Every single decision about prosecuting Trump and holding him accountable has been made not with the objective of maximizing the odds of conviction and consequences, but minimizing the odds someone will say Dems are being political or targeting Trump. Consequently they failed utterly at both.

1/The law requires a judicial warrant based on probable cause signed by a judge to enter a home or private area in a biz (not an administrative one signed by an “immigration authority” ie a DHS employee). This is clearly unlawful conduct. ICE can’t change the law just because it doesn’t like it.

Courageous Carney vs. Demented Donald open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

If you book a hotel for $200, you should pay $200. Today, we shut down hotel junk fees and surprise credit card holds. The price you see is the price you pay.

We all have a right to be angry at GOP voters -- that almost goes without saying. But I still maintain a special reserve of vitriol for people who can't be bothered to vote at all. They, by themselves, could have prevented this. They, by themselves, can stop this whenever they want to.

A memo was released by ICE instructing agents to violate the U.S. Constitution. ICE told officers and agents that they can forcibly enter homes without warrants signed by judges. The memo was from ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, was shared with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) by two whistleblowers.

If this is accurate, Good was killed by a bullet fired after there was any conceivable argument Agent Ross was in the path of her vehicle, which means there was no legal justification for using deadly force. But DOJ says there’s no reason to investigate. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

REPUBLICAN Rep. Don Bacon: “There’s been grave damage done with our European allies. It’s going to take the next president to spend a lot of time trying to fix the relationship… our allies in Europe don’t think we’re dependable — and that’s a shame.”

Protests Erupt in Chicago After Lurie Children’s Rolls Back Trans Youth Care open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

The president can’t declare war or lock someone up without a fair hearing. That’s why we have Congress. That’s why we have courts. That’s why we have a Constitution. Stand up for checks and balances. Protect due process. Protect democracy.

From the "No Shit Sherlock" news desk...

Great point from @markfollman.bsky.social: It's precisely because ICE's killing of Renee Good is so clear cut that Trump and Miller are trying to mire us in debates over supposed video ambiguities. But the evidence is definitive. On the pod Mark is good on all this: newrepublic.com/article/2054...

Keep politics simple, on point grounded in humanity and a clear moral compass. This is the way.

Call your representatives today and demand they stop ICE’s abuses of power: (202) 224-3121

After Trump directive, Florida removed rainbow crosswalk that honors the 49 people killed at Pulse. Demand the crosswalk be restored and protected! Sign now! a.allout.org/s/P8Egz/

The President of the United States Has Lost His Mind open.substack.com/pub/paulwald...

There’s too much time between now and the midterms. Either the military needs to not follow his illegal, unconstitutional, international law violating actions OR Congress needs to STOP him.We are at a breaking point. #impeach #military #coup #endthis Military leaders, please stop this madman!

Trump: “The fact that they had a boat land [in Greenland] 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land.” So close, so very close. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/t...

It’s Sundowning in America open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Trump Needs a Shrink and a Baby-Sitter, Not a National Security Adviser www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/20/t...

the international far right’s embrace of trump, and trump’s attempts to force the rest of the world to adopt miller’s international segregationism, is a reminder that even the “globalist” attack was projection. They want to use american power to remake the whole world into fash ethnostates

Donald Trump Is Not Well open.substack.com/pub/jill/p/d...

Major Good News Updates!! open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Let's talk about the midterms. ICE is terrorizing and punishing blue states and cities to suppress your votes using fear from ICE- yes it's already started. Blue states need to wake up and have a plan to deploy the National Guard to protect polling stations & voters from the federal government!

“ when people accumulate mass wealth and power, they begin to believe the rules no longer apply to them, and their behavior often drifts toward domination, exploitation, cruelty, violence, and the outright most vile and abhor.”

Thank you, Minnesota open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

Martin Luther King Jr Was and still is the most remarkable human that has ever graced our country! 🫶🏼😊

Renee Good did NOT deserve to have her brains blown out in front of her dog for not complying with armed vigilantes who were terrorizing HER community. You simply arrest, fine and release. YOU DO NOT MURDER!

Americans Should Understand MLK, Jr.’s True Legacy open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

BREAKING: Donald Trump's letter to Norway's Prime Minister exposes ugly truth about Trump's Greenland expansion mission open.substack.com/pub/emwolf27...

Why I Am Hopeful Despite It All open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

We can blame Donald Trump all we want, but he is the elected representative of the American people. There is no middle ground either you are in opposition to tyranny or you are for it. Allowing Republicans to keep the House or the Senate in the 2026 elections is the same as voting for Donald Trump.

Important Update: Justice Department Says No Court Can Force it to Release the Epstein Files as Cover-Up Grows open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

MORNING NEWS UPDATE: One year in, Americans are turning on Donald Trump open.substack.com/pub/emwolf27...

Today, it’s not your vote that determines whether the government brutalizes you or sends officers to your door. It’s your neighbors’ vote. If you’re ok with this happening to Minnesotans, don’t get comfortable. You won’t be exempt for long. In the end, a lawless administration comes for everyone.

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He had multiple opportunities to prevent this and deliberately pissed them away.

AOC’s Message To Trump: It’s Not If We Impeach, It’s Which Charges We File

Renee Good had a pulse when EMS arrived. I’m not sure it would have made a difference if ICE had let that civilian physician render aid before EMS arrived, but now we will never know. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

🔥 JUST NOW — Rep. @ilhanmn.bsky.social lights up complicit Republicans: “Those of us who escaped places like that, the one place we thought we would never experience this is the united Goddamn states… I am ashamed. And we must do all we can to bring back the 🇺🇸 we all escaped into.

"No Investigation Will Stop Us From Taking Care Of Our Kids": School Districts Respond To Latest Anti-Trans Threats From Trump Admin open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

Karoline Leavett in her sadistic reading of the Renee Good killing told a reporter: "You’re pretending like you’re a journalist, but you’re a left-wing activist". Yeah, and you are pretending to be a press secretary, but you are a propagandist for a fascist regime. Just end the "briefings".

NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

The People Are Turning Against ICE. Will the Politicians Take Notice? open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Why Renee Good Was, and Is, So Dangerous to Trump open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

✅ More than 80 Members Signed On ✅ More than 20,500 letters sent to Congress Join the growing number of Americans telling their representatives to impeach Kristi Noem:

Nothing is going to stop the people of Minnesota and America from defeating this criminal President, his administration, and all the traitors who enabled it. Not ICE terrorism. Not the insurrection act. Not martial law. Not a second civil war. Nothing. No matter what happens, they are going to lose.