"I'll be honest, it didn't take long for the fresh, excited energy I was trying to bring into 2026 to be quashed. (But maybe that's on me I forgot to put "attack a foreign country and seize its leader with only the murkiest of communications about what might come next" on my "out" list this year.) But this week, I want to talk about two other stories that, when juxtaposed,"
"More than 120,000 people have signed petitions calling for the rapper cum right wing political activist to be deported to her home country of Trinidad. Minaj was brought to the U.S. by her parents as a young child, and has spoken in the past about not being a U.S. citizen. And in recent months, she's angered large portions of her fan base by praising Donald Trump and the broader MAGA movement, after being outspokenly against the first Trump administration's family separation policies."
Two recent episodes reveal tensions around immigration, political allegiance, and enforcement. More than 120,000 people have signed petitions calling for rapper-turned-right-wing political activist Nicki Minaj to be deported to Trinidad. Minaj was brought to the United States as a child, has said she is not a U.S. citizen, and has recently praised Donald Trump and the MAGA movement after opposing family separation in the prior administration. An ICE officer shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis amid conflicting accounts. Federal authorities contend the shooting was self-defense, alleging Good attempted to drive her car into ICE agents.
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