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Inside ICE’s Plans for a Bounty Hunter Army

Katya Schwenk The Lever
Military contractors called for — and are now getting — contracts to help carry out Trump’s mass deportations, with a bounty for every immigrant they track down.

This Week in People’s History, Nov 12–18, 2025

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Three American Revolutionary soldiers, two white, one of color
Scorned Black Soldiers Rescue Yankee Doodle (1775), CIA Won’t Give Guatemala a Break (1960), Jim Crow on Parade (1865), ‘Give Peace a Chance’ (1969), Racist Terror at Its Worst (1900), Honoring Frederick Douglass (2015)

The Electric Bill Election

David Dayen The American Prospect
On Tuesday, the soaring cost of power was a key factor in several races. Democrats have a plan that can match their economic populist rhetoric.