Pennsylvanians, come get your boy

That's all I can take tonight. Curing up with the creatures for some mandatory mental health maintenance.

Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.

Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, named as man killed by Border Patrol in Minneapolis ICE operation. Was an ICU nurse at Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Had a concealed carry permit, no criminal record. -AP

The one telling you to stop resisting the violation is the rapist.

Imagine the outrage if Rachel Levine had tweeted "CDC > GA"

I found this bit, by a journalist who has written about CBP and ICE for many years, to be really instructive on how shockingly and persistently lawless those agencies, and especially CBP, have been for their entire existence, for more or less the same reason. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...

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I expect nothing less from a woman who executed her dog in a gravel pit.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the city has only had three homicides so far this year. “Two of them were ICE," he added. “The relief we are asking for is stopping this Operation Metro Surge” immediately, he said.

Noem declined to say whether the man killed Saturday pulled out a #gun before he was shot by #immigration agents. Instead, Noem #questioned why an #individual would have a #gun at a protest. It is #legal to #carry a #gun in Minnesota, and Minneapolis police say that the man legally owned a weapon.

This thread is well worth reading. Warning: very painful.

Chief among these motives was the overwhelming idea of the great whale himself.

The man they're labeling a "domestic terrorist."

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026

Federal agents fatally shot a man Saturday morning in south Minneapolis, setting off confrontations between protesters and agents at the scene. It was the second fatal shooting involving federal agents who have swarmed Minnesota as part of a massive immigration enforcement operation.

“If an 18-year-old Marine did that in the middle of a war zone, he would be court-martialed, because it is murder,” four-time Marine infantry veteran of Iraq Rep. Seth Moulton says of today’s Minneapolis killing by a Border Patrol agent.

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An overhead view of protesters gathering at the scene of the shooting. Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... 📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Some details of federal government’s account of the shooting aren’t supported by footage captured by bystanders.

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The Timberwolves-Warriors game in Minneapolis has been postponed by the NBA, in wake of a man shot and killed Saturday in a confrontation with federal agents in the city. It's the second shooting there in a week, third this month, involving a federal officer.-ESPN

The NBA has postponed the game between the Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors tonight at Target Center, after federal agents fatally shot a man in south Minneapolis, the league announced.

This asshole moved onto a military base from suburban northern Virginia because he was afraid of sidewalk chalk.

Walz criticized the narrative put out by the federal government about the shooting. “Thank God we have video,” Walz said. “Because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them, or something.”

I could use a nice news conference on storm preparations where a pile of sand is in the background and a a snowplow is idling nearby. The speaker tells us when the storm will arrive and how many plow operators are available. It’s mundane and we’re safe.

This. Sit down.

A reminder. There was a fairly conservative bipartisan immigration reform bill created under Biden that Trump demanded Republicans kill so he could use the issue to win. Real reform. Without the violence we see today in the streets. Trump/Miller/Vance want the violence. Republicans own this.

Best bit o wisdom you'll read today.

Best practical study ever conducted.

This is a federal military takeover of a major US city. Excessive use of force. Unconstitutional fascism.

What am asking for is for one single national Dem politician to put their body on the line during a nonviolent protest, just like their constituents are doing. We are led by cowards. Show some fucking courage.

I'm not asking for calm. I'm not asking people not to feel burning rage. I'm asking people not to entertain anything other than a political solution for political problems. I'm not trying to be a contrarian. I've seen a civil society devolve into violence and I don't want to see it here.

Naturalization ceremonies, swearing in, are stopped.

Trying to order out the local police is a tell.

They applied deadly force for no reason. They didn’t render any aid. They executed that man.

Alex was an ICU RN with no criminal history beyond an occasional parking ticket. He was a licensed gun owner, legally allowed to carry a firearm in public, including while protesting. DHS has provided zero evidence that he was armed at the time of his murder. www.startribune.com/alex-pretti-...

This is the energy I love to see.

"Prosecutors say cuts to funding and training limits their ability to bring child predators to justice" Especially since they keep finding them in MAGA churches. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

All their buddies getting that protection!

The wise words of one of my heroes in this life Marwan Mery Ponder it and ponder it again and then ponder it again!!

Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

What the fuck

Russian mercenaries are turning Africa’s gold fields into killing grounds. From Sudan to the Central African Republic (CAR) to Mali &Burkina Faso Russian-backed forces loot, murder, and smuggle gold and other resources to bankroll Moscow’s war in Ukraine. united24media.com/world/how-mu...

The epitome of evil and yet somehow also giant fucking dorks

Misinformation for dramatic effect helps nothing but your "like" numbers. -Chemical Nerve Agents are NOT being deployed. -The green gas is a smoke grenade, NOT HC Things are dangerous enough out there without exploitative engagement farming. Knock it off