strongly/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-10</dc:date><description>At a midterm rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, Trump, speaking of Rep. Ilhan Omar, said: "She comes from Somalia... what they've done to Minnesota, these people from Somalia, what they've done to Minnesota should never be allowed. And let's see what happens. JD Vance and our peopl</description><category>Ilhan Omar</category><category domain="tag">omar</category><category domain="tag">public-statements</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">election-2026</category><category domain="tag">political-targeting</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>At a midterm rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, Trump, speaking of Rep. Ilhan Omar, said: "She comes from Somalia... what they've done to Minnesota, these people from Somalia, what they've done to Minnesota should never be allowed. And let's see what happens. JD Vance and our peopl</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Ilhan Omar</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-10--trump-clarksville-rally-omar-lets-see-what-happens-vance-and-our-people-looking-at-it-very-strongly/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Says 'Time for Ukraine to Get a New President'; Musk Posts 'Zelensky Has Gone Too Far'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-10--trump-time-for-ukraine-to-get-a-new-president-musk-zelensky-gone-too-far/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-10</dc:date><description>Sequence only, with date kinds.</description><category domain="tag">ukraine</category><category domain="tag">trump</category><category domain="tag">elon-musk</category>
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<title>Judge AliKhan Contemplates Consolidating the LULAC, NAACP and DSCC Polling-Place Suits; LULAC Amends Its Complaint to Add DOJ and the FBI</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-09--alikhan-contemplates-consolidating-lulac-naacp-dscc-polling-place-suits-lulac-amends-to-add-doj-fbi/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-09</dc:date><description>In a minute order signed 10/09/2026, Judge Loren L. AliKhan wrote that the court is contemplating consolidation, under Rule 42(a), of the polling-place suits LULAC v. DHS, NAACP v. DHS and DSCC v. ICE (three cases in all), and ordered the parties in the three cases to meet and co</description><category>League of United Latin American Citizens</category><category>NAACP</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Federal Bureau of Investigation</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">polling-places</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">fbi</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In a minute order signed 10/09/2026, Judge Loren L. AliKhan wrote that the court is contemplating consolidation, under Rule 42(a), of the polling-place suits LULAC v. DHS, NAACP v. DHS and DSCC v. ICE (three cases in all), and ordered the parties in the three cases to meet and co</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> League of United Latin American Citizens, NAACP, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kash Patel</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-09--alikhan-contemplates-consolidating-lulac-naacp-dscc-polling-place-suits-lulac-amends-to-add-doj-fbi/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Sooknanan Vacates DOJ's Voter List Maintenance Policy in Common Cause v. DOJ: Vacatur Only, With No Order on Data Already Transferred</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-09--sooknanan-vacates-doj-voter-list-maintenance-policy/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-09</dc:date><description>On October 9, 2026, Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs in *Common Cause v. DOJ* (1:26-cv-01352) and vacated the Justice Department's Voter List Maintenance Policy. The order (ECF 52) reads:</description><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Department of Justice Civil Rights Division</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Common Cause</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="capture-lane">Surveillance Infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">voter-rolls</category><category domain="tag">privacy-act</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">judicial-ruling</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On October 9, 2026, Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs in *Common Cause v. DOJ* (1:26-cv-01352) and vacated the Justice Department's Voter List Maintenance Policy. The order (ECF 52) reads:</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice, Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Homeland Security Investigations, Department of Homeland Security, Common Cause</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Electoral Manipulation, Surveillance Infrastructure</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-09--sooknanan-vacates-doj-voter-list-maintenance-policy/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>LWV Texas and MOVE Texas Sue SOS and DPS in Bexar County (Filed Oct 9): Petition Pleads 'Almost 600,000' DPS Online Voter Registrations Reached Counties Late, Some From Oct 2025, as Breach of the 2021 Stringer II Settlement; State Says Backlog Cleared</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-09--lwv-texas-move-texas-sue-howden-dps-stringer-ii-breach-593000-late-voter-registrations/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NY AG James Secures Up to $35M and Lifetime Industry Ban From Celsius Founder Mashinsky</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-09--ny-ag-james-secures-up-to-35m-lifetime-ban-celsius-mashinsky/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-09</dc:date><description>New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Friday that she had secured up to $35 million from former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky and permanently barred him from the securities, commodities and cryptocurrency industries, according to CoinDesk. Under the settlement, Mashinsky m</description><category>Letitia James</category><category>Celsius Network</category><category>New York Attorney General</category><category domain="tag">fraud</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Friday that she had secured up to $35 million from former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky and permanently barred him from the securities, commodities and cryptocurrency industries, according to CoinDesk. Under the settlement, Mashinsky m</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Letitia James, Celsius Network, New York Attorney General</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-09--ny-ag-james-secures-up-to-35m-lifetime-ban-celsius-mashinsky/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Announces Russia Will Supply Diesel After Call With Putin; Treasury Temporarily Suspends Sanctions on Russian Diesel Until April 2027 (OFAC General License 135)</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-09--trump-announces-russian-diesel-deal-after-putin-call-ofac-gl-135/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-09</dc:date><description>Sequence only, with date kinds. BBC (the lead's cited source) and Reuters were not fetchable; this entry rests on Trump's own post as quoted, MercoPress, Ship & Bunker and NBC.</description><category domain="tag">sanctions</category><category domain="tag">russia</category><category domain="tag">ofac</category>
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<title>Chief Justice Roberts Stays Fourth Circuit Order Directing FCC to Resolve Challengers' Application by Noon Oct. 9; Response Due Oct. 10</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--roberts-stays-fourth-circuit-order-fcc-political-party-ad-rates-26a476/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-08</dc:date><description>In No. 26A476, FCC v. Brown, Chief Justice Roberts ordered that the Fourth Circuit's October 7, 2026 judgment in case No. 26-2230 is stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court, in an order dated the 8th day of October 2026, and set a response to the applicati</description><category>D. John Sauer</category><category>Federal Communications Commission</category><category>Sherrod Brown</category><category domain="tag">election-2026</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category><category domain="tag">fcc</category><category domain="tag">campaign-finance</category><category domain="tag">emergency-docket</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In No. 26A476, FCC v. Brown, Chief Justice Roberts ordered that the Fourth Circuit's October 7, 2026 judgment in case No. 26-2230 is stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court, in an order dated the 8th day of October 2026, and set a response to the applicati</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> D. John Sauer, Federal Communications Commission, Sherrod Brown</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--roberts-stays-fourth-circuit-order-fcc-political-party-ad-rates-26a476/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Agent Shoots Oscar Belgal in Marble Hill With His Child in the Car; Judge Later Bars