The extent to which UK and other European policy elites seem intellectually or psychologically unprepared for scenarios where the US is no longer able to function as a geopolitical actor is rather worrying

can't be the first person to say this but boy it's really on the nose that the gestapo are out there in the street arresting kneeling priests and executing people named Pretty and Good

we will need to build so many monuments, & no better monument for this man could be built than a VA that does veterans justice

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.

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."

a civil engineer valid work visa master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023 in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland no criminal record themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...

Trigger warning: today’s events made Heather Cox Richardson cry on camera while reassuring her audience they’ll get through this. www.youtube.com/live/_r8fI8D...

“Hundreds of immigrant mothers” in Texas concentration camp uprising

murdering people named Good and Pretti

Renee Good's last words were "I'm not mad at you, bro" Alex Pretti's last words were "are you okay?" I am mad. I am not okay.

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.

I don’t know what conclusions to draw from this - and it’s probably a banal observation - but it still strikes me as amazing how much understanding the Trump admin’s treatment of Canada in terms of the dynamics of intimate partner abuse reveals about its behaviour.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. After Trump is gone, one of things I’m going to remember is the cowardice of the people who knew better but went along.

"There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes." Ernest Hemingway It really sucks to be living at a time when this quote is relevant.

2026 - “thank goodness DHS only killed one of the three people they targeted”

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

Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments. I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite. Would love to gather any and all other names.

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

The divide right now in America is because those who experience neighborliness as a core feature of their character (they're the ones out defending and dying for each other in the cold) and those who hate and can't understand neighborliness (they're the ones murdering people in the cold).

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.

I worry about this daily. Paranoia, perhaps, but you don’t need to invade a country with tanks if you can turn off Microsoft Office and Gmail

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.

they summarily executed a fucking VA health researcher. our field cannot just ignore this. or just release angry statements and move on.

The Strib has identified him. Alex Pretti. Another 37-year-old executed for standing up for our immigrant neighbors. For shame. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

If the will of one man is all it takes to invalidate the U.S. constitution in one year, there can be no trust placed in the U.S. for generations after that man is gone.

This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

There is no such thing as a fucking "immigration problem" I grew up in a town full of undocumented immigrants, the family of my best friend in kindergarten was undocumented, undocumented immigrants were a net positive for our community I'm so sick of this framing

I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.

On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.

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.

1. Trump says he’s fine with China-Canada deal. Been working on his own 2. Gets upstaged at Davos 3. Goes nuclear

What he claims China will do is what Trump wants to do to us.

Anyway, teach your sons how to handle rejection better because otherwise they may grow up to be fascists.

this photo. minneapolis. 💜 📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune

ABOLISH ICE & GET THE HELL OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES LEAVE GREENLAND THE FUCK ALONE Special for Jan. 24: KINDLY DO NOT START WWIII JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN

“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.” So, same as Canadians.

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

THEY TRIED TO GET A WARRANT TO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE THE WOMAN THEY SHOT DEAD

There's some confusion around these arrests. I understand that they weren't permitted (I haven't read the details yet) so they're being arrested on a technicality. That doesn't make priests wrong. This is exactly what civil disobedience is: breaking laws to advance justice.

In a normal world, "US treasury secretary endorses American annexation of Canadian territory" should be front page news

Mortality rates: Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000 Penicillin 2/100K Viagra 4/100K Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K) More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.

Emphasizing that ICE is deliberately arresting people who are in the asylum process precisely because they are easy pickings; after all, they're complying with the government! Amazingly, it's likely legal; but cruel, unjust, and very counterproductive by discouraging compliance!

Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."

In dozens of interviews, sociologist, UX researcher, and interaction designer Diana Enriquez finds middle managers forced to "feign AI success" in a weak job market—for instance, pretending error-free drafts came from AI tools that actually failed, creating burnout rather than productivity gains.