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The way ICE officers approached the vehicle involved in today's shooting was counter to their training, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told NBC News. The official said ICE officers are trained: — never to approach a vehicle from the front; — to approach vehicles or possibly armed people in a “tactical L” 90-degree angle to prevent injury or cross-fire; — not to shoot at a moving vehicle; — only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death. ICE officers are also instructed that firing at a vehicle will not make it stop moving in the direction of the officer.

This seems significant: not a FORMER DHS official, but a SENIOR (current) one saying the officer who fired acted counter to training.

This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One.

I think they know this is bad. Really bad.

There’s a video of ICE shooting a woman in the head.

What else do you need to see?

Live Updates: Minneapolis Mayor Disputes Federal Account of Fatal ICE Shooting

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Justice for Willow! 🫶🏻. But we humans do need our coffee…

Did Willow get to go out yet? 👀

Wilmer only found out his son had been detained after receiving a phone call on March 15 from his nephew, Luis, who lives with them. That morning was their last time together; they had gone around the corner to do their laundry. Later that day, Wilmer said that his son met with a friend to get help with some errands at the American Red Cross. He learned this from Luis, who looked at the situation from inside the apartment: when his son was on his way back, just steps from his home when ICE agents stopped him. “The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.'” That moment marked the beginning of Wilmer’s search for answers — answers he’s still waiting for.

One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.

An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."

The other said, "Take him anyway."

So they did.

I am just hoping for proof of life…

By no means am I saying stop, keep going. But don’t forget those red areas and states have a lot of blue in them that are fighting, have been, and will be. And are very tired.

Remember you still have a lot of blue dots for varying reasons. And they are needed now more than ever.

The Cranberries - Zombie (Official Music Video) YouTube video by TheCranberriesVEVO

As an Xennial, The Cranberries never left my playlist… but they’ve been hitting a little harder lately.

#zombie #thecranberries #music

Word for the Day:

Tenacity

This means persistence—rarely is something accomplished overnight. It takes persistence to reach a goal.

Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order All departments were affected, including the Office of HIV and AIDs, the Office of Infectious Disease and the Child Health and Immunization Division.

All departments were affected, including offices that address HIV and AIDS, infectious disease and child health.

First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

They are here in Arkansas, according to the news and reports on the ground.

Does he know what the Gospels are? 👀

ALL OF THIS!!! Aaaah! I feel like I’m shouting into the void.

Bahahahaha so she shouldn’t step back into HER church. That she leads. That is the seat of HER diocese. They can sit right tf down and learn some lessons in Christianity and walking with Christ from her.

Sorry buddies but we're not stupid

Absolutely my thoughts

Good to see they’re getting cheaper already!

Does no one else remember the movie A Day Without A Mexican? Just wondering… 👀

#movies #HeTriedToWarnUs #ADayWithoutAMexican

More and more every day

There’s a whole bunch of us from that pipeline, come on over. It’s really nice here. The guilt never goes away, though.

Regulations exist to protect what cannot protect itself!

Today’s word of the day: Hope

hope

[ hohp ]

noun
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best

verb (used with object)
hoped, hoping.
to look forward to with desire and reasonable confidence.
to believe, desire, or trust

#WoTD #Hope #WordOfTheDay

Well first, finding the creators I liked and followed from the other place on here 🫡. And then learning. Building community. Supporting locally. Trying to remember beauty and art and music and light in the darkness.

Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.

NEW—Trump WH has blocked all CDC science reports (eg MMWR) & suspended all CDC / FDA / NIH external communications of all HHS agencies until further notice... including all FDA & CDC Health Alert warnings & all social media. Public health be damned.

Gift 🎁 link:
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Same. Rawdogging through inauguration week is going about as well as I thought it would, though.