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The fatal shooting of mother-of-three Renee Nicole Good by a federal agent in Minnesota sent shockwaves across America, and in many cities, it has sparked the mobilization of anti-ICE boot camps. Thousands of people from cities in New York to Washington state are quietly preparing for a civil war against the Trump administration's aggressive deportations after the 37-year-old's death served as a casus belli for a wider uprising. Jacob Frey, the Mayor of Minneapolis, where Good was killed, has told ICE agents to 'get the **** out' of his city, while the state of Minnesota has sued the government in...

In Seattle, the new socialist mayor Katie Wilson urged people to sign up for 'Washington for All ICE Mobilization Alerts', a group which is training to 'mobilize a unified response' to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities. 'This will take all of us,' the Seattle Mayor said in a rallying call to residents via a video message posted on her X account, while she also joined protests in the city. 'We already have laws in place that forbid our local police from aiding ICE in most instances. The police will adhere to these laws. That's an important step,' added Wilson,...

Loud, ongoing protests in major cities in Iran, including Tehran. In UK demonstrators for Iran were broken up in front of 10 Downing by metro police, in Frankfurt, Germany, demonstrators got stabbed by Afghan nationals, perps arrested. USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group steaming towards Iran. Iran government threatening preemptive strikes against US and Israel. Israel warned US not to strike yet, but also warned that contemplated US strike would be insufficient, and to do more. Transcript linked below video.

According to a former Islamic Republic official, speaking to IranWire through a traveler, Ali Larijani - the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council - has been at the center of the January 2026 crackdown. The source says Larijani is positioning himself for the post-Khamenei era, using his close ties with IRGC commanders and intelligence agencies, along with his family’s connections to senior clerics, to build support across different factions and prepare to lead the system after Khamenei’s death. Larijani comes from a powerful clerical family. His father, Mirza Hashem Amoli, was a well-known Shia Grand Ayatollah and a leading...

Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby: BREAKING: In a new Times report, they estimate 16,500 Iranian civilians being murdered in less than [a] week by the Islamic Republic. Estimates now put the death toll between 16,500 to over 35,000. Jan 18, 2026

"You have ten minutes to cry,” came the officer’s curt command to the couple as he revealed the corpse of their twentysomething daughter, gunned down in the historic streets of Isfahan. After searching morgues and hospitals for days when she didn’t come home from the demonstrations, they paid 700 million tomans (£3,700) in so-called “bullet money” demanded by the security forces and were driven five hours to another town where her body had been thrown into an old grave. excerpt- Yesterday, for the first time, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, admitted that “several thousands” have been killed...But The Sunday Times...

New York City socialists are mustering an army of more than 4,000 anti-ICE activists to form “rapid response” battalions and obstruct the feds in an expected imminent crackdown on illegal migrants in the Big Apple. Mayor Mamdani’s comrades with the DSA outlined the mission Thursday at a monthly meeting of their Immigrant Justice Working Group in the swanky Midtown digs of the Chinese Communist Party-linked People’s Forum, where photos of communist idols Fidel Castro and Che Guevara decorate the walls. “As we’ve seen in other cities, we still do anticipate a big wave of federal immigration enforcement,” a DSA leader...

Minneapolis is witnessing unprecedented chaos as streets turn into a battle zone following the latest ICE enforcement operations. Residents report clashes between federal agents and the local community, with live updates showing protests, barricades, and multiple law enforcement responses. This comes just days after the controversial shooting of Renee Nicole Good, which sparked nationwide outrage. The situation escalated quickly as federal agents engaged in high-tension operations, leading to confrontations that left residents and bystanders in shock. Authorities are calling for calm, while community leaders demand transparency and accountability. The city now faces questions about public safety, federal jurisdiction, and use-of-force...

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump and the Department of War have put **1,500** active duty soldiers on standby pending potential deployment to the Minneapolis area, per multiple U.S. officials The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne division, ready to hit the ground if Walz does not quell the nonstop daily riots out here in the Twin Cities 47 could deploy them here in just DAYS h/t @HumanEvents

Summary Parents are guarding schools after reports of ICE activity ICE presence has cut attendance and pushed some schools to cancel or move online DHS denies targeting schools, but families and educators report detentions nearby MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Peter Brown's gray mustache and beard were matted with ice as he stood watch on a frigid Friday afternoon outside Green Central Elementary, not far from where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Good last week.Wearing a neon green vest and equipped with a whistle and walkie-talkie, Brown, an 81-year-old retired lawyer who lives nearby,...

