Doctor David
@doctordavid.bsky.social
Psychology Professor, soccer fan, public health advocate. No crypto accounts please. Opinions solely my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employers.
Spot on.
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Spot on.
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Tim Cook and Andy Jassy—and the rest—are accommodating an authoritarian who is presiding over a secret police force killing American citizens. The blood of Renee Good and Alex Pretti is on the hands of those who enable Trump. Hope they like the movie.
On tonight’s White House agenda:
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
January 25, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Tim Cook and Andy Jassy—and the rest—are accommodating an authoritarian who is presiding over a secret police force killing American citizens. The blood of Renee Good and Alex Pretti is on the hands of those who enable Trump. Hope they like the movie.
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If you work at Apple, Zoom, Amazon and AMD (not to mention Palantir or Nvidia) i think you should organize, unionize, and hold your fascist enabling CEO accountable.
You are powerful together
You are powerful together
An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
January 25, 2026 at 6:39 AM
If you work at Apple, Zoom, Amazon and AMD (not to mention Palantir or Nvidia) i think you should organize, unionize, and hold your fascist enabling CEO accountable.
You are powerful together
You are powerful together
The entire country could strike until we get a safe democracy.
I am seeing quite a few nurses calling for a nationwide strike over the killing of Alex Pretti. I think we are seeing one of the largest workforces being radicalized before our very eyes.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 PM
The entire country could strike until we get a safe democracy.
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I haven’t had senators in a while. A state with 1M people having as many as CA and TX is wacky to put it mildly.
January 25, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I haven’t had senators in a while. A state with 1M people having as many as CA and TX is wacky to put it mildly.
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Good movement. Interesting to frame a withdrawal as pro-law enforcement. May be where more of them land.
Would like to see our over-representative delegation support impeachment, tribunals and a truth and reconciliation process.
@coons.senate.gov @mcbride.house.gov @bluntrochester.senate.gov
Would like to see our over-representative delegation support impeachment, tribunals and a truth and reconciliation process.
@coons.senate.gov @mcbride.house.gov @bluntrochester.senate.gov
Minnesotans, and all Americans, have been made less safe by ICE's reckless and unlawful behavior.
I refuse to support this current package of funding bills as federal agents shoot Americans in the street.
My full statement:
I refuse to support this current package of funding bills as federal agents shoot Americans in the street.
My full statement:
January 25, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Good movement. Interesting to frame a withdrawal as pro-law enforcement. May be where more of them land.
Would like to see our over-representative delegation support impeachment, tribunals and a truth and reconciliation process.
@coons.senate.gov @mcbride.house.gov @bluntrochester.senate.gov
Would like to see our over-representative delegation support impeachment, tribunals and a truth and reconciliation process.
@coons.senate.gov @mcbride.house.gov @bluntrochester.senate.gov
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Not even 'both sides' here - the crucial bit is removed out from the parents' statement (giving the false impression that they did not rebut the administration's lies), while the administration's lie is presented without rebuttal. Truly appalling stuff.
And yet the BBC omitted this detail from his parents overnight statement..
"The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs,”
"The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs,”
January 25, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Not even 'both sides' here - the crucial bit is removed out from the parents' statement (giving the false impression that they did not rebut the administration's lies), while the administration's lie is presented without rebuttal. Truly appalling stuff.
No one should take health advice from that unqualified man.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
Kennedy Is Promoting Steak and Whole Milk. Should I Change How I Eat?
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:39 AM
No one should take health advice from that unqualified man.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
Shut it down until trump is removed.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Democrats Vow Not to Fund ICE After Shooting, Imperiling Spending Deal
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Shut it down until trump is removed.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Congress isn’t coming to save you
Scotus isn’t coming to save you
Be prepared to sit down next week
Forget a storm we’re losing our country.
#GeneralStrike #StormFern
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Congress isn’t coming to save you
Scotus isn’t coming to save you
Be prepared to sit down next week
Forget a storm we’re losing our country.
#GeneralStrike #StormFern
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January 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Congress isn’t coming to save you
Scotus isn’t coming to save you
Be prepared to sit down next week
Forget a storm we’re losing our country.
#GeneralStrike #StormFern
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Congress isn’t coming to save you
Scotus isn’t coming to save you
Be prepared to sit down next week
Forget a storm we’re losing our country.
#GeneralStrike #StormFern
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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...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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...
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Ugh. Is the Administration illegally undermining climate work in America…?
