The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

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I didn't have the NRA chastising MAGA and ICE on my 2026 bingo card, but here the hell we are. And they're right on this one. The right to bear arms in Terrorist Trump's AmeriKKKa is in jeopardy.

Bondi's letter—essentially offering to stop attacking and murdering citizens in Minnesota in exchange for the state's voter rolls—shows what Trump, Miller et al. are really after: They want to fuck with the nation's elections so that they never have to cede power or answer for their crimes.

This is extortion by AG Bondi. She should be disbarred while removed from office while facing an indictment.

Late yesterday, AG Bondi sent a letter to Tim Walz in which she demands access to MN's voter rolls as part of restoring "the rule of law." For months, we've been reporting on the overlap between immigration enforcement and voting so, here we go: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This letter from Bondi gives the game away. Minneapolis was never about unrest, fraud or immigration—it was always about using fear and terror to grab power. And now they are using the threat of state violence to strong arm their way into election interference. www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-ic...

Well, well, well….

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.

Trump makes Carney's allusion to Soviet Czechoslovakia even more applicable. Carney used the Havel quote to illustrate living in a lie as a self-protection strategy. This shows the Trump admin trying to convert its allies into vassals of the Soviet satellite type-- if you stray, we'll attack you.

Victim is being savagely beaten and kicked while on the ground. Tries to draw gun for protection. Never fired. Gun kicked away. Agent picks up the gun and starts walking away with it. The savage beating continues for a while longer, then they shoot the unarmed, fully subdued protestor, ten times.

#resist #ice #Terrorism #Fascism #immigration #medicade #epstein #gestapo #union #1u #law #constitution #military #vet #veteran #aca

There’s too much evidence for any other conclusion: ICE is the American Gestapo. Mostly taking away non-criminals, purposely terrorizing people, ensuring their own criminal activity is not prosecuted, wearing masks, no ID, usually no warrants, racial profiling. www.washingtonpost.com/video/nation...

“We can call the roll. Part of the challenge is that we’re inundated with the horrific, overwhelmed with evil in this moment. The question is: can we muster the moral courage to declare ‘no,’ to refuse it?” –Historian @esglaude.bsky.social on ICE's "moral monsters" www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaHf...

Our family is so saddened for his family & all who knew him Like Renee Good he was murdered in cold blood by Trump's THUGS As a daughter of Holocaust Survivors, I understand their tactics all too well The Governor must use the National Guard to remove them #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #RIPAlexPretti

This Nazi political theory explains ICE impunity

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

ICU nurse who was shot by ICE and Border Patrol. Say his name Alex Pretti

#ICE is murdering innocent people. Believe your own eyes and ears over the regime's lies. The societal foundations of Law and Order are breaking down at the federal level. I'm not sure peaceful protests can work when the federal government has jettisoned its most deeply held values and principles.

ANOTHER ANGLE: the original video was deleted but I screen capped it. Here it is.

How regimes behave

💥💥💥ANOTHER DEATH: ICE killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti— an American citizen with no criminal record— outside Glam Doll Donuts today (Jan. 24)in MN. NYT video analysis shows agents fired ~10 shots in 5 seconds while he was face down on the ground being 1/3 #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #PoliSky #ICE

This guy is too stupid to be the #Antichrist, right? 😟 On the otherhand, I wouldn't have to type the antichrist's name for the entire world to know who I'm referring to.

Q. Define domestic terrorist — A. Trump / ICE

Its being rumored; that ICE is now taking folks that they have scooped up in MN, that can't be charged, they're being dumped out in parks or surrounding wooded areas with no proper attire in the deadly cold, no ID, no phone and some with no clothing at all👇

Each day under the Trump Regime is worse than the day before. This can't go on. The dam can't hold this ever-growing flood sewage much longer; there is going to be a break.

