LightNews LightNews
kenaiseasky.bsky.social
@kenaiseasky.bsky.social
390 followers 330 following 2.6K posts
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted
joycewhitevance.bsky.social
This is why it’s so important to see all the video you can before making a judgement (looking at you DHS). Video appears to show the victim trying to protect another person & being pulled down by agents. There needs to be a credible investigation, not one by CBP/ICE www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
From the minnesota community on Reddit: Another closer angle showing him trying to protect other protesters
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:23 PM
kenaiseasky.bsky.social
‼️ Accountability …

“For the second time in 17 days, federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis, while purporting to carry out “immigration enforcement,” have shot and killed an American citizen.”
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
204. Accountability After Minneapolis
A short post explaining (1) why it's so hard to hold federal officers and/or the federal government liable for violating our rights; and (2) how a one-sentence statute could (and *SHOULD*) fix it.
open.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Reposted
stevevladeck.bsky.social
"Just like the killing of Renée Good, Saturday morning’s shooting once again raises the question of why it is so damned difficult to hold federal officers—and the federal government itself—accountable if and when they violate our rights."

Me on the federal accountability gap—and how to close it:
204. Accountability After Minneapolis
A short post explaining (1) why it's so hard to hold federal officers and/or the federal government liable for violating our rights; and (2) how a one-sentence statute could (and *SHOULD*) fix it.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Reposted
kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God. Thank God we have video. Because according to DHS, these 7 heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against him or something. It's nonsense, people. It is nonsense and it's lies."
January 24, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Reposted
atrupar.com
Walz: "You kill a man, and then you just leave? You're law enforcement -- you just leave? Is there a single case in American history where you just, like, walk away and say, 'I guess that just happened and we're not gonna clean up our mess?'"
January 24, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Reposted
adamkinzinger.substack.com
Being armed isn’t a shooting justification in itself. And def not after you’ve been disarmed
January 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
kenaiseasky.bsky.social
Dear Congress-
Please defund ICE’s intimidation, injury, death attacks currently centered in MN .. and now Maine

Map in article…
"U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023"
PEW RESEARCH CENTER

www.snopes.com/fact-check/u...
January 24, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Reposted
atrupar.com
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Reposted
publichealthguy1.bsky.social
national strike to support this guy, specifically
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 24, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Reposted
emptywheel.bsky.social
Reminder: after Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez in October, DHS tried to claim it was because she was armed.

The gun never left her purse and she had a concealed carry license for it.
asharangappa.bsky.social Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 19h
This is apparently on X. I have a few concerns: 1) why is DHS sending photos of (alleged) evidence that should be in a secure chain of custody that is now lying on a car seat??? and 2) being armed does not on its own justify the use of deadly force — there has to be evidence he was trying to use it
January 24, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Reposted
atrupar.com
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Reposted
muellershewrote.com
This is footage taken by some folks on their way to work this morning before the shooting. www.instagram.com/reel/DT5lGwI...
January 24, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Reposted
mattgertz.bsky.social
Early DHS spin (via Fox News) is that the person shot repeatedly by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis was armed -- note that open carrying firearms is legal with a permit and notably, they are not (yet at least) claiming that the person fired or even brandished a gun, just had one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Reposted
markey.senate.gov
We must stop funding DHS.
Screenshot of post reading: These are not rogue agents. This is an all out assault on American life. ICE is a criminal organization that is entering homes without judicial warrants, detaining witnesses, and killing people. All at the direction of Trump. We must stop funding DHS. There is no other path forward. Responding to post reading: The Tribune also says ICE has transported several witnesses into detention.
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Reposted
atrupar.com
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
January 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Reposted
annabower.bsky.social
A magistrate judge found no probable cause to support arrest warrants for 5 people involved in the St. Paul church protest.

DOJ appealed to the 8th Cir.

