former.editor
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Forty years at major metro newspapers, here and there. Now back home in the Chicago area. Not affiliated with any political party.
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The *best-case* scenario is that agents of the state executed a man for exercising his Second Amendment rights.
Yet you won't hear a fucking word from Second Amendment advocates—though this is exactly what they claimed to fear for the last half-century.
Fuck all these fascists.
Yet you won't hear a fucking word from Second Amendment advocates—though this is exactly what they claimed to fear for the last half-century.
Fuck all these fascists.
January 24, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The *best-case* scenario is that agents of the state executed a man for exercising his Second Amendment rights.
Yet you won't hear a fucking word from Second Amendment advocates—though this is exactly what they claimed to fear for the last half-century.
Fuck all these fascists.
Yet you won't hear a fucking word from Second Amendment advocates—though this is exactly what they claimed to fear for the last half-century.
Fuck all these fascists.
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And she's not even close to the top of the cell. She's just the cheap, cosplaying, Botoxed, spokesmodel-terrorist
To hell with her and anyone who tolerates her
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And she's not even close to the top of the cell. She's just the cheap, cosplaying, Botoxed, spokesmodel-terrorist
To hell with her and anyone who tolerates her
January 24, 2026 at 11:02 PM
K R I S T I
N O E M
I S
A
T E R R O R I S T
And she's not even close to the top of the cell. She's just the cheap, cosplaying, Botoxed, spokesmodel-terrorist
To hell with her and anyone who tolerates her
N O E M
I S
A
T E R R O R I S T
And she's not even close to the top of the cell. She's just the cheap, cosplaying, Botoxed, spokesmodel-terrorist
To hell with her and anyone who tolerates her
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Seth Moulton says prosecute. Wait. What. Seth Moulton? Seth Moulton
January 24, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Seth Moulton says prosecute. Wait. What. Seth Moulton? Seth Moulton
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Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
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This could end any day. Republicans in Congress are choosing not to do so.
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.
January 24, 2026 at 9:09 PM
This could end any day. Republicans in Congress are choosing not to do so.
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Every video I’ve seen directly contradicts the DHS narrative.
They say he approached the officers armed and ready to “massacre law enforcement.”
In reality, he was recording ICE then after they shoved a woman, he got in between them.
They then surrounded him and killed him.
They say he approached the officers armed and ready to “massacre law enforcement.”
In reality, he was recording ICE then after they shoved a woman, he got in between them.
They then surrounded him and killed him.
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Every video I’ve seen directly contradicts the DHS narrative.
They say he approached the officers armed and ready to “massacre law enforcement.”
In reality, he was recording ICE then after they shoved a woman, he got in between them.
They then surrounded him and killed him.
They say he approached the officers armed and ready to “massacre law enforcement.”
In reality, he was recording ICE then after they shoved a woman, he got in between them.
They then surrounded him and killed him.
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Exactly. As I said earlier today, Bondi is complicit in this latest murder.
This only happened because DOJ let them get away with Renee Good.
January 24, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Exactly. As I said earlier today, Bondi is complicit in this latest murder.
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What happened in Minnesota today was not a mistake. It's a deliberate and inevitable outcome of ICE operations - part of the authoritarian script for state violence against citizens.
Regime thugs target minorities
Regime thugs kill protesters
Regime exploits larger protests to escalate repression
Regime thugs target minorities
Regime thugs kill protesters
Regime exploits larger protests to escalate repression
January 24, 2026 at 5:30 PM
What happened in Minnesota today was not a mistake. It's a deliberate and inevitable outcome of ICE operations - part of the authoritarian script for state violence against citizens.
Regime thugs target minorities
Regime thugs kill protesters
Regime exploits larger protests to escalate repression
Regime thugs target minorities
Regime thugs kill protesters
Regime exploits larger protests to escalate repression
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The killings will continue until you give us the state voter rolls
Fox News: "I've gotten my hands that AG Bondi said she sent to Gov. Tim Walz. It is strongly worded. The AG calls for the governor to support the men and women of ICE, to repeal the state's sanctuary policies, and to allow the DOJ to access state voter rolls."
January 24, 2026 at 7:44 PM
The killings will continue until you give us the state voter rolls
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These monsters are sick.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
These monsters are sick.