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday said authorities “must break the back of the seditionists” and blamed US President Donald Trump for “casualties” after the Islamic Republic’s bloody crackdown on a protest wave against the country’s clerical authorities. Iranian authorities have repeatedly blamed the US for the mass demonstrations they have called “riots” and “terrorist” operations. Trump had threatened to strike Iran if it did not stop killing protesters, but starting Wednesday sounded a more conciliatory tone, saying he was assured the killings would stop. In a speech broadcast by state television to mark a religious holiday, Khamenei...

The Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department and legal scholars laid out what could happen if Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner follows through on his promise to prosecute ICE in the line of their duty, should operations in Pennsylvania reach a flashpoint. Last week, Krasner warned he would prosecute agents who "come to Philly to commit crimes" in an apparent reference to allegations an agent acted unlawfully in shooting a Minnesota woman who appeared to intentionally hit him with her car while disrupting an operation. Philadelphia County Sheriff Rochelle Bilal doubled down, calling ICE officers "fake, wannabe law enforcement"...

Iran is facing its most critical moment in decades. In this exclusive Jerusalem Dateline interview, Iranian-born lawyer, activist, and former Canadian lawmaker Goldie Ghamari joins Chris Mitchell and Joshua Swanson to discuss what she’s hearing from inside Iran as nationwide protests erupt. Ghamari says unconfirmed reports point to more than 30,000 Iranians killed, calling it the largest massacre since the Islamic regime took power in 1979. She explains why this uprising is different, why Iranians believe the regime’s fall is near, and what freedom could look like after nearly five decades of oppression. She also shares why Christianity is rapidly...

OAKLAND, Calif. - A proposal to create "ICE-free zones" within Alameda County in response to the Trump administration's immigration enforcement actions, is heading for a vote before the full Board of Supervisors. The Alameda County Together For All ad hoc committee heard several hours of testimony and public comment on Thursday, before the two committee members Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas and Supervisor Elisa Marquez voted to forward the proposal to the board. At the meeting What they're saying: At the meeting, the committee chair Fortunato Bas, Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez, District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson, and Public Defender Brendon...

Some fun facts: 1. The Insurrection Act has been invoked 30 times by 17 different presidents. 2. In fact, 37% of American presidents have invoked the Insurrection Act. 3. It was invoked to deal with rebellions and uprisings. What are rebellions and uprisings? Examples: - Armed groups openly defied federal law - State or local authorities could not or would not enforce federal law - Violence or organized resistance threatened the authority of the federal government - Courts were blocked, taxes couldn’t be collected, or officials were attacked Look I just described Minnesota.

This is no longer about rhetoric. It is about numbers, timing, and alignment. When more than two dozen sitting members of Congress travel to Minneapolis—not to conduct formal oversight, not to coordinate with federal authorities, and not to restore order—but to hold a shadow hearing accusing federal law enforcement of kidnapping, brutality, and constitutional violations, the pretense of neutrality collapses. You do not send 24 lawmakers to “listen.”You send them to signal.From “Illegal Orders” to Public DefianceThe late-2025 video in which Democratic lawmakers with military backgrounds urged U.S. service members to refuse “illegal orders” now reads less like an isolated...

Fox News segment (uploaded Jan 15, 2026) reports on violent protests in Minneapolis after an ICE arrest/shooting involving a Venezuelan migrant. Agents were ambushed and beaten; protesters vandalized vehicles and attacked federal property. President Trump posted on Truth Social warning "corrupt" Minnesota leaders (implying Gov. Walz and others) to stop the "travesty" and professional agitators or face federal intervention. A police advocate calls it domestic terrorism enabled by weak local leadership. ~5.5 min clip from 'The Faulkner Focus'.

The seemingly deranged governor of Minnesota has effectively declared war on the federal government. Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States. – 18 U.S.C. § 2383 While federal law is clear that insurrection and rebellion are very bad crimes, indeed, both Congress and the Supreme Court have steered clear of...

[snip] Joel Rubin? With his highfalutin' college degrees from Brandeis and Carnegie Mellon, and background as a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Rubin should know better Yet, on today's CNN This Morning, Rubin said: "Renee Good [was] interested in protecting her neighbors through civil disobedience, discourse, whatnot. That's legal."Civil disobedience is legal? By definition, civil disobedience is the breaking of law, and the willingness to accept the consequences thereof, ostensibly for a higher moral purpose. Joel, Joel--what were you thinking?! Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

President Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act for the first time in more than three decades and deploy the U.S. military to Minneapolis to “quickly put an end” to protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement that have grown since an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good last week.“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an...