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Aug 12
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Headlines for August 12, 2025; Trump’s Takeover: ACLU on Federalizing D.C. Police & Deploying 800 National Guard; “Slide Towards Fascism”: Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Racist Roots of Trump D.C. Takeover; Trump’s New Secret Directive OKs Military Action in Latin America Under Guise of Drug War; Israel Has “Deliberate Strategy” of Killing Palestinian Journalists Like Anas al-Sharif: U.N. Expert

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