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DOJ Civil Rights Declines ICE Shooting Probe
Dana and Allison discuss the Civil Rights Division's decision not to investigate the ICE officer's fatal shooting of Renée Good in Minneapolis.
Tuesday, January 13th, 2026
Today, Fed Chair Jerome Powell is being criminally investigated by the Trump administration and has issued a rare public rebuke; Senator Mark Kelly is suing Pete Kegseth; prosecutors in the DOJ Civil Rights Division are declining to investigate the murder of Renée Good; Trump says inclined to exclude ExxonMobil from his plan to plunder Venezuelan oil; Trump says he regrets not seizing voting machines after the 2020 election; Trump's EPA announced it’s going to stop considering lives saved when setting rules on air pollution; Democrat Mary Peltola has announced her bid for US senate in Alaska; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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