Good morning everyone. If you are in the path of the winter storm, I hope you are staying warm and safe. There is a lot to cover today, including a historic moment in Minnesota where the first general strike in 80 years succeeded. Resignations are spreading through the FBI over the failure to properly investigate Renee Good’s death, and the Department of Homeland Security has reportedly instructed FEMA not to use the word “ice” when describing the ice storm out of concern for public ridicule.
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Here’s the news:
- We are getting more information about the first general strike in the United States in nearly eighty years. Tens of thousands of Minnesotans, estimated at 50,000 or more, marched through downtown Minneapolis in subzero temperatures as part of a statewide strike and economic shutdown demanding ICE leave the state, with workers staying home, hundreds of businesses closing, nearly 100 faith leaders arrested in civil disobedience at the airport, and organizers citing outrage over aggressive federal immigration enforcement and the killing of Renee Good as central motivators.
- An FBI supervisor in Minneapolis resigned over concerns that the investigation into the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer was being steered by Trump administration officials to scrutinize Good and her partner rather than the officer’s actions, amid multiple prosecutor resignations, public protests, and escalating tensions between federal authorities and Minnesota officials.
- MS Now has confirmed that Justice Department officials under the Trump administration directed prosecutors and the FBI to halt a civil rights investigation into the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Good and instead pursue a criminal probe of Good herself after her death, including seeking a search warrant that a judge rejected as improper, a move that fueled resignations by FBI supervisors and federal prosecutors and drew sharp criticism from judges as protest-related cases repeatedly collapsed in court.
- The front page of today’s Minnesota Star Tribune:
- The word “ice” has become so toxic for the Department of Homeland Security that it has instructed FEMA officials not to use “ice” when describing the once in a generation ice storm impacting hundreds of millions of Americans this week.
- German media criticized US border patrol official Gregory Bovino’s distinctive greatcoat and grooming during immigration raids, comparing his appearance to Nazi and fascist aesthetics—claims he denies, calling the outrage manufactured and saying the coat was standard issue.
- Federal judges in Minnesota rejected the Trump administration’s request to detain three protesters arrested after disrupting a church service tied to an alleged ICE employee, ruling that DOJ lawyers provided no factual or legal basis to treat the incident as a crime of violence and ordering the defendants released while prosecutors pursue conspiracy charges instead.
- Donald Trump is back to calling Mark Carney, the Canadian Prime Minister, “Governor” and is threatening 100% tariffs on Canada if it makes a deal with China over the United States:
- Texas officials have formally cleared Tommy Lee Walker, a Black man executed in 1956 for the murder of a white woman, after a review found his conviction was based on false and coerced evidence, ignored alibi testimony, and was deeply shaped by racial bias in Jim Crow–era Dallas, prompting a unanimous resolution declaring his case a profound miscarriage of justice.
- Families of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan, including the mother of a Scottish sergeant who died in 2009, condemned Donald Trump’s claim that Nato allies stayed off the front lines as deeply hurtful and false, saying it diminishes the sacrifices of UK troops who fought and died alongside US forces.
- The U.S. military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel suspected of drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people and leaving one survivor, marking the first known such attack since U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month and reflecting a broader Trump administration campaign to disrupt maritime drug routes through repeated strikes on alleged smuggling boats.
- The Guardian has confirmed that the Trump administration has sharply cut funding, training, and grants for law enforcement and prosecutors handling child sex exploitation cases, including canceling a major national training conference and withholding ICAC task force funds, moves that prosecutors and investigators say are hindering investigations, weakening coordination, and putting vulnerable children at greater risk.
- Public health and environmental groups are suing the EPA over its approval of the PFAS insecticide isocycloseram, arguing the agency ignored evidence that it can damage reproductive organs, harm fetal development, threaten wildlife and pollinators, and pose heightened risks to children, while critics say industry-aligned EPA leadership fast-tracked the pesticide despite scientific warnings.
Good news:
- A 61-year-old South Carolina man, Jim Gogan, who had been colorblind his entire life, became emotional after putting on color-correcting glasses gifted by his son, immediately seeing reds and greens clearly for the first time, passing color tests he had always failed, and marveling at everyday sights like bricks, trees, and the sky as his world suddenly appeared in full color.
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife is developing a legislatively mandated Wolverine Restoration Plan to reintroduce the species, absent from the state for over 100 years, by relocating about 45 wolverines with diverse genetics into three high-elevation regions, aiming to eventually support roughly 50 to 100 animals statewide, restore ecological balance, address rancher concerns through compensation measures, and rebuild a population that once naturally existed across Colorado’s alpine ecosystems.
- Delta Air Lines announced it will share about $1.3 billion in profits with employees in 2026, giving workers an average of three to five weeks’ pay through its profit-sharing program, one of the largest payouts in company history and a continuation of a practice that has distributed roughly $5 billion to employees over time.
- Scientists in China revealed that an 800-year-old Song Dynasty nobleman known as the Changzhou Mummy was remarkably preserved through a unique embalming method that left his organs intact and infused them with mercury, cinnabar, and fragrant oils via an enema, allowing detailed genetic, dietary, and health analyses that shed new light on medieval Chinese mummification practices and the ancient origins of diseases like atherosclerosis.
See you soon.
— Aaron
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