This is one of my favorite charts because the obvious implication is ... obvious, but you absolutely are not allowed to say it out loud in US public discourse.

Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan. Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”

This here is true.

Amid these dark moments, something important is beginning to shift. It's clearly the result of healthy political pressure - which we must sustain, and build.

32 people killed by #ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Trump's sense of defeat is obvious. He lets Frey speak without rebuke of the value of immigrant communities, such as the Somalis. Trump is broken, but he's been broken many times before, and he always puts himself back together again. He's a patchwork doll of a human being.

Vance? Baby #4 & they “really” had a come to Jesus mtg about the new addition. Finally -he says what the hell- it may secure the Catholic vote. What exactly is JD doing other than popping off here & there. He is almost like a United States Ambassador to the United States. Lying in wait.

I like the word "fuck" and I'm all for using it when the situation calls for it, but I also like the words "impeach" and "hold accountable." And I realize we don't have the majority necessary to impeach, but do we not say words anymore because we don't have the majority? SAY WORDS.

Absolutely correct 💯 They have been given the right to act like the Evil and disgusting people they are!!

TAPPER: They're asking for voter roll information after the death of Alex Pretti. What was it like to see that letter? SIMON: It was really deeply disturbing. Literally hours after the second killing of a citizen in Minneapolis by ICE agents, there's this ransom note

This guy too.

Trump, in a first, was actually courteous to Tim Walz in a phone call today. Instead of calling Walz "a loser" and "a slimeball," he said he and the governor had a good talk and are "on a similar wavelength" (NYT). Walz called the call "productive." Trump is feeling the heat.

Tom Suozzi getting the message about his vote to fund Homeland Security. Cheers to the constituents who wrote to him in outrage. NYT - Mr. Suozzi, who represents a politically competitive district, suggested that he was hearing outrage from his community about the vote and had come to regret it.

Trump's support splinters. E.g., the editorial on Bari Weiss's Free Press website: “Assassin? Pretti was a nurse with a concealed carry permit. He was exercising his 2ns Amendment rights. There is no evidence he was trying to kill federal officers; he was pinned down at the time of his killing.”

🚨BREAKING: Minnesota state attorneys alleged in a court hearing that Donald Trump and the Department of Justice are attempting to force the state to surrender its sovereignty — in particular, its control over elections — through the massive federal immigration operation in the Twin Cities region.

Sen. Raphael Warnock said that the ongoing violence in Minneapolis shows that President Donald Trump "is unleashing evil onto our streets." "Evil always goes too far and therefore contains within itself the seed of its own destruction," the Georgia Democrat and pastor said on "Morning Joe." HuffPo

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two special elections Tuesday in heavily Democratic Twin Cities-area state legislative districts will decide control of the Minnesota House of Representatives for the third time in less than a year. Spoiler alert: Dems will easily win both. One isn't even contested.

Trump on defense. AP - Republican candidate for MN governor dropped out today, calling Trump’s immigration operation an “unmitigated disaster.” “I cannot support the Republicans’ retribution on the citizens of our state,” Madel said. “Nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”

Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem are too fascistic even for Trump. AP - The White House made an effort to distance Trump from comments made by members of his administration that criminalized Alex Pretti. Miller labeled Pretti “an assassin,” and Noem said he engaged in “domestic terrorism.”

Bovino: “ICE are the victims”

Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.

Statistic: 2/3rds of murders in Minneapolis so far in 2026 have been committed by DHS agents

"It's OK, Daddy, Do whatever it takes" also describes Trump's loyal followers.

I'm in favor of ICE receiving training as long as it happens in prison while they're in death row.

“I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say ‘The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the f*ck they want and make sh*t up as they go along.’” — George Conway

Doesn’t look like it matters, but it does. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

They're killing white folks now. AP - Videos showed Pretti’s hands were only holding a phone when a masked Border Patrol officer opened fire on Jan. 24. Gov. Tim Walz denounced as “despicable” the comments that federal officials made about Pretti. Pretti was on the ground when he was killed.

Which "God" is that, then? The God who says you MUST "kill your neighbour"? The God who says you MUST "commit adultery... steal... covet your neighbour's wife / goods and bear false witness"? The God who says you should "take his name in vain"? Oh, that God. Now we understand. #Trump #r4today

Can’t help but notice a lot of social media reports of Tik Tok censoring anti-ICE content in its first weekend under Trump-directed US management, and no mainstream news coverage thus far.

A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it... Arizona, November 2020

This can’t be repeated enough. Not only won’t they investigate, they may never even tell us who did this. Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.

You know it’s bad when the Wall Street Journal knows you are lying apple.news/ANEeS0O9dQkK...

HuffPost has a name for Pam Bondi's offer to let up on Minnesota if it reveals its voter rolls to DOJ: blackmail. Actually it's extortion, but why quibble? Either way it's a ploy to steal the midterm election by de-registering Democrats.

Melania, the film. Melania's film, perhaps forced on her by her husband, reminds me of Susan Alexander Kane, Charles Foster Kane's second wife in Orson's Welles' Citizen Kane. Her disastrous debut as a would-be opera singer receives scathing reviews, but Kane's own papers shower her with praise.

Two versions, a reasonably honest person's and Trump's. Who to trust? (AP) Canadian PM Carney said Sunday his country has no intention of pursuing a free trade deal with China. Trump claims otherwise, posting that “China is successfully and completely taking over the once Great Country of Canada.”

Tidal wave of anger hitting Kristi Noem. Dem fury grows over Minneapolis killings. The fatal shootings of Alex Pretti on Saturday and Renee Good on Jan. 7 have transformed the debate, even among moderates like Sen. Jacky Rosen. apnews.com/article/hoot...

Some Republicans are showing surprising signs of sentience and morality. But not the ones you might expect. Collins and Murkowski are silent. Instead it's Tillis, Cassidy, and Gov. Stitt of Oklahoma. (AP) — A handful of Republicans called for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics

"Doing the right thing" has been relabeled "virtue signaling" by our rightwing friends and their dupes. They also call empathy "toxic." It's not "virtue signaling" that disgusts them but actual virtue itself. They're engaged in toxicity signaling.

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.

"If you ever wonder how Hitler got people to commit atrocities, we are getting an education in real time." --Markos Moulitsas, Daily Kos

From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

Pam Bondi leaked letter blown open the REAL reason why the Gestapo have unlawfully invaded Minnesota, this will add support for a temporary order preventing the Gestapo from operating in Minneapolis and hopefully anywhere in the state youtube.com/watch?v=oMW7...

If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week

"These are marauding, fascist thugs who enjoy terrorizing people. They’re in their dream job. They raid churches. They abduct people. They abduct children. They use children to abduct other people. They shot a woman in the face. They tear-gassed a car of children." newrepublic.com/post/205582/...

This Year’s First Big Stupid Idea: “Retrain ICE” newrepublic.com/post/205582/... via @newrepublic.com

Bondi's quid pro quo: Allow [DOJ] to access voter rolls to confirm that Minnesota's voter registration practices comply with federal law as authorized by the Civil Rights Act of 1960. Fulfilling this common sense request will ... boost confidence in the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...