Democat
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They murdered an ICU nurse and called him a terrorist.
Alex Pretti saved lives for a living.
Trump repaid him with TEN BULLETS and is now lying about it.
Anyone who supports this brutal lynching should be considered an accomplice and dealt with accordingly.
Alex Pretti saved lives for a living.
Trump repaid him with TEN BULLETS and is now lying about it.
Anyone who supports this brutal lynching should be considered an accomplice and dealt with accordingly.
January 25, 2026 at 4:06 AM
They murdered an ICU nurse and called him a terrorist.
Alex Pretti saved lives for a living.
Trump repaid him with TEN BULLETS and is now lying about it.
Anyone who supports this brutal lynching should be considered an accomplice and dealt with accordingly.
Alex Pretti saved lives for a living.
Trump repaid him with TEN BULLETS and is now lying about it.
Anyone who supports this brutal lynching should be considered an accomplice and dealt with accordingly.
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When you’ve lost the Wall Street Journal editorial page…
“Stephen Miller’s mass deportation methods are turning immigration, an issue Mr. Trump owned in 2024, into a political liability for Republicans in 2026.
Americans don’t want law enforcement shooting people in the street or arresting five-year-old boys.” - WSJ ed board www.wsj.com/opinion/time...
Americans don’t want law enforcement shooting people in the street or arresting five-year-old boys.” - WSJ ed board www.wsj.com/opinion/time...
Opinion | Time for ICE to Pause in Minneapolis
Alex Pretti made a mistake, but he wasn’t a ‘domestic terrorist.’
www.wsj.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 AM
When you’ve lost the Wall Street Journal editorial page…
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Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
"Kristi Noem and her department's latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately."
"Kristi Noem and her department's latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately."
January 25, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
"Kristi Noem and her department's latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately."
"Kristi Noem and her department's latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately."
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Republican politicians who think that Minneapolis is a political problem are missing the point. It is a moral problem. But they are in so deep that they cannot see just how morally bankrupt they have become. They do not understand that we are as revulsed by their complicity as by Trump's cruelty.
January 26, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Republican politicians who think that Minneapolis is a political problem are missing the point. It is a moral problem. But they are in so deep that they cannot see just how morally bankrupt they have become. They do not understand that we are as revulsed by their complicity as by Trump's cruelty.
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"Keynes failed to consider that I would smoke cigarettes and post about books I haven't read."
This whole thread is kind of fascinating to me, because it's predicated on an insurmountable ideological distinction between "liberalism" and "leftism", and then all of the examples he gives are purely arguments about aesthetics, style, emotion, association, rhetoric, etc.
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 AM
"Keynes failed to consider that I would smoke cigarettes and post about books I haven't read."
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One thing the Minneapolis police have become VERY good at is deescalation. If there’s an angry crowd, the police basically evaporate. If you walk a few blocks you’ll see them, but they’ve learned being invisible calms things down.
ICE does the opposite: floods in troops and starts shooting
ICE does the opposite: floods in troops and starts shooting
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM
One thing the Minneapolis police have become VERY good at is deescalation. If there’s an angry crowd, the police basically evaporate. If you walk a few blocks you’ll see them, but they’ve learned being invisible calms things down.
ICE does the opposite: floods in troops and starts shooting
ICE does the opposite: floods in troops and starts shooting
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I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
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Twice this week when meeting a new person I've gotten an excited "Wow, it must be an exciting time to be a political scientist!" and both times I've answered "Not really. That's like telling someone it's an exciting to be a surgeon when there's a 63 car pileup on the highway."
January 26, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Twice this week when meeting a new person I've gotten an excited "Wow, it must be an exciting time to be a political scientist!" and both times I've answered "Not really. That's like telling someone it's an exciting to be a surgeon when there's a 63 car pileup on the highway."
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I can't do anything about so many problems.
But my neighbors are elderly. And I can clear the snow off of their sidewalk while it's still mostly powder.
But my neighbors are elderly. And I can clear the snow off of their sidewalk while it's still mostly powder.
January 26, 2026 at 4:12 AM
I can't do anything about so many problems.
But my neighbors are elderly. And I can clear the snow off of their sidewalk while it's still mostly powder.
But my neighbors are elderly. And I can clear the snow off of their sidewalk while it's still mostly powder.
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#GVerse #Attention
Reporter: ''So you agree that people who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted?''
JD Vance: ''Yes''
Reporter: ''Ok, I'm just checking, because you helped raise money for people who did so on January 6th''
Reporter: ''So you agree that people who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted?''
JD Vance: ''Yes''
Reporter: ''Ok, I'm just checking, because you helped raise money for people who did so on January 6th''
January 26, 2026 at 12:54 AM
#GVerse #Attention
Reporter: ''So you agree that people who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted?''
JD Vance: ''Yes''
Reporter: ''Ok, I'm just checking, because you helped raise money for people who did so on January 6th''
Reporter: ''So you agree that people who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted?''
JD Vance: ''Yes''
Reporter: ''Ok, I'm just checking, because you helped raise money for people who did so on January 6th''
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Part of why you don't do this is not just b/c pending investigation. Even when it was 100% justified and necessary, it's no small thing psychologically. It's traumatic in, like, a PTSD sense. To be kind of shell-shocked by it. Of course you don't put them on the street the next day. That's deranged.
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 26, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Part of why you don't do this is not just b/c pending investigation. Even when it was 100% justified and necessary, it's no small thing psychologically. It's traumatic in, like, a PTSD sense. To be kind of shell-shocked by it. Of course you don't put them on the street the next day. That's deranged.
