Eric Holthaus
@ericholthaus.com
Meteorologist & climate journalist. Dad. Birder. Minnesotan. Optimistic to a fault.
Science news with attitude for The Guardian. Author of The Future Earth.
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THE OPEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GRIEF IS A POLITICAL ACT.
One of the things that genuinely shocked me as I read through surveillance logs for the police is how much of their energy and attention is dedicated to shutting down vigils and other ceremonies of remembrance.
Anyway ICE was filmed desecrating Renee Nicole Good’s memorial & doing violence to people who found that distasteful. Might be too soon to say if this falls into some kind of pattern of behavior if you’re the stupidest motherfucker on earth.
January 8, 2026 at 10:55 PM
THE OPEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GRIEF IS A POLITICAL ACT.
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He shot her in the head, then called her a “fucking bitch.”
That isn’t self defense, it’s an angry execution.
That isn’t self defense, it’s an angry execution.
January 10, 2026 at 5:15 AM
He shot her in the head, then called her a “fucking bitch.”
That isn’t self defense, it’s an angry execution.
That isn’t self defense, it’s an angry execution.
Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
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Those social media smear campaigns against women, especially queer women, laid the path to people celebrating the murder of a queer woman by a man in a uniform who called her a “fucking bitch” afterward. They unlocked the entitlement and rage to cheer gender-based violence from the online sidelines.
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Those social media smear campaigns against women, especially queer women, laid the path to people celebrating the murder of a queer woman by a man in a uniform who called her a “fucking bitch” afterward. They unlocked the entitlement and rage to cheer gender-based violence from the online sidelines.
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Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
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We just chased off ICE from taking 2 young men by our public housing high rise and then immediately ran off another convoy from the target at the Quarry. Activity is very high today, we need people out patrolling and protecting their neighbors defend612.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
We just chased off ICE from taking 2 young men by our public housing high rise and then immediately ran off another convoy from the target at the Quarry. Activity is very high today, we need people out patrolling and protecting their neighbors defend612.com
Correction: Greg Bovino
Confirmed: Dan Bongino and at least six Border Patrol vehicles are staging at the BP gas station on County Road D and Cleveland Ave in Roseville. They are heavily armed with AR-15s.
Signal group patrol is on it.
Signal group patrol is on it.
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Correction: Greg Bovino
Confirmed: Dan Bongino and at least six Border Patrol vehicles are staging at the BP gas station on County Road D and Cleveland Ave in Roseville. They are heavily armed with AR-15s.
Signal group patrol is on it.
Signal group patrol is on it.
January 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Confirmed: Dan Bongino and at least six Border Patrol vehicles are staging at the BP gas station on County Road D and Cleveland Ave in Roseville. They are heavily armed with AR-15s.
Signal group patrol is on it.
Signal group patrol is on it.
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Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
Tim Walz is not messing around, and is giving the Minnesota National Guard a heads up they may be deployed to defend us against the federal government.
We're just an incident away from civil war.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/u...
We're just an incident away from civil war.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/u...
‘You’ve done enough’: Gov. Waltz shares message for Trump and Noem | CNN
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he feels the anger of residents in his state and urged people to protest peacefully after the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier today.
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Tim Walz is not messing around, and is giving the Minnesota National Guard a heads up they may be deployed to defend us against the federal government.
We're just an incident away from civil war.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/u...
We're just an incident away from civil war.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/u...
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In a press conference, Gov. Tim Walz addressed the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis today.
Walz says he is preparing the state National Guard for possible deployment.
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/49sHKIi
Walz says he is preparing the state National Guard for possible deployment.
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/49sHKIi
January 7, 2026 at 9:46 PM
In a press conference, Gov. Tim Walz addressed the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis today.
Walz says he is preparing the state National Guard for possible deployment.
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/49sHKIi
Walz says he is preparing the state National Guard for possible deployment.
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/49sHKIi
Here's the gofundme for the couple I saw abducted by ICE today in Northeast Minneapolis — Anna (L) has been released from ICE custody and is now in the hospital with a broken hand, but Mar (R) is still being held.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-an...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-an...
January 8, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Here's the gofundme for the couple I saw abducted by ICE today in Northeast Minneapolis — Anna (L) has been released from ICE custody and is now in the hospital with a broken hand, but Mar (R) is still being held.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-an...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-an...
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Here is the gofundme for this couple.
They are derby friend's of
a very close friend that lived in Fairbanks.
Anna broke her hand.
Mar is still in ICE custody.
gofund.me/8f5dce41c
They are derby friend's of
a very close friend that lived in Fairbanks.
Anna broke her hand.
Mar is still in ICE custody.
gofund.me/8f5dce41c
January 8, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Here is the gofundme for this couple.