Deportation</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--ice-agent-shoots-oscar-belgal-marble-hill-bronx-child-in-car-judge-bars-deportation/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-08</dc:date><description>Plainclothes ICE agents shot Oscar Belgal in the neck on Oct. 8 in the Marble Hill neighborhood of the Bronx while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat of his car. ICE's account, given by executive associate director Marcos Charles, is that Belgal "weaponized his vehicle" an</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement-violence</category><category domain="tag">ice-shooting</category><category domain="tag">new-york</category><category domain="tag">habeas</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Plainclothes ICE agents shot Oscar Belgal in the neck on Oct. 8 in the Marble Hill neighborhood of the Bronx while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat of his car. ICE's account, given by executive associate director Marcos Charles, is that Belgal "weaponized his vehicle" an</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Markwayne Mullin</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--ice-agent-shoots-oscar-belgal-marble-hill-bronx-child-in-car-judge-bars-deportation/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Reportedly Launches 45-Day California Enforcement Surge Starting in San Diego as Early Voting Begins</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--ice-45-day-operation-safe-california-surge-san-diego-reported/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-08</dc:date><description>Organizers in San Diego said Thursday they had already seen an increase in enforcement on the ground. The Daily Wire reports ICE has deployed officers from across the country to California in an operation expected to last 45 days, and says more than 250 ICE officers were deployed</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">california</category><category domain="tag">election-2026</category><category domain="tag">schools</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Organizers in San Diego said Thursday they had already seen an increase in enforcement on the ground. The Daily Wire reports ICE has deployed officers from across the country to California in an operation expected to last 45 days, and says more than 250 ICE officers were deployed</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--ice-45-day-operation-safe-california-surge-san-diego-reported/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Kelly Extends TRO Against White House Press Ban Through Tuesday After PI Hearing, Presses DOJ on Rationale</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--judge-kelly-extends-tro-press-ban-pi-hearing-cnn-ms-now-politico/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-08</dc:date><description>At a preliminary-injunction hearing Thursday, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said his temporary restraining order, which was set to expire Thursday, will remain in place through Tuesday (CBS News). The judge said a ruling could come on Tuesday or earlier (CNN). The president's</description><category>Judge Timothy J. Kelly</category><category>CNN</category><category>Politico</category><category>MS NOW</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">first-amendment</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">court-order</category>
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<title>NAACP v. DHS: Plaintiffs Seek Expedited Discovery on Armed Agents Near Polls; Judge AliKhan Sets Briefing, No Ruling</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--naacp-v-dhs-plaintiffs-seek-expedited-discovery-on-unlawful-voter-initiative-court-sets-response-dates/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-08</dc:date><description>The plaintiffs in NAACP v. DHS (D.D.C.), their suit over federal agents near polling places, filed a motion for limited expedited discovery on 10/05/26. The defendants oppose it. In a minute order signed 10/08/2026, Judge Loren L. AliKhan ordered the defendants to respond by Octo</description><category>NAACP</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">polling-places</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The plaintiffs in NAACP v. DHS (D.D.C.), their suit over federal agents near polling places, filed a motion for limited expedited discovery on 10/05/26. The defendants oppose it. In a minute order signed 10/08/2026, Judge Loren L. AliKhan ordered the defendants to respond by Octo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> NAACP, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--naacp-v-dhs-plaintiffs-seek-expedited-discovery-on-unlawful-voter-initiative-court-sets-response-dates/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>NPR: Neighbors Say ICE Used a Roxbury, NJ Warehouse for Detention Despite a Court Order; DHS Does Not Answer</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--npr-neighbors-say-ice-used-roxbury-nj-warehouse-for-detention-despite-court-order-dhs-no-answer/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-08</dc:date><description>In early 2026 Homeland Security bought 11 warehouses to turn into ICE detention facilities and spent about a billion dollars on them, according to NPR. In several sites, including Roxbury, the government is legally forbidden by a court order from converting them to a detention fa</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>NPR</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-detention</category><category domain="tag">roxbury-nj</category><category domain="tag">court-order</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In early 2026 Homeland Security bought 11 warehouses to turn into ICE detention facilities and spent about a billion dollars on them, according to NPR. In several sites, including Roxbury, the government is legally forbidden by a court order from converting them to a detention fa</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, NPR</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--npr-neighbors-say-ice-used-roxbury-nj-warehouse-for-detention-despite-court-order-dhs-no-answer/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>OpenAI bans Russian 'Dark Clark' ChatGPT accounts that ran a fake Latin American think tank</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--openai-disrupts-dark-clark-russian-false-front-think-tank-latin-america/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-08</dc:date><description>OpenAI's report is dated October 8, 2026. In it OpenAI says it banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts that originated in Russia, and that it nicknamed the operation Dark Clark, after a fake persona the operators used to run the front. OpenAI's own scale places it at Category 5: "Th</description><category>OpenAI</category><category>Javier Milei</category><category domain="tag">influence-operations</category><category domain="tag">russia</category><category domain="tag">ai</category><category domain="tag">openai</category><category domain="tag">latin-america</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>OpenAI's report is dated October 8, 2026. In it OpenAI says it banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts that originated in Russia, and that it nicknamed the operation Dark Clark, after a fake persona the operators used to run the front. OpenAI's own scale places it at Category 5: "Th</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> OpenAI, Javier Milei</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--openai-disrupts-dark-clark-russian-false-front-think-tank-latin-america/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Yandex Reports Drone Attacks Disabling Three Data Centres in Four Days (Sasovo Oct 8, Kaluga Oct 9, Vladimir Oct 11); Reuters Attributes the First Two to Ukrainian Drones</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--yandex-three-data-centres-knocked-out-by-drones-oct-8-11-reuters/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-08</dc:date><description>Sequence only, with date kinds. The task lead cited Reuters Oct 9 and Oct 11; Reuters.com was not fetchable, so both were read as Reuters text republished by The Star (named relay).</description><category domain="tag">ukraine</category><category domain="tag">russia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Sequence only, with date kinds. The task lead cited Reuters Oct 9 and Oct 11; Reuters.com was not fetchable, so both were read as Reuters text republished by The Star (named relay).