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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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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Americans sour on ICE amid immigration crackdown shootings — Americans now disapprove of ICE and support protests against the agency, according to a new poll conducted the same day a federal officer fatally shot a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis. … The agency's net approval fell 30 percentage points in a year.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All
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April Rubin / Axios:
ICE and Border Patrol shootings spark hundreds of weekend vigils and protests
ICE and Border Patrol shootings spark hundreds of weekend vigils and protests
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Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Newsom calls for Noem's resignation
Newsom calls for Noem's resignation
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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" …
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
John Thune and Donald Trump had a ‘spirited’ conversation over Senate war powers vote — McALLEN, Texas — Shortly after five Republican senators broke with Donald Trump and voted Thursday to advance a measure constraining his military options in Venezuela, the president lashed out and called for them to lose their seats.
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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 …
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Trump says he will meet Machado — and would accept Nobel Peace Prize from her
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
White House shares video of Minneapolis shooting from ICE officer's perspective — The White House on Friday shared a new video that appears to show the perspective of the ICE officer who shot and killed a Minneapolis woman during an altercation over her vehicle earlier this week.
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CNN:
ICE agent's cellphone captures fatal confrontation in Minneapolis … Video captured by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross gives a raw, up-close perspective of the pivotal moments surrounding his fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
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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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Politico:
UK's deputy prime minister raises X deepfake deluge with JD Vance — In the past the U.S. administration has criticized the U.K.'s online safety regime. — EXCLUSIVE — LONDON - Britain's Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy raised the recent flood of AI-generated sexualized images of women …
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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
Senators urged Apple and Google to remove Musk's X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes
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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 …
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Denver Post, Raw Story and 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
After pressure from Trump, Colorado gov. signals possible clemency for election denier Tina Peters
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KUSA-TV, Associated Press and Joe.My.God.
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 …
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Vic Verbalaitis / The Daily Beast:
Trump Goon Delivers Bonkers Excuse for Grim Jobs Report
Trump Goon Delivers Bonkers Excuse for Grim Jobs Report
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Media Matters for America, NOTUS, Reuters, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, New York Post, ABC17NEWS, The Daily Caller, Newsweek and Fortune
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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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, MPR News, NewsMax.com, Breitbart and The Independent
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Mike Johnson says Minneapolis shooting appears to be ‘self-defense’
Mike Johnson says Minneapolis shooting appears to be ‘self-defense’
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tim Dickinson / The Contrarian:
Stephen Miller Is Taking His Fascist Horrorshow International — Long the most openly fascistic member of Donald Trump's inner circle, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is a man whose unvarnished disdain for people of color has led him to champion the closing America's borders …
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Civil Discourse … and Fox News
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Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
Inside the White House, Stephen Miller Is Making His Vision of America Real
Inside the White House, Stephen Miller Is Making His Vision of America Real
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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.
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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.
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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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.
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LGBTQ Nation, New York Post, The Independent, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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 …
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. “I have a six year old,” he said. “And...seeing the image of the stuffed animals in the glove compartment of her car—really emotional for me and …
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.
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.
Jason Beeferman / Politico:
‘We support Hamas’ chants put Mamdani's Israel stance at center stage … “Still waiting on condemnation of support for Hamas at a protest in a Jewish neighborhood from @NYCMayor,” posted Assemblymember Sam Berger, who represents the Queens enclave of Kew Gardens Hills, where the protest took place.
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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 …
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Washington Examiner and New York Post
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Trump administration unleashes torrent of untruths after woman shot dead by ICE — Victim-blaming began almost as soon as Renee Nicole Good was killed - we examine the claims and the reality — The killing of a US citizen by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis was a five-alarm fire for the Trump administration.
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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.
Gideon Taaffe / Media Matters for America:
Right-wing media villainize and blame Renee Good for her own death in Minneapolis ICE shooting … - Good was killed in Minneapolis by an ICE agent while she appeared to be trying to drive away during an ICE raid. The Washington Post reported “Good, 37, was a poet, a mother of three and a movie lover …
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