sigreign
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An artist standing here with you watching them all fight over imaginary things.
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Rhetorically, similarities between this and “northern cities must be forced to comply with the fugitive slave act or else” are pretty stark
January 28, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Rhetorically, similarities between this and “northern cities must be forced to comply with the fugitive slave act or else” are pretty stark
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In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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January 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM
In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
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A joint City Council committee voted 19-3 to explicitly give the Civilian Office of Police Accountability authority to investigate whether CPD officers have improperly helped federal agents enforce immigration law. news.wttw.com/2026/01/27/k...
Key City Panel Advances Plan to Give COPA Power to Probe Chicago Police Conduct During Immigration Raids, Protests
A joint City Council committee voted 19-3 to explicitly give the Civilian Office of Police Accountability authority to investigate whether CPD officers have improperly helped federal agents enforce im...
news.wttw.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:02 PM
A joint City Council committee voted 19-3 to explicitly give the Civilian Office of Police Accountability authority to investigate whether CPD officers have improperly helped federal agents enforce immigration law. news.wttw.com/2026/01/27/k...
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New: DHS now says that two weeks of missing surveillance footage from ICE's Broadview Detention center isn't "missing," it was never recorded in the first place and thus can't be produced in an abuse lawsuit. An utter shitshow:
www.404media.co/dhs-says-cri...
www.404media.co/dhs-says-cri...
DHS Says Critical ICE Surveillance Footage From Abuse Case Was Actually Never Recorded, Doesn't Matter
Court records reveal the incredibly sad state of ICE's evidence retention systems.
www.404media.co
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
New: DHS now says that two weeks of missing surveillance footage from ICE's Broadview Detention center isn't "missing," it was never recorded in the first place and thus can't be produced in an abuse lawsuit. An utter shitshow:
www.404media.co/dhs-says-cri...
www.404media.co/dhs-says-cri...
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Media is slowly starting to focus articles on Trump's obvious mental deterioration. Still at the margins for the moment but seems to be growing.
Robert Fico, one of the few EU leaders to frequently support Trump, was concerned about the U.S. president’s “psychological state.” Fico used the word “dangerous” to describe how the president came across during their meeting at Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 17. www.politico.eu/article/dona...
European leader spoke of shock at Trump’s state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting
The Slovak PM, a Trump ally, told leaders at last week’s EU summit he was concerned about the way the U.S. president spoke to him, European diplomats said.
www.politico.eu
January 28, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Media is slowly starting to focus articles on Trump's obvious mental deterioration. Still at the margins for the moment but seems to be growing.
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We had eradicated this disease.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
We had eradicated this disease.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
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A 2-year-old’s detention is part of an accelerating trend of what an attorney describes as ICE agents sending children and adults with legal immigration status out of state to avoid dealing with accountability from the federal court system.
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and sending them to Texas within hours — in at least two cases against a judge’s order. ...
www.mprnews.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:38 PM
A 2-year-old’s detention is part of an accelerating trend of what an attorney describes as ICE agents sending children and adults with legal immigration status out of state to avoid dealing with accountability from the federal court system.
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Following a ProPublica investigation, an ethics group filed a complaint alleging that Deputy AG Todd Blanche “blatantly and improperly influenced DOJ’s digital asset prosecution guidelines while standing to financially benefit.”
Complaint Accuses Trump’s Criminal Attorney of “Blatant” Crypto Conflict in His Role at DOJ
A watchdog group is seeking an inspector general investigation into Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche after ProPublica reported that he had ordered changes to crypto prosecutions while owning more ...
www.propublica.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Following a ProPublica investigation, an ethics group filed a complaint alleging that Deputy AG Todd Blanche “blatantly and improperly influenced DOJ’s digital asset prosecution guidelines while standing to financially benefit.”
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Pivot…back to the Middle East!
January 28, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Pivot…back to the Middle East!
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There's no Trump "pivot" until we see real investigations into the government's killings and real accountability for them. As Rep Jamie Raskin notes here, someone in the White House is ordering DOJ to cover up these killings. Someone in DHS is directing this. Who? 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 28, 2026 at 1:03 PM
There's no Trump "pivot" until we see real investigations into the government's killings and real accountability for them. As Rep Jamie Raskin notes here, someone in the White House is ordering DOJ to cover up these killings. Someone in DHS is directing this. Who? 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Trump wants to appear eager to minimize clashes between his government militias and protesters. But he doesn't want them to stop doing the things that are causing the clashes in the first place. The "pivot" is really about getting Dems to back off in budget talks. 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 28, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize clashes between his government militias and protesters. But he doesn't want them to stop doing the things that are causing the clashes in the first place. The "pivot" is really about getting Dems to back off in budget talks. 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent Bart Yager, of Willcox, has been indicted on 24 felony charges, including 10 counts of child sex trafficking. He's the 4th in a series of CBP agents and officers in Arizona to be arrested on sexual misconduct charges in the last 4 years. tucson.com/news/local/s...
