Andy Campbell

A matter of national security (blanket)

Happy publish week to @letsgomathias.bsky.social, one of the most thoughtful and compelling reporters I’ve ever worked with.

“To Catch A Fascist” is a view from the trenches in a secret war, fomented by an anonymous group of violent hate-mongers — anonymous until now.

Get this book!

‘We’re going to disrupt this country’: Pardoned anti-abortion activists plot mass clinic protests A group of longtime abortion opponents, emboldened by Trump's pardons, regrouped in Washington to plan a new wave of demonstrations at abortion clinics.

As I just reported for @ms.now yesterday, they were charged w/ blocking entrances to abortion clinics, harassing & injuring staff & livestreaming some of it.

Trump freed them from federal prison; 3 have been re-arrested since.

Now, the DOJ is using the same law to go after a journalist.

🚨Don Lemon is being charged under the FACE Act, which has historically been used to prosecute those who impede access to abortion clinics. But it also criminalizes interference @ houses of worship.

Days into 2nd term, Trump pardoned 24 anti-abortion activists convicted under FACE 🧵

Fantastic reporting from @juliannemcshane.bsky.social here, and a warning shot about the future of abortion clinic protests: Trump's pardons have only emboldened the most aggressive fringe elements of street level activism.

"We're going to disrupt this country as much as we can."

‘We’re going to disrupt this country’: Pardoned anti-abortion activists plot mass clinic protests A group of longtime abortion opponents, emboldened by Trump's pardons, regrouped in Washington to plan a new wave of demonstrations at abortion clinics.

NEW @ms.now: Anti-abortion activists pardoned by Trump for invading clinics are joining a new effort led by Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry to revive mass clinic protests.

I spent some time with them in DC last week. “We’re going to disrupt this country as much as we can," one said. 🧵

Alex Pretti’s dad: “He cared about people deeply & was very upset with what was happening...He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, he knew it was wrong, so he did participate in protests” apnews.com/article/immi...

In every case of agents shooting a civilian in this admin, federal officials and agencies push a narrative about the civilian’s aggression immediately, well before evidence tells the real story. And the claim is often false.

It’s a coordinated campaign and it’s worth noting.

palpable rage in Minnesota
file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24-0.mp4

Frey: I'm done being told that our local elected officials are solely responsible for turning down the temperature. Yesterday we saw 15,000 people peacefully protesting in the streets, speaking out, standing up for their neighbors. Not a single broken window, not a single injury.

Police Chief Brian O'Hara says they believe the victim was a "lawful gun owner" with no law enforcement record outside of traffic tickets. Says federal agents did not provide them with a "public safety statement" regarding the shooting.

Be safe Jen 🙏🏻

I'm on site where a federal agent shot a Minneapolis man this morning. It's bad.

Dozens of federal agents are facing off with hundreds of outraged residents. People being tear gassed, helicopters above, I keep hearing pops, and lots of loud BANGS.

This smoke is from tear gas:

Federal immigration agents keep shooting at drivers. We tracked 15 cases since July. After each shooting, federal agencies claimed the drivers tried to ram agents with their vehicles. But the claim often falls apart under scrutiny.

Federal agents shot at civilians in their cars at least 15 times since July. We tracked each case.

In every instance, feds claimed drivers tried to ram agents.
But the claim often falls apart under scrutiny.

Crucial investigation by David Noriega for @ms.now

www.ms.now/news/federal...

DHS spokesperson asking why critics are defending sex offenders.

ICE used a warrantless forced entry to arrest a US citizen with no criminal record. Rather than acknowledge error, they smeared the family, saying they were harboring sex offenders and critics were defending sex offenders.
Turns out that one of their targets was already in jail. ICE never checked.

Federal immigration agents keep shooting at drivers. We tracked 15 cases since July. After each shooting, federal agencies claimed the drivers tried to ram agents with their vehicles. But the claim often falls apart under scrutiny.

Federal agents shot at civilians in their cars at least 15 times since July. We tracked each case.

In every instance, feds claimed drivers tried to ram agents.
But the claim often falls apart under scrutiny.

Crucial investigation by David Noriega for @ms.now

www.ms.now/news/federal...

That’s true, but where some people might be able to keep mental distance from those stories, this one features a photo of a child, scared, in the moment. Just absolute nightmare fuel

This should be the definitive image of Trump's federal immigration crackdown.

If this doesn't unite the country against a clear injustice, I'm not sure what could.

www.ms.now/news/dhs-den...

How the Deadly ICE Shooting Turned Minneapolis ‘Upside Down’ | WSJ YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal

Since ICE arrived in Minneapolis over a month ago, people have mobilized across the city to a stunning degree to track agents and monitor their activities.

@wsj.com went there to understand what this looks like in practice.

www.youtube.com/watch?si=A3t...

DHS has identified two people its agents shot in Portland on Thursday. The agency claims they're Venezuelans who entered the U.S. illegally and have "suspected" ties to the Tren de Aragua crime syndicate.

Interestingly, DHS *didn't* say whether they'd be detained or charged with a crime.

Federal agents shoot 2 in Oregon, further raising tensions over national immigration actions The Department of Homeland Security suggested agents were tracking a member of a Venezuelan prostitution ring when the shooting occurred.

DHS claims the Portland shooting victims "weaponized" their car against agents, like in Minneapolis.

Also claimed one is a "Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the Tren de Aragua prostitution ring," but didn't ID the person or provide further details.

Story ongoing

www.ms.now/news/shootin...

‘She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.

the victim, identified as 37 yo Renee Nicole Good, "was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known," her mother told the Star Tribune. She leaves behind a young child whose father died in 2023.

“There’s nobody else in his life,” the boy's grandfather said www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

a video taken by the eyewitness, Emily Heller, shows agents denying a self-identified physician access to the victim and telling bystanders to “just relax.”

“How can I relax? You just killed my fucking neighbor,” Heller responded. “How the fuck do you show up to work every day?”

White House recasts Trump as a hero in new Jan. 6 anniversary website On the five-year anniversary of the Capitol insurrection, the White House debuted a new webpage rewriting the reality of that violent and deadly day.

Trump's rewriting of the narrative of J6 continues...this time w/ a new webpage on the official WH site that recasts him as a hero, blames Dems + Capitol police for the violence, & ignores law enforcement who were injured or died by su*cide following the events. New @ms.now 👇

Not this time that I saw, but the counterprotest is growing as we speak. I remember the tuba days!

Not this time that I saw, but the counterprotest is growing as we speak

Small crowd of Jan. 6 defendants marches on the Capitol with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio The event, billed as a memorial service for slain Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt, attracted only a few dozen people.

A paltry show of strength for MAGA and the Proud Boys at today's march on the Capitol, starring a handful of J6 defendants and Enrique Tarrio:

www.ms.now/news/jan-6-d...

Every day this administration delivers a new, mind-bending game of madlibs

Now leading @ms.now:
www.ms.now/news/trump-v...

For the second time in as many days, the vice president has declared some iteration of "it's ok to be white."

www.ms.now/news/jd-vanc...