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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>ICE Bodycam Rollout On Track for August, But Footage Release Left to Agency Discretion</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-11--ice-bodycam-rollout-discretionary-release-caveat/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-08-11</dc:date><description>Acting ICE Director David Venturella announced August 11, 2026 that the agency is "on track" to equip all field personnel with body cameras by the end of August, clarifying that footage will only be released when it would not compromise "investigations or privacy" — an undefined </description><category>David Venturella</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">accountability-erasure</category><category domain="tag">opacity-architecture</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Acting ICE Director David Venturella announced August 11, 2026 that the agency is "on track" to equip all field personnel with body cameras by the end of August, clarifying that footage will only be released when it would not compromise "investigations or privacy" — an undefined </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> David Venturella, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-11--ice-bodycam-rollout-discretionary-release-caveat/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Meta's 'Forge the Future' PAC Funds Florida Legislative Leaders Who Killed AI Bill of Rights, Weakened Data Center Rules</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-10--meta-forge-future-pac-buys-florida-legislative-leaders/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-10</dc:date><description>Meta established "Forge the Future Project," a Florida political action committee funding advertisements and direct contributions to Republican legislative candidates aligned with its AI and data-center interests, according to reporting by Florida legislative-beat journalist Jaso</description><category>Meta Platforms</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">meta</category><category domain="tag">florida</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Meta established "Forge the Future Project," a Florida political action committee funding advertisements and direct contributions to Republican legislative candidates aligned with its AI and data-center interests, according to reporting by Florida legislative-beat journalist Jaso</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Meta Platforms</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-10--meta-forge-future-pac-buys-florida-legislative-leaders/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Wired: DHS Pays Contractors to Photograph Deported People's Homes Abroad</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-10--dhs-privatized-bounty-hunter-network-tracks-deportees-abroad/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-10</dc:date><description>Wired reported August 10, 2026 that DHS and ICE have established a privatized surveillance apparatus extending beyond U.S. borders: contractors are paid to physically photograph the homes and workplaces of deported individuals abroad, tracking them after removal. The program is c</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">surveillance</category><category domain="tag">opacity-architecture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Wired reported August 10, 2026 that DHS and ICE have established a privatized surveillance apparatus extending beyond U.S. borders: contractors are paid to physically photograph the homes and workplaces of deported individuals abroad, tracking them after removal. The program is c</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-10--dhs-privatized-bounty-hunter-network-tracks-deportees-abroad/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>GOP Congressional Candidate Calls US Citizens Shot Dead by ICE 'Collateral Damage'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-07--cunningham-ice-us-citizens-collateral-damage/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-07</dc:date><description>Republican candidate Greg Cunningham, running for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District, told Migrant Insider on August 7, 2026 that Renee Good, 37, and Alex Pretti, 37 — two U.S. citizens shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis in January 2026 during Operation M</description><category>Renee Good</category><category>Alex Pretti</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category><category domain="tag">minneapolis</category><category domain="tag">operation-metro-surge</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Republican candidate Greg Cunningham, running for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District, told Migrant Insider on August 7, 2026 that Renee Good, 37, and Alex Pretti, 37 — two U.S. citizens shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis in January 2026 during Operation M</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Renee Good, Alex Pretti</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-07--cunningham-ice-us-citizens-collateral-damage/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Arrests 75+ U-Visa Crime Victims During Operation Metro Surge, Reversing Decades of Protection Policy</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-07--ice-arrests-75-uvisa-crime-victims-operation-metro-surge/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-07</dc:date><description>The Minnesota Reformer identified at least 75 people detained during Operation Metro Surge who held U visa status — work permits and deportation protections granted specifically to immigrants who are crime victims cooperating with law enforcement. Victims arrested include survivo</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">immigration-system-capture</category><category domain="tag">operation-metro-surge</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Minnesota Reformer identified at least 75 people detained during Operation Metro Surge who held U visa status — work permits and deportation protections granted specifically to immigrants who are crime victims cooperating with law enforcement. Victims arrested include survivo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-07--ice-arrests-75-uvisa-crime-victims-operation-metro-surge/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ACLU Suit Against DOJ National Voter Database Proceeds as 12 States Comply Voluntarily, Courts Dismiss 5 State Challenges</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-06--aclu-doj-voter-database-12-states-complied-5-suits-dismissed/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-06</dc:date><description>The ACLU and Protect Democracy's suit on behalf of Common Cause and four individual voters to block DOJ's national voter surveillance-and-purge database is proceeding toward a ruling, with new numbers clarifying the fight's scope: of all 50 states DOJ demanded confidential voter </description><category>Department of Justice</category><category>American Civil Liberties Union</category><category>Protect Democracy</category><category>Common Cause</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The ACLU and Protect Democracy's suit on behalf of Common Cause and four individual voters to block DOJ's national voter surveillance-and-purge database is proceeding toward a ruling, with new numbers clarifying the fight's scope: of all 50 states DOJ demanded confidential voter </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Protect Democracy, Common Cause</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-06--aclu-doj-voter-database-12-states-complied-5-suits-dismissed/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Advocacy Groups Rally Broome County Courthouse as 287(g) Termination Deadline Nears</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-06--broome-county-ny-287g-advocacy-rally-compliance-deadline/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-06</dc:date><description>On August 6, 2026, advocacy organizations and community members rallied outside the Broome County Courthouse urging Sheriff Fred Akshar to follow through on his July 28 agreement to comply with New York's Local Cops, Local Crimes Act and terminate the county's 287(g) ICE agreemen</description><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">new-york</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On August 6, 2026, advocacy organizations and community members rallied outside the Broome County Courthouse urging Sheriff Fred Akshar to follow through on his July 28 agreement to comply with New York's Local Cops, Local Crimes Act and terminate the county's 287(g) ICE agreemen</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-06--broome-county-ny-287g-advocacy-rally-compliance-deadline/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Federal Authorities Threaten Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt With Prosecution Over ICE Detainer Refusal</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-06--feds-threaten-hennepin-county-sheriff-witt-ice-detainer-prosecution/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-06</dc:date><description>Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt disclosed that federal authorities have issued subpoenas and threatened her with criminal prosecution over the county jail's policy of declining to hold people on civil ICE detainers absent a judicial warrant — a policy Hennepin County has mai</description><category domain="tag">immigration-system-capture</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt disclosed that federal authorities have issued subpoenas and threatened her with criminal prosecution over the county jail's policy of declining to hold people on civil ICE detainers absent a judicial warrant — a policy Hennepin County has mai</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-06--feds-threaten-hennepin-county-sheriff-witt-ice-detainer-prosecution/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Operates 42 Internal AI Tools But Disclosed Only 23; Delaney Hall Logs Third Death ICE Never Announced</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-06--ice-42-ai-tools-23-disclosed-delaney-hall-third-hidden-death/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-06</dc:date><description>DHS added 58 new immigration AI use cases in the six-month window from July 2025 to January 2026, a 36% expansion, with ICE alone adding 28 new systems and CBP adding 23. Analysis by Austin Kocher and the American Immigration Council found ICE operates 42 AI tools internally but </description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Austin Kocher</category><category>American Immigration Council</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>DHS added 58 new immigration AI use cases in the six-month window from July 2025 to January 2026, a 36% expansion, with ICE alone adding 28 new systems and CBP adding 23. Analysis by Austin Kocher and the American Immigration Council found ICE operates 42 AI tools internally but </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, Austin Kocher, American Immigration Council</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-06--ice-42-ai-tools-23-disclosed-delaney-hall-third-hidden-death/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>~1,000 Effingham County GA Residents Confront OpenAI Over $20B, 3.2GW Project Camellia Data Center</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-05--effingham-county-ga-residents-confront-openai-project-camellia/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-05</dc:date><description>OpenAI announced a 3.2 gigawatt, $20 billion data center campus in Effingham County, Georgia on July 22, 2026. Nearly 1,000 residents confronted OpenAI officials at a packed open house the next day and again at the August 5 Board of Commissioners meeting, where commissioners none</description><category>OpenAI</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">openai</category><category domain="tag">georgia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>OpenAI announced a 3.2 gigawatt, $20 billion data center campus in Effingham County, Georgia on July 22, 2026. Nearly 1,000 residents confronted OpenAI officials at a packed open house the next day and again at the August 5 Board of Commissioners meeting, where commissioners none</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> OpenAI</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-05--effingham-county-ga-residents-confront-openai-project-camellia/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Chief Judge McConnell Discloses Six Death Threats; Loomer Doxxed His Daughter After Funding-Freeze Ruling</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-05--judge-mcconnell-discloses-death-threats-loomer-doxxes-daughter/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-05</dc:date><description>Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell of Rhode Island publicly disclosed at least six credible death threats received since his 2025 ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration's federal funding freeze. Documented incidents include a pizza-doxing referencing the 2020 </description><category>John McConnell</category><category>Laura Loomer</category><category>U.S. Marshals Service</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">judicial-intimidation</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell of Rhode Island publicly disclosed at least six credible death threats received since his 2025 ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration's federal funding freeze. Documented incidents include a pizza-doxing referencing the 2020 </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> John McConnell, Laura Loomer, U.S. Marshals Service</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-05--judge-mcconnell-discloses-death-threats-loomer-doxxes-daughter/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>GAO: White House Stonewalled All DOGE Oversight Requests; Fewer Than Half of Agencies Cooperated</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-05--gao-white-house-stonewalled-doge-oversight-half-agencies-refused/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-05</dc:date><description>A GAO report (GAO-26-108403) released August 5, 2026 found the White House and federal agencies refused to fully cooperate with oversight of DOGE operations: fewer than half of agencies responded to GAO's personnel-document requests, ten missed the response deadline entirely, and</description><category>Government Accountability Office</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category><category domain="tag">doge</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A GAO report (GAO-26-108403) released August 5, 2026 found the White House and federal agencies refused to fully cooperate with oversight of DOGE operations: fewer than half of agencies responded to GAO's personnel-document requests, ten missed the response deadline entirely, and</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Government Accountability Office</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-05--gao-white-house-stonewalled-doge-oversight-half-agencies-refused/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Weighs Buying Moshannon Valley Detention Facility Outright as Clearfield County PA Contract Nears September