</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-08--yandex-three-data-centres-knocked-out-by-drones-oct-8-11-reuters/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Army Study Obtained by American Oversight Found ICE's Shock Gloves Cause Intense Pain and Fear; ICE Leaders Knew Before $16.7 Million Contract</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--army-study-ice-shock-gloves-intense-pain-compliance-before-16-7m-contract/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders were aware of the findings of an Army study before signing a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of shock gloves in August, according to records obtained by the watchdog group American Oversight and shared with The Associated</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>American Oversight</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category><category domain="tag">foia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders were aware of the findings of an Army study before signing a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of shock gloves in August, according to records obtained by the watchdog group American Oversight and shared with The Associated</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, American Oversight</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--army-study-ice-shock-gloves-intense-pain-compliance-before-16-7m-contract/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Democracy Forward Publishes ICE's 166-Page FOIA Production of HSI Voter-Fraud Reports, With a Minnesota Report Listing Whipple Shield</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--democracy-forward-releases-ice-hsi-voter-fraud-weekly-reports-foia/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>Democracy Forward published records it obtained from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations through the Freedom of Information Act: a 166-page production that it describes as containing a series of weekly reports. The requests were submitted on April 23, 2026, according to the jo</description><category>Democracy Forward</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">foia</category><category domain="tag">undercover-operations</category><category domain="tag">cuc-op-keyhole</category><category domain="tag">project-whipple-shield</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Democracy Forward published records it obtained from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations through the Freedom of Information Act: a 166-page production that it describes as containing a series of weekly reports. The requests were submitted on April 23, 2026, according to the jo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Democracy Forward, Homeland Security Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--democracy-forward-releases-ice-hsi-voter-fraud-weekly-reports-foia/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Tells the Eighth Circuit It Intends to Resume Using SAVE After the Supreme Court's Stay, in the Minnesota Voter-Roll Appeal</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--doj-tells-eighth-circuit-it-intends-to-resume-using-save-after-supreme-court-stay/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>In a letter of supplemental authority to the Eighth Circuit in United States v. Simon, the appeal in the Minnesota voter-roll case, DOJ's Civil Rights Division wrote on October 7, 2026 that, because the Supreme Court on September 25, 2026 granted the United States' application fo</description><category>Department of Justice Civil Rights Division</category><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">save-database</category><category domain="tag">voter-rolls</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In a letter of supplemental authority to the Eighth Circuit in United States v. Simon, the appeal in the Minnesota voter-roll case, DOJ's Civil Rights Division wrote on October 7, 2026 that, because the Supreme Court on September 25, 2026 granted the United States' application fo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Supreme Court of the United States</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Electoral Manipulation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--doj-tells-eighth-circuit-it-intends-to-resume-using-save-after-supreme-court-stay/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>LULAC Amended Complaint Alleges ICE Detained a Person Beside an Active Santa Maria Ballot Drop Box; Hennepin County Is a Plaintiff</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--lulac-amended-complaint-alleges-ice-detained-person-beside-active-santa-maria-ballot-drop-box-hennepin-county-plaintiff/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>An amended complaint in LULAC v. DHS (D.D.C.), filed 10/07/26, alleges that on October 5, 2026, the first day ballot drop boxes opened in California, ICE detained an individual in a parking lot at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria. The complaint alleges that an adjoining lot i</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>League of United Latin American Citizens</category><category>City and County of Denver</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">polling-places</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>An amended complaint in LULAC v. DHS (D.D.C.), filed 10/07/26, alleges that on October 5, 2026, the first day ballot drop boxes opened in California, ICE detained an individual in a parking lot at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria. The complaint alleges that an adjoining lot i</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, League of United Latin American Citizens, City and County of Denver</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression, Electoral Manipulation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--lulac-amended-complaint-alleges-ice-detained-person-beside-active-santa-maria-ballot-drop-box-hennepin-county-plaintiff/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Section 611 Filings: Alabama Complaint Affidavits and an HSI Philadelphia Arrest-Warrant Affidavit</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--section-611-voting-by-alien-filings-alabama-complaints-cite-state-dhs-list-hsi-philadelphia-affidavit/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>An affidavit filed 10/07/26 in a criminal complaint in the Southern District of Alabama says the Alabama Secretary of State with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security "identified numerous non-U.S. citizens registered to vote in Alabama". The affidavit does not say which DHS to</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">voter-rolls</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">prosecution</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>An affidavit filed 10/07/26 in a criminal complaint in the Southern District of Alabama says the Alabama Secretary of State with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security "identified numerous non-U.S. citizens registered to vote in Alabama". The affidavit does not say which DHS to</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Electoral Manipulation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--section-611-voting-by-alien-filings-alabama-complaints-cite-state-dhs-list-hsi-philadelphia-affidavit/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>The Intercept: Federal Prosecutors Charge Five With Obstructing Access to ICE's Vermont Targeting Center Days Before a Planned Week of Action</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--intercept-federal-charges-five-vermont-ncatc-ice-protesters-days-before-week-of-action/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>The Intercept reported on October 7 2026 that, last week, federal prosecutors unveiled surprise charges against five people, some of whom were already being charged by Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark. The Information in the federal case (D. Vt. No. 2:26-mj-00186-kjd, filed</description><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">vermont</category><category domain="tag">protest-prosecution</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">dissent</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Intercept reported on October 7 2026 that, last week, federal prosecutors unveiled surprise charges against five people, some of whom were already being charged by Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark. The Information in the federal case (D. Vt. No. 2:26-mj-00186-kjd, filed</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--intercept-federal-charges-five-vermont-ncatc-ice-protesters-days-before-week-of-action/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Memo Creates White House Committee to Hear Removal Case Against Fed Governor Lisa Cook</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--trump-memo-committee-of-inquiry-cook-removal-white-house-hearing/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>A presidential memorandum dated October 7, 2026 (the date printed on the White House page; the press reported the announcement the Friday after) says "I hereby establish a committee of inquiry" to examine allegations that Fed Governor Lisa Cook made false statements on mortgage p</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Lisa Cook</category><category>Kevin Hassett</category><category>Abbe Lowell</category><category domain="tag">federal-reserve</category><category domain="tag">lisa-cook</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A presidential memorandum dated October 7, 2026 (the date printed on the White House page; the press reported the announcement the Friday after) says "I hereby establish a committee of inquiry" to examine allegations that Fed Governor Lisa Cook made false statements on mortgage p</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Lisa Cook, Kevin Hassett, Abbe Lowell</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--trump-memo-committee-of-inquiry-cook-removal-white-house-hearing/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>WSJ reports Ambassador Guilfoyle asked donor Eric Deters to wire $100,000 to her American Express account six days before her confirmation hearing; her lawyer disputes the texts' authenticity</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--wsj-guilfoyle-asked-donor-deters-wire-100k-amex-signal-texts/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-07</dc:date><description>The