Jim Witkins
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This kind of crass, absurd and obscene embrace of willful murder from a top official is basically participation in murder after the fact
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"
January 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
This kind of crass, absurd and obscene embrace of willful murder from a top official is basically participation in murder after the fact
Money is heading overseas. The Dollar has tanked, and our market screams bubble, at least the AI, tech sector.
The U.S. economy entered 2025 as the “envy of the world.” It exited well behind its peers.
Trump Says We Have the “Hottest” Economy. Markets Tell a Different Story.
The U.S. economy entered 2025 as the “envy of the world.” It exited well behind its peers.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Money is heading overseas. The Dollar has tanked, and our market screams bubble, at least the AI, tech sector.
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"The United States under Trump is an outlaw nation....We are becoming the kind of nation against which America used to defend others."
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-the...
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-the...
We’re the Bad Guys Now
America has become the kind of country it used to oppose.
www.thebulwark.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:58 AM
"The United States under Trump is an outlaw nation....We are becoming the kind of nation against which America used to defend others."
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-the...
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-the...
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They would gladly kill you and slander you despite overwhelming evidence and footage and eyewitnesses that it was murder.
This isn’t something that elections will fix. It’s going to take a massive reformation and these criminals will have to be punished.
This isn’t something that elections will fix. It’s going to take a massive reformation and these criminals will have to be punished.
January 8, 2026 at 5:17 AM
They would gladly kill you and slander you despite overwhelming evidence and footage and eyewitnesses that it was murder.
This isn’t something that elections will fix. It’s going to take a massive reformation and these criminals will have to be punished.
This isn’t something that elections will fix. It’s going to take a massive reformation and these criminals will have to be punished.
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Read it again. Trump and Russia are bargaining, using other countries as chips.
apnews.com/article/russ...
apnews.com/article/russ...
Trump's former Russia adviser says Russia offered US free rein in Venezuela in exchange for Ukraine
Russian officials suggested in 2019 that the Kremlin might reduce support for Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela in exchange for a free hand in Ukraine.
apnews.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Read it again. Trump and Russia are bargaining, using other countries as chips.
apnews.com/article/russ...
apnews.com/article/russ...
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Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
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Omg HAHAHAHAH
CNN graphics put the asterisk in the wrong place, it appears…
January 8, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Omg HAHAHAHAH
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
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There's honestly been some pretty good news coverage tonight on TV regarding today's events. It's not a coincidence.
Like half a dozen prominent Democrats finally came out this afternoon and said ICE is terrorist trash led by a secretary who should be impeached and it flipped the whole narrative.
Like half a dozen prominent Democrats finally came out this afternoon and said ICE is terrorist trash led by a secretary who should be impeached and it flipped the whole narrative.
January 8, 2026 at 3:42 AM
There's honestly been some pretty good news coverage tonight on TV regarding today's events. It's not a coincidence.
Like half a dozen prominent Democrats finally came out this afternoon and said ICE is terrorist trash led by a secretary who should be impeached and it flipped the whole narrative.
Like half a dozen prominent Democrats finally came out this afternoon and said ICE is terrorist trash led by a secretary who should be impeached and it flipped the whole narrative.
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“While Trump is abdicating the United States global leadership, the rest of the world is continuing to shift to cleaner power sources and take climate action. Trump is ceding the trillions in investment that the clean energy transition brings to nations…”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Outrage as Trump withdraws from key UN climate treaty along with dozens of international organisations
Experts decry move to leave UNFCCC as ‘embarrassing’ as president orders withdrawal from 66 international groups
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:48 AM
“While Trump is abdicating the United States global leadership, the rest of the world is continuing to shift to cleaner power sources and take climate action. Trump is ceding the trillions in investment that the clean energy transition brings to nations…”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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WITNESS: "I just can't let this narrative of self-defense go any further. That’s absolutely not what it was… ICE agents didn’t let anyone help her for 15 minutes, then medics couldn’t get through with their ambulance.”
