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<title>St. Joseph County Council Delays Microsoft Data-Center TIF Expansion Vote to September 22</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-14--st-joseph-county-in-council-delays-microsoft-tif-expansion-vote-to-september-22/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-09-14</dc:date><description>The St. Joseph County Council in Indiana postponed a vote on expanding the AM General Tax Increment Financing district to take in a Microsoft data center under construction in Granger, rescheduling the decision to September 22, 2026. The expansion would also authorize the county </description><category>Microsoft</category><category domain="tag">local-fiscal-capture</category><category domain="tag">indiana</category><category domain="tag">microsoft</category><category domain="tag">school-funding</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The St. Joseph County Council in Indiana postponed a vote on expanding the AM General Tax Increment Financing district to take in a Microsoft data center under construction in Granger, rescheduling the decision to September 22, 2026. The expansion would also authorize the county </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Microsoft</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-14--st-joseph-county-in-council-delays-microsoft-tif-expansion-vote-to-september-22/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Lee Grants Preliminary Injunction Freezing Gilroy ICE Facility Construction on NEPA Grounds</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-12--judge-lee-preliminary-injunction-gilroy-ice-facility-nepa/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-12</dc:date><description>U.S. District Judge Eumi K. Lee (N.D. Cal.) granted a **preliminary injunction** on September 12, 2026 freezing construction of the planned ICE detention facility on the 24.5-acre Holsclaw Road property outside Gilroy. Construction, demolition and development are halted except fo</description><category>Rob Bonta</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>General Services Administration</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">nepa</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">california</category><category domain="tag">environmental-review</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>U.S. District Judge Eumi K. Lee (N.D. Cal.) granted a **preliminary injunction** on September 12, 2026 freezing construction of the planned ICE detention facility on the 24.5-acre Holsclaw Road property outside Gilroy. Construction, demolition and development are halted except fo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Rob Bonta, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, General Services Administration</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-12--judge-lee-preliminary-injunction-gilroy-ice-facility-nepa/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Turn-key Detention Solicitation Covers Four AORs on 10-Year IDIQs; Deadline Extended to Sept 14</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-11--ice-turnkey-detention-solicitation-four-aors-deadline-extended/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-11</dc:date><description>ICE's Office of Acquisition Management issued RFP **70CDCR26R00000026**, "Turn-key Detention Facilities," as a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation on September 10, 2026. Amendment A0002 extended the proposal deadline to **September 14, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET**, and stated that a further</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">detention-reengineering</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">federal-preemption</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-detention</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE's Office of Acquisition Management issued RFP **70CDCR26R00000026**, "Turn-key Detention Facilities," as a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation on September 10, 2026. Amendment A0002 extended the proposal deadline to **September 14, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET**, and stated that a further</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-11--ice-turnkey-detention-solicitation-four-aors-deadline-extended/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Sends 29 States and DC Election-Record Preservation Letters Warning of Criminal Sanctions</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-10--doj-preservation-letters-29-states-dc-spoliation-warning/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-10</dc:date><description>The Justice Department sent letters on or about September 10, 2026 to **29 states and the District of Columbia** directing election officials to preserve records from the 2024 election, roughly eight weeks before the November 3 midterms. Harmeet Dhillon, head of the Civil Rights </description><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>Harmeet Dhillon</category><category>DOJ Civil Rights Division</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">voter-data</category><category domain="tag">doj-weaponization</category><category domain="tag">intimidation</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Justice Department sent letters on or about September 10, 2026 to **29 states and the District of Columbia** directing election officials to preserve records from the 2024 election, roughly eight weeks before the November 3 midterms. Harmeet Dhillon, head of the Civil Rights </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Justice, Harmeet Dhillon, DOJ Civil Rights Division</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-10--doj-preservation-letters-29-states-dc-spoliation-warning/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Government Describes CUC Keyhole on the Record: a 2008 HSI St. Paul Funding Vehicle, 77 Investigations</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-10--government-describes-cuc-keyhole-on-record-funding-vehicle-2008/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-10</dc:date><description>On September 10, 2026 the government filed a supplemental brief (Doc. 263) describing CUC Operation Keyhole on the record for the first time. It came after an August 27 discovery hearing at which, in the government's own words, "it became clear how important 'Operation Keyhole' i</description><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>Isaac Sant</category><category domain="tag">operation-puppet-master</category><category domain="tag">project-whipple-shield</category><category domain="tag">domestic-surveillance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On September 10, 2026 the government filed a supplemental brief (Doc. 263) describing CUC Operation Keyhole on the record for the first time. It came after an August 27 discovery hearing at which, in the government's own words, "it became clear how important 'Operation Keyhole' i</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Homeland Security Investigations, Isaac Sant</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-10--government-describes-cuc-keyhole-on-record-funding-vehicle-2008/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>LULAC, UnidosUS, Common Cause and Denver Sue DHS Over Armed ICE Officers at Polling Places</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-10--lulac-unidosus-denver-sue-dhs-armed-ice-polling-places/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-10</dc:date><description>The League of United Latin American Citizens, UnidosUS, Common Cause and the City and County of Denver filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on September 10, 2026, seeking to block armed ICE officers from entering polling places during the November 3 </description><category>Common Cause</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category>David Venturella</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Democracy Forward</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The League of United Latin American Citizens, UnidosUS, Common Cause and the City and County of Denver filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on September 10, 2026, seeking to block armed ICE officers from entering polling places during the November 3 </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Common Cause, Markwayne Mullin, David Venturella, Department of Homeland Security, Democracy Forward</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-10--lulac-unidosus-denver-sue-dhs-armed-ice-polling-places/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Sonoma Sanctuary Coalition Pickets a Sheriff's Foundation Fundraiser Over ICE Notifications; Watchdog Counted 325 Requests, 46 Answered, 21 Arrests</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-10--sonoma-sanctuary-coalition-pickets-sheriffs-foundation-fundraiser-over-ice-notifications/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-10</dc:date><description>About **three dozen** members of the **Sonoma County Sanctuary Coalition** picketed a fundraiser for the new **Sonoma County Sheriff's Foundation** outside **Balletto Winery** in Santa Rosa on **September 10, 2026**, over Sheriff **Eddie Engram's** policy of responding to ICE jai</description><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">sheriffs</category><category domain="tag">california</category><category domain="tag">sanctuary-policy</category><category domain="tag">community-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>About **three dozen** members of the **Sonoma County Sanctuary Coalition** picketed a fundraiser for the new **Sonoma County Sheriff's Foundation** outside **Balletto Winery** in Santa Rosa on **September 10, 2026**, over Sheriff **Eddie Engram's** policy of responding to ICE jai</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-10--sonoma-sanctuary-coalition-pickets-sheriffs-foundation-fundraiser-over-ice-notifications/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Clearfield County Tables DHS Six-Month Moshannon Extension to Sept 22; Facility Pays $688K in Taxes, County Gets $200K</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-09--clearfield-county-tables-moshannon-six-month-extension-vote-sept-22/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-09</dc:date><description>On September 9, 2026, DHS and GEO Group asked Clearfield County, Pennsylvania to sign a six-month "as-is" extension of the intergovernmental service agreement governing the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, nineteen days before the five-year agreement expires on September 28. C</description><category>GEO Group</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">detention-reengineering</category><category domain="tag">igsa</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">local-fiscal-capture</category><category domain="tag">pennsylvania</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On September 9, 2026, DHS and GEO Group asked Clearfield County, Pennsylvania to sign a six-month "as-is" extension of the intergovernmental service agreement governing the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, nineteen days before the five-year agreement expires on September 28. C</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-09--clearfield-county-tables-moshannon-six-month-extension-vote-sept-22/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Commerce Proposes Excluding Non-Green-Card Immigrants From 2030 Apportionment, Cutting Race Questions</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-09--commerce-proposed-rule-exclude-immigrants-census-apportionment-2030/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-09</dc:date><description>The Census Bureau submitted a proposed rule on September 9, 2026 that would redefine "usual residence" to exclude from apportionment data anyone without permanent legal status — undocumented immigrants and also lawful temporary residents, meaning visa holders, refugees, asylees a</description><category>U.S. Department of Commerce</category><category>U.S. Census Bureau</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">census</category><category domain="tag">voting-rights-act</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">redistricting</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Census Bureau submitted a proposed rule on September 9, 2026 that would redefine "usual residence" to exclude from apportionment data anyone without permanent legal status — undocumented immigrants and also lawful temporary residents, meaning visa holders, refugees, asylees a</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-09--commerce-proposed-rule-exclude-immigrants-census-apportionment-2030/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>St. Paul Asylum Seeker With Work Permit and No Criminal Record Sent to Guantánamo's Camp Six</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-09--adam-abdullah-st-paul-asylum-seeker-sent-to-guantanamo-camp-six/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-09</dc:date><description>Adam Abdullah, 31, an auto mechanic in St. Paul who came to the United States as an asylum seeker in 2023, told MPR News in an interview published September 9, 2026 that he is being held at Guantánamo Bay's **Camp Six** — the facility built two decades ago for people accused of t</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">guantanamo</category><category domain="tag">operation-metro-surge</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category><category domain="tag">asylum</category><category domain="tag">due-process</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Adam Abdullah, 31, an auto mechanic in St. Paul who came to the United States as an asylum seeker in 2023, told MPR News in an interview published September 9, 2026 that he is being held at Guantánamo Bay's **Camp Six** — the facility built two decades ago for people accused of t</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-09--adam-abdullah-st-paul-asylum-seeker-sent-to-guantanamo-camp-six/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Promises $5,000 'Dividend' to Every Adult Citizen, Conditioned on Republicans Holding Both Chambers</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-09--trump-promises-5000-dividend-conditioned-on-republican-midterm-win/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-09</dc:date><description>Speaking at the Republican Party's midterm convention in Dallas on the evening of September 9, 2026, Donald Trump promised a $5,000 "dividend" to every adult citizen, payable only if Republicans hold both the Senate and the House in the November 3 midterms. "I'm asking you to pre</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>JD Vance</category><category>Republican Party</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category><category domain="tag">tariffs</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Speaking at the Republican Party's midterm convention in Dallas on the evening of September 9, 2026, Donald Trump promised a $5,000 "dividend" to every adult citizen, payable only if Republicans hold both the Senate and the House in the November 3 midterms. "I'm asking you to pre</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, JD Vance, Republican Party</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-09--trump-promises-5000-dividend-conditioned-on-republican-midterm-win/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>404 Media Names PITT: Border Patrol Teams Scoring Americans' Finances, Routing Stops Through State Police</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-08--404-media-names-pitt-border-patrol-predictive-targeting-teams/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-08</dc:date><description>404 Media reported on September 8, 2026 the existence of Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams — PITT — inside U.S. Border Patrol, with desks documented in the Spokane Sector on the Canadian line and the Laredo Sector on the Mexican line. The teams analyze Americans' financial </description><category>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</category><category>U.S. Border Patrol</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-apparatus</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">border-patrol</category><category domain="tag">fourth-amendment</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>404 Media reported on September 8, 2026 the existence of Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams — PITT — inside U.S. Border Patrol, with desks documented in the Spokane Sector on the Canadian line and the Laredo Sector on the Mexican line. The teams analyze Americans' financial </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-08--404-media-names-pitt-border-patrol-predictive-targeting-teams/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Intercept FOIA Suit Releases 400+ Pages on Pentagon AI Contracts; Refusal-Minimizing Language Disputed</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-08--intercept-foia-400-pages-pentagon-ai-contracts-minimal-refusal-dispute/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-08</dc:date><description>The Intercept published more than **400 pages** of Department of Defense AI contracting documents on September 8, 2026, obtained through a FOIA lawsuit brought with Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology. The documents cover contracts signed in **July 2025** with **four*</description><category>The Intercept</category><category>Department of Defense</category><category>OpenAI</category><category>Anthropic</category><category>Google</category><category>xAI</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">military-ai</category><category domain="tag">foia</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category><category domain="tag">anthropic</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Intercept published more than **400 pages** of Department of Defense AI contracting documents on September 8, 2026, obtained through a FOIA lawsuit brought with Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology. The documents cover contracts signed in **July 2025** with **four*</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> The Intercept, Department of Defense, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, Pete Hegseth</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-08--intercept-foia-400-pages-pentagon-ai-contracts-minimal-refusal-dispute/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Levy County FL Adopts Ordinance 2026-05, a One-Year Moratorium on Data Centers and Power-Intensive Facilities</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-08--levy-county-fl-adopts-one-year-data-center-moratorium-ordinance-2026-05/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-08</dc:date><description>The Levy County, Florida Board of County Commissioners voted **September 8, 2026** to approve **Ordinance 2026-05**, a moratorium on new data centers and large-scale power-intensive facilities in unincorporated areas, running **October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027**. Staff </description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">florida</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">zoning</category><category domain="tag">water-and-power</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Levy County, Florida Board of County Commissioners voted **September 8, 2026** to approve **Ordinance 2026-05**, a moratorium on new data centers and large-scale power-intensive facilities in unincorporated areas, running **October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027**. Staff </p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-08--levy-county-fl-adopts-one-year-data-center-moratorium-ordinance-2026-05/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Ballotpedia Logs 27 Article III Vacancies as the Court-Expansion Debate Resurfaces Before the Midterms</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-07--ballotpedia-logs-27-article-iii-vacancies-scotus-expansion-debate-resurfaces/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-07</dc:date><description>Ballotpedia's September 7, 2026 Robe & Gavel vacancy count recorded 27 of 870 active Article III judicial positions vacant. The figure is a routine monthly snapshot rather than an event, and it is recorded here for the series rather than the month: a vacancy count is the input to</description><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Ballotpedia's September 7, 2026 Robe &amp; Gavel vacancy count recorded 27 of 870 active Article III judicial positions vacant. The figure is a routine monthly snapshot rather than an event, and it is recorded here for the series rather than the month: a vacancy count is the input to</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-07--ballotpedia-logs-27-article-iii-vacancies-scotus-expansion-debate-resurfaces/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Retains Contractor for Surprise AZ Environmental Review; GardaWorld Deal Worth $700M With Extensions</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-06--dhs-retains-contractor-surprise-az-environmental-review/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-06</dc:date><description>DHS disclosed on September 6, 2026 that it has **retained a contractor** to assist with the environmental review of the Surprise, Arizona ICE detention warehouse, and has begun working with that contractor including an introductory meeting. This is the operative compliance step u</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Kris Mayes</category><category>GardaWorld Federal Services</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">nepa</category><category domain="tag">arizona</category><category domain="tag">gardaworld</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>DHS disclosed on September 6, 2026 that it has **retained a contractor** to assist with the environmental review of the Surprise, Arizona ICE detention warehouse, and has begun working with that contractor including an introductory meeting. This is the operative compliance step u</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kris Mayes, GardaWorld Federal Services</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-06--dhs-retains-contractor-surprise-az-environmental-review/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Holds a Frederick MD Neighborhood for About 40 Hours, Then Drives Onto Sidewalks and Batons Residents Blocking a Home</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-04--ice-40-hour-stakeout-taskers-chance-frederick-md-agents-baton-residents/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-09-04</dc:date><description>Federal immigration agents began staking out the **Taskers Chance** neighborhood of Frederick, Maryland at **6 a.m. Thursday, September 3, 2026**, and remained for roughly **40 hours**, through Friday night. Around **9:30 p.m. Friday, September 4**, federal vehicles lined **Stone</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">maryland</category><category domain="tag">community-resistance</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Federal immigration agents began staking out the **Taskers Chance** neighborhood of Frederick, Maryland at **6 a.m. Thursday, September 3, 2026**, and remained for roughly **40 hours**, through Friday night. Around **9:30 p.m. Friday, September 4**, federal vehicles lined **Stone</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-04--ice-40-hour-stakeout-taskers-chance-frederick-md-agents-baton-residents/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Officer Castro Pleads Not Guilty to Six False-Statement Counts; Unsealed Indictment Says He Fired Through a Closing Door</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-04--ice-officer-castro-pleads-not-guilty-six-false-statement-counts-minneapolis-shooting/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-09-04</dc:date><description>ICE officer **Christian Castro** pleaded **not guilty on September 4, 2026** in federal court in **McAllen, Texas** to **six counts of knowingly and willfully making materially false statements to the FBI** about a shooting during Operation Metro Surge. He was released on a **$75</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Federal Bureau of Investigation</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">accountability</category><category domain="tag">operation-metro-surge</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE officer **Christian Castro** pleaded **not guilty on September 4, 2026** in federal court in **McAllen, Texas** to **six counts of knowingly and willfully making materially false statements to the FBI** about a shooting during Operation Metro Surge. He was released on a **$75</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-04--ice-officer-castro-pleads-not-guilty-six-false-statement-counts-minneapolis-shooting/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>North Port FL Advances an 18-Month Data-Center Moratorium 4-1 After Seven Hours and About 400 Public Comments</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-04--north-port-fl-advances-18-month-data-center-moratorium-4-1-seven-hours-400-comments/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-04</dc:date><description>The North Port, Florida City Commission voted **4-1 on first reading**, reported **September 4, 2026**, to advance an **18-month moratorium** on new data center applications. WGCU described the hearing as running **seven hours** with roughly **400 public comments** in a packed Ci</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">florida</category><category domain="tag">water-and-power</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The North Port, Florida City Commission voted **4-1 on first reading**, reported **September 4, 2026**, to advance an **18-month moratorium** on new data center applications. WGCU described the hearing as running **seven hours** with roughly **400 public comments** in a packed Ci</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-04--north-port-fl-advances-18-month-data-center-moratorium-4-1-seven-hours-400-comments/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Seven Vermont Clergy Arrested Blockading the NCATC, the ICE Targeting Center in Williston</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-04--seven-vermont-clergy-arrested-blockading-ncatc-ice-targeting-center-williston/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-09-04</dc:date><description>**Seven faith leaders** were arrested in Williston, Vermont on **September 4, 2026** after blockading the entrances to the **National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center (NCATC)** — described in the reporting as one of **three major facilities** that help ICE agents hone their</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">civil-disobedience</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-apparatus</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>**Seven faith leaders** were arrested in Williston, Vermont on **September 4, 2026** after blockading the entrances to the **National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center (NCATC)** — described in the reporting as one of **three major facilities** that help ICE agents hone their</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-04--seven-vermont-clergy-arrested-blockading-ncatc-ice-targeting-center-williston/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Talwani Preliminarily Enjoins the USPS Mail-Ballot Rule, Citing a Final Rule Issued Fewer Than Seventy Days Before the Election</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-04--talwani-preliminary-injunction-usps-mail-ballot-rule-seventy-days-before-election/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-04</dc:date><description>Judge **Indira Talwani** (D. Mass.) issued a **preliminary injunction on September 4, 2026** blocking the Trump administration from requiring states to comply with provisions of the USPS mail-ballot rule, replacing the **temporary restraining order she entered August 27** and run</description><category>Indira Talwani</category><category>United States Postal Service</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">mail-voting</category><category domain="tag">usps</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">disenfranchisement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Judge **Indira Talwani** (D. Mass.) issued a **preliminary injunction on September 4, 2026** blocking the Trump administration from requiring states to comply with provisions of the USPS mail-ballot rule, replacing the **temporary restraining order she entered August 27** and run</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Indira Talwani, United States Postal Service, Donald Trump, U.S. Department of Justice, Supreme Court of the United States</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-04--talwani-preliminary-injunction-usps-mail-ballot-rule-seventy-days-before-election/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Files Its Second SCOTUS Emergency Application on the USPS Mail-Ballot Rule, 61 Days Before Midterms</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-03--doj-third-scotus-emergency-application-usps-mail-ballot-rule/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-03</dc:date><description>The Justice Department filed its second emergency application to the Supreme Court on September 3, 2026 — docketed as **26A297** — asking the Court to allow USPS mail-ballot restrictions to take effect for the November 3 midterms. The filing came two days after District Judge Ind</description><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>U.S. Postal Service</category><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">mail-ballot</category><category domain="tag">shadow-docket</category><category domain="tag">eo-14399</category><category domain="tag">usps</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Justice Department filed its second emergency application to the Supreme Court on September 3, 2026 — docketed as **26A297** — asking the Court to allow USPS mail-ballot restrictions to take effect for the November 3 midterms. The filing came two days after District Judge Ind</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Postal Service, Supreme Court of the United States, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-03--doj-third-scotus-emergency-application-usps-mail-ballot-rule/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Officers Without Completed Background Checks Are Issued Palantir's ELITE App, Officials Tell Intercept</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-03--ice-officers-without-background-checks-issued-palantir-elite-app/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-03</dc:date><description>The Intercept reported on September 3, 2026, citing five ICE officials, that deportation officers who have **not completed their background investigations** continue to work in all jurisdictions — in some cases nearly a year after hiring — and are routinely issued **ELITE**, the </description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Palantir Technologies</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-apparatus</category><category domain="tag">palantir</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">privacy</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Intercept reported on September 3, 2026, citing five ICE officials, that deportation officers who have **not completed their background investigations** continue to work in all jurisdictions — in some cases nearly a year after hiring — and are routinely issued **ELITE**, the </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Palantir Technologies, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-03--ice-officers-without-background-checks-issued-palantir-elite-app/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Boardman Blocks Trump's Second Birthright-Citizenship Order: 'No Presidential Executive Order Can Undo What the Supreme Court Has Done'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-03--boardman-blocks-second-birthright-eo-no-order-can-undo-what-supreme-court-has-done/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-03</dc:date><description>U.S. District Judge **Deborah Boardman** issued a **35-page ruling on September 3, 2026** blocking enforcement of the **August 6 executive order** that sought to further narrow birthright citizenship. She wrote that the new order "**is almost certainly unconstitutional**" and tha</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">birthright-citizenship</category><category domain="tag">fourteenth-amendment</category><category domain="tag">executive-overreach</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category><category domain="tag">immigration</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>U.S. District Judge **Deborah Boardman** issued a **35-page ruling on September 3, 2026** blocking enforcement of the **August 6 executive order** that sought to further narrow birthright citizenship. She wrote that the new order "**is almost certainly unconstitutional**" and tha</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Supreme Court of the United States</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-03--boardman-blocks-second-birthright-eo-no-order-can-undo-what-supreme-court-has-done/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Vance Takes the Podium After a 42-Day Briefing Gap; Press Secretary Post Left Vacant</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-03--vance-briefs-press-after-42-day-gap-secretary-post-vacant/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-03</dc:date><description>Vice President JD Vance conducted the White House press briefing on September 3, 2026 — the first briefing in **42 days**, and delivered in place of a press secretary, a position left vacant after Karoline Leavitt's departure on August 27. As of mid-September no permanent success</description><category>JD Vance</category><category>Karoline Leavitt</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">executive-power</category><category domain="tag">white-house</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Vice President JD Vance conducted the White House press briefing on September 3, 2026 — the first briefing in **42 days**, and delivered in place of a press secretary, a position left vacant after Karoline Leavitt's departure on August 27. As of mid-September no permanent success</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> JD Vance, Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-03--vance-briefs-press-after-42-day-gap-secretary-post-vacant/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>House Defeats Keep Nine Amendment 212-206, Far Short of the Two-Thirds Needed</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-02--house-defeats-keep-nine-amendment-212-206/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-02</dc:date><description>The House voted 212-206 on September 2, 2026 against the "Keep Nine Amendment," a joint resolution proposed by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) that would have required the Supreme Court to "be composed of nine justices." A constitutional amendment needs a two-thirds majority in both chamb</description><category>Mike Johnson</category><category>Hakeem Jeffries</category><category>U.S. House of Representatives</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">court-rigging</category><category domain="tag">constitutional-amendment</category><category domain="tag">congress</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The House voted 212-206 on September 2, 2026 against the "Keep Nine Amendment," a joint resolution proposed by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) that would have required the Supreme Court to "be composed of nine justices." A constitutional amendment needs a two-thirds majority in both chamb</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Mike Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House of Representatives</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-02--house-defeats-keep-nine-amendment-212-206/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Posts $5M Pre-Solicitation to Build Recurring Nationwide Voter-File Acquisition Pipeline</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-02--ice-hsi-5m-presolicitation-recurring-national-voter-file-acquisition/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-02</dc:date><description>ICE's Homeland Security Investigations office posted a pre-solicitation notice on September 2, 2026 seeking a private contractor — at up to $5 million — to collect, compile, and deliver voter registration and voting-history files from all U.S. jurisdictions, as part of a DHS vote</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Protect Democracy</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-apparatus</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category><category domain="tag">voter-data</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE's Homeland Security Investigations office posted a pre-solicitation notice on September 2, 2026 seeking a private contractor — at up to $5 million — to collect, compile, and deliver voter registration and voting-history files from all U.S. jurisdictions, as part of a DHS vote</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, Department of Homeland Security, Protect Democracy</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-02--ice-hsi-5m-presolicitation-recurring-national-voter-file-acquisition/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Leaked Memo Discloses ICE Contract With ZeroFox to Scrub Agent Identities From the Web</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-02--ice-zerofox-doxing-mitigation-scrub-agent-identities/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-02</dc:date><description>A leaked internal memo signed by Acting ICE Director David Venturella, reported by The Intercept on September 2, 2026, disclosed a contract awarded to the AI cybersecurity firm ZeroFox in July 2026. The federal award record shows **$13,000,000** obligated (USASpending `70CMSD26C0</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>David Venturella</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-apparatus</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A leaked internal memo signed by Acting ICE Director David Venturella, reported by The Intercept on September 2, 2026, disclosed a contract awarded to the AI cybersecurity firm ZeroFox in July 2026. The federal award record shows **$13,000,000** obligated (USASpending `70CMSD26C0</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, David Venturella, Homeland Security Investigations</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-02--ice-zerofox-doxing-mitigation-scrub-agent-identities/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Mega Master Calendars Reach Miami as In-Absentia Deportation Orders There Double, 1,383 to 2,886</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-02--mega-master-calendars-miami-in-absentia-orders-double/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-02</dc:date><description>NPR reported on September 2, 2026 that DOJ immigration courts have begun running "mega master calendar" hearings — dockets in which a single judge processes more than 100 people at once. In Miami, NPR watched Judge Xavier Racine call roughly thirty people forward together, read t</description><category>Executive Office for Immigration Review</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">due-process</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>NPR reported on September 2, 2026 that DOJ immigration courts have begun running "mega master calendar" hearings — dockets in which a single judge processes more than 100 people at once. In Miami, NPR watched Judge Xavier Racine call roughly thirty people forward together, read t</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-02--mega-master-calendars-miami-in-absentia-orders-double/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Bulloch County GA Rejects a Permanent Data-Center Ban 4-3 on the Chairman's Tiebreaker, Keeping the Moratorium and Seating a 21-Person Citizen Group</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-01--bulloch-county-ga-rejects-permanent-data-center-ban-4-3-chair-breaks-tie/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-01</dc:date><description>The Bulloch County, Georgia Board of Commissioners voted **4-3 on September 1, 2026** against a text amendment that would have **permanently banned data centers** in unincorporated areas. The board split **3-3** and Chairman **David Bennett** cast the deciding vote. Commissioners</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">georgia</category><category domain="tag">zoning</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Bulloch County, Georgia Board of Commissioners voted **4-3 on September 1, 2026** against a text amendment that would have **permanently banned data centers** in unincorporated areas. The board split **3-3** and Chairman **David Bennett** cast the deciding vote. Commissioners</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-01--bulloch-county-ga-rejects-permanent-data-center-ban-4-3-chair-breaks-tie/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Dakota County MN Commissioners Asked to Pledge Noncompliance With Federal Mail-Ballot Restrictions; Two of Seven Respond, No Vote Taken</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-01--dakota-county-mn-commissioners-asked-to-pledge-noncompliance-two-of-seven-respond/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-09-01</dc:date><description>On **September 1, 2026**, residents and church leaders asked **Dakota County, Minnesota** commissioners to sign a pledge refusing to comply with what they characterized as "**unlawful executive orders or data requests**" restricting voting.</description><category>United States Postal Service</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">mail-voting</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category><category domain="tag">local-government</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **September 1, 2026**, residents and church leaders asked **Dakota County, Minnesota** commissioners to sign a pledge refusing to comply with what they characterized as "**unlawful executive orders or data requests**" restricting voting.</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> United States Postal Service</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-01--dakota-county-mn-commissioners-asked-to-pledge-noncompliance-two-of-seven-respond/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Launches HSI Voter-Fraud Surge in Nine States Through Mid-October, 41 Charges Against 250,000 Flags</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-01--dhs-hsi-voter-fraud-surge-nine-states-midterms/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-09-01</dc:date><description>DHS launched what an internal directive calls a "coordinated criminal voter fraud surge initiative" on September 1, 2026, running through mid-October — straddling the November 3 midterms. Homeland Security Investigations offices in nine states were directed to pursue investigativ</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">voter-suppression</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">save-database</category><category domain="tag">intimidation</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>DHS launched what an internal directive calls a "coordinated criminal voter fraud surge initiative" on September 1, 2026, running through mid-October — straddling the November 3 midterms. Homeland Security Investigations offices in nine states were directed to pursue investigativ</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-01--dhs-hsi-voter-fraud-surge-nine-states-midterms/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Names New York's Sanctuary Law in Writing as the Reason for a 100-Bed Hard-Sided Buildout at Batavia</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-01--ice-names-ny-sanctuary-law-as-cause-of-100-bed-batavia-federal-buildout/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-01</dc:date><description>ICE told Spectrum News 1 that it plans to add **100 detention beds** at the **Buffalo Federal Detention Facility** in Batavia, New York, and gave a written reason:</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">new-york</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE told Spectrum News 1 that it plans to add **100 detention beds** at the **Buffalo Federal Detention Facility** in Batavia, New York, and gave a written reason:</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-01--ice-names-ny-sanctuary-law-as-cause-of-100-bed-batavia-federal-buildout/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Maryland Delegation Members Push Back on ICE Plans for Warehouse Detention in Washington County</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-01--maryland-delegation-pushes-back-on-ice-warehouse-detention-washington-county/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-01</dc:date><description>Maryland Reps. **April McClain Delaney** and **Kweisi Mfume**, with other members of the state's congressional delegation, publicly opposed ICE's plan to establish a **warehouse-based detention facility in Washington County, Maryland**, through a congressional letter and a public</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-detention</category><category domain="tag">maryland</category><category domain="tag">congressional-oversight</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Maryland Reps. **April McClain Delaney** and **Kweisi Mfume**, with other members of the state's congressional delegation, publicly opposed ICE's plan to establish a **warehouse-based detention facility in Washington County, Maryland**, through a congressional letter and a public</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-01--maryland-delegation-pushes-back-on-ice-warehouse-detention-washington-county/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>USPS Whistleblower Alleges Ballot-Vetting System Built in Weeks and Work Continued After Court Order</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-01--usps-whistleblower-alleges-work-continued-after-talwani-order/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-09-01</dc:date><description>A whistleblower complaint sent to Senator Richard Blumenthal's office, made public September 1, 2026, alleges that the technical system the U.S. Postal Service assembled to vet voters was developed in a "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed process." Blumenthal forwarded the</description><category>Richard Blumenthal</category><category>David Steiner</category><category>U.S. Postal Service</category><category>Indira Talwani</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">mail-ballot</category><category domain="tag">eo-14399</category><category domain="tag">usps</category><category domain="tag">whistleblower</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A whistleblower complaint sent to Senator Richard Blumenthal's office, made public September 1, 2026, alleges that the technical system the U.S. Postal Service assembled to vet voters was developed in a "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed process." Blumenthal forwarded the</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Richard Blumenthal, David Steiner, U.S. Postal Service, Indira Talwani</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-09-01--usps-whistleblower-alleges-work-continued-after-talwani-order/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Cities Church Defendants Move to Dismiss, Alleging Selective FACE Act Prosecution and 92 DHS Customs Summonses</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-31--cities-church-defendants-file-dozens-of-motions-selective-prosecution-92-customs-summonses/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-31</dc:date><description>Attorneys for the **38 people charged** over the January 18 anti-ICE protest at **Cities Church** in
St. Paul filed **more than five dozen motions on Monday, August 31, 2026**, including requests to
dismiss the charges. All 38 have pleaded not guilty. The defendants include journ</description><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>Don Lemon</category><category>Georgia Fort</category><category>David Easterwood</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">selective-prosecution</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-apparatus</category><category domain="tag">church-surveillance</category><category domain="tag">face-act</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Attorneys for the **38 people charged** over the January 18 anti-ICE protest at **Cities Church** in
St. Paul filed **more than five dozen motions on Monday, August 31, 2026**, including requests to
