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Sep 10, 2025 Rightwing influencer Ben Bergquam accompanied ICE agents during Chicago raids and filmed the operation Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
Turning enforcement into partisan spectacle risked intimidation and blurred the line between policing and political messaging.
Independently corroborated by3 independent news desks
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- Rightwing influencer accompanies ICE agents during raids in Chicago — On a recent Sunday, rightwing influencer Ben Bergquam accompanied Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a raid in Chicago, where four individuals were arrested.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 34 – 2025-09-06–2025-09-12
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Feb 19, 2025 Workers at the General Services Administration resigned in protest over DOGE requests for access to Notify.gov data Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
The resignations were a form of internal dissent against expanded state access to personal data and weak privacy safeguards.
Independently corroborated by3 independent news desks
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- Resignations at the General Services Administration over DOGE's data access requests — Workers at the General Services Administration resigned in protest after a request from a Musk ally for access to sensitive information from the Notify[DOT]gov system, which could allow unilateral access to personal
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Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 5 – 2025-02-15–2025-02-21
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