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Two masked men could be seen behind the tinted windows of the SUV. The vehicle, parked on a small residential street in Minneapolis-Saint Paul on Friday, January 16, belonged to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal immigration police known by its acronym ICE. Then the commotion began: despite the bitter cold and heavy, falling snow, neighbors came out of their homes, pointed the vehicle out to passersby, and shouted at the officers inside: "Get the hell out of here, you bunch of Nazis." A woman parked her car across the street to block their exit for several minutes. "They're targeting a family that lives in the neighborhood," another neighbor said.

Word spread through the many messaging groups dedicated to monitoring the activities of ICE that have sprung up across Minnesota in recent days. More residents arrived, armed with whistles. Inside one of the vehicles, an agent took photos of those present. Another made an obscene gesture with his canister of tear gas. The standoff lasted two hours. The agents eventually left.

Such has been everyday life in Minneapolis and neighboring Saint Paul since December 2025, when the Twin Cities began living under Operation Metro Surge, the deployment of 2,000 federal immigration officers. Since the death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother shot dead at the wheel of her car by ICE officer Jonathan Ross on January 7, something new has been taking shape in the frozen air of Minnesota. Residents have been organizing, protesting, tracking the officers and resisting with whistles. Reporters from media across the country are there, driving around the streets, on the lookout for ongoing operations.

The video of Good's death, which more than 80% of Americans have seen, proved to be a turning point. The public has not been convinced by the administration's attempt to portray the mother as a "domestic terrorist" who allegedly tried to run over the officer with her car: 53% of people surveyed by YouGov believed the shooting was not justified, compared to 28% who approved of it.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/53575279

US officials said Ratcliffe conveyed the Trump administration’s support for the interim government as a path to short-term stability in Venezuela.

At Trump’s direction, Ratcliffe delivered a message that Washington seeks an improved working relationship, they said. Talks included intelligence cooperation, economic stability, and efforts to keep Venezuela from serving as a haven for “US adversaries, particularly narcotics traffickers,” one official said on condition of anonymity.

According to the report, American officials view Rodriguez, who assumed the interim presidency after Maduro’s removal, as a stabilizing figure capable of maintaining control of security forces and key infrastructure during the transition. US intelligence assessments have described her as pragmatic and open to engagement.

Quisling (/ˈkwɪzlɪŋ/, Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈkvɪ̂slɪŋ]) is a term used in Scandinavian languages and in English to mean a citizen or politician of an occupied country who collaborates with an enemy occupying force; it may also be used more generally as a synonym for traitor or collaborator.[1][2][3] The word originates from the surname of the Norwegian war-time leader Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who headed a domestic Nazi collaborationist regime during the Nazi occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/57182784

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Carney told reporters on Friday that "the world has changed" in recent years, and the progress made with China sets Canada up "well for the new world order".

Canada's relationship with China, he added, had become "more predictable" than its relationship with the US under the Trump administration.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41703055

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No injuries were reported but more than 600 Minnesota Energy Resources customers were without heat.

As you can imagine, there's a lot of chatter on TikTok among the more left-leaning and conspiratorial that this is, at the very least, suspicious.

...for your support against the US and in support of the Greenlandic right to self-determination. If there's one good thing to come from this it's that it really strengthens my feeling of being European. It's a joy to see us so united against madness and I hope we will come out stronger and more self-reliant in the end.

The media is telling a certain story about ICE, giving the blow by blow on the most public horrors but never quite seeing the bigger picture that it's part of a larger war. As a military intelligence source told me, the ICE crackdown isn't just about immigration; it's about gathering intelligence in support of Trump's war on cartels

as well as on Antifa, on the radical left, and those who are "anti-American," and anyone else they consider terrorists. And since the administration has been so quick to label everyone, including Renee Good, terrorists, it's no wonder they think they're at war.

The review looked at more than three dozen studies and found no evidence that acetaminophen increased the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children.

Kennedy and Trump tried to claim there was one without scientific evidence.

Paywall? https://archive.is/pijvs

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/32941870

I'm not originally from Poland, but I have been lived here for a couple years already. My girlfriend is from Silesia and now I'm part of true Silesian family and I found that mix of Polish and Germany culture pretty fascinating

Patrixia Ross, 38, brings a distinguished family background to her life in America. She is a naturalised United States citizen originally from the Philippines, and reports indicate she was raised in an environment of high professional achievement, as both of her parents were respected doctors in her home country.

That upbringing in the medical field suggests a life of relative privilege and education before she moved to the United States and married the federal agent. Neighbours in their Minnesota community described her as a dedicated mother who was deeply involved in raising their children.

She appears to enjoy cooking, having previously shared photos of baking recipes from a Spanish-language cookbook on social media. In July 2013, she also posted a snap of herself next to a US Border Patrol helicopter, when the couple was living around El Paso, Texas, according to the Daily Mail.

Neighbours told the outlet that Patrixia is 'polite, very nice, [and] very outgoing', a stark contrast to her 'very reserved' husband. The couple reportedly shares 'a couple of kids', and despite the intense scrutiny currently facing her husband, Patrixia has no personal history of legal trouble or public controversy prior to the shooting.

Her status as a naturalised citizen, however, adds a layer of complexity to the narrative, given that her husband's career was dedicated to enforcing immigration laws.