Bookmark that Vice President and future presidential candidate JD Vance retweeted a post that said Alex Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents.”

trumpers defend a kid like Kyle Rittenhouse with an AR-15 going to another state to shoot, but freak out about a U.S. citizen Alex Pretti with a concealed carry permit who never fired a shot before ICE agents pepper sprayed and killed him. Make it make sense.

Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/

It's the PTO moms and spreadsheet dads and other random-ass Minnesotans concerned for their neighbors. There is no one central organizing org, just a ton of people who give a shit. It's both beautiful that it's happening and laughable that anyone thinks there's some broader apparatus at work.

There are approximately 3 million undocumented persons in Texas and Florida, and there are about 100,000 in Minnesota. Ask yourself why ICE has been deployed to MN, but not even close to the same way in FL and TX. This isn't about immigration, it is all about politics and retribution.

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵 In August of 1966, Black children in Grenada, Mississippi were still fighting for the right to attend White schools. What happened next was unconscionable. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Thank you for the important work you do @vjaybomb.bsky.social

Alex Pretti wasn’t a part of “engineered chaos.” He was a nurse who cared about people. An individual. What is “engineered chaos” is what this admin is doing in blue cities to justify invocation of the insurrection act.

Law enforcement officers are trained to de-escalate conflict. These guys seem to be doing the exact opposite. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

By Lying about Alex Pretti's Murder, Kristi Noem Makes Herself a Co-Conspirator In It www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/25/b...

Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.

this reminds me of the way i’ve seen susan bro speak about her daughter, heather heyer. when a fascist murders your child, you aren’t allowed to just grieve. you have to defend their memory, even their very grave.

Text of the video posted by Mac Randolph “Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point.”

I’m out here in Los Angeles, where hundreds have gathered in response to the ICE execution of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Chants and speeches underway here outside the Federal Building in DTLA. Working multiple cameras today so posts may be sparse

The New York Times is calling them out on their lies.

I feel the same way now as I felt the night of J6. I know now after going through the aftermath of that what their playbook is in these situations - to cover up, lie, rewrite history. We can only hope that there are enough decent Americans now who won’t let them do it again.

🚨 NEW — Statement from the family of Alex Pretti: "We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital... 1/

Children can be heard screaming and crying at the ICE Children’s Detention Center in Dilley, TX. Whoever is recording is instructed to leave. (1/24/26) #ICE #FuckICE #Resist #ProudBlue #Pinks #ChildDetainees

From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis

I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.

Second direct witness to Alex Pretti's killing comes forward. Court declaration: "I saw him yelling at the ICE agents, but I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind. Suddenly, an ICE agent shoved him to the ground." 🧵

“I was confused as to why the victim was on his side, because that is not standard practice when a victim has been shot. Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds.”

Several streets in Minneapolis have been barricaded throughout the day by civilian community defenders to keep Trump's paramilitary ICE forces out of their neighbourhoods. #3E #GoodVsEvil

"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution

The American Nurses Association on Alex Pretti: "The seriousness of this incident and others demand transparency and accountability. ANA calls for a full, unencumbered investigation, and urges that findings be shared promptly and clearly so Alex's loved ones and the public have answers."

YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents** substack.com/@gelliottmor...

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Feels like it should be a pretty big deal that a Trump supporter physically assaulted a Democratic congressman

If you weren't tracking it, it's hard to explain how hyperventilated the NRA's rhetoric about looming government jackboots was while Barack Obama was president. It was their/LaPierre's central sales pitch.

Absolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them.

This is Alex Pretti.

man the stuff i am seeing on IG from the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different

Pam Bondi sends letter telling Minnesota officials if they turn over their voter rolls to Trump and his tech broligarchs they will remove ICE from Minnesota. It was never about immigration. It's about cheating in the midterms.

As a Disney Parks nerd, I follow dozens of Disney influencers on Instagram and a whole lot of them are posting about abolishing ICE. The idea has broken containment.

By Saturday afternoon, some Trump admin. personnel had already begun scouring the internet and other resources trying to find information on Alex Pretti, including social media posts, that could tie him to what Team Trump call “extremists,” two sources familiar with the matter tell @zeteo.com …

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS (NYT): Trump Regime DOJ Won't Investigate Execution of Alex Pretti, Just As It Ignored the Execution of Renee Good Two U.S. citizens with no criminal records, executed by Trump agents without cause. Zero investigation. Trump has violated his Oath of Office and must be impeached.

BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.

Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process. This is one that stands out: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Tonight, on behalf of Minnesota law enforcement, I filed a lawsuit against DHS to prevent the destruction of evidence related to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. DHS is not above the law, and Alex sure as hell is not beneath it.

General Strike Now Shut The whole fucking thing DOWN #Mm

“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”

Who wants to tell Pete Alex Pretti did all 3 and they killed him anyway?

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

If you want proof that Trump is going to try to rig the elections, here it is: In a letter to Gov. Tim Walz Saturday, Bondi claimed that Walz could “restore the rule of law” by complying with a list of demands, including giving the Department of Justice (DOJ) the state’s voter registration records.

“It’s like call of duty! So cool huh?” Trump’s goons treat shooting at and tear gassing protestors like a video game, caught on national TV on a hot mic One even clapped after Alex Pretti was killed abolish ICE