This makes me wonder how my trumpy grandparents have been watching the ice raids and how they would process a raid on their nursing home or the loss of staff. I’m not optimistic, honestly

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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

The “freak” part of freakonomics is that they’re republicans

The cause of the male loneliness crisis is that they arrested Jeffrey Epstein, the only man who appears to have had friends.

Did OpenAI release the “fuck a chatbot” feature yet and I missed it? Hoping it’s still pending so I can enjoy that going horribly for them

it’s a good day to be a Bari Weiss hater

Goddamn I hate when people speed on the lake. What part of “ice wave” don’t these motherfuckers understand?

Listening to If Books Could Kill review American Canto and while Peter was reading an excerpt I rolled my eyes so hard it felt like I was going to pass out. Is Nuzzi a worse writer than TCW?

It’s like they want to give us reasons for the general strike

The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, plus the New York Times story about using facial recognition to take away PreCheck and Global Entry from observers, reveals how closely linked these two missions are. There is no separating ICE’s twin missions of ethnic cleansing and ideological terror.

I certainly would not have been able to write my story about all the bravery I witnessed in Minneapolis without the access I was given! bsky.app/profile/whst...

Is the classic rock station really playing the Disturbed cover of Land of Confusion?? I must be getting old

Hell yeah, my employer gave all 1000+ staff tomorrow off for the general strike.

Champagne first, then Bookers bourbon, gummy, and all the beer in the house. I’ll just see where things go naturally from there

Comrade ... I reached out last week about my ᴘʀᴏʟᴇᴛᴀʀɪᴀɴs ᴏɴʟʏ sᴜʀᴠᴇʏ. Are you a proud Supporter of Comrade Stalin or does the NKVD need to come and track you down? ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴘʀᴏʟᴇᴛᴀʀɪᴀɴs ᴏɴʟʏ sᴜʀᴠᴇʏ

This is also murder.

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

Jesus fuckin christ

Modern Times is a South Minneapolis staple, and a personal favorite haunt. For the duration of the occupation they're renaming themselves Post Modern Times and going to a donation-only model. Everyone but ICE can eat for free. Donations: Venmo: moderntimescafe givemn.org/story/centralimpactfund

Happy that their support is caving in. But also, what a stark illustration of moral cowardice. Two residents of your state blown away by armed thugs, and whether or not you excused it depended on how the polls looked. She should resign and seek forgiveness from whatever god she prays to.

Wish Alex Pretti were around to enjoy the esprit de corps as everyone rallies around Minnesota.

Huge fuck you to every single fucking person who dared say we were overreacting in 2016 and 2024.

As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.

Minneapolis has lost a good neighbor. ICE kills.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

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.

Guys if you see observers thank them. There’s real stress and burnout in the ranks right now. People understand they are waking up every day to chase and monitor federal thugs who can execute them. But they keep doing it nonstop to protect their neighbors

AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."

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.

Glory to the martyrs who defend the Republic

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

This should be the baseline energy expected from every elected Democrat in the country going forward.

This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line. If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

MNDOT should load up every plow truck they have and blockade the Whipple building. Make the bastards walk if they want to come and go

Arrest Bovino for conspiracy, in addition to the murderers who beat Pretti and pulled the trigger

So I watched the shooting video frame by frame and it looks like: 1) They were beating a struggling man with batons 2) His jacket opened revealing a gun in his waistband or lower back 3) The agent in gray grabbed the gun and was walking away 4) THEN the other agents shot the man in the back

it is correct for state officials to call for peace, they should not encourage extralegal violence but the best way to convince people that extralegal violence is not a good option is to enforce laws against the murderers killing their friends, family, and neighbors

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.

You can be executed in America for merely carrying a gun if you have the wrong politics now and you can bet all those 2nd amendment absolutists will be silent because their so called principles have always been a rationalization for terrorizing the perceived outgroup with impunity.

1. Shoot people like dogs 2. Unrest 3. Martial law The plan is that transparent. Don’t let them

Walz should call for a general strike that lasts until ICE leaves. Let them sleep in tents if they want to stay here

People are nervous about watching video, but this one is not of the murder, it's of the lead up, and people need to see it before the spin takes over.

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.