Border agent charged with child sex trafficking, fraud in Cochise County
A Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent has been indicted on 24 felony charges, the latest in a series of sexual-misconduct convictions or charges against CBP employees in Arizona.
tucson.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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I think the perspectivelessness of genAI stuff is going to get increasingly explicitly noted, the difference between “image a person made” and “description of a prompt” is such a stark thing.
«What historians call the ‹perpetrator perspective,› evident in many Nazi photos and films, simply cannot be generated by AI. Instead, these images reveal the prompt behind them: visualizations of generic descriptions.» #GenericPastness www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
Perception of the Holocaust reshaped by AI-generated images | The Jerusalem Post
For some time now, AI-generated Holocaust images have been flooding social media.
www.jpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:19 PM
I think the perspectivelessness of genAI stuff is going to get increasingly explicitly noted, the difference between “image a person made” and “description of a prompt” is such a stark thing.
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Like the news crisis isn’t bad enough in this country, the Washington Post now makes you log in even to read a gift article.
January 28, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Like the news crisis isn’t bad enough in this country, the Washington Post now makes you log in even to read a gift article.
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To shield Trump and Miller:
www.axios.com/2026/01/28/r...
www.axios.com/2026/01/28/r...
Republicans turn on Noem, demand resignation
"She should be out of a job," said Sen. Thom Tillis.
www.axios.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:21 PM
To shield Trump and Miller:
www.axios.com/2026/01/28/r...
www.axios.com/2026/01/28/r...
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Is he saying this because he faked his own assassination attempts?
Trump accuses Ilhan Omar of ‘having herself sprayed’ following attack in Minneapolis
Trump accuses Ilhan Omar of ‘having herself sprayed’ following attack in Minneapolis
Trump accuses Ilhan Omar of ‘having herself sprayed’ following attack in Minneapolis
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Is he saying this because he faked his own assassination attempts?
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It would be nice if ppl recognized "keeping track of" as a synonym for surveillance.
January 28, 2026 at 12:21 PM
It would be nice if ppl recognized "keeping track of" as a synonym for surveillance.
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When you call Raskin's office, the voicemail message tells you how to make a whistleblower report. Very good.
Good to see: Rep Jamie Raskin is encouraging whistleblowers inside DHS and DOJ to approach Dems and share info about failure to investigate ICE murders.
"We are now being far more direct in asking whistleblowers to come forward," Raskin tells me.
In my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
"We are now being far more direct in asking whistleblowers to come forward," Raskin tells me.
In my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 28, 2026 at 12:18 PM
When you call Raskin's office, the voicemail message tells you how to make a whistleblower report. Very good.
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Ukraine’s 81st Airmobile Brigade said Russian forces are building up daily near Siversk and in the Serebrianskyi forest to prepare assaults on Dronivka, Platonivka, and Zakitne and seek control of the Siverskyi Donets riverbanks. #Ukraine
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Ukraine’s 81st Airmobile Brigade said Russian forces are building up daily near Siversk and in the Serebrianskyi forest to prepare assaults on Dronivka, Platonivka, and Zakitne and seek control of the Siverskyi Donets riverbanks. #Ukraine
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Very seriously wondering what about this country will be worth living in after this is said and done
January 28, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Very seriously wondering what about this country will be worth living in after this is said and done
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swapping Bovino for Homan isn’t a new approach. it’s putting an architect of Trump’s intentionally-cruel family separation policy in charge.
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 AM
swapping Bovino for Homan isn’t a new approach. it’s putting an architect of Trump’s intentionally-cruel family separation policy in charge.
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Families flee with their children after Russians target their passenger train in Kharkiv with multiple drone strikes that killed 5 people.
January 28, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Families flee with their children after Russians target their passenger train in Kharkiv with multiple drone strikes that killed 5 people.
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This is effectively a government backed advertising campaign for Big Tech for a product that doesn't work properly.
The government’s suggestion that rolling out 20 minute courses on writing “AI“ prompts, sponsored by Google, Microsoft and Amazon, is somehow comparable to the founding of the Open University (the Wilson government‘s, & Jennie Lee’s, proudest achievement), is an insult to our human intelligence.
January 28, 2026 at 10:35 AM
This is effectively a government backed advertising campaign for Big Tech for a product that doesn't work properly.