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WELKER: Where is that $50,000? Did you keep it?

HOMAN: I didn't take $50k from anybody & that's a question for the FBI. Bottom line I did nothing illegal.

WELKER: But was there $50k in the bag?

HOMAN: I'm not addressing it

WELKER: But did you keep the money?

HOMAN: $50k is ridiculous
January 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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If the capitol police reacted on Jan 6 the way ICE did in this encounter there would have been dozens dead
There was amazing restraint and heroism by the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department on Jan. 6, 2021. They were viciously attacked by rightwing extremists and rioters incited by Trump.
Also, by their own standards, the cops protecting the Capitol on Jan 6 should have opened fire all over.
January 11, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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A lot of people don't know this but the MyPillow guy mandates that all his employees have read the literary canon.
January 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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“This is Fox News in the second Trump administration, so forcing you to believe the opposite of what is clear and obvious was actually its second-to-last, almost-most-essential command.

“Its final, most essential command was to get you to sneer at a murder victim.” - @daveholmes.bsky.social
The Right Is Sneering at Renee Good. What Is Broken in Their Souls?
A mother of three is dead, but the president, vice president, Fox News hosts, and others are hell-bent on dehumanizing her.
www.esquire.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Demands grow for ICE accountability, but Trump administration cutbacks leave fewer options

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Demands grow for ICE accountability, but Trump administration cutbacks leave fewer options
The White House is defending DHS tactics during immigration raids across the U.S. that bystanders say have been too aggressive, including the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Didn’t wake up today imagining that a Lindell TV correspondent who used to be a trainer on the Biggest Loser would tell me that there’s a special place waiting for me in hell, but here we are!

Serves me right for advising her that you’re not allowed to record inside of federal court.
January 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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Page One.

@nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Videos contradict Trump's claim that driver 'viciously ran over' officer in fatal ICE shooting via nbcnews - www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Videos contradict Trump's claim Minn. driver 'viciously ran over' officer in fatal ICE shooting
President Donald Trump said the driver who was shot dead by an ICE officer in Minneapolis nearly killed him with her car. Here’s what the videos show.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:34 AM
NEW: Senate votes to display Jan. 6 plaque after House GOP refuses to hang it at Capitol

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Senate votes to display Jan. 6 plaque after House GOP refuses to hang it at Capitol
The office of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has argued that the federal law requiring the plaque's display was "not implementable."
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January 8, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
New DOJ opinion offers legal justification for Maduro seizure, Trump officials tells Congress

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New DOJ opinion offers legal justification for Maduro seizure, Trump officials tells Congress
Lawmakers have pressed the Trump administration to provide legal reasoning for the operation which resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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January 8, 2026 at 6:31 PM
FBI freezes out state investigators www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Judge rules that a 5th federal prosecutor appointed by Pam Bondi is serving unlawfully

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Judge rules that a 5th federal prosecutor appointed by Pam Bondi is serving unlawfully
The judge said that the DOJ tried to use impermissible workarounds to keep acting U.S. Attorney John Sarcone in office.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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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.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.

@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Recent former fed on the ICE gunman: "We are taught not to shoot into a moving vehicle unless absolutely necessary because you are responsible for the damage that vehicle causes after the threat is neutralized. just based on this cam angle, doesn't look good."
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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I had missed this.

An ICE officer allegedly pointed a gun at a man in Chicago, and said (approx) "bang bang ... you're dead, liberal."

In a functioning democracy, an officer who threatened politicized death like this would be fired immediately. Here? Prob never even know who he was.
Federal Agent Told Combat Veteran 'You're Dead, Liberal' At Little Village Encounter, Attorneys Say
The allegation comes as ICE and Border Patrol are increasingly facing pushback for using tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and other measures against peaceful protesters and bystanders.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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not saying it can't get worse but this week really feels like a straightforward depiction of what worst-case 'post truth' information apocalypse ppl were warning of in the late 2010s
January 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
ICE doesn’t understand the constitution and “clearly can’t even drive in the snow that well,” says Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.

“I’ve got two eyes, all of you do too, and you can see for yourself what happened was reckless.”

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January 8, 2026 at 2:38 AM
A reminder of how the newly updated White House website describes the death of Ashli Babbitt:
January 8, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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Mary Clare Jalonick's STORM AT THE CAPITOL is "a riveting account of one of the most consequential days in American history," says @ryanjreilly.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Minneapolis driver shot and killed by ICE officer during immigration-related operation, DHS says www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Minneapolis driver shot and killed by ICE officer during immigration-related operation, DHS says
The Department of Homeland Security said it was a "vehicle ramming related" incident.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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My statement in support of this bill:

www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
January 7, 2026 at 12:19 PM