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VIDEO OF THE DAY: New cellphone video shows Renee Good's last moments
The footage from ICE agent Jonathan Ross's cellphone that he himself was recording shows that Renee Good's last words to him were "It's okay dude, I'm not mad at you." It also shows that directly after murdering her, Ross called her "fucking bitch," making it pretty obvious that this was a deliberate murder committed to punish Good for failing to be intimidated by him and offering forgiveness instead of the cowed submission he was looking for. The footage clearly contradicts the disgusting narratives being pushed by the White House smearing Good as some kind of ideological radical intent on committing vehicular homicide. Get this man in cuffs and in front of a jury, stat.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gets shuttered after longest union strike in the history of newspapers
News broke late last year that striking workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette were headed back to the office after more than three years since they first walked out of the newsroom in 2022. Members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh-CWA returned to work in November as victors in a grueling multi-year struggle with Block Communications—the longest strike in the history of U.S. newspapers and of any Pittsburgh industry. The U.S. Court of Appeals had ordered the company to resume bargaining a new union contract allowing workers and management to move forward with a clean slate. The family-owned Block Communications has now blocked the possibility. Mere hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s request to stay the November ruling, the owners of the nearly 240-year-old newspaper announced on Wednesday that they would be shutting it down entirely come May. The company claimed in a statement that financial pressures facing local journalism make “continued cash losses at this scale no longer sustainable.” When reached for comment, Block Communications forwarded the previously released statement but declined to comment further. Block Communications—a regional media conglomerate that also operates The Toledo Blade out of Ohio—is run by the monied Allen and John Block twins, with the latter serving as the Post-Gazette’s publisher. The Block brothers’ pro-Trump political leanings, petty demands, and legal squabbles had caused friction within the newsroom long before anyone made it to the bargaining table.

Proven winner Mallory McMorrow launches bid to protect VITAL battleground Senate seat
Mallory McMorrow for Senate: Progressive champion Mallory McMorrow gained national attention with her viral speech defending LGBTQ rights in the Michigan state Senate, and now she’s running to pick up the torch from retiring Senator Gary Peters. McMorrow has a proven history-making track record, having helped flip the Michigan Senate for the first time since the 80s and winning a blue trifecta. Now she’s ready to defeat MAGA extremist Mike Rogers and flip the US Senate blue. Will you chip in to jump-start her campaign?

Judge says Trump administration can’t block child care, other program money for 5 states for now
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot block federal money for child care subsidies and other programs aimed at supporting low-income families with children from flowing to five Democrat-led states for now. The states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York argued that a policy announced Tuesday to freeze funds for three grant programs is having an immediate impact on them and creating “operational chaos.” In court filings and a hearing earlier Friday, the states contended that the government did not have a legal reason for holding back the money from them. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it was pausing the funding because it had “reason to believe” the states were granting benefits to people in the country illegally, though it did not provide evidence or explain why it was targeting those states and not others.

A use-of-force review board clears the officer who fatally shot Ta’Kiya Young and her unborn child
A use-of-force review board cleared the Ohio police officer who shot and killed 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother who had been accused of shoplifting, according to a statement from the police department’s chief released this week. The five-member review board, empaneled by Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford, found that Officer Connor Grubb did not violate department policy when he fatally shot Young on Aug. 24, 2023, during an encounter in a Kroger parking lot in a Columbus suburb. Sean Walton, an attorney representing Young’s family, said the review board’s results are “unsurprising” and the department’s policies are “a clear and present danger to everyone who encounters their officers.”

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US intercepts fifth sanctioned tanker as it exerts control over Venezuelan oil distribution
U.S. forces boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the U.S. military said, as the Trump administration targets sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela as part of a broader effort to take control of the South American country’s oil. The predawn raid was carried out by Marines and Navy sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, part of the extensive force the U.S. has built up in the Caribbean in recent months, according to U.S. Southern Command, which declared “there is no safe haven for criminals” as it announced the seizure of the tanker called the Olina. The Coast Guard then took control of the vessel, officials said.

UN says the US has "legal obligation" to fund agencies after Trump withdraws from several
The top United Nations official on Thursday said the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it is withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he regretted President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from 31 U.N.-related agencies, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations. The U.S. will also depart from dozens of other global organizations or initiatives not affiliated with the U.N. “As we have consistently underscored, assessed contributions to the United Nations regular budget and peacekeeping budget, as approved by the General Assembly, are a legal obligation under the UN Charter for all Member States, including the United States,” Stephane Dujarric, a spokesperson for Guterres, said in a statement.

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Gov. Hochul, Mayor Mamdani announce push for free child care for NYC 2-year-olds
New York City children as young as 2 years old could get access to free child care under a proposal Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled Thursday. The launch of “2-Care” will start in “high-need areas,” officials said, building on the city’s existing pre-K and 3-K programs. The expansion is one part of a multipronged plan to increase state support for child care, which the Democratic governor said is needed to control rising costs of living and keep people in the workforce. “Families have been crying out for help,” Hochul said at the Flatbush YMCA. “If we can take this stress point off the plate of all the other struggles they have, my friends, then we are making New York state and New York City the best places in the nation to live, to raise a family, to grow a business and to prosper.” Hochul said Thursday that the state would fully fund the first two years of the city’s 2-Care program. She also announced funding to extend pre-kindergarten programs around the state, expand pre-K and 3-K in New York City, and increase the amount of funding for the state’s existing child care subsidy program.