Wall Street Journal reported (publication date Wednesday 2026-10-07; second-hand via TMZ and The Hill, the WSJ page itself not fetched) that Kimberly Guilfoyle, US Ambassador to Greece, asked Kentucky lawyer and donor Eric Deters on 2025-07-03 (text-message date), six days be</description><category>Kimberly Guilfoyle</category><category domain="tag">guilfoyle</category><category domain="tag">pay-to-play-pattern</category><category domain="tag">trump-family</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Wall Street Journal reported (publication date Wednesday 2026-10-07; second-hand via TMZ and The Hill, the WSJ page itself not fetched) that Kimberly Guilfoyle, US Ambassador to Greece, asked Kentucky lawyer and donor Eric Deters on 2025-07-03 (text-message date), six days be</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kimberly Guilfoyle</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-07--wsj-guilfoyle-asked-donor-deters-wire-100k-amex-signal-texts/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Detainees at GEO-Run Folkston ICE Center in Georgia Begin Hunger Strike; Advocates Estimate at Least 73, the Guardian Reports</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--folkston-ga-geo-group-ice-detainees-begin-hunger-strike-at-least-73/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-06</dc:date><description>Detainees at the Folkston D. Ray James ICE Processing Center in southern Georgia began a hunger strike on October 6, a spokesperson for the Campaign to Shut Down FIPC told the local broadcaster WSAV, per Mediazona; the Guardian says the strike was launched this week. The Guardian</description><category>GEO Group</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">immigration-detention</category><category domain="tag">hunger-strike</category><category domain="tag">private-prisons</category><category domain="tag">georgia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Detainees at the Folkston D. Ray James ICE Processing Center in southern Georgia began a hunger strike on October 6, a spokesperson for the Campaign to Shut Down FIPC told the local broadcaster WSAV, per Mediazona; the Guardian says the strike was launched this week. The Guardian</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--folkston-ga-geo-group-ice-detainees-begin-hunger-strike-at-least-73/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Loudoun Supervisors Table Data Center Grandfathering Audit 7-2 After County Warns of Up to $60M Liability; 2025 Grandfather Resolution Stays</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--loudoun-supervisors-table-data-center-grandfathering-audit-7-2-60m-liability-warning/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-06</dc:date><description>At its **October 6, 2026** business meeting, the **Loudoun County Board of Supervisors** did not end the 2025 grandfathering resolution that lets data center applications filed before the March 2025 end of by-right approval proceed under the old rules. Per Data Center Frontier (p</description><category>Loudoun County Board of Supervisors</category><category>Juli Briskman</category><category>Amazon</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">zoning</category><category domain="tag">virginia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>At its **October 6, 2026** business meeting, the **Loudoun County Board of Supervisors** did not end the 2025 grandfathering resolution that lets data center applications filed before the March 2025 end of by-right approval proceed under the old rules. Per Data Center Frontier (p</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, Juli Briskman, Amazon</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--loudoun-supervisors-table-data-center-grandfathering-audit-7-2-60m-liability-warning/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ProPublica Tallies 506 U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents, Including at Least 70 Children and Teens</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--propublica-tally-506-us-citizens-detained-by-immigration-agents-since-january-2025/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-06</dc:date><description>ProPublica's tracker, dated Oct. 6, 2026, counts 506 U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents. Its findings: at least 70 American children and teens detained, some of whom were handcuffed; 36 Americans held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their fa</description><category>ProPublica</category><category>DHS</category><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">propublica</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ProPublica's tracker, dated Oct. 6, 2026, counts 506 U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents. Its findings: at least 70 American children and teens detained, some of whom were handcuffed; 36 Americans held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their fa</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ProPublica, DHS, ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--propublica-tally-506-us-citizens-detained-by-immigration-agents-since-january-2025/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Two Sources Tell CNN ICE Leadership Verbally Told Agents to Raise Arrests by 1,000 a Day, Back to a 3,000 Daily Goal; One Source Gives 19,000 a Week</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--ice-leadership-verbal-directive-raise-arrests-1000-daily-3000-goal-19000-weekly/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-06</dc:date><description>ICE leadership told agents nationwide on Tuesday to increase immigration arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests, according to two sources familiar with the verbal directive (CNN). ICE had recently been taking around 2,000 people in</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">arrest-quotas</category><category domain="tag">election-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE leadership told agents nationwide on Tuesday to increase immigration arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests, according to two sources familiar with the verbal directive (CNN). ICE had recently been taking around 2,000 people in</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--ice-leadership-verbal-directive-raise-arrests-1000-daily-3000-goal-19000-weekly/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Welch, Min, Blumenthal and Scanlon write Kennedy and Zeldin about their reported role in the Milton and Lake pardons</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--welch-min-blumenthal-scanlon-letters-kennedy-zeldin-milton-lake-pardons/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-06</dc:date><description>Sens. Peter Welch and Richard Blumenthal and Reps. Dave Min and Mary Gay Scanlon wrote to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on October 6, 2026. Each letter opens with “We write regarding your reported role” in the pardon of Trevor Milton (Kenned</description><category>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</category><category>Lee Zeldin</category><category>Trevor Milton</category><category domain="tag">pardons</category><category domain="tag">pay-to-play-pattern</category><category domain="tag">congressional-oversight</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Sens. Peter Welch and Richard Blumenthal and Reps. Dave Min and Mary Gay Scanlon wrote to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on October 6, 2026. Each letter opens with “We write regarding your reported role” in the pardon of Trevor Milton (Kenned</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Lee Zeldin, Trevor Milton</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-06--welch-min-blumenthal-scanlon-letters-kennedy-zeldin-milton-lake-pardons/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Archbishop Rozanski, Fr. Schroeder and the Archdiocese of St. Louis Sue County Jail Officials and Federal Officials Over Clergy Access to ICE Detainees in Sainte Genevieve County</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--st-louis-archbishop-rozanski-sues-over-clergy-access-to-ice-detainees-sainte-genevieve-county-jail/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>Archbishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski of St. Louis, Fr. Christopher Schroeder and the Archdiocese filed a complaint on Monday (Oct. 5) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, *Rozanski, Schroeder and Archdiocese of St. Louis v. Stolzer et al.*, No. 1:26-cv-</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Andrew Johnson</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category>David J. Venturella</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">clergy-access</category><category domain="tag">religious-liberty</category><category domain="tag">missouri</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Archbishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski of St. Louis, Fr. Christopher Schroeder and the Archdiocese filed a complaint on Monday (Oct. 5) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, *Rozanski, Schroeder and Archdiocese of St. Louis v. Stolzer et al.