dismiss the charges. All 38 have pleaded not guilty. The defendants include journ</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice, Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, David Easterwood</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-31--cities-church-defendants-file-dozens-of-motions-selective-prosecution-92-customs-summonses/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Dougherty County GA Extends Its Data-Center Moratorium 180 Days, Unanimously, With Officials Saying There Is No Ceiling on Extensions</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-31--dougherty-county-ga-extends-data-center-moratorium-180-days-no-ceiling/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-31</dc:date><description>Dougherty County, Georgia commissioners voted **unanimously on August 31, 2026** to extend the county's data-center moratorium by another **180 days** — the second extension of a freeze that began as a **45-day zoning review in July 2026**. County officials stated there is **no c</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">georgia</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">zoning</category><category domain="tag">water-and-power</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Dougherty County, Georgia commissioners voted **unanimously on August 31, 2026** to extend the county's data-center moratorium by another **180 days** — the second extension of a freeze that began as a **45-day zoning review in July 2026**. County officials stated there is **no c</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-31--dougherty-county-ga-extends-data-center-moratorium-180-days-no-ceiling/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Barber County KS Approves Google's 1.7M-Square-Foot Project Helium 2-0-1, With Full Ad Valorem Taxes, $5.5M in Community Payments and a Ban on New Water Wells</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-30--barber-county-ks-approves-google-project-helium-2-0-1-full-ad-valorem-no-new-wells/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-30</dc:date><description>The Barber County, Kansas Board of Commissioners voted **2-0-1 on August 30, 2026** — two in favor, one abstaining — to approve Google's **"Project Helium,"** a **1.7 million square foot** hyperscale data center near **Sharon**, about eight miles east of Medicine Lodge. Construct</description><category>Google</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">google</category><category domain="tag">kansas</category><category domain="tag">tax-abatement</category><category domain="tag">water-and-power</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Barber County, Kansas Board of Commissioners voted **2-0-1 on August 30, 2026** — two in favor, one abstaining — to approve Google's **"Project Helium,"** a **1.7 million square foot** hyperscale data center near **Sharon**, about eight miles east of Medicine Lodge. Construct</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Google</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-30--barber-county-ks-approves-google-project-helium-2-0-1-full-ad-valorem-no-new-wells/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE's Own Roster (As of Aug. 30, 2026) Shows Kentucky at 55 287(g) MOAs Across 53 Agencies — Growth Is Voluntary-Plus-Financial-Incentive, Not the Failed Legislative Mandate</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-30--kentucky-287g-voluntary-expansion-55-moas-financial-incentive-not-mandate/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-30</dc:date><description># ICE's Own Roster Shows Kentucky at 55 287(g) MOAs Across 53 Agencies — Growth Is Voluntary-Plus-Financial-Incentive, Not the Failed Legislative Mandate</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">kentucky</category><category domain="tag">obbba</category><category domain="tag">legislation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p># ICE's Own Roster Shows Kentucky at 55 287(g) MOAs Across 53 Agencies — Growth Is Voluntary-Plus-Financial-Incentive, Not the Failed Legislative Mandate</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression, Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-30--kentucky-287g-voluntary-expansion-55-moas-financial-incentive-not-mandate/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Aug 3 NDNY 287(g)-Adjacent Ruling Confirmed as United States v. Russo (Not 'v. State of New York'); Nassau's Two ICE Agreements Still on ICE's Own Roster Three Days After Blakeman's Termination Announcement</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-29--ny-287g-docket-verified-united-states-v-russo-nassau-still-on-ice-roster/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-29</dc:date><description>## What happened</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>Kathy Hochul</category><category>Letitia James</category><category>Nassau County</category><category>Bruce Blakeman</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">new-york</category><category domain="tag">state-federal-conflict</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">correction</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## What happened</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Justice, Kathy Hochul, Letitia James, Nassau County, Bruce Blakeman, Rensselaer County, Kyle Bourgault</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-29--ny-287g-docket-verified-united-states-v-russo-nassau-still-on-ice-roster/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Guardian Documents DHS Using a Customs-Import Statute, 19 U.S.C. § 1509, to Take Journalists' Phone Records and Union Financial Records Without a Judge</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-29--dhs-19-usc-1509-customs-summonses-journalists-unions-nonprofits-no-judicial-review/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-29</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Georgia Fort</category><category>Don Lemon</category><category>T-Mobile</category><category>Google</category><category>Communications Workers of America</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">fourth-amendment</category><category domain="tag">protest-prosecution</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, T-Mobile, Google, Communications Workers of America, Sunrise Movement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-29--dhs-19-usc-1509-customs-summonses-journalists-unions-nonprofits-no-judicial-review/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Operation Rotten Apple Ends With 2,197 New York Arrests; DOJ Attorney Says the Point Was to 'Send a Message' to Employers, None of Whom Were Charged</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-29--operation-rotten-apple-2197-arrests-ny-sarcone-send-a-message-no-employers-charged/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-29</dc:date><description>A 30-day federal enforcement surge across New York State running **July 27 to August 29, 2026** — named by the government **"Operation Rotten Apple"** — produced **2,197 arrests**, a more than **40% increase over June** and the highest monthly immigration-arrest total in the stat</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category>Kathy Hochul</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">new-york</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A 30-day federal enforcement surge across New York State running **July 27 to August 29, 2026** — named by the government **"Operation Rotten Apple"** — produced **2,197 arrests**, a more than **40% increase over June** and the highest monthly immigration-arrest total in the stat</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, Kathy Hochul</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-29--operation-rotten-apple-2197-arrests-ny-sarcone-send-a-message-no-employers-charged/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Boelter Notifies Court He Will Argue the Hortman Killings Were a Justifiable Taking of Life in a Citizen's Arrest</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--boelter-justifiable-taking-of-life-defense-state-murder-case/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-28</dc:date><description>On **August 28, 2026**, in a Friday filing in his **state** murder case, **Vance Boelter** notified
the court that he intends to mount a **"justifiable taking of life"** defense against charges of
first-degree premeditated murder. **Boelter claims he was making a citizen's arrest</description><category domain="tag">political-violence</category><category domain="tag">data-brokers</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **August 28, 2026**, in a Friday filing in his **state** murder case, **Vance Boelter** notified
the court that he intends to mount a **"justifiable taking of life"** defense against charges of
first-degree premeditated murder. **Boelter claims he was making a citizen's arrest</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--boelter-justifiable-taking-of-life-defense-state-murder-case/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Hires Election-Denial Activist Karen DiSalvo, Reported Drafter of the Letter Threatening States' Security Funding Over Election Policy</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--dhs-hires-election-denial-activist-karen-disalvo-drafted-grant-threat-letter/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-28</dc:date><description>Democracy Docket reported on **Friday, August 28, 2026** that the Department of Homeland Security
has **hired Karen DiSalvo, a leading election-denial activist, to a senior position** — and that
DiSalvo **drafted the DHS letter, published online that week, threatening states with</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">election-denial</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Democracy Docket reported on **Friday, August 28, 2026** that the Department of Homeland Security
has **hired Karen DiSalvo, a leading election-denial activist, to a senior position** — and that
DiSalvo **drafted the DHS letter, published online that week, threatening states with</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--dhs-hires-election-denial-activist-karen-disalvo-drafted-grant-threat-letter/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Solicits a $10–25M No-Bid Expansion of the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility at Batavia, NY</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--ice-solicits-no-bid-batavia-detention-expansion-10-25m-bypassing-local-review/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-28</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-buildout</category><category domain="tag">new-york</category><category domain="tag">no-bid-contract</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--ice-solicits-no-bid-batavia-detention-expansion-10-25m-bypassing-local-review/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE's Own Live Roster Confirms Nine of Twelve New York 287(g) Agencies Terminated; NDNY Docket for the Aug 3 Injunction Denial Identified as 26-cv-1360</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--ice-own-roster-confirms-nine-ny-agencies-terminated-287g-docket-26cv1360-identified/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-28</dc:date><description>Two of the four gaps this entry was commissioned to close turned out to have primary-source answers sitting one click away from where the prior pass stopped. ICE publishes its own 287(g) participating-agency roster as a downloadable spreadsheet, not just a page of prose; and the </description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Rensselaer County</category><category>Kyle Bourgault</category><category>Nassau County</category><category>New York Office of Immigrant Trust</category><category>Letitia James</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">new-york</category><category domain="tag">state-federal-conflict</category><category domain="tag">igsa</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Two of the four gaps this entry was commissioned to close turned out to have primary-source answers sitting one click away from where the prior pass stopped. ICE publishes its own 287(g) participating-agency roster as a downloadable spreadsheet, not just a page of prose; and the </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Rensselaer County, Kyle Bourgault, Nassau County, New York Office of Immigrant Trust, Letitia James, U.S. Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--ice-own-roster-confirms-nine-ny-agencies-terminated-287g-docket-26cv1360-identified/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>More Than 1.2 Million Texas Voter Registrations Flagged to the Suspense List Ahead of the November Midterms</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--texas-suspense-list-1-2-million-voters-flagged-before-midterms/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-28</dc:date><description>More than 1.2 million Texas voter registrations — roughly 6% of the state's approximately 19 million registered voters — are on the state's "suspense" list heading into the November 2026 midterms, with over 150,000 in Bexar County alone. Counties place a registration on suspense </description><category domain="tag">voter-suppression</category><category domain="tag">election-infrastructure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>More than 1.2 million Texas voter registrations — roughly 6% of the state's approximately 19 million registered voters — are on the state's "suspense" list heading into the November 2026 midterms, with over 150,000 in Bexar County alone. Counties place a registration on suspense </p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--texas-suspense-list-1-2-million-voters-flagged-before-midterms/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>SCOTUS Lifts the Block on Trump's Mail-Voting Order as Premature; the USPS Rule Takes Effect, North Carolina Complies First, and Talwani Blocks It Again</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--scotus-lifts-talwani-block-mail-voting-order-usps-rule-effective-nc-first-to-comply/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-28</dc:date><description>The week of **August 24-28, 2026** produced a complete cycle on Trump's March executive order
restricting mail voting — block lifted, rule effective, first state compliance, block reimposed —
and it happened faster than the litigation calendar was built to handle.</description><category>Indira Talwani</category><category>Ketanji Brown Jackson</category><category>U.S. Postal Service</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">mail-voting</category><category domain="tag">shadow-docket</category><category domain="tag">usps</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The week of **August 24-28, 2026** produced a complete cycle on Trump's March executive order
restricting mail voting — block lifted, rule effective, first state compliance, block reimposed —
and it happened faster than the litigation calendar was built to handle.</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Indira Talwani, Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S. Postal Service</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--scotus-lifts-talwani-block-mail-voting-order-usps-rule-effective-nc-first-to-comply/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Thousands Rally at the Lincoln Memorial for 'Defend the Vote' on the March on Washington's 63rd Anniversary</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--defend-the-vote-march-on-washington-63rd-anniversary-lincoln-memorial/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-28</dc:date><description>Several thousand people gathered at the **Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 2026** for "March on
Washington 2026: Defend the Vote," held on the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington and
at the same site as King's "I Have a Dream" speech. The march was **convened by the Na</description><category domain="tag">voting-rights</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Several thousand people gathered at the **Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 2026** for "March on
Washington 2026: Defend the Vote," held on the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington and
