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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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Melania Trump: "We need to unify. I'm calling for unity."
January 27, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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[every Minnesotan standing one by one]: “I am Kent Hrbek 420.”
FBI Director Kash Patel says he has opened an investigation into the Signal group text chats that Minnesota residents are using to share information about federal immigration agents’ movements.
FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal groups tracking ICE, Patel says
FBI Director Kash Patel made the statement after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.
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January 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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If you are neutral milk hotel in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor milk hotel.
October 27, 2023 at 3:03 PM
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The last few years have seen the largest wave of immigration in American history. All those images we carry in our heads about people arriving at Ellis Island — we just surpassed that. Crime went down. Real wages went up. This is a fake problem. Enough is enough.
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Today is "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" day!
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Three: Bovino's home base of El Centro, where he has now been exiled, is 60 miles from the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, which serves as the backdrop for the climactic chase scene in One Battle After Another.
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One Bovino After Another - The American Prospect
Which came first? Col. Steven J. Lockjaw or commander-at-large Gregory K. Bovino?
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January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Fetterman’s calling for Kristi Noem to be fired:
January 27, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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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
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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?
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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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
"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
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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
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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:
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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
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January 27, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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
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January 27, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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Larry Nance Jr’s shirt at tonight’s Cavs game
January 27, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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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/
January 27, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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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
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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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.
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January 27, 2026 at 2:51 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.
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
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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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.
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
[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
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RIP Greg Bovino
January 27, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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