With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital. His life, through his profession, was dedicated to serving his community and our country. As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.

The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts. The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.

[cough]

Too obvious a point even to make, perhaps. But there was no “unrest” in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaos…and the killings. Get them out of there.

There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there A-telling me I got to beware I think it's time we stop Children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down

Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

William McRaven: “We Americans, have always thought of ourselves as the good guys. We have made mistakes…But on the whole, we are standing against the darkness. To think it might be otherwise—with respect to Ukraine, Denmark, and other arenas—is incredibly bitter.” open.substack.com/pub/jaynordl...

We are now 36 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files

This is one of those things that in another administration couldve been a months long scandal if the media wanted it to be. call it AgentGate. What did Bondi know and when did she know it? Weeks of opinion pieces etc etc.

WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “The NY Times/Siena poll was so bad for Trump that he’s suing the NY Times… and JD Vance’s speechwriter I think hates him. He compared Trump’s economy to the Titanic.”😬

Where is our national press? The government has been shooting at and harassing clergy for months. This used to be a red line. The reality is their red line moved, not yours. They’re cowards.

live your life in such a way that you aren’t defending kidnapping a 5-year-old

Not sustainable.

HAVE YOU SAID THANK YOU TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM YET?

China has seized upon the disarray left by President Trump within the trans-Atlantic alliance, denouncing his push to acquire Greenland and trying to entice U.S. allies with the promise of reliable trade partnerships. 🎁 link: www.wsj.com/world/china-...

no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch

ICE’s new policy directing agents to ignore the 4th Amendment is one of the most frightening things we’ve seen yet. And there’s no telling where it could end up. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Nehls: I would like to quickly address the police officers from January 6th. And I can tell you that the fault does not lie with Donald Trump. It lies with the US capitol leadership team. Fanone: *Coughs: Go fuck yourself*

They defied congressional subpoenas and suffered zero consequences.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that 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."

🚨HOLY HELL!! Jamie Raskin obliterates Trump’s smear machine by laying out Jack Smith’s entire career - and the real reason Trump wants him in prison: “He says you belong in prison, not because you did anything wrong… but because you did everything right.”

Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:

Cuttin trillions in taxes for the rich while they figure out how close they can get to starving people

The money that used to help Americans get healthcare is now being used to sponsor state terrorism. You can’t afford to see a doctor but the guy with no diploma and no skills is getting paid that money to intimidate and harm citizens.

NEW: Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver was facing federal criminal charges — until he sought the services of a select club of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorneys who have easy access to top DOJ appointees.

The US is due to officially exit the World Health Organization in the face of warnings that it will hit both US and global health, and in violation of a US law that requires Washington to pay the UN health agency $260 million in fees that it owes reut.rs/4a6aQPg

Brutal new NYT/Siena poll for Trump: -16 net approval and only 32% of voters say the country is better off than it was a year ago. He's underwater on all the issues: -17 on immigration -18 on the economy -19 on foreign relations -29 on the cost of living -44 on the Epstein files

“.. US factory construction continues steadily declining as CHIPS & IRA projects either complete or cancel—in official data released today, overall US manufacturing construction has hit the lowest level since late 2023, down 11% from its 2024 peak.” @josephpolitano.bsky.social

I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels. Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.

Abolish ICE.

One year ago Donald Trump swore an oath to support the Constitution, but he’s used the presidency to enrich himself and his family, the New York Times' editorial board writes. Check out how Trump pocketed $1.4 billion in a single year.

“The obvious question raised by Carney’s speech is this: Is the United States irreversibly lost? Can we not recover from our self-inflicted wound? Is it beyond the capacity of the United States to once again be an admirable nation and a responsible great power?” www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-butc...

The president of the United States is so brain-dead that he doesn't remember which country he's threatening to destroy the world's greatest military alliance over.

"All told, Mr. Trump has profited from his return to the presidency by an amount of money equal to 16,822 times the median U.S. household income."

History will likely teach the US had more to lose by abandoning our European allies than it ever had to gain from Donald Trump

He really is a complete fool.

The techbros are the ones who are horny for Greenland, reports @cjcmichel.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2051...

Two DOGE members working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls" www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland

Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland. There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same. And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment. 1/

We can build walls or we can be more ambitious — and build something better, stronger, and more just.

Climate change, pollution and decades of overuse have pushed the world into a state of “water bankruptcy,” leaving essential sources of fresh water irreparably damaged and billions of people without enough water to meet their basic needs, U.N. experts said.

“We are witness to something rare in human history: Abdication by the leader of the global order. We’ve almost never seen a people renounce their leadership of the world—all at once, in public view. That is what has happened in the 365 days since January 20, 2025.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...