"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence

The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.

The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.

DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee. In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.

Don’t let Russell Vought trick Congress into destroying science by removing multiyear funding limits from the NIH funding bill.

Explain to Congress how important it is to keep multiyear funding of NIH grants in the funding bill. This protects against Russell Vought's trick, which is to make this year's NIH budget cover multiple years of research in advance. Tell your Congresscritter. US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.

Trump administration officials may pull out of RSAC, the world's biggest cyber conference, after the conference's organizer appointed Biden-era CISA director Jen Easterly as its CEO. www.nextgov.com/people/2026/... How does this advance the nation's cybersecurity?

The Trump administration is exerting political pressure on Stars & Stripes, the independent military newspaper that informs US servicemembers worldwide >>> www.cnn.com/2026/01/15/m...

It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.

So, if I'm reading this right: 4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer, and 6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow. (HT @benjaminkabak.com)

Democrats have tried to get donors to explain what they were promised for Trump's ballroom. Now they’re asking the nonprofit, Trust for the National Mall, that's managing the money. “You owe Congress and the public answers,” @warren.senate.gov and colleagues wrote. w @jonathanreports.bsky.social

I introduced an amendment blocking GOP legislation from taking effect until ICE fully cooperates with the state and county-led investigations into Renee Good’s killing. Rather than vote on it, House Republicans blocked our committee from even considering it. Cowards.

🚨"We've got a Honduran here" A SWARM of Border Patrol agents violently invaded a Minneapolis gas station—crushing car windows, tackling and brutalizing drivers, and taking several. We've confirmed at least one of them was U.S. CITIZEN Lalo Rios Meza.

Leaving aside the brutality of this, I can’t get over how dumbly resource intensive these raids are. Dozens of agents—including a senior official Bovino himself supervising—going after one guy, who may or may not even be an enforcement target for them. The terror is real, but this doesn’t scale.

Maryland health officials are investigating possible measles exposures after a person with a confirmed case traveled through the region on an Amtrak train. buff.ly/u1s9SQP

Its not that the media is not covering what is happening, but it does feel like the military occupation of an American city should be treated as a national crisis.

The guardrails are gone

Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."

Not remotely legal. Minnesota needs to arrest these thugs breaking down doors right now, before they start grabbing even more power

1. Local law enforcement should enforce laws, protect residents and stop this. 2. Barring that, residents should barricade entrances to their own neighborhoods and act as their own security for entries and exits. 3. Regardless, the response cannot be to simply allow this to take place.

New York City turned OUT. @handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️

It just never ends. FFS! The Trump regime has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

This regime is out of control.

The Trump administration is coming after me for standing up, holding them accountable, and doing my job. Forcing me to defend myself from baseless charges is a tool of intimidation, but it won’t work—we can’t let it. Not now, not ever. @lawofruby.bsky.social

Minneapolis - Border Patrol stops a protester following them, and tells the car it’s their “first and final warning” to quit.

This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV. The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence. This is not protection. This is occupation.

Yet another act of sabotage and incompetence by DHS that will directly endanger and harm our communities.   In the wake of disasters, FEMA helps communities get through the worst. But Noem plans to cut workers whose sole job is responding to disasters.  Our communities deserve better.

Amy Klobuchar: "There are now more ICE agents in Minnesota than there are police officers combined in Minneapolis and St. Paul. So they are outnumbering our own local police officers out on the streets."

This is the ICE agent removing the personal computer of Jonathan Ross, the killer of Renee Good, from Good's home earlier today. Next, video of the same agent on Dec 8 (not Jan 8, sorry) after dangerously boxing in a MnIceWatch volunteer with his truck & saying "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"

"If I fall delete my browser history," but for Nazis. Wonder what Ross' browser history shows about protestors and immigrants and ..groups

Texas has given its complete voter file to the Department of Justice. This endangers voters’ privacy. Texas is the eighth state and the largest to provide or say they will provide the Justice Department with its complete voter file. We’re tracking how states respond to the department's request:

From MN & Chicago to Caracas & NYC, the administration is trampling our freedoms to entrench a rule of bullies for billionaires. We must stand together against these criminal attacks on families both here and abroad. Rule by kings is over. 🚫👑 Join us 1/11, 1pm, E60th & 5th Ave @indivisible.org

State health officials in South Carolina have confirmed 99 new cases of measles since Tuesday. The state health department says the post-holiday surge had been expected, given travel and family gatherings.

this weight on the public will *have* to manifest in some way at some time, I don't know when or where or how, but you can't have this level of psychic/mental/emotional disruption to the lives of everyone in a country, and have that energy go nowhere

“The people who run this regime do not understand law enforcement as an institution to be stewarded. The view it as a tool for the domination of their enemies. And their “enemies” include about half of America.” www.thebulwark.com/p/renee-good...

“I was also struck by one word in Vance’s second sentence: “Don’t try to run over our officers with your car.” For Vance, they’re “our officers.” The Trump administration’s officers. Deployed in battle against non-compliant Americans like Renee Nicole Good.” www.thebulwark.com/p/a-killing-...

The Trump admin has launched a violent invasion of Venezuela, sacrificing lives for the profit of oil corporations. Promises to end "forever wars" have been shattered in favor of a ruthless bid for control. This stops now 🛑  Join us 1/11, 1pm, E60th & 5th Ave www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...

@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.”

Come the fuck on. Five hours later and the headline is still about a disputed shooting. Just a basic lack of courage to acknowledge the obvious.

This is the current front page of the Times. The Washington Post is even worse. Their headlines are privileging the accounts of the administration with a track record of lying as being as valid as eye witness accounts and videos.

Once I had a big fight with a young reporter who insisted the details of a shooting differed from my reporting which was based on videos of the incident. I illustrated how his reporting could not be true & he yelled back I’M A REAL REPORTER WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES anyway that was wes lowery

This is what people on Fox are like. People watch Fox because they like this.

We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.

Palantir's contracts with the federal government have grown from $4.4 million in 2009 to $970.5 million in 2025.

DHS shares a disgusting post on X confirming an ICE agent shot and killed a Minneapolis resident in her car this morning.

DHS is trying to spin a narrative in which it is appropriate for a law officer to shoot an unarmed driver in the face four times because she was attempting to drive away

Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times." Bovino was there. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Here's the clip of Tony Dokoupil ending tonight's broadcast by absolutely gushing over "ultimate Florida Man" Marco Rubio.