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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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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."

Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
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
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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
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January 26, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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
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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.
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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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
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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.
January 26, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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
Trying to confirm a story that the hippo that Greg Bovino grooms in a symbiotic relationship is currently wading down the Mississippi River toward warmer climes
I'm getting reports that Greg Bovino has placed a crisp dollar on a toothpick and is now sailing out of town on a leaf
National outlets reporting that a gull grabbed one of Greg Bovino’s french fries and he was carried off when he refused to let go
January 26, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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Idea stolen from @cyberotters.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos turn heads in the front row at Paris Haute Couture Week pagesix.com/2026/01/26/s...
Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos turn heads in the front row at Paris Haute Couture Week
The couple made front-row appearances at Schiaparelli and Dior ahead of their Met Gala 2026 sponsorship.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:23 PM
GET THE FACTS: the song playing during the scene in Knocked Up where they're getting pregnancy tests is Police on My Back by The Clash, not Turning Japanese by The Vapors as you might have remembered
January 26, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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thanks man! (What)
Statement from Senator John Fetterman
January 26, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Remember CA Assemblyman Alex Lee? He was the lone Democratic in the legislature to vocally oppose Proposition 50 (then wound up not voting on it at all).

He apparently had been considering a bid for the state Senate but just said he'll seek reelection instead. www.instagram.com/reels/DT9QuS...
January 26, 2026 at 7:08 PM