How rush-to-publish models enable influence ops

The gang discuss X’s new account location feature, a Russian peace hoax published by Axios, Border Patrol’s use of license plate readers, the shuttering of the Education Department and DOGE, and Zohran’s White House meeting.

Sources:

https://archive.is/LRnmy

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZO0VRlp7E 

https://x.com/SenMcConnell/status/1992719172292214824?s=20 

https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1990948698508185760 

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-arrests-police-federal-5c21bcb2cd890fcb086480469c1a3a96 

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704 

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out

https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhscbppia-049-cbp-license-plate-reader-technology 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy

https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fact-sheet-department-of-education-and-department-of-state-international-education-and-foreign-language-studies-partnership-112461.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.html

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