The White House defended a racist video post that depicted former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes before taking it down 12 hours later. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/07/world/politics/trump-racist-obamas-post/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #barackobama #discrimination #race
James Gleick
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"The rationalization of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis is that she was using her vehicle to try to kill ICE agents, a claim belied by available video footage and by analysis from Bellingcat and others.
But there's probably a reason that, according to analysis from the New York Times, all nine of the ICE agents who fired their weapons from September through Wednesday were firing at people in vehicles:"
~ Philip Bump
#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #fascism
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https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/unlocking-the-mundane-mysteries-of-the-world/
Michael Bacon
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As Brian Bennett noted over ten years ago, a report by law enforcement experts found that "Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers and have fired in frustration at people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border, according to an independent review of 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths."
#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #WhiteSupremacy #fascism
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-killings-20140227-story.html
Michael Bacon
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"Whether in the case of George Floyd, who was murdered not far from where Ms. Good was killed, or Philando Castile, who was also killed in the Twin Cities while sitting in his car with his fiancée’ and her four-year-old daughter, or Samuel DuBose, who was killed in his car in Cincinnati after being approached by an officer and then shot at point blank range as he attempted to drive away."
Michael Bacon
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As Sherrilyn Ifill notes, all of the lies we're now hearing from the Trump regime about how Renee Good earned her death by not obeying authority and threatening the ICE man who killed her (none of this happened) —"All of these arguments were deployed routinely in one form or another in the flurry of high-profile cases caught on video of police officers killing unarmed Black men from 2013-2020."
#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #WhiteSupremacy #fascism
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https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/whether-it-is-ice-or-local-police
Mastodon Migration
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"those were the only weapons — 'weapons' — protesters had. If the use of deadly force requires an imminent threat, the threat requires a rationalization."
"The rationalization of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis is that she was using her vehicle to try to kill ICE agents, a claim belied by available video footage and by analysis from Bellingcat and others.
But there's probably a reason that, according to analysis from the New York Times, all nine of the ICE agents who fired their weapons from September through Wednesday were firing at people in vehicles:"
~ Philip Bump
#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #fascism
/19
https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/unlocking-the-mundane-mysteries-of-the-world/
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"those were the only weapons — 'weapons' — protesters had. If the use of deadly force requires an imminent threat, the threat requires a rationalization."
"The case is yet another illustration of a point that is crucial to understand about the rise of fascism in this country: misogyny is not an incidental feature or an optional add-on or comorbidity. Misogyny is the beating heart of a fascism that violently safeguards and shores up white male authority—by punishing any social subordinate who questions the designated authority figures."
~ Kate Manne
#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #misogyny #WhiteSupremacy #fascism
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https://katemanne.substack.com/p/renee-goods-murder-was-misogyny
"The rationalization of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis is that she was using her vehicle to try to kill ICE agents, a claim belied by available video footage and by analysis from Bellingcat and others.
But there's probably a reason that, according to analysis from the New York Times, all nine of the ICE agents who fired their weapons from September through Wednesday were firing at people in vehicles:"
~ Philip Bump
#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #fascism
/19
https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/unlocking-the-mundane-mysteries-of-the-world/
"With guns…. Where military law enforcement is being used to police American citizens under the pretense that something so dangerous is happening that this has to happen even though they are creating the danger."
"The case is yet another illustration of a point that is crucial to understand about the rise of fascism in this country: misogyny is not an incidental feature or an optional add-on or comorbidity. Misogyny is the beating heart of a fascism that violently safeguards and shores up white male authority—by punishing any social subordinate who questions the designated authority figures."
~ Kate Manne
#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #misogyny #WhiteSupremacy #fascism
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https://katemanne.substack.com/p/renee-goods-murder-was-misogyny
"They're in, many of them, in cars or trucks or SUVs that are unmarked. Now, this is, you know, I've been around for many, many years. This has never happened to my knowledge before in America. In America, in the United States, that you have all of these, an entire armed guard system out there under the authority of the president of the United States, in the states, in our cities."
~ Robert Reich
#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #WhiteSupremacy #fascism
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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-deadly-forces-the-coffee-klatch
"With guns…. Where military law enforcement is being used to police American citizens under the pretense that something so dangerous is happening that this has to happen even though they are creating the danger."
"It’s like they are spending tax dollars to hire a private army to terrorize, assault, kneel on, spray 'chemical irritants' on, arrest, and yes, kill the citizens of this country, including Renee Nicole Good."
"They're in, many of them, in cars or trucks or SUVs that are unmarked. Now, this is, you know, I've been around for many, many years. This has never happened to my knowledge before in America. In America, in the United States, that you have all of these, an entire armed guard system out there under the authority of the president of the United States, in the states, in our cities."
~ Robert Reich
#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #WhiteSupremacy #fascism
/16
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-deadly-forces-the-coffee-klatch
"It’s like they are spending tax dollars to hire a private army to terrorize, assault, kneel on, spray 'chemical irritants' on, arrest, and yes, kill the citizens of this country, including Renee Nicole Good."
"ICE doesn’t enforce borders. It enforces whiteness."
~ Julie Roginsky
#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #WhiteSupremacy #fascism
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https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/ice-calls-on-white-nationalists-to
As Brian Bennett noted over ten years ago, a report by law enforcement experts found that "Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers and have fired in frustration at people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border, according to an independent review of 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths."
#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #WhiteSupremacy #fascism
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https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-killings-20140227-story.html
"But the tactics used against Black communities can be transferred to other communities, often with slight modifications."
"ICE doesn’t enforce borders. It enforces whiteness."
~ Julie Roginsky
#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #WhiteSupremacy #fascism
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https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/ice-calls-on-white-nationalists-to
"The officer said he was being 'dragged' when DuBose started to drive away. The video of the incident showed that the officer was not dragged, or Walter Scott who was pulled over in his car in North Charleston, South Carolina, and then shot five times in the back as he fled by Officer Michael Slager.
And there are others. Too many others."
"But the tactics used against Black communities can be transferred to other communities, often with slight modifications."
"Whether in the case of George Floyd, who was murdered not far from where Ms. Good was killed, or Philando Castile, who was also killed in the Twin Cities while sitting in his car with his fiancée’ and her four-year-old daughter, or Samuel DuBose, who was killed in his car in Cincinnati after being approached by an officer and then shot at point blank range as he attempted to drive away."
"The officer said he was being 'dragged' when DuBose started to drive away. The video of the incident showed that the officer was not dragged, or Walter Scott who was pulled over in his car in North Charleston, South Carolina, and then shot five times in the back as he fled by Officer Michael Slager.
And there are others. Too many others."
As Sherrilyn Ifill notes, all of the lies we're now hearing from the Trump regime about how Renee Good earned her death by not obeying authority and threatening the ICE man who killed her (none of this happened) —"All of these arguments were deployed routinely in one form or another in the flurry of high-profile cases caught on video of police officers killing unarmed Black men from 2013-2020."
#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #WhiteSupremacy #fascism
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https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/whether-it-is-ice-or-local-police
"Whether in the case of George Floyd, who was murdered not far from where Ms. Good was killed, or Philando Castile, who was also killed in the Twin Cities while sitting in his car with his fiancée’ and her four-year-old daughter, or Samuel DuBose, who was killed in his car in Cincinnati after being approached by an officer and then shot at point blank range as he attempted to drive away."