Stella Carlson had no way of knowing that she would soon watch a man die — or that her video of that fatal incident would serve as a crucial counter to the Trump administration's initial efforts to paint Alex Pretti as a wannabe assassin or domestic terrorist. https://cnn.it/4riaBXa

The coordinated, nonviolent resistance in Minneapolis, George Packer argues, “offers a compelling answer to the question that democracy-loving Americans have asked for the past year: ‘What can I do?’”:

👀 So the acting head of CISA, Madhu Gottumukkala: 1) Asked for permission to use ChatGPT 2) Added sensitive details on CISA contract to ChatGPT 3) Got caught by CISA sensors 4) Got a talking to 5) Failed a poly (he asked to take?!?!) 6) Tried to take out CISA's CIO www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Please listen to this interview.

"7 Times Conservatives Praised Gun-Toting Protesters" They're attacking Alex Pretti for having a gun. But here, from Zeteo, are some (in)famous moments when Trump and the right treated armed protesters like heroes.

Not really the best sign when newspapers are having to run this infographic to explain to Americans what the paramilitary government force is gassing them with

When the government is lying to you, watch out. “The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting,” Alex Pretti’s parents, Susan and Michael, said in a statement.

Our VA Secretary wants all of his employees who serve our nation’s veterans to understand that if masked federal agents execute you on the streets in cold blood, he will not give a damn about you and will use your death as an opportunity to spread propaganda for the President.

Crowd is massive, now overflowing Congress Plaza and taking up a block-long stretch of Michigan Avenue. Reminder: this event was only announced yesterday.

Absolutely wild. You really should check it out yourself. Every corner of Reddit is inflamed. Forget about “breaking containment.” This is simply everywhere.

BRENNAN: Vance said local police have been told to stand down when ICE call 911 dealing with crowds. Have police been told not to protect ICE? O'HARA: It is deeply disappointing to have anyone disparage the hard work of the Minneapolis Police Department. We are doing everything we can

Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.

Oleksandr Adamov does not take shelter when Russian missiles and drones approach the critical Ukrainian energy facility where he works. https://cnn.it/3NJXSxS

I’m so proud of Minnesota. I understand why some people belittle protests as not enough, but I really think this shit matters. I saw a clip on Fox News and they had to admit thousands of people showed up. It’s not going to stop Trump, but it’s a signal to your neighbors that they’re not alone.

🇬🇧 WATCH: “How dare he say this? A man who dodged the draft. Absolute disgrace.” UK soldiers who served alongside us and mothers of the fallen react to Trump disparaging their sacrifice to denigrate NATO. (H/T @lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social ) Putin is pleased.

The White House is just outright admitting that it's posting fake and misleading information about a defendant who has been criminally charged by the feds.

This bears repeating ⬇️⬇️ substack.com/@cliffsedge/...

The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues.

Putin has been invited to join Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the committee that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, his spokesman said on Monday. Kremlin is now reviewing the invitation and “hoping to get more details from the US side.”

Trump sent this letter to PM of Norway and NSC staff forwarded it to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. The letter has been obtained and verified by PBS.

very good piece which confirms that weiss is both exceptionally arrogant and totally out of her depth. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Native Americans protested in Minneapolis today after the ICE abducted four Oglala Sioux Tribal Members. Three of them are still missing. (1/17|26)

Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now. Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations. Source: dr.dk

Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019. Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:

Amazing that it takes a lawsuit simply to get ICE to obey the law.

If a Democratic president had done something like this, Fox and the GOP would have turned Adriana Camberos into a household name à la Willie Horton or, yes, Hunter Biden. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

A headline you’d hope never to see. But that’s TrumpWorld.

Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, sued Musk’s xAI on Wednesday, alleging that the company’s AI chatbot Grok generated sexually explicit deepfake images of her without her consent.

needed this

His 6 month old stopped breathing! HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING! A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside! His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!

So much wrong with this but…they sold his phone?!? Like, for profit?? Now ICE can just confiscate and pawn your property???

Not even in the top 100 worst ethical lapses in Trump's presidency, but the Secretary of Labor apparently had her staffers create fraudulent records of fake work trips so she could take time off (and have an affair with a subordinate) news.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...

Where is the business community and corporate leaders of Minnesota based companies in speaking up? Why aren't the big law firms sending lawyers to represent the people being attacked? We are not at the end of this authoritarianism, we are at the beginning. And, sadly, we are on our own.

Frey: "You cannot drag pregnant women through the snow. You're not allowed to take teenagers out of their car and detain them when they are in fact American citizens. That is against the law in every state. That is against our US Constitution."

America is now at the heavily armed secret police doing warrantless door-to-door house raids in search of undesirable ethnicities and/or political dissenters stage. The difference from well known historical cases is down to scale.

Breaking News: A judge ruled that construction could resume on a large wind farm off Rhode Island, after the Trump administration halted the project.

there is no coming back from this without prosecutions up and down the entire chain of command

This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.

I found this useful.

Vigil for Renee Nicole Good at the front of the Somerville Court House, NJ

"We took to the streets today to protest ICE and demand justice for Renee Good. Her murder was a tragedy, and yet another incident that demands action and systemic change." - Indivisible NOVA West bluevirginia.us/2026/01/reac...

Live: Thousands gather to memorialize woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis "The mother of the woman who was killed identified her as Renee Nicole Good, 37, a Minneapolis resident."

The @apnews.com getting rightly savaged for this headline

A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.

Hundreds of people in Minneapolis are protesting against ICE after a woman was fatally shot by an agent.

I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...