Renee Good, JD Vance, + the Death of Accountability - The Lincoln Project

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This week, we confront MAGA’s escalating performative cruelty following the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis — a woman shot and killed by an ICE officer and then posthumously smeared as a “domestic terrorist” to justify the violence.

As facts emerged, the Trump movement did what it always does: lied, dehumanized, and closed ranks around power. JD Vance went even further, effectively arguing for blanket immunity for federal agents, treating U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as an untouchable arm of the state — Trump’s modern secret police.

This episode breaks down how authoritarian movements manufacture enemies, why disinformation follows state violence every time, and how Donald Trump’s political culture rewards cruelty over truth. This isn’t about law and order — it’s about power without accountability, the erosion of civil liberties, and what it means when a political movement decides some lives are disposable. Say her name: Renee Good. - 01/09/2026.


If you'd like to support Renee Good’s wife and son, below is a link to their publicly accessible GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-renee-goods-wife-and-son

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1. Just can't stomach the Blatant LYING and GASLIGHTING by these weirdo right wing FREAKS.

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2. Don't worry

THE COUNTRY IS SLOWING WAKING UP.

We didn't 'get here' overnight; the opposition to these 'TRUMP REGIME YEARS' will also take time.

A glacier moves s-l-o-w-l-y....................but MOVE, it does.

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3. Powerful, necessary statement by Rick Wilson

I know Wilson is still suspect in a lot of Democratic hearts & minds but . . .

He's been fighting the fight for 10 years and although still a conservative can put the argument clearly with no BS.

Cruelty is the point, performative cruelty. Those pictures of Renee Good's body on a gurney, the bloody air-bag are purposeful and beyond distasteful. ICE might think that discourages protesters to quake in fear of the mighty ICE agents. The effect is totally reversed. Those images enrage the opposition, disgust normal Americans and only underscores the blatant disregard for law and order, something that defines this Administration.

Never forget, never forgive.

And yes, the world is watching!