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Walz: "I don't care if you are conservative are flying a Donald Trump flag, a libertarian 'Don't Treat on Me,' a Democratic Socialist -- this an inflection point. If we cannot all agree that the smearing of a citizen and besmirching everything they stood for -- someone has to be accountable."
January 25, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Walz: "I don't care if you are conservative are flying a Donald Trump flag, a libertarian 'Don't Treat on Me,' a Democratic Socialist -- this an inflection point. If we cannot all agree that the smearing of a citizen and besmirching everything they stood for -- someone has to be accountable."
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This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
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This is fascism. Full stop. #FuckICE
I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
January 20, 2026 at 11:54 PM
This is fascism. Full stop. #FuckICE
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"This is a criminal president and a criminal administration. This is straight-out fascism. This is about ending democracy. These people are destroying the Constitution. And if we say it in words that are any less blunt, we are not telling the truth."
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January 26, 2026 at 3:51 AM
"This is a criminal president and a criminal administration. This is straight-out fascism. This is about ending democracy. These people are destroying the Constitution. And if we say it in words that are any less blunt, we are not telling the truth."
www.ms.now/the-weekend-...
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Greetings! I’m here on 26th and Nicolette by the Alex Pretti vigil. Minnesota Police are telling vigil goers they can’t block the street. Vigil goers are telling MPD they are going to block the street. I wouldn’t call it a standoff so much as an impasse.
January 25, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Greetings! I’m here on 26th and Nicolette by the Alex Pretti vigil. Minnesota Police are telling vigil goers they can’t block the street. Vigil goers are telling MPD they are going to block the street. I wouldn’t call it a standoff so much as an impasse.
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Minneapolis, MN -
Many many more agents filing into the area around the hotel. Minneapolis PD announcing everyone is under arrest, telling them to sit down with their hands up. An ad hoc journalist squad being told to go further down the street. Chemicals irritant deployed in the road.
Many many more agents filing into the area around the hotel. Minneapolis PD announcing everyone is under arrest, telling them to sit down with their hands up. An ad hoc journalist squad being told to go further down the street. Chemicals irritant deployed in the road.
January 26, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Minneapolis, MN -
Many many more agents filing into the area around the hotel. Minneapolis PD announcing everyone is under arrest, telling them to sit down with their hands up. An ad hoc journalist squad being told to go further down the street. Chemicals irritant deployed in the road.
Many many more agents filing into the area around the hotel. Minneapolis PD announcing everyone is under arrest, telling them to sit down with their hands up. An ad hoc journalist squad being told to go further down the street. Chemicals irritant deployed in the road.
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About fucking time we saw a headline like this from the
Gray Lady
Gray Lady
January 26, 2026 at 1:59 AM
About fucking time we saw a headline like this from the
Gray Lady
Gray Lady
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Doomerism like this doesn't help anything. And at any rate, I don't think this is right empirically; Trump won in 2024 when his favorability rating was around -5. Now it's -20. Yes, support for fascism is alarmingly high, but Trump's not winning any elections today with just 31%.
I read the data a bit differently. That 31% "strongly oppose"? Yeah, that's about 1/3rd of Americans rooting for a fascist state where their team gets to kill "libtards" with impunity while laughing at their dying breaths.
That's more than enough to sustain GOP administrations forever.
That's more than enough to sustain GOP administrations forever.
YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**
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January 26, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Doomerism like this doesn't help anything. And at any rate, I don't think this is right empirically; Trump won in 2024 when his favorability rating was around -5. Now it's -20. Yes, support for fascism is alarmingly high, but Trump's not winning any elections today with just 31%.
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We are not going to have "GOP administrations forever" unless we descend into full chaos and dictatorship. Which is, to be clear, an alarming possibility, and higher probability than in recent memory. But it's still a tail outcome going forward, and treating it as a certainty strips you of agency.
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 AM
We are not going to have "GOP administrations forever" unless we descend into full chaos and dictatorship. Which is, to be clear, an alarming possibility, and higher probability than in recent memory. But it's still a tail outcome going forward, and treating it as a certainty strips you of agency.
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Notable from the former chair of HFAC.
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tx) in reference to GOP Chairman Garbarino’s letters for leaders of ICE, CBP, USCIS to testify following Alex Pretti's killing:
“As an attorney and former federal prosecutor, I believe a thorough investigation is necessary ....”
“As an attorney and former federal prosecutor, I believe a thorough investigation is necessary ....”
January 25, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Notable from the former chair of HFAC.
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My eldest just donated a fifth of their savings to DHH Church and I'm verklempt.
It's a lot of $ -- a lot of hours of earning -- for them and a lot of safety for Minnesota families.
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It's a lot of $ -- a lot of hours of earning -- for them and a lot of safety for Minnesota families.
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January 26, 2026 at 12:41 AM
My eldest just donated a fifth of their savings to DHH Church and I'm verklempt.
It's a lot of $ -- a lot of hours of earning -- for them and a lot of safety for Minnesota families.
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
It's a lot of $ -- a lot of hours of earning -- for them and a lot of safety for Minnesota families.
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
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This is the single funniest excuse he could have come up with for not wanting to be booed in public
President Donald Trump will not be attending Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, Calif., he said in an interview with the New York Post.
“It’s just too far away,” he said.
“It’s just too far away,” he said.
January 26, 2026 at 12:52 AM
This is the single funniest excuse he could have come up with for not wanting to be booed in public