Evening Roundup, Jan 29
Featuring Jennifer Rubin with Sen. Murphy, Lily Conway, Rep. Pingree, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Samantha Tarazi, Nick Penniman, & The Tea
No Funding Until we Get ICE Reform
[VIDEO] Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) joins Jen straight from the Senate floor after a surprise bipartisan 55-45 vote to block the GOP’s DHS spending bill. Will this lead to a government shutdown?
AI Sexual Assault is Pushing Women Out of the Public Square
At the end of 2025 and into 2026, X was flooded with users commanding Grok, the site’s AI bot, to sexualize and undress women and girls without their consent. With a few simple keystrokes, users could demand that anyone in a photo be placed into scantily clad garments, posed in suggestive positions, or undressed completely. Digital prompts such as “Put …
Maine is ICE's Latest Battleground
[VIDEO] Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) joins Jen to discuss the rapid escalation of ICE tactics in Maine. Just this week, over 200 people were arrested in an ICE sweep across the state. Many of them ushered across state borders in an attempt to deport them out of the U.S. as quickly as possible. Rep. Pingree sharply condemns ICE’s “thug-behavior” and urg…
ICE: The Epitome of Toxic Masculinity
[VIDEO] What does it mean to be a man? There are many different ways to answer, but some forms of masculinity are more harmful than others. Over the past decade, toxic, violent, hyper-masculinity has skyrocketed within our culture, especially online.
Pam Bondi Exploited ICE Violence to Control State Elections
On Jan. 24, — the same day as federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis — U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz outlining a list of demands she suggested might “bring an end to the chaos in Minnesota.”
How Do We Put Checks on a Runaway Executive?
[VIDEO] The Founding Fathers created America with the hope that the three branches of government—legislative, judicial, and executive—would balance one another and restrict one lever from wielding too much power. As we enter our 250th year as a nation, it is clear that our system of checks and balances are failing to reign in an unrelenting Executive.
The Tea w/ April Ryan ft. Lee Merritt & Charles Coleman
Thank you Ravi, Carol Johnston, Sandra Tuttle, Julie, Michael D Metzler, and many others for tuning into The Tea with April Ryan. This week April was joined by civil rights lawyers Charles Coleman and civil rights activist and lawyer Lee Merritt. Join us every Thursday at 5pm ET.











Abolish ICE. We don't need an SS in this country.
ICE was started in 2003.
Their duties can be RETURNED to the other Intelligence Departments/Agencies.
No need for ICE.