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The charges range from possession of child pornography to sexual assault, child molestation and aggravated kidnapping.
Five years after January 6, dozens of pardoned insurrectionists have been arrested again
www.advocate.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The charges range from possession of child pornography to sexual assault, child molestation and aggravated kidnapping.
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Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
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ICE has detained 4 Oglala Lakota men in Minneapolis.
Story here: rapidcitypost.com/four-oglala-... and tribal president's statement below.
Story here: rapidcitypost.com/four-oglala-... and tribal president's statement below.
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
ICE has detained 4 Oglala Lakota men in Minneapolis.
Story here: rapidcitypost.com/four-oglala-... and tribal president's statement below.
Story here: rapidcitypost.com/four-oglala-... and tribal president's statement below.
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It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
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“I think some of them don’t even know what they’re doing or where they’re at,” said Little Crow Belcourt, White Earth Ojibwe. “They’re just pulling people over at random, if you’re Brown. Some of our Native (American) people get mistaken for our relatives south of the border.”
Five Native Americans detained by ICE during ongoing raids in Minneapolis - ICT
Native American community members report increased ICE presence, fears of racial profiling
ictnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
“I think some of them don’t even know what they’re doing or where they’re at,” said Little Crow Belcourt, White Earth Ojibwe. “They’re just pulling people over at random, if you’re Brown. Some of our Native (American) people get mistaken for our relatives south of the border.”
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If a so-called federal officer wants you to comply:
Why hide your face?
Why not have an ID number?
Why not wear a body cam?
You’re telling me I’m just supposed to automatically comply with some random, masked, unidentified aggressive White man shouting at me?
AGAIN, THESE ARE SLAVE PATROLS.
Why hide your face?
Why not have an ID number?
Why not wear a body cam?
You’re telling me I’m just supposed to automatically comply with some random, masked, unidentified aggressive White man shouting at me?
AGAIN, THESE ARE SLAVE PATROLS.
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
If a so-called federal officer wants you to comply:
Why hide your face?
Why not have an ID number?
Why not wear a body cam?
You’re telling me I’m just supposed to automatically comply with some random, masked, unidentified aggressive White man shouting at me?
AGAIN, THESE ARE SLAVE PATROLS.
Why hide your face?
Why not have an ID number?
Why not wear a body cam?
You’re telling me I’m just supposed to automatically comply with some random, masked, unidentified aggressive White man shouting at me?
AGAIN, THESE ARE SLAVE PATROLS.
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Here in Aurora, they made *international news* when they showed up in riot gear to kettle a bunch of families listening to violin music on the public park outside the public library and city building, because "fuck you for remembering the gentle disabled kid we killed."
January 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Here in Aurora, they made *international news* when they showed up in riot gear to kettle a bunch of families listening to violin music on the public park outside the public library and city building, because "fuck you for remembering the gentle disabled kid we killed."
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Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was shot & killed by ICE on Sept 12
ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12
ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14
Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23
ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12
ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14
Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23
Renee Good is at least the fifth death to result in an aggressive immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. Other cases include a person fatally shot by ICE outside Chicago and two people who died after being struck by vehicles while fleeing authorities.
Driver shot in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person killed in U.S. immigration crackdown
A motorist who was fatally shot by an immigration officer in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person to die since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration crackdown last year. The...
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was shot & killed by ICE on Sept 12
ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12
ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14
Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23
ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12
ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14
Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23
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On Jan. 7, Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, sparking national outrage and protests condemning the organization and national government. Teen Vogue spoke to young people marching in NYC, where DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was speaking, to share their thoughts.
January 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
On Jan. 7, Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, sparking national outrage and protests condemning the organization and national government. Teen Vogue spoke to young people marching in NYC, where DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was speaking, to share their thoughts.
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Deputies with the LASD harass family member of the people they kill, drive by memorial services to threaten their children, and destroy memorials.
people.com/dhs-officer-...
people.com/dhs-officer-...