Expiration</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-05--ice-weighs-buying-moshannon-valley-clearfield-county-contract-expires/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-05</dc:date><description>Clearfield County, Pennsylvania's intergovernmental service agreement with ICE and GEO Group for the Moshannon Valley Processing Center — the largest ICE detention facility in the Northeast, with capacity for 1,876 people — is set to expire September 28, 2026, and neither the cou</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>GEO Group</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">pennsylvania</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Clearfield County, Pennsylvania's intergovernmental service agreement with ICE and GEO Group for the Moshannon Valley Processing Center — the largest ICE detention facility in the Northeast, with capacity for 1,876 people — is set to expire September 28, 2026, and neither the cou</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, GEO Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-05--ice-weighs-buying-moshannon-valley-clearfield-county-contract-expires/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Mother Jones Documents ICE Undercounting In-Custody Deaths, Profiles Trejo Ricano at Stewart Detention</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-05--mother-jones-ice-death-undercount-stewart-detention-trejo-ricano/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-05</dc:date><description>Mother Jones reported August 2026 that ICE's official death count significantly understates actual in-custody mortality, profiling Prisciliano Trejo Ricano, 29, who was held at Georgia's GEO Group-operated Stewart Detention Center and described being treated "like a number or a p</description><category>GEO Group</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">deaths-in-custody</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">accountability-erasure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Mother Jones reported August 2026 that ICE's official death count significantly understates actual in-custody mortality, profiling Prisciliano Trejo Ricano, 29, who was held at Georgia's GEO Group-operated Stewart Detention Center and described being treated "like a number or a p</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-05--mother-jones-ice-death-undercount-stewart-detention-trejo-ricano/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>CoreCivic Signs $536M, 5-Year Contract to Reopen Appleton MN's Prairie Correctional as 1,600-Bed ICE Facility</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-04--corecivic-536m-contract-reopen-appleton-mn-prairie-correctional/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-04</dc:date><description>ICE and CoreCivic signed a 5-year, $536 million contract to reopen the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Swift County, Minnesota — a private prison that has sat closed since 2010 — as the state's first dedicated immigrant detention center. The facility will hold 1,600 be</description><category>CoreCivic</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">corecivic</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE and CoreCivic signed a 5-year, $536 million contract to reopen the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Swift County, Minnesota — a private prison that has sat closed since 2010 — as the state's first dedicated immigrant detention center. The facility will hold 1,600 be</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> CoreCivic, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-04--corecivic-536m-contract-reopen-appleton-mn-prairie-correctional/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Obtained Court Orders to Force-Feed 18 Hunger-Striking Detainees Across Four Federal Districts</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-04--ice-obtains-court-orders-force-feed-18-hunger-strikers/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-04</dc:date><description>Between January 2025 and August 2026, ICE obtained court orders authorizing forced medical treatment of 18 hunger-striking detainees across at least four federal districts, according to an investigation. Federal prosecutors and ICE officials secured these orders in emergency proc</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Between January 2025 and August 2026, ICE obtained court orders authorizing forced medical treatment of 18 hunger-striking detainees across at least four federal districts, according to an investigation. Federal prosecutors and ICE officials secured these orders in emergency proc</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-04--ice-obtains-court-orders-force-feed-18-hunger-strikers/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Senate Judiciary Advances Blanche AG Nomination 12-10 as Catalog Documents 200+ Instances of DOJ 'Presumption of Regularity' Collapse</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-04--senate-judiciary-advances-blanche-ag-nomination-doj-regularity-catalog/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-04</dc:date><description>The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines on August 4, 2026 to advance Todd Blanche's nomination as Attorney General, clearing the path for a floor vote. Blanche — Trump's former personal criminal-defense attorney, acting AG since Trump fired Pamela Bondi on Ap</description><category>Todd Blanche</category><category>Senate Judiciary Committee</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">doj-capture</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines on August 4, 2026 to advance Todd Blanche's nomination as Attorney General, clearing the path for a floor vote. Blanche — Trump's former personal criminal-defense attorney, acting AG since Trump fired Pamela Bondi on Ap</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Todd Blanche, Senate Judiciary Committee</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-04--senate-judiciary-advances-blanche-ag-nomination-doj-regularity-catalog/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Gov. Abbott Freezes Texas Data Center Grid Connections, Orders ERCOT/PUCT Audit</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-03--abbott-freezes-texas-data-center-grid-connections-ercot-audit/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-03</dc:date><description>Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas and ERCOT on August 3, 2026 to audit every data center in the grid interconnection queue before approving new connections, immediately freezing large-load tie-ins statewide. ERCOT suspended its "Batch Zero Large Loa</description><category>Greg Abbott</category><category>ERCOT</category><category>Public Utility Commission of Texas</category><category>Meta Platforms</category><category>Google</category><category>Microsoft</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">texas</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas and ERCOT on August 3, 2026 to audit every data center in the grid interconnection queue before approving new connections, immediately freezing large-load tie-ins statewide. ERCOT suspended its "Batch Zero Large Loa</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Greg Abbott, ERCOT, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Meta Platforms, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, xAI</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-03--abbott-freezes-texas-data-center-grid-connections-ercot-audit/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>NYPD Used High-Tech Surveillance Tools to Identify Columbia Gaza Paint-Splatter Protester, Documents Show</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-03--nypd-surveillance-identifies-columbia-gaza-paint-protester/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-03</dc:date><description>Documents obtained by The Intercept, published August 3, 2026, show the NYPD deployed advanced surveillance capabilities to identify a student protester who splattered paint near Columbia University during a pro-Palestine demonstration highlighting the university's ties to the Is</description><category>The Intercept</category><category>Columbia University</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">facial-recognition</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Documents obtained by The Intercept, published August 3, 2026, show the NYPD deployed advanced surveillance capabilities to identify a student protester who splattered paint near Columbia University during a pro-Palestine demonstration highlighting the university's ties to the Is</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> The Intercept, Columbia University</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-03--nypd-surveillance-identifies-columbia-gaza-paint-protester/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>SCOTUS Sets August 3 Response Deadline on Trump's Emergency Mail-Ballot Appeal as Midterms Near</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-03--scotus-sets-response-deadline-trump-mail-ballot-emergency-appeal/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-03</dc:date><description>The Supreme Court ordered states challenging Trump's mail-voting executive order to file their response to the administration's emergency shadow-docket application by August 3, 2026, with a ruling expected imminently as the November midterms approach. The underlying order — issue</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>United States Postal Service</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">voting-rights</category><category domain="tag">shadow-docket</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Supreme Court ordered states challenging Trump's mail-voting executive order to file their response to the administration's emergency shadow-docket application by August 3, 2026, with a ruling expected imminently as the November midterms approach. The underlying order — issue</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Postal Service</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-03--scotus-sets-response-deadline-trump-mail-ballot-emergency-appeal/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Sets Second-Term Monthly Record: 46,000 Detained in July 2026 as In-Custody Deaths Reach 24+</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-02--ice-july-2026-record-46000-detentions-24-custody-deaths/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-02</dc:date><description>ICE detained more than 46,000 people in July 2026 — the highest single-month total of the Trump second term — as Enforcement and Removal Operations widened its target set across visa overstays and illegal entry. ICE in-custody deaths reached at least 24 for 2026, including 41-yea</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE detained more than 46,000 people in July 2026 — the highest single-month total of the Trump second term — as Enforcement and Removal Operations widened its target set across visa overstays and illegal entry. ICE in-custody deaths reached at least 24 for 2026, including 41-yea</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-02--ice-july-2026-record-46000-detentions-24-custody-deaths/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Edwin Lopez-Cornejo Dies at Delaney Hall After Medication Denial, 23rd ICE Custody Death of 2026, Second at GEO's $1.2B NJ Facility</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-01--edwin-lopez-cornejo-dies-delaney-hall-second-death-geo-1-2b-contract/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-01</dc:date><description>Edwin Giovanni Lopez-Cornejo, a 41-year-old man from El Salvador, died on August 1, 2026, in ICE custody at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey, after being denied his epilepsy and diabetes medication. He is the 23rd person to die in ICE custody in 2026 and </description><category>GEO Group</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>House Judiciary Committee</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">medical-neglect</category><category domain="tag">delaney-hall</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Edwin Giovanni Lopez-Cornejo, a 41-year-old man from El Salvador, died on August 1, 2026, in ICE custody at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey, after being denied his epilepsy and diabetes medication. He is the 23rd person to die in ICE custody in 2026 and </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), House Judiciary Committee</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-01--edwin-lopez-cornejo-dies-delaney-hall-second-death-geo-1-2b-contract/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Electronic Monitoring Triples to 54,000 Immigrants; GEO Group Projects Growth to 450,000</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-01--ice-ankle-monitor-surge-54000-geo-group-isap-profits/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-01</dc:date><description>ICE's ISAP ankle-monitor program has tripled from roughly 17,000 to 54,000 GPS-monitored immigrants, following a June 2025 directive mandating ankle monitors "whenever possible" for all adult participants in ICE's Alternatives to Detention program. GEO Group, the program's sole o</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>GEO Group</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE's ISAP ankle-monitor program has tripled from roughly 17,000 to 54,000 GPS-monitored immigrants, following a June 2025 directive mandating ankle monitors "whenever possible" for all adult participants in ICE's Alternatives to Detention program. GEO Group, the program's sole o</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, GEO Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-01--ice-ankle-monitor-surge-54000-geo-group-isap-profits/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Clark County, IN Residents Demand Oversight of $3M Jail-ICE Detention Contract</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-31--clark-county-in-jail-ice-3m-oversight-demand/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-31</dc:date><description>Advocacy group Do Something Southern Indiana appeared at the July 31, 2026 Clark County Commissioners meeting demanding review of the county jail's ICE detention agreement, which has generated nearly $3 million across 783 detainees since April 2025. Residents raised concerns abou</description><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">igsa</category><category domain="tag">indiana</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Advocacy group Do Something Southern Indiana appeared at the July 31, 2026 Clark County Commissioners meeting demanding review of the county jail's ICE detention agreement, which has generated nearly $3 million across 783 detainees since April 2025. Residents raised concerns abou</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-31--clark-county-in-jail-ice-3m-oversight-demand/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Kalshi Launches Prediction Market Letting Traders Bet on ICE's Daily Arrest Count</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-31--kalshi-launches-ice-daily-arrest-count-betting-market/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-31</dc:date><description>Kalshi built a prediction market letting traders wager on ICE's daily arrest count, structured as a zero-to-100,000-arrest range priced in pennies that traders can bet on one day at a time — disclosed in a federal filing that included confidential appendices the public never saw.