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The Los Angeles Times reports: For two months, several Democratic members of Congress have been unable to enter a downtown L.A. processing center run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prompting widespread complaints and a federal lawsuit. On Monday, the Congress members got their first look at the basement facility known as B-18. But Reps. Brad Sherman, Judy Chu and …

“If you are a proud patriot and you love this country and you wish for it to be reflected honorably to the peoples of Earth, then Washington, DC must be swept clean. I believe entire neighborhoods, probably, need to be emptied, need to be bulldozed. I believe that there are places that are so crime-ridden and so infested that you …

“I want to get this out of the way at the top because this is a very, very important point that legitimately some women don’t seem to understand. Married men need sex. That’s part of the deal. Women, listen to me. Women, look — hold on. If you’re distracted right now, if you’re just listening while you’re doing some other …

The Hill reports: White House officials are launching a review of some of the Smithsonian’s museums aimed at ensuring “alignment” with President Trump’s “directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions.” A Tuesday letter to Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch was signed by Office of Management and Budget Director Russell …

Florida Politics reports: Sarasota County School Board member Tom Edwards just joined a nonprofit promoting diversity programs. Now, local Republicans say he should resign his public office. Project Pride SRQ last week announced that Edwards, a second-term School Board member, had taken over as Executive Director of the Sarasota organization. Edwards, who is openly gay, has faced criticism since his …

The Verge reports: Conservative activist Robby Starbuck will serve as an advisor at Meta to address “ideological and political bias” within the company’s AI chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as part of a settlement Meta reached with Starbuck, who filed a lawsuit claiming Meta AI wrongly stated he was involved in the …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday asked a Tarrant County judge to jail former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, in another escalation in Republicans’ broader effort to put an end to Texas Democrats’ walkout over a new congressional map. Paxton sued O’Rourke and his political group, Powered by People, last week, arguing that the group was …

The Atlantic reports: Kari Lake has been making the rounds on right-wing media in recent weeks to pitch herself as a devoted enforcer of President Donald Trump’s broader agenda. Her latest targets are J-1 visa holders who worked for Voice of America. Obscure to most Americans, they have attracted Lake’s attention in part because they embody a trifecta of triggers …

CNN Business reports: Eastman Kodak, the 133-year-old photography company, is warning investors that it might not survive much longer. In its earnings report Monday, the company warned that it doesn’t have “committed financing or available liquidity” to pay its roughly $500 million in upcoming debt obligations. “These conditions raise substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going …

Mediaite has the transcript of the wild exchanges between an HBO lawyer and extremist Laura Loomer during her deposition over her $150 million lawsuit against Bill Maher for joking that she was having sex with Trump. BOLGER: Can you explain to me what it means to say that [Marjorie Taylor Greene] has “the Arby’s in her pants”? LARRY KLAYMAN, LAURA …