*, No. 1:26-cv-</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Andrew Johnson, Markwayne Mullin, David J. Venturella</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--st-louis-archbishop-rozanski-sues-over-clergy-access-to-ice-detainees-sainte-genevieve-county-jail/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>CFTC Chair Selig Unveils Regulation CTX and CAM for Leveraged Crypto Trading After Congress Blocks Clarity Act</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--cftc-selig-unveils-regulation-ctx-cam-leveraged-crypto-exchange-framework-after-clarity-act-blocked/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>Speaking at Fordham Law's Blockchain Regulatory Symposium on October 5, CFTC Chair Michael Selig said the agency would use its existing powers to deliver a crypto market structure "with or without legislation". Bloomberg reports the Commodity Futures Trading Commission unveiled a</description><category>Michael Selig</category><category>Commodity Futures Trading Commission</category><category domain="tag">crypto</category><category domain="tag">cftc</category><category domain="tag">financial-regulation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Speaking at Fordham Law's Blockchain Regulatory Symposium on October 5, CFTC Chair Michael Selig said the agency would use its existing powers to deliver a crypto market structure "with or without legislation". Bloomberg reports the Commodity Futures Trading Commission unveiled a</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Michael Selig, Commodity Futures Trading Commission</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--cftc-selig-unveils-regulation-ctx-cam-leveraged-crypto-exchange-framework-after-clarity-act-blocked/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Announces Charges Involving 16 Aliens for Election Crimes</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--doj-announces-charges-16-aliens-election-crimes-repeats-ten-minnesota-pr-26-1133/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>The Justice Department announced charges involving 16 aliens in election cases. The release has a Minnesota section for ten defendants. DOJ's earlier Minnesota release said a grand jury indicted ten defendants separately.</description><category>Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">election-prosecutions</category><category domain="tag">noncitizen-voting</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">midterms</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Justice Department announced charges involving 16 aliens in election cases. The release has a Minnesota section for ten defendants. DOJ's earlier Minnesota release said a grand jury indicted ten defendants separately.</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--doj-announces-charges-16-aliens-election-crimes-repeats-ten-minnesota-pr-26-1133/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>FinCEN Withdraws Crypto Mixing and Self-Hosted Wallet Rule Proposals, Citing Chilling Effect on Legitimate Activity</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--fincen-withdraws-crypto-mixing-and-self-hosted-wallet-rule-proposals/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>FinCEN posted notices to the Federal Register's public inspection site on Monday withdrawing crypto rule proposals, The Block reports. One withdraws its October 2023 finding that international crypto mixing is a primary money laundering concern, citing concerns the rule could hav</description><category>U.S. Department of the Treasury</category><category domain="tag">crypto</category><category domain="tag">financial-regulation</category><category domain="tag">deregulation</category><category domain="tag">financial-surveillance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>FinCEN posted notices to the Federal Register's public inspection site on Monday withdrawing crypto rule proposals, The Block reports. One withdraws its October 2023 finding that international crypto mixing is a primary money laundering concern, citing concerns the rule could hav</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of the Treasury</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--fincen-withdraws-crypto-mixing-and-self-hosted-wallet-rule-proposals/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>GEO Group Completes $950M Sale of Its Adelanto, California ICE Facilities to DHS and Keeps Operating Them Under Its ICE Contract</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--geo-group-completes-950m-sale-of-three-adelanto-ice-facilities-to-dhs-keeps-operating-them/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>GEO Group announced the completed sale of its 1,280-bed Adelanto West ICE Processing Center, its 660-bed Adelanto East ICE Processing Center and its 704-bed Desert View Annex in Adelanto, California to the United States, through the Department of Homeland Security, for an aggrega</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>George C. Zoley</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">private-prison</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">california</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>GEO Group announced the completed sale of its 1,280-bed Adelanto West ICE Processing Center, its 660-bed Adelanto East ICE Processing Center and its 704-bed Desert View Annex in Adelanto, California to the United States, through the Department of Homeland Security, for an aggrega</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, George C. Zoley</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--geo-group-completes-950m-sale-of-three-adelanto-ice-facilities-to-dhs-keeps-operating-them/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Mother Jones Reports ICE Separated Children From Parents in the Interior and Referred Them to ORR as Unaccompanied; Interior Referrals and Stays Rose</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--mother-jones-ice-refers-children-to-orr-as-unaccompanied-interior-referrals-longer-stays/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>Samantha Michaels and Isabela Dias of Mother Jones report that ICE is picking up children in the interior and sending them to the Office of Refugee Resettlement as "unaccompanied," including children arrested alongside a parent. In the case that opens the piece, a boy the reporte</description><category>Office of Refugee Resettlement</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</category><category domain="tag">unaccompanied-children</category><category domain="tag">family-separation</category><category domain="tag">immigration-system-capture</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Samantha Michaels and Isabela Dias of Mother Jones report that ICE is picking up children in the interior and sending them to the Office of Refugee Resettlement as "unaccompanied," including children arrested alongside a parent. In the case that opens the piece, a boy the reporte</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Office of Refugee Resettlement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--mother-jones-ice-refers-children-to-orr-as-unaccompanied-interior-referrals-longer-stays/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Russian Military Court Sentences Activist Leonid Melekhin to Six Years After Failed US Asylum Bid and Return to Russia</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--russian-court-sentences-melekhin-six-years-after-failed-us-asylum-bid/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-05</dc:date><description>Mediazona reports that a military court in Yekaterinburg sentenced Perm activist Leonid Melekhin to six years in a general-regime penal colony. The trial was held entirely behind closed doors at the prosecutor's request. In the summer of 2024 Melekhin requested political asylum i</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">asylum</category><category domain="tag">immigration-detention</category><category domain="tag">deportation</category><category domain="tag">russia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Mediazona reports that a military court in Yekaterinburg sentenced Perm activist Leonid Melekhin to six years in a general-regime penal colony. The trial was held entirely behind closed doors at the prosecutor's request. In the summer of 2024 Melekhin requested political asylum i</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-05--russian-court-sentences-melekhin-six-years-after-failed-us-asylum-bid/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Confirms Intelligence Director Jay Clayton as Head of New White House AI Task Force</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-04--trump-confirms-dni-jay-clayton-head-of-white-house-super-intelligence-force-ai-czar/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-04</dc:date><description>AFP reports that President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as head of a new White House task force on artificial intelligence. The New York Times News Service had reported a day earlier, citing current and former officials, that Clayton wo</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Jay Clayton</category><category>David Sacks</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">executive-power</category><category domain="tag">intelligence-community</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>AFP reports that President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as head of a new White House task force on artificial intelligence. The New York Times News Service had reported a day earlier, citing current