Renee Bracey Sherman
@renee.bsky.social
reproductive justice activist • co-author of LIBERATING ABORTION 📒• co-host of The A Files: A Secret History of Abortion 🎙️• founder of We Testify • Communication PhD Student • “The Beyoncé of Abortion Storytelling”
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So many horrible things are happening that it's easy for a single incident or a single night to get lost in the shuffle. When people talk about ICE having shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis, remember that this night of terror was the context in which that violence occurred.
Near Lyndale and 24th Ave in Minneapolis tonight, feds have reportedly shot another person.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
January 18, 2026 at 2:40 PM
So many horrible things are happening that it's easy for a single incident or a single night to get lost in the shuffle. When people talk about ICE having shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis, remember that this night of terror was the context in which that violence occurred.
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Join us, Guttmacher and Ms. Magazine on Feb. 17 to hear from @michelebgoodwin, Kelly Baden, and Renee Bracey Sherman on how mis- and disinformation are reshaping the sexual and reproductive health landscape—and how to navigate and disrupt those information systems.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Join us, Guttmacher and Ms. Magazine on Feb. 17 to hear from @michelebgoodwin, Kelly Baden, and Renee Bracey Sherman on how mis- and disinformation are reshaping the sexual and reproductive health landscape—and how to navigate and disrupt those information systems.
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I felt this way last year when in broad daylight, ICE shot Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez, an undocumented father of two. But in both shootings, DHS is lying about the circumstances of the shootings, claiming each person used their car as a weapon. Videos show otherwise.
A US citizen was killed by ICE today. A new era is upon us.
The moment to speak out is now. The window is closing. open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
The moment to speak out is now. The window is closing. open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
In Cold Blood
An ICE agent has killed an American Citizen. A new era is upon us.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I felt this way last year when in broad daylight, ICE shot Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez, an undocumented father of two. But in both shootings, DHS is lying about the circumstances of the shootings, claiming each person used their car as a weapon. Videos show otherwise.
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Unclear but given this, I would not be surprised if they have children as well.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Unclear but given this, I would not be surprised if they have children as well.
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One thing that shouldn't be missed is that the woman murdered was queer and was murdered right in front of her wife.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
One thing that shouldn't be missed is that the woman murdered was queer and was murdered right in front of her wife.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
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"Witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street."
Video shows Minneapolis ICE shooting that left woman dead
An ICE agent is claiming self-defense after shooting and killing a woman in Minneapolis. Eyewitnesses tell a different story.
www.fox9.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:15 PM
"Witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street."
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This is an excellent eyewitness
Local Fox9 interviews a witness in Minneapolis at the site of the murder
January 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
This is an excellent eyewitness
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remains striking the extent to which trump quite loudly does not see himself as president of the united states and more as a clan leader for his supporters
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
remains striking the extent to which trump quite loudly does not see himself as president of the united states and more as a clan leader for his supporters
The administration is using propaganda to lie about what we’re seeing with our own eyes. Noem’s lies don’t match anything shown in videos. Yet they’re repeating it to make audiences *think* that’s what they saw despite the video. AI videos may be created and circulated to support their propaganda.
ICE just executed someone in cold blood in Minneapolis. The agency is frantically trying to spin it but the videos are already out there. Murderous fascist pigs.
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
The administration is using propaganda to lie about what we’re seeing with our own eyes. Noem’s lies don’t match anything shown in videos. Yet they’re repeating it to make audiences *think* that’s what they saw despite the video. AI videos may be created and circulated to support their propaganda.
“I wish the president would just leave us the fuck alone” - MN Senator Tina Smith just now when asked why Trump is fixated on Minnesota
“To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.” - Mayor Frey at a press conference right now
NEW: An ICE officer killed a person in broad daylight in Minneapolis today — with posted video appearing to contradict the DHS statement claiming self-defense, as the driver appeared to be attempting to drive away when shot.
MPR: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Video: bsky.app/profile/dani...
MPR: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Video: bsky.app/profile/dani...
January 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
“I wish the president would just leave us the fuck alone” - MN Senator Tina Smith just now when asked why Trump is fixated on Minnesota
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Since Noem became head of DHS and ICE further reduced standards for joining the agency while White House officials such as Stephen Miller demanded enforcement quotas, there has been a huge uptick in horrendous violence from ICE. This was predictable, yet it remains shocking and unacceptable.
January 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Since Noem became head of DHS and ICE further reduced standards for joining the agency while White House officials such as Stephen Miller demanded enforcement quotas, there has been a huge uptick in horrendous violence from ICE. This was predictable, yet it remains shocking and unacceptable.
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ICE shot a woman driving away from them in the face in broad daylight and immediately began to smear her as a perpetrator of violence and domestic terrorism. The greatest threat to Americans is our own “law and order.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
ICE shot a woman driving away from them in the face in broad daylight and immediately began to smear her as a perpetrator of violence and domestic terrorism. The greatest threat to Americans is our own “law and order.”
For folks who don’t want to watch the video of ICE murdering a woman, here’s a video of a reporter describing the video. No images of the shooting itself. B-roll only.
I saw the other video bc autoplayed on here and it’s so clear that she is trying to leave as they approach and attack her car.
I saw the other video bc autoplayed on here and it’s so clear that she is trying to leave as they approach and attack her car.
January 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
For folks who don’t want to watch the video of ICE murdering a woman, here’s a video of a reporter describing the video. No images of the shooting itself. B-roll only.
I saw the other video bc autoplayed on here and it’s so clear that she is trying to leave as they approach and attack her car.
I saw the other video bc autoplayed on here and it’s so clear that she is trying to leave as they approach and attack her car.
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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
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Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
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Maybe local media will be better but we do not have the national mainstream media needed for the current moment we are in.
January 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Maybe local media will be better but we do not have the national mainstream media needed for the current moment we are in.
“To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.” - Mayor Frey at a press conference right now
NEW: An ICE officer killed a person in broad daylight in Minneapolis today — with posted video appearing to contradict the DHS statement claiming self-defense, as the driver appeared to be attempting to drive away when shot.
MPR: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Video: bsky.app/profile/dani...
MPR: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Video: bsky.app/profile/dani...
January 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
“To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.” - Mayor Frey at a press conference right now
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After the woman told a healthcare clinic she took abortion pills to end an unwanted pregnancy, authorities charged her under a law that explicitly exempts pregnant people.
www.jezebel.com/after-allege...
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Kentucky Police Ignore State Law to Arrest Woman for Allegedly Self-Managing Abortion
After the woman told a healthcare clinic she took abortion pills to end an unwanted pregnancy, authorities charged her under a law that explicitly exempts pregnant people.
www.jezebel.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
After the woman told a healthcare clinic she took abortion pills to end an unwanted pregnancy, authorities charged her under a law that explicitly exempts pregnant people.
www.jezebel.com/after-allege...
www.jezebel.com/after-allege...
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you absolutely need to develop armor to exist as a woman of color in public. you do. you also really need actual people who care about you who offer you soft places to land.
January 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
you absolutely need to develop armor to exist as a woman of color in public. you do. you also really need actual people who care about you who offer you soft places to land.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
We read a lot of books this year and so many of them had abortions! Here is a (incomplete) list of literary abortions, with some of our favorites, some you might like more than we did, and a few we’re looking forward to reading.
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
We read a lot of books this year and so many of them had abortions! Here is a (incomplete) list of literary abortions, with some of our favorites, some you might like more than we did, and a few we’re looking forward to reading.
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Punishing immigrants for a thing your dad did instead of going to therapy
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
December 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Punishing immigrants for a thing your dad did instead of going to therapy