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  "description": "Karoun Demirjian, Eric Schmitt, Kate Kelly, Hamed Aleaziz, and Luke Broadwater (phew!): Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser\n\nTop administration officials quickly claimed that the closure was in response to a sudden incursion of drones from Mexican drug cartels that required a military response, with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy declaring in a social media post that “the threat has been neutralized.”\n\nThe reality was a bit less scary.\n\nC.B.P.",
  "path": "/blog/thank-god-we-shot-down-that-party-balloon/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-14T23:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://birchtree.me",
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  "textContent": "Karoun Demirjian, Eric Schmitt, Kate Kelly, Hamed Aleaziz, and Luke Broadwater (phew!): Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser\n\n> Top administration officials quickly claimed that the closure was in response to a sudden incursion of drones from Mexican drug cartels that required a military response, with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy declaring in a social media post that “the threat has been neutralized.”\n\nThe reality was a bit less scary.\n\n> C.B.P. officials thought they were firing on a cartel drone, the people said, but it turned out to be a party balloon.\n\nHonestly, is there a more perfect symbol of this administration than freaking out about something foreigners are ding, causing an absolute mess, and then revealing they were freaking out over nothing?",
  "title": "Thank god we shot down that party balloon",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-14T23:00:00.000Z"
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