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Early press accounts, presumably informed by DHS, claimed that the teenage girl in the first photo and another teen passenger were arrested after "colliding" with a vehicle driven by federal immigration officials.

The second photo depicts the "collision."

(Both photos via Getty Images)

According to rapid response ICE appears to be hounding a local elementary school with agents as the VP speaks in defense of ICE. Observers and parents organizing to get kids out safe

Stephen Miller understands that the criminal system is the most powerful on the state level, so he is going after local and state sovereignty.

Independent autopsy in ICE shooting death of Renee Good released by law firm in civil investigation The results of an independent autopsy for Renee Good have been released as part of a law firm's civil investigation, two weeks after she was shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis.

I've been waiting for this.

Independent autopsy of Renee Good is in. It's strong evidence against Agent Ross, given what it means about the second or third shot through the left-side window.

It's the second and third shots that make the easiest criminal case of a willful killing.

OMG 😂

Well, this is really something. A majority of *working class whites* disapprove of ICE, per new NYT poll.

Dovetails with the unpublished data that I got from Quinnipiac finding similar on working class more broadly (see below).

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Asked the White House for clarification just in case this isn't a mistake and Iceland is now on America's annexation hit list.

Need someone to write the feature on some KY meteorologists accusing each other of using impending weather to get clicks, with a guest appearance by a commenter who accused a local weather tracking page of not trusting God because only God controls the weather.

YouTube video by The Intercept Trump's Brutal Crackdown In Minneapolis #politics #trump

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The chief "said when he’s contacted agencies he finds that they often don’t know what their people are planning or doing that day."
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It feels like so long ago that the Trump administration decided to starve hundreds of thousands of children to death. But it's a story we shouldn't forget. Glad @propublica.org is doing this.

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Trump's deportations and anti-immigrant policies also have a chilling effect on medical care for immigrants and their families

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Trump’s War on America “It’s not just clashes between protesters and ICE; it’s an attack on basic rights that we’ve taken for granted,” says Minnesota Public Radio reporter Jon Collins.

Just released an episode of The Intercept Briefing that I think truly meets this moment! @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/01/16/t...

It's a jam-packed episode with:
@ramirez.house.gov @jcollins.bsky.social @adamserwer.bsky.social, and historian Adam Goodman.

Host @jesswash.bsky.social asks about growing calls to abolish ICE, and @ramirez.house.gov says "You know that for me, ultimately, what I want to see is defund ICE. Ultimately, what I really want is to start dismantling the Department of Homeland Security. It has not been around that long."

Trump’s War on America “It’s not just clashes between protesters and ICE; it’s an attack on basic rights that we’ve taken for granted,” says Minnesota Public Radio reporter Jon Collins.

This week on @theintercept.com Briefing: Trump’s War on America! “It’s not just clashes between protesters and ICE; it’s an attack on basic rights that we’ve taken for granted,” says @mprnews.org reporter @jcollins.bsky.social.

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the wildest thing is right-wingers acting like minnesotans in videos must be outside agitators when we can all hear their accents. i don't think i could do that accent convincingly if i spent a year practicing. and neither would i wish to. have you heard that shit? craziest american accent

"Given the spurious nature of the claims and that the sole citations are sourced from the Illinois Policy Institute, a locally controversial organization...we are concerned that the inquiry itself is overtly partisan in nature,” wrote a group of Illinois Democrats.

“...And so now MAGA Republicans here in Washington have taken the bait,” said a Chicago Teachers Union spokesperson.

"Our perspective is that the Illinois Policy Institute is essentially a state chapter of Project 2025, and their sole purpose has been to undermine Stacy Davis Gates’s leadership and the thousands of Chicago educators that she represents..”

Trump Is Helping Right-Wing Groups Target Chicago Teachers Union Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union’s finances. The Trump administration could help them get it.

Breaking: The Department of Labor sent a letter to the Chicago Teachers Union demanding access to their finances, mirroring a similar inquiry from the House Education Committee, which exclusively cited a conservative think-tank funded by GOP megadonors. bit.ly/4qYgmt0

Trump’s War on America “It’s not just clashes between protesters and ICE; it’s an attack on basic rights that we’ve taken for granted,” says Minnesota Public Radio reporter Jon Collins.

I speak with Ramirez at around 17:00 mins in, if you want to jump ahead, but I recommend listening to the entire episode!
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“It’s not just clashes between protesters and ICE; it’s an attack on basic rights that we’ve taken for granted,” says Minnesota Public Radio reporter @jcollins.bsky.social

Trump’s War on America “It’s not just clashes between protesters and ICE; it’s an attack on basic rights that we’ve taken for granted,” says Minnesota Public Radio reporter Jon Collins.

Just released an episode of The Intercept Briefing that I think truly meets this moment! @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/01/16/t...

It's a jam-packed episode with:
@ramirez.house.gov @jcollins.bsky.social @adamserwer.bsky.social, and historian Adam Goodman.

When law-and-order types point out that only a small percentage of people killed by police each year were unarmed, keep in mind that Renee Good will be classified as "armed."

Meme of happy guy with “getting a lot of new followers” Same guy with a shocked face “because my city has been invaded by lawless masked federal goons who are orchestrating an ethnic cleaning campaign”

Logging on to Bluesky:

We're going to be publishing our longer conversation with Rep. Delia Ramirez for The Intercept Briefing podcast, and I think it's really worth listening to. She makes the case for fighting long-term to dismantle DHS, while championing measures that could actually pass in the immediate.

Saying the NYT reporting is off, not @michaelhobbes.bsky.social btw.

I don't get the sense from speaking with local reporters that this is true. I'm certain there are divides, but this seems to have really rocked the entire state. A Minnesota woman got shot in the head and the White House has declared war on them. That's going to piss off more than "city slickers."

Kids with brain cancer were already in a life and death struggle. Then came Trump

The US president vowed to ‘end childhood cancer’. But his administration is dismantling the search for a cure and sending families scrambling for treatment

New Bill Would Put Basic Limits on ICE Use of Force After Minneapolis Killing Rep. Delia Ramirez called her bill “the bare minimum” to rein in ICE while Democratic leadership remains resistant to abolishing the agency.

Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois is introducing legislation to limit use of force by ICE agents as an interim step as she pushes congress to defund ICE and dismantle DHS, she shared exclusively with @theintercept.com
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