</description><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Kalshi built a prediction market letting traders wager on ICE's daily arrest count, structured as a zero-to-100,000-arrest range priced in pennies that traders can bet on one day at a time — disclosed in a federal filing that included confidential appendices the public never saw.</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-31--kalshi-launches-ice-daily-arrest-count-betting-market/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>9th Circuit Rejects Trump Administration's Mandatory Detention Expansion, Deepening 4-2 Circuit Split Toward Likely SCOTUS Review</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-30--ninth-circuit-rejects-mandatory-detention-deepens-circuit-split/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-30</dc:date><description>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 2-1 on July 30 that immigrants must receive bond hearings, rejecting the Trump administration's expansion of mandatory no-bond detention — with a Trump-appointed judge joining the majority. The ruling deepens a circuit split n</description><category>Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">immigration-detention</category><category domain="tag">due-process</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 2-1 on July 30 that immigrants must receive bond hearings, rejecting the Trump administration's expansion of mandatory no-bond detention — with a Trump-appointed judge joining the majority. The ruling deepens a circuit split n</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-30--ninth-circuit-rejects-mandatory-detention-deepens-circuit-split/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Widens Airport Arrests to Legally-Present Migrants Using TSA Checkpoint Database Matching, No Warrants</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-30--ice-widens-airport-arrests-legally-present-migrants-tsa-checkpoint/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-30</dc:date><description>ICE, working with TSA at airport check-in counters and gates, has arrested at least 27 people in nine states who entered the US legally — spouses of Americans, asylum applicants, pending green-card holders, tech workers — using database name-matches at travel chokepoints rather t</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Transportation Security Administration</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">due-process</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE, working with TSA at airport check-in counters and gates, has arrested at least 27 people in nine states who entered the US legally — spouses of Americans, asylum applicants, pending green-card holders, tech workers — using database name-matches at travel chokepoints rather t</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Transportation Security Administration</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-30--ice-widens-airport-arrests-legally-present-migrants-tsa-checkpoint/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Mother Jones Investigation: Anti-ICE Protesters Prosecuted as Antifa Under Trump's Terrorism Framework</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-30--mother-jones-anti-ice-protesters-charged-as-antifa/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-30</dc:date><description>A Mother Jones investigation published July 30, 2026 documents how anti-ICE protesters are being swept into the Trump administration's antifa prosecution campaign, facing federal charges that carry enhanced terrorism penalties. The reporting traces the machinery now being applied</description><category>Mother Jones</category><category>Federal Bureau of Investigation</category><category>Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">domestic-terrorism-framework</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A Mother Jones investigation published July 30, 2026 documents how anti-ICE protesters are being swept into the Trump administration's antifa prosecution campaign, facing federal charges that carry enhanced terrorism penalties. The reporting traces the machinery now being applied</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Mother Jones, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-30--mother-jones-anti-ice-protesters-charged-as-antifa/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>New York AG Orders 12 Jurisdictions to Terminate ICE 287(g) Agreements by August 25; Madison County Sheriff Publicly Defies</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-30--ny-ag-orders-287g-termination-madison-county-defies/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-30</dc:date><description>New York's Attorney General's Office of Immigrant Trust sent formal termination letters to 12 local law enforcement agencies under the "Local Cops, Local Crimes Act" (signed May 2026), ordering full termination of 287(g) ICE agreements by August 25. Broome County announced compli</description><category domain="tag">state-federal-conflict</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">new-york</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>New York's Attorney General's Office of Immigrant Trust sent formal termination letters to 12 local law enforcement agencies under the "Local Cops, Local Crimes Act" (signed May 2026), ordering full termination of 287(g) ICE agreements by August 25. Broome County announced compli</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-30--ny-ag-orders-287g-termination-madison-county-defies/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Data Centers Emerge as Wedge Issue in Michigan's 2026 Democratic Primary, Traverse City Resistance Grows</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-29--michigan-data-centers-divide-democratic-primary-el-sayed-stevens/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-29</dc:date><description>Drop Site News, reporting with Barn Raiser, documented July 29, 2026 that hyperscale data-center siting has become a wedge issue inside Michigan's 2026 Democratic primary. A resistance movement opposing warehouse-scale data-center development has grown in Traverse City as rural M</description><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">electoral-politics</category><category domain="tag">community-resistance</category><category domain="tag">michigan</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Drop Site News, reporting with Barn Raiser, documented July 29, 2026 that hyperscale data-center siting has become a wedge issue inside Michigan's 2026 Democratic primary. A resistance movement opposing warehouse-scale data-center development has grown in Traverse City as rural M</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-29--michigan-data-centers-divide-democratic-primary-el-sayed-stevens/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DeSoto County, FL Commissioners Approve One-Year Data Center Moratorium, Preserving Carve-Out for 800-Acre Project</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-29--desoto-county-fl-moratorium-approved-loophole-preserved/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-29</dc:date><description>DeSoto County, Florida commissioners voted July 29, 2026 to formally approve the one-year data center moratorium the board had directed staff to draft on June 25 ([[2026-06-25--desoto-county-fl-data-center-moratorium-dcip-carve-out]]). The final ordinance preserves the carve-out </description><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">community-resistance</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">datacenter</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>DeSoto County, Florida commissioners voted July 29, 2026 to formally approve the one-year data center moratorium the board had directed staff to draft on June 25 ([[2026-06-25--desoto-county-fl-data-center-moratorium-dcip-carve-out]]). The final ordinance preserves the carve-out </p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-29--desoto-county-fl-moratorium-approved-loophole-preserved/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>GEO Group Signs 5-Year, $80M/Year ICE Contract for Rivers Correctional in Hertford County, NC, Over Governor Stein's Objection</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-29--geo-group-signs-5yr-80m-rivers-correctional-contract-hertford-nc/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-29</dc:date><description>GEO Group confirmed a signed 5-year contract giving ICE exclusive access to the shuttered Rivers Correctional Institution in Winton, Hertford County, North Carolina — one of the largest ICE detention facilities planned on the East Coast, at 1,400 beds. The contract is projected t</description><category>GEO Group</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">north-carolina</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>GEO Group confirmed a signed 5-year contract giving ICE exclusive access to the shuttered Rivers Correctional Institution in Winton, Hertford County, North Carolina — one of the largest ICE detention facilities planned on the East Coast, at 1,400 beds. The contract is projected t</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-29--geo-group-signs-5yr-80m-rivers-correctional-contract-hertford-nc/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Adds 5,500 Beds Toward 100,000-Person Detention Goal as June 2026 Arrests Hit Record 43,000</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-29--ice-100k-bed-push-june-arrests-record-43000/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-29</dc:date><description>ICE announced four new detention centers adding 5,500 beds as it races toward a stated 100,000-person capacity target. June 2026 arrests topped 43,000 — the highest monthly total of the second Trump administration — with 65,765 people held in detention as of July 11, at a pace of</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">ice-expansion</category><category domain="tag">enforcement-statistics</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE announced four new detention centers adding 5,500 beds as it races toward a stated 100,000-person capacity target. June 2026 arrests topped 43,000 — the highest monthly total of the second Trump administration — with 65,765 people held in detention as of July 11, at a pace of</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-29--ice-100k-bed-push-june-arrests-record-43000/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Posts Emergency SAM.gov Solicitation for 5,500 Detention Beds Across Seattle, Denver, Philadelphia, Miami — Courts Embedded On-Site</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-29--ice-issues-emergency-solicitation-5500-beds-four-cities/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-29</dc:date><description>ICE published a solicitation on July 29 seeking contractors to stand up turnkey detention facilities near Seattle (1,500 beds), Denver (1,500), the Philadelphia field-office area (1,800), and Miami (700) — all required to be operational within 30 days of contract award. Each faci</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category><category domain="tag">ice-expansion</category><category domain="tag">due-process</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE published a solicitation on July 29 seeking contractors to stand up turnkey detention facilities near Seattle (1,500 beds), Denver (1,500), the Philadelphia field-office area (1,800), and Miami (700) — all required to be operational within 30 days of contract award. Each faci</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-29--ice-issues-emergency-solicitation-5500-beds-four-cities/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump and DOJ Jointly Petition SCOTUS to Vacate $83M Carroll Verdict, Substitute Government as Defendant</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-29--doj-trump-scotus-carroll-83m-verdict-executive-substitution/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-29</dc:date><description>President Trump and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a joint petition on July 28-29, 2026 asking the Supreme Court to vacate E. Jean Carroll's $83 million defamation verdict and substitute the federal government as the defendant in Trump's place. The move deploys DOJ — the ex</description><category>E. Jean Carroll</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">supreme-court</category><category domain="tag">executive-power</category><category domain="tag">accountability</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>President Trump and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a joint petition on July 28-29, 2026 asking the Supreme Court to vacate E. Jean Carroll's $83 million defamation verdict and substitute the federal government as the defendant in Trump's place. The move deploys DOJ — the ex</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> E. Jean Carroll, Donald Trump, U.S. Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-29--doj-trump-scotus-carroll-83m-verdict-executive-substitution/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Augusta Township, MI Voters Overturn Thor Equities $1B Data Center Rezoning 89.5%-10.4%</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-28--augusta-township-mi-referendum-thor-equities-data-center/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-28</dc:date><description>Residents of Augusta Township (Washtenaw County, MI) organized a successful referendum petition against the township board's approval of agricultural-to-industrial rezoning for Thor Equities' proposed $1B, 800-acre data center near Milan. The Planning Commission had recommended d</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Residents of Augusta Township (Washtenaw County, MI) organized a successful referendum petition against the township board's approval of agricultural-to-industrial rezoning for Thor Equities' proposed $1B, 800-acre data center near Milan. The Planning Commission had recommended d</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-28--augusta-township-mi-referendum-thor-equities-data-center/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Columbia County GA Approves Google Data Centers, Sends Property-Tax-Relief Plan to November Referendum</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-28--columbia-county-ga-google-datacenter-tax-relief-referendum/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-28</dc:date><description>Columbia County, Georgia commissioners voted to approve Google's White Oak and Pumpkin Center data-center complexes — 33 buildings across roughly 3,500 acres near Harlem and Appling — while denying a third proposed site at Byrd Farm. As part of the approval, Google committed to c</description><category>Google</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">datacenter</category><category domain="tag">georgia</category><category domain="tag">fiscal-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Columbia County, Georgia commissioners voted to approve Google's White Oak and Pumpkin Center data-center complexes — 33 buildings across roughly 3,500 acres near Harlem and Appling — while denying a third proposed site at Byrd Farm. As part of the approval, Google committed to c</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Google</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-28--columbia-county-ga-google-datacenter-tax-relief-referendum/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Montgomery