New information has surfaced regarding the January 7 death of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer after obstructing a deportation operation and ultimately endangering the officers’ lives.

The Minnesota Star Tribune reported that Good suffered four gunshot wounds, contradicting earlier reports of the January 7 incident that said she had three gunshot wounds.

Good was brought out of the vehicle to a snowbank and then the sidewalk to get ‘separation from an escalating scene involving law enforcement and bystanders.’

Citing the Minneapolis Fire Department’s incident report acquired through a state Data Practices Act request, the Tribune reported that paramedics found Good unresponsive, not breathing, and with an “inconsistent” and “irregular” pulse.

Good was brought out of the vehicle to a snowbank and then the sidewalk to get “separation from an escalating scene involving law enforcement and bystanders,” the Tribune wrote.

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According to the Star Tribune, the incident report said that Good had two gunshot wounds to her right chest, one on her left forearm, and one “with protruding tissue on the left side of [her] head.”

Blood was flowing out of her left ear, according to the outlet’s summary of the report.

Lifesaving efforts were given at the scene of the shooting, in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, and at the hospital, Hennepin County Medical Center. These efforts were stopped around 10:30 a.m.

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Four articles of impeachment have been filed against Minnesota Democrat Governor Tim Walz, and BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales believe not only that it has been a long time coming, but that far more needs to be done to rectify his actions.

“A person whose name is always synonymous with Somali fraud, it seems — sorry, I guess legally I have to say, like, ‘allegedly,’ seems like things are coming back to bite him,” Gonzales says on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.” “Of course, I’m talking about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.”

“Now, I would say, if the left wants to constantly impeach Donald Trump over nothing, we should probably impeach all of them over the things that they did that are actually crimes,” she continues.

The four articles that have been filed against Tim Walz include Article I: Violation of Oath of Office through Concealment of Fraud; Article II: Interference with Oversight and Investigations; Article III: Prioritizing Political Considerations Over Lawful Administration; and Article IV: Failure to Steward Public Funds.

“The only way in which he gets away with this is that it’s Democrat-run in Minnesota and the Democrats just won’t ever do this to one of their own. That’s the only way, because all the receipts we’ve gone over ad nauseum, like, the receipts are there that he did all of these things,” Gonzales says.

Walz has also dropped out of the next gubernatorial race, which he claimed he was doing to get to the bottom of the fraud.

“Tim Walz is like, ‘I’m dropping out to help get to the bottom of’ why he was such a facilitator to fraud, I guess,” Gonzales mocks, before playing a clip of Walz making the excuse.

“Every minute that I spend defending my own political interest would be a minute I can’t spend defending the people of Minnesota against the criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who want to prey on our differences,” Walz announced.

“So I’ve decided to step out of this race, and I’ll let others worry about the election while I focus on the work that’s in front of me for the next year,” he added.

“Oh, okay. It’s all the other people who are the problem,” Gonzales says.

“Now, obviously, I think Tim Walz should be impeached. I actually like President Trump’s idea better, which is that he just needs to be hauled away in handcuffs, which is what he posted on Truth Social,” she laughs.

“That is my president,” she adds.

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50 Cent is going from sin to sanctity.

Hot on the heels of his recent Netflix documentary on the debauched downfall of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, the rapper turned producer is set to release an urban crime drama inspired by the life of fourth-century Ethiopian monk Moses the Black.

Even in our compromised state, saints remain scandalous and alluring precisely because they cut against our deepest desires and despair.

Fans of Fox Nation’s “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints” will remember the violent bandit turned desert-dwelling ascetic as one of the series’ most fascinating subjects. Officially recognized by Pope Leo XIII in 1887, the former slave has long been venerated as the patron saint of nonviolence and is widely praised as a symbol of the power of peace and repentance.

Out for blood

“Moses the Black,” a loose retelling of that story set against the backdrop of modern-day Chicago, follows Malik (Omar Epps), a gang leader fresh out of prison and seeking to avenge his murdered friend.

