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ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.

ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."

THIS IS INSANE

This is the dystopian bullshit so many of us feared. It's not coming, it's here.

Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.

For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official. www.wired.com/story/social...

Palestinian Voices Absent from U.S.-Run Center Planning Gaza’s Future U.S. and Israeli soldiers, foreign diplomats and aid workers are congregated in a warehouse in central Israel to talk about the future of Gaza. One key group is missing: Palestinians.

U.S. and Israeli soldiers, foreign diplomats and aid workers are congregated in a warehouse in central Israel to talk about the future of Gaza. One key group is missing: Palestinians.

OLIVIA NUZZI: [blushing] so is there a Mrs Smarf

Blake Lively in Gossip Girl meme where she looks at her phone and throws it in the trash after seeing Ryan Lizza’s blog post about finding out about Olivia Nuzzi’s other alleged affair NOT with RFK Jr.

Or him

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We are hiring a senior politics reporter @wired.com. Details and application info here. You'll get to work with amazing editors, namely @leahfeiger.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social and @brbarrett.bsky.social -- and the rest of the WIRED Politics dream team:

In Darfur, Sudan’s lost children wander through a landscape of death Around 200 unaccompanied children have arrived in the Sudanese town of Tewila after escaping El Fashir, where RSF fighters have carried out mass killings.

Sudanese children - their parents dead or missing - are wandering alone through a burned desert strewn with bodies, desperately seeking help. Some are badly wounded; all are starving. Many saw parents killed; others just lost them in the chaos www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Damn. Checkmate, libs

Dahmer's Emails Reveal Lost Milwaukee

i know there are a lot of insane epstein stories out there right now but i promise you guys this one is EXTRA NUTS

U.S. visas can be denied for obesity, cancer and diabetes, Rubio says The Trump administration has directed visa officers to consider obesity and other chronic health conditions when deciding whether to grant visas to immigrants.

Curious to see what will happen if countries turn the same policies back on Americans www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Cannabis Cocktails Are Growing Quickly, But the Law Might Stop That Soon THC-infused hemp drinks are all the rage, but legal questions loom.

When I worked on this story, the idea that the Farm Bill loophole would be closed full stop seemed unlikely -- the industry was already too big. Whoops www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:

- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

20th century ghoul still kicking

Bummer to be reminded of Larry Summers

Teaching a kid to put a thermometer in their mouth turns out to be nearly impossible

AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.

The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social

www.404media.co/ai-generated...

ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.

SCOOP: ICE is allocating as much as $180 million to pay bounty hunters and private investigators who verify the address and location of undocumented people ICE wishes to detain, including with physical surveillance, according to procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.

It's so good!

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All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. Maybe I could be that person—if only I could get my colleagues to shut up and stop lying.

Please enjoy @evrat.bsky.social's frankly hilarious story of working with AI employees (and then enjoy the next season of his podcast!) www.wired.com/story/all-my...

What Did Men Do to Deserve This? Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”

This story by @winterjessica.bsky.social is as good as everyone says it is www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

1000000%. also i've been thinking that these boat strikes have watergate potential -- not to 'bring down a president' lol -- but there are knowable facts that could send people to prison. excited to know those facts around the midterms...

The Former Staffer Calling Out OpenAI’s Erotica Claims Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots.

Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

Yes good

"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."

Alex Karp Goes to War Palantir’s CEO is good with ICE and says he defends human rights. But will Israel and Trump ever go too far for him?

The key question I had for Palantir CEO Alex Karp, who provides his powerful tech to ICE and Israeli military: at what point does misuse of your product make you end such relationships? Hear his answers on this and much more www.wired.com/story/alex-k...