What’s going on with the Epstein files?

Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize

a year in and trump is in free fall with the public across every conceivable issue

Mussolini Had His Blackshirts, Hitler Has the SS, and Trump Has ICE | Such an "overtly fascist military apparatus poses a structural danger to our democracy," writes @aaronregunberg.bsky.social. This is why "Abolish ICE" is an extremely moderate position.​

"'Abolish ICE' is no longer just a far-left slogan — it's good politics. God knows why Americans reelected Trump, but they clearly didn’t envision masked goons knocking down doors and disappearing people." — @playtyperguy.com

Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities This is exactly the opposite. Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.

New in PN: @simonwdc.bsky.social on Trump’s very bad year “It’s an issue of who he’s become — a vain autocrat who's building himself a gilded ballroom and falling asleep. He’s implicated in the Epstein affair by Epstein himself. It’s just too much. It’s grotesque. He’s become a grotesque figure.”

Gavin Newsom is a presidential frontrunner in part because he not only talked the talk about fighting Trump, but came up with and executed a plan to actually do it. Other Democrats should take note. Words and stern letters ain’t sufficient.

LEAVITT: Why was Renee Good unfortunately and tragically killed? REPORTER: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably LEAVITT: Oh, ok. So you're a biased reporters with a biased opinion. You're a left-wing hack.

Frey: "This is not sustainable. This is an impossible situation our city is being put in. We cannot be at a place in America where we have 2 governmental agencies literally fighting one another. We are put in this position b/c we have approximately 600 police officers & there are 3,000 ICE agents."

🎯 I’m terrified. I show up anyway. Stay strong and stay close to your family and friends. There’s immense power in community! We refuse to be ruled by a rapist murderer!

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison: "Minnesota has rejected him at the polls three times, which seems to be part of what's motivating him."

tRUMPSTEIN wants so bad to be known as president ... of another country ... he even goes as far as faking a wiki page to proclaim it!! 🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣 THE GREATEST AND BIGLIEST OF ANYTHING HE DOES ... THE GREATEST AND BIGLIEST LAUGHING STOCK OF THE WORLD!!! 💯💯💯🤣😅🤣

If someone leaked the Epstein files, they would easily be one of the most famous and celebrated people of the decade. 🙌

Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America

These are absolutely monstrous people "Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior DOJ officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent"

But in a sense it's actually worse than a war crime, because there is no war. It's just a crime. It's a crime—murder—whether or not the aircraft can be identified as part of a military force.

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.

Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.

for the second time today, Leavitt calls Renee Good "a lunatic" and then she storms away from reporters

Trump’s line is that disrespect to law enforcement is punishable by death. Impeach and remove. This is not tolerable.

Keep the Messaging Simple & Direct

When he tells you who he is, believe him. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

It's three weeks after the deadline to release the Epstein files.

"You haven't seen video of the entire morning ... there's more information" -- Kristi Noem suggests there are secret videos showing that actually Renee Good had it coming

DHS was created to FIGHT terrorists, not to BE terrorists. It needs to be defunded by congress in 2027, and we should select candidates who run on that platform.

TAPPER: How can assert that there's no ambiguity in this before an investigation has taken place? NOEM: I had just been in Minneapolis and had been with those officers, had seen what they were facing on the streets, and had talked to their supervisors as soon as the incident happened

Frey: "An individual from a car that was in the middle of a street was detained. ICE left the car in the middle of the street. The car wasn't even in park, so you got it just rolling down the street w/nobody in it. It could've hit anybody, including my own family. This is not about safety"

Epstein files release delay triggers calls for internal watchdog review

www.thenation.com/article/acti... Hit them where it hurts them - boycotts can work

Massie reminds the DOJ that laws will outlast regimes.

Trump on Venezuela: "That was a perfect attack. We've taken over a whole country. We've taken $4 billion of oil in one day. That will increase."

It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers. Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing

JD Vance will NEVER be president. #JDVance #NeverPresident #NoCore #Ohio #GOPExtremist #USPol

Keith Ellison: "They're simply trying to justify her killing. They're trying to convince the public through their rhetoric that it's okay that she's dead. And that is unacceptable and it's untrue. It's also cruel and completely unnecessary. This is a mother of three. This is someone's wife ... "

Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes

Sen. Tina Smith: "I don't know how I could vote for a funding bill for ICE and DHS when so much of what they are doing is illegal, is lawless."

Hundreds protest in Philadelphia against Minneapolis ICE shooting www.inquirer.com/news/philade... So proud of Philly ✊

I don’t think this new angle changed anyone’s mind, because everyone is already dug into their partisan foxholes, but it should very clearly at least show you that she wasn’t trying to run over this officer. That narrative was bullshit. ICE agent should be charged with murder.

When people ask me what I mean by independent, pro-democracy media, I just tell them to take a look at the front page of Democracy Docket. I would put it up against any other news outlet, no matter how big. www.democracydocket.com

Opposition to DJT's insanity is working. It seems likely Trump's power will either consolidate or fall apart by May from what I've heard. It is /CRITICAL/ to push harder, especially in the next 120 days.

If Donald Trump wasn't a pedophile he would probably release the Epstein files

Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”

Soon

New in PN: The dehumanization machine speeds up "Months after the nation and world were appalled by George Floyd’s murder, it became an event with two different truths. With the killing of Good, the right has not even deigned to admit the heinousness of the event before deciding she had it coming."

By the way, if you’re on the side of thinking that ICE is going to win whatever this “war” against the people they talk about…. They aren’t And the statute of limitations goes past three years for a lot of crimes

Mayor Frey: "So our ask is really simple here. Our ask is to embrace the truth. Our ask is to include the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in this process because we in Minneapolis want a fair investigation ... if you got nothing to hide from, then don't hide."

Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."