Jonathan
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On the Matter of the Killing of Renee Nicole Good, please know that I’m doing all that I can as fast as I can. I’m not trying to dissuade anyone from sharing their views, post whatever you want. But rest assured that it’s not necessary for anyone to push me to pursue justice.
January 8, 2026 at 7:54 PM
On the Matter of the Killing of Renee Nicole Good, please know that I’m doing all that I can as fast as I can. I’m not trying to dissuade anyone from sharing their views, post whatever you want. But rest assured that it’s not necessary for anyone to push me to pursue justice.
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Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
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Amy Klobuchar voted for one of Trump's nominees the day after a woman in her state was murdered by ICE.
Alexander Van Hook is confirmed 53-40 to be a District Judge of Western Louisiana. According to @senatepress.bsky.social, the Dems yeas are Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Peter Welch (VT). Angus King (I-ME) was also a yea.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Amy Klobuchar voted for one of Trump's nominees the day after a woman in her state was murdered by ICE.
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It’s important for ICE officers to wear masks to stop people like … [checks note] … the DHS secretary from doxxing them.
Kristi Noem, herself, supplied the method used to ID the agent. She said he "been dragged by a vehicle” in an earlier incident.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
The agent, Jonathan Ross, was dragged by a vehicle and injured during a June operation in the Twin Cities, court records show.
January 8, 2026 at 8:18 PM
It’s important for ICE officers to wear masks to stop people like … [checks note] … the DHS secretary from doxxing them.
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I’ll be on the ground in Minneapolis for the next few days for Rolling Stone. If you or anyone you know is helping to organize your community to protect itself from ICE (or just helping them cope with the tragedy of Renee Good’s death), I’d love to speak with you
January 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I’ll be on the ground in Minneapolis for the next few days for Rolling Stone. If you or anyone you know is helping to organize your community to protect itself from ICE (or just helping them cope with the tragedy of Renee Good’s death), I’d love to speak with you
I see our VP is going all in on gutter racism as usual. And the networks are airing it uncontested.
January 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I see our VP is going all in on gutter racism as usual. And the networks are airing it uncontested.
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
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January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
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very ready for the Nuremberg Trials to start
January 8, 2026 at 2:52 AM
very ready for the Nuremberg Trials to start
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ICE responsible for 100% of homicides in Minneapolis YTD
Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026
January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
ICE responsible for 100% of homicides in Minneapolis YTD
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I don’t know quite how to describe the feeling of seeing Bellingcat announce their starting an investigation into the shooting
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 8, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I don’t know quite how to describe the feeling of seeing Bellingcat announce their starting an investigation into the shooting
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A useful read.
Now if you'll excuse me, it's time for "20 minutes of Tetris."
Now if you'll excuse me, it's time for "20 minutes of Tetris."
Free today. We're all getting secondary trauma right now.
Here are some tools from journalists and therapists that will help: www.patreon.com/posts/digita...
Here are some tools from journalists and therapists that will help: www.patreon.com/posts/digita...
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
A useful read.
Now if you'll excuse me, it's time for "20 minutes of Tetris."
Now if you'll excuse me, it's time for "20 minutes of Tetris."
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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There is currently an enormous protest in the streets of Minneapolis in response to the murder there today by the American Gestapo, ICE. I take some comfort in this.
January 8, 2026 at 12:26 AM
There is currently an enormous protest in the streets of Minneapolis in response to the murder there today by the American Gestapo, ICE. I take some comfort in this.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
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when the Blue Rose Consulting strategy memo hits
January 7, 2026 at 5:37 PM
when the Blue Rose Consulting strategy memo hits
If she wants to be governor she is going to face a very angry DFL electorate. She is in no way a shoo-in to win an endorsement let alone a primary.
Don Bacon has made a more coherent anti-imperialist point against invading Greenland than Senator Klobuchar
think about that
think about that
January 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
If she wants to be governor she is going to face a very angry DFL electorate. She is in no way a shoo-in to win an endorsement let alone a primary.
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Is the government of Greenland running a cocaine/fentanyl cartel? This forthcoming CBS News report says the evidence is strong.
January 7, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Is the government of Greenland running a cocaine/fentanyl cartel? This forthcoming CBS News report says the evidence is strong.
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What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
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I suspect two of the hot words for 2026 will be “impeach” and “remove”
January 4, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I suspect two of the hot words for 2026 will be “impeach” and “remove”
(Unrelated to the current Earth 1 hellscape) - I just binged the entire Stranger Things final season in one go, and without any spoilers, I think the biggest problem was pacing. Binging helped even things out.
People who watched the episodes when they dropped probably had a worse viewing experience.
People who watched the episodes when they dropped probably had a worse viewing experience.
January 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
(Unrelated to the current Earth 1 hellscape) - I just binged the entire Stranger Things final season in one go, and without any spoilers, I think the biggest problem was pacing. Binging helped even things out.
People who watched the episodes when they dropped probably had a worse viewing experience.
People who watched the episodes when they dropped probably had a worse viewing experience.
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There are no good republicans.
January 3, 2026 at 6:54 AM
There are no good republicans.
Lol? Not ominous at all.
January 1, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Lol? Not ominous at all.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
It looks like we got 9" of snow here in my neck of the woods (and still not quite done). State was in drought so it's a good thing on balance but oof NYE more snow. To those in the Cities who have to street park, my deepest sympathies.
December 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
It looks like we got 9" of snow here in my neck of the woods (and still not quite done). State was in drought so it's a good thing on balance but oof NYE more snow. To those in the Cities who have to street park, my deepest sympathies.