Robert Mackey
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right's claim of dominion over Christianity, its loud professions of faith, used in service of targeting most marginalized among us, & to murder those showing solidarity, keeps stirring in me — a secular Christian — really fierce feelings of protectiveness over the faith i haven't felt in yrs
"Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she nurtured kindness
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
right's claim of dominion over Christianity, its loud professions of faith, used in service of targeting most marginalized among us, & to murder those showing solidarity, keeps stirring in me — a secular Christian — really fierce feelings of protectiveness over the faith i haven't felt in yrs
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a year in and jd vance's only job remains doing tweets. the loser energy radiating off this man could power a country
January 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM
a year in and jd vance's only job remains doing tweets. the loser energy radiating off this man could power a country
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Yes. they leaked it because they’re proud of it
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Yes. they leaked it because they’re proud of it
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In the age of of fascist content creation your video gets screwed up by the kickback of your gun
Yep, jumbling is clearly from the kickback of the shot, especially since he can't brace properly if he's using one hand to hold a phone.
January 9, 2026 at 7:38 PM
In the age of of fascist content creation your video gets screwed up by the kickback of your gun
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the ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered a “fucking bitch” is visceral, but imo the most material new information in the latest video is that she very clearly turns the wheel away from the officer right before it happens
January 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
the ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered a “fucking bitch” is visceral, but imo the most material new information in the latest video is that she very clearly turns the wheel away from the officer right before it happens
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I genuinely don't want to do any discourse here, and everyone should do what makes sense for them, but I don't think anyone should feel they have to watch a video of someone being killed or feel that they're doing something wrong if they choose not to.
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I genuinely don't want to do any discourse here, and everyone should do what makes sense for them, but I don't think anyone should feel they have to watch a video of someone being killed or feel that they're doing something wrong if they choose not to.
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I’m convinced that Good’s car never struck Ross. But even if it did, that doesn’t settle anything. If he should have known she was trying to flee, or if he put himself in front of her car in violation of policy (seems clear that he did), both would still undermine a self-defense claim.
January 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I’m convinced that Good’s car never struck Ross. But even if it did, that doesn’t settle anything. If he should have known she was trying to flee, or if he put himself in front of her car in violation of policy (seems clear that he did), both would still undermine a self-defense claim.
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Exclusive: US officials discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources familiar with the matter reut.rs/4ptL77G
January 9, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Exclusive: US officials discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources familiar with the matter reut.rs/4ptL77G
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The case involved Ross punching out a man's window and tasing him while he attempted to drive away; the man shook him off his car, giving Ross injuries that required 33 stitches. The man called 911 to report that he'd been assaulted by ICE and was later convicted of assault on a federal officer.
January 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
The case involved Ross punching out a man's window and tasing him while he attempted to drive away; the man shook him off his car, giving Ross injuries that required 33 stitches. The man called 911 to report that he'd been assaulted by ICE and was later convicted of assault on a federal officer.
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In the testimony, Ross describes his interactions with motorists based on "hundreds" of stops and implies people expressing confusion about whether he's a federal agent are just stalling for time: "“They've got phone trees where they call and then protesters show up.”
January 9, 2026 at 3:25 AM
In the testimony, Ross describes his interactions with motorists based on "hundreds" of stops and implies people expressing confusion about whether he's a federal agent are just stalling for time: "“They've got phone trees where they call and then protesters show up.”
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NEW: Jonathan Ross is former National Guard and Border Patrol and has been part of ICE's SWAT equivalent, a team leader overseeing FBI, ATF, and IRS agents, and a firearms instructor, according to testimony obtained by WIRED. This is from @hudsongiles.bsky.social and me:
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony
Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including “hundreds” of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by WIRED.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
NEW: Jonathan Ross is former National Guard and Border Patrol and has been part of ICE's SWAT equivalent, a team leader overseeing FBI, ATF, and IRS agents, and a firearms instructor, according to testimony obtained by WIRED. This is from @hudsongiles.bsky.social and me:
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people will say “he will not literally post on truth social that this lady runs venezuela now after she gives him the physical nobel peace prize” and I am here to tell you that is absolutely in play and is in fact a likely outcome
I thought Trump would never get the Nobel Peace Prize. He's about to prove me wrong!
