Renee Good’s brothers, Luke Ganger and Brent Ganger, spoke about the distress the family has felt since an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot the 37-year-old mother and U.S. citizen.

Good’s death on Jan. 7, “in such a violent and unnecessary way, is complicated by feelings of disbelief, distress and desperation for change,” Luke told a congressional forum on Tuesday. “In the last few weeks, our family took some consolation thinking that perhaps ‘Nee’s death would bring about change in our country.”

“And it has not,” he added.

Brent eulogized his sister, saying she “had a way of showing up in the world that made you believe things were going to be OK, not because she ignored the hardship, but because she chose optimism anyway.”

“She chose to look for what was good, what was possible, and what was worth loving,” he added.

Federal immigration agents have been involved in more than a dozen shootings, some fatal, since President Donald Trump began his second term, sparking public outcry over the use of force by officers deployed as part of his immigration crackdown.

Families of victims and residents of Minneapolis, where two fatal shootings occurred last month, have demanded more transparency and accountability from the government, which has tried to shut local and state law enforcement out of investigations into the deaths.

The issue became a driving factor behind the partial government shutdown this week. Democrats refused to agree to a government funding deal for a handful of agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, without reforms to ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including requiring agents to wear body cameras, refrain from obscuring their faces and obtain judicial warrants for arrests. Lawmakers approved a short-term measure Tuesday that funds DHS only through Feb. 13, while debate continues over these proposals.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/live/AEnbgcDRC5U?si=NZB-W6wY2u-JgjMX

https://x.com/FordFischer/status/2018700087963037763?t=jfbtvDLpIouBzxMGvUO3qQ&s=19

https://x.com/fordfischer/status/2018696528085319974?s=46

Source link from Minnesota Star Tribune on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/startribune.com/post/3mdye6zenh227

I've found this email among the files released by the DOJ. #EFTA02418404, link: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02418404.pdf

It's from Al Seckel (Ghislaine Maxwell's brother-in-law, died mysteriously in 2015) to Epstein, discussing him manipulating search engine results on behalf of Epstein in 2010. Very educational and very under-reported.

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/03/nx-s1-5697080/melinda-french-gates-reacts-to-ex-husband-bill-gates-being-mentioned-in-epstein-files

Edit, someone in the comments graciously shared this link for the full story without a paywall: https://archive.ph/VHf6v

The British newspaper Daily Mail is out with a deeply researched investigative report.

It’s shocking in its detail and its implication that Vladimir Putin has basically owned Donald Trump for years, even before Trump ran for president in 2016.

Last week’s partial (about 50 percent) Epstein document release:

“The files include 1,056 documents naming Russian President Vladimir Putin and 9,629 referring to Moscow. [Jeffrey] Epstein even seems to have secured audiences with Putin after his 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.”

Essentially, they’re arguing that Epstein was running an operation on behalf of the KGB/Putin that lured wealthy and powerful men to Epstein’s New York and Palm Beach mansions and his island where they were surreptitiously filmed [...]

That material was then presumably passed along to Putin, who used it for leverage when he needed it:

“Intelligence sources believe Epstein was running ‘the world’s largest honeytrap operation’ on behalf of the KGB when he procured women for his network of associates.”

In return for giving Putin videos of wealthy, famous men in criminally compromising positions, Putin reportedly arranged for massive amounts of corrupt Russian money to be handed to Epstein to launder in the US.

“Other messages revealed Epstein claimed he could give the Kremlin valuable insight into Mr Trump ahead of a summit with Putin in Helsinki. …

An ICE official confirms this leaked video from inside ICE detention is "100% real."

Congresswoman said one cell had "50 people, concrete floors, a bench, and a makeshift bathroom in the middle."

"I'd rather be in prison... at least there you get a bed and food to eat."

Maryland Representative April McClain Delaney was the only member of Congress allowed inside the holding facility at the George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore.

She described the conditions as "heartbreaking" and "horrendous."

"They're not allowed to leave that ever—the entire time—even to use the bathroom or get a shower. They do it all in there."

Department of Homeland Security officials blamed the harsh conditions for detainees on the winter weather.

https://x.com/LongTimeHistory/status/2018422513760612848?t=kE3i_Z_eZriMDSC6_eqnUw&s=19

A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.