What's making me really livid right now is thinking back to the years of commentary lecturing us that the rise of MAGA was rooted in a sense of righteous victimization by overbearing liberal elites, and sneering at those who insisted that it was fundamentally about domination and sadism all along.

I called yesterday and will call again today. If you’re new to it, 5calls.org has got your back.

Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.

He was filming him with the phone in his right hand. Hard to threaten anyone with a gun in that position.

Full video showing same agent, with no gun, going in and pulling gun out. (Guest article) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

ICE knows tRump will pardon them. They have a license to kill just like him. He said he could get away with killing someone on the Streets of NYC back in 2016. He was serious then, and is serious today/even more so...🤡

approached with what again?

The gun was removed by agents from his waistband - he was never pointing it at them. He was already disarmed when they fired "defensive shots," killing the man. They then fired several shots at his lifeless body.

It’s no comfort, but the official DHS line being “he can be killed by masked agents of the state because he had a legal gun” is such an interesting new frontier in how Trump has made the conservative movement very publicly and embarrassingly abandon every principal it once claimed.

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.

🇻🇪 Leaked audio from Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez revealed that in the minutes following the kidnapping of Maduro, U.S. officials explicitly threatened her life and that of other ranking Chavista figures if they did not cooperate. "The threats began from the very first minute they...

A discussion on the history of U.S. intervention in Haiti: Video: HalalFlow via X (@halalflow)

Full story: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The chief federal judge in Minnesota lit into DOJ for portraying the church disruption as an urgent matter. "There is absolutely no emergency," George W. Bush appointed Patrick Schlitz wrote, calling the arrest-warrant effort "frivolous." www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

NEW: In sealed proceedings yesterday, DOJ put intense pressure on federal judges in Minnesota to authorize the arrest of Don Lemon and others — until they were brushed back by an appeals court last night. But even more notable... w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Glory to the martyrs who defend the Republic

It’s CONGRESS that can stop ICE and CBP deployment to MN. The Dems (and any responsible Rs?) should introduce legislation and agitate for a vote: “No federal funds may be used for further activities of ICE or CBP in the state of Minnesota, except for their prompt withdrawal.”

Will you ride for this? Will you die for it?

They claim he came at them with a gun, which is such a stupid lie. If he did that they would have shot him not tackled him! These cowards love to shoot us with pepper balls and tear gas, they are trigger happy with live rounds too.

Listen to excellent live audio coverage on local public radio @mprnews.org here

I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street

From article below

The public face of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a brutal, paramilitary force of masked men who hunt immigrants and terrorize American cities on behalf of the president of the United States. The not-so-public face is even worse. messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...

Author and Russian ex pat, M Gessen knows all too well what’s happening in America. [🎁 link - No paywall]

Ice murdered another person in MN. Now they are tear gassing people. Have pulled weapons. My Minnesotans are not going to sit still and neither should you. #ICEOut #IceOutForGood #FuckIce #Voices4Victory #UsDemocracy

Please explain to me how more than 4 agents are holding this guy down and he was able to fire off a gun and none of those agents were hit. www.startribune.com/man-fatally-...

I don’t know how I could get up in the morning, given everything that’s going on, if I didn’t know I was making a small difference for Canada’s future. Read this op-ed (gift link) by @cira.ca on what the government can do to improve digital sovereignty. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/71a10de...

“I have no intention of getting in the way of President Trump and his administration,” Johnson told reporters Wednesday. There you have it. The GOP House leadership will in no way objector stop the "policy" or actions by the regime. THAT includes state sanctioned murder by the ICE. Free to read.

Are you curious about left-handedness or are you left-handed? Use this free friend link to read my article on Medium.com. drpatfarrell.medium.com/why-some-peo...

🎁Gift Article National Security ‘We Are Learning to Bully Back’ How Europe got Trump to cave on Greenland By Isaac Stanley-Becker and Jonathan Lemire January 23, 2026, 5:50 PM ET www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

"...the dissolution of the U.S.-led order that was patiently and assiduously built in the decades following World War II has already been swifter & more surprising, not to mention more gratuitous, than the fate that befell the Soviet empire" [email protected] foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/23/t...

“When politicians use redistricting to manipulate the outcome of elections, it’s called gerrymandering,” Laimins said, “a practice that undermines democracy and stifles the voice of voters. Voters should be picking their politicians, not the other way around.” www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/23/f...

Zelensky hopes to win over Trump by reshuffling his spies www.thetimes.com/article/3923...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/o...

An ICE agent is charged with a crime by local authorities. It happened because the agent was off duty, thus not involved in law enforcement. And because the assault on an observer — charged as a misdemeanor — was filmed, by the observer. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

🎁Gift Article Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’ “We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.” By Martin Luther King Jr. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

www.wsj.com/opinion/dona... Not really. More waste and fraud. Here's the problem. Military are not apt business executives. They r frustrated execs who are seduced by contractor courting. They make bad, wasteful decisions. Procurement is a scam and w Trump now a skimming operation.

Danes are looking to boycott American goods. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This is why strong regulation is necessary for our very future!

Warren inquires into data center financing. Circular financing fueled the stock boom and crash in 1929. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“Let me be clear: As vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I’m closely tracking the facts, and there is no current military threat from Russia or China to Greenland,” #uspol #trump @markwarner.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

A must read from David Brooks: Explore this gift article from The New York Times. (You can read it for free without a subscription.)https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/opinion/trump-authoritarian-power.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G1A.BR8h.nYKvmkyo1ddK&smid=bs-share

🎁🔗: Police and ICE Agents Are on a Collision Course www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

(Free access) Trump has a habit of declaring national emergencies on dubious pretenses to justify his policies. His reckless assault on a pillar of our national security and abandonment of longtime allies are the true national emergencies. Leaders in Beijing and Moscow are no doubt thrilled.

Watch ice crew beating this man while other members walk back and forth or stand in front to prevent recording of the crime

Here's a gift article from about safe snow shoveling. - Sand is a better option for snow management than salt, which melts ice but runs off into your yard. - Buy or borrow a real snow shovel, not plastic. - Push snow rather than lifting it. - Leaf blowers work on light, fluffy snow wapo.st/4qDDDjY