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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/09/jesse-ventura-trump-minnesota-governor-ice/88098645007/

In the wake of a deadly shooting by an immigration agent in his home state, former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura slammed President Donald Trump and hinted at another run for office.

“(Trump is) the draft-dodging coward who, when it was his time to serve his country, he did what all rich white boys did. I wasn’t a rich white boy. We had to go," Ventura, 74, told local reporters Jan. 8 when asked for his response to the shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis. "He’s gonna tell me what courage is?"

“What occurred yesterday did not have to happen," Ventura told reporters, calling Good's shooting a "tragedy" and a "murder."

"We're a third-world country now," said Ventura, the WWE pro wrestling hall of famer who was Minnesota's governor from 1999 to 2003. "You wanna know why? I'm an expert. I've been there. I spent 17 months in Southeast Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf."

Ventura is a former Navy SEAL and Vietnam veteran. Trump was a member of the generation eligible to be drafted for the Vietnam War, but did not serve after receiving several student draft deferments and a medical exemption.

https://www.euractiv.com/news/defence-boom-lifts-german-factory-orders/
Factory orders in long-struggling Germany unexpectedly posted a sharp jump in November, boosted by higher demand for defence equipment as Europe rushes to rearm, official data showed on Thursday.
New orders increased 5.6% month-on-month, according to preliminary figures from statistics agency Destatis, the third straight monthly increase.
Analysts surveyed by the financial data firm FactSet had expected a decline of 1.3%.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted Germany and other European countries to start re-arming, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowing to unleash hundreds of billions of euros on defence.

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Leftists gathered for another riot, this time trashing event venues and random hotels looking for ICE (they didn't find them)

A rioter identified as Drey, 27, was actually quoted saying: "I don’t know if they (ICE) are here but we will do whatever it takes to keep Minneapolis safe," while he looted a hotel
https://www.newsweek.com/hundreds-ice-protesters-storm-minneapolis-hilton-hotel-11339672
Hundreds of Anti-ICE Protesters Storm Minneapolis Hotel

Hundreds of protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stormed a Hilton hotel in Minneapolis after a woman was fatally shot by one of the agency’s officers this week.

Newsweek contacted Hilton Hotels and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) via email for comment.

Renee Nicole Good's killing by an ICE officer has ignited widespread protests in Minneapolis and drawn national attention to the contentious debate over federal immigration enforcement.

The incident, and the subsequent unrest, are fueling public scrutiny of ICE's practices and the Trump administration's immigration policies, while underscoring deep divisions within both the local community and the country at large

On Friday night, hundreds of masked anti-ICE demonstrators gathered outside the Canopy by Hilton Hotel, following rumors that federal agents were staying there.

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POV camera shows that lady appeared to try to ram an ICE agent with her vehicle

Leftists continue to lie to themselves
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-shooting-agent-minneapolis-video-bodycam-minnesota-footage-11337975
New Video Shows ICE Agent’s Perspective on Minneapolis Shooting

A new cellphone video released by Alpha News appears to show the perspective of an ICE agent involved in the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement sent to Newsweek, "This footage corroborates what DHS has stated all along—that this individual was impeding law enforcement and weaponized her vehicle in an attempt to kill or cause bodily harm to federal law enforcement. The officer was in fear of his own life, the lives of his fellow officers and acted in self-defense. The American people can watch this video with their own eyes and ears and judge for themselves.”

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reposted the video on X, writing: "WATCH."

Renee Nicole Good, 37, was fatally shot by an ICE officer during a traffic stop in a residential neighborhood in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The shooting came amid a series of immigration enforcement operations in major cities under President Donald Trump’s administration.

In the video shared by Alpha News, the ICE agent appears to approach the vehicle, with an individual in the driver's seat and the window down. Sirens can be heard in the background.

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> https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/un-chief-says-the-u-s-has-legal-obligation-to-fund-agencies-after-trumps-withdrawal-order

UN chief says the U.S. has 'legal obligation' to fund agencies after Trump's withdrawal order

NEW YORK (AP) — The top United Nations official on Thursday said the United States has a "legal obligation" to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it is withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he regretted President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from 31 U.N.-related agencies, including the U.N.'s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations. The U.S. will also depart from dozens of other global organizations or initiatives not affiliated with the U.N.

"As we have consistently underscored, assessed contributions to the United Nations regular budget and peacekeeping budget, as approved by the General Assembly, are a legal obligation under the UN Charter for all Member States, including the United States," Stephane Dujarric, a spokesperson for Guterres, said in a statement.

He added that despite the announcement, the U.N. entities targeted will keep doing their work: "The United Nations has a responsibility to deliver for those who depend on us."

The strong retort from the U.N. comes after the world body has spent the better part of the past year in a somewhat hostile and fragile back-and-forth with U.S. officials, who, after Trump's return to office, zeroed in on eliminating billions of dollars in aid and funding to international organizations like the U.N. and humanitarian assistance at large.

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> Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PMR3GI5YE4

> https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/09/video-ice-agent-s-cellphone-captures-fatal-confrontation-minneapolis

CNN) — Video captured by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross gives a raw, up-close perspective of the pivotal moments surrounding his fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis.

