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X's Deepfake Porn Machine Is Still Running. Will Your State Stop It?
Uncover the unsettling reality of deepfake pornography on X and explore state-level efforts to combat this invasive digital threat in Aaron Kleinman's revealing political analysis.
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Latest newsletter is out! It seems like you can still use X to post deepfake nudes. But states can step up here radio-free-america.beehiiv.com/p/x-s-deepfa...
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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You and what army?
No, really, Matt: if you want to deport and jail all my neighbors, you’re going to need an army.
We’re in the real world now bucko. This isn’t internet land where you declare something and it becomes true. You need actual dudes. So where’s your army?
No, really, Matt: if you want to deport and jail all my neighbors, you’re going to need an army.
We’re in the real world now bucko. This isn’t internet land where you declare something and it becomes true. You need actual dudes. So where’s your army?
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 AM
You and what army?
No, really, Matt: if you want to deport and jail all my neighbors, you’re going to need an army.
We’re in the real world now bucko. This isn’t internet land where you declare something and it becomes true. You need actual dudes. So where’s your army?
No, really, Matt: if you want to deport and jail all my neighbors, you’re going to need an army.
We’re in the real world now bucko. This isn’t internet land where you declare something and it becomes true. You need actual dudes. So where’s your army?
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Turns out that Bari Weiss's all hands at CBS today is to announce she's bringing on some anti-vax guys and Niall Ferguson. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/b...
January 27, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Turns out that Bari Weiss's all hands at CBS today is to announce she's bringing on some anti-vax guys and Niall Ferguson. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/b...
"Epic based Latinx queen" is one of those phrases that you'd only utter if you'd spent 3 years hanging out with Groypers on Twitter or doing coke in Dimes Square
that zei squirrel person was always kind of a lunatic but their posts becoming this overtly racist is a textbook example of how elon-era twitter posters become worse people
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
"Epic based Latinx queen" is one of those phrases that you'd only utter if you'd spent 3 years hanging out with Groypers on Twitter or doing coke in Dimes Square
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Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone employed or represented or by Brad Finstad this morning.
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone employed or represented or by Brad Finstad this morning.
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these are significant asks that would make a big difference
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:36 PM
these are significant asks that would make a big difference
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Trump take sports bar
Tonight, most (if not all) the Zipps bar locations throughout Maricopa were raided by federal agents. Community members arrived to legally observe and agents pepper sprayed the crowd least one location. Workers were taken.
January 27, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Trump take sports bar
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Kaleb Horton’s loved ones have assembled his work here. Treat yourself to some of the best writing and podcasting this century:
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January 27, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Kaleb Horton’s loved ones have assembled his work here. Treat yourself to some of the best writing and podcasting this century:
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Larry Nance Jr’s shirt at tonight’s Cavs game
January 27, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Larry Nance Jr’s shirt at tonight’s Cavs game
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Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez has been a hero throughout, advocating, witnessing, speaking up, getting assaulted by ICE thugs, but still never failing to help the people he represents. Bravo @jchavezmpls.bsky.social
Dear neighbor, It is not the time to let your guard down, nor is it the time to stop organizing.
While Bovino will be leaving Minneapolis along with some U.S. Border Patrol agents, there is still no specific plan that has been communicated to the public. 1/
While Bovino will be leaving Minneapolis along with some U.S. Border Patrol agents, there is still no specific plan that has been communicated to the public. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez has been a hero throughout, advocating, witnessing, speaking up, getting assaulted by ICE thugs, but still never failing to help the people he represents. Bravo @jchavezmpls.bsky.social
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
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"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
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Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Also a lot of Republicans probably want Miller gone. The videos of ICE operations are toxic and with him out of the way maybe the person in Trump's ear (Wiles?) will get him to do that affordability pivot they've been begging for.
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
January 27, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Also a lot of Republicans probably want Miller gone. The videos of ICE operations are toxic and with him out of the way maybe the person in Trump's ear (Wiles?) will get him to do that affordability pivot they've been begging for.
