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NEW: Experts are questioning the legality behind the FBI’s unprecedented raid of 2020 election materials in Fulton County. They’re also warning it’s not about 2020 — but 2026.
Law professor Rick Hasen said it’s possible “this is a test run for 2026, when control of Congress may be at stake.”
Law professor Rick Hasen said it’s possible “this is a test run for 2026, when control of Congress may be at stake.”
FBI’s Fulton County raid may have been illegal, legal experts warn. But it definitely raises fears for 2026
'This is a test run for 2026... Trump could try to seize voting machines or otherwise interfere with state ballot tabulation processes in swing districts around the country.'
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:41 PM
NEW: Experts are questioning the legality behind the FBI’s unprecedented raid of 2020 election materials in Fulton County. They’re also warning it’s not about 2020 — but 2026.
Law professor Rick Hasen said it’s possible “this is a test run for 2026, when control of Congress may be at stake.”
Law professor Rick Hasen said it’s possible “this is a test run for 2026, when control of Congress may be at stake.”
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NEW: California asked SCOTUS to reject Republicans’ request to block its new congressional map, which voters overwhelmingly approved to counter GOP gerrymanders.
The state argued that stopping the measure would disrupt active campaigns and hand the GOP an unfair advantage.
The state argued that stopping the measure would disrupt active campaigns and hand the GOP an unfair advantage.
California asks Supreme Court to reject GOP map challenge
California ultimately seized on the Court’s own words to make Republicans’ case even weaker.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:47 PM
NEW: California asked SCOTUS to reject Republicans’ request to block its new congressional map, which voters overwhelmingly approved to counter GOP gerrymanders.
The state argued that stopping the measure would disrupt active campaigns and hand the GOP an unfair advantage.
The state argued that stopping the measure would disrupt active campaigns and hand the GOP an unfair advantage.
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Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a spending package needed to keep the government open past a Friday midnight deadline, even as they continued negotiating with President Trump on a deal that could avert a shutdown and lead to new restrictions on his immigration crackdown.
Democrats Block Spending Package as D.H.S. Talks Continue
With about 36 hours to go before a shutdown deadline, the funding legislation stalled while Democrats sought a deal with President Trump to rein in his immigration crackdown.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a spending package needed to keep the government open past a Friday midnight deadline, even as they continued negotiating with President Trump on a deal that could avert a shutdown and lead to new restrictions on his immigration crackdown.
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If there's been a soundtrack to life in Minneapolis in recent weeks, it's the shrieking whistles and honking horns of thousands of people following immigration agents across the city. https://to.pbs.org/3ZK0ONC
Minneapolis community defies ICE to warn immigrants of approaching agents
If there's been a soundtrack to life in Minneapolis in recent weeks, it's the shrieking whistles and honking horns of thousands of people following immigration agents across the city.
www.pbs.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:01 PM
If there's been a soundtrack to life in Minneapolis in recent weeks, it's the shrieking whistles and honking horns of thousands of people following immigration agents across the city. https://to.pbs.org/3ZK0ONC
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ICE was forced to back out of the Super Bowl thanks to public outrage. Good job, humans. Keep being outraged. You should be.
January 29, 2026 at 9:57 PM
ICE was forced to back out of the Super Bowl thanks to public outrage. Good job, humans. Keep being outraged. You should be.
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Rand Paul: "After seeing this, if you call this a good shooting you aren't watching the video. This was a real tragedy and a mistake. The man had been disarmed and then shot 10 times ... if we say things that are obviously not true, the situation is going to get worse."
January 29, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Rand Paul: "After seeing this, if you call this a good shooting you aren't watching the video. This was a real tragedy and a mistake. The man had been disarmed and then shot 10 times ... if we say things that are obviously not true, the situation is going to get worse."
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Immigrant families held at a Texas ICE jail are languishing in horrific conditions, says attorney Eric Lee, who has clients inside. He says that while Democrats now deplore abuses under Trump, they are "equally responsible as Trump for creating the infrastructure of mass family and adult detention."