A Department of Homeland Security official confirmed the video, obtained by CNN, was recorded on the agent’s cellphone camera; the video was originally obtained by the conservative Minnesota media outlet Alpha News.

Vice President JD Vance shared it, saying it shows the officer was endangered.

“Watch this, as hard as it is. Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn’t hit by a car, wasn’t being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman. The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self defense,” Vance posted on X.

The video begins with Rossin front of the vehicle driven by Good, who had stopped her burgundy SUV perpendicular to the street, obstructing the flow of traffic. Ross does not say anything as he walks across the front of the car toward the driver’s side of the car.

As he rounds the car, Good can be seen with her window down looking directly at the officer.

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U.S. employment growth slowed more than expected in December amid job losses in the construction, retail and manufacturing sectors.

Economists have blamed sluggish job growth on President Donald Trump's aggressive trade and immigration policies, which they say have reduced both demand for and supply of workers.

Businesses are also holding back on hiring, unsure of their staffing needs as they invest heavily in artificial intelligence. The economy is experiencing a jobless expansion, with growth and worker productivity surging in the third quarter, which was partly attributed to AI.

"The weak job-growth story can't be brushed aside. Hiring is still stuck in stall speed, and job growth in the cyclical parts of the economy isn't sending a comforting signal."

The labor market lost considerable momentum last year, with only 584,000 jobs added, averaging 49,000 positions per month. Roughly 2 million jobs were created in 2024

The BLS has estimated about 911,000 fewer jobs were created in the 12 months through March 2025 than previously reported.

With factors like tariffs and AI preventing companies from hiring more workers, economists increasingly view the labor market's challenges as more structural than cyclical, which would make rate cuts less effective to stimulate job growth.

https://www.reuters.com/business/us-job-growth-slows-december-unemployment-rate-eases-44-2026-01-09/

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When the usual oil shills say we need more drilling, leaking pipelines and deregulation. Remember to post that trump tried to give land away to drill and no one wanted it.

https://www.cpr.org/2026/01/09/bureau-of-land-management-oil-gas-auction-zero-bids-colorado/

Going once, going twice, sold to ... no one.

On Thursday, the Bureau of Land Management auctioned off leases on more than 20,000 acres of public land in Colorado for oil and gas drilling. The land, divided into 23 parcels, was offered at the minimum starting price, just $10 an acre, and could be leased indefinitely once oil and gas starts flowing.

But during the sale: crickets. Not a single parcel received a bid, and only two companies had even registered for the sale.

The sale reveals the limits of the Trump administration’s push to open more public land to oil and gas drilling. Simply put, many areas across the West with easily accessible oil are already developed.

“In general, everything that is really high value across the West that will ever produce oil has already been sold,” said Aaron Weiss, deputy director of the Center for Western Priorities, an environmental group, which criticized the auction.

The BLM did not directly respond to criticism about the sale.

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https://ictnews.org/news/five-native-americans-detained-by-ice-during-ongoing-raids-in-minneapolis/

At least five Native American men have been detained and an unknown number questioned by immigration officers across the Minneapolis area in the midst of what a top official called the “largest immigration raid ever.”

After 2,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived in Minneapolis early this week, Indigenous residents on the city’s southside have witnessed agents question and even detain community members. Blocks away from a local Native American housing community, a 37-year-old mother was shot by ICE agents Wednesday, sparking nationwide protests.

“I think some of them [ICE] don’t even know what they’re doing or where they’re at,” said Little Crow Belcourt, White Earth Ojibwe and the director of the Indigenous Peoples Movement. “They’re just pulling people over at random, if you’re Brown. Some of our Native (American) people get mistaken for our relatives south of the border.”

Minneapolis’ southside, particularly around Franklin Avenue East, has historically been an area for Indigenous people to gather and live. South Side Housing was first taken over by the Indigenous community in 1975, when it became Little Earth, and since then the area has become the center for the Indigenous community. Community members often call Little Earth an urban reservation, Belcourt said.

On Tuesday, ICE agents attempted to enter Little Earth Housing Project property. Little Earth is the first Native American community housing project in the United States. Property managers told ICT they informed ICE that they were not welcome and turned agents away.

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Spoiler alert: He's a deranged psycho with a history of needlessly escalating scenes involving suspects in cars due to his insatiable blood lust

https://www.ktvu.com/news/ice-officer-minneapolis-shootig-identified

>MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The ICE officer who fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday has been identified as Jonathan Ross, who was the same officer who was dragged 50 yards in Bloomington back in June 2025.

>What we know:

>FOX 9 confirmed Ross is the ICE officer who fatally shot Good in south Minneapolis on Wednesday. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed to FOX 9 the officer who fired his weapon on Wednesday is the same officer who was dragged 50 yards by a suspect in a vehicle in Bloomington in June.

>Vice President J.D. Vance on Thursday commented on the officer's history. He said the ICE officer "deserves a debt of gratitude," citing the earlier incident in which he was injured by a moving vehicle.

