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Protesters have been gathering outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Illinois for the past few weeks in objection to the federal takeover of the city and the ongoing raids. On Friday, those protesters were moved, leading to a conflict with police.

A federal judge ordered that the large fence erected by the Department of Homeland Security around the Broadview processing facility must be removed. The Village of Broadview took DHS to court, demanding that the fence be removed, WGN reported. The judge agreed it "created a public safety concern" and that it was erected without the proper permits.

CNN anchor Erin Burnett was taken aback on Thursday by a KFile report that revealed deleted social media posts in which a rising star in the Democrat Party once called himself a "communist," said all police are "b-------," and described people who live in rural America as "racist" and "stupid."

Graham Platner, an oyster farmer running for Senate in Maine against Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), made several inflammatory social media posts, according to the report. He told KFile that the post no longer reflects his views on a range of issues.

Historian and author Anne Applebaum said during a podcast interview on Thursday that President Donald Trump's planned renovations at the Internal Revenue Service resemble the way Russian President Vladimir Putin rose to power in the early 2000s.

Applebaum joined Tim Miller on "The Bulwark Podcast" on Thursday, where the two discussed the state of American democracy under Trump. Applebaum noted that Trump's plan to install loyalists in the IRS and relax rules that allow the agency to go after left-leaning groups were similar to the tactics used by Putin to silence dissent in Russia.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper fact-checked House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Thursday's edition of "The Lead" about a key claim Johnson and other Republicans have made about the ongoing government shutdown.

"The democrats keep deciding to keep the government shut down; they are forcing the administration to triage federal spending," Johnson said. "Why? Because they have turned off the funding streams, Jake. That is what's happened. They can make this stop immediately."

President Donald Trump's Justice Department has been pressuring an acting U.S. attorney to indict Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) even though she hasn't been able to make a legitimate case for it, according to a report.

Writing for MSNBC.com on Thursday, Carol Leonnig, Vaughn Hillyard, Ken Dilanian, and Lisa Rubin collaborated on a report revealing that Kelly O. Hayes, a career prosecutor in Maryland, was specifically pressured by Ed Martin, who is running the "weaponization task force" investigations.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took a swipe at CNN during an interview with anchor Jake Tapper because the network hosted a town hall with two progressive lawmakers, whom Johnson described as "socialist."

On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hosted a live town hall on CNN, where the duo heaped criticism on Johnson and the Republican caucus for the government shutdown.

Former national security advisor for Donald Trump, John Bolton, was indicted on Thursday, prompting a warning from another former administration official.

Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, explained that no American is safe because the administration is accessing information about anyone it wants.