January 29, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Immigrant families held at a Texas ICE jail are languishing in horrific conditions, says attorney Eric Lee, who has clients inside. He says that while Democrats now deplore abuses under Trump, they are "equally responsible as Trump for creating the infrastructure of mass family and adult detention."
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Breaking News: Wynton Marsalis will step down next year as managing director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, 40 years after he founded it.
Wynton Marsalis, Founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, to Step Down
After 40 years with the organization, the trumpeter and impresario will end his role as managing and artistic director in July 2027.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Breaking News: Wynton Marsalis will step down next year as managing director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, 40 years after he founded it.
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A motorist rammed his car at least four times into a rear entrance of the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Orthodox Jewish movement in Brooklyn on Wednesday night. The police are investigating the incident as a hate crime.
Read more: nyti.ms/4a2FEiO
Read more: nyti.ms/4a2FEiO
January 29, 2026 at 1:45 PM
A motorist rammed his car at least four times into a rear entrance of the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Orthodox Jewish movement in Brooklyn on Wednesday night. The police are investigating the incident as a hate crime.
Read more: nyti.ms/4a2FEiO
Read more: nyti.ms/4a2FEiO
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🗣️ @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “The idea we’re just going to move past this… since Trump ‘took down the temperature’ an ICE agent said ‘you raise your voice, I erase your voice’, they tried to go into the Ecuadorian embassy… 2300x since July a judge ruled ICE illegally detained someone.”
January 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
🗣️ @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “The idea we’re just going to move past this… since Trump ‘took down the temperature’ an ICE agent said ‘you raise your voice, I erase your voice’, they tried to go into the Ecuadorian embassy… 2300x since July a judge ruled ICE illegally detained someone.”
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Lobbyists are making a mint off Trump's tariff wars.
January 29, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Lobbyists are making a mint off Trump's tariff wars.
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Breaking News: The U.S. trade deficit rose sharply in November, as President Trump’s tariffs generated intense volatility.
U.S. Trade Deficit Bounces Back as Tariffs Cause Volatility
The monthly trade deficit and imports rebounded in November after shrinking significantly in prior months, new data show.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Breaking News: The U.S. trade deficit rose sharply in November, as President Trump’s tariffs generated intense volatility.
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Utah Republicans are battling the state Supreme Court on gerrymandering, and their solution is to pack the courts with conservatives who’ll back their agenda.
Billy Corriher suggests that if Democrats in Washington want to stop the erosion of our rights, they should follow suit.
Billy Corriher suggests that if Democrats in Washington want to stop the erosion of our rights, they should follow suit.
Republican legislators plan to pack yet another court that stands in their way
Republicans in the Utah Legislature are at war with the state Supreme Court over a constitutional ban on gerrymandering.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Utah Republicans are battling the state Supreme Court on gerrymandering, and their solution is to pack the courts with conservatives who’ll back their agenda.
Billy Corriher suggests that if Democrats in Washington want to stop the erosion of our rights, they should follow suit.
Billy Corriher suggests that if Democrats in Washington want to stop the erosion of our rights, they should follow suit.
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Conservatives in 2018: Dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
Like, sure, bring on the protest songs by famous singers. But it's the people's "music" that's really spooking these MAGA ghouls. This machine (a whistle lol) kills fascists.
MAGA influencers want anti-ICE protester whistles to be ‘considered a violent weapon’
‘High IQ people don’t respond well to shrill noises,’ Mike Cernovich tweeted before taking aim at the ‘hearing loss causing machines that terrorists use against ICE.’
www.independent.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Conservatives in 2018: Dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
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I am happy for people in Maine if this is true. ALSO, this suggests that the administration is unleashing ICE in blue cities and states as punishment for political reasons. Collins is up for re-election and they need her to keep their control of the Senate. This is GROTESQUE.
Maine Senator Susan Collins said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem informed her that ICE will end the immigration enforcement surge in the state.
ICE ending Maine surge, Senator Collins says - The Boston Globe
Collins said in a statement that she had pushed Noem and other Trump administration officials to have ICE “reconsider its approach to immigration enforcement in the state.”
trib.al
January 29, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I am happy for people in Maine if this is true. ALSO, this suggests that the administration is unleashing ICE in blue cities and states as punishment for political reasons. Collins is up for re-election and they need her to keep their control of the Senate. This is GROTESQUE.
