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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Roundup: Chris Duncan, civil liberties since 9/11, and Trump’s ongoing, under-the-radar immigration catastrophe (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    Breaking: DA demands DNA from Chris Duncan and Haley Oliveaux’s mother (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 14, 2026

    The framing of Chris Duncan: Part Two (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 1, 2026

    The framing of Chris Duncan (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 9, 2026

    Roundup: Chris Duncan, reader response to suing Stephen Miller, our ongoing immigration nightmare (opens the original)

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    Greetings, readers. It’s been a bit since my last post. I’ve been fighting off a bug, but also trying to finish up some bigger projects, including my forthcoming book and new editions of both Rise of the Warrior Cop and The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.I’m also finishing up a long series on the outrageous conviction, death sentence, 30-year-imprisonment, exoneration, and now possible re-prosecution of Chris Duncan in Louisiana. It’s a story I’ve been covering on and off for 20 years. Dun

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