and former officials, that Clayton wo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Jay Clayton, David Sacks</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-04--trump-confirms-dni-jay-clayton-head-of-white-house-super-intelligence-force-ai-czar/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>NYT Reports Russia-Ukraine Talks Expanded to a ~$20B Lukoil Foreign-Assets Sale; Boehly-Led Bid Includes Two Middle Eastern Groups With Prior Kushner/Witkoff-Family Business Ties; NYT Found No Indication Either Envoy Profits Personally</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-03--nyt-reports-us-russia-ukraine-talks-expanded-to-lukoil-foreign-assets-sale-boehly-led-bid-two-unnamed-middle-eastern-groups/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-03</dc:date><description>The New York Times reported on October 3, 2026 that the Trump administration's talks with Russia over ending the war in Ukraine had expanded to include a multibillion-dollar sale of Lukoil's overseas assets, a deal involving business figures linked to envoys Steve Witkoff and Jar</description><category>Jared Kushner</category><category>Steve Witkoff</category><category>Vladimir Putin</category><category>Kirill Dmitriev</category><category>Carlyle Group</category><category domain="capture-lane">Foreign Enrichment</category><category domain="tag">ofac</category><category domain="tag">kushner</category><category domain="tag">witkoff</category><category domain="tag">investigation-4</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The New York Times reported on October 3, 2026 that the Trump administration's talks with Russia over ending the war in Ukraine had expanded to include a multibillion-dollar sale of Lukoil's overseas assets, a deal involving business figures linked to envoys Steve Witkoff and Jar</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, Vladimir Putin, Kirill Dmitriev, Carlyle Group</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Foreign Enrichment</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-03--nyt-reports-us-russia-ukraine-talks-expanded-to-lukoil-foreign-assets-sale-boehly-led-bid-two-unnamed-middle-eastern-groups/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Draft Agreement Calls Alexandria 528-Bed Family Facility ICE Detention While Its Pamphlet Says Non-Detained</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--abc-draft-iga-calls-alexandria-528-bed-family-facility-ice-alien-detention-pamphlet-says-non-detained/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-02</dc:date><description>ABC News reported on October 2, 2026 that the 528-bed facility will house families with children, unaccompanied minors, and single adult females as they await removal inside renovated former Air Force barracks at England Airpark. A communications manager for EEIDD told ABC News t</description><category>ICE</category><category>National Immigration Project</category><category domain="tag">family-detention</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ABC News reported on October 2, 2026 that the 528-bed facility will house families with children, unaccompanied minors, and single adult females as they await removal inside renovated former Air Force barracks at England Airpark. A communications manager for EEIDD told ABC News t</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE, National Immigration Project</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--abc-draft-iga-calls-alexandria-528-bed-family-facility-ice-alien-detention-pamphlet-says-non-detained/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Federal Judge Enjoins Border Wall Construction in Texas' Big Bend Sector and Stays the Big Bend Waivers</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--judge-cardone-enjoins-big-bend-border-wall-construction-waivers-stayed/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-02</dc:date><description>A written order exists. In Friends of the Ruidosa Church et al. v. Mullin et al., No. 3:26-cv-01099-KC (W.D. Tex., El Paso Division), brought by Friends of the Ruidosa Church, Danny William Miller Junior and the Center for Biological Diversity, Judge Kathleen Cardone granted a pr</description><category>Center for Biological Diversity</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category domain="tag">border-wall</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">texas</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A written order exists. In Friends of the Ruidosa Church et al. v. Mullin et al., No. 3:26-cv-01099-KC (W.D. Tex., El Paso Division), brought by Friends of the Ruidosa Church, Danny William Miller Junior and the Center for Biological Diversity, Judge Kathleen Cardone granted a pr</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Center for Biological Diversity, Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--judge-cardone-enjoins-big-bend-border-wall-construction-waivers-stayed/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Official Tells Attorney Whipple Re-Arrests Date to May as Cortez Is Released for Three Minutes</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--ice-official-tells-attorney-whipple-re-arrests-since-may-cortez-released-three-minutes/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-02</dc:date><description>Jennifer Cortez's husband was set to be released from immigration detention at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building the morning of Oct. 2. MPR News reports that Yader Cortez Andino is the third person it has spoken to who was immediately re-arrested by ICE at the Whipple bui</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">habeas</category><category domain="tag">whipple-building</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Jennifer Cortez's husband was set to be released from immigration detention at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building the morning of Oct. 2. MPR News reports that Yader Cortez Andino is the third person it has spoken to who was immediately re-arrested by ICE at the Whipple bui</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--ice-official-tells-attorney-whipple-re-arrests-since-may-cortez-released-three-minutes/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Nine Somali Men, Three of Them Minnesotans, Deported From Guantanamo to Somalia</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--nine-somali-men-including-three-minnesotans-deported-from-guantanamo-to-somalia/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-02</dc:date><description>Sahan Journal reported on October 2, 2026 that U.S. immigration authorities have deported nine Somali men from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Somalia, including three Minnesotans. Two of the Minnesotans and another man interviewed by Sahan Journal on Sept. 9 reported having work permit</description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">guantanamo</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Sahan Journal reported on October 2, 2026 that U.S. immigration authorities have deported nine Somali men from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Somalia, including three Minnesotans. Two of the Minnesotans and another man interviewed by Sahan Journal on Sept. 9 reported having work permit</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--nine-somali-men-including-three-minnesotans-deported-from-guantanamo-to-somalia/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Polling-Place FOIA Suit Winds Down: DHS Withholds a 12-Page Record in Full, ICE Sends Its Final Response, and the DNC Will Not Challenge the Searches</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--dnc-wont-challenge-polling-place-foia-searches-dhs-withholds-12-page-record/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-02</dc:date><description>On October 2, 2026, the parties filed a status report in the DNC's suit over FOIA requests concerning potential deployment of federal agents and troops to polling places, drop boxes, and election offices. In it, DHS headquarters said it would withhold the record in full under exe</description><category>Democratic National Committee</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</category><category>Beryl Howell</category><category domain="tag">foia</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">polling-places</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On October 2, 2026, the parties filed a status report in the DNC's suit over FOIA requests concerning potential deployment of federal agents and troops to polling places, drop boxes, and election offices. In it, DHS headquarters said it would withhold the record in full under exe</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Democratic National Committee, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Beryl Howell</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--dnc-wont-challenge-polling-place-foia-searches-dhs-withholds-12-page-record/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>San Antonio Mayor Backs Legal Action to Halt Conversion of East Side Warehouse Into an ICE Processing Center</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--san-antonio-mayor-ortiz-jones-backs-legal-action-to-halt-east-side-ice-warehouse/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-02</dc:date><description>The Oct. 2 statement by San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones signals an escalation in her