Complicating his quest his is grandmother, an Orthodox Christian who gives him an icon of St. Moses, whom she describes as a “saint who was also a gang member.” Haunted by frustration, loss, and a lifetime of sins, Malik starts having visions of the saint, who warns him that the bloody path he has embarked upon is one he will regret.

“Moses” — which also features hip-hop notables Wiz Khalifa and Quavo — makes for an interesting companion piece to director Yelena Popovic’s previous outing, 2021 St. Nektarios biopic “Man of God.” Where that film depicts sanctity as something preserved through obedience and suffering, “Moses” imagines it reclaimed from disorder.

Mean streets

Malik navigates an inner city filled with dealers and enforcers locked into violent criminal lives, casually killing rivals or shooting up funerals over petty grudges. These sequences are among the film’s darkest and do not soften their portrayal of brutality or drug use.

“Moses” is clearly a personal project for the platinum-selling artist born Curtis Jackson, whose own background mirrors Malik’s. Raised by a single mother in Jamaica, Queens — herself a drug dealer who was murdered when he was 8 — Jackson entered the drug trade at a young age. After barely surviving an attack by a rival in 2000, Jackson released his debut “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” in 2003.

Although that album cemented Jackson’s association with the violence and materialism of gangsta rap, its cover found him wearing a jewel-encrusted cross necklace. The tension between survival and transformation is one Jackson understands firsthand.

As he has said:

I believe in God. I didn’t survive being shot nine times for nothing. I didn’t claw my way out of the ‘hood just ’cause it was something to do. I know I’ve got a purpose, a reason for being on this planet. I don’t think I’ve done everything I’m supposed to do yet. But I do know this: I ain’t going nowhere ’til I’ve done it all.

Redemption song

There is something unsettling and compelling about the lives of saints. Even in our compromised state, they remain scandalous and alluring precisely because they cut against our deepest desires and despair. The film’s greatest strength is its depiction of how Catholics and Orthodox Christians turn to saints during moments of trial, seeking models of repentance and change — models Malik strains toward but does not easily inhabit.

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The film’s ambitions, however, exceed its budget. Extensive handheld camerawork — whether a stylistic or budgetary choice — sits uneasily beside green-screen flashbacks and CGI-heavy desert scenes. The rough Chicago footage clashes with these elements, and the film might have benefited from a tighter focus on Malik’s interior struggle. Exaggerated performances from the supporting cast further push many scenes into melodrama.

Despite its “faith-based” trappings, “Moses the Black” is emphatically not a family film. It includes graphic violence, coarse language, and crude sexual innuendo, narrowing its audience to those inclined to receive its warning. Still, its central claim — that mercy extends even to the gravest sinners — lands with force in a culture starved for hope.

“Moses the Black” will be released through Fathom Entertainment on January 30.

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Boys playing on the girls’ soccer team? It’s the American way.

That’s the bizarre message of a new ad in which a motley assemblage of actors and athletes lecture the viewer on the importance of allowing male high school athletes to compete against females.

‘Time and time again, we see powerful politicians fixate on trans kids.’

Released Monday, the 30-second clip kicks off the ACLU’s “More Than a Game” campaign, which seeks to draw attention to two Supreme Court cases the organization brought challenging state bans on transgender-identified biological males playing women’s sports.

‘Free’-for-all

In the spot, celebs ranging from soccer player turned activist Megan Rapinoe to actors Naomi Watts and Elliot (née Ellen) Page deliver feel-good, fact-free slogans like, “Supporting trans youth isn’t just about sports. It’s about freedom.”

The ad also claims that transgender children are “the living, breathing fabric of this country.”

“Sports are for every kid who wants to play — including trans youth,” the ACLU wrote in a message underneath the clip.

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Targeting ‘trans’

The group simultaneously released a petition against what it calls the Trump administration’s “attacks” on “trans kids.”

“Over the last several years, politicians across the country have targeted trans people and our families — and under the Trump administration, these attacks have only gotten more unconscionable and cruel,” the organization wrote in a statement accompanying the petition.

