*** “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human face forever.” [ George Orwell: “1984”]

1]. “Tribal Leaders Say ICE Is Detaining Natives”. [Susan Du; Minnesota Star Tribune; 1/13/26]: “When ICE detained four homeless men who had been living under a bridge in Minneapolis, they took members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, according to the tribe’s president….ICE detained a Red Lake descendant..after pulling him from his car..Roberto Ramirez was released after his mother..provided his birth certificate….On Friday, federal agents blocked her truck..tried to open her door, demanded she roll down her window and threatened to break it when she didn’t comply. Members of the Many Shields Society, a community security force, ran up blowing whistles and honking their car horns. The agents retreated. At one point in the altercation, which was recorded and widely shared, Dionne-Thunder’s husband, Vinny Dionne, told the agent they were on Native land, to which the agent pointed to himself and said no, it was their land..”
[ SO – ICE has the guns, ICE has Trump – therefore America is THEIR. land !!!!!!!! ]

*** “Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.” [ Robert Orben ]

2] ICE agents broke down a door, entered a home in Minneapolis – without a warrant. [N.P.R.; 1/13/26] [NOTE: reports like this TRUTH explain why the Trump DICTATORSHIP defunded public media ]

3] “an 18-year old Guyanese U.S. citizen had just finished a quick stop at a gas station near Hamline University in St. Paul when federal immigration agents approached him and demanded identification….The December 12 encounter is among several in which U.S. citizens were stopped or detained by federal immigration agents despite asserting their citizenship…..”I think it’s the first time a population that’s overwhelmingly U.S. citizens are being harassed on U.S. streets..”…..U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar said a similar encounter happened to her 20-year old son, who was born in the United States, has had multiple prior encounters..” [Emmy Martin, Sofia Barnett, Louis Krauss: “As stops continue, fears of racial profiling are growing”; Minnesota Star Tribune; 12/18/25]

*** “There will be no loyalty, except towards the Party. There will be no love, except love of Big Brother.”
[ George Orwell: “1984” ]

4] “The killing of Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three and widow of a military veteran, tests that assumption. ICE, said Ellison, is all about telling people, “‘ You want to defend your neighbors, you’re going to do it at the risk of your own life.’ I think that’s the unmistakable message. Just looking at the tape, hey could have said, ‘You get out of here,’ right? And then she gets out of there. they don’t want her to get out of there. They wanted to either drag her out of that car or do what they did. And it was all about teaching lessons.” [Michelle Goldberg: “No One Is Safe From ICE”; New York Times; 1/11/26]

5] “Martinez survived, only for the Justice Department to charge HER with assaulting a federal officer. Her lawyers soon discovered that Exum had been boasting about the shooting in text messages. In one, he wrote, “I fired 5 rounds, and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.” In another, he said, “Sweet. My fifteen mins of fame. Lmao.” [Goldberg]

6]. “All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience.” [ Goldberg ]

7] “In the imagination of some on the right, Good quickly came to stand for all the grating Resistance moms they’d like to see crushed. Fox News sneered that Good was a ‘self-proclaimed poet”. – she’s the winner of a prestigious poetry award. – “with pronouns in her bio.” The conservative radio hst Erick Erickson described her as an ‘AWFUL,” or “Affluent White Female Urban Liberal.” [ Goldberg ]

8] “Exum’s giddy sadism shouldn’t have been surprising; it reflects the culture the administration is encouraging among its immigration enforcers. In one ICE recruiting ad, an agent mans a mounted gun atop some sort of militarized vehicle, with the words, “Destroy the flood.” It was a reference to the video game Halo, where players must kill hostile space aliens. Another shows sword-wielding knights with the words, “The enemies are at the gates.” [Goldberg]

9]. “Homeland Security’s social media feed is an unending stream of demented propaganda and bellicose Christian nationalism. An image posted on New Year’s Eve shows a classic car on an idyllic beach with the slogan, “America after 100 million deportations.” [ Goldberg ]

10] “In such a system, the relationship between citizens and their government is transformed by the constant demand for submission.” [ Goldberg ]

*** “Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.” [ George Orwell: “1984” ]

***. “The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.” [Adolf Hitler]

*** “Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.” [Justice Louis Brandeis]

Details and events are still unfolding in the Twin City area concerning the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent. Other effects and indignities continue to be imposed. Many AMERICAN CITIZENS are now carrying around passports and other official I.D. – as people continue to confronted by masked, armed thugs in unmarked cars. This post provides a few more – some of which have implications around America.