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
Newly Disclosed Records Show Trump Administration’s Unlawful Actions Related to Secretly Formed “Climate Working Group”
The records are part of more than 68,000 pages of records obtained by EDF and the Union of Concerned Scientists as as the result of a lawsuit.
www.edf.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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Literally 10 days ago, Hoeven introduced a bill to make concealed carry easier across the nation to help "law-abiding citizens to more freely exercise their Second Amendment rights." www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-re...
January 24, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Literally 10 days ago, Hoeven introduced a bill to make concealed carry easier across the nation to help "law-abiding citizens to more freely exercise their Second Amendment rights." www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-re...
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Literally 10 days ago, this hypocritical jackass introduced a bill to make concealed carry easier across the nation to help "law-abiding citizens to more freely exercise their Second Amendment rights." www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-re...
January 24, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Literally 10 days ago, this hypocritical jackass introduced a bill to make concealed carry easier across the nation to help "law-abiding citizens to more freely exercise their Second Amendment rights." www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-re...
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One interesting thing to monitor, as the Trump administration pushes its narrative defending the actions of federal immigration officers who shot and killed Alex Pretti, for some MAGA people this appears to be a breaking point
www.wired.com/story/the-in...
www.wired.com/story/the-in...
January 25, 2026 at 12:51 AM
One interesting thing to monitor, as the Trump administration pushes its narrative defending the actions of federal immigration officers who shot and killed Alex Pretti, for some MAGA people this appears to be a breaking point
www.wired.com/story/the-in...
www.wired.com/story/the-in...
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Remember that the legal standard for deadly force is whether the agent reasonably believed that he was in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury.
That is the only question that matters. And that standard is plainly not met by what we see in the video.
That is the only question that matters. And that standard is plainly not met by what we see in the video.
January 25, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Remember that the legal standard for deadly force is whether the agent reasonably believed that he was in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury.
That is the only question that matters. And that standard is plainly not met by what we see in the video.
That is the only question that matters. And that standard is plainly not met by what we see in the video.
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Noem:
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
January 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Noem:
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
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“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
- 1984, George Orwell
- 1984, George Orwell
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 25, 2026 at 2:30 AM
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
- 1984, George Orwell
- 1984, George Orwell
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We are seeing ordinary citizens — a children’s face painter and a doctor — come forth with sworn affidavits to describe the killing of the Minneapolis nurse.
In case you were wondering what courage looks like.
Links threaded below
In case you were wondering what courage looks like.
Links threaded below
January 25, 2026 at 2:17 AM
We are seeing ordinary citizens — a children’s face painter and a doctor — come forth with sworn affidavits to describe the killing of the Minneapolis nurse.
In case you were wondering what courage looks like.
Links threaded below
In case you were wondering what courage looks like.
Links threaded below
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sorry, it's a not very good canvas rush job because my brain is fried, but i tried to include some federal blue in honor of his service to our nation. i'm going to work on a better one tomorrow before the printers open in the afternoon
January 25, 2026 at 2:16 AM
sorry, it's a not very good canvas rush job because my brain is fried, but i tried to include some federal blue in honor of his service to our nation. i'm going to work on a better one tomorrow before the printers open in the afternoon
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January 25, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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No one should have to choose between affording their health care or putting food on the table. Yet here we are, thanks to Republicans.
#RepublicanHealthcareDisaster
#RepublicanHealthcareDisaster
January 23, 2026 at 6:41 PM
No one should have to choose between affording their health care or putting food on the table. Yet here we are, thanks to Republicans.
#RepublicanHealthcareDisaster
#RepublicanHealthcareDisaster
SCOTUS is a threat to the survival of our society.
Don't forget the Supreme Court's role facilitating ICE's brutality and racism in Minneapolis. SCOTUS lifted an injunction that limited racial profiling in immigration enforcement on Sept. 8. The federal assault on Chicago began the next day. Then came the Twin Cities. SCOTUS greenlit these horrors.
January 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
SCOTUS is a threat to the survival of our society.
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Don't forget the Supreme Court's role facilitating ICE's brutality and racism in Minneapolis. SCOTUS lifted an injunction that limited racial profiling in immigration enforcement on Sept. 8. The federal assault on Chicago began the next day. Then came the Twin Cities. SCOTUS greenlit these horrors.
January 23, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Don't forget the Supreme Court's role facilitating ICE's brutality and racism in Minneapolis. SCOTUS lifted an injunction that limited racial profiling in immigration enforcement on Sept. 8. The federal assault on Chicago began the next day. Then came the Twin Cities. SCOTUS greenlit these horrors.