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this is the right demand
when you are pressing the advantage you need to make your demands things that can be accomplished *now*
policy moves too slow for these sorts of moments. the momentum will be lost before anything can pass Congress even in the most optimistic of timelines.
when you are pressing the advantage you need to make your demands things that can be accomplished *now*
policy moves too slow for these sorts of moments. the momentum will be lost before anything can pass Congress even in the most optimistic of timelines.
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
January 27, 2026 at 2:26 AM
this is the right demand
when you are pressing the advantage you need to make your demands things that can be accomplished *now*
policy moves too slow for these sorts of moments. the momentum will be lost before anything can pass Congress even in the most optimistic of timelines.
when you are pressing the advantage you need to make your demands things that can be accomplished *now*
policy moves too slow for these sorts of moments. the momentum will be lost before anything can pass Congress even in the most optimistic of timelines.
[to Melfi] They had to kill the dog [tearing up] its name was Isis
Working on a new character: Downton Abbey fan Tony Soprano
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 AM
[to Melfi] They had to kill the dog [tearing up] its name was Isis
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RIP Greg Bovino
January 27, 2026 at 2:33 AM
RIP Greg Bovino
You're laughing but this is like a horse having a broken leg, he won't last long
"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 AM
You're laughing but this is like a horse having a broken leg, he won't last long
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i don't know how the rest of the movie will fare over time but putting the Christmas Adventurers on celluloid right in the middle of 2025 was an incredible babe ruth calling-his-shot moment for PTA
January 27, 2026 at 12:32 AM
i don't know how the rest of the movie will fare over time but putting the Christmas Adventurers on celluloid right in the middle of 2025 was an incredible babe ruth calling-his-shot moment for PTA
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I hear it to @nicklutsko.bsky.social singing Dan Bongino
Now I can admit that I always hear “Greg Bovino” in the voice of Rachel Bloom singing “West Covina”
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I hear it to @nicklutsko.bsky.social singing Dan Bongino
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It's also a terrific paper that keeps me up to date on what's happening in the city I live in rather than focusing on a bunch of things 50 other publications also cover.
some (rare) good news for the journalism industry: The Philadelphia Inquirer is profitable
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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Elizabeth Hughes: There is a path for Pittsburgh to save its newspaper
As publisher of The Inquirer, I believe that our own experience over the past decade offers a template for success.
www.inquirer.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 PM
It's also a terrific paper that keeps me up to date on what's happening in the city I live in rather than focusing on a bunch of things 50 other publications also cover.
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The Federal Tort Claims Act covers torts committed by US employees in the course of their employment which would include these statements. Unfortunately it bars recovery for intentional torts like defamation and they aren’t covered by the exceptions.
It’s not the focus at the moment (and I do not know the legal ins and outs) but I am curious about whether anybody is concerned about civil liability for some of the statements that were made about Pretti.
January 26, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The Federal Tort Claims Act covers torts committed by US employees in the course of their employment which would include these statements. Unfortunately it bars recovery for intentional torts like defamation and they aren’t covered by the exceptions.
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I think the thing that killed the administration was that they were so gung-ho to find a reason that Pretti deserved to die that they accidentally declared that that the second amendment isn't real.
I have been waiting for this signal from Senator Rand Paul.
Senator Paul, Chairman of Senate Homeland Security Committee follows House committee. Sends letters to heads of ICE, CBP, USCIS to testify in public hearing.
Senator Paul, Chairman of Senate Homeland Security Committee follows House committee. Sends letters to heads of ICE, CBP, USCIS to testify in public hearing.
January 26, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I think the thing that killed the administration was that they were so gung-ho to find a reason that Pretti deserved to die that they accidentally declared that that the second amendment isn't real.
There's more of us than there are of them
NewsNation is reporting that "Bovino and his unit will be leaving Minnesota after today"
January 26, 2026 at 9:49 PM
There's more of us than there are of them