That appeal led to this remarkable letter from the Chief Judge of the Minnesota district court…

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Re: In Re: United States of America No. 26-1135 Dear Chief Judge Colloton, I apologize for addressing this letter to you, but, for reasons I will describe, I do not have any other option. I am working from home today, as the program that my mentally disabled adult son attends each day is closed because of the extreme cold At 11:34 am, I received an email regarding Case No. 26-1135, entitled "In re: United States of America." The order in its entirety read: The motion of the United States to seal is granted. The Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota is invited to file a response, at his discretion, to the petition for writ of mandamus. Any response is due by 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 23. This is the first that I have heard of any petition for a writ of mandamus. The United States did not have the courtesy to tell me that they would be filing such a petition, nor did the United States serve the petition on me. I am unable to access any documents in Case No. 26-1135 because, at the request of the United States, the case is sealed-apparently even from me. So I have been given about two-and-one-half hours to respond to a mandamus petition that I have not read and cannot read. Apparently I am supposed to guess what the petition is about and guess what the mandamus petition says and then respond. I will do so. The Honorable Steven M. Colloton January 23, 2026 Page 2 On the evening of Tuesday, January 20, the United States presented an application for eight arrest warrants to Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko in connection with the disruption of a religious service at Cities Church on Sunday, January 18. Judge Micko was the magistrate judge who was on duty at the time. Judge Micko found there was probable cause to issue warrants with respect to three of the suspects but not with respect to the other five. Minutes after Judge Micko signed three arrest warrants, the U.S. Attorney notified me that his office wanted a district judge to review Judge Micko's decision -either by hearing an appeal of that decision or by considering the application de novo. The first thing I did is ask our Clerk's Office to randomly assign a district judge to consider the government's request. I was the judge who was randomly assigned. It is important to emphasize that what the U.S. Attorney requested is unheard of in our district or, as best as I can tell, any other district in the Eighth Circuit. I have surveyed all of our judges — some of whom have been judges in our District for over 40 years —and no one can remember the government asking a district judge to review a magistrate judge's denial of an arrest warrant. I have also surveyed the chief judges of all of the districts in the Eighth Circuit. I have heard back from almost all of them, and all of those responding have said that, to their knowledge, no district judge has ever reviewed the decision of a magistrate judge to deny an arrest warrant. The reason why this never happens is likely that, if the government does not like the magistrate judge's decision, it can either improve the affidavit and present it again to the same magistrate judge or it can present its case to a grand jury and seek an indictment. On Wednesday, January 21, I informed the U.S. Attorney that because he was asking me to do something that was unprecedented, and because m…
January 24, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Reposted
normeisen.bsky.social
BREAKING: We reviewed DOJ’s Epstein releases and uncovered 70+ files quietly pulled & reposted with new redactions

That’s why @democracydefendersfund.org filed a formal complaint with the DOJ Inspector General calling for an expanded investigation

Who do they think they’re fooling?👇 -TN
January 24, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Reposted
startribune.com
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Reposted
amyklobuchar.com
Today we marched together in below zero weather. Thanks to the thousands and thousands of Minnesotans who turned out to stand up and speak out. ICE OUT.
January 23, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Reposted
razzball.bsky.social
Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Reposted
premthakker.bsky.social
Trump approval, per The Economist —

Georgia: -18.6%
Maine: -18.4%
Texas: -17.2%
Michigan: -15.8%
North Carolina: -13.6%
Ohio: -9.2%
Iowa: -8.7%
Florida: -7.5%
South Carolina: -7.3%
Mississippi: -6.9%
Alaska: -6.6%
Louisiana: -5.1%
Nebraska: -1.8%

These states all have Senate elections this year
Map from The Economist showing Trump's tanking approval ratings across the country
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Reposted
maddow.bsky.social
"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said.

"Two of them are high-schoolers.

"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
Detention of 5-Year-Old by Federal Agents Incenses Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 PM
kenaiseasky.bsky.social
PBS works best if glitches in internet as easy to rewind. Used PBS recording to watch closed hearing. Jack Smith calmly answers all questions in helpful, respectful, clear manner.

❣️🇺🇸 Jack Smith
We see what honorable public service costs in the time of DJT & Enablers.

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
WATCH LIVE: Jack Smith testifies about Trump criminal investigations
The former Justice Department special counsel who twice indicted President Donald Trump will face tough questioning in a highly anticipated congressional hearing.
www.pbs.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Reposted
hcrichardson.bsky.social
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Reposted
kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Jack Smith on Trump pardoning J6ers: "I think all of us, if we're reasonable, know that there's going to be more crimes committed by these people in the future. I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."
January 22, 2026 at 7:15 PM