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Reuters:
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’ on X  —  Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in “images depicting minors in minimal clothing” on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
Grok Can't Apologize.  Grok Isn't Sentient.  So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?  —  Over the past week, users on X discovered something horrifying: strangers were replying to women's photos and asking Grok, the platform's built-in AI chatbot, to “remove her clothes” or “put her in a bikini.”
Kat Tenbarge / Spitfire News:
How Grok's sexual abuse hit a tipping point  —  Nonconsensual deepfakes on X are nothing new, but now it's built into the platform.  —  To start the new year off, Elon Musk's X has yet again become a conduit for sexual violence, sparking another wave of backlash.
Reuters:
Trump threatens Iran over protest crackdown as deadly unrest flares  —  U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to come to the aid of protesters in Iran if security forces fired on them, days into unrest that has left several dead and posed the biggest internal threat to Iranian authorities in years.
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NBC News:
Trump says U.S. will intervene if Iran kills peaceful protesters as economic unrest spreads  —  “We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” the president said in a post on Truth Social early Friday, after economic protests in the Islamic Republic took a sharply violent turn.  — Add NBC News to Google
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Trump and top Iranian officials exchange threats over protests roiling Iran
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump threatens military force if Iran kills protesters
Ramsey Al-Rikabi / Bloomberg:
Trump, Iran Trade Threats as Protesters Seek Economic Relief
Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Tesla Car Sales Dropped 9% in 2025, Falling Behind China's BYD  —  As the largest maker of electric vehicles in the United States, Tesla suffered more than other carmakers from the elimination of federal incentives.  —  Tesla has lost its status as the world's biggest seller of electric vehicles …
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Nathan Bomey / Axios:
Tesla sales hit lowest point since 2022 after Musk backlash and end of tax credit  —  Tesla vehicle sales declined for a second consecutive year in 2025, hitting their lowest point since 2022.  — The results mean that Chinese automaker BYD sold more EVs in 2025 than Tesla …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
A Diminished Congress Weighs Whether to Reassert Its Power … Congress learned some hard lessons about the limits of its power during the first year of the second Trump administration, when Republican leaders in both chambers largely declined to check a president unconstrained by law or custom.
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Matthew Purdy / New York Times:
After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It.
Discussion: Sky Dancing and Raw Story
Punchbowl News:
1/2/26 ☀️ AM: … Today is the last day of Congress' winter break.
Discussion: Mercury News
New York Times:
The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani's Inauguration Speech  —  New York's new mayor challenged his supporters and his opponents to make the city better, and to hold him to account.  —  The following is a transcript of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's remarks at his inauguration, as recorded by The New York Times.
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Pamela Herd / Can We Still Govern?:
Understanding Mamdani's Vision
Discussion: CNN and New York Times
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The blame for alleged fraud in Minnesota belongs to conservatives  —  🆕 🕛 PN 2026 SPECIAL 🆕 🕛 Click the button below to sign up for an annual paid subscription for the special price of $40 ⬇️  —  The internet is currently awash in right-wing propaganda …
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Maduro urges Trump to abandon ‘illegal warmongering’ and start ‘serious talks’  —  Venezuelan president warns of a ‘forever war’ similar to Iraq after US counterpart claims first land strike on dock  —  The Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump to abandon his …
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US Department of Justice:
FBI Disrupts Alleged New Year's Eve Attack, Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS  —  For Immediate Release  —  Today, the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced that a Mint Hill …
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Reuters:
US says it thwarted potential ISIS-inspired New Year's Eve attack in North Carolina
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
Scoop: ICE Plans to Descend on Phoenix  —  ALTHOUGH DONALD TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION AGENDA is becoming less and less popular with voters, the president has shown no interest in slowing it down or scaling it back in the new year.  —  In fact, the federal crackdown is likely to only grow in scope and intensity, as Reuters reported.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Max Rego / The Hill:
Ex-Cheney physician says Trump aspirin regimen ‘makes no sense’  —  Dr. Jonathan Reiner, cardiologist to the late former Vice President Dick Cheney, dismissed President Trump's aspirin regimen Thursday.  —  The president told the Wall Street Journal that he takes a larger dose of the pain reliever …
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Makes No Sense To Me’: CNN Doctor Reveals ‘Hazard’ Of Trump's Health Revelation
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
California ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional, court rules  —  A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that California's ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state was unconstitutional.  —  A panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided 2-1 …
Discussion: Reason and The Daily Wire
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
SBA says it has suspended ‘6,900 Minnesota borrowers’ over suspected fraud  —  Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler said Thursday night that her agency has suspended “6,900 Minnesota borrowers” over suspected fraudulent activity regarding COVID-era lending programs.
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
What ‘Regime Change’ in Venezuela Would Really Mean  —  It's not clear the administration has settled on a goal, much less considered the consequences.  —  AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION INCREASES military pressure on the Maduro regime in Venezuela, a debate has emerged about whether …
Charles Gaba / ACA Signups:
IMPORTANT: *Official* avg. 2026 premium hikes will likely be lower than KFF's 114% estimate for three critical reasons...  Last week I issued a warning that once the 2026 ACA Open Enrollment Period ends in a few weeks, the Trump Regime is likely to crow about total enrollment “only” …
Discussion: WUSA and France 24
 
 
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Jeet Heer / The Nation:
Mar-a-Lago Was Key to Jeffrey Epstein's Criminal Enterprise
Discussion: Grabien and Mock Paper Scissors
New York Times:
Israeli Government Accuses Mamdani of Antisemitism Over Canceled Orders
Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
As Mamdani rises in New York, San Francisco turns away from the left
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Marjorie Taylor Greene bets the Republican troll era is over
Discussion: Raw Story
Io Dodds / The Independent:
Elon Musk indicates he's ‘going all in’ on financing the GOP ahead of the midterms: ‘America is toast if the radical left wins’
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Trump gives away the game on his motivations for the first vetoes of his second term
Discussion: NewsMax.com, HuffPost and KUSA-TV
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Talarico brings in nearly $7M with latest haul for Texas Senate race
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Gabe Cohen / CNN:
Exclusive: DHS begins slashing FEMA disaster response staff as 2026 begins
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump says he ‘aced’ third cognitive exam in defense of ‘perfect’ health
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The Worst Foreign Policy Blunders of 2025
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Elon Musk created a monster that's tearing the right apart
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's wealth grew in 2025, but his investors took lumps
Discussion: Daily Mail and Raw Story
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
With few Epstein files released, conspiracy theories flourish and questions remain
Discussion: NewsNation and Raw Story
 

 
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Announcing the new CBS Evening News, anchor Tony Dokoupil says people lost trust in legacy media in part due to a focus on “the analysis of academics or elites”

Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Sources: theaters earned $25M+ from Netflix's Stranger Things finale over New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, selling concession vouchers in a new price strategy

Duke University School of Law:
Books, movies, music, and works of art published in 1930, including William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, and sound recordings from 1925 enter the US public domain

 
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