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“Disgusted” Breanna Stewart Holds Up “Abolish ICE” Sign Before Unrivaled Game

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Gregory Bovino with his security team while a group of citizens opposed to the country's immigration policies protested him in Minnesota on January 21, 2026.

CBP Commissioner Gregory Bovino faces protest in Minnesota

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I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents

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Media Meltdowns

Oops! Vikings Play-By-Play Moron Chooses Yesterday’s Right-Wing Lie For Wisecrack About Minneapolis Protesters

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Albert Burneko

Protesters take cover behind overturned trash containers as a line of federal agents forms a barricade across a downtown street during clashes following the fatal shooting of a demonstrator earlier in the day, on January 24, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Federal Agents Kill Again; Gunmen Still At Large

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Justin Ellis

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How Do You Justify Abducting A Child?

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Gavin Newsom Has Nothing To Offer

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Samer Kalaf

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AFC Divisional Playoffs: Houston Texans v New England Patriots

NFL Sends Mixed Signals In Its Stance On Genocide

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Michele Tafoya Won’t Rest Until She Finds A Bigger And Better Way To Annoy Everyone

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 08: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveils the department's new dietary guidelines food chart during a policy announcement event at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on January 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration announced new dietary guidelines on Wednesday including an emphasis on proteins and full-fat dairy, and limits on processed foods. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Secretaries Kennedy And Rollins Celebrate New Nutrition Guidelines At HHS Headquarters

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In The War On Protein, We Have Been Humiliatingly Defeated By Protein

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Masked ICE agents and demonstrators face off as protests broke out following the shooting of a Venezuelan man by a Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 14, 2026.

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What It’s Like When ICE Invades Your City, With Arif Hasan

A single bullet hole can be seen on the driver’s side of the windshield of a vehicle that a woman was shot and killed in by federal officers on Portland Ave. in Minneapolis, Minn. on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.

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CBS News Is The Trump Administration’s New Laundromat

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Fascists Are Pathetic

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Let Your Buyers Become Your Criers When You Pull The Rug Out From Beneath The Table Of Success

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CBS Anchor Tony Dokoupil Is Stuck In An Endless Loop Of Humiliation

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JD Vance Is A Hog That’ll Eat Any Slop

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Bari Weiss Is The Symptom

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The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This ICE Goon Eating Shit

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Rolling Stone Makes The Absurd Claim That Women Are Not Allowed To Sing In Gaza

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Clashes erupt outside ICE facility in Minneapolis

When Everyday Life Becomes Domestic Terrorism

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ICE Is Modeling Its Brutality After The IDF

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How Hard Is It To Oppose Murder?

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Which Lives Are Worthy Of The Media’s Protection?

Police tape surrounds a vehicle suspected to be involved in a shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on January 07, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, the agent, “fearing for his life” killed a woman during a confrontation in south Minneapolis.

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ICE Agent Kills Woman, DHS Tells Obvious, Insane Lies About It

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Barry Petchesky

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - JANUARY 03: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the media during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club on January 03, 2026, in Palm Beach, Florida. President Trump confirmed that the United States military carried out a large-scale strike in Caracas overnight, resulting in the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

President Trump Holds News Conference After US Captures Venezuelan President Maduro

Donald Trump Will Tell You Exactly What He Wants From Venezuela

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The Machines

Who’s Responsible For Elon Musk’s Idiot Chatbot Producing On-Demand Child Sexual Abuse Material?