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Cari Spencer / MPR News:
Renee Macklin Good's wife releases statement about ICE shooting  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent.  Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.","type":"text" …
New Republic:
Transcript: Can Trump's Thugs Be Reined In?  These Dems Have an Idea.  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the January 9 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   On MS NOW today, columnist Philip Bump broke down when talking about the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis. …
New Republic:
Trump Shooting Fiasco Worsens as Dems Find Fresh Line of Attack on ICE
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CNN:
ICE agent's cellphone captures fatal confrontation in Minneapolis
The Guardian:
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery  —  Editing function to be limited to paying subscribers after X threatened with fines and regulatory action  —  Grok, Elon Musk's AI tool, has switched off its image creation function for the vast majority …
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Kevin Collier / NBC News:
Senators urged Apple and Google to remove Musk's X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes
Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Newsom calls for Noem's resignation  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign following two shooting incidents involving federal authorities this week, one of which was fatal.  —  37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good was shot …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Kristi Noem impeachment goes mainstream among House Democrats  —  Democrats who wanted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem were on the fringes.  Then the shootings in Minneapolis and Portland happened. … Now that sentiment is thawing, and impeachment is going mainstream.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Support for abolishing ICE hits a a new high  —  Americans have turned sharply against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and say it too often resorts to violence … On Wednesday morning, Jan. 7, an agent of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shot and killed a 37-year-old mother, Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
The right-wing dehumanization machine is speeding up  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  Subscribe to PN  —  For the first time in the era of high-profile police killings caught on film, a federal agent under the direction of Donald Trump's authoritarian …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All
Shaun Boyd / CBS News:
Gov. Jared Polis considers clemency for Tina Peters as he begins final year in office in Colorado  —  Gov. Jared Polis says he has an ambitious agenda for his final year in office.  —  He's been full throttle since he was elected governor seven years ago, leading the state through COVID-19 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
After pressure from Trump, Colorado gov. signals possible clemency for election denier Tina Peters
NBC News:
2025 was the worst year for hiring since 2020, December jobs report shows  —  The U.S. added 50,000 jobs last month, a mixed report capping off a difficult year for the labor market.  —  The U.S. economy added just 50,000 jobs in December, capping off the worst year for hiring since 2020 …
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: White House contacted Secret Service about MTG, sources say  —  The relationship between President Trump and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene grew so poisonous that the White House told the Secret Service that Greene may have tipped off Code Pink protesters about his surprise visit …
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Jim Jordan commits to public hearing for Jack Smith  —  House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan said in an interview Friday he will invite former special counsel Jack Smith to testify in an open hearing as soon as this month in what would be a politically high-stakes event for members of both parties and the White House.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Shadow Over ‘60’ … Earlier this week, on Tuesday, members of the “60 Minutes” team gathered for a meeting to discuss the future of Sharyn Alfonsi's delayed piece on migrants deported by Donald Trump's administration to a notorious El Salvadorian prison.
Wired:
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony  —  Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including “hundreds” of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by WIRED.
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Dr. Oz claims there's no data to support reducing alcohol consumption.  That's not true.  —  How much alcohol should you drink?  The US government now vaguely, in effect, says just don't drink too much.  And what qualifies as too much?  Well, that's up to you.
Politico:
Johnson ‘concerned’ ICE shooting will hamper funding negotiations as shutdown looms  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is worried Democratic demands for placing limits on immigration enforcement funding in the wake of the deadly shooting this week in Minnesota will disrupt larger government funding negotiations.
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NOTUS:   Democratic Leaders Hesitant to Wage Shutdown Over Disagreements With Trump Administration
Simon Rosenberg / Hopium Chronicles:
Our Mad King's Vainglorious Venezuelan Victory Lap Was Rudely Interrupted By A Newly Assertive Congress Yesterday  —  Morning all.  I want to talk about three big, related stories today:  —  1) Our growing realization that our politics here in America, and increasingly the politics of the entire world …
Paul Krugman:
The Mad King's Madness Deepens  —  Trump wants war, war and more war - even against Americans  —  Things are not going well politically for Donald Trump.  The polls show him underwater on every major issue.  And while he insists that these are fake, it's clear that he knows better.
Discussion: USA Today and Raw Story
Zach Kaplan / The Hill:
Massive iceberg could be days away from ‘complete disintegration’: NASA  —  (NewsNation) — A massive iceberg is “sopping with blue meltwater and on the verge of complete disintegration,” NASA announced Thursday.  —  In a news release, NASA revealed that iceberg A-23A …
Discussion: CBS News, KGW-TV and Gizmodo
Ben Ashford / Daily Mail:
Revealed: ICE shooter has an IMMIGRANT Filipina wife and is an Iraq veteran as father comes to his defense  —  The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good is unmasked for the first time by the Daily Mail - as his shaken father defends his decision to shoot dead the 37-year-old mother.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
E.U. and South America to Form Free-Trade Zone With 700 Million People  —  The agreement represents a push for deeper global cooperation, in contrast to the United States' turning to coercion in its dealings with other countries.  —  The European Union, overcoming deep dissension among its members …
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Trump says he will meet Machado — and would accept Nobel Peace Prize from her  —  Speaking to Fox News, Trump said it “would be a great honor” if the Venezuelan opposition leader decided to share her Nobel Peace Price with him.  —  President Donald Trump said he will meet …
New York Times:
220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump's Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency  —  The Trump administration shrank the federal work force by about 220,000 workers through November, representing about a 10 percent cut, according to new data that offers the first clear view of the president's blitz to remake the government's labor force.
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Maduro in Minneapolis  —  The shadow of Maduro hangs over Minneapolis.  —  On January 3rd, the American military extracted the murderous dictator Nicolás Maduro from Caracas.  On January 7th, ICE killed a mother in her car in Minnesota.  These are two glimpses of a larger story about death and lies.
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House Oversight GOP threatens to hold Clintons in contempt  —  The Republican-led House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is threatening to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress if they fail to appear …
Lawfare:
Lawfare Daily: The Legal Fallout After a Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis  —  What is the legal framework governing state prosecutions of federal officers?  —  annabower.bsky.social  —  EricColumbus  —  ericcolumbus.bsky.social  —  michael-feinberg.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors
Politico:
Republicans need Susan Collins to win reelection.  Trump keeps going after her. … Collins told reporters after Trump's post that she guessed Trump “would prefer to have Gov. Mills or somebody else with whom he's not had a great relationship” than her — alluding to a confrontation between Maine …
Babak Dehghanpisheh / NBC News:
Iranian government shuts down internet as violent crackdown continues  —  Authorities have struggled to contain the protests after 12 days, and top officials have given conflicting messages about how to deal with the unrest.  — Add NBC News to Google  —  Protests broke out in several …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
7 Questions About the Latest CBP Shooting  —  Border Patrol agents shot two more people in their vehicle, this time in Portland.  And the story they're telling doesn't add up.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Two notes: (1) Just a heads-up that The Secret Show will be super late today.  Sorry.
Politico:
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Discussion: Bloomberg
George Chidi / The Guardian:
Federal officers blocked medics from scene of ICE shooting, witnesses say  —  ‘We have our own medics,’ bystanders were told after ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis  —  Witnesses to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shooting Renee Nicole …
 
 
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