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6 Federal Prosecutors Resign as Trump DOJ Pushes for Investigation Into Renee Good’s Wife

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Original article by Julia Conley republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). 

People attend a candlelight vigil outside the United States Embassy in London, organized by Stop Trump Coalition, Indivisible London, and Tesla Takedown, in memory of Renee Nicole Good, who was killed by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis, on January 12, 2026.  (Photo by Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images)

“We had whistles,” Becca Good said after her wife’s killing. “They had guns.”

A top prosecutor in the US attorney’s office in Minnesota who for years oversaw a major fraud investigation in the state was among six federal prosecutors who resigned Tuesday as the Trump administration demanded they investigate Becca Good, the widow of the Minneapolis resident who was killed by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent last week.

Joseph H. Thompson, who was second in command in the US attorney’s office, had objected in recent days to the US Justice Department’s (DOJ) refusal to investigate the killing of Renee Nicole Good as a civil rights matter. He also opposed the decision to cut off state investigators from probing Good’s fatal shooting, which was carried out by an ICE agent who was one of several who had approached the front of her vehicle and reportedly given her conflicting orders.

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On Tuesday, Thompson and several other prosecutors—including his deputy, Harry Jacob; chief of the violent and major crimes unit Thomas Calhoun-Lopez; and Melinda Williams—stepped down.

They declined to disclose to the New York Times the reason for their resignations. On top of the other DOJ decisions Thompson had objected to, senior Trump administration officials had begun pushing him and the other prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into Good’s wife.

President Donald Trump and other top officials in the administration have relentlessly smeared Good and her widow in the wake of her killing—accusing them of domestic terrorism and rioting and, in the case of the president, suggesting they were to blame for her death because the couple was being “disrespectful” to the ICE agents.

Trump has presented no evidence as he’s called the couple “professional agitators” who were being paid to observe ICE’s enforcement actions in Minnesota, where the administration has surged thousands of agents largely to target the state’s Somali population after Thompson’s investigation uncovered fraud in Minnesota’s social services system. The majority of those who have been charged are US citizens of Somali origin.

Brian O’Hara, the police chief in Minneapolis, suggested there was an irony to the fact that Thompson had resigned over the government’s handling of Good’s case.

“When you lose the leader responsible for making the fraud cases, it tells you this isn’t really about prosecuting fraud,” O’Hara told the Times.

As Trump pushes the narrative that Good was a “domestic terrorist”—a designation that would ordinarily not be used by officials before being confirmed by an investigation—the FBI is reportedly probing alleged ties Good had to “activist groups” that have been protesting Trump’s mass deportation campaign, an operation that is opposed by a majority of Americans.

That probe comes months after Attorney General Pam Bondi signed a memo expanding the DOJ’s definition of domestic terrorism to include actions like “impeding” law enforcement officers or doxxing them.

The DOJ is planning to investigate a number of activists who took part in community “neighborhood watch” activities aimed at alerting and protecting neighbors from ICE agents—the same kinds of actions taken by residents of Chicago and Charlotte, North Carolina last year.

“We had whistles,” Becca Good said in a statement after her wife’s killing, as the president accused them of trying to harm ICE agents. “They had guns.”

Original article by Julia Conley republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). 

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Trump Vows ‘Reckoning and Retribution is Coming’ to Minnesota as ICE Brutality Mounts

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Original article by Brad Reed republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). 

A US Customs and Border Patrol agents pulls the pin out of a canister of tear gas before tossing it towards residents in a residential neighborhood after a minor traffic accident in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 12, 2026. (Photo by Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The president’s declaration came as new reports documented brutality and other abuses carried out by federal immigration agents.

President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday that “reckoning and retribution is coming” to the state of Minnesota as new reports documented the brutal actions of federal immigration agents throughout the US.

In a Truth Social post that was amplified by the official White House rapid response account on X, Trump addressed Minnesota residents and asked them if they “really want to live in a community in which their (sic) are thousands of already convicted murderers, drug dealers and addicts, rapists, violent released and escaped prisoners, dangerous people from foreign asylums and mental institutions and insane asylums, and other deadly criminals too dangerous to even mention.”

