Saturday, January 10, 2026

Cell phone footage raises new questions about ICE agent’s tactics before fatal shooting

 https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/09/us/ice-shooting-minneapolis-renee-good-cell-phone-invs

As he approached Renee Good’s vehicle on a Minneapolis street on Wednesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross held up his phone camera and recorded video.

Less than a minute later, he was still recording when he drew his weapon and fatally shot Good as she accelerated.

That extraordinary footage, along with video shot by bystanders and a 3D model created by CNN of the confrontation, shows Good and her wife challenging ICE officers – but also raises new questions about Ross’s tactics and decision to use deadly force.

CNN’s analysis found that while the Department of Homeland Security claims that Good was “blocking” ICE agents, multiple cars – including one driven by Ross – were able to drive around Good’s vehicle before the shooting.

“I would have been livid if one of my folks were doing that,” the former official, who requested to speak anonymously, told CNN. “If you’re so concerned about your safety … then why are you tying up your hands and attention on your cell phone? Clearly they didn’t feel threatened.”

‘I don’t need international law’: Trump’s Wild West doctrine freezes European brains

 https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-trump-relationship/

“I don’t need international law,” Trump declared in an interview with the New York Times.  

“It’s a very important moment,” said one diplomat from a European country, granted anonymity, like others, to speak freely. “There had been a tendency in European media to make fun of Trump and his people and present them as stupid and sometimes even as madmen. I think that’s wrong. They’re highly capable.”

My |Uncle the Netziv Why was it banned? by Dr. Jacob J. Schacter

 file:///C:/Users/Daniel/Downloads/Jacob_J_Schacter_Haskalah_Secular_Studie.pdf

This new English version of R. Epstein's work was published with approbation by Rabbi Nachman Bulman of Kiryat Nachliel in Israel  wrote:

 An English rendition of Rav Boruch Epstein's Mekor overdue. . . . The experience of Torah life derives first and foremost from Torah  learning. But the impact of Torah learning is immeasurably richer when the  lives of living Sifrei Torah, of Torah Sages, become educative models for  our people. Further, such lives are vital links in the chain of Jewish  historical knowledge. Mekor Boruch is a matchless compendium of biography, memoirs and  lore. It was authored by a celebrated son of the greatest yeshiva in modern  time - Volozhin  of Lithuanian Jewry come alive. A glowing por last central figure, the venerable Netziv, is a major  part of the work

 Rabbi Moshe Dombey merits unstinting commendation for his adaption of Mekor Boruch for an English reading public  which could find much edification from reading te fruit of his effort

Friday, January 9, 2026

Shas spokesman: Only Sephardic yeshiva students are arrested

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420652

Responding to the claim that the Military Police are primarily arresting Sephardic yeshiva students, he confirmed, "This is not a feeling, it’s reality. It’s because Shas is a dominant factor in the government, so they direct the fire more in that direction."

Portland Border Patrol Shooting Injures Two: What We Know

 https://www.newsweek.com/fbi-investigates-portland-shooting-customs-border-patrol-11333028

The FBI is investigating a shooting involving U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in Portland, Oregon, that wounded two people near the 10000 block of Main Street around 2:15 p.m. local time Thursday.

FBI Portland said on X in a since deleted post, "FBI Portland is investigating an agent involved shooting that happened at approximately 2:15pm near the 10000 block of Main St. in Portland involving Customs and Border Patrol Agents in which 2 individuals were wounded. This remains and [sic] active and ongoing investigation led by the FBI. Please follow this thread for updates regarding this matter."

Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, on X Thursday night: "Here are the facts: At 2:19 PST, US Border Patrol agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop in Portland, Oregon. The passenger of the vehicle and target is a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring and involved in a recent shooting in Portland.

Trump Admin: Obey Or Die |

Vance calls CNN, other media outlets 'absolute disgrace' over what they left out of Minneapolis ICE shooting

 https://www.foxnews.com/media/vance-calls-cnn-other-media-outlets-absolute-disgrace-over-what-left-out-minneapolis-ice-shooting

Vance says media omitted that ICE officer was previously dragged by car, received 33 stitches

"The CNN headline about what happened in Minneapolis… I’m just going to read it, ‘Outrage after ICE officer kills US citizen in Minneapolis,’" Vance said. 

"What that headline leaves out is the fact that that very ICE officer nearly had his life ended, dragged by a car, six months ago, 33 stiches in his leg," Vance continued. "Do you think maybe he’s a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him with an automobile?"

Do ICE agents have absolute immunity? No, experts say, but it’s not easy for a state to prosecute

 https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/08/politics/ice-immunity-jd-vance-minneapolis

Vice President JD Vance’s claim Thursday that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is “protected by absolute immunity” drew immediate pushback from experts who said the legal landscape around a potential prosecution is far more complicated.

In this case, the question of whether state charges would ever be brought against the agent, who shot and killed Good, 37, while she was seated in the driver’s seat of her car, is clouded because of the investigation itself. The Department of Homeland Security described Good as a “rioter” who was obstructing and attempting to use her vehicle against officers enforcing immigration laws. Three videos taken of the scene and reviewed by CNN, however, show a more nuanced picture of the scene.

Jimmy Kimmel on the Awful ICE Shooting in Minneapolis & a Baseline of Decency Being Gone in America

Donald Trump Reacts After Republican Senators Vote To Curb His War Powers

 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-republican-senators-war-powers-venezuela-maduro-11331375

President Donald Trump blasted Republican senators who voted in favor of a War Powers Resolution on Thursday.

"Republicans should be ashamed of the Senators that just voted with Democrats in attempting to take away our Powers to fight and defend the United States of America. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, and Todd Young should never be elected to office again," the president wrote on Truth Social.

The comments from the president come after the Senate on Thursday advanced a resolution to curb Trump’s authority to launch further attacks on Venezuela, signaling disapproval of his growing ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.

Trump says he will meet Machado — and would accept Nobel Peace Prize from her /Guess What Trump expects to Get

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/09/trump-machado-meet-peace-prize/

 Speaking to Fox News, Trump said it “would be a great honor” if the Venezuelan opposition leader decided to share her Nobel Peace Prize with him.

Trump has openly coveted and publicly lobbied for the Nobel Peace Prize, claiming to have “solved” a number of international conflicts. Several world leaders have backed his claims.

Two people close to the White House previously told The Post that Trump was not willing to support Machado because she accepted the Peace Prize. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one of the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive situation.