First Draft: Why Was Ilhan Omar’s Home Raided Over ‘Illegal Immigration’ Claims, and Not Elon Musk’s? You Know the Answer
In Donald Trump’s latest fascist outrage, ICE agents swarmed the Minnesota Democrat’s DC house, the whole thing reported by Fox. In Kansas, the president tried to stop a senator…
Trump’s New Press Sec Faces Scrutiny Over Lawyer Claims, Anti-Abortion Views
Zacharia's claims of being a lawyer and her spreading of anti-abortion disinformation have received renewed examination.
Politics Chat, October 13, 2026
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Anthropic Reinvents Source Control As Claude Floods the World With Code
Anthropic says Claude-generated code has scaled so quickly that its existing Git-based infrastructure could not keep up. In response, the company built a custom centralized…
Character.ai Bankruptcy Is First AI Bubble Domino to Fall
New music genre just dropped. Also: A Tesla locks out cops, and more from around the web.
Court appears likely to allow internet suit based on decades-old video privacy law to go forward
Major Monday Update: Judge Erupts at Trump Administration, Musk Dumps Record Money into Elections, Russian Bot Farms Fall Apart
Hey everyone, happy Monday evening.
An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.
Cases in Arkansas and California show how desperately we need a federal law against lawsuits intended to chill free speech. The post An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About…
GTA 6 Is Reportedly Coming to PC In Early 2027
GamesBeat reports that Rockstar plans to release Grand Theft Auto VI on PC in the first quarter of 2027, just a few months after its November 19, 2026 launch on consoles. The…
Q: “An AI tool with all your passwords or a bear in the...
Q: “An AI tool with all your passwords or a bear in the woods?” Signal president Meredith Whittaker : “Look, I know social media wants this. I know you guys want this little clip.…
Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, claims she’s a lawyer. Is she?
There is no evidence Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law — and the White House did not provide any
Don’t Stop at ICE, Says Progressive Dem: Abolish the Department of Homeland Security
Rep. Delia Ramirez is bringing a bill to eliminate DHS a day after the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home. The post Don’t Stop at ICE, Says Progressive Dem: Abolish the Department of…
Martin Shkreli livestreamed himself violating lifetime pharma ban, FTC says
"I can always find a couple of biotech stocks to smoke," Shkreli said in a livestream.
Tesla's 'Security Protocols' Stopped DHS From Installing a Tracking Device
A federal warrant application detailed how Tesla’s security protocols stopped agents from tracking a suspected drug trafficker’s car.
Anthropic says that, as of Sept ‘26, they were merging...
Anthropic says that, as of Sept ‘26, they were merging 30,000 code changes per day , a 12-fold increase from just four months earlier. The volume increased so much that they wrote…