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In reality, the operations being done in Minneapolis and across the US by federal immigration agents have little to do with taking violent criminals off the streets.

Recently released data flagged by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, shows that a plurality of people detained by ICE in recent months have no prior criminal convictions.

Trump ended his message with an all-caps declaration to “FEAR NOT, GREAT PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA, THE DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION IS COMING!”

Trump’s vow of retribution came just hours after ProPublica published a lengthy investigation documenting 40 instances in which federal immigration agents across the country used “chokeholds and other moves that can block breathing,” including nearly 20 instances where agents “appeared to use chokeholds and other neck restraints that the Department of Homeland Security prohibits ‘unless deadly force is authorized.’”

The publication also identified several videos in which federal immigration agents were kneeling on the backs of people’s necks, similar to the way that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the neck of George Floyd as he suffocated to death in 2020.

Eric Balliet, a former law enforcement official who worked at both Homeland Security Investigations and Border Patrol, told ProPublica that he has never seen immigration agents use such tactics before, even if they were arrested people suspected of serious crimes.

“I arrested dozens upon dozens of drug traffickers, human smugglers, child molesters—some of them will resist,” he said. “I don’t remember putting anybody in a chokehold. Period.”

Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old US citizen who was put into a chokehold by federal immigration agents last year, told ProPublica that he “felt like I was going to pass out and die” because of it.

MPR News reported on Tuesday that immigration agents in Minneapolis have apparently been using license plate readers to identify local activists who have been observing and documenting operations in their neighborhoods.

John Boehler, a policy counsel with the ACLU of Minnesota, told MPR News that the agents’ actions appear to violate Minnesota state law, which says accessing people’s personal data in this manner can only be done if they are suspects in an active criminal investigation.

There is no reason, Boehler emphasized, that observers should be under any kind of criminal probe.

“Following or observing or reporting on federal agencies or federal activities is not a criminal activity—it’s protected First Amendment activity,” Boehler explained. “To be using those cameras, to use those license plate readers, to surveil protesters has a chilling effect on First Amendment rights, and that’s what we think the goal is.”

Original article by Brad Reed republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). 

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‘Draconian crackdown on our rights’

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More than 45 civil society groups oppose plans to give police sweeping new powers

MORE than 45 civil society groups including the TUC and Palestine Solidarity Campaign today opposed “extreme” and “dangerous” government plans to give police sweeping new powers to restrict protests in England and Wales.

Greenpeace, Amnesty International UK, Liberty, Quakers in Britain and unions also denounced the “draconian crackdown on our rights to freedom of expression and assembly.”

Police will be required to consider the “cumulative impact” of repeated protests in the same area when imposing conditions on demonstrations under an amendment in the Crime and Policing Bill introduced in the House of Lords.

The size of an area is not specified and police would not be required to take into account whether the protests are for the same cause or involve the same people, the statement warned.

“Although government statements make clear these powers have been brought forward in response to the mass national marches for Palestinian rights, the impact of this change of law would be wide-ranging,” it said.

“An anti-racist march could be blocked from Whitehall because of a previous farmers’ protest, or a Pride march restricted because a far-right demonstration was recently held in the same town.

“Clamping down on peaceful protests will not protect anyone’s rights or safety, and we reject cynical attempts by government to present this repressive proposal as protection for vulnerable groups.”

It said that the Suffragette and anti-apartheid movements in South Africa all relied on the “cumulative” impact of protests in an area.

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UN reports nearly 95,000 child malnutrition cases in Gaza Strip in 2025

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Five-year-old Lana Salih Juha, who fled with her family from Gaza’s Shuja’iyya neighborhood to the city center, suffers from severe malnutrition under Israel’s strict blockade and attacks, which affects infants and children the most, on July 28, 2025. [Mohammed Y. M. Al-yaqoubi – Anadolu Agency]

The UN on Monday warned that child malnutrition in the Gaza Strip has reached alarming levels, with nearly 95,000 cases identified in 2025 and harsh winter conditions eroding fragile humanitarian gains, Anadolu reports.

Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference that “the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip remains dire, as harsh weather conditions are jeopardizing the progress made by the humanitarian response.”

Dujarric reported that the agencies leading the nutrition response continue to detect large numbers of children in urgent need.

“Meanwhile, our humanitarian partners leading on addressing malnutrition report that last month they screened over 76,000 children and identified around 4,900 cases of acute malnutrition, including more than 820 cases of severe acute malnutrition,” he said.

He further added that “this brings the total number of acute malnutrition cases identified in 2025 to nearly 95,000.”

Noting that the UN partners provided supplies such as tents, tarpaulins and blankets to 28,000 families, Dujarric warned that “1.1 million people still urgently need help as rainstorms continue to damage and destroy many existing shelters.”

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“Our partners stress that tents remain a temporary solution and more supplies, including toolkits, cement and heavy machinery to clear debris, as well as sustained funding, are needed to transition from emergency to early recovery efforts,” he added.

Highlighting the severity of the harsh weather on children, Dujarric said that “since the ceasefire and as of the year’s end, our partners were able to distribute more than 310,000 children’s winter clothing sets and more than 112,000 pairs of shoes as part of the winterization efforts.”

“They also installed 150 specialized tents across Gaza to be used as child-friendly and safe spaces,” he said.

Dujarric said that the UN’s education partners on the ground opened up 18 additional temporary learning spaces for 35,000 Gazan students, adding: “The total number of operational temporary learning spaces is now 440, accommodating around 268,000 children.”

However, he stressed that “education supplies continue to be denied entry by the Israeli authorities on the grounds that education is not a critical activity during the first phase of the ceasefire.”

“We do believe that it is a critical activity,” he affirmed, urging for “rapid, sustained and unimpeded access to allow ourselves and our partners to scale up assistance faster to prevent further deterioration and alleviate the suffering of people in Gaza.”

When asked about Israel’s continued destruction in the Gaza Strip, Dujarric said: “We want to see a stop to the destruction of whatever remains in Gaza.”

“We want to see the parties move towards phase two to try to rebuild,” he said.

A ceasefire agreement took effect in Gaza on Oct. 10 under US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan, halting two years of Israeli attacks that have killed more than 71,000 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 171,000 since October 2023.

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Israeli officials openly call for permanent occupation of Gaza

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Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin takes part in the voting to approve a controversial bill as part of the government’s judicial overhaul plan in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023.[Noam Moskowitz – Knesset – Handout – Anadolu Agency]

Senior Israeli officials on Monday publicly advocated for a permanent occupation of the Gaza Strip, defying a US-backed plan that explicitly rules out Israel’s military presence or annexation of the territory, Anadolu reports.

The statements were made during a conference held at the Israeli Knesset titled “Gaza – The Day After,” Israel’s right-wing Channel 7 reported.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin said Israel must maintain control over Gaza as part of what he described as its broader territorial claims.

“We need to be present in Gaza and across the entire Land of Israel,” Levin said. “This is, first and foremost, our country.”

Also speaking at the conference, far-right lawmaker Simcha Rothman said Israel should retain full authority over Gaza.

“Israel must keep control of the Gaza Strip,” Rothman said, according to the broadcaster.

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Channel 7 reported that discussions at the event focused on proposals including continued Israeli security control, the disarmament of Hamas, and measures aimed at encouraging the forced displacement of Palestinians from the enclave.

The remarks came despite Israel’s formal approval of a plan announced by US President Donald Trump, which states that Israel would neither occupy nor annex Gaza.

Trump unveiled the proposal in late September as part of a broader initiative to end the war on Gaza. The plan includes a ceasefire, the release of Israeli captives, the disarmament of Hamas, Israel’s withdrawal from the enclave, the formation of a technocratic administration, and the deployment of an international stabilization force.

The Israeli army has killed more than 71,000 people, most of them women and children, and injured over 171,000 others in a brutal offensive since October 2023 that left the Gaza Strip in ruins.

Despite a ceasefire that began last Oct. 10, the Israeli army has continued its attacks, killing 442 Palestinians and wounding 1,236 others, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

READ: Trump says ‘Board of Peace for Gaza’ being formed

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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
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