opposition to the ICE warehouse project. She said: "I support legal action to halt all activities related to renovating the Eastside facility into a 1,500-person ICE processing center". She sa</description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">nepa</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Oct. 2 statement by San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones signals an escalation in her opposition to the ICE warehouse project. She said: "I support legal action to halt all activities related to renovating the Eastside facility into a 1,500-person ICE processing center". She sa</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-02--san-antonio-mayor-ortiz-jones-backs-legal-action-to-halt-east-side-ice-warehouse/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Brennan Center October Roundup: 22 States Enacted 47 Restrictive Voting Laws Since 2024; 32 States Enacted 61 Expansive Ones</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--brennan-center-roundup-47-restrictive-voting-laws-22-states-since-2024-61-expansive-32-states/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-01</dc:date><description>The Brennan Center published its October 2026 voting-laws roundup on October 1, 2026. Since the 2024 election, lawmakers in 22 states have enacted 47 new restrictive laws that will make it harder for eligible Americans to register, stay on the voter rolls, or vote. Lawmakers in 3</description><category>Brennan Center for Justice</category><category domain="tag">election-administration</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Brennan Center published its October 2026 voting-laws roundup on October 1, 2026. Since the 2024 election, lawmakers in 22 states have enacted 47 new restrictive laws that will make it harder for eligible Americans to register, stay on the voter rolls, or vote. Lawmakers in 3</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Brennan Center for Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--brennan-center-roundup-47-restrictive-voting-laws-22-states-since-2024-61-expansive-32-states/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Family of Renee Good Files Two Federal Lawsuits Against Trump Administration Over Fatal ICE Shooting</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--renee-good-family-files-two-federal-lawsuits-ftca-civil-rights-metro-surge/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-01</dc:date><description>The family of Renee Good, who was killed January 7 by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge, filed two civil lawsuits in Minnesota federal court. The first lawsuit names the United States as the sole defendant under the Federal Tort Claims Act, seeki</description><category>Renee Good</category><category>Jonathan Ross</category><category>Stephen Miller</category><category>Tom Homan</category><category>Kristi Noem</category><category>Greg Bovino</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement-violence</category><category domain="tag">minneapolis</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">operation-metro-surge</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The family of Renee Good, who was killed January 7 by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge, filed two civil lawsuits in Minnesota federal court. The first lawsuit names the United States as the sole defendant under the Federal Tort Claims Act, seeki</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Renee Good, Jonathan Ross, Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--renee-good-family-files-two-federal-lawsuits-ftca-civil-rights-metro-surge/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE's Lyons Tells Colorado's Secretary of State There Is 'No Reason' for ICE at Polling Places, and That HSI 'Will Continue' Investigating Voter Fraud</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--ice-acting-director-lyons-tells-colorado-no-reason-for-ice-at-polling-places-hsi-investigates-voter-fraud/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-01</dc:date><description>## What the letter says</description><category>Todd Lyons</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">hsi</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">polling-places</category><category domain="tag">foia</category><category domain="tag">colorado</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## What the letter says</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Todd Lyons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Electoral Manipulation, Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--ice-acting-director-lyons-tells-colorado-no-reason-for-ice-at-polling-places-hsi-investigates-voter-fraud/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>S.D.N.Y. Judgment Declares ICE's 2025 Courthouse Arrest Policy Arbitrary and Capricious, Vacating Its Rescission of 2021 Limits at Immigration Courts</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--sdny-strikes-down-ice-immigration-court-arrest-policy-african-communities-together-v-lyons/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-01</dc:date><description>The Southern District of New York entered judgment in African Communities Together and The Door v. Venturella et al., No. 1:25-cv-06366-PKC, declaring the 2025 ICE Courthouse Arrest Policy arbitrary and capricious, and vacating and setting aside the January 2025 Interim Guidance </description><category>David J. Venturella</category><category>ACLU</category><category domain="tag">apa-litigation</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Southern District of New York entered judgment in African Communities Together and The Door v. Venturella et al., No. 1:25-cv-06366-PKC, declaring the 2025 ICE Courthouse Arrest Policy arbitrary and capricious, and vacating and setting aside the January 2025 Interim Guidance </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> David J. Venturella, ACLU</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--sdny-strikes-down-ice-immigration-court-arrest-policy-african-communities-together-v-lyons/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha on Detention Without Bond Hearings</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--scotus-grants-review-rhoney-v-barbosa-da-cunha-mandatory-detention-no-bond/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-01</dc:date><description>The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider whether the Trump administration can detain tens of thousands of immigrants during their removal proceedings without access to bond hearings. The case is known as Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, No. 26-104, and the Court's docket re</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider whether the Trump administration can detain tens of thousands of immigrants during their removal proceedings without access to bond hearings. The case is known as Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, No. 26-104, and the Court's docket re</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--scotus-grants-review-rhoney-v-barbosa-da-cunha-mandatory-detention-no-bond/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Wayne County Overrides Executive Veto on Google Data Center Tax Break; Michigan Regulators Approve DTE Power Deal</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--wayne-county-overrides-veto-google-project-cannoli-tax-break-mpsc-approves-dte/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-10-01</dc:date><description>Wayne County, Michigan commissioners voted 13-0 to override County Executive Warren Evans' veto of a tax exemption for Google's Project Cannoli data center in Van Buren Township, a 282-acre site projected to use between 2 million and 3.6 million gallons of water per day and about</description><category>Google</category><category>DTE Energy</category><category>Michigan Public Service Commission</category><category>Dana Nessel</category><category domain="tag">data-centers</category><category domain="tag">michigan</category><category domain="tag">tax-abatement</category><category domain="tag">google</category><category domain="tag">utility-regulation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Wayne County, Michigan commissioners voted 13-0 to override County Executive Warren Evans' veto of a tax exemption for Google's Project Cannoli data center in Van Buren Township, a 282-acre site projected to use between 2 million and 3.6 million gallons of water per day and about</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Google, DTE Energy, Michigan Public Service Commission, Dana Nessel</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-01--wayne-county-overrides-veto-google-project-cannoli-tax-break-mpsc-approves-dte/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Announces Wave of 90 Election Cases in 12 Days; DHS Claims 1,600 Fraud Investigations Ahead of Midterms</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-30--doj-election-misconduct-cases-reach-90-blanche-no-pattern-save-database/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-30</dc:date><description>In a 12-day span ending September 30, DOJ announced charges against 16 individuals on September 18, four additional cases on September 24, charges and guilty pleas involving 12 more on September 28, then 10 Minnesota charges on September 30 — bringing total election-misconduct ca</description><category>DOJ</category><category>Todd