1] There is a growing problem created by ICE thug activities: state and local law enforcement are presented with a “no-win” situation. ICE has become. “TOXIC.” This toxicity threatens to undermine law enforcement all over America. Please consider some thoughts raised:

2] “Tensions Rise Among Law Enforcement Agencies”. [Shaila Dewan, Chris Hippensteel; New York Times; 1/11/26]
– “Normally, federal, state and local law enforcement are on the same side, investigating crimes, sharing leads, and tracking down suspects. But under the Trump administration, tensions between some local and federal officials have intensified
– “Cooperation between federal authorities and state and local enforcement is essential to holding drug gangs, other violent criminals and white-collar offenders accountable..”
– “More broadly, federal agents have traditionally notified local authorities of most planned operations, both as a matter of courtesy and safety.”
– “It’s breaking down not only, obviously, on the immigration side, but to the point where the ICE brand becomes so toxic that the state and locals don’t feel like they can cooperate even on the things where there would be widespread public support,” he said.”
– “Police leaders expressed fears that ICE tactics cast a shadow on the professionalism of their officers and would undo their efforts to gain public trust.”
[Read this again, then read the entire article.. Read the comments by PROFESSIONAL American law enforcement personnel.]

3]. “One of the major concerns many of us had when the FBI was ordered to join in on these immigration operations was that it would create an implicit conflict of interest if we ever had to conduct a use-of-force or civil rights investigation of the other involved agencies..” [Glenn Thrush: “Early Comments Cast Doubts Over ICE Inquiry”; New York Times; 1/11/26]

4] “Lawmakers are denied access to ICE facility” [Kristi Miller; St. Paul Pioneer Press; l/11/26]: Three U.S. Representatives were kicked out of a federal detention facility at Fort Snelling. They’d been granted permission, but “higher ups” ordered them kicked out!!! This in spite of a December court ruling affirming Congress’ authoroity to conduct oversight.

***. “When people are disappeared into the darkness, American democracy dies….they are disappearing U.S. citizens, people who have proper documentations..” [ U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar ]

5] “A close examination of the shooting of Renee Good”. [Greta Kaul, Jake Steinberg, Amanda Anderson, Anna Boone, Jake Lovett: Minnesota Star Tribune; 1/11/26]. On pages 8 and 9, a 12- frame sequence is presented with explanation. Photos “were source from. X. Satellite imagery is from Google Earth.” Picture #2 is Renee Good, her window down, one arm out the window, a smiling non-terrorist expression. If in ANY. doubt about what circumstances were and what happened, this will likely help YOU understand THE TRUTH.

6] “New video shows ICE agent’s view” {Mitch Smith, Hamed Aleaziz, Julie Bosman; New York Times; 1/11/26]: Minnesota State Representative Aisha Gomez “said the release of the footage was “clearly designed to be like, ‘Look at these terrible people who are interfering with law enforcement. Don’t they deserve to get executed in the middle of the street in the United States of America?” “The answer,’ she said, was, “no, they don’t”

SO – my fellow Americans – THIS. is THE. question: does an ordinary American citizen, when confronted by law enforcement. “deserver to get executed in the middle of the street in the United states of America?” Would YOU???

And, disruptive things keep happening, courtesy of ICE. A woman was videoed trying to talk to an ICE thug – he put his hand up against her phone, said something like this: “Haven’t you learned..” !!!!!! HAVEN’T YOU. LEARNED – we can do anything we want, no regular police practices, no law can stop us. After ICE thugs were on/around school grounds – local schools canceled classes for two days, games were canceled, a “Senior Night ” wrestling team celebration was canceled. “They’re a little confused as to why this is happening..They didn’t grow up with Jim Crow and institutionalized racism…” [ Joe Christensen: “High school athlete’s lives upended by ICE surge”; Minnesota Star Tribune; 1/12/26]

Perhaps – “all the criminals”. will soon be arrested and deported – so America will be “safe”?????

***. “The most odious of all oppressions are those which mask as justice.” [ Justice Robert Jackson ]