>"This is a guy who’s actually done a very, very important job for the United States of America," Vance said. "He’s been assaulted. He’s been attacked. He’s been injured because of it."

>According to court documents, the officer was part of a team that was attempting to apprehend a man in the United States illegally. He broke a window and reached into the vehicle, attempting to open the door when the driver sped off. He was then dragged by the vehicle.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/videos-contradict-trump-account-fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis-rcna253107

It took just seven seconds for an encounter between Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and a driver in Minneapolis to turn deadly.

Videos of those moments, captured by witnesses’ cellphones and posted to social media, show how the confrontation escalated into gunshots that left a mother dead behind the wheel. The clips also contradict an account provided by President Donald Trump.

Trump, in a social media post hours after the Wednesday morning shooting, said the driver — later identified as Renee Nicole Good — “violently, willfully and viciously ran over the ICE Officer.” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused the driver of trying to run the officer over, saying “she hit him” in “an act of domestic terrorism.” The agency called her a violent rioter. All said the officer fired in self-defense.

“It is hard to believe he is alive,” Trump said.

A close look at the videos shows that Good’s car did not knock down the officer, whose legs were to the side of the SUV as it moved by him while he fired. The officer walked away from the scene unassisted. Noem said he was treated at a hospital and released.

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> https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-shot-federal-agents-portland-sources/story?id=129038573

Two people were injured in a shooting involving a federal agent in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, according to authorities.

The Department of Homeland Security said the shooting occurred while Border Patrol agents were conducting a "targeted" stop on a vehicle carrying two people allegedly affiliated with the Tren de Aragua gang. The passenger was the target, DHS said.

"When agents identified themselves to the vehicle occupants, the driver weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over the law enforcement agents," DHS said in a statement.

An agent fired a defensive shot and the driver drove off with the passenger, according to DHS, which called the situation "evolving."

The shooting incident occurred around 2:19 p.m. local time, DHS said. Portland police said officers responded to the 10200 block of Southeast Main Street near Adventist Health, a medical office, for the report of a shooting.

Several minutes later, Portland police officers responding to a call for help at an apartment complex some 3 miles away from the shooting scene found a man and woman with "apparent gunshot wounds," according to the police department.

The shooting victims had driven themselves to an apartment complex in the area of Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside Street, where the man who had been shot called for help, according to police.

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BREAKING NEWS: Mom killed by federal agent revealed to be anti-ICE 'warrior' who worked to resist immigration crackdown through activist school network
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15447429/renee-nicole-good-anti-ice-warrior-minneapolis.html
A mother-of-three killed by a federal agent during immigration operations in Minneapolis was an anti-ICE 'warrior' who coordinated resistance efforts with a network of other activists.

Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot dead on Wednesday while driving an SUV that was blocking a residential street during protests against an ICE operation.

The agent responsible, identified as Jonathan 'Jon' Ross, has been branded a 'murderer' by furious Democrats but has enjoyed the full support of the Trump administration, who argue he acted in self defense when it appeared Good intended to run him down with her car.

Now, Good's friends have revealed she was part of a network of activists coordinated through her six-year-old son's charter school who were actively resisting ICE.

'She was a warrior. She died doing what was right,' a mother named Leesa who has a child at the same school as Good's son told The New York Post.

'[Renee Good] was trained against these ICE agents — what to do, what not to do, it's a very thorough training.'

As part of this training, Good allegedly learned to listen to commands and to understand her rights.

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Tim the Traitor, betrayer of the US, betrays his donors and voters; now listed as a high value target for leftist terrorists, attempts to distance himself from tRump with slogans.

Walz gives order to prepare National Guard after ICE officer fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/walz-natinal-guard-ice-officer-fatal-shooting-minneapolis/

The State Emergency Operations Center has been activated in response to the incident, and Walz has issued a warning order to prepare the National Guard.

"I remind you, a warning order is a heads-up for folks, and these National Guard troops are our National Guard troops," Walz said.

The shooting comes amid the announced deployment of 2,000 federal law enforcement members in the Twin Cities metro area, who are expected to probe alleged cases of fraud, building on last month's inspection of dozens of sites in the Minneapolis area.

"We've been warning for weeks that the Trump administration's dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to our public safety and that someone was going to get hurt," Walz said.

President Trump said on social media Monday afternoon that the incident was "a horrible thing to watch."

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The "Just comply if you have nothing to hide" crowd immediately get to work blocking Minnesota state officials from investigating the senseless murder of an innocent mother of three by a bloodthirsty masked thug in Minneapolis on January 7th

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/minnesota-officials-say-they-cant-access-evidence-after-fatal-ice-shooting-and-fbi-wont-work-jointly-on-investigation

>Minnesota officials say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on investigation

>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The head of Minnesota's state investigations agency says the U.S. attorney's office has cut off its access in the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent.

>"The investigation would now be led solely by the FBI, and the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation," Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said in a statement.

>It had been decided that the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension would investigate Good's shooting death along with the FBI, but that later was changed by the U.S. Attorney's office, according to Evans.

>The BCA "has reluctantly withdrawn from the investigation," Evans wrote.

>This is a developing story and will be updated.