🗞️ The Daily Dean Newsletter: Thursday, January 8, 2025

ICE Executes an American Mom While Trump Posts Fake Video of her Murder · Noem Faces Impeachment · CBS Collapses · Trump Rewrites Reality ·

January 8, 2025

These aren’t disconnected outrages. They’re not “bad optics” or “troubling developments.” They are systemic proof that the American state is crossing a line it may not return from.

When armed federal agents kill civilians…
When the government lies to cover it up…
When a former president spreads manipulated video to justify the killing…
When the press looks away instead of digging in…

That’s not democracy wobbling.
That’s fundamental human rights collapsing in real time.

Here’s what every democracy-loving reader needs to know today.

1️⃣ ICE Executed a Mother in Minneapolis

What happened:
A 37-year-old mother of three was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Within hours, federal officials began spreading false claims portraying her as a violent threat—claims contradicted by eyewitnesses, forensic reality, and basic logic.

Why it matters:
This was not a “tragic mistake.” It was state violence followed by a coordinated lie. When federal agencies kill civilians and then rewrite the narrative to justify it, due process is already dead—and no one is safe from becoming the next headline.

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2️⃣ Congress Is Preparing Articles of Impeachment Against Kristi Noem

What happened:
Congress is actively preparing Articles of Impeachment against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, citing systemic abuses, civil-rights violations, and her role in unleashing and protecting violent enforcement tactics.

Why it matters:
This is a rare moment where the Trump Regime is being forced to confront its own undeniably violent machinery of repression. If accountability fails here, it sends a clear signal: state violence is not a bug—it’s a feature.

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3️⃣ CBS News Has Fallen—and Took Journalism With It

What happened:
In a live conversation with one of America’s greatest political strategists, Steve Schmidt, we broke down how CBS News—once a pillar of democratic accountability—has hollowed itself out, choosing access, timidity, and false balance over truth. Like the Erasure of January 6th.

Why it matters:
Authoritarianism cannot thrive without media compliance. When legacy outlets refuse to name state violence for what it is, they stop being watchdogs and start acting as shields for power.

Watch it here:

4️⃣ Trump Rewrites Reality to Excuse State Violence

What happened:
Donald Trump once again painted himself as the victim of the January 6th insurrection, using the official White House Website to paint himself and 1500 violent insurrectionists as heroes, while defending the brutality carried out in his name—deploying distorted narratives designed to excuse repression and pre-empt accountability.

Why it matters:
This is the authoritarian playbook in action: lie loudly, repeat endlessly, and dare the truth to keep up. When reality becomes optional, violence becomes policy.

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5️⃣ Trump Pushes a Fake Video to Justify the Killing of Rene Good

What happened:
Trump and his propaganda ecosystem circulated a manipulated video claiming to show ICE acting in self-defense during the killing of Rene Good. On SS Live, Zev Shalev and Nic Paro dismantled the footage frame-by-frame—exposing edits, missing context, and deliberate distortions designed to exonerate the shooter and criminalize the victim.

Why it matters:
This wasn’t spin. It was MORE evidence tampering as a political strategy. When a former president amplifies a doctored video to launder a killing into “law enforcement,” that is propaganda in its purest, most dangerous form. This is how authoritarian states normalize murder.

Read more and watch:
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Shared Manipulated Video to Justify Minneapolis ICE Killing

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Today’s Quote

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.