at the same site as King's "I Have a Dream" speech. The march was **convened by the Na</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-28--defend-the-vote-march-on-washington-63rd-anniversary-lincoln-memorial/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Elkhart Indiana Council Votes 9-0 to Stop Accepting Data-Center and Battery-Storage Applications Through 2027</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--elkhart-indiana-council-pauses-data-centers-and-battery-storage-9-0-through-2027/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-27</dc:date><description>The Elkhart, Indiana city council voted **9-0 on August 27, 2026** to suspend new applications for **data centers and battery storage facilities** through **December 31, 2027**, while the city develops regulations on noise, water use, and electricity demand. Dozens of residents s</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">indiana</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">water-and-power</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Elkhart, Indiana city council voted **9-0 on August 27, 2026** to suspend new applications for **data centers and battery storage facilities** through **December 31, 2027**, while the city develops regulations on noise, water use, and electricity demand. Dozens of residents s</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--elkhart-indiana-council-pauses-data-centers-and-battery-storage-9-0-through-2027/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Agent Christian Castro Walks Free in Texas After Abbott Sits on Minnesota's Extradition Warrant for 90 Days</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--ice-agent-castro-released-texas-abbott-refuses-minnesota-extradition/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-27</dc:date><description>ICE agent Christian Castro walked out of the Cameron County jail near Brownsville, Texas on August 27, 2026, three months after his May 29 arrest, because Texas law caps a hold on the subject of an extradition order at 90 days — at which point the state must either transfer or re</description><category>Greg Abbott</category><category>Tim Walz</category><category>Keith Ellison</category><category>Mary Moriarty</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">federal-state-conflict</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE agent Christian Castro walked out of the Cameron County jail near Brownsville, Texas on August 27, 2026, three months after his May 29 arrest, because Texas law caps a hold on the subject of an extradition order at 90 days — at which point the state must either transfer or re</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Greg Abbott, Tim Walz, Keith Ellison, Mary Moriarty, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--ice-agent-castro-released-texas-abbott-refuses-minnesota-extradition/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Awards GardaWorld $17.3M to Convert a San Antonio Building Into a Detention Facility — Bought Through the Navy Program DHS Said in June It Had Stopped Using</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--ice-awards-gardaworld-17-3m-san-antonio-warehouse-conversion-via-wexmac-titus-after-retreat/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-27</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>GardaWorld Federal Services</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category>Elizabeth Warren</category><category>Jeanne Shaheen</category><category domain="tag">detention-buildout</category><category domain="tag">wexmac-titus</category><category domain="tag">gardaworld</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category><category domain="tag">congressional-oversight</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, GardaWorld Federal Services, Markwayne Mullin, Elizabeth Warren, Jeanne Shaheen</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--ice-awards-gardaworld-17-3m-san-antonio-warehouse-conversion-via-wexmac-titus-after-retreat/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Awards GardaWorld $17.3M to Convert an East Side San Antonio Warehouse into a Detention Facility</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--ice-awards-gardaworld-17-3m-san-antonio-warehouse-detention-conversion/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-27</dc:date><description>ICE awarded a **$17.3 million contract on August 27, 2026** to **GardaWorld Federal Services LLC**
for renovation of an ICE-owned warehouse at **542 Southeast Loop 410** on San Antonio's East Side,
in Bexar County, Texas. The contract language describes the work as procuring "the</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>GardaWorld Federal Services</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">detention-buildout</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-conversion</category><category domain="tag">texas</category><category domain="tag">local-democratic-bypass</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE awarded a **$17.3 million contract on August 27, 2026** to **GardaWorld Federal Services LLC**
for renovation of an ICE-owned warehouse at **542 Southeast Loop 410** on San Antonio's East Side,
in Bexar County, Texas. The contract language describes the work as procuring "the</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, GardaWorld Federal Services, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--ice-awards-gardaworld-17-3m-san-antonio-warehouse-detention-conversion/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Solicits $1M-$2M for Boston Dynamics SPOT Robots, Citing 'Situational Awareness' in High-Risk Environments</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--ice-solicits-boston-dynamics-spot-robots-fort-benning/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-27</dc:date><description>On **August 27, 2026**, ICE published a procurement notice — **Record F2026075113** — for
**Boston Dynamics SPOT** quadruped robots and accessories, budgeted at **$1 million to $2 million**,
citing **"situational awareness"** in high-risk environments. The notice targets a **Sept</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-tech</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **August 27, 2026**, ICE published a procurement notice — **Record F2026075113** — for
**Boston Dynamics SPOT** quadruped robots and accessories, budgeted at **$1 million to $2 million**,
citing **"situational awareness"** in high-risk environments. The notice targets a **Sept</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--ice-solicits-boston-dynamics-spot-robots-fort-benning/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Minnesota 15 Defense Argues DOJ Has Forfeited the Presumption of Regularity at Discovery Hearing on Surveillance Materials</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--minnesota-15-discovery-hearing-vindictive-prosecution-presumption-of-regularity/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-27</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>Kevin Riach</category><category>Isaac Sant</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">protest-prosecution</category><category domain="tag">vindictive-prosecution</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kevin Riach, Isaac Sant, U.S. Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--minnesota-15-discovery-hearing-vindictive-prosecution-presumption-of-regularity/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>New Evidence Contradicts DHS 'Fact Check' That an ICE-Detained Woman Received 'FULL' Prenatal Care Before a Stillbirth</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--intercept-evidence-contradicts-dhs-prenatal-care-claim-stillbirth-in-ice-custody/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-27</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>The Intercept</category><category domain="tag">detention-conditions</category><category domain="tag">medical-neglect</category><category domain="tag">accountability-evasion</category>
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<title>New York's August 25 287(g) Deadline Passes: State Sues Rensselaer Directly, Corrected 12-Agency Roster Shows Federal Court Already Denied a DOJ Injunction</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--ny-287g-compliance-deadline-passes-state-sues-rensselaer-corrected-roster/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-27</dc:date><description>New York's August 25, 2026 deadline for terminating local 287(g) agreements with ICE has passed, and the record it produced corrects the premise this entry was commissioned to check. The state Attorney General's Office of Immigrant Trust sent formal termination-demand letters — c</description><category>New York Office of Immigrant Trust</category><category>Letitia James</category><category>Kathy Hochul</category><category>Kyle Bourgault</category><category>Rensselaer County</category><category>Broome County</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">new-york</category><category domain="tag">state-federal-conflict</category><category domain="tag">igsa</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>New York's August 25, 2026 deadline for terminating local 287(g) agreements with ICE has passed, and the record it produced corrects the premise this entry was commissioned to check. The state Attorney General's Office of Immigrant Trust sent formal termination-demand letters — c</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> New York Office of Immigrant Trust, Letitia James, Kathy Hochul, Kyle Bourgault, Rensselaer County, Broome County, Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County, U.S. Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--ny-287g-compliance-deadline-passes-state-sues-rensselaer-corrected-roster/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>OCC and FDIC Finalize a Rule Requiring Supervisory Objections to Tie to Material Financial Risk, Narrowing 'Unsafe or Unsound Practice'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--occ-fdic-final-rule-unsafe-unsound-practice-material-financial-risk/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--occ-fdic-final-rule-unsafe-unsound-practice-material-financial-risk/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-27</dc:date><description>On **August 27, 2026**, the **OCC** and **FDIC** issued a joint final rule formally defining
**"unsafe or unsound practice"** in bank supervision. The rule **requires supervisory objections to
be tied to material financial risk or a legal violation** — examiners may no longer rai</description><category>Office of the Comptroller of the Currency</category><category>Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">crypto-capture</category><category domain="tag">deregulation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **August 27, 2026**, the **OCC** and **FDIC** issued a joint final rule formally defining
**"unsafe or unsound practice"** in bank supervision. The rule **requires supervisory objections to
be tied to material financial risk or a legal violation** — examiners may no longer rai</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--occ-fdic-final-rule-unsafe-unsound-practice-material-financial-risk/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ProPublica Documents Pinellas County Jail Rebooking Immigrants to Hold Them Past a 72-Hour IGSA Limit — One Woman Held 26 Days</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--propublica-pinellas-county-jail-rebooking-circumvents-72-hour-igsa-limit/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-27</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>ProPublica</category><category domain="tag">detention-igsa</category><category domain="tag">florida</category><category domain="tag">detention-conditions</category><category domain="tag">accountability-evasion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ProPublica</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--propublica-pinellas-county-jail-rebooking-circumvents-72-hour-igsa-limit/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Rokita-Marté Consent Decree Settles the Policy Language but Expressly Leaves the ICE-Detainer Question for an October 27 Hearing</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--rokita-marte-consent-decree-settles-policy-language-leaves-ice-detainer-question-live/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-27</dc:date><description>A consent decree signed by Indiana Attorney General **Todd Rokita** and Monroe County Sheriff **Ruben Marté** was **filed August 26, 2026** and **approved August 27** by Monroe County Circuit Court special judge **Luke Rudisill**. It settles Rokita's objections to the sheriff's i</description><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">state-preemption</category><category domain="tag">indiana</category><category domain="tag">sheriffs</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A consent decree signed by Indiana Attorney General **Todd Rokita** and Monroe County Sheriff **Ruben Marté** was **filed August 26, 2026** and **approved August 27** by Monroe County Circuit Court special judge **Luke Rudisill**. It settles Rokita's objections to the sheriff's i</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--rokita-marte-consent-decree-settles-policy-language-leaves-ice-detainer-question-live/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Sosnava Rodriguez v. Ortega: The Actual Case Behind the 5th Circuit's 90-Day Bond-Hearing Reversal — Docket Posture, Panel, and En Banc Argument Ahead of September 2026 Sitting</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--sosnava-rodriguez-ortega-5th-circuit-en-banc-docket-posture-september-argument/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-27</dc:date><description>**Correction to the KB's own prior record:** two earlier timeline entries in this corpus —
[[2026-07-02--fifth-circuit-90-day-bond-hearing-mandatory-detention-ruling]] and
[[2026-07-10--5th-circuit-en-banc-reinstates-mandatory-detention]] — cited
`ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/25</description><category>Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>American Immigration Council</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">fifth-circuit</category>
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[[2026-07-02--fifth-circuit-90-day-bond-hearing-mandatory-detention-ruling]] and
[[2026-07-10--5th-circuit-en-banc-reinstates-mandatory-detention]] — cited
`ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/25</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Justice, American Immigration Council</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-27--sosnava-rodriguez-ortega-5th-circuit-en-banc-docket-posture-september-argument/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Fifteen New York Sheriffs, Represented by FAIR, Sue to Overturn the 287(g) Ban One Day After It Took Effect</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--fifteen-ny-sheriffs-sue-fair-local-cops-local-crimes-act-287g-ban/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-26</dc:date><description>Fifteen New York county sheriffs sued the state on **August 26, 2026** in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, Albany Division, seeking to overturn the **Local Cops, Local Crimes Act** one day after it took effect. The plaintiffs are represented by the *</description><category>Kathy Hochul</category><category>Letitia James</category><category>New York Office of Immigrant Trust</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Fifteen New York county sheriffs sued the state on **August 26, 2026** in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, Albany Division, seeking to overturn the **Local Cops, Local Crimes Act** one day after it took effect. The plaintiffs are represented by the *</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kathy Hochul, Letitia James, New York Office of Immigrant Trust</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--fifteen-ny-sheriffs-sue-fair-local-cops-local-crimes-act-287g-ban/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Five-State Documentary Proof-of-Citizenship Picture Fractures Ahead of Midterms: Two of Five Enjoined, EAC Still Headless</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--five-state-citizenship-proof-enforcement-picture-diverges-two-enjoined-2026-midterms/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-26</dc:date><description>## Correction to prior instantiation</description><category>Brennan Center for Justice</category><category>Election Assistance Commission</category><category>League of Women Voters</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Voter Suppression</category><category domain="tag">voter-suppression</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">midterms-2026</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">state-legislation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Correction to prior instantiation</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Brennan Center for Justice, Election Assistance Commission, League of Women Voters</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Electoral Capture, Voter