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Cody

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REGIME CHANGE 🇺🇸

January 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM

Cody

@themagichelixfossil.cc

I absolutely cannot imagine having to write this about anyone I care about. It immediately made me tear up

🏳️‍⚧️ Tár-Tár Binks @josie.zone · 2d

Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:

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First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people
who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family.
This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind, In fact, kindness radiated out of her.
Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn't wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine,
Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it Where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow 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.
Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles,

What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy: And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever.
We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine
On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.
Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way.
We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee's legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love. E

January 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM

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Friday Night

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Friday at last…

January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM

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Dnaitari

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Maruzensky!

January 8, 2026 at 6:05 PM

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Aaron Rupar

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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"

January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM

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Rachel Gilmore

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Homeland Security is demonstrably lying, which we know thanks to the bravery of the protesters who filmed the whole thing.

The wheels turned away.

ICE shot her in the face multiple times, in broad daylight, anyway.

Homeland Security posts on Twitter:

"Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began blocking ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement
officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism. An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement
and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots.
He used his training and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers. The alleged perpetrator was hit and is deceased. The ICE officers who
were hurt are expected to make full recoveries. This is the direct consequence of constant attacks and demonization of our officers by sanctuary politicians who fuel and encourage rampant assaults on our law enforcement who are facing 1,300% increase in
assaults against them and an 8,000% increase in death threats. This is an evolving situation, and we will give the public more information as soon as it becomes available"

Image from the video of the shooting shows the smoke from the officer's first shot (before he fired the woman in the face several more times) and the wheel of her car turned away from him.

January 7, 2026 at 7:28 PM

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Kat Abughazaleh

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There’s a video of ICE shooting a woman in the head.

What else do you need to see?

Daniel Biss @danielbiss.bsky.social · 3d

Let's wait for the facts to come out and demand ICE/CBP end their terror.

January 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM

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Aaron Rupar

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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."