Friday, January 9, 2026

Your government is lying to you

I watched videos of a federal agent shooting and killing Renee Nicole Good and felt anger well up in my throat, knowing the government was lying. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Fri Jan 9 2026

 
Demonstrators gather at a vigil after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a U.S. citizen on Jan. 7, 2026, in Minneapolis.

I watched videos of a federal agent shooting and killing Renee Nicole Good and felt anger well up in my throat, knowing the government was lying.

A solidarity vigil in Nashville on Jan. 8, 2026, for Renee Nicole Good, 37, who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis two days earlier.
 

Renee Nicole Good didn't have to die. But ICE isn't the enemy.

I am saddened and angry by what I am seeing unfold in Minnesota. What happened to Renee Nicole Good is terrible. But ICE agents have not gone 'rogue.'

Pictures and awards earned by their sons cover a wall at the home of Ilkhom Muradov and Shakhnoza Mihboieva in Aurora, Illinois.
 

America welcomed us as refugees. So why did ICE seize my husband?

We believed in the welcome America offered to families fleeing war. We fled Ukraine to protect our children. Now we face a different kind of fear.

President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at a news conference following a U.S. strike on Venezuela that captured President Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores on Jan. 3, 2026.
 

Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' policy is the president at his best

A revival of the Monroe Doctrine is welcome news for America and just another example of President Trump's competence in foreign policy.

President Donald Trump's senior aide Stephen Miller speaks to reporters about Venezuela at the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 5, 2026.
 

Even Republicans are 'sick of stupid' about Greenland

President Donald Trump's deputy chief of staff exacerbated a truly stupid international crisis.

A person celebrates with Venezuelan and U.S. flags in New York City after the United States struck Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026, capturing its president and first lady.
 

We should listen to this Venezuelan. Socialism can't be the future.

For Americans, I think it's hard to fully grasp what life is like under such a dictatorship. So I asked someone who experienced it firsthand.

A supporter of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro holds a painting of him and late President Hugo Chavez, in the background, during a march in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 4, 2026.
 

Progressive friends, stop opining. Ask a Venezuelan first.

While my Venezuelan wife was cheering Maduro's capture, I realized I was in an odd position: My team was protesting while my family was celebrating.

Demonstrators calling for a democratic transition in Venezuela rally in London on Jan. 4, 2026.
 

Not all Venezuelan Americans are celebrating. I'm one of them.

Many of the Venezuelans jubilantly celebrating Nicolás Maduro's removal are also celebrating what they see as the 'death of socialism.'

A demonstrator in Monterey, California, on Jan. 3, 2026,
 

What's next for Venezuela? 4-point plan offers path forward.

While it may be tempting to go further and seek regime change in places from Colombia to Cuba, there are real dangers of overextension.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speak with each other before the start of a news conference with President Donald Trump at the White House on May 12, 2025.
 

RFK Jr., Dr. Oz: Medicaid didn't fix rural health care crisis. We are.

We're Making America Healthy Again for all Americans, not just those who live near nationally ranked research hospitals, write RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz.

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