Walz: Minnesota's justice system will have the last word on this. As I told the white house in no uncertain terms this morning, the federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation. The state will handle it. Period.

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents** substack.com/@gelliottmor...

Vance Endorsed Slashing Civil Liberties Protections During Minneapolis Visit talkingpointsmemo.com/news/vance-e...

lol NRA

The Trump/ICE method is akin to stochastic terrorism. You flood a city with untrained hotheads. You pump them up with white nationalist propaganda and tell them to escalate and kick ass. You also make clear you'll shield them from any legal accountability. You don't know specifically who is going...

It's hard to know where to start with this degenerate hogwash. But that last line "ICE > MN" captures it. The ICE agents are superior to the whole state. That's their mentalty and model.

As I explained earlier this month, we're too literal abt what amounts to military occupation. The ICE/CPB operations in Blue cities are the kinds of garrisoning of civilian towns that the founding documents opposed. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-...

🧊❌BREAKING 🧊❌ 500 #MOworkers and community allies from across St. Louis just rallied to demand ICE OUT of our city! Solidarity with our siblings in Minnesota during their bold general strike to fight back ✊🏿✊🏼✊🏽

ANOTHER WITNESS (a doctor who administered CPR): “Checking for a pulse & administering CPR is standard practice… instead, ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet sounds.” “From what I could tell, the victim was not actively threatening ICE.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I know not what to say after this day. Please accept some natural beauty. We are but nothing, We return to the great void, Make the best of it. #Photography #Auroraborealis #Haiku

Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."

Trump’s backlash is growing. We were never “a little away from the front.” That remark disrespects those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, their families, and every veteran who answered the call. This isn’t an isolated incident, it’s a repeated pattern. londonlovesbusiness.com/backlash-gro...

Four hours of continuous attacks on Dnipro, Anti-aircraft fire & Explosions. Drones in daylight, this is terrorism 101. These strikes serve no military purpose. They are designed solely to send a message while so-called “peace talks” are being floated.

IC1848 - The Soul Nebula. I am officially blown away by the detail in my first real SHO image. This is just 30 mins on each filter. I can't wait to see the results when I get several hours on it. ASI2600 MM, Esprit 100ED, Altair 3nm Ha, Sii and Oiii filters. #astronomy #astrophotography

We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights. There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us. This is my favorite guide.

A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN: "I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind." and "The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back." Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed. The next could be you. What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones. This is personal — to every one of us.

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment "I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to assess the victim. At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."

This is really something. Mark Warner, one of the more moderate and cautious senators in the Dem caucus, says he'll vote No on ICE funding:

As I said in my weekend video on my Substack page yesterday....

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Be angry. Be exhausted. Be shocked that is happening in this country. Yell. Raise hell. Be educated. Post what you feel. Share the victims names. Remember to take care of yourself, too. We weren’t meant to intake this much trauma and news. Fuck 🧊.

Democrats in the Senate must grow a spine. They can rein in this murderous regime next week. Why on Earth would they continue to fund this tyranny? Call your senators now: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...

Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process. This is one that stands out: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….

Blumenthal: "I'm a no vote on that spending bill unless there are conditions that require ICE to go to a judge, to get a warrant, as well as other kinds of constraints -- the use of masks, the non-identification, the unmarked cars. These secret police, totalitarian tactics need to be stopped."

We knew Trump operated as a mob boss...🤬🤬🤬

Jack Smith reminds us that the cases against Trump were dismissed “without prejudice.” Meaning they could be brought again.

WOW. ICE discovers a new low. "The Department of Homeland Security claimed the child was 'abandoned' after his father fled ICE officers on foot." Yeah right....sure he was abandoned. www.salon.com/2026/01/22/h...

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

The ombudsman for Stars and Stripes, the deployed servicemember's paper of record, writes in its pages that the publication "is in peril of losing its editorial independence and becoming nothing more than a public relations arm of the Pentagon." www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...

What an awful organization.

I'm very proud of all my colleagues on the ground, both at @mprnews.org and at other local and some national media orgs. Everyone out there is doing the work to show the public how important a free and independent press is to democracy and community.

Trump's buddies now control TikTok in the U.S. www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/t...

As we brace for freezing temperatures across the state and heavy snow in Southern Illinois, I've directed @readyillinois.bsky.social to deploy resources to ensure local authorities have the support they need to keep roads clear and residents safe.

My latest newsletter: Trump narrated the media coverage before it happened. He knew reporters would seize on "I won't use force." He called the shot, out loud, on camera. www.readtpa.com/p/now-everyo...