January 9, 2026 at 5:39 AM
people will say “he will not literally post on truth social that this lady runs venezuela now after she gives him the physical nobel peace prize” and I am here to tell you that is absolutely in play and is in fact a likely outcome
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Even a decade into this farce the brazenness with which he boasts about stealing resources from a neighbor by force is shocking. Even the old colonial powers at least *pretended* to have some higher aim than pure plunder.
Trump on Venezuela: "That was a perfect attack. We've taken over a whole country. We've taken $4 billion of oil in one day. That will increase."
January 9, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Even a decade into this farce the brazenness with which he boasts about stealing resources from a neighbor by force is shocking. Even the old colonial powers at least *pretended* to have some higher aim than pure plunder.
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Expect to see a surge of proud ignorance and proplawganda about what you can say about ICE agent Jonathan Ross, identified by local media as the person who shot and killed Renee Good.
In particular, expect a repeat of Rittenhouse-era “accusing him of murder is defamation” rhetoric.
It’s not.
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In particular, expect a repeat of Rittenhouse-era “accusing him of murder is defamation” rhetoric.
It’s not.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Expect to see a surge of proud ignorance and proplawganda about what you can say about ICE agent Jonathan Ross, identified by local media as the person who shot and killed Renee Good.
In particular, expect a repeat of Rittenhouse-era “accusing him of murder is defamation” rhetoric.
It’s not.
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In particular, expect a repeat of Rittenhouse-era “accusing him of murder is defamation” rhetoric.
It’s not.
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I’m at a rally for Renee Good in San Diego right now.
January 9, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I’m at a rally for Renee Good in San Diego right now.
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Everything happening now has a precedent. This is not new. Please understand that everything happening now is very American. The only change is that it is happening on camera to middle income white people. Ask BIPOC and low income white people about abuses by the state.
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Everything happening now has a precedent. This is not new. Please understand that everything happening now is very American. The only change is that it is happening on camera to middle income white people. Ask BIPOC and low income white people about abuses by the state.
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The Republican Party is no longer American in any meaningful sense of the term, to borrow the language of the Claremont Institute.
January 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The Republican Party is no longer American in any meaningful sense of the term, to borrow the language of the Claremont Institute.
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Ongoing and obvious reminder that firing chemical weapons directly at people's heads like this *is* deadly force.
January 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Ongoing and obvious reminder that firing chemical weapons directly at people's heads like this *is* deadly force.
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ICE needs to be abolished, to be sure, but we also have to deal with how the FBI and DOJ are thoroughly corrupted now, and that won't change without a massive counter-purge and reconstruction of federal law enforcement writ large. New political appointees at the top will not be sufficient.
January 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
ICE needs to be abolished, to be sure, but we also have to deal with how the FBI and DOJ are thoroughly corrupted now, and that won't change without a massive counter-purge and reconstruction of federal law enforcement writ large. New political appointees at the top will not be sufficient.
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It is the position of the Trump Administration that its agents can come into any state and city in America (let alone other countries) and kill people and that state and city have no jurisdiction to inquire about it.
Treat any Trump official accordingly.
Treat any Trump official accordingly.
Noem on Minnesota officials: "They have not been cut out. They don't have any jurisdiction in this investigation."
January 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
It is the position of the Trump Administration that its agents can come into any state and city in America (let alone other countries) and kill people and that state and city have no jurisdiction to inquire about it.
Treat any Trump official accordingly.
Treat any Trump official accordingly.
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man, did the viziers in the WH not actually show him the actual video?
January 8, 2026 at 11:12 AM
man, did the viziers in the WH not actually show him the actual video?
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According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
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Here's the Washington Post investigation:
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
New York Times:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...
And Bellingcat's video
bsky.app/profile/bell...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
New York Times:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...
And Bellingcat's video
bsky.app/profile/bell...
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Here's the Washington Post investigation:
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
New York Times:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...
And Bellingcat's video
bsky.app/profile/bell...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
New York Times:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...
And Bellingcat's video
bsky.app/profile/bell...
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Kyle Rittenhouse was an honored guest at a 2024 gathering of Oregon Republican activists. This is the monstrously depraved tweet he sent tonight. These are the people who claim to be defending Christianity and “western civilization.”
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Kyle Rittenhouse was an honored guest at a 2024 gathering of Oregon Republican activists. This is the monstrously depraved tweet he sent tonight. These are the people who claim to be defending Christianity and “western civilization.”