Suppression</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--five-state-citizenship-proof-enforcement-picture-diverges-two-enjoined-2026-midterms/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Hall County GA Imposes a Single Unanimous Moratorium Covering Both Data Centers and Detention Centers</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--hall-county-ga-unanimous-dual-moratorium-data-centers-and-detention-centers/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-26</dc:date><description>The Hall County, Georgia Board of Commissioners voted **unanimously** to impose moratoriums on rezoning applications for **data centers, detention centers, and high-density housing** — three uses paused in one action. Staff will assess infrastructure capacity, water use, and cumu</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">georgia</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">zoning</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Hall County, Georgia Board of Commissioners voted **unanimously** to impose moratoriums on rezoning applications for **data centers, detention centers, and high-density housing** — three uses paused in one action. Staff will assess infrastructure capacity, water use, and cumu</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--hall-county-ga-unanimous-dual-moratorium-data-centers-and-detention-centers/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>HSI Solicits Private Contractor to Deliver Voter Registration and Voter History Files</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--hsi-solicits-private-contractor-voter-registration-files-fraud-detection/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-26</dc:date><description>Homeland Security Investigations — the investigative arm of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — issued a solicitation seeking a private contractor to supply "publicly available" voter registration files and voter history files, described in the procurement language as supp</description><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">data-broker</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">procurement</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Homeland Security Investigations — the investigative arm of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — issued a solicitation seeking a private contractor to supply "publicly available" voter registration files and voter history files, described in the procurement language as supp</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--hsi-solicits-private-contractor-voter-registration-files-fraud-detection/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>NY AG James Subpoenas Nassau, Rensselaer, Broome and Steuben Counties Over Unterminated 287(g) ICE Agreements</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--ny-ag-james-subpoenas-counties-defying-287g-termination-law/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-26</dc:date><description>New York Attorney General Letitia James issued subpoenas on August 25, 2026 to four counties that had not terminated their 287(g) agreements with ICE by the deadline set in state law: Nassau, Rensselaer, Broome, and Steuben. The subpoenas landed the same day the Local Cops, Local</description><category>Letitia James</category><category>Kathy Hochul</category><category>Bruce Blakeman</category><category>Nassau County</category><category>Rensselaer County</category><category>Broome County</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">state-preemption</category><category domain="tag">federalism</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">sheriffs</category><category domain="tag">new-york</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James issued subpoenas on August 25, 2026 to four counties that had not terminated their 287(g) agreements with ICE by the deadline set in state law: Nassau, Rensselaer, Broome, and Steuben. The subpoenas landed the same day the Local Cops, Local</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Letitia James, Kathy Hochul, Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County, Rensselaer County, Broome County, New York Office of Immigrant Trust, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--ny-ag-james-subpoenas-counties-defying-287g-termination-law/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Pinal County AZ Rejects the 3,300-Acre La Osa Data Center 4-1 Even After an 80% Scale-Back and Self-Imposed Water Limits</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--pinal-county-az-rejects-la-osa-data-center-4-1-after-80-percent-scaleback/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-26</dc:date><description>Pinal County supervisors voted **4-1 on August 26, 2026** to reject **Vermaland's** proposed **La Osa** data center campus south of Eloy — a **3,300-acre** site that would have been the largest data center project in Arizona.</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">arizona</category><category domain="tag">water-and-power</category><category domain="tag">zoning</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Pinal County supervisors voted **4-1 on August 26, 2026** to reject **Vermaland's** proposed **La Osa** data center campus south of Eloy — a **3,300-acre** site that would have been the largest data center project in Arizona.</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--pinal-county-az-rejects-la-osa-data-center-4-1-after-80-percent-scaleback/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Santa Clara/California v. ICE (Gilroy): Docket Shows Full NEPA/ICA/Zoning Complaint, Federal Opposition Claiming '10 Detainees,' and an Unresolved Hearing-Date Discrepancy Between Press (Sept. 8) and the Court's Own Docket Text (Oct. 7)</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--gilroy-ice-lawsuit-docket-posture-reply-brief-hearing-date-discrepancy/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-26</dc:date><description>**Case identified:** *County of Santa Clara v. United States Immigration & Customs Enforcement*, N.D. Cal. **5:26-cv-05604**, filed June 10, 2026. Named defendants: ECG 6 LLC, Edward Forst, Markwayne Mullin, DHS, GSA, ICE, and David Venturella. Assigned to **Judge Eumi K. Lee** (</description><category>Santa Clara County</category><category>State of California</category><category>California Attorney General Rob Bonta</category><category>ICE</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Elmwood Capital Group</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">california</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-bypass</category><category domain="tag">santa-clara-county</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>**Case identified:** *County of Santa Clara v. United States Immigration &amp; Customs Enforcement*, N.D. Cal. **5:26-cv-05604**, filed June 10, 2026. Named defendants: ECG 6 LLC, Edward Forst, Markwayne Mullin, DHS, GSA, ICE, and David Venturella. Assigned to **Judge Eumi K. Lee** (</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Santa Clara County, State of California, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, ICE, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Elmwood Capital Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--gilroy-ice-lawsuit-docket-posture-reply-brief-hearing-date-discrepancy/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>State and Treasury Designate Italian Hosting Collective Autistici/Inventati a Global Terrorist</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--state-treasury-designate-autistici-inventati-sdgt-hosting-collective/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-26</dc:date><description>On August 26, 2026 the State and Treasury Departments designated **Autistici/Inventati** — an Italian volunteer collective operating since 2001 — as a **Specially Designated Global Terrorist** under Executive Order 13224. The same action designated Palestine Action (UK), Masar Ba</description><category>U.S. Department of State</category><category>U.S. Department of the Treasury</category><category>Scott Bessent</category><category domain="tag">protest-criminalization</category><category domain="tag">nspm-7</category><category domain="tag">sanctions</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On August 26, 2026 the State and Treasury Departments designated **Autistici/Inventati** — an Italian volunteer collective operating since 2001 — as a **Specially Designated Global Terrorist** under Executive Order 13224. The same action designated Palestine Action (UK), Masar Ba</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Scott Bessent</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--state-treasury-designate-autistici-inventati-sdgt-hosting-collective/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Talwani Vacates Her Own Mail-Ballot Injunction After SCOTUS Stay; USPS Publishes the Final Rule the Same Day</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--talwani-vacates-own-injunction-after-scotus-stay-mail-ballot-eo/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-26</dc:date><description>On August 26, 2026, District Judge Indira Talwani vacated her own preliminary injunction against Executive Order 14399's mail-ballot provisions, citing the Supreme Court's August 24 partial stay. The same day, USPS published its final rule, "Ballot Mail for Federal Elections" (FR</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>U.S. Postal Service</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">mail-ballot</category><category domain="tag">eo-14399</category><category domain="tag">usps</category><category domain="tag">shadow-docket</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On August 26, 2026, District Judge Indira Talwani vacated her own preliminary injunction against Executive Order 14399's mail-ballot provisions, citing the Supreme Court's August 24 partial stay. The same day, USPS published its final rule, "Ballot Mail for Federal Elections" (FR</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Postal Service, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-26--talwani-vacates-own-injunction-after-scotus-stay-mail-ballot-eo/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Florida PSC Tells Duke Its Data-Center Tariff Is on "Shaky Ground" in First Test of SB 484 Cost-Shift Law</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-25--florida-psc-duke-sb484-large-load-tariff-hearing-shaky-ground/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-25</dc:date><description>The Florida Public Service Commission held an evidentiary hearing on August 25-26, 2026 on **Duke Energy Florida**'s petition for a large-load customer framework — the first test of **SB 484**, the Florida statute requiring public utilities to "reasonably ensure that each large l</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category><category domain="tag">utility-regulation</category><category domain="tag">florida</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Florida Public Service Commission held an evidentiary hearing on August 25-26, 2026 on **Duke Energy Florida**'s petition for a large-load customer framework — the first test of **SB 484**, the Florida statute requiring public utilities to "reasonably ensure that each large l</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-25--florida-psc-duke-sb484-large-load-tariff-hearing-shaky-ground/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Henry County VA Creates Data Center Zoning District Requiring Special Use Permit, 50 dBA Cap and Annual Noise Testing</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-25--henry-county-va-adopts-data-center-district-50-dba-annual-noise-testing/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-25</dc:date><description>The Henry County, Virginia Board of Supervisors amended the county zoning ordinance on August 25, 2026 to create a new Data Center (D-C) District with requirements covering setbacks, noise, water use, electrical infrastructure, cooling systems, screening, lighting, emergency resp</description><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Henry County, Virginia Board of Supervisors amended the county zoning ordinance on August 25, 2026 to create a new Data Center (D-C) District with requirements covering setbacks, noise, water use, electrical infrastructure, cooling systems, screening, lighting, emergency resp</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-25--henry-county-va-adopts-data-center-district-50-dba-annual-noise-testing/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Jackson Township, NJ Adopts Ordinance 2026-25, Writing a Data-Center Prohibition That Expressly Excludes Warehouses From the Definition</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-25--jackson-nj-ordinance-2026-25-data-center-prohibition-excludes-warehouse-definition/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-25</dc:date><description>The Jackson Township Council adopted **Ordinance No. 2026-25** on second reading **August 25, 2026** by a vote of **4-1**, Councilman Ken Bressi dissenting. It was introduced August 11. The ordinance amends Chapter 244 of the township code, "The Land Use and Development Regulatio</description><category domain="tag">data-center-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">land-use</category><category domain="tag">new-jersey</category><category domain="tag">zoning-instruments</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Jackson Township Council adopted **Ordinance No. 2026-25** on second reading **August 25, 2026** by a vote of **4-1**, Councilman Ken Bressi dissenting. It was introduced August 11. The ordinance amends Chapter 244 of the township code, "The Land Use and Development Regulatio</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-25--jackson-nj-ordinance-2026-25-data-center-prohibition-excludes-warehouse-definition/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Pierce County WA Extends Its Detention Moratorium Six Months, With the Executive Saying State Law Bars a Permanent Ban</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-25--pierce-county-wa-extends-detention-moratorium-six-months-state-law-bars-perpetual-bans/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-25</dc:date><description>The Pierce County, Washington Council voted **unanimously on August 25, 2026** to extend for another **six months** a moratorium first approved in **March 2026**, barring the siting, expansion, or establishment of **involuntary detention centers** — ICE facilities included, along</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">washington</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">zoning</category><category domain="tag">ice</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Pierce County, Washington Council voted **unanimously on August 25, 2026** to extend for another **six months** a moratorium first approved in **March 2026**, barring the siting, expansion, or establishment of **involuntary detention centers** — ICE facilities included, along</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-25--pierce-county-wa-extends-detention-moratorium-six-months-state-law-bars-perpetual-bans/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Seventh Circuit Holds Private Home Possession of AI-Generated CSAM Protected Under Stanley and Ashcroft, While Production and Distribution Remain Prosecutable</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-25--seventh-circuit-anderegg-home-possession-ai-csam-protected-stanley-ashcroft/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-25</dc:date><description>A three-judge panel of the **Seventh Circuit** held on **August 25, 2026** in *United States v. Anderegg*, No. **25-1354**, that **18 U.S.C. § 1466A(b)(1) is unconstitutional as applied** to a defendant charged with possessing AI-generated child sexual abuse material in his home,</description><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">first-amendment</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A three-judge panel of the **Seventh Circuit** held on **August 25, 2026** in *United States v. Anderegg*, No. **25-1354**, that **18 U.S.C. § 1466A(b)(1) is unconstitutional as applied** to a defendant charged with possessing AI-generated child sexual abuse material in his home,</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-25--seventh-circuit-anderegg-home-possession-ai-csam-protected-stanley-ashcroft/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Army Sergeant's Wife Deported After AP Investigation Documents 50+ Detained Spouses and Parents of Active-Duty