“One of their most consistent targets? Trans student athletes. Time and time again, we see powerful politicians fixate on trans kids and attempt to ban them from playing school sports with their friends.”

Without providing any citations, the ACLU claimed children have been subjected to “invasive and demeaning sex testing” which has allegedly resulted in “all of us [being] less safe and free to be ourselves.”

As of this writing, the petition has secured some 23,500 of the 25,000 signatures it seeks.

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Ban wagon

Other notable personalities to appear in the ACLU’s commercial included former WNBA player Sue Bird, current WNBA player Brianna Turner, actress Kara Young, and fashion designer Willy Chavarria.

Following oral arguments Tuesday, a majority of the justices signaled skepticism toward the challenges, suggesting the bans are likely to be upheld. The Court is expected to issue a formal ruling by late spring or summer.

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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) is pushing back against what he sees as growing uncertainty in Washington over abortion policy, rejecting any flexibility on federal abortion funding and warning against loosening long-standing pro-life protections.

“Federal dollars should not pay for abortion, period,” Cassidy told Blaze News.

‘The president is the straw that stirs the drink. He needs to be engaged. If he’s not, we won’t get a deal. If he does get engaged, we can get a deal.’

Cassidy made the remarks in response to questions from Rebeka Zeljko of Blaze News following a Senate hearing that examined chemical abortion and federal health policy.

President Donald Trump said pro-life advocates may need to be “flexible” on the Hyde Amendment, a decades-old provision that prevents taxpayer dollars from being used to pay for most abortions.

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For many conservatives, Hyde has long been viewed as one of the final federal safeguards limiting government involvement in abortion.

“I’m still not quite sure what he meant by that,” Cassidy said of Trump’s remarks, noting that the White House later appeared to walk them back. “Because he backed off on it a little bit.”

As chair of the Senate Health Committee, Cassidy said the larger concern is not campaign rhetoric but policy decisions that, in his view, have quietly expanded abortion access through the back door, particularly with the abortion drug mifepristone.

“It’s not like Tylenol,” Cassidy told Blaze News.

Cassidy pointed to Biden-era changes that allow mifepristone to be prescribed without an in-person doctor visit, a shift he said removed basic medical and ethical guardrails.

“This pill is only supposed to be given up to 10 weeks of pregnancy. If a woman who’s at 20 weeks of pregnancy takes the pill, she could have a complication, a terrible complication. A woman with an ectopic pregnancy can have a complication.”

Cassidy also warned that the lack of oversight has opened the door to coercion and abuse.

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“The fact that you can go online, click in your name as Michael Smith — not a female, but Michael Smith — you can get a pill and then give it to your girlfriend without her knowledge, or force her to take it, is wrong,” he said.

He argued that returning to pre-Biden rules would restore physician oversight, protect women from medical harm, and ensure that abortion is not treated as a routine, consequence-free decision.

Cassidy was also asked about recent reporting that the Trump administration restored tens of millions of dollars in Title X funding to Planned Parenthood after a lawsuit was dismissed.

Cassidy said he had not reviewed the specifics of the report but made his position clear.

“I voted for Planned Parenthood to be defunded,” he said.

The funding move has raised alarms among pro-life advocates, who argue that even restricted federal dollars ultimately prop up the nation’s largest abortion provider. The decision has added to frustration within the conservative base, particularly as chemical abortions now account for a growing share of procedures nationwide.

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Cassidy confirmed he is part of a group engaged in ongoing discussions with the White House as health care negotiations continue, including talks tied to the Affordable Care Act.

‘The president is the straw that stirs the drink,” Cassidy said. “He needs to be engaged. If he’s not, we won’t get a deal. If he does get engaged, we can get a deal.”

While Cassidy said he remains hopeful the administration will ultimately strengthen pro-life policies through regulatory action, he acknowledged growing concern among conservatives that early promises are being tested by bureaucratic inertia.