County MD Council Unanimously Passes 18-Month Data Center Moratorium, 25 MW Cap Into Law</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-28--montgomery-county-md-final-vote-18month-datacenter-moratorium/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-28</dc:date><description>Montgomery County, Maryland's 11-member County Council voted 11-0 on July 28, 2026 to enact an 18-month moratorium on new data center permits and pass Expedited Bill 19-26 / zoning text amendment ZTA 26-01, barring any future data center larger than 25 megawatts county-wide. The </description><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">maryland</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Montgomery County, Maryland's 11-member County Council voted 11-0 on July 28, 2026 to enact an 18-month moratorium on new data center permits and pass Expedited Bill 19-26 / zoning text amendment ZTA 26-01, barring any future data center larger than 25 megawatts county-wide. The </p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-28--montgomery-county-md-final-vote-18month-datacenter-moratorium/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ProPublica: Federal Judges Nationwide Chastise DOJ Lawyers for 'Unlawful,' 'Unethical' Conduct as Presumption of Regularity Erodes</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-28--propublica-federal-judges-chastise-doj-presumption-regularity-eroding/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-28</dc:date><description>A ProPublica investigation published July 28, 2026 documents a nationwide pattern: federal judges — appointees of both parties, including Trump appointees — have repeatedly called out DOJ attorneys for "unlawful," "unethical," and "unseemly" conduct in courtrooms spanning D.C., R</description><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A ProPublica investigation published July 28, 2026 documents a nationwide pattern: federal judges — appointees of both parties, including Trump appointees — have repeatedly called out DOJ attorneys for "unlawful," "unethical," and "unseemly" conduct in courtrooms spanning D.C., R</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-28--propublica-federal-judges-chastise-doj-presumption-regularity-eroding/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Researcher Austin Kocher: Over 600,000 People Booked Into ICE Detention Since Trump II Began</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-28--kocher-600k-ice-detention-bookings-since-january-2025/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-28</dc:date><description>Independent researcher Austin Kocher — the primary quantitative beat source tracking ICE detention data — published an analysis July 28, 2026 documenting that ICE has booked over 600,000 people into detention facilities since Trump took office in January 2025, based on data ICE r</description><category>Austin Kocher</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Independent researcher Austin Kocher — the primary quantitative beat source tracking ICE detention data — published an analysis July 28, 2026 documenting that ICE has booked over 600,000 people into detention facilities since Trump took office in January 2025, based on data ICE r</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Austin Kocher, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-28--kocher-600k-ice-detention-bookings-since-january-2025/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Administration Races to SCOTUS Shadow Docket for Mail-Ballot Restrictions After First Circuit Upholds Block</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-28--trump-races-scotus-shadow-docket-mail-ballot-restrictions/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-28</dc:date><description>The First Circuit upheld a block on Trump's executive order directing USPS to compile voter eligibility lists and restrict mail-in ballot delivery, ruling the order would "sow confusion," threaten disenfranchisement, and encroach on constitutional election authority reserved to s</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>United States Postal Service</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">voting-rights</category><category domain="tag">shadow-docket</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The First Circuit upheld a block on Trump's executive order directing USPS to compile voter eligibility lists and restrict mail-in ballot delivery, ruling the order would "sow confusion," threaten disenfranchisement, and encroach on constitutional election authority reserved to s</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, United States Postal Service</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-28--trump-races-scotus-shadow-docket-mail-ballot-restrictions/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Congress Quietly Eliminated ICE Biweekly Detention Data Mandate — New Analysis Finds 16% Undercount</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-27--ice-detention-reporting-mandate-eliminated-16-percent-undercount/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-27</dc:date><description>ICE released detention data on July 20 for the first time in more than 90 days, showing 65,765 people in custody — but the release was voluntary: the latest appropriations bill quietly removed the 2018 congressional mandate requiring biweekly updates. Research by Austin Kocher an</description><category>ICE</category><category>Austin Kocher</category><category>CoreCivic</category><category domain="tag">transparency-erosion</category><category domain="tag">accountability-failure</category><category domain="tag">data-manipulation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE released detention data on July 20 for the first time in more than 90 days, showing 65,765 people in custody — but the release was voluntary: the latest appropriations bill quietly removed the 2018 congressional mandate requiring biweekly updates. Research by Austin Kocher an</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE, Austin Kocher, CoreCivic</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-27--ice-detention-reporting-mandate-eliminated-16-percent-undercount/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>EU AI Act Omnibus Enters Force, Delays High-Risk AI Deadline to December 2027</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-27--eu-ai-omnibus-delays-high-risk-ai-deadline-to-december-2027/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-27</dc:date><description>Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, the AI Act Omnibus, entered force July 27, 2026, granting a 16-month industry reprieve on the EU AI Act's high-risk provisions: obligations for employment, credit, law enforcement, and critical-infrastructure AI systems move from an August 2, 2026 bindi</description><category>European Union</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, the AI Act Omnibus, entered force July 27, 2026, granting a 16-month industry reprieve on the EU AI Act's high-risk provisions: obligations for employment, credit, law enforcement, and critical-infrastructure AI systems move from an August 2, 2026 bindi</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> European Union</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-27--eu-ai-omnibus-delays-high-risk-ai-deadline-to-december-2027/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Gordie Howe International Bridge Opens After Toll-Revenue Settlement Resolves Trump Threat</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-27--gordie-howe-bridge-opens-toll-revenue-settlement/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-27</dc:date><description>## Opening paragraph</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="capture-lane">Systematic Corruption</category><category domain="capture-lane">Corporate Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Financial Capture</category><category domain="tag">infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">canada</category><category domain="tag">pay-to-play</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening paragraph</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Systematic Corruption, Corporate Capture, Financial Capture</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-27--gordie-howe-bridge-opens-toll-revenue-settlement/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Extends No-Bid Amentum Contract for Camp East Montana Through 2027 at $776M Additional Cost, Over HRW/ACLU Abuse Findings</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-27--ice-extends-amentum-no-bid-776m-camp-east-montana/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-07-27</dc:date><description>ICE announced July 27, 2026 that it is extending its no-bid, sole-source contract with Virginia-based Amentum for Camp East Montana — the largest ICE detention facility in the country, sited at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas — through September 30, 2027, at a potential additional c</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category><category domain="tag">camp-east-montana</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE announced July 27, 2026 that it is extending its no-bid, sole-source contract with Virginia-based Amentum for Camp East Montana — the largest ICE detention facility in the country, sited at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas — through September 30, 2027, at a potential additional c</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-27--ice-extends-amentum-no-bid-776m-camp-east-montana/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>EU AI Act Full Enforcement Begins August 2 — Facial Recognition Bans, High-Risk AI Rules Binding</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-25--eu-ai-act-full-enforcement-facial-recognition-bans/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-25</dc:date><description>**Correction (2026-08-06):** the high-risk AI system obligations described below did NOT take binding effect as scheduled. Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, the "AI Act Omnibus," entered force July 27, 2026 and pushed the high-risk deadline (employment, credit, law enforcement, critical</description><category>European Union</category><category>Clearview AI</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">biometric-surveillance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>**Correction (2026-08-06):** the high-risk AI system obligations described below did NOT take binding effect as scheduled. Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, the "AI Act Omnibus," entered force July 27, 2026 and pushed the high-risk deadline (employment, credit, law enforcement, critical</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> European Union, Clearview AI</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-25--eu-ai-act-full-enforcement-facial-recognition-bans/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Escambia County FL Commissioners Vote 5-0 That Data Centers 'Not Permitted' Under Land Code</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-24--escambia-county-fl-data-centers-not-permitted-vote/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-24</dc:date><description>Escambia County, FL commissioners voted unanimously 5-0 to adopt a resolution declaring data centers "are not permitted under the county's land development code and are not appropriate development in the county," with a formal ordinance codifying the ban scheduled for a public he</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Escambia County, FL commissioners voted unanimously 5-0 to adopt a resolution declaring data centers "are not permitted under the county's land development code and are not appropriate development in the county," with a formal ordinance codifying the ban scheduled for a public he</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-24--escambia-county-fl-data-centers-not-permitted-vote/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Plans 1,400-Bed Detention Center at Shuttered Rivers Correctional in Hertford County, NC</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-24--ice-plans-1400-bed-rivers-correctional-hertford-nc/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-24</dc:date><description>Internal ICE documents obtained by the New York Times show the agency plans to reopen GEO Group's shuttered Rivers Correctional Institution in Hertford County, NC by the end of 2026 — North Carolina's first dedicated ICE detention facility and one of the largest planned on the Ea</description><category>ICE</category><category>GEO Group</category><category domain="tag">detention-expansion</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Internal ICE documents obtained by the New York Times show the agency plans to reopen GEO Group's shuttered Rivers Correctional Institution in Hertford County, NC by the end of 2026 — North Carolina's first dedicated ICE detention facility and one of the largest planned on the Ea</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE, GEO Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-24--ice-plans-1400-bed-rivers-correctional-hertford-nc/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Nun Detained by ICE While Walking to Daily Mass in Texas — Speaks Out for First Time</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-24--nun-detained-ice-walking-to-mass-texas/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-24</dc:date><description>A Catholic nun spoke publicly for the first time about being detained by ICE while walking to daily Mass at her parish in Texas — she is a lawful permanent resident with a valid green card. The account details a multi-hour detention, demands for documents she did not have on her </description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">religious-liberty</category><category domain="tag">wrongful-detention</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A Catholic nun spoke publicly for the first time about being detained by ICE while walking to daily Mass at her parish in Texas — she is a lawful permanent resident with a valid green card. The account details a multi-hour detention, demands for documents she did not have on her </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-24--nun-detained-ice-walking-to-mass-texas/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Police Experts Flag ICE Agent Vetting Failures as Agency Doubles Force Under OBBB Hiring Push</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-24--ice-agent-vetting-failures-obbb-doubled-force/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-24</dc:date><description>Documented (NY) reports that law enforcement quality experts are raising alarms about ICE's accelerated hiring vetting process as the agency doubled its agent corps from roughly 10,000 to 22,000 under One Big Beautiful Bill mandates ([[2026-07-04--dhs-obbb-year-one-165b-doubled-i</description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">accountability-failure</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Documented (NY) reports that law enforcement quality experts are raising alarms about ICE's accelerated hiring vetting process as the agency doubled its agent corps from roughly 10,000 to 22,000 under One Big Beautiful Bill mandates ([[2026-07-04--dhs-obbb-year-one-165b-doubled-i</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-24--ice-agent-vetting-failures-obbb-doubled-force/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>The Intercept Documents Four ICE Deaths in One Week; Hearing Contradicts DHS Account of Salgado Araujo Shooting</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-24--intercept-four-ice-deaths-week-salgado-araujo-hearing/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-24</dc:date><description>The Intercept synthesized four ICE-related deaths in a single week as evidence the agency has evolved into an unaccountable paramilitary force, centering the case of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo — shot while driving a Houston construction crew to a job site ([[2026-07-07--ice-kills-lor</description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">ice-violence</category><category domain="tag">accountability-failure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Intercept synthesized four ICE-related deaths in a single week as evidence the agency has evolved into an unaccountable paramilitary force, centering the case of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo — shot while driving a Houston construction crew to a job site ([[2026-07-07--ice-kills-lor</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-24--intercept-four-ice-deaths-week-salgado-araujo-hearing/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ACLU Data-Driven Report Finds ICE 'Too Broken to Be Fixed' Across Eight States in 2025</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-23--aclu-agents-of-chaos-and-cruelty-ice-too-broken/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-23</dc:date><description>The ACLU released "Agents of Chaos and Cruelty," a data-driven civil rights review of immigration enforcement across eight states in 2025. The report finds ICE so systemically broken — in documentation practices, use-of-force accountability, and detainee care — that the ACLU is c</description><category>American Civil Liberties Union</category><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">accountability-failure</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The ACLU released "Agents of Chaos and Cruelty," a data-driven civil rights review of immigration enforcement across eight states in 2025. The report finds ICE so systemically broken — in documentation practices, use-of-force accountability, and detainee care — that the ACLU is c</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> American Civil Liberties Union, ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-23--aclu-agents-of-chaos-and-cruelty-ice-too-broken/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Nears 600,000 Deportations as July Sets New Daily Arrest Record</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-23--ice-nears-600k-deportations-july-arrest-record/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-23</dc:date><description>ICE is approaching 600,000 cumulative deportations since January 2025, with July 2026 arrests averaging 1,593 per day — surpassing June's record of 43,000 monthly arrests, itself the highest single-month total in the agency's 23-year history. As of July 11, ICE held 65,765 people</description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">detention-expansion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE is approaching 600,000 cumulative deportations since January 2025, with July 2026 arrests averaging 1,593 per day — surpassing June's record of 43,000 monthly arrests, itself the highest single-month total in the agency's 23-year history. As of July 11, ICE held 65,765 people</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-23--ice-nears-600k-deportations-july-arrest-record/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Seven Senate Democrats Kill CLARITY Act Over Trump Crypto Ethics Loopholes — August Recess Deadline Missed</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-23--clarity-act-ethics-provision-collapse-wlf-loophole/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-23</dc:date><description>Senate Republicans released a CLARITY Act revision on July 22 containing the bill's first ethics language — but enforcement rests solely with Trump's own DOJ, World Liberty Financial's token-fee revenue is left untouched, and the provision expires when Trump leaves office. Seven </description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>World Liberty Financial</category><category>Senate Democrats</category><category>John Thune</category><category domain="tag">crypto-finance</category><category domain="tag">executive-self-dealing</category><category domain="tag">legislative-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Senate Republicans released a CLARITY Act revision on July 22 containing the bill's first ethics language — but enforcement rests solely with Trump's own DOJ, World Liberty Financial's token-fee revenue is left untouched, and the provision expires when Trump leaves office. Seven </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, World Liberty Financial, Senate Democrats, John Thune</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-23--clarity-act-ethics-provision-collapse-wlf-loophole/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Together Colorado Sues Town of Hudson Over GEO Group's Big Horn ICE Detention Facility Zoning</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-23--weld-hudson-county-co-geo-big-horn-zoning-lawsuit/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-23</dc:date><description>Faith nonprofit Together Colorado filed suit July 23, 2026 in Weld County District Court against the Town of Hudson, challenging the 2,700-bed GEO Group "Big Horn" ICE detention facility as not a permitted use under Hudson's Land Development Code — no special use permit was ever </description><category>GEO Group</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">local-democratic-bypass</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Faith nonprofit Together Colorado filed suit July 23, 2026 in Weld County District Court against the Town of Hudson, challenging the 2,700-bed GEO Group "Big Horn" ICE detention facility as not a permitted use under Hudson's Land Development Code — no special use permit was ever </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-23--weld-hudson-county-co-geo-big-horn-zoning-lawsuit/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Bloomberg: Lutnick and Hines Shaped GENIUS Act to Benefit Tether, Then Took Tether Jobs</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--genius-act-tether-lutnick-hines-revolving-door-bloomberg/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-22</dc:date><description>A Bloomberg investigation published July 22, 2026 documents a revolving-door sequence around the GENIUS Act, the first federal stablecoin law. Before taking office as Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick worked to kill earlier stablecoin legislation that was unfavorable to Tether, </description><category>Howard Lutnick</category><category>Bo Hines</category><category>U.S. Department of Commerce</category><category>White House</category><category domain="tag">crypto-finance</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">revolving-door</category><category domain="tag">genius-act</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A Bloomberg investigation published July 22, 2026 documents a revolving-door sequence around the GENIUS Act, the first federal stablecoin law. Before taking office as Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick worked to kill earlier stablecoin legislation that was unfavorable to Tether, </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Howard Lutnick, Bo Hines, U.S. Department of Commerce, White House</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--genius-act-tether-lutnick-hines-revolving-door-bloomberg/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Community Mobilizes Against GEO Group Plan to Reopen Rivers Correctional as 1,400-Bed ICE Detention Center in Hertford County, NC</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--hertford-county-nc-community-mobilizes-against-rivers-correctional/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-22</dc:date><description>Activists rallied at the NC General Assembly on July 22, opposing ICE's documented plan to reopen the shuttered Rivers Correctional Institution in Winton, Hertford County as a GEO Group-operated 1,400-bed detention center by the end of 2026 ([[2026-07-24--ice-plans-1400-bed-river</description><category>GEO Group</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">detention-expansion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Activists rallied at the NC General Assembly on July 22, opposing ICE's documented plan to reopen the shuttered Rivers Correctional Institution in Winton, Hertford County as a GEO Group-operated 1,400-bed detention center by the end of 2026 ([[2026-07-24--ice-plans-1400-bed-river</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--hertford-county-nc-community-mobilizes-against-rivers-correctional/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>House Passes SAVE Act via Must-Pass NDAA 217-209 While the EAC That Would Administer It Is Headless</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--house-passes-save-act-via-ndaa-217-209-eac-headless/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-22</dc:date><description>House Republicans passed the SAVE America Act 217-209 on July 22, 2026 by attaching it to the must-pass FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act — requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections and photo ID to vote, with six Democrats crossing over.</description><category>House Republicans</category><category>Election Assistance Commission</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">voter-suppression</category><category domain="tag">legislative-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>House Republicans passed the SAVE America Act 217-209 on July 22, 2026 by attaching it to the must-pass FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act — requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections and photo ID to vote, with six Democrats crossing over.</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> House Republicans, Election Assistance Commission</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--house-passes-save-act-via-ndaa-217-209-eac-headless/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Loudoun County, 'Data Center Capital of the World,' Moves Toward Moratorium but Virginia Law May Block It</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--loudoun-county-va-moratorium-blocked-by-state-law/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-22</dc:date><description>Loudoun County's Board of Supervisors voted 6-1 on July 22, 2026 to direct staff to prepare a moratorium on new data-center applications — but the county's own attorney has confirmed Virginia law requires each rezoning application to be considered on its individual merits, meanin</description><category>Amazon</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-moratorium</category><category domain="tag">virginia</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Loudoun County's Board of Supervisors voted 6-1 on July 22, 2026 to direct staff to prepare a moratorium on new data-center applications — but the county's own attorney has confirmed Virginia law requires each rezoning application to be considered on its individual merits, meanin</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Amazon</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--loudoun-county-va-moratorium-blocked-by-state-law/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Montgomery County MD: 18-Month Data Center Moratorium Advances to Full Council Vote</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--montgomery-co-md-datacenter-18month-moratorium-vote/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-22</dc:date><description>Montgomery County, MD's Economic Development Committee voted unanimously on July 22, 2026 to recommend an 18-month moratorium on new data centers to the full council, with a second committee advancing the same measure the same day. The legislation includes a zoning text amendment</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Montgomery County, MD's Economic Development Committee voted unanimously on July 22, 2026 to recommend an 18-month moratorium on new data centers to the full council, with a second committee advancing the same measure the same day. The legislation includes a zoning text amendment</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--montgomery-co-md-datacenter-18month-moratorium-vote/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>NW Ohio ICE Detention Facility Board Blocks Public Comment, Moves Meetings to Restrict Protesters</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--ccno-northwest-ohio-board-blocks-public-comment/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-22</dc:date><description>The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio (CCNO) in Stryker/Defiance County is holding ICE detainees under an active contract while community opposition intensifies. At the July 22 board meeting, the board refused public comment from the Social & Immigration Justice League of Ohio</description><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio (CCNO) in Stryker/Defiance County is holding ICE detainees under an active contract while community opposition intensifies. At the July 22 board meeting, the board refused public comment from the Social &amp; Immigration Justice League of Ohio</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--ccno-northwest-ohio-board-blocks-public-comment/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Project Delta Hyperscale Campus Rezoning Refiled in Stokes County, NC After Legal Void — Hyperscaler Identity Still Withheld</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--stokes-county-nc-project-delta-rezoning-refiled/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-22</dc:date><description>Engineered Land Solutions refiled a rezoning application for "Project Delta" in Stokes County, NC, seeking to convert approximately 1,845 acres near the Dan River from residential-agricultural to heavy manufacturing conditional use for a hyperscale campus. The original January ap</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Engineered Land Solutions refiled a rezoning application for "Project Delta" in Stokes County, NC, seeking to convert approximately 1,845 acres near the Dan River from residential-agricultural to heavy manufacturing conditional use for a hyperscale campus. The original January ap</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--stokes-county-nc-project-delta-rezoning-refiled/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Residents Sue Guadalupe County, TX Over $500M Tax Abatement for CloudBurst AI Data Center Campus</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--guadalupe-county-tx-residents-sue-cloudburst-tax-abatement/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-22</dc:date><description>A resident group filed suit July 22 challenging Guadalupe County, TX commissioners' $500M tax abatement for CloudBurst Texas's 12-building AI data center campus in New Braunfels. The commissioners court had rejected the abatement 3-2 in February, then reversed and approved it in </description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">tax-abatement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A resident group filed suit July 22 challenging Guadalupe County, TX commissioners' $500M tax abatement for CloudBurst Texas's 12-building AI data center campus in New Braunfels. The commissioners court had rejected the abatement 3-2 in February, then reversed and approved it in </p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--guadalupe-county-tx-residents-sue-cloudburst-tax-abatement/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Shapiro Wins: ICE Withdraws Both Pennsylvania Warehouse Detention Plans — Berks and Schuylkill Counties</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--shapiro-administration-ice-withdraws-berks-schuylkill-pa-warehouses/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-22</dc:date><description>Governor Josh Shapiro's administration confirmed July 22, 2026 that ICE has formally withdrawn permit requests for two Pennsylvania warehouse-to-detention conversions in a single Environmental Hearing Board filing: a 1,500-bed facility in Upper Bern Township, Berks County, and a </description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category><category domain="tag">environmental-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Governor Josh Shapiro's administration confirmed July 22, 2026 that ICE has formally withdrawn permit requests for two Pennsylvania warehouse-to-detention conversions in a single Environmental Hearing Board filing: a 1,500-bed facility in Upper Bern Township, Berks County, and a </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--shapiro-administration-ice-withdraws-berks-schuylkill-pa-warehouses/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Spokane County, WA Commission Divided Over Nine-Month Data Center Moratorium</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--spokane-county-wa-commission-split-data-center-pause/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-22</dc:date><description>As of July 22, 2026, the Spokane County, Washington Commission is divided on whether to impose a nine-month moratorium on new data-center development, with no consensus reached on next steps. The unresolved split reflects community pressure against rapid siting in the Spokane cor</description><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">community-resistance</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">datacenter</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>As of July 22, 2026, the Spokane County, Washington Commission is divided on whether to impose a nine-month moratorium on new data-center development, with no consensus reached on next steps. The unresolved split reflects community pressure against rapid siting in the Spokane cor</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-22--spokane-county-wa-commission-split-data-center-pause/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Charles County, MD Commissioners Scrap Data Center Zoning Amendment After Year of Pushback</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--charles-county-md-scraps-data-center-zoning/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-21</dc:date><description>Charles County, MD's Board of Commissioners voted July 21 to withdraw a pending data center zoning amendment rather than advance or deny it, citing the need for expert guidance and unclear state direction. Any future zoning change must restart from scratch, requiring new Planning</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Charles County, MD's Board of Commissioners voted July 21 to withdraw a pending data center zoning amendment rather than advance or deny it, citing the need for expert guidance and unclear state direction. Any future zoning change must restart from scratch, requiring new Planning</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--charles-county-md-scraps-data-center-zoning/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Cherokee County, GA Commissioners Unanimously Approve 30-Day Data Center Moratorium</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--cherokee-county-ga-30-day-data-center-moratorium/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-21</dc:date><description>The Cherokee County, Georgia Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a 30-day moratorium on new data-center development on July 21, 2026, with a public hearing scheduled for August 18 to determine whether to extend it. Cherokee County sits in the outer Atlanta metro, under th</description><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">community-resistance</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">georgia</category><category domain="tag">datacenter</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Cherokee County, Georgia Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a 30-day moratorium on new data-center development on July 21, 2026, with a public hearing scheduled for August 18 to determine whether to extend it. Cherokee County sits in the outer Atlanta metro, under th</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--cherokee-county-ga-30-day-data-center-moratorium/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Arresting Relatives Who Come Forward to Sponsor Migrant Children in Federal Shelters</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--ice-arrests-orr-sponsors-migrant-children-bait/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-21</dc:date><description>ICE is systematically arresting relatives who complete months of Office of Refugee Resettlement vetting to sponsor unaccompanied migrant children in federal shelters — after the Trump administration removed the rule barring ORR from sharing sponsor data with ICE. Attorneys descri</description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">family-separation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE is systematically arresting relatives who complete months of Office of Refugee Resettlement vetting to sponsor unaccompanied migrant children in federal shelters — after the Trump administration removed the rule barring ORR from sharing sponsor data with ICE. Attorneys descri</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--ice-arrests-orr-sponsors-migrant-children-bait/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Has Stopped Publishing Detention and Deportation Data Since April 2026</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--ice-data-blackout-since-april-2026/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-21</dc:date><description>ICE has not released detention or deportation statistics since April 2026, blacking out the public record on the scope of mass deportations at the exact moment enforcement is hitting record pace ([[2026-07-23--ice-nears-600k-deportations-july-arrest-record]]). The Marshall Projec</description><category>ICE</category><category>Deportation Data Project</category><category domain="tag">transparency-erosion</category><category domain="tag">accountability-failure</category><category domain="tag">detention-expansion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE has not released detention or deportation statistics since April 2026, blacking out the public record on the scope of mass deportations at the exact moment enforcement is hitting record pace ([[2026-07-23--ice-nears-600k-deportations-july-arrest-record]]). The Marshall Projec</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE, Deportation Data Project</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--ice-data-blackout-since-april-2026/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Kent County, DE Levy Court Passes First Data Center Restrictions: Industrial Zones Only, 300-Foot Setbacks</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--kent-county-de-first-data-center-ordinance/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-21</dc:date><description>The Kent County, Delaware Levy Court voted unanimously on July 21 to pass the county's first data center ordinance, restricting facilities to industrial zones with 300-foot setbacks from residential areas, closed-loop cooling requirements, and natural screening buffers. About 200</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Kent County, Delaware Levy Court voted unanimously on July 21 to pass the county's first data center ordinance, restricting facilities to industrial zones with 300-foot setbacks from residential areas, closed-loop cooling requirements, and natural screening buffers. About 200</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--kent-county-de-first-data-center-ordinance/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Livingston County, MI Sheriff Signs 287(g) Agreement With ICE Without Board Vote; Becomes State's 8th Active Jurisdiction</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--livingston-county-mi-sheriff-signs-287g-agreement/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-21</dc:date><description>Sheriff Mike Murphy signed a 287(g) Warrant Service Officer agreement on July 21, authorizing county detention staff to serve and execute ICE administrative warrants. Murphy stated the primary motivation was eligibility for a DOJ grant for immigration investigation equipment; no </description><category>ICE</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Sheriff Mike Murphy signed a 287(g) Warrant Service Officer agreement on July 21, authorizing county detention staff to serve and execute ICE administrative warrants. Murphy stated the primary motivation was eligibility for a DOJ grant for immigration investigation equipment; no </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--livingston-county-mi-sheriff-signs-287g-agreement/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Tulare County Fair Board Tables Global Stack Fairgrounds Data Center Lease After 3 Hours of Public Opposition</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--tulare-county-ca-tables-global-stack-fairgrounds-lease/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-21</dc:date><description>The Tulare County Fair board tabled a vote July 21 on leasing 2-5 acres of fairgrounds to Global Stack LLC — a company incorporated in March 2026 pitching 100-year leases for 8-10 MW edge data centers at fairgrounds across California, paired with parking garages and helicopter pa</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-bypass</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Tulare County Fair board tabled a vote July 21 on leasing 2-5 acres of fairgrounds to Global Stack LLC — a company incorporated in March 2026 pitching 100-year leases for 8-10 MW edge data centers at fairgrounds across California, paired with parking garages and helicopter pa</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-21--tulare-county-ca-tables-global-stack-fairgrounds-lease/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers, The Intercept Reports</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-20--google-censoring-ice-detention-center-reviews/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-20</dc:date><description>The Intercept reported July 20 that Google Maps reviews of ICE detention facilities have been removed at a disproportionate rate compared to other businesses subject to Maps reviews, silencing one of the few public-facing channels where detainees, family members, and advocates co</description><category>Google</category><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">transparency-erosion</category><category domain="tag">detention-conditions</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Intercept reported July 20 that Google Maps reviews of ICE detention facilities have been removed at a disproportionate rate compared to other businesses subject to Maps reviews, silencing one of the few public-facing channels where detainees, family members, and advocates co</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Google, ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-20--google-censoring-ice-detention-center-reviews/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Issues 14-Site RFEI Signaling Shift from Renting to Owning Detention Infrastructure</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-20--ice-private-prison-acquisition-14-sites-rfei-2026/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-20</dc:date><description>On July 20, 2026, ICE issued a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) seeking contractors to build standardized 26-cell detention units at 14 locations: Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Thomas), El Centro CA (closed since 2014), Honolulu, Miami, Batavia NY, Broadv</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">immigration-detention</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category><category domain="tag">ice-expansion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On July 20, 2026, ICE issued a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) seeking contractors to build standardized 26-cell detention units at 14 locations: Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Thomas), El Centro CA (closed since 2014), Honolulu, Miami, Batavia NY, Broadv</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-20--ice-private-prison-acquisition-14-sites-rfei-2026/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Roxbury NJ Warehouse Detention Saga: DHS Reverses to Proceed July 13, Then Walks Back to 'Continuing to Assess' in July 20 Court Filing</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-20--roxbury-nj-dhs-flip-flop-continuing-assess-status-report/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-20</dc:date><description>DHS notified a federal court on July 10 that it was restarting conversion of its $129.3M, 470,000-square-foot Roxbury Township (Morris County, NJ) warehouse into an immigration detention facility — reversing an earlier June 29 decision to abandon the plan ([[2026-06-29--dhs-aband</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>ICE</category><category>Mikie Sherrill</category><category>Matthew Platkin</category><category>Roxbury Township</category><category>Dalfen Industrial</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">new-jersey</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-detention</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>DHS notified a federal court on July 10 that it was restarting conversion of its $129.3M, 470,000-square-foot Roxbury Township (Morris County, NJ) warehouse into an immigration detention facility — reversing an earlier June 29 decision to abandon the plan ([[2026-06-29--dhs-aband</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Mikie Sherrill, Matthew Platkin, Roxbury Township, Dalfen Industrial, Goldman Sachs</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-20--roxbury-nj-dhs-flip-flop-continuing-assess-status-report/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Ultimatum to Milwaukee on ICE Mask Ban Passes Without Resolution; Supremacy Clause Standoff Active</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-17--doj-milwaukee-mask-ban-standoff-deadline-passes/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-17</dc:date><description>Milwaukee passed an ordinance banning all law enforcement — including federal agents — from wearing masks while working in the city, with $10,000 fines per violation, after ICE agents shot and killed two Minneapolis residents earlier in 2026. DOJ sent a July 10 letter calling