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Trump’s spying on left-wing groups recalls J Edgar Hoover’s Cointelpro

The FBI from the 1950s to the 1970s tried to infiltrate and discredit leftist organizations. Trump seems to be repeating that sordid practice It is bad enough that the Trump administration blocked a federal criminal investigation when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent killed Renee Good as she was turning her car away from him in Minneapolis the past January. Just before the shooting, Good and her partner had been observing and protesting against ICE officers. Instead, it turns…

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Trump’s spying on left-wing groups recalls J Edgar Hoover’s Cointelpro
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