Asked about reports of rising abortion rates since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Cassidy said the issue goes beyond legislation.

“We [members of Congress] are a reflection of culture,” he said. “We need our culture to change.”

Cassidy pointed to pregnancy resource centers, adoption services, and community support as the real front lines of the pro-life movement.

“It isn’t a congressman or a senator that makes that decision,” he said. “It is the people in our communities.”

For now, Cassidy is drawing a clear line: no flexibility on Hyde, no normalization of chemical abortion, and no retreat from the pro-life safeguards conservatives have fought decades to secure.

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The Stanley Cup champions were not shy about showing their support for President Trump.

The Florida Panthers visited the White House to celebrate their second-straight league championship over the Edmonton Oilers.

‘I’m so proud to be an American, and I’m so proud to be here with you.’

Trump praised the team on Thursday, shaking hands and listing accomplishments as he remarked that many of the players and staff would be participating in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, many of them representing the United States.

Before accepting gifts from the players, the president introduced team owner and billionaire Vincent Viola, who made the Panthers’ support for the administration indisputable.

“I’m going to make it pretty clear that we are honored to be here, we are honored to be here with you as the president,” Viola said, keeping his words short.

Then star player Matthew Tkachuk took the podium to relish being an American at the White House.

“I want to say on behalf of the whole organization, mainly the players, we are so honored to be here. Being an American … nothing beats this, I’m so proud to be an American, and I’m so proud to be here with you,” Tkachuk said, motioning to Trump.

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Tkachuk noted the pain and effort that is required to win a Stanley Cup, stating, “Winning, it takes a toll, you pay a price for it.”

The 28-year-old certainly relished the moment and said he looked forward to wearing the red, white, and blue at the Winter Olympics.

“Representing you and the millions back here, next month at the Olympics, will be one of the highlights of my life as well,” he told the president.

Defenseman Seth Jones then presented President Trump with a Stanley Cup ring, captain Aleksander “Sasha” Barkov gave the president a No. 47 jersey, and Tkachuk presented Trump with a golden hockey stick.

As the team dispersed, an orchestral version of “We Are the Champions” by Queen played as Trump walked off the stage.

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The Panthers kept the Stanley Cup out of the hands of Canadian teams for yet another year with their second-straight win over the Oilers and their third-straight appearance in the finals.

No Canadian team has won the cup since the 1993 Montreal Canadiens. Interestingly Florida’s other team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, appeared in three-straight finals before the Panthers and won two also.

Oilers captain Connor McDavid, who is widely regarded as the best player in the world, has split fans in recent years for defending the highly controversial gay pride nights in the NHL.

“It’s not my call, but obviously it’s disappointing,” he said in 2023. “I certainly can’t speak for every organization. … I know in Edmonton, we were one of the first teams to use the Pride tape,” the star boasted.

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While there have been mixed reactions to the January 3 capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro by the U.S., few have shown greater support for the move than opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.

On Thursday, Machado visited President Donald Trump at the White House and presented him with her Nobel Peace Prize, which she won in October.

‘María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done.’

When asked in a Fox interview why she gave her medal to the president of the United States, Machado had a simple answer: “Because he deserves it.”

“It was a very emotional moment. I decided to present the Nobel Peace Prize medal on behalf of the people of Venezuela.”

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The medal was presented to Trump in a large golden frame with text that reads: “To President Donald J. Trump in Gratitude for Your Extraordinary Leadership in Promoting Peace Through Strength.” The text further calls the award a “Personal Symbol of Gratitude on behalf of the Venezuelan People.”

After the meeting, Trump wrote on Truth Social: “María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you María!”

A White House official confirmed to CNBC that Trump intends to keep the medal.

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A day-care worker in Minnesota confessed to “intentionally suffocating” an 11-month-old boy who died last fall, police told WCCO-TV, adding that it was “an attention-seeking act.”

Theah Loudemia Russell, 18, is in custody and will face a second-degree murder charge and other charges, Savage Police Chief Brady Juell told the station, which added that formal charges were expected to be filed Thursday.