the</description><category>Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">federal-preemption</category><category domain="tag">ice-accountability</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Milwaukee passed an ordinance banning all law enforcement — including federal agents — from wearing masks while working in the city, with $10,000 fines per violation, after ICE agents shot and killed two Minneapolis residents earlier in 2026. DOJ sent a July 10 letter calling the</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-17--doj-milwaukee-mask-ban-standoff-deadline-passes/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>GEO Group Employee Arrested After Shooting Woman Protester Outside Aurora ICE Detention Center</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-17--geo-group-employee-shoots-protester-aurora/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-17</dc:date><description>An employee at GEO Group's Aurora Contract Detention Facility — the same firm awarded the $529M Hudson/Big Horn contract the same week ([[2026-07-09--geo-group-529m-hudson-colorado-big-horn-detention-contract]]) — shot a woman protesting outside the facility on the night of July </description><category>GEO Group</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">ice-violence</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>An employee at GEO Group's Aurora Contract Detention Facility — the same firm awarded the $529M Hudson/Big Horn contract the same week ([[2026-07-09--geo-group-529m-hudson-colorado-big-horn-detention-contract]]) — shot a woman protesting outside the facility on the night of July </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-17--geo-group-employee-shoots-protester-aurora/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Illegally Shared Medicaid Data on Millions With Palantir ELITE Deportation App</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-17--ice-medicaid-palantir-illegal-data-transfer/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-17</dc:date><description>Court filings by a coalition of more than 20 state attorneys general revealed that Medicaid officials improperly transferred data on millions of Americans to ICE in January 2026, which ICE then shared with Palantir for its ELITE deportation app — used to surface noncitizen addres</description><category>ICE</category><category>Palantir</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">palantir</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Court filings by a coalition of more than 20 state attorneys general revealed that Medicaid officials improperly transferred data on millions of Americans to ICE in January 2026, which ICE then shared with Palantir for its ELITE deportation app — used to surface noncitizen addres</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE, Palantir</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-17--ice-medicaid-palantir-illegal-data-transfer/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic CEOs Converge on Mandatory Pre-Release Scrutiny and US-Led Global AI Governance Body</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-16--ai-labs-ceos-converge-mandatory-scrutiny-governance-body/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-16</dc:date><description>For the first time, the chief executives of OpenAI (Altman), Google DeepMind (Hassabis), and Anthropic (Amodei) converged in writing on the same regulatory framework — all three supporting mandatory external scrutiny of frontier AI models before public release and a US-led intern</description><category>Sam Altman</category><category>Dario Amodei</category><category>OpenAI</category><category>Anthropic</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>For the first time, the chief executives of OpenAI (Altman), Google DeepMind (Hassabis), and Anthropic (Amodei) converged in writing on the same regulatory framework — all three supporting mandatory external scrutiny of frontier AI models before public release and a US-led intern</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, OpenAI, Anthropic</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-16--ai-labs-ceos-converge-mandatory-scrutiny-governance-body/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Paramount-WBD Antitrust Hearing Scheduled July 16 in Faust Subscriber Suit; Bonta-Led State-AG Coalition Complaint Drafting Concurrent</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-16--paramount-wbd-antitrust-hearing-faust-subscriber-suit-bonta-ag-coalition-pending/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-16</dc:date><description>**Pre-event entry — research date 2026-06-11.** A hearing in **Faust et al. v. Paramount Skydance Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery** is scheduled for **July 16, 2026** in the **U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Oakland)**. The case is a private subscrib</description><category>Rob Bonta</category><category>David Ellison</category><category>Paramount Skydance</category><category>Warner Bros. Discovery</category><category domain="tag">media-capture</category><category domain="tag">antitrust</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>**Pre-event entry — research date 2026-06-11.** A hearing in **Faust et al. v. Paramount Skydance Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery** is scheduled for **July 16, 2026** in the **U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Oakland)**. The case is a private subscrib</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Rob Bonta, David Ellison, Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. Discovery</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-16--paramount-wbd-antitrust-hearing-faust-subscriber-suit-bonta-ag-coalition-pending/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Senate Banking Committee Report: Trump/Vought CFPB Rollback Has Cost Americans Up to $26.5 Billion</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-16--senate-banking-report-cfpb-rollback-cost-consumers-26-5-billion/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-16</dc:date><description>A Senate Banking Committee minority report, released ahead of acting CFPB Director Russell Vought's oversight hearing, found the Trump administration's rollback of CFPB rules and enforcement has cost Americans up to $26.5 billion. The largest component, $22.5 billion, comes from </description><category>Elizabeth Warren</category><category>Russell Vought</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">financial-capture</category><category domain="tag">cfpb</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A Senate Banking Committee minority report, released ahead of acting CFPB Director Russell Vought's oversight hearing, found the Trump administration's rollback of CFPB rules and enforcement has cost Americans up to $26.5 billion. The largest component, $22.5 billion, comes from </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Elizabeth Warren, Russell Vought</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-16--senate-banking-report-cfpb-rollback-cost-consumers-26-5-billion/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Primetime Address Pushes SAVE America Act on Unsupported Claims; DC Circuit Reinstates USPS Ballot Barcode Rule</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-16--trump-election-speech-usps-ballot-barcode-reinstated/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-16</dc:date><description>In a July 16 primetime national address, Trump claimed China had acquired 220 million US voter files, that 250,000-270,000 noncitizens are illegally registered across four key states, and that voting machines are vulnerable — claims immediately rebutted by election officials and </description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>United States Postal Service</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">disinformation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In a July 16 primetime national address, Trump claimed China had acquired 220 million US voter files, that 250,000-270,000 noncitizens are illegally registered across four key states, and that voting machines are vulnerable — claims immediately rebutted by election officials and </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, United States Postal Service</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-16--trump-election-speech-usps-ballot-barcode-reinstated/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Venezuelan Man Dies on ICE Transport Bus From Irwin County, GA — 22nd In-Custody Death of 2026</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-16--arenas-silva-dies-ice-transport-irwin-county-22nd-death/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-16</dc:date><description>Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, a Venezuelan national, was found unresponsive on an ICE transport bus moving him from Irwin County Detention Center (Ocilla, GA) to Folkston ICE Processing Center — four days after his arrest. His family alleges he was denied needed medication; the </description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">detention-conditions</category><category domain="tag">accountability-failure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, a Venezuelan national, was found unresponsive on an ICE transport bus moving him from Irwin County Detention Center (Ocilla, GA) to Folkston ICE Processing Center — four days after his arrest. His family alleges he was denied needed medication; the </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-16--arenas-silva-dies-ice-transport-irwin-county-22nd-death/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ACLU Sues to Block Completed DOJ National Voter Database as August 5 Purge Blackout Looms</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--aclu-sues-doj-national-voter-database-nvra-blackout-deadline/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-15</dc:date><description>The ACLU and Protect Democracy filed suit July 15, 2026 to block a completed DOJ national voter surveillance and purge database — the first federal consolidation of confidential voter registration data from all 50 states and DC into a single record system, now cross-referenced ag</description><category>Department of Justice</category><category>American Civil Liberties Union</category><category>Protect Democracy</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The ACLU and Protect Democracy filed suit July 15, 2026 to block a completed DOJ national voter surveillance and purge database — the first federal consolidation of confidential voter registration data from all 50 states and DC into a single record system, now cross-referenced ag</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Protect Democracy</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--aclu-sues-doj-national-voter-database-nvra-blackout-deadline/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Deputy AG Blanche Endorses ICE at 2026 Polling Places, Declines to Promise Compliance With Anti-Intimidation Law</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--dag-blanche-endorses-ice-agents-polling-places-2026-midterms/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-15</dc:date><description>Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche endorsed deploying ICE agents to polling places during the November 2026 midterms at CPAC, questioning why anyone would oppose it, then declined to promise he'd follow laws prohibiting voter intimidation. Steve Bannon separately called ICE's a</description><category>Todd Blanche</category><category>Steve Bannon</category><category>Ed Markey</category><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche endorsed deploying ICE agents to polling places during the November 2026 midterms at CPAC, questioning why anyone would oppose it, then declined to promise he'd follow laws prohibiting voter intimidation. Steve Bannon separately called ICE's a</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Todd Blanche, Steve Bannon, Ed Markey, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--dag-blanche-endorses-ice-agents-polling-places-2026-midterms/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Halts Most ICE Traffic-Stop Arrests After Three Deaths in a Week; Trump Reverses the Halt Within 24 Hours</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--ice-halts-then-trump-reverses-traffic-stop-arrests/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-15</dc:date><description>Following the fatal shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston (July 7) and Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine (July 13) — both during ICE vehicle stops — DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin issued internal guidance around July 14 suspending most traffic-stop arres</description><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category><category domain="tag">accountability-failure</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Following the fatal shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston (July 7) and Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine (July 13) — both during ICE vehicle stops — DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin issued internal guidance around July 14 suspending most traffic-stop arres</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Markwayne Mullin, Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--ice-halts-then-trump-reverses-traffic-stop-arrests/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Files First-Ever Application to Activate Dormant Alien Terrorist Removal Court in 30-Year History</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--doj-files-first-application-activate-alien-terrorist-removal-court/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-15</dc:date><description>On July 15, 2026, the Department of Justice filed its first-ever application to activate the Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC), a congressionally-created Article III court that had never been used in the 30 years since its creation. The ATRC permits classified evidence to be u</description><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Trump Administration</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On July 15, 2026, the Department of Justice filed its first-ever application to activate the Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC), a congressionally-created Article III court that had never been used in the 30 years since its creation. The ATRC permits classified evidence to be u</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice, Trump Administration</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--doj-files-first-application-activate-alien-terrorist-removal-court/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Emails Show Entergy Arkansas Co-Drafted Pulaski County Moratorium That Exempts Its Own $6B Prospective Customer</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--entergy-cowrote-pulaski-county-ar-moratorium-exempting-own-customer/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-15</dc:date><description>Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporting published July 15, 2026 revealed that Entergy Arkansas executive John Bethel collaborated directly with Pulaski County Quorum Court Justice of the Peace Dianne Curry in drafting a data-center moratorium ordinance — with the resulting version