{"id":8326,"date":"2026-01-08T08:35:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=8326"},"modified":"2026-01-08T08:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:35:49","slug":"professional-agitator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/professional-agitator\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Agitator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><em>My apologies for the profanity.  It&#8217;s a profane day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I Call BS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">ICE agents murdered a woman in Minneapolis yesterday.\u00a0\u00a0The United States actions in Venezuela, if done by any other nation in the world, are those of a \u201cterrorist state\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0The shear rolling in the \u201cshit\u201d corruption of American Government and business, from  CBS &#8220;adjusting&#8221; their news broadcast to mollify the President, to Trump offering the American oil companies the \u201cgift\u201d of Venezuela; is disgusting, breath taking, and incredibly disappointing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I call \u201cBS\u201d on it all.\u00a0\u00a0I support the Mayor of Minneapolis who said exactly what needed to be said: \u201cICE get the FUCK out of Minneapolis\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0And, I support Governor Tim Walz, who says that the ability to protest and speak out, \u201c\u2026is a patriotic duty\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0I do it publicly, in writing, and often.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The shooting in Minneapolis was videoed by a bystander.\u00a0\u00a0President Trump called the woman, videoing an execution of a civilian on the street, screaming at ICE for the murder, a \u201cprofessional agitator\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If that\u2019s true, so am I.\u00a0\u00a0I stand with Minnesota.\u00a0\u00a0I stand with the Mayor and the Governor.\u00a0\u00a0John Lewis called it \u201cgetting into good trouble\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0This day, we should all be \u201cprofessional agitators\u201d, against the death of a  mother of a six year-old child, Renee Good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">America is what we allow it to be.&nbsp;&nbsp;And very few Americans, even those who voted for Trump in 2024, want this to be our America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Terrorist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">At the moment, Democratic leaders and legislators have little power to stop all of this.\u00a0\u00a0The Mayor of Minneapolis and the Governor of Minnesota are both Democrats.\u00a0\u00a0ICE has forced themselves on Minnesota, with all of the connotations that \u201cforcing oneself\u201d means.\u00a0\u00a0There is no way to make this \u201cright\u201d. And, what we can expect is that the Trump Administration to \u201cdouble-down\u201d on their \u201choly quest\u201d to find undocumented migrants.\u00a0\u00a0Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, a cowboy hat carefully placed on her coiffed hair, jumped the narrative before Renee Good\u2019s body was cold.\u00a0\u00a0She called Good a \u201cdomestic terrorist\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Law enforcement is always careful not to criticize the actions of their \u201cfellow officers\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0Today it\u2019s in the streets of Minneapolis, tomorrow it might be in downtown Newark, Ohio.\u00a0\u00a0But there are some obvious flaws in the ICE \u201cbully-boys\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0They are badly trained, badly led, and imbued with a philosophy of confrontation.\u00a0\u00a0Clearly, they are well aware of how  the Nation sees them as bullies and Fascists.\u00a0\u00a0And, at least for some, they are reveling in the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Americans make a deal with law enforcement:\u00a0\u00a0we give them life-taking force, in exchange for protecting the peace and enforcing the law.\u00a0\u00a0We expect that they will be trained to make the choices necessary to preserve their own lives, while serving their communities.\u00a0\u00a0Here in Central Ohio, many go through the 210 day Columbus Police Academy.\u00a0\u00a0But the \u201cinstant\u201d ICE agents are trained for their highly specific job in just 47 days.\u00a0\u00a0Then they get a gun and a badge, and are sent into unfamiliar communities.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s a setup for yesterday\u2019s tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What We Earn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We all need to get in \u201cgood trouble\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0We all need to stand up for the America we believe in, the America we want.\u00a0\u00a0America does not need to be a Nation of \u201cbully-boys\u201d on the streets, \u201cbully-boys\u201d in the economy, and \u201cbully-boys\u201d in the world.\u00a0\u00a0But Renee Good should teach us all another lesson as well.\u00a0\u00a0Until we take our country back, we are all at risk.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s easy to hide in our \u201csafe\u201d communities and do our jobs, and live our lives.\u00a0\u00a0But sooner or later, we all will have to make a choice about our Nation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We need more \u201cpolitical agitators\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The only \u201clever of power\u201d we hold at the moment is our voices, and we must make them heard.\u00a0\u00a0In our near future, we will determine what kind of America we will have.\u00a0\u00a0We won\u2019t get what we deserve . 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I Call BS ICE agents murdered a woman in Minneapolis yesterday.\u00a0\u00a0The United States actions in Venezuela, if done by any other nation in the world, are those of a \u201cterrorist state\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0The shear rolling in the \u201cshit\u201d corruption of American Government and business, from CBS &#8220;adjusting&#8221; their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/professional-agitator\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Professional Agitator&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Professional Agitator : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/professional-agitator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Professional Agitator : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My apologies for the profanity. 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