DHS Officer Seen on Video Kicking Memorial Candle for Renee Nicole Good, Woman Killed by ICE: 'Don't Give a F---'
When confronted by a protester seconds later, the federal agent pushed him back and said, "I don't give a f---." Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
people.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Deputies with the LASD harass family member of the people they kill, drive by memorial services to threaten their children, and destroy memorials.
people.com/dhs-officer-...
people.com/dhs-officer-...
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Also: " Border Patrol officials also plan to send all nonlethal weapons housed in Chicago to Minnesota, according to the documents."
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Also: " Border Patrol officials also plan to send all nonlethal weapons housed in Chicago to Minnesota, according to the documents."
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The man who literally wrote the book on the use of vehicles as ramming weapons says any claim Good used hers as such is false, and that her execution, followed by the false claim, is "death squad behavior."
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
January 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
The man who literally wrote the book on the use of vehicles as ramming weapons says any claim Good used hers as such is false, and that her execution, followed by the false claim, is "death squad behavior."
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It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school
“The move came after officials at Roosevelt High School said armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.” — www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school
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via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
January 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
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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...
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Renee Nicole Good, 37, was murdered four fifths of a mile from where George Perry Floyd, Jr., 46, was murdered in May of 2020.
I want the media to understand just how close what happened today is to where George Floyd was murdered. 0.8 miles.
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Renee Nicole Good, 37, was murdered four fifths of a mile from where George Perry Floyd, Jr., 46, was murdered in May of 2020.
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They spent all that time complaining about crime in cities so they could implement their solution of killing people in cities.
January 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
They spent all that time complaining about crime in cities so they could implement their solution of killing people in cities.
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in comparison, in 2020, multiple states gave lighter sentences to motorists who drove into protesters, while charging protesters charged by cars with misdemeanors for "blocking traffic." some police unions backed immunity for people who drove into protesters
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"
January 8, 2026 at 1:12 AM
in comparison, in 2020, multiple states gave lighter sentences to motorists who drove into protesters, while charging protesters charged by cars with misdemeanors for "blocking traffic." some police unions backed immunity for people who drove into protesters
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Fed. agents "wouldn’t allow a man who said he is a physician to examine the driver, Heller said. Emergency medical technicians arrived 15 minutes later [but] were unable to get close to the scene because ICE agents did not move their cars to let them through."
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...
ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis • Minnesota Reformer
The driver then slowly backs up and appears to be leaving, when another officer fires three shots.
minnesotareformer.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Fed. agents "wouldn’t allow a man who said he is a physician to examine the driver, Heller said. Emergency medical technicians arrived 15 minutes later [but] were unable to get close to the scene because ICE agents did not move their cars to let them through."
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...
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NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
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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."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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."
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The shooting marks a dramatic escalation of the latest in a series of immigration enforcement operations in major American cities under the Trump administration. It’s at least the fifth person killed in a handful of states since 2024.
Minneapolis mayor says ICE officer’s killing of motorist was ‘reckless’ and wasn’t self-defense
An ICE officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist, which federal officials claimed was an act of self-defense but the city’s mayor said was “reckless.”
trib.al
January 7, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The shooting marks a dramatic escalation of the latest in a series of immigration enforcement operations in major American cities under the Trump administration. It’s at least the fifth person killed in a handful of states since 2024.
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losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
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At least a major news outlet is finally reporting on the fact that the farmwork exception to child labor laws exists, because basically no one knows it's even a thing, and you can't end something nobody knows exists.
this article is a good example of what i mean — literal kids work the orchards where the bulk of our oranges/lemons are grown, earning a piece-rate that can work out to less than minimum wage, and i genuinely don’t know what you or i can do about it even if it disgusts us. that’s shame
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 PM
At least a major news outlet is finally reporting on the fact that the farmwork exception to child labor laws exists, because basically no one knows it's even a thing, and you can't end something nobody knows exists.