Troops</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-24--ap-investigation-50-military-family-members-detained-army-sergeant-wife-deported/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-24</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Associated Press</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention</category><category domain="tag">congressional-oversight</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, Associated Press</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-24--ap-investigation-50-military-family-members-detained-army-sergeant-wife-deported/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Carlton County MN Board Unanimously Enacts One-Year Data Center Moratorium as Google Presses Neighboring Hermantown</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-24--carlton-county-mn-unanimous-one-year-data-center-moratorium-google-hermantown/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-24</dc:date><description>The Carlton County, Minnesota Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on August 24, 2026 to enact a one-year moratorium barring approval of new data center developments in the county's townships, after months of consideration. Cities within the county are not covered. Zoning and</description><category>Google</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Carlton County, Minnesota Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on August 24, 2026 to enact a one-year moratorium barring approval of new data center developments in the county's townships, after months of consideration. Cities within the county are not covered. Zoning and</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Google</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-24--carlton-county-mn-unanimous-one-year-data-center-moratorium-google-hermantown/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>CENTCOM Official Describes Journalist 'Disregard' List to Intercept Reporter; Command Denies It Exists</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-24--centcom-official-describes-journalist-disregard-list-command-denies/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-24</dc:date><description>Nick Turse reported in The Intercept on August 24, 2026 that a U.S. Central Command public affairs executive assistant, Richard Allee, told him during a phone call: "You'll be put on a list of people to disregard." Turse had been pressing CENTCOM for answers about Iranian attacks</description><category>U.S. Central Command</category><category>The Intercept</category><category>Pete Hegseth</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">journalist-targeting</category><category domain="tag">information-control</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Nick Turse reported in The Intercept on August 24, 2026 that a U.S. Central Command public affairs executive assistant, Richard Allee, told him during a phone call: "You'll be put on a list of people to disregard." Turse had been pressing CENTCOM for answers about Iranian attacks</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Central Command, The Intercept, Pete Hegseth</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-24--centcom-official-describes-journalist-disregard-list-command-denies/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Suit Against Washtenaw County's Sanctuary Policies</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-24--federal-judge-dismisses-doj-suit-against-washtenaw-county-sanctuary-policies/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-24</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">sanctuary-policy</category><category domain="tag">preemption</category><category domain="tag">washtenaw-county</category><category domain="tag">michigan</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-24--federal-judge-dismisses-doj-suit-against-washtenaw-county-sanctuary-policies/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>SCOTUS Shadow-Docket Stay 6-3 Lifts Block on Trump Mail-Ballot EO Ten Weeks Before Midterms</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-24--scotus-shadow-docket-stay-lifts-block-trump-mail-ballot-eo/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-24</dc:date><description>The Supreme Court voted 6-3 on August 24, 2026 to stay the injunction blocking Trump's March 2026 election executive order, allowing the directive to take effect roughly ten weeks before the November 2026 midterms. The order — which adds ballot-tracking identifiers, directs the D</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Indira Talwani</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category>United States Postal Service</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">shadow-docket</category><category domain="tag">voter-suppression</category><category domain="tag">election-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">executive-overreach</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Supreme Court voted 6-3 on August 24, 2026 to stay the injunction blocking Trump's March 2026 election executive order, allowing the directive to take effect roughly ten weeks before the November 2026 midterms. The order — which adds ballot-tracking identifiers, directs the D</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, Donald Trump, Indira Talwani, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States Postal Service</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-24--scotus-shadow-docket-stay-lifts-block-trump-mail-ballot-eo/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>State Department Prepares to Revoke Up to 200,000 B1/B2 Visas of Asylum Filers</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-24--state-dept-prepares-mass-b1-b2-visa-revocation-up-to-200000-asylum-filers/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-24</dc:date><description>The State Department is preparing to revoke B1/B2 tourist and business visas of up to 200,000 people, according to State Department documents obtained by the Associated Press and reported August 24. The action targets B1/B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026 whose holders subsequ</description><category>State Department</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">immigration</category><category domain="tag">state-department</category><category domain="tag">asylum</category><category domain="tag">enforcement</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The State Department is preparing to revoke B1/B2 tourist and business visas of up to 200,000 people, according to State Department documents obtained by the Associated Press and reported August 24. The action targets B1/B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026 whose holders subsequ</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> State Department, U.S. Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-24--state-dept-prepares-mass-b1-b2-visa-revocation-up-to-200000-asylum-filers/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Lianyong Wei, 51, Dies About 24 Hours Into ICE Custody in Saipan; ICE Discloses It Nine Days Later</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-23--lianyong-wei-dies-ice-custody-saipan-cnmi-corrections/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-23</dc:date><description>Lianyong Wei, 51, a Chinese national, died at approximately 7:30 a.m. Chamorro Standard Time on August 23, 2026, at the Commonwealth Health Care Corporation Emergency Room in Saipan. He had been arrested on August 21 by the CNMI Department of Public Safety on assault-related char</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">igsa</category><category domain="tag">medical-neglect</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Lianyong Wei, 51, a Chinese national, died at approximately 7:30 a.m. Chamorro Standard Time on August 23, 2026, at the Commonwealth Health Care Corporation Emergency Room in Saipan. He had been arrested on August 21 by the CNMI Department of Public Safety on assault-related char</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-23--lianyong-wei-dies-ice-custody-saipan-cnmi-corrections/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Analysis Finds 97 Percent of Trump DOJ Emergency SCOTUS Filings Claim Judges Are Interfering With Presidential Power</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-22--ap-analysis-97-percent-doj-emergency-scotus-filings-claim-judicial-interference/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-22</dc:date><description>An Associated Press analysis circulated in August 2026 and cited by the Brennan Center found that of the 31 emergency applications the Trump Justice Department filed at the Supreme Court between February 2025 and the date of the count, 97 percent argued that the lower-court judge</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Ketanji Brown Jackson</category><category>Brett Kavanaugh</category><category>Associated Press</category><category>Brennan Center for Justice</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category><category domain="tag">shadow-docket</category><category domain="tag">federal-courts</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>An Associated Press analysis circulated in August 2026 and cited by the Brennan Center found that of the 31 emergency applications the Trump Justice Department filed at the Supreme Court between February 2025 and the date of the count, 97 percent argued that the lower-court judge</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, Department of Justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Brett Kavanaugh, Associated Press, Brennan Center for Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-22--ap-analysis-97-percent-doj-emergency-scotus-filings-claim-judicial-interference/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Howell Orders ICE to Process 1,000 Pages/Month of Polling-Place FOIA Records</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-22--howell-orders-ice-1000-pages-monthly-dnc-foia-polling-place-records/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-22</dc:date><description>U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell on August 22 ordered ICE, DOJ, FBI, and DOD to process at least 1,000 pages per month of documents sought by the DNC in a FOIA lawsuit over potential federal agent deployment to polling places, drop boxes, and election offices ahead of November's </description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Democratic National Committee</category><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Federal Bureau of Investigation</category><category>Department of Defense</category><category domain="tag">foia</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">judicial-oversight</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell on August 22 ordered ICE, DOJ, FBI, and DOD to process at least 1,000 pages per month of documents sought by the DNC in a FOIA lawsuit over potential federal agent deployment to polling places, drop boxes, and election offices ahead of November's </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Democratic National Committee, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Defense</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-22--howell-orders-ice-1000-pages-monthly-dnc-foia-polling-place-records/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Chief Justice Roberts Stays Injunction Blocking White House East Wing Ballroom, Pending Further Order</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-21--roberts-stays-leon-injunction-white-house-ballroom-national-trust/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-21</dc:date><description>## Opening paragraph</description><category>John Roberts</category><category>National Park Service</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>D. John Sauer</category><category domain="capture-lane">Executive Power Expansion</category><category domain="capture-lane">Systematic Corruption</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening paragraph</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> John Roberts, National Park Service, Donald Trump, D. John Sauer</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Executive Power Expansion, Systematic Corruption</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-21--roberts-stays-leon-injunction-white-house-ballroom-national-trust/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Ninth Circuit Unanimously Denies DHS Stay of Adelanto Conditions Injunction in L.T. v. ICE</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-21--ninth-circuit-denies-dhs-stay-adelanto-conditions-injunction-lt-v-ice/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-21</dc:date><description>A unanimous three-judge Ninth Circuit panel — Margaret McKeown, Michelle Friedland, and Eric Miller — denied the Department of Homeland Security's emergency motion to stay a preliminary injunction in *L.T. v. ICE* on August 21, 2026. The class action, brought by Public Counsel, C</description><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>GEO Group</category><category>Public Counsel</category><category>Adelanto ICE Processing Center</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">detention-conditions</category><category domain="tag">judicial-check</category><category domain="tag">california</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A unanimous three-judge Ninth Circuit panel — Margaret McKeown, Michelle Friedland, and Eric Miller — denied the Department of Homeland Security's emergency motion to stay a preliminary injunction in *L.T. v. ICE* on August 21, 2026. The class action, brought by Public Counsel, C</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, GEO Group, Public Counsel, Adelanto ICE Processing Center</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-21--ninth-circuit-denies-dhs-stay-adelanto-conditions-injunction-lt-v-ice/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Both Dakotas Put 60% Constitutional-Amendment Thresholds on November 2026 Ballots, Targeting Citizen Initiatives</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--dakotas-refer-60-percent-ballot-initiative-threshold-november-2026-voters/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-20</dc:date><description>Republican legislators in both Dakotas have referred measures to their November 2026 ballots that would raise the threshold for approving state constitutional amendments from a simple majority to **60 percent**. In South Dakota the measure is **Amendment L**, sponsored by Represe</description><category domain="tag">direct-democracy</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">south-dakota</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Republican legislators in both Dakotas have referred measures to their November 2026 ballots that would raise the threshold for approving state constitutional amendments from a simple majority to **60 percent**. In South Dakota the measure is **Amendment L**, sponsored by Represe</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--dakotas-refer-60-percent-ballot-initiative-threshold-november-2026-voters/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>CFTC Orders Standalone Digital-Commodity Framework as the CLARITY Act Dies Without a Floor Vote</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--cftc-selig-orders-standalone-digital-commodity-framework-clarity-act-stalls/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-20</dc:date><description>Two days after the SEC formally proposed Regulation Crypto Assets ([[2026-08-18--sec-proposes-regulation-crypto-assets-75m-exemption-securities-safe-harbor]]), CFTC Chairman **Michael Selig** put agency staff on notice on **August 20, 2026** to prepare a standalone digital-commod</description><category>Commodity Futures Trading Commission</category><category>Securities and Exchange Commission</category><category>Paul Atkins</category><category>John Thune</category><category domain="tag">crypto-capture</category><category domain="tag">financial-regulation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Two days after the SEC formally proposed Regulation Crypto Assets ([[2026-08-18--sec-proposes-regulation-crypto-assets-75m-exemption-securities-safe-harbor]]), CFTC Chairman **Michael Selig** put agency staff on notice on **August 20, 2026** to prepare a standalone digital-commod</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Paul Atkins, John Thune</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--cftc-selig-orders-standalone-digital-commodity-framework-clarity-act-stalls/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Church