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A federal judge ordered a new briefing due Wednesday on whether DHS is using armed raids to pressure Minnesota into abandoning its sanctuary policies, leaving ICE operations in place for now.

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“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.

Redditors Are Mounting a Resistance Against ICE

A user from r/Minneapolis was among the first to share footage of federal agents shooting Alex Pretti. Following his death, subreddits about football, cats, and embroidery have all rallied against ICE.

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CULVER CITY CALIFORNIA  JANUARY 23 The TikTok logo is displayed at a TikTok office on January 23 2026 in Culver City...

The technical failure coincided with TikTok’s ownership transition, leading users to question whether videos criticizing ICE raids in Minnesota were being intentionally censored.

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Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology.

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WIRED put the latest consumer exoskeletons from Dnsys and Hypershell in a head-to-head test on a pro athletic track. On your marks …

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The second-generation AirTag features Apple’s newer Ultra Wideband chip and has a louder speaker and better range.

Minnesota ICE Shooting

Democratic lawmakers have few options that wouldn’t trigger something like civil war.

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With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.

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The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.

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The Politics Issue

All Hail the Technocracy

Ksenia Coffman

Originally published September 2021: Ksenia Coffman’s fellow editors have called her a vandal and a McCarthyist. She just wants them to stop glorifying fascists—and start citing better sources.