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Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
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The following front-page stories received the most comments during the preceding week.

US President Donald Trump has been slammed as 'disgusting' for appearing to share a video of Michelle and Barack Obama as apes.... read more


A ProPublica reporter interviewed multiple children and parents being held at the immigrant detention center in Dilley, Texas. Despite Trump's promise to only go after violent criminals, the majority of adults spoken to had no criminal record and many had shown up to a scheduled immigration hearing when they and their children were taken by the government. "I have friends, school, and family here in the United States," a 13-year-old told ProPublica. "To this day, I don't know what we did wrong to be detained." He ended with a plea, "I feel like I'll never get out of here. I just ask that you don't forget about us." read more


Republicans are in full-out panic mode over their plunging support with Hispanic voters after losing a special election in a ruby-red Texas district over the weekend. read more


Former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene went absolutely nuts on President Donald Trump in a new interview, branding his Make America Great Again movement a "big lie" and accusing the president of ignoring U.S. citizens so that he can focus on waging "war on behalf of Israel." read more


DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced that body cameras would go to ICE agents in Minneapolis and to operatives nationwide when funding is available. Noem said that the move was in the interest of transparency, but there was no mention of having ICE agents remove their masks when conducting operations.

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"More and more leads, more and more information, and more and more commentary in the global press all relate to the suspicion that this unprecedented paedophilia scandal was co-organised by Russian intelligence services," [Poland Prime Minister Donald] Tusk said. "I don't need to tell you how serious the increasingly likely possibility that Russian intelligence services co-organised this operation is for the security of the Polish state. "This can only mean that they also possess compromising materials against many leaders still active today." read more


A man has been charged over a fight with a girl during a student walkout in Texas in protest over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). read more


Bitcoin is acting weird. The world's most famous cryptocurrency has now lost half its value from its October peak, falling below $63,000 Thursday for the first time in 16 months. read more


Survivors of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released a powerful public service announcement (PSA) on Super Bowl Sunday ... read more


MAGA's hatred of the Super Bowl halftime performer reflects a hubris about what parts of the culture are "theirs." But those assumptions are proving more wrong every day. read more


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