They are derby friend's of
a very close friend that lived in Fairbanks.
Anna broke her hand.
Mar is still in ICE custody.
gofund.me/8f5dce41c
They are derby friend's of
a very close friend that lived in Fairbanks.
Anna broke her hand.
Mar is still in ICE custody.
gofund.me/8f5dce41c
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Seeing how these are two US citizens and these nazis keep saying they’re grabbing her because they suspect she has a weapon, not their immigration status, it’s hard not to think they’re now just going around looking for visibly queer people and abducting them.
Here's a longer video of this abduction: www.instagram.com/reels/DTQaHq...
Marco Nicholas on Instagram: "Ice on Central and Lowery Northeast abducting innocent people."
38 likes, 2 comments - eggfoott on January 8, 2026: "Ice on Central and Lowery Northeast abducting innocent people.".
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January 8, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Seeing how these are two US citizens and these nazis keep saying they’re grabbing her because they suspect she has a weapon, not their immigration status, it’s hard not to think they’re now just going around looking for visibly queer people and abducting them.
We won't stop until we make all of this better. For your kid, for your wife, and for everyone, Renee 💔
January 8, 2026 at 8:25 PM
We won't stop until we make all of this better. For your kid, for your wife, and for everyone, Renee 💔
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We ALREADY have ICE concentration camps.
We are ALREADY so far gone.
Fuck the people who support this evil.
We are ALREADY so far gone.
Fuck the people who support this evil.
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
We ALREADY have ICE concentration camps.
We are ALREADY so far gone.
Fuck the people who support this evil.
We are ALREADY so far gone.
Fuck the people who support this evil.
This morning I watched two US citizens being forcibly abducted a block from my house.
This is not OK.
If what's happening right now here in Minneapolis is a sign of what's to come across the country — fuck. It's bad.
This is not OK.
If what's happening right now here in Minneapolis is a sign of what's to come across the country — fuck. It's bad.
Here's a longer video of this abduction: www.instagram.com/reels/DTQaHq...
Marco Nicholas on Instagram: "Ice on Central and Lowery Northeast abducting innocent people."
38 likes, 2 comments - eggfoott on January 8, 2026: "Ice on Central and Lowery Northeast abducting innocent people.".
www.instagram.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
This morning I watched two US citizens being forcibly abducted a block from my house.
This is not OK.
If what's happening right now here in Minneapolis is a sign of what's to come across the country — fuck. It's bad.
This is not OK.
If what's happening right now here in Minneapolis is a sign of what's to come across the country — fuck. It's bad.
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Thousands of Minnesotans gathered last night to honor Renee Nicole Good. We will never accept that a single federal agent can be judge, jury, and executioner in our streets. ICE needs to get out of Minneapolis.
January 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Thousands of Minnesotans gathered last night to honor Renee Nicole Good. We will never accept that a single federal agent can be judge, jury, and executioner in our streets. ICE needs to get out of Minneapolis.
I just watched two women get kidnapped right in front of me in Northeast Minneapolis.
ICE is still terrorizing our city.
ICE is still terrorizing our city.
January 8, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I just watched two women get kidnapped right in front of me in Northeast Minneapolis.
ICE is still terrorizing our city.
ICE is still terrorizing our city.
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Oh also today, the US withdrew from every major international treaty for climate and environmental protection, violence against women and children, and peacebuilding.
More than at any point in the past 100+ years, we are the baddies now.
More than at any point in the past 100+ years, we are the baddies now.
50. US withdraws from @ipcc.bsky.social, @ipbes.net, @irena-official.bsky.social, Intl Union for the Conservation of Nature, UN Energy, UN Oceans, UN Water, @ununiversity.bsky.social, UNFCCC, among others (Jan. 7, 2026)
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Oh also today, the US withdrew from every major international treaty for climate and environmental protection, violence against women and children, and peacebuilding.
More than at any point in the past 100+ years, we are the baddies now.
More than at any point in the past 100+ years, we are the baddies now.
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Here is the fundraiser for Renee Good’s wife and son, from a very trusted source.
Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
www.gofundme.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Here is the fundraiser for Renee Good’s wife and son, from a very trusted source.
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A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
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This feels like the first death of a civil war. But then my partner reminded me that ICE has already killed dozens of people in detention centers.
All I know is this is an extremely extremely clear example of injustice, the kind that foment revolution.
All I know is this is an extremely extremely clear example of injustice, the kind that foment revolution.
January 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM
This feels like the first death of a civil war. But then my partner reminded me that ICE has already killed dozens of people in detention centers.
All I know is this is an extremely extremely clear example of injustice, the kind that foment revolution.
All I know is this is an extremely extremely clear example of injustice, the kind that foment revolution.