Plaintiffs File Non-Compliance Motion Against DHS, Attaching a Whipple Shield ROI Documenting an Undercover Agent Inside University Baptist Church</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--synod-plaintiffs-file-non-compliance-motion-whipple-shield-roi-university-baptist/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-20</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Homeland Security Investigations</category><category>Katherine Wespetal</category><category>Hakan Catalan</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="tag">project-whipple-shield</category><category domain="tag">church-surveillance</category><category domain="tag">domestic-surveillance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, Katherine Wespetal, Hakan Catalan</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--synod-plaintiffs-file-non-compliance-motion-whipple-shield-roi-university-baptist/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Federal Judge Domenico Blocks Colorado's Unannounced-Inspection Mandate Over GEO Group's Aurora ICE Facility</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--federal-judge-blocks-colorado-health-inspection-authority-geo-aurora/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-20</dc:date><description>Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico granted GEO Group a preliminary injunction on August 20, 2026 against part of House Bill 26-1276, a 2026 Colorado law that expanded the state's public-health inspection authority over the Aurora ICE Processing Center, Colorado's only ICE </description><category>GEO Group</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category><category domain="tag">federal-preemption</category><category domain="tag">colorado</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico granted GEO Group a preliminary injunction on August 20, 2026 against part of House Bill 26-1276, a 2026 Colorado law that expanded the state's public-health inspection authority over the Aurora ICE Processing Center, Colorado's only ICE </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--federal-judge-blocks-colorado-health-inspection-authority-geo-aurora/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Privacy Coalition Files Maryland AG Complaint Naming Penlink, Thomson Reuters for Selling Geolocation to ICE</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--maryland-ag-complaint-penlink-thomson-reuters-geolocation-ice/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-20</dc:date><description>A coalition of privacy and civil rights groups filed a consumer complaint with the Maryland Attorney General on August 20, 2026, alleging that named data brokers — among them Penlink and Thomson Reuters — collect and sell Marylanders' geolocation data to Immigration and Customs E</description><category>Penlink</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">data-brokers</category><category domain="tag">mass-surveillance</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A coalition of privacy and civil rights groups filed a consumer complaint with the Maryland Attorney General on August 20, 2026, alleging that named data brokers — among them Penlink and Thomson Reuters — collect and sell Marylanders' geolocation data to Immigration and Customs E</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Penlink, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--maryland-ag-complaint-penlink-thomson-reuters-geolocation-ice/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ProPublica Reports DOJ Pressed U.S. Attorneys for Voter-Fraud Cases as Lutnick Claims 24,000 Noncitizens Voted</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--propublica-doj-pressured-us-attorneys-voter-fraud-lutnick-24000-claim/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-20</dc:date><description>Two disclosures landed on August 20, 2026, describing the same effort from opposite ends. ProPublica, republished by the Minnesota Reformer, reported that Justice Department officials pressured U.S. attorney offices as early as late March 2026 to develop criminal voter-fraud case</description><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Howard Lutnick</category><category>U.S. Census Bureau</category><category>ProPublica</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">disinformation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Two disclosures landed on August 20, 2026, describing the same effort from opposite ends. ProPublica, republished by the Minnesota Reformer, reported that Justice Department officials pressured U.S. attorney offices as early as late March 2026 to develop criminal voter-fraud case</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice, Howard Lutnick, U.S. Census Bureau, ProPublica</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--propublica-doj-pressured-us-attorneys-voter-fraud-lutnick-24000-claim/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Names Nine District Nominees as the Rudofsky Pick Puts the First Trump-Majority Appeals Court in Reach</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--trump-nine-district-nominees-rudofsky-eighth-circuit-first-trump-majority-appeals-court/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-20</dc:date><description>Trump named **nine new judicial nominees to federal district courts** across six states —
**Oklahoma, Alaska, Texas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Florida**. The announcement lands alongside a
separate and structurally larger nomination made a week earlier: the elevation of **Judge Le</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>U.S. Senate</category><category domain="tag">court-rigging</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Trump named **nine new judicial nominees to federal district courts** across six states —
**Oklahoma, Alaska, Texas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Florida**. The announcement lands alongside a
separate and structurally larger nomination made a week earlier: the elevation of **Judge Le</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, U.S. Senate</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--trump-nine-district-nominees-rudofsky-eighth-circuit-first-trump-majority-appeals-court/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Washington County, FL Unanimously Approves One-Year Data Center Moratorium in Unincorporated Areas</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--washington-county-fl-approves-one-year-data-center-moratorium-unincorporated/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-20</dc:date><description>The Washington County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously at its August 20, 2026 regular meeting to impose a one-year moratorium on the acceptance, processing, review, and approval of applications for data centers and large-scale data processing facilities in unincorp</description><category domain="tag">data-center-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">land-use</category><category domain="tag">florida</category><category domain="tag">infrastructure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Washington County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously at its August 20, 2026 regular meeting to impose a one-year moratorium on the acceptance, processing, review, and approval of applications for data centers and large-scale data processing facilities in unincorp</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-20--washington-county-fl-approves-one-year-data-center-moratorium-unincorporated/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Crypto and AI Super PACs Amass $321M in 2026 Cycle; Fairshake Network Spends Against Progressive Democrats</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-19--crypto-ai-super-pacs-321-million-2026-cycle-fairshake-progressive-primaries/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-19</dc:date><description>Super PACs funded by the cryptocurrency and artificial-intelligence industries have amassed more than **$321 million** in the 2026 cycle across fourteen federal and state groups, according to The Nation's review of FEC filings. Actual spending so far runs well below the war chest</description><category>Coinbase</category><category>Andreessen Horowitz</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">crypto-corruption</category><category domain="tag">dark-money</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Super PACs funded by the cryptocurrency and artificial-intelligence industries have amassed more than **$321 million** in the 2026 cycle across fourteen federal and state groups, according to The Nation's review of FEC filings. Actual spending so far runs well below the war chest</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Coinbase, Andreessen Horowitz</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-19--crypto-ai-super-pacs-321-million-2026-cycle-fairshake-progressive-primaries/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Abandons Salt Lake City Warehouse Detention Conversion, Sends 145M Dollar Building to GSA as Excess Property</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-19--ice-abandons-salt-lake-city-warehouse-conversion-gsa-excess-property/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-08-19</dc:date><description>August 2026 court filings confirmed that ICE and DHS no longer intend to convert the Salt Lake City warehouse the agency bought in March 2026 for roughly $145 million into an immigration detention center, and that the building will instead be designated excess property for dispos</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>General Services Administration</category><category>Kristi Noem</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category>Salt Lake City</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-detention</category><category domain="tag">federal-procurement</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category><category domain="tag">utah</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>August 2026 court filings confirmed that ICE and DHS no longer intend to convert the Salt Lake City warehouse the agency bought in March 2026 for roughly $145 million into an immigration detention center, and that the building will instead be designated excess property for dispos</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, General Services Administration, Kristi Noem, Markwayne Mullin, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-19--ice-abandons-salt-lake-city-warehouse-conversion-gsa-excess-property/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Warehouse Detention Program Stalls Nationwide: 11 Purchased Sites, $1.074B Spent, No Restart Timeline Under Mullin</title>
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<dc:date>2026-08-19</dc:date><description>By August 2026 the ICE Detention Reengineering Initiative — the program to convert purchased commercial warehouses into a national detention network, targeted at a new detention model by September 30, 2026 — had stalled program-wide rather than site by site. ICE bought eleven war</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category>Kristi Noem</category><category>American Immigration Council</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-detention</category><category domain="tag">detention-reengineering-initiative</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category><category domain="tag">federal-procurement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>By August 2026 the ICE Detention Reengineering Initiative — the program to convert purchased commercial warehouses into a national detention network, targeted at a new detention model by September 30, 2026 — had stalled program-wide rather than site by site. ICE bought eleven war</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, Kristi Noem, American Immigration Council</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-19--ice-detention-reengineering-initiative-stalls-program-wide-11-purchased-sites/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Indianapolis/Marion County Enacts Data-Center Moratorium Through 2027 on 23-1 Council and 6-0 Commission Votes</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-19--indianapolis-marion-county-enacts-data-center-moratorium-through-2027/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-08-19</dc:date><description>Marion County, Indiana enacted a data-center construction moratorium running through December 31, 2027, completing a process that began with the July 13 committee advance. The Indianapolis City-County Council voted 23-1 on August 10, and the Metropolitan Development Commission ga</description><category>Google</category><category>DC Blox</category><category domain="tag">data-center-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">zoning</category><category domain="tag">indiana</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Marion County, Indiana enacted a data-center construction moratorium running through December 31, 2027, completing a process that began with the July 13 committee advance. The Indianapolis City-County Council voted 23-1 on August 10, and the Metropolitan Development Commission ga</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Google, DC Blox</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-19--indianapolis-marion-county-enacts-data-center-moratorium-through-2027/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Hanen Authorizes Surgical PEG-Tube Force-Feeding of Cuban Hunger Striker at GEO's Montgomery Facility</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-19--hanen-authorizes-peg-tube-force-feeding-cuban-detainee-montgomery-geo/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-08-19</dc:date><description>On August 19, 2026, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen authorized ICE to surgically implant a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube — a PEG, placed through an incision in the abdomen directly into the stomach — in a Cuban national on hunger strike at the Montgomery ICE Processin</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>GEO Group</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">hunger-strike</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">medical-neglect</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On August 19, 2026, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen authorized ICE to surgically implant a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube — a PEG, placed through an incision in the abdomen directly into the stomach — in a Cuban national on hunger strike at the Montgomery ICE Processin</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, GEO Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-19--hanen-authorizes-peg-tube-force-feeding-cuban-detainee-montgomery-geo/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Oracle Drops Wisconsin PSC Suit, Leaving $100M-Plus Annual Collateral Requirement for Port Washington Campus</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-19--oracle-drops-wisconsin-psc-suit-100m-collateral-port-washington/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-08-19</dc:date><description>Oracle voluntarily dismissed its Ozaukee County Circuit Court lawsuit on August 17, 2026, ending a two-month challenge to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission's credit-rating rule for large data-center customers and leaving the ratepayer protection fully intact. Under the very</description><category>Oracle</category><category>Wisconsin Public Service Commission</category><category>We Energies</category><category>OpenAI</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category><category domain="tag">wisconsin</category><category domain="tag">grid-infrastructure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Oracle voluntarily dismissed its Ozaukee County Circuit Court lawsuit on August 17, 2026, ending a two-month challenge to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission's credit-rating rule for large data-center customers and leaving the ratepayer protection fully intact. Under the very</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Oracle, Wisconsin Public Service Commission, We Energies, OpenAI</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-08-19--oracle-drops-wisconsin-psc-suit-100m-collateral-port-washington/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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