St. John Barned-Smith
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Reporting for the SF Chronicle. RPCV: Paraguay. Call me ‘Sinjin.'
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On ICE tactics:
-51% say too forceful
-27% say about right
-10% say not forceful enough
Poll was conducted yesterday. Will be interesting to see if/how much these fluctuate.
-51% say too forceful
-27% say about right
-10% say not forceful enough
Poll was conducted yesterday. Will be interesting to see if/how much these fluctuate.
January 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
On ICE tactics:
-51% say too forceful
-27% say about right
-10% say not forceful enough
Poll was conducted yesterday. Will be interesting to see if/how much these fluctuate.
-51% say too forceful
-27% say about right
-10% say not forceful enough
Poll was conducted yesterday. Will be interesting to see if/how much these fluctuate.
Border Patrol agents shoot two people in Portland katu.com/news/local/i...
US Border agents shoot, wound two people in Portland, city officials say
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the FBI, Portland police and city officials.Portland p
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January 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Border Patrol agents shoot two people in Portland katu.com/news/local/i...
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A typically excellent @joshuabenton.com piece today, on the demise of Pittsburgh’s only daily newspaper. (I also learned that the Toledo Blade had a London bureau til 1983!)
Via @niemanlab.org
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/will...
Via @niemanlab.org
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/will...
Will Pittsburgh become America’s most important city without a newspaper?
One of the country's oldest newspapers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, says it's shutting down in May. Not going digital-only — just disappearing. But the delayed closure could also spur some long-delay...
www.niemanlab.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
A typically excellent @joshuabenton.com piece today, on the demise of Pittsburgh’s only daily newspaper. (I also learned that the Toledo Blade had a London bureau til 1983!)
Via @niemanlab.org
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/will...
Via @niemanlab.org
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/will...
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Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open
January 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
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Keith Ellison on Kristi Noem blatantly lying about the circumstances of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis: "It's just deeply heartbreaking to see a person responsible for safety and enforcement of American law make such a brazenly false statement. It is truly sad for our democracy."
January 7, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Keith Ellison on Kristi Noem blatantly lying about the circumstances of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis: "It's just deeply heartbreaking to see a person responsible for safety and enforcement of American law make such a brazenly false statement. It is truly sad for our democracy."
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“One of the ICE agents tried to rip her door open, and another one got in front of the vehicle and then shouted, ‘Stop!’ before firing three times within a second of saying, ‘Stop.’”
—Witness to the homicide of a Minneapolis woman
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
—Witness to the homicide of a Minneapolis woman
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Minnesota Officials Dispute Federal Account of Fatal ICE Shooting
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:22 AM
“One of the ICE agents tried to rip her door open, and another one got in front of the vehicle and then shouted, ‘Stop!’ before firing three times within a second of saying, ‘Stop.’”
—Witness to the homicide of a Minneapolis woman
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
—Witness to the homicide of a Minneapolis woman
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Jacob Frey: "I mean, let's call a spade a spade here. I was listening to Kristi Noem speak minutes ago, and it sounded to me like someone that didn't believe a word that they themselves were saying. Let's be straightforward about this: this is not about safety, this is about terrorizing people."
January 8, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Jacob Frey: "I mean, let's call a spade a spade here. I was listening to Kristi Noem speak minutes ago, and it sounded to me like someone that didn't believe a word that they themselves were saying. Let's be straightforward about this: this is not about safety, this is about terrorizing people."
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
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love to be a libertarian whose response to the summary execution of an american citizen is “you shouldn’t say bad words”
January 7, 2026 at 11:34 PM
love to be a libertarian whose response to the summary execution of an american citizen is “you shouldn’t say bad words”
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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.
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NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
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.”
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January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Europe draws red line on Greenland after a year of trying to pacify Trump
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Europe draws red line on Greenland after a year of trying to pacify Trump
While many European leaders’ reactions to the Venezuela raid were muted, there have been forceful rebukes about the Trump administration’s greediness on Greenland.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Europe draws red line on Greenland after a year of trying to pacify Trump
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New: I spoke with a Colombian asylum seeker who was the victim of a ‘Kavanaugh stop’ about what it was like to be racially profiled, abducted in front his family and held in ICE detention hours from home for more than a month—despite doing everything “the right way.”
This is Nick’s story.
This is Nick’s story.
The hell of being a target of a ‘Kavanaugh stop’
A Maryland man from Colombia describes his journey from detainment to incarceration—and miraculous freedom.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
New: I spoke with a Colombian asylum seeker who was the victim of a ‘Kavanaugh stop’ about what it was like to be racially profiled, abducted in front his family and held in ICE detention hours from home for more than a month—despite doing everything “the right way.”
This is Nick’s story.
This is Nick’s story.
This is the clearest video of the Minn shooting -- its extremely disturbing.
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 8:14 PM
This is the clearest video of the Minn shooting -- its extremely disturbing.
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I put DHS' statement in my story on the Minneapolis shooting because it's newsworthy, but that doesn't mean I have to be a sucker about it. reason.com/2026/01/07/i...
January 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I put DHS' statement in my story on the Minneapolis shooting because it's newsworthy, but that doesn't mean I have to be a sucker about it. reason.com/2026/01/07/i...
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There is video of the shooting of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis circulating that shows an ICE agent repeatedly shooting her at point blank range while she tries to drive off. There was no obvious threat to any ICE agent.
January 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM
There is video of the shooting of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis circulating that shows an ICE agent repeatedly shooting her at point blank range while she tries to drive off. There was no obvious threat to any ICE agent.
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Frey: I have a message for ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis
January 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Frey: I have a message for ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis
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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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ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” a witness said.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Live updates: ICE says agent, ‘fearing for his life,’ kills woman in south Minneapolis
ICE officials say the woman was shot and killed Wednesday morning in south Minneapolis after attempting to run over agents with her car. Mayor Jacob Frey and other city officials are expected to speak...
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January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” a witness said.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Horrific ICE shooting in Minneapolis today (1/7).
Here’s a witness account of the shooting.
The Mayor of Minneapolis is demanding ICE leave the city immediately.
Here’s a witness account of the shooting.
The Mayor of Minneapolis is demanding ICE leave the city immediately.
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Horrific ICE shooting in Minneapolis today (1/7).
Here’s a witness account of the shooting.
The Mayor of Minneapolis is demanding ICE leave the city immediately.
Here’s a witness account of the shooting.
The Mayor of Minneapolis is demanding ICE leave the city immediately.
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Dozens of feds, large MPD response, an observer saying he's a physician and had a gun pointed at him for checking the victim's pulse
January 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Dozens of feds, large MPD response, an observer saying he's a physician and had a gun pointed at him for checking the victim's pulse