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chia

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13. A view of the White House post wouldn't have known. Someone who saw both the DHS photo and then the WH photo

Reply to MadameButterfly (Reply #9)

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 10:32 AM

Friday

shortly after might've thought, hey wait... but still must've been paying attention enough to compare images. Most people won't do that.

I first learned of it from the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/white-house-ice-protest-arrest-altered-image

Who had digitally analyzed both photos and announced that the White House had digitally altered the original DHS photo.

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