Minnesota finds itself again at the center of tense tragedy, struggling for answers with a national and global audience looking on after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman Wednesday.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said. That is called murder when they do that. Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.

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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "We owe it to this woman, to her family, and to the American public to ensure that an investigation does occur and follows all the available evidence to its logical conclusion."

The more the administration tries to lie to us, the more we’re going to come together and fight back. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve. Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body. This is not new but it is expanding.

For months, Trump’s DHS has wreaked lawless havoc in our neighborhoods. Tear gassing infants, families, and police. Firing their weapons at peaceful citizens. Killing innocent people. It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control. It must stop. Kristi Noem must go. Now.

Watch how the authoritarian denying reality frames events: Blame shift Threat inflation Conspiracy (“coordinated” “ppl are being trained” —by who?) “it’s clear” is a rhetorical substitute for evidence; a power move that pressures audience to accept her frame even tho they saw something else.

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.

@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.”

John Miller: If you're confronted by a moving vehicle that could be a threat to you, get out of the way. I'm reading to you from DHS policy; 'DHS law enforcement officers are prohibited from discharging firearms at the operator of a moving vehicle or other conveyance.'

GET TO KNOW SOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WE JUST WITHDREW FROM: European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats - Prepares NATO members for threats that destabilize democratic institutions, like disinformation, coercive diplomacy or economic influence.

On the 5th Anniversary of the failed January 6th insurrection attempt, we’re reminded how fragile democracy can be. We must remember the darkness of that day so it’s never repeated. As history is rewritten by some, we choose to speak the truth of what happened.

“January 6, 2021, was my fourth day on Capitol Hill,” Zach Fisch writes. “I barely knew where the bathrooms were. I had no idea how to deal with a siege”:

I will never understand, not for as long as I live, how January 6th, 2021 wasn’t the end of Donald Trump’s political career.

I do not understand this perspective. It totally ignores the fact that Trump himself destroyed the pesky western democratic order. Why does Putin care that he lost Maduro when he has the US as an ally in his autocratic struggle?

Smart piece by @hoanssolo.bsky.social: "the raid’s very success poses a strategic danger: It reinforces a U.S. military culture excessively focused on precision strikes and special operations raids."

RFK Jr didn’t even have his hand-picked ACIP recommend these changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, but had “unnamed officials” who are so ashamed they spoke off the record. RFK Jr & Trump cannot escape responsibility for the thousands of dead or disabled children this will cause. #Ivax2protect

To call this a clown show would be unfair to clowns

Five years ago.

The Hilton Hotel that refused reservations from DHS officials has now backpedalled and said it will accommodate them. Came after DHS X account posted emails. For years the right coalesced around businesses being able to refuse customers of certain demographics www.404media.co/hilton-hotel...

In authoritarian regimes, underlings signal loyalty to the ruler by publicly attesting to obviously false claims

Friendly reminder: Dear #parents, if your child is sick, please don’t send them to school. #dontbeselfish

The decline of DIRNSA capabilities and stature is worth a book. From Gen A (ultimately corrupt AF but at least very competent) to the Rogers debacle (corrupt, incompetent) followed by the Nakasone restoration of competence we are now traveling in interesting territory for US’s largest intel entity

The lunatics are running the asylum. Everyone who dealt with this asshole knew what he would do if he had power. It’s up to state & local officials AND PARENTS to push back as hard as they can. From me, 2016. Even Devin Nunes realized we were headed to insanity: www.fastcompany.com/3059742/soci...

These parents killed their child and we need to say it

Both of the homes Trump claimed as principal residences in the ’90s were used as investment properties and rented out, according to an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario he’s pointed to as evidence of fraud.

Happy holidays @craignewmark.bsky.social Thank you for leading our #CyberCivilDefense #CyberResilienceCorps flock! #PauseTake9

RFK Jr. is going to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines. It will take a few years before the deaths and disabilities ramp up to a level that even the most vile Republican cannot tolerate. RFK Jr. will be long gone and unaccountable, as our babies die from preventable illness.

The TikTok deal is the worst of all possible outcomes, shifting ownership of TikTok to Trump's allies, while maintaining the supposed problematic links to China | Karl Bode at Techdirt www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/t...

I think attn should turn to what the content moderation regime looks like under this new entity. @anupamchander.bsky.social told me "it is possible that the American TikTok might end up censoring or hiding speech that is permissible on the global TikTok platform" www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...

I wish a single journalist or leader would reach out to me I have the scientific expertise, lived experience of a trans person, and am literally a science communicator for my career I'm willing to explain this even though I know it will decrease my personal safety!! bsky.app/profile/jeym...

IMPORTANT: NWS Boulder just issued a rare "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) Fire Weather Warning for Boulder, Hwy 93, and the Boulder + northern JeffCo foothills for tomorrow. Winds: 85-110 mph. Bone dry. This is a Fire Weather Warning with an exclamation point. #COwx

We welcome the publication of EU countries' decision to designate 41 new vessels in the Russian shadow fleet. These vessels are banned from accessing ports and receiving maritime services in the EU. A total of 597 vessels are now listed by the EU. ℹ️link.europa.eu/FmPQrP

RFK Jr. has cancelled grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics because “they no longer align with departmental priorities”. The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…” The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.

There are still a lot of smart people who seem to be surprised and upset that they can't make AI stop making shit up. Like that's literally what it does. "I told it not to do that!" Cool. But you it can't understand right? You're not giving it "instructions". It's just words.

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Read this thread. It's exactly right. But also note on the internet related stories—the banning of TikTok and the attack on Sec 230—Democrats happily helped MAGA accomplish their goals and people have cheered it on. Democrats trying to destroy 230 are not helping you. They're helping Trump.

“The skies over the Caribbean have become increasingly crowded in recent weeks, as the U.S. military has sent more aircraft and equipment to the region as part of the military buildup against Venezuela.”

While American families are expected to pay more for goods this holiday season due to Donald Trump’s tariffs, small-business owners are facing an existential crisis, Annie Lowrey reports:

Seven conclusions about what we've learned about Trumpism and the resilience of American democracy across 2025 — the big one: Donald Trump is losing. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/donald-tru...

10000% this. Light candles everywhere.

Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University. We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish

The RFK, jr effect.

In case you have never seen this.

It’s simple. Other countries don’t have this many guns. Other countries don’t have this many senseless bloodbaths that too many government officials don’t do anything to prevent. My heart breaks for the victims, their families and friends, and the entire Brown community.

Earlier this week, Kristi Noem told me under oath that she has not deported veterans. I then introduced her to one that she did deport. But it’s much worse than that: @moulton.house.gov got DHS to admit that they’ve deported at least 8 vets and are planning to deport dozens more.