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 AM
WITNESS: "I just can't let this narrative of self-defense go any further. That’s absolutely not what it was… ICE agents didn’t let anyone help her for 15 minutes, then medics couldn’t get through with their ambulance.”
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It’s the perfect distillation of their perverse authoritarian worldview: words, rather than existing to describe things, exist to IMPOSE meaning. This woman was not shot in the face by ICE because she’s a terrorist, she becomes a terrorist because she was shot in the face by ICE. Grotesque
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 AM
It’s the perfect distillation of their perverse authoritarian worldview: words, rather than existing to describe things, exist to IMPOSE meaning. This woman was not shot in the face by ICE because she’s a terrorist, she becomes a terrorist because she was shot in the face by ICE. Grotesque
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The regime wants you to disbelieve what your eyes are telling you. Anyone who watches the videos of the shooting in Minnesota can see that the driver was not trying to run over the ICE agent. Kristi Noem can call the victim a “domestic terrorist,” but murder is murder.
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 AM
The regime wants you to disbelieve what your eyes are telling you. Anyone who watches the videos of the shooting in Minnesota can see that the driver was not trying to run over the ICE agent. Kristi Noem can call the victim a “domestic terrorist,” but murder is murder.
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Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
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Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.”
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
January 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.”
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
If they trust anything this admin says they are truly dumb.
uh, yep
"US oil companies want “serious guarantees” from Washington before they make splashy investments in Venezuela
...
“No one wants to go in there when a random fucking tweet can change the entire foreign policy of the country,” said one private equity investor who specialises in energy"
"US oil companies want “serious guarantees” from Washington before they make splashy investments in Venezuela
...
“No one wants to go in there when a random fucking tweet can change the entire foreign policy of the country,” said one private equity investor who specialises in energy"
January 8, 2026 at 3:26 AM
If they trust anything this admin says they are truly dumb.
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If they could do this to Renee Nicole Good, they could do this to you. This is a lawless regime.
January 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
If they could do this to Renee Nicole Good, they could do this to you. This is a lawless regime.
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The @apnews.com getting rightly savaged for this headline
January 8, 2026 at 2:32 AM
The @apnews.com getting rightly savaged for this headline
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This is the current front page of the Times. The Washington Post is even worse. Their headlines are privileging the accounts of the administration with a track record of lying as being as valid as eye witness accounts and videos.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 AM
This is the current front page of the Times. The Washington Post is even worse. Their headlines are privileging the accounts of the administration with a track record of lying as being as valid as eye witness accounts and videos.
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This too is something we must demand in every call we make and every opportunity we have to speak out.
Shut down DHS. Shut it down.
Shut down DHS. Shut it down.
About an hour ago, @axios.com was first to report that some Dems will be pushing their caucus to shut down DHS at minimum over the ICE shooting today
January 8, 2026 at 2:22 AM
This too is something we must demand in every call we make and every opportunity we have to speak out.
Shut down DHS. Shut it down.
Shut down DHS. Shut it down.
Taxpayer $ is funding this. Republicans passed a bill to dedicate $150+ BILLION for ICE operations. They’re offering $50,000 signing bonuses. They’re not properly vetted or trained. You can’t have healthcare, but these trump/miller nazis are terrorizing your neighborhoods. #ReneeGood #Minneapolis
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Taxpayer $ is funding this. Republicans passed a bill to dedicate $150+ BILLION for ICE operations. They’re offering $50,000 signing bonuses. They’re not properly vetted or trained. You can’t have healthcare, but these trump/miller nazis are terrorizing your neighborhoods. #ReneeGood #Minneapolis
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The entire country has had enough of #ICE.
ENOUGH!
They are murderous, reckless thugs who are destroying our peace, freedom & security!
#ICELawlessness
ENOUGH!
They are murderous, reckless thugs who are destroying our peace, freedom & security!
#ICELawlessness
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 AM
The entire country has had enough of #ICE.
ENOUGH!
They are murderous, reckless thugs who are destroying our peace, freedom & security!
#ICELawlessness
ENOUGH!
They are murderous, reckless thugs who are destroying our peace, freedom & security!
#ICELawlessness