Authorities investigating Russell’s background found ‘a documented history of attention-seeking behavior,’ including ‘nonsensical’ 911 calls, fire-starting, and ‘erratic behavior toward other children,’ Juell added to the station.

A 911 call came from Rocking Horse Ranch in Savage on Sept. 22 reporting that a child — later identified as 11-month-old Harvey Muklebust — was not breathing, WCCO said.

Authorities responded, and the boy was taken to a hospital where he later died, the station said.

Three days before, Savage police responded to Rocking Horse Ranch on a report of an unresponsive 4-month-old, the chief told WCCO. In addition, just two hours before the 911 call about the 11-month-old boy, the same 4-month-old child was found unresponsive, but police were not called, the station said.

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Juell told WCCO that Russell’s “behavior and actions at the scene immediately raised suspicion, drawing investigative focus to her as the primary person of interest.”

Authorities investigating Russell’s background found “a documented history of attention-seeking behavior,” including “nonsensical” 911 calls, fire-starting, and “erratic behavior toward other children,” Juell added to the station.

Following a three-month investigation, Juell told KTSP-TV a clear pattern emerged: Russell was involved in all three incidents at the day care, had the last contacts with the children before the incidents occurred — and exhibited suspicious behavior in the immediate aftermath of each incident.

Russell in an interview with police confessed to “intentionally suffocating” Muklebust and the other child “in an attention-seeking act,” Juell told WCCO, adding that she “confessed to the attempted murder of our first victim on two occasions and to the murder of Harvey Muklebust.”

Russell had worked at the day care for only three weeks before the boy’s death, Juell noted to the station.

WCCO said that after the infant’s death, Rocking Horse Ranch owner Lisa Weiss told the station she had no comment.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services said it suspended Rocking Horse Ranch’s license on Sept. 23 but that the suspension is under appeal.

Russell on Friday was listed on the inmate roster at Scott County Jail. She’s also facing felony assault charges, jail records show.

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Riots broke out in Minneapolis on Wednesday after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot one of three illegal aliens the Department of Homeland Security claims savagely attacked him in an effort to evade arrest.

During the violent riots, independent journalist Nick Sortor captured damning footage of radicals ransacking and destroying federal vehicles. In one of Sortor’s videos, anti-ICE rioters appear to rip a weapons locker out of a federal vehicle. In another video, radicals appear to successfully break open a different weapons locker and seemingly steal a rifle.

Sortor not only managed in the second video to get clear images of the suspected rifle thief’s face — a face with a very specific tattoo — but his apparent license plate as well.

‘Minnesota leadership ENCOURAGES lawbreaking.’

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday evening that agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives working in concert with Justice Department partners captured a known member of the Latin Kings gang who allegedly stole FBI body armor and weaponry. Fox News confirmed that the suspect is 33-year-old Raul Gutierrez.

Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office records indicate that Gutierrez of Inver Grove Heights is being held on theft and weapons charges.

“This criminal is a perfect example of what our brave federal law enforcement agents are up against every day as Minnesota leadership ENCOURAGES lawbreaking,” said Bondi.

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Bondi indicated that Gutierrez has a history of violence.

FBI Director Kash Patel indicated that “there will be more arrests,” emphasizing that “any individual who attacks law enforcement or vandalizes federal property paid for by hardworking taxpayers will be found and arrested.”

Sortor, whose vehicle was mobbed and vandalized by anti-ICE radicals on Sunday, noted on Friday that in the wake of the arrest, he has been inundated with complaints from leftists.

“Their Trump Derangement Syndrome is so bad that they’re defending violent gang members who steal machine guns. Lmao,” wrote Sortor. “What a time to be alive.”

Antifa has circulated Sortor’s picture on the liberal X knockoff Bluesky.

Journalist Cam Higby indicated on Thursday that he was swarmed and attacked by anti-ICE protesters who had mistaken him for Sortor.

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