Robert Mackey
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I just responded to the scene at 26th and Nicollet shortly after the observer was shot. They teargassed and/or pepper sprayed Jana Shortal of KARE11 at the scene and she was being treated when I walked up. ICE have a fancy camera they are using to scan the faces of the crowd.
January 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I just responded to the scene at 26th and Nicollet shortly after the observer was shot. They teargassed and/or pepper sprayed Jana Shortal of KARE11 at the scene and she was being treated when I walked up. ICE have a fancy camera they are using to scan the faces of the crowd.
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Treat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.
January 24, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Treat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.
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Even presuming this is true, possessing a gun is completely legal if he had the appropriate permit. They're not even claiming he pulled it or brandished it, just that he had one. That's no reason to execute someone.
January 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Even presuming this is true, possessing a gun is completely legal if he had the appropriate permit. They're not even claiming he pulled it or brandished it, just that he had one. That's no reason to execute someone.
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Looking at the video footage so far I think its questionable whether he was armed at the moment he was killed.
Even presuming this is true, possessing a gun is completely legal if he had the appropriate permit. They're not even claiming he pulled it or brandished it, just that he had one. That's no reason to execute someone.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Looking at the video footage so far I think its questionable whether he was armed at the moment he was killed.
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From witkoff and kushners presentation on turning gaza into new Gaza, the riviera of the middle east
...look at the arabic...
...look at the arabic...
January 23, 2026 at 11:37 AM
From witkoff and kushners presentation on turning gaza into new Gaza, the riviera of the middle east
...look at the arabic...
...look at the arabic...
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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
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.
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A few favorite signs from today's protest in Minneapolis
January 23, 2026 at 10:34 PM
A few favorite signs from today's protest in Minneapolis
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A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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I am just sort of done with Congressional woe is me. An independent autopsy establishes that Renee Good was still alive after the first shot, and it was the second and third shot that killed her. C’mon.
January 24, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I am just sort of done with Congressional woe is me. An independent autopsy establishes that Renee Good was still alive after the first shot, and it was the second and third shot that killed her. C’mon.
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You know what Congress can do: open its own investigation into Renee Good’s death and make its own referral to DOJ. And if the Republicans don’t want to do it, I think we know have 10 attorneys and 1 FBI agents perfectly willing to testify at shadow hearings held by the Democrats.
New: an FBI agent who took the routine step of investigating the ICE officer who shot Renee Good has resigned after FBI leadership discouraged the investigation
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:55 AM
You know what Congress can do: open its own investigation into Renee Good’s death and make its own referral to DOJ. And if the Republicans don’t want to do it, I think we know have 10 attorneys and 1 FBI agents perfectly willing to testify at shadow hearings held by the Democrats.
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Now You're Considered a Domestic Terrorist. Edited screenshot from anonymous video, Maine.
January 24, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Now You're Considered a Domestic Terrorist. Edited screenshot from anonymous video, Maine.
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On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
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Emphasizing that ICE is deliberately arresting people who are in the asylum process precisely because they are easy pickings; after all, they're complying with the government!
Amazingly, it's likely legal; but cruel, unjust, and very counterproductive by discouraging compliance!
Amazingly, it's likely legal; but cruel, unjust, and very counterproductive by discouraging compliance!
The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Emphasizing that ICE is deliberately arresting people who are in the asylum process precisely because they are easy pickings; after all, they're complying with the government!
Amazingly, it's likely legal; but cruel, unjust, and very counterproductive by discouraging compliance!
Amazingly, it's likely legal; but cruel, unjust, and very counterproductive by discouraging compliance!
And to inflict political damage on the state's Democratic governor, who challenged Trump
Should go without saying but it is appalling how racist the Portland Maine operation is. Obviously it is All rabid, lawless racial profiling and militarized barbarism, but there are about seven people who live in Portland right now. There is no reason to do a federal invasion of it except that it…
January 23, 2026 at 8:59 PM
And to inflict political damage on the state's Democratic governor, who challenged Trump
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…has some families of Somali descent in it.
January 23, 2026 at 8:57 PM
…has some families of Somali descent in it.
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Should go without saying but it is appalling how racist the Portland Maine operation is. Obviously it is All rabid, lawless racial profiling and militarized barbarism, but there are about seven people who live in Portland right now. There is no reason to do a federal invasion of it except that it…
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Should go without saying but it is appalling how racist the Portland Maine operation is. Obviously it is All rabid, lawless racial profiling and militarized barbarism, but there are about seven people who live in Portland right now. There is no reason to do a federal invasion of it except that it…
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ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
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Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
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As you can see here, they entered *legally*. These are *legal immigrants*. They did things "the right way." This administration then either changes the law or violates the law to call people "illegal." This is unconscionable, but most people don't understand this...
The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:32 PM
As you can see here, they entered *legally*. These are *legal immigrants*. They did things "the right way." This administration then either changes the law or violates the law to call people "illegal." This is unconscionable, but most people don't understand this...
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As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
As clergy pray, arrests begin
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Many things one can say about this outrage, but as a terrorism researcher, I want to say to current and future students that this is one reason you should never rely on government databases to tell you who or what is a 'terrorist', domestic or otherwise.
"We have a nice little database. Now you're considered a domestic terrorist." www.reddit.com/r/Maine/comm...
From the Maine community on Reddit: ICE tells legal observer she is a domestic terrorist for peacefully filming
Explore this post and more from the Maine community
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January 23, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Many things one can say about this outrage, but as a terrorism researcher, I want to say to current and future students that this is one reason you should never rely on government databases to tell you who or what is a 'terrorist', domestic or otherwise.
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The hearing scheduled for today was also not on the Courts calendar this morning.
something strange in the St Paul church case: despite the government's eagerness to get publicity around the arrests of the three activists, the case itself still appears to be sealed in PACER
January 23, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The hearing scheduled for today was also not on the Courts calendar this morning.
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typically, court records are publicly available unless the government can offer the judge a justification as to why they should be sealed. if the reason is operational security or something like that, blasting doctored photos of the arrests everywhere on social media seems odd
January 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
typically, court records are publicly available unless the government can offer the judge a justification as to why they should be sealed. if the reason is operational security or something like that, blasting doctored photos of the arrests everywhere on social media seems odd
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something strange in the St Paul church case: despite the government's eagerness to get publicity around the arrests of the three activists, the case itself still appears to be sealed in PACER
January 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
something strange in the St Paul church case: despite the government's eagerness to get publicity around the arrests of the three activists, the case itself still appears to be sealed in PACER