Steve Smith
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Steve Smith
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Ph.D Computer Scientist
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Best Super Bowl commercials from last year: Watch 2025's top 10 ads

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Best Super Bowl commercials from last year: Watch 2025's top 10 ads
Look back at fan-favorite commercials from last year's Super Bowl.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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Bovino was forced out of Minnesota because the American people stood firm. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in below-freezing temps to peacefully defend their neighbors & freedoms.

We’ll keep fighting. No more deaths at the hands of rogue DHS agents.
Greg Bovino Loses His Job
The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.
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January 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
A hot dog story.
So Greg Bovino is back to his post at USBP in El Centro. There are many lovely hardworking Americans in El Centro but at a place to be it is not to everyone’s taste. I had a hearing in El Centro and drove there the night before because you can’t get there in the morning…../1
January 27, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Bill, Hillary Clinton to face contempt vote in Congress over Epstein

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Bill, Hillary Clinton to face contempt vote in Congress over Epstein
House lawmakers took a bipartisan step to advance criminal contempt proceedings against Bill and Hillary Clinton.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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January 21, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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What does this Austrian cow have in common with chimpanzees?

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What does this Austrian cow have in common with chimpanzees?
Holy cow! Researchers in Austria discover that a bovine named Veronika can scratch her back using tools.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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President Trump says he has ended 8 wars. What is he referring to?

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President Trump says he has ended 8 wars. What is he referring to?
Donald Trump says he has ended eight wars since he took office in January 2025. But the US has only been involved in 6 peace agreements or ceasefires.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Webb telescope may have solved mystery of 'little red dots' in space

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Webb telescope may have solved mystery of 'little red dots' in space
The James Webb Space Telescope may have helped solve a mystery it uncovered in 2022 – mysterious 'little red dots.'
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January 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Historian Alfred McCoy says the United States "is an empire in decline," following a predictable pattern of militarism abroad and political instability at home as it loses power and influence on the world stage.
Ending the American Dream by 2029?
For writers, the future has long been a tricky terrain. While the past can prove unsettling and the present uncomfortable, the future seems to free the mind from reality’s restraints and let the imagi...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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"ICE agents operate masked, heavily militarized, and—most troubling—without any visible identification...In democratic societies, the use of lawful force depends on legitimacy. Legitimacy depends on accountability. And accountability begins with identification." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Take the Masks Off
ICE won’t even match the courage and professionalism of the Iraqi Police.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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