The state of Minnesota and its statewide law enforcement agency are asserting themselves against ICE and the federal government over investigating Alex Pretti’s killing. Apparently learned from the aftermath of ICE killing Renee Good and the federal cover-up. More ready this time.

- cancel all EOs - fire political appointees - strip clearances - appoint special prosecutor for DHS - hire a zillion IGs - investigate and prosecute crimes - investigate and refer policy violations for disciplinary action - recode ICE and CBP jobs out of 1811 series - revert name changes

Mirror-imaging. They could never imagine putting themselves on the line for another person or their community (remember JD Vance's theory of love, that it extends only to your family and no one else?) and they know any "resistance" on their end would be purely transactional - so they assume the same

Stephen Miller is a very sick person, more so, IMO, than the president. And he is calling the shots. I remember when Terry Moran dared to make this observation and got fired from ABC for it.

I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal

This is a small immediate action you can take to support the businesses where the murder this morning happened. They were closed yesterday. Now they’re going to have to close today. Few of them can take multiple days without business.

Please share this far and wide. beyondbeurreblanc.substack.com/p/support-ea...

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

"What can Democrats actually do?" - Vote against funding for ICE and DHS - State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law - Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE - Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny

not for nothing but their '24 VP pick and his state are under complete, murderous siege and the Dem establishment can't even muster some united front to help their VP pick, their guy from 18 months ago, nevermind giving a fuck about the citizens. Depraved

years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose

The long tail of the fund the police movement is killing free society.

Whether it's protesters filming ICE agents or ICE agents murdering protesters, there's plenty to criticize on both sides.

Feels like it should be a pretty big deal that a Trump supporter physically assaulted a Democratic congressman

I am okay. Thank you for all the well wishes. We are in scary times. Please stay safe and do not let these people silence you. Onwards.

There needs to be bigger punishment than this, but it’s a start

Minnesota ICE-watchers did this. By relentlessly documenting ICE/BP/DHS abuses—taking on personal risk to do so—they’ve gotten the horrors into more information streams. Got more people to pay attention, undermined Trump regime lies, and shifted the stances of some Democratic officeholders.

Oh she’s EXTORTING US.

The killings of Renee Good & Alex Pretti show Trump's DHS culture is rotten to its core. Trump, Vance, Noem, & Miller have made these agents feel immune from the consequences of their actions. That must change. Everyone involved in these operations must be held accountable.

Not even $7k has been raised. The fucking guy that murdered that white lady had how much money at this point? www.gofundme.com/f/support-ne...

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.

If our administration is as racist as the Left claims, then why have the past two civilians we've murdered been white? by J.D. Vance

I prefer my lawlessness eradicated rather than merely reined in, but maybe that's just me.

Abolish. Look! Even the normies want it gone entirely. Unless you like some ICE around Senator.

You can't rein *this* in. It can only be dismantled.

Washington Post, Everyone Else Offer Starkly Different Opinions On Whether Washington Post Is A Piece Of Shit www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

as a parent I cannot imagine how absolutely fucking heartbreaking and awful it must be to have to put out a statement like this because the federal government killed your son and is telling monstrous lies about him

They put Geraldo Lunas Campos in a chokehold and compressed his chest until he stopped breathing. And then they lied through their Nazi teeth. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Call a lie a lie

So far in Minnesota They Shot a 37-year-old mother Renee Good four times, killing her, right after she dropped off her son at school. Then Ice kidnapped a five year old. Then ice kidnapped a two year old Then border patrol murdered Va nurse. Then Sec Noam went on tv and lied about it

A lot of self described Christians seem to be banking on there not actually being a hell.

It's especially maddening on a week when we've seen several normally "centrist" Democrats show that they can in fact be nudged to take a real stand. Spanberger and Moulton come to mind immediately, but there are others too. Yell at the people who still might be able to hear you. It works.

The game plan: Subpoena her, drag her before Congress, make her repeat her venal lies under penalty of perjury

"...he’s disarmed and lying helpless on the ground before they start spraying bullets into his body. They could have just arrested him, even though he hadn’t done a single illegal thing—but ICE killed him because they felt like it." Heartbreaking from @lebassett.bsky.social

I was struck today by this from Abigail Adams (writing to John in September of 1776), by the statue of her that stands at Quincy (MA) common

ICE is so awful it’s radicalized Chuck Schumer

The least they can do.

🚨 SCHUMER just now: “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.”

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Honestly this is one of the most profoundly *original* American sentiments, echoing everything that occupied Bostonians expressed in the pivotal mid-1770s.

The first Minnesota murder, they refused to let a medical professional help the woman they shot. The second Minnesota murder, they simply shot the medical professional.

I will say again that ICE isn't even out in Philly neighborhoods yet, and my entire preschool parent cohort is angrily joining all the ICE watch Signal chats

This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.

Real talk from Minnesota: "I feel like we're performing CPR on what may already be a corpse: the Constitution" Prove this wrong, fellow Americans, please. MN can stand up, protect each other, witness & alert you. But we alone can't control the feds. This is a USA issue.

You can’t “we need our guns” your way to perpetuating school shootings while “he had a gun” your way to justifying public executions. A nurse. Someone who’s actually saved lives.

And he didn’t. He tried to help a woman who’d just been assaulted. There was nothing rash, stupid, or radical about what he did. He showed kindness. And they killed him for it.