Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested, detained, deported, and/or imprisoned many people that it has unilaterally determined to be undesirables.  At first, they claimed they would deport only criminals, but it has already gone beyond that.  We at the Free Press consider every person who has been sent to the Tecoluca (El Salvador prison), Guantanamo naval base, or detained in other prisons throughout the country to be innocent until proven guilty. We will include students who have been expelled for protesting genocide.  It appears the government will revoke Visa's to get rid of undesirable students.  This article will be updated as long as is necessary.

Feminism has a crucial role to play in modern life, but I sometimes wish it would leave our fairy tales alone. The results of its revisionist meddling are too often unconvincing and unsatisfying.

Remember last year’s Maleficent? It turned an age-old story on its head by revealing that the fairy (Angelina Jolie) who turned a princess into a “Sleeping Beauty” was not evil at all. No, she was merely wronged and misunderstood. Worst of all, we learned that the somnambulant princess could not be awakened by a kiss from the handsome prince, but only by a motherly peck from that same fairy.

How heartwarming. And how utterly unromantic.

Thank goodness Disney’s new live-action version of Cinderella doesn’t wear its feminism on its sleeve. It has nods to modern sensibilities, to be sure, but they’re handled with a lighter touch.

From what's left of the White House...

...Trump has made it clear that he's thrilled the Reiners are dead...

...and that he wishes the same for all who would dare oppose him...

...re-confirming that Trump Derangement Syndrome festers because he's deranged.

ICE arresting someone

This article first appeared at Ohio Capital Journal

One Ohio-based Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was convicted this year of abusing women and another was arrested on such charges. That has an advocate for immigrants calling on the agency to explain what it’s doing to screen agents as it seeks to rapidly grow its ranks.

ICE didn’t respond when asked that question.

President Donald Trump came into office promising to deport what he claimed were undocumented, violent criminals.

But NPR reported last week that more than a third of those arrested — about 74,000 — had no criminal records

Of the rest, about half have pending charges and half have convictions. Most of the convictions are for low-level offenses such as traffic violations, the news organization reported. 

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At this training, you’ll learn how a bill becomes a law in Ohio and how YOU can impact state laws and policies. The path to rebuilding Ohio starts with showing more people what their current elected officials are doing. They say sunshine is the best disinfectant…let’s shine a blinding ray of light on the Statehouse.

People holding Save Ohio Parks banner

Save Ohio Parks volunteers across Ohio are distributing literature outside theatres and museums to educate Ohioans that pristine state parks featured in a new docu IMAX film are at risk of being despoiled if Ohio public lands continue to be fracked for natural gas.

The nonprofit has already hand-distributed brochures to hundreds of people across the state, including to many planning to view the new Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) docu film, “Wild at Heart.” The film promotes Ohio’s state parks and includes scenes from these state parks: Hocking Hills; Kelley’s Island; Magee Marsh; John Bryan; Mohican; Punderson; and Shawnee.

“We love our Ohio state parks,” said Anne Sparks, board member at Save Ohio Parks. “That’s why we need to protect them. Fracking pollutes our air and increases the risk for cancer and other illnesses. It depletes and contaminates our fresh water; destroys biodiversity; and heats the planet.”

Trump favors corporations over workers. This is one influence that shapes the policies of Trump and his administration. 

Although it has a profound influence on what Trump does, it is not original with him. It is part of a Republican Party bias that extends back to the Gilded Age and the emergence of corporations in the late 19th Century. For in-depth analyses of this issue, among many others, see Sheldon S. Wolin examines this subject in his book, Democracy Inc: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism (publ. 2008), and Thom Hartmann does so in his book “The Hidden History of Monopolies (publ. 2020). 

And Chuck Collins’ new book is an eye-opener. It’s titled “Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Out Lives and Planet” (publ. 2025). Collins writes this in “The Introduction,”

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