sp</description><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporting published July 15, 2026 revealed that Entergy Arkansas executive John Bethel collaborated directly with Pulaski County Quorum Court Justice of the Peace Dianne Curry in drafting a data-center moratorium ordinance — with the resulting version sp</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--entergy-cowrote-pulaski-county-ar-moratorium-exempting-own-customer/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Hamilton County, TN Commissioners Vote Unanimously for One-Year Data Center Moratorium</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--hamilton-county-tn-one-year-data-center-moratorium/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-07-15</dc:date><description>Hamilton County, Tennessee commissioners voted unanimously on July 15 for a one-year moratorium on new data centers in unincorporated areas of the county. County Mayor Weston Wamp directed the Planning Department to develop permanent data center zoning regulations by March 2027, </description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Hamilton County, Tennessee commissioners voted unanimously on July 15 for a one-year moratorium on new data centers in unincorporated areas of the county. County Mayor Weston Wamp directed the Planning Department to develop permanent data center zoning regulations by March 2027, </p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--hamilton-county-tn-one-year-data-center-moratorium/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Hochul Signs EO 62 — First Statewide Hyperscale Data Center Moratorium as 20+ Localities Move in One Week</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--hochul-signs-eo62-first-statewide-hyperscale-moratorium/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-07-15</dc:date><description>Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order 62 on July 15, 2026, imposing the nation's first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers (50 megawatts or larger) for up to one year while state regulators develop energy, water, and environmental rules. The 50 MW threshold</description><category>Kathy Hochul</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order 62 on July 15, 2026, imposing the nation's first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers (50 megawatts or larger) for up to one year while state regulators develop energy, water, and environmental rules. The 50 MW threshold</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kathy Hochul</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--hochul-signs-eo62-first-statewide-hyperscale-moratorium/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>HRW/ACLU 84-Page Report: Fort Bliss Guards Bet on Which Detainee Would Die Next</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--hrw-aclu-fort-bliss-guards-bet-on-detainee-deaths-84-page-report/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-07-15</dc:date><description>An 84-page Human Rights Watch and ACLU report released July 15, 2026 documents systematic abuse at Fort Bliss's Camp East Montana, the largest US immigration detention facility. Guards in unmarked black tactical uniforms entered pods in groups of 15-20 to beat detainees; witnesse</description><category>Human Rights Watch</category><category>American Civil Liberties Union</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category><category domain="tag">fort-bliss</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>An 84-page Human Rights Watch and ACLU report released July 15, 2026 documents systematic abuse at Fort Bliss's Camp East Montana, the largest US immigration detention facility. Guards in unmarked black tactical uniforms entered pods in groups of 15-20 to beat detainees; witnesse</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Human Rights Watch, American Civil Liberties Union</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--hrw-aclu-fort-bliss-guards-bet-on-detainee-deaths-84-page-report/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Agents Carry Real-Time Facial Recognition Smartphones for Street Biometric Checks</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--ice-agents-carry-facial-recognition-smartphones/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-07-15</dc:date><description>NBC News reported that ICE agents are equipped with smartphones loaded with facial recognition software, enabling them to photograph anyone during street encounters and receive identity matches in real time without prior suspicion. This is a shift from earlier database-query mode</description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">biometric-surveillance</category><category domain="tag">ice-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">warrantless-surveillance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>NBC News reported that ICE agents are equipped with smartphones loaded with facial recognition software, enabling them to photograph anyone during street encounters and receive identity matches in real time without prior suspicion. This is a shift from earlier database-query mode</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--ice-agents-carry-facial-recognition-smartphones/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Palm Beach County Rejects 'Project Tango' Hyperscale AI Campus 5-1 After 12-Hour Hearing</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--palm-beach-county-rejects-project-tango-data-center/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-07-15</dc:date><description>Palm Beach County Commissioners voted 5-1 on July 15 to deny the development order for "Project Tango," a proposed hyperscale AI data center campus near Loxahatchee. The project had already been scaled back from 3.7 million square feet to roughly 1 million square feet after the z</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Palm Beach County Commissioners voted 5-1 on July 15 to deny the development order for "Project Tango," a proposed hyperscale AI data center campus near Loxahatchee. The project had already been scaled back from 3.7 million square feet to roughly 1 million square feet after the z</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--palm-beach-county-rejects-project-tango-data-center/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Saline Township MI Caps Oracle/OpenAI Tax Abatement 9x, Then Reverses Under 'Shall Approve' Legal Threat 72 Hours Later</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--saline-township-oracle-openai-caps-then-reverses-tax-abatement/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-07-15</dc:date><description>Saline Township (Washtenaw County, MI, near Ann Arbor) approved a 12-year, 50% tax abatement on July 15, 2026 for "The Barn" — a 250-acre Oracle/OpenAI Stargate-affiliated AI campus developed by The Related Companies — but capped the abatement basis at the project's original $4.8</description><category>Oracle</category><category>OpenAI</category><category domain="tag">fiscal-capture</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">local-democratic-bypass</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Saline Township (Washtenaw County, MI, near Ann Arbor) approved a 12-year, 50% tax abatement on July 15, 2026 for "The Barn" — a 250-acre Oracle/OpenAI Stargate-affiliated AI campus developed by The Related Companies — but capped the abatement basis at the project's original $4.8</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Oracle, OpenAI</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--saline-township-oracle-openai-caps-then-reverses-tax-abatement/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Todd Blanche, Trump's Former Personal Defense Lawyer, Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing for Permanent Attorney General</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--todd-blanche-attorney-general-confirmation-hearing/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-07-15</dc:date><description>Todd Blanche — Trump's personal criminal defense attorney before joining the administration — faces a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing beginning July 15, 2026, for permanent appointment as Attorney General. Blanche was formally nominated June 4, 2026, after serving</description><category>Todd Blanche</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Senate Judiciary Committee</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category><category domain="tag">systematic-corruption</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Todd Blanche — Trump's personal criminal defense attorney before joining the administration — faces a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing beginning July 15, 2026, for permanent appointment as Attorney General. Blanche was formally nominated June 4, 2026, after serving</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Todd Blanche, Donald Trump, Senate Judiciary Committee</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-15--todd-blanche-attorney-general-confirmation-hearing/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Federal Judge Orders Wilmington, OH to Redo Three Ordinances for Amazon's $4B Data Center — Open Meetings Violation</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-14--wilmington-oh-court-orders-redo-amazon-ordinances/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-14</dc:date><description>Federal Judge Jeffery Hopkins ordered the City of Wilmington (Clinton County, OH) to redo three ordinances — on generator noise, rezoning, and data centers as permitted land use — before it can consider Amazon Web Services' proposed $4 billion data center site plan. The court fou</description><category>Amazon Web Services</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Federal Judge Jeffery Hopkins ordered the City of Wilmington (Clinton County, OH) to redo three ordinances — on generator noise, rezoning, and data centers as permitted land use — before it can consider Amazon Web Services' proposed $4 billion data center site plan. The court fou</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Amazon Web Services</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-14--wilmington-oh-court-orders-redo-amazon-ordinances/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Pour Record $53.9B into US Tech and AI in H1 2026</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-14--gulf-swf-record-53-9b-h1-2026-mubadala-bitcoin/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-14</dc:date><description>Gulf sovereign wealth funds committed a record $53.9 billion across 108 deals in H1 2026, with nearly half directed into the United States and technology dominating deal activity. Abu Dhabi's Mubadala invested $12.9 billion into AI and digitalization and held 14.7 million shares </description><category>Mubadala</category><category>Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">international-kleptocracy</category><category domain="tag">financial-capture</category><category domain="tag">ai-infrastructure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Gulf sovereign wealth funds committed a record $53.9 billion across 108 deals in H1 2026, with nearly half directed into the United States and technology dominating deal activity. Abu Dhabi's Mubadala invested $12.9 billion into AI and digitalization and held 14.7 million shares </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Mubadala, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-14--gulf-swf-record-53-9b-h1-2026-mubadala-bitcoin/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE/CBP Surveillance Tech Spending Hits $513M in 2026; Palantir Named 'Backbone' With $1B Follow-On Agreement</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-14--ice-cbp-surveillance-spending-513m-palantir-backbone/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-14</dc:date><description>A joint report from Mijente, Just Futures Law, and Surveillance Resistance Lab documents ICE and CBP contracts with 11 surveillance firms reaching $513M in 2026, up from $310M in 2025. Palantir is identified as "the backbone of ICE data surveillance," receiving $97M from ICE in 2</description><category>Palantir</category><category>ICE</category><category>Customs and Border Protection</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">palantir</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A joint report from Mijente, Just Futures Law, and Surveillance Resistance Lab documents ICE and CBP contracts with 11 surveillance firms reaching $513M in 2026, up from $310M in 2025. Palantir is identified as "the backbone of ICE data surveillance," receiving $97M from ICE in 2</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Palantir, ICE, Customs and Border Protection</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-14--ice-cbp-surveillance-spending-513m-palantir-backbone/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Justices Barrett and Kagan Testify to Congress on Ethics; Kagan Backs Independent Enforcement Panel</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-14--barrett-kagan-testify-scotus-ethics-enforcement/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-14</dc:date><description>Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan appeared before House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees on July 14, where Kagan expressed support for an independent ethics enforcement panel of retired federal judges, while Barrett said she was "less certain." Democrats used the </description><category>Amy Coney Barrett</category><category>Elena Kagan</category><category>United States Congress</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">institutional-accountability</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan appeared before House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees on July 14, where Kagan expressed support for an independent ethics enforcement panel of retired federal judges, while Barrett said she was "less certain." Democrats used the </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Amy Coney Barrett, Elena Kagan, United States Congress</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-14--barrett-kagan-testify-scotus-ethics-enforcement/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Leon County, TX Commissioners Reject Crusoe Technologies' $34B Tax Abatement Application — 200+ Residents Oppose</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-14--leon-county-tx-rejects-crusoe-34b-tax-abatement/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-07-14</dc:date><description>Leon County, TX commissioners voted July 14 to reject Crusoe Technologies' initial tax abatement application for an AI compute data center, citing an incomplete submission. More than 200 residents attended the meeting in opposition. Crusoe Technologies is an AI compute company — </description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">tax-abatement</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Leon County, TX commissioners voted July 14 to reject Crusoe Technologies' initial tax abatement application for an AI compute data center, citing an incomplete submission. More than 200 residents attended the meeting in opposition. Crusoe Technologies is an AI compute company — </p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-14--leon-county-tx-rejects-crusoe-34b-tax-abatement/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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