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The Policy Director for the President of the United States said that the VA nurse was murdered because he was an “assassin.”
And not one Republican in Congress will say a god damn word about because they are spineless cowards.
And not one Republican in Congress will say a god damn word about because they are spineless cowards.
January 24, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The Policy Director for the President of the United States said that the VA nurse was murdered because he was an “assassin.”
And not one Republican in Congress will say a god damn word about because they are spineless cowards.
And not one Republican in Congress will say a god damn word about because they are spineless cowards.
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One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
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I used to think Republicans only cared about the 2nd Amendment but not the 1st. Now it seems they don’t really care about either one.
January 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I used to think Republicans only cared about the 2nd Amendment but not the 1st. Now it seems they don’t really care about either one.
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Those House Dems who voted for the new DHS funding just got the limbs sawed off that they were perched on.
January 24, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Those House Dems who voted for the new DHS funding just got the limbs sawed off that they were perched on.
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We have for now the same kaleidoscopic jumble as in the aftermath of every such episode.
But real clarity emerges when look at last two weeks:
1. again a US citizen committing no crime
2. again a murderous illegal onslaught by ICE
3. again, instantaneous pack of lies by Bovino & Co
But real clarity emerges when look at last two weeks:
1. again a US citizen committing no crime
2. again a murderous illegal onslaught by ICE
3. again, instantaneous pack of lies by Bovino & Co
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
We have for now the same kaleidoscopic jumble as in the aftermath of every such episode.
But real clarity emerges when look at last two weeks:
1. again a US citizen committing no crime
2. again a murderous illegal onslaught by ICE
3. again, instantaneous pack of lies by Bovino & Co
But real clarity emerges when look at last two weeks:
1. again a US citizen committing no crime
2. again a murderous illegal onslaught by ICE
3. again, instantaneous pack of lies by Bovino & Co
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How regimes behave
“Federal agents briefly detained our reporter at the scene, who says he was tackled to the ground and had a gun put in his face.”
BREAKING: Federal agent shoots man in south Minneapolis
A Bring Me The News reporter was near the scene, and recorded multiple gunshots.
bringmethenews.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:46 PM
How regimes behave
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“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
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It's straight from the fascist playbook to create chaos and then demand unquestioned authority to stop the chaos.
January 24, 2026 at 5:49 PM
It's straight from the fascist playbook to create chaos and then demand unquestioned authority to stop the chaos.
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The second most disturbing thing about today's ICE murder is that ICE rounded up and removed the witnesses. I just pray that woman in pink (and anyone else) texted her video to a friend first.
January 24, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The second most disturbing thing about today's ICE murder is that ICE rounded up and removed the witnesses. I just pray that woman in pink (and anyone else) texted her video to a friend first.
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The same people who pushed for states to be open carry are the ones saying having a gun on you (if that's even true) is grounds to be murdered by state agents.
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The same people who pushed for states to be open carry are the ones saying having a gun on you (if that's even true) is grounds to be murdered by state agents.
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Republicans currently blaming everyone for the homicide except the people who pulled the trigger.
January 24, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Republicans currently blaming everyone for the homicide except the people who pulled the trigger.
Good questions.
Just curious, is there ANYTHING that an ICE agent can do that Republicans will condemn as wrong? Anything at all? Or it just automatically defend ICE no matter what now? That’s who you are?
January 24, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Good questions.
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So, if multiple agents tackle a person to the ground, beat him, and then shoot him repeatedly, they cannot later say it was ok cause they later found he was armed - which is neither a crime nor one that carries the penalty of immediate execution.
There's no Nobel prize for killing civilians.
There's no Nobel prize for killing civilians.
January 24, 2026 at 5:29 PM
So, if multiple agents tackle a person to the ground, beat him, and then shoot him repeatedly, they cannot later say it was ok cause they later found he was armed - which is neither a crime nor one that carries the penalty of immediate execution.
There's no Nobel prize for killing civilians.
There's no Nobel prize for killing civilians.
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Suddenly, the Second Amendment is an optional thing for the Republican Party.
January 24, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Suddenly, the Second Amendment is an optional thing for the Republican Party.