Families angry about ads featuring loved ones' brutal murders

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OtxShJz75KU

 

U.S. restricts troops from leaving Okinawa base after Marine accused of murder | PBS News

"I must say, discipline and troop education are not working at all," Kenji Higa, who lives in Okinawa City, told the Okinawa Times. He was referring to the U.S. military's measures taken in response to past criminal cases. 

People in Okinawa have long opposed the heavy U.S. military presence on the island, but some have come to see its strategic value due to what is widely viewed as a growing threat from China…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-restricts-troops-from-leaving-okinawa-base-after-marine-accused-of-murder

 

Nine out of 10 unsolved murders in London linked to minority ethnic victims

Killers who take the lives of black people have a greater chance of getting away with their crimes than those who target white people, new research shows...

 https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/aug/23/nine-out-of-10-unsolved-murders-in-london-linked-to-non-white-victims

 

A jury found two police officers covered up a murder. Trump PARDONED them

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6hjcwToC0I

 

She’s Charged With Killing Her Twins. The Anti-Vaccine Movement Made Her a Martyr. – Mother Jones

Andrea Shaw is charged with suffocating her toddlers. Children’s Health Defense says it was the vaccines...

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/andrea-shaw-vaccines-childrens-health-defense-murder-charges/

 

Shocking texts between police investigators revealed in new Karen Read lawsuit

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgrX_uStpqo

Georgia woman charged with murder after police say she took pills to induce abortion

If prosecuted, case against 31-year-old would be one of first in Georgia since it passed 2019 law banning most abortions…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/19/georgia-murder-charges-abortion

 

Weekly Roundup: American Authoritarian Empire: From Minneapolis to Venezuela to Greenland (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

Brad returns from a two week break to examine three disturbing stories that reveal how authoritarian power is expanding in the United States and how empathy is being systematically stripped from public life. He begins with the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, a white American poet and mother shot by an ICE officer during an operation. The administration's response was marked by complete indifference, with officials offering no compassion for Good or her family and JD Vance asserting that the officer should have absolute immunity. Brad argues this case represents a dangerous shift. The logic of impunity long applied to marginalized communities is now being extended outward, signaling that anyone can become a target once state violence is normalized.

The episode then turns to the U.S. operation in Venezuela and Trump's escalating threats toward Greenland. In Venezuela, Trump openly framed the military action around oil interests rather than democracy, reviving a Monroe Doctrine style vision of hemispheric control rooted in Christian and Western supremacist ideology. Threats toward Greenland further signal an imperial mindset that would shatter NATO alliances and dismantle the post World War II international order. Across all three stories, Brad traces a consistent theme. Empathy is treated as an obstacle to power, impunity is expanding, and figures like JD Vance are refining a more polished authoritarian message for the future. The result is a political project that no longer seeks separation or retreat, but expansion, domination, and the erosion of democratic restraint.
Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/weekly-roundup-american-authoritarian-empire-from-minneapolis-to-venezuela-to-greenland?hsLang=en

 

David Frum on Trump’s Venezuela Venture (Al Franken podcast on YouTube)

We had a chaotic start to the new year with Donald Trump invading Venezuela and kidnapping dictator Nicolás Maduro. We’re joined by The Atlantic's David Frum to help us make sense of and give us important context on the situation. Trump says that America is running the country and might be there for years to come. It sounds more like old-fashioned imperialism than a democratic transition.

Trump has openly admitted that this is about oil. He says he's taking Venezuelan oil and putting it into a special account controlled only by the President. Isn't it the job of Congress to appropriate how money is spent in this country?

We also discuss the administration's plans for Greenland. Are we actually prepared to seize it from our NATO ally, Denmark? Trump says yes. How crazy is that?!

Al also shares his thoughts on the horrific situation in his home state of Minnesota as ICE’s reckless aggression led to the murder of Renee Good.
Interview: 

https://youtu.be/d5uj7zG18cA?si=lAD2YsgM5_3FBS-2

FBI Ices Out Minnesota (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

Minnesota leaders push for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to be included in the FBI's investigation into the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.

DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s federal indictment of the alleged pipe bomber may have come too late to be within the federal statute of limitations.

As expected, a federal judge has ruled that the Trump-appointed US Attorney in the Northern District of New York was unlawfully appointed, and a separate judge has ordered Lindsey Halligan to address why her name is still appearing on indictments in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Congressional Representatives are asking a judge to appoint a special master and an independent monitor to compel the Department of Justice to release the Epstein Files pursuant to the law.

Plus listener questions…
Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-pjrwq-2a378ae8

GOP signals end to probes into military’s killing of boat strike survivors - The Washington Post

"Whether lawmakers or analysts call them a war crime or murder, the real problem is these uses of deadly force are not legally justified," said Geoffrey Corn, a professor of law at Texas Tech University and a former Army lawyer...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/18/boat-strike-survivors-congress-inquiries/

 

"Alejandro Was Murdered": Colombian Fisherman's Family Files Claim Against boat strike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLXA9uLUWmA

 

Venezuela says 11 killed in US boat strike were not gang members amid reports vessel was returning to shore

Interior minister says 'murder has been committed' while US Congress demands justification for attack…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/venezuela-boat-strike-tren-de-aragua-trump 

"The Fort Bragg Cartel": Book Exposes U.S. Special Forces' Involvement in drug trafficking and murder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxbW0CCuT7E

 

Murders are down nationwide. Researchers say COVID is a big reason why : NPR

Analysts say a reinvestment in communities from local government after the pandemic's disruption is a key reason…

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5448852/murders-down-nationwide-covid 

 

Recent US political violence aided by DIY murder tradecraft available on internet

People locators, 3D weapon blueprints, tactical planning – all accessible on the web for potential attackers or terrorists…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/21/political-violence-online-murder-tradecraft

 

All Hell Breaks Loose When Marjorie Taylor Greene Accuses governors of murder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7VHfcVjUCM

 

Immigrant Priest gunned down by a MAGAt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpfOpzbBpQA

 

Palestinian American teen shot dead by Israeli settler, officials say | West Bank | The Guardian

Settler violence in the West Bank, including incursions into occupied territory and raids on Bedouin villages and encampments, has intensified since Israel's war on Gaza began in October 2023. 

 European countries and the previous US administration under Joe Biden imposed sanctions on violent Israeli settlers, though the White House under Donald Trump removed these sanctions. 

The Israeli military has also in recent months carried what it called a "large-scale military operation" in the West Bank to root out militants...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/palestinian-teen-citizen-killed-israeli-settler

 

US-born teenager murdered by father in Pakistan over TikTok content

Anwar ul-Haq confessed to shooting his 15-year-old daughter after she continued with her 'objectionable' posts…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/29/us-born-teenager-killed-by-father-in-pakistan-over-tiktok-content