Hundreds protest against ICE in S.F. after Minnesota killing

Impromptu protest featured signs, chants lamenting killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by Béatrice Vallières January 24, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) Hundreds gathered at Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon to express solidarity with Minnesotans in response to the killing of 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti by a federal agent in Minneapolis earlier today. Pretti,… Continue reading

FBI Agent Resigns in Protest as Trump DOJ Investigates Renee Good—Not the ICE Agent Who Killed Her

Candles are lit outside the US Embassy in London in memory of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the United States.  (Photo by Lab Ky Mo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) The FBI has focused its investigation on Good’s ties to activist groups… Continue reading

Bondi Demands Walz Turn Over Minnesota Voter Rolls to ‘Restore Rule of Law’ to State

US Attorney General Pam Bondi arrives for a briefing with bicameral congressional leadership at the US Capitol on January 5, 2026 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) “This is blackmail. This is the way organized crime works.” Julia Conley Jan 25, 2026 (CommonDreams.org) As Minnesota residents and people… Continue reading

Trump Is Making an Enemy of the Gun Lobby

With Minneapolis, the Trump administration is creating an existential threat for legal gun owners and Second Amendment advocates. Alain Stephens January 25 2026, 3:32 p.m. (TheIntercept.com) Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement. Border Patrol agents on Saturday shot and killed Alex Pretti, a… Continue reading

How to Fight ICE & Norm Finkelstein’s Hope for the Future

How to Fight ICE & Norm Finkelstein’s Hope for the Future

Charles Sumner, a staunch abolitionist U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1851–1874), embodied “backbone” through his uncompromising, Radical Republican stance against slavery and for civil rights . His 1856 “Crime Against Kansas” speech, which targeted the slavery oligarchy, demonstrated his fortitude despite the threat of violence.  Sumner’s “backbone” represents his refusal to… Continue reading