Blanche</category><category>DHS</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">election-prosecutions</category><category domain="tag">noncitizen-voting</category><category domain="tag">save-database</category><category domain="tag">midterms</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In a 12-day span ending September 30, DOJ announced charges against 16 individuals on September 18, four additional cases on September 24, charges and guilty pleas involving 12 more on September 28, then 10 Minnesota charges on September 30 — bringing total election-misconduct ca</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> DOJ, Todd Blanche, DHS, Markwayne Mullin</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-30--doj-election-misconduct-cases-reach-90-blanche-no-pattern-save-database/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Georgia Judge Dismisses DOJ Voter Data Lawsuit, Trump Administration's 26th Loss</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-30--georgia-judge-calvert-dismisses-doj-voter-data-suit-26th-loss/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-30</dc:date><description>U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit Wednesday against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, ruling that Title III of the Civil Rights Act did not apply to all records, only those that are public, and did not supersede state v</description><category>DOJ</category><category>Brad Raffensperger</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">voter-data</category><category domain="tag">georgia</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit Wednesday against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, ruling that Title III of the Civil Rights Act did not apply to all records, only those that are public, and did not supersede state v</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> DOJ, Brad Raffensperger</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-30--georgia-judge-calvert-dismisses-doj-voter-data-suit-26th-loss/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Newsom Signs SB 947 No Robo Bosses Act, Barring Employer Reliance Solely on Automated Systems to Fire or Discipline</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-30--newsom-signs-sb-947-no-robo-bosses-act-human-corroboration-ai-firings/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-30</dc:date><description>Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 947, the No Robo Bosses Act, on September 30. It bars employers from relying solely on an automated decision system to discipline or fire staff, and it was one of 13 AI bills he signed that day. It takes effect on 1 July 2027, and the state labour comm</description><category>Gavin Newsom</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">labor</category><category domain="tag">california</category><category domain="tag">state-legislation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 947, the No Robo Bosses Act, on September 30. It bars employers from relying solely on an automated decision system to discipline or fire staff, and it was one of 13 AI bills he signed that day. It takes effect on 1 July 2027, and the state labour comm</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Gavin Newsom</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-30--newsom-signs-sb-947-no-robo-bosses-act-human-corroboration-ai-firings/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>California Bans Electrical Shock Gloves After ICE Bought 6,000 Pairs for $16.7 Million; DHS Says It 'Will Not Abide'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--california-bans-electrical-shock-gloves-ice-dhs-refuses-comply/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, banning law enforcement officers in the state from using electrical shock gloves — a pain-compliance device that functions like a taser at lower voltage — with the ban taking effect in 2027. ICE had p</description><category>Gavin Newsom</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">california</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, banning law enforcement officers in the state from using electrical shock gloves — a pain-compliance device that functions like a taser at lower voltage — with the ban taking effect in 2027. ICE had p</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Gavin Newsom, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--california-bans-electrical-shock-gloves-ice-dhs-refuses-comply/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Charges Garces Perez With Assaulting a Federal Officer; DHS's Official Account of the Stop and CBP One Dispute Become Public</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--doj-charges-garces-perez-dhs-account-removal-order-cbp-one/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>Wilber Rafael Garces Perez</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category><category domain="tag">texas</category><category domain="tag">accountability</category><category domain="tag">cbp-one</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--doj-charges-garces-perez-dhs-account-removal-order-cbp-one/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>FERC Accepts PJM Backstop Procurement for Filing, Suspends It Five Months to Feb. 28, 2027 and Sets a Paper Hearing on Cost Allocation, Exit Rules and Collateral</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--ferc-rejects-elements-of-pjm-backstop-procurement-plan-data-center-capacity-shortfall/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>On September 29, 2026 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued its order in PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 196 FERC ¶ 61,245, Docket Nos. ER26-3380-000 and EL26-108-000. The order says: "we accept the proposed RBP for filing, suspend it for five months, effective February 28</description><category>Laura Swett</category><category domain="tag">data-centers</category><category domain="tag">pjm</category><category domain="tag">ferc</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On September 29, 2026 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued its order in PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 196 FERC ¶ 61,245, Docket Nos. ER26-3380-000 and EL26-108-000. The order says: "we accept the proposed RBP for filing, suspend it for five months, effective February 28</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Laura Swett</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--ferc-rejects-elements-of-pjm-backstop-procurement-plan-data-center-capacity-shortfall/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Full D.C. Circuit Hears DOJ's Bid to Block Judge Boasberg's Criminal Contempt Probe Over the El Salvador Deportations; No Ruling</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--full-dc-circuit-hears-doj-bid-to-block-boasberg-contempt-probe-el-salvador-deportations/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>Courthouse News reported that the Justice Department urged the full D.C. Circuit on Tuesday to block a federal judge from continuing a criminal contempt probe regarding the government's willful noncompliance with a March 2025 order to return 137 Venezuelan migrants summarily depo</description><category>James Boasberg</category><category>Kristi Noem</category><category domain="capture-lane">Constitutional Crisis</category><category domain="tag">contempt</category><category domain="tag">alien-enemies-act</category><category domain="tag">court-defiance</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Courthouse News reported that the Justice Department urged the full D.C. Circuit on Tuesday to block a federal judge from continuing a criminal contempt probe regarding the government's willful noncompliance with a March 2025 order to return 137 Venezuelan migrants summarily depo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> James Boasberg, Kristi Noem</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Constitutional Crisis</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--full-dc-circuit-hears-doj-bid-to-block-boasberg-contempt-probe-el-salvador-deportations/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Intercept Investigation: More Than 25,000 People Deported by DHS to Third Countries Under Trump</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--intercept-25000-third-country-deportations-boeing-field/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-29</dc:date><description>An Intercept investigation published September 29, 2026 reports that "more than 25,000 people have had their lives upended" by DHS deportations to third countries — nations that are neither a deportee's country of birth nor of prior residence — under the Trump administration; the</description><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">immigration-system-capture</category><category domain="tag">third-country-deportation</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>An Intercept investigation published September 29, 2026 reports that "more than 25,000 people have had their lives upended" by DHS deportations to third countries — nations that are neither a deportee's country of birth nor of prior residence — under the Trump administration; the</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-29--intercept-25000-third-country-deportations-boeing-field/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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