NBC: Why did administration officials jump to conclusions on Pretti before an investigation had even been conducted? LEAVITT: This has obviously been a very fluid and fast moving situation

The government’s lies need to be called out and legacy media are not doing that. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

"This isn’t about immigration enforcement. This is straight-out fascism. ... They are using the mechanism of armed officers with masks who are beating up and killing citizens to create disruption, so they can use more force to eliminate the possibility they could be removed from office."

NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month. Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.

They're squirming.

According to propaganda Barbie, being shot in the temple through your car window or shot in the back of your head after being pepper sprayed and pistol-whipped is considered "impeding ICE."

USA TODAY: Is it the White House's position that Americans have the right to show up to these ICE operations and film, document, or protest the law enforcement actions? LEAVITT: All Americans have 1st Amendment constitutional right, of course, but ...

lol

Hold on to your Cava bags

It can get lower!

Homan is Bovino without the long coat.

Karoline Leavitt defames Ilhan Omar, baselessly suggesting she's guilty of fraud

The rightwing response to the murder of Alex Pretti is predictable: to outshout and talk over anyone taking another position. The shrillness on Twitter is especially grating, but again, not surprising. It's Orwell's doublespeak. If the man had a cell phone instead of a gun, yell louder.

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Bovino being run out of town is the biggest L for Nazis since the Battle of Berlin

from Brainerd, MN: "Local mexican restaurant was raided by ice. They took 4 employees"

Trump tried to break the Twin Cities but we stood strong, and now *they* are backing down. Makes me feel proud to live here.

Here's a statement from Gov. Walz' office on the call he had with Trump today. According to this, Trump apparently agreed to speak to DHS about allowing the Minnesota BCA to conduct an independent investigation.

Needless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.

Alina Habba's plea for an en banc re-hearing over her disqualification has been rejected. The ruling that she was unlawfully appointed stands.

Rep. Eli Crane: "I think it's a communist insurrection. I really do. And I do think the president should invoke the Insurrection Act. The House Freedom Caucus is going to be pushing that up the chain of command this week."

Good neighbors; Exemplary people.

Crazy how Trump's lawyers have never seen anything Trump has ever said or done.

The Titanic didn't turn over night

JUDGE: Chicago has the same sanctuary policies but had fewer than 400 officers. MN has a smaller population but has ten times that. Your theory is that you're just here to enforce immigration laws. Is there no volume or severity of response that would go beyond law enforcement goals? 1/

NEW: State election officials are condemning Attorney General Pam Bondi for blackmailing Minnesota by suggesting the administration would withdraw ICE if the state hands over its unredacted voter data. An expert said the proposal is “laying the groundwork to try to interfere with the election.”

Judge: Explain to me exactly which policies are causing the harms that the surge is meant to fix. Mayers cites detainers. Judge: What else?

Judge Menendez asks about Trump's quote: "Your day of retribution is here." She asks what she's supposed to do with that. Mayers says he hasn't seen that Truth Social post.

Judge reads a quote: "If you want less officers on the street, let us in the jail." "Doesn't that say there will be less officers in the street if you change the policy?" She says that Bondi's letter "strongly suggests" the surge is contingent on the policies.

Analysis: Judge Menendez appears skeptical of her power to order immediate relief in this unprecedented situation. But her comments about developing an evidentiary record COULD suggest receptiveness to the state's anti-commandeering args down the line.

Judge Menendez asks what if she denies a TRO now and develops the record more before the preliminary injunction question. Carter responds that the state needs relief now. 10-15 minute recess

Carter: This Operation Metro Surge is an illegal means to an illegal end. So just end it.

Judge: You're asking me for a TRO. What does it say? I'm not being flip here. What exactly do you think these 10th Amendment claims let me order? Carter: The easiest thing would be to end this Operation Metro Surge.

Carter: "We just had a leaked memo that rather shockingly suggests that ICE agents can conduct warrantless entries" into people's home. Judge: "I'm not being flip here... but where's the lawsuit on that?"

Carter: "It is personal animosity. It is retribution. Literally, the President of the United States" said in the middle of this "chaos": "Minnesota, you day of retribution is here." "That's CRAZY. How can that NOT violate the 10th Amendment?"

Carter floats a hypothetical of an anti-gun admin deploying 3,000-4,000 masked federal agents engaging in pervasive, illegal conduct. Under the crime-fighting banner, the gov't says: "If you just legislate, get rid of your carry statute, we'll go away." "It's the same thing."

Carter turns to the voter roll demand, which they lost in the courts. Per Carter, the government responds: "We don't care. We're going to put violence and chaos in the streets and we're going to force it with illegal conduct." "If THAT doesn't violate the 10th Amendment...."

Carter says there is "open violation of the state's criminal laws," from anti-masking laws and reckless driving to "worse."

Carter calls the surge and violence another method of trying to strong-arm the state to give up voter data, a fight they've lost in the courts. There's a pending fight in MN. "I'm fairly confident that they will lose. They have lost all of these cases."

Carter: "This administration is not content with the Rule of Law." The government put "violence on the streets" with "3,000 masked heavily armed agents" engaged in "violent illegal conduct." "That has to violate the 10th Amendment."

Carter says of Pam Bondi's letter to the state: "It’s a shakedown letter. It’s a ransom note." He says that Bondi demanded three things to end the surge. "Is the administration moving the field goal, moving the goal posts? Yes, they are. That’s what you expect from someone who is extorting you."

When the judge asks for a citation for that principle, Carter responds that unprecedented nature of the government amassing "what is essentially an army" to "essentially stir the pot with conduct that is pervasive and includes illegal violent conduct."

Menendez summarizes the first argument this way: An excessive use of federal law enforcement is causing the state and cities to expend so many resources that it violates the 10th Amendment by essentially commandeering.

Middlecamp describes the "indiscriminate use" of chemical spray leading to the need for "emergency aid" for a "6-month-old."

Middlecamp describes how a whistleblower disclosed the background of the "warrantless entries" seen in the Twin Cities area. “That’s not a mistake. That’s by design.”

Middlecamp says school attendance fell below 50%. Events are cancelled in a way likened to the COVID pandemic, she says.

Middlecamp reports a threat to public health from "prenatal care foregone." She reports "one preventable amputation" disclosed by doctor who was "courageous" enough to step forward. The reluctance to speak on the record is "profoundly high" in a climate of "retribution," she says.

Middlecamp: "Can we keep our people safe if people won't report crimes in their own community?"

JUDGE: “It concerns me that Attorney General Bondi’s letter cites three things that are the subject of pending litigation before this court,” referring to the District of Minnesota. "Is the executive trying to achieve a goal through force that it can't achieve through the Courts?"

When ICE shoves protestors they are committing crimes. When ICE breaks down car windows they are committing crimes. When ICE grabs observers out of their cars or tackles them to the ground they are committing crimes. The lawlessness is not how any other “law enforcement” agency in the US works.