"Prince Harry who served two front line tours in Afghanistan said the sacrifices made by British and other NATO troops, deserved to be spoken about truthfully and with respect" "After Donald Trump falsely claimed they had avoided the front line" #C4News

Trump draws intensive fire from US NATO allies over his malicious lies about NATO operations in Afghanistan. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

As the daughter of a Veteran, Trump’s comments on NATO are devastating, disgraceful and UNFORGIVABLE 🇨🇦

Trump dismissed NATO allies as having stayed "off the front lines" in Afghanistan. 457 British soldiers came home in coffins. A draft dodger's contempt for the dead. www.plagueisland.com/p/captain-bo... #Trump #Afghanistan #Article5 #NATO #CaptainBoneSpurs #PlagueIsland #BritishArmy #Allies

To the world: We, Americans who are horrified that this demonic man and his evil people have perpetrated a successful coup, are so sorry. What he said was another of his hideous lies. This stupid orange POS doesn't speak for all of us, ... youtu.be/HWjG7lvUCdg?...

I'm pleased to announce the formation of an asinine, self-serving, vanity shell organization designed to bring under my control any gullible people who accept an invitation to join. It will be called "The Board of Global Bliss." IT ISN'T NOT FAKE.

Trump is reviewing federal funds for 14 blue states to cut off resources over “sanctuary” policies. Courts already slapped this stunt down once as unlawful political retaliation. Using federal dollars as a weapon is authoritarianism, full stop. wapo.st/3LHJ4iO #BlueSky #PoliSky #NewsSky #LawSky

The 5 myths that make us quit before we get good open.substack.com/pub/bigthink...

not surprising and yet still jarring to read ex-FBI agents describing how Kash Patel and Bongino reacted to Charlie Kirk's murder while running the agency. truly the content creator administration/podcast govt www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

It's the elephant in the room. We need to start talking about it, and not be afraid of being accused of elitism and such. It's actually a call to set a very low minimum bar to determine qualified voters, just like we have for every other important thing. Driver's tests, minimum gpa to graduate, etc🙂

The “ones” that said we were overreacting were participants in the plan & are responsible for this shit show. #MAGA #Republicans Never forget. Never forgive. Never stop fighting. #SheShed 🇺🇸

Ignorant voting is part of the problem. The other is the moral degeneracy caused by making selfishness a virtue rather than the vice it is. People must want to vote for the common good via ethical and moral means, and they must have the a minimal understanding of what gov't can and cannot do.

Maybe we wouldn't be having so many problems if we fairly and unbiasedly checked whether someone had at least an elementary school understanding of our government before allowing them to vote. Say, answer three simple questions correctly to unlock the vote button. Knowledge leads to wiser decisions

Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill theconversation.com/deep-reading...

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

Project MUSE - Guarding Against Minority Rule muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

How could Jared Kushner be an appropriate person to shape geopolitics on behalf of the United States? He gives me the willies. #DamienThorn

None of what Jack Smith says is useful unless the citizens are willing to take all necessary action to see that justice is done. Our so-called "representative" government can't or won't. If we continue to let the cowardly and the self-interested usurp our power, then we can expect more of the same.

JACK SMITH: “I have seen how the rule of law can erode. My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it.”

Reports of rampant abuse, inhumane conditions, and disregard for detainees’ rights at ICE facilities cannot go unchecked. We need Congressional oversight. We’ve fought this before, and we’ll fight it again.

TRUMP'S AMERICA: Nothing like starting to eat a nice meal when are suddenly forced to face the possibility that you're about to be a victim of a mass shooting incident. #Stupid #Gestapo

I wrote about the increasing use of overt Great Replacement rhetoric in ICE recruiting tools, and why American Jewish organizations like the ADL should be a lot more frightened of ICE than they are of Zohran Mamdani. forward.com/opinion/7983...

ICE bragged that Portland and Lewiston were next. #Gestapo

ICE just abducted a 4-year-old boy in Minneapolis. ICE is using the boy as “bait” to get the mom. Father is also abducted. Absolutely disgusting, horrific, inhuman stuff. Help. Us. Fight. There is only one right side of history on this.