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The ACLU is raising alarm over a facial recognition app loaded onto the smartphones of immigration agents to identify and arrest people.
"It's being used on the street in ways that are dangerous, that are totally unprecedented in this country, and that are, frankly, blatantly illegal."
"It's being used on the street in ways that are dangerous, that are totally unprecedented in this country, and that are, frankly, blatantly illegal."
January 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The ACLU is raising alarm over a facial recognition app loaded onto the smartphones of immigration agents to identify and arrest people.
"It's being used on the street in ways that are dangerous, that are totally unprecedented in this country, and that are, frankly, blatantly illegal."
"It's being used on the street in ways that are dangerous, that are totally unprecedented in this country, and that are, frankly, blatantly illegal."
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The difference between the president and I is that I was raised to be a decent human being, and my faith teaches me to have compassion.
He lacks both of those things.
He lacks both of those things.
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The difference between the president and I is that I was raised to be a decent human being, and my faith teaches me to have compassion.
He lacks both of those things.
He lacks both of those things.
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When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
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“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis
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So Senate Dems went w/ Cory Booker's shit original plan of superficial nothings re: DHS Bill. They didn't make any change after Alex was murdered, yet they want us to think they're doing something.
They already gave up "agents can't shoot at moving vehicles" and "agents can't arrest citizens" btw.
They already gave up "agents can't shoot at moving vehicles" and "agents can't arrest citizens" btw.
Democrats demand new ICE restrictions as government shutdown looms
After federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats say they’ll block a massive government funding package without policy changes.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:30 AM
So Senate Dems went w/ Cory Booker's shit original plan of superficial nothings re: DHS Bill. They didn't make any change after Alex was murdered, yet they want us to think they're doing something.
They already gave up "agents can't shoot at moving vehicles" and "agents can't arrest citizens" btw.
They already gave up "agents can't shoot at moving vehicles" and "agents can't arrest citizens" btw.
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There's a lot of focus on Tulsi's involvement, which likely means Putin will get these ballots.
But it's also notable DD Andrew Bailey was present. He has done, AFAIK, just one thing since he was installed as a Hunger Game ploy last September, but I have suspected he was doing something like this.
But it's also notable DD Andrew Bailey was present. He has done, AFAIK, just one thing since he was installed as a Hunger Game ploy last September, but I have suspected he was doing something like this.
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:14 AM
There's a lot of focus on Tulsi's involvement, which likely means Putin will get these ballots.
But it's also notable DD Andrew Bailey was present. He has done, AFAIK, just one thing since he was installed as a Hunger Game ploy last September, but I have suspected he was doing something like this.
But it's also notable DD Andrew Bailey was present. He has done, AFAIK, just one thing since he was installed as a Hunger Game ploy last September, but I have suspected he was doing something like this.
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January 28, 2026
January 28, 2026
Federal agents continue to rain terror on Minneapolis, Minnesota, and other U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:13 AM
January 28, 2026
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Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraception
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
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Millions creating deepfake nudes on Telegram as AI tools drive global wave of digital abuse
Millions creating deepfake nudes on Telegram as AI tools drive global wave of digital abuse
Analysis finds at least 150 channels on messaging app that are distributing AI-generated images and video
Millions of people around the world are creating and sharing deepfake nudes on the secure messaging app Telegram, a Guardian analysis has shown, as the spread of advanced AI tools industrialises the online abuse of women.
The Guardian has identified at least 150 Telegram channels – large encrypted group chats popular for their secure communication – that appear to have users in many countries, from the UK to Brazil, China to Nigeria, Russia to India. Some of them offer “nudified” photos or videos for a fee: users can upload a photo of any woman, and AI will produce a video of that woman performing sexual acts. Many more offer a feed of images – of celebrities, social media influencers and ordinary women – made nude or made to perform sexual acts by AI. Followers are also using the channels to share tips on available deepfake tools. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Millions creating deepfake nudes on Telegram as AI tools drive global wave of digital abuse