Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

New: Amid the escalating situation in Minneapolis, ICE posted in the Federal Register asking companies to provide info about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that would “directly support investigations activities” www.wired.com/story/ice-as...

The parents of Alex Pretti, killed today by federal agents in Minneapolis, live in Colorado, per the AP. Renee Good, killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis on Jan 7, grew up near Colorado Springs. apnews.com/article/immi...

It’s very frustrating to hear mainstream reporters continue to characterize what ICE, CBP and others as “immigration enforcement.” Even now. Like if you don’t know what this is about at this point I don’t know how to help you.

I have yet to see any of the House Dems who voted against DHS funding condemn their 7 colleagues who voted for it, or call out leadership for failing to whip up a unified front of opposition.

Protester: "It just feels like they're murdering the most peaceful people we have, the people who are out on the street, young, and trying to protect other people"

The NBA is cancelling games because a fascist secret federal police are executing Americans in the street; school systems, businesses, and museums are closing because of the threats from the federal government. This is as grand an emergency as we have had in modern American life.

The Colorado GOP wants to bring to Colorado the federal terror patrols who are executing citizens in the streets.

It's a death cult, and it's always been a death cult, and they've treated us like we've fucking crazy for saying this for more than a decade. Even as they've killed and killed and killed and celebrated the killing.

fascinating historical event

He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.

there is some level of gleeful participation in state-sponsored brutality at which i think people forfeit their humanity. this isn't banality of evil stuff, people "just doing their jobs." they enjoy it. they only understand and respect physical violence and terror

Remember last week when there were people dismissing the idea they could do illegal things to mess with elections? Days later the administration is using violence from federal agents in the streets as a tool to try and access voter data.

Arrest them or stfu. You don’t want that confrontation? Well the alternative is letting the people in your state be murdered, tortured, kidnapped. Children abducted and abused. THAT is the only alternative the ICE nazis are offering. That is what you, Frey and you colleagues have allowed so far.

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Three apartments worth of people on their balconies here are heckling agents down below. One person has produced a white board that says "ICE can suck my dick." "Fuck you all! Kill yourselves!"

a woman was being assaulted by a federal agent, and the victim placed his body between her and her assailant, trying to protect her... agents pepper spray him twice in the face, gang tackle him, take away the gun he was concealed carrying and made no visible effort to touch, and then murder him

Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.

the unbearable psychic damage of being alive in America and having a conscience

The fact they’re arresting people who are assembling peacefully instead of the federal agent who just executed one of their residents is pathetic. Up to this point I have been pretty careful not to get to this point rhetorically but we’re over the edge, there’s a burden of responsibility.

Fucking pathetic

From @aoc.bsky.social x.com/AOC/status/2...

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)

Woman tells Minnesota Public Radio that the man killed today was helping vehicle traffic get around the area where ICE agents and observers had started to gather and "next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/live-updates....

State troopers in riot gear are protecting ICE agents who have long guns. People yelling at the state troopers, “turn around and arrest them! They just killed a Minnesotan!”

One of the ICE Nazis was clapping after the execution. Clapping.

Reminder: DHS legislation that funds ICE at current levels without policy restrictions is in the Senate and needs 60 votes to pass. Deadline is next Friday.

I would like Democrats to understand that doing literally anything is not the escalation they think it is. Doing something is DE-ESCALATION. Doing nothing is ESCALATION because it will cause people to take matters into their own hands.

We don’t have to look to historical examples for everything - we can instead imagine a version of the future where post-violence social cohesion doesn’t come at the cost of ignoring/forgetting about something until the people who did it are in their 80s

7 democrats in the house voted for this, leadership told them to do it to provide cover for the rest of the party

Arrest them you fucking coward

I just watched the shooting video. It's a horrific beating and execution in the middle of the street. If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.

They are executing unarmed people in the streets for trying to protect their neighbors with the full support of the federal government.

ICE shot a man today bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...

ICE is investigating - and issued a rare condemnation - after a Colorado nonprofit said agents left behind branded “death cards” in vehicles abandoned after their owners were arrested in the state’s high country: www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/c...

The menace that is Michael Fields, loyal servant to his billionaire master Phil Anschutz, already has gutted the state budget with a relentless onslaught of tax cut and cop $ increased ballot measures, and now wants to force the fascist goon squads into local law enforcement.

Someone should ask Walz, Frey, et al why they are sending cops to arrest clergy instead of protecting 5 year olds from ICE

No mercy for these people. None. They want to live lives of evil driven by their desire to put the boot on others’ necks, they should only get a boot on their necks in return.

If you or someone you know needs shelter from this cold weather, go to denvergov.org/findshelter. There is space available and it’s going to be dangerous for the next 24 hours.

One of my observations from posting about detention centers is that many county officials are signing contracts with ICE despite public protest from local residents.

Rubio was confirmed UNANIMOUSLY

ICE is sending these kids to the concentration camp in Dilley, Texas, where they're preparing to have so many children that they're opening a new school there. They're actively hiring teachers now. I reported on it last month. We have to get people out of there.

I have been saying this for a long time. Every time I do I'm told "it's impossible." But people smarter than me say ... maybe it's actually doable. I do not want to fund my own occupation.

Hakeem Jeffries literally conspired with Republicans so Democrats could virtue signal opposition to ICE without actually stopping them from getting more funding.

Cynically, DeLauro issued blistering statements against ICE, then negotiated the ICE funding deal, then personally voted against it, then celebrated with Republicans after passage. She's 82, represents Yale, and has a primary challenger.

Hey can someone subtract 7 from 220 and add it to 207, I’m not real good at math.

This WSJ story about the unconstitutional secret ICE administrative warrants memo shows everything that's wrong with legal journalism under a lawless presidency. The TLDR is that it falsely presents unconstitutional conduct as law-creating. Very important thread 🧵🧵🧵 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

ICE’s cruelty knows no bounds. Deporting children with cancer. Shooting moms. And now, using a 5 year-old as “bait” to detain his family. It’s far past clear: ICE must be abolished. Congress should not give it any additional funding. And the people responsible for its crimes should face charges.

I understand and appreciate the fact that for some it is genuinely uncomfortable and distracting to think about how grim US history is. yes, that is strategically relevant, and no, I wouldn't put "did you know people used to send lynching photos to each other as postcards?" on a recruitment flyer