Gene Bryant
@genebryant.bsky.social
Retired educator (Nashville, TN). ISSUES: preservation of public education & separation of church and state. INTERESTS: gardening, photography, genealogy & travel.
DAN RATHER: The civic action of a handful of Minnesotans is holding Trump accountable. steady.substack.com/p/bearing-wi...
Bearing Witness
The civic action of a handful of Minnesotans is holding Trump accountable
steady.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:16 AM
DAN RATHER: The civic action of a handful of Minnesotans is holding Trump accountable. steady.substack.com/p/bearing-wi...
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that border czar Tom Homan will take over ICE’s operations in Minneapolis. It’s a tacit admission that he understands his administration’s deportation strategy has gone too far. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Tom Homan’s Minneapolis to-do list
Targeting criminals, stopping collateral arrests and more transparency will deescalate tensions.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:59 AM
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that border czar Tom Homan will take over ICE’s operations in Minneapolis. It’s a tacit admission that he understands his administration’s deportation strategy has gone too far. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
In trying to defend the killing of Alex Pretti on Saturday, Trump administration officials repeatedly tried to portray him as a violent domestic terrorist—even an “assassin”—running counter to emerging video evidence and first-person accounts of the deadly encounter. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
‘Assassin’ And Domestic Terrorist: How Trump Officials Described Alex Pretti After Fatal Shooting
Video footage of Pretti’s killing refutes claims from officials that the protester was attacking law enforcement or “brandishing” his gun.
www.forbes.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:53 AM
In trying to defend the killing of Alex Pretti on Saturday, Trump administration officials repeatedly tried to portray him as a violent domestic terrorist—even an “assassin”—running counter to emerging video evidence and first-person accounts of the deadly encounter. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
When Leavitt stepped up to the briefing room podium to address the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, she avoided the kind of victim-blaming tirade that has become de rigueur for Trump’s administration. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House avoids Minneapolis tirade as signs suggest Trump backing down
Karoline Leavitt seemed unusually defensive in discussing Alex Pretti’s killing – and refused to endorse Stephen Miller
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 AM
When Leavitt stepped up to the briefing room podium to address the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, she avoided the kind of victim-blaming tirade that has become de rigueur for Trump’s administration. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Conservative lawmakers in Tennessee say they have crafted a package of legislation in collaboration with the White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. www.axios.com/local/nashvi...
Tennessee Republicans announce immigration bills crafted with White House input
The new legislation would require local governments to share information with ICE.
www.axios.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Conservative lawmakers in Tennessee say they have crafted a package of legislation in collaboration with the White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. www.axios.com/local/nashvi...
Even the White House appears to believe that Stephen Miller went too far in his comments on the Minneapolis man killed by Border Patrol agents. newrepublic.com/post/205698/...
White House Refuses to Back Stephen Miller’s Smear Against Alex Pretti
Even the White House appears to believe that Stephen Miller went too far in his comments on the Minneapolis man killed by Border Patrol agents.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Even the White House appears to believe that Stephen Miller went too far in his comments on the Minneapolis man killed by Border Patrol agents. newrepublic.com/post/205698/...
On the heels of ICE agents killing an American citizen in broad daylight, Tennessee’s Republican leadership unveiled their Stephen-Miller-kissed immigration crackdown package. aftynbehnfortn.substack.com/p/stephen-mi...
Stephen Miller Is Writing Tennessee’s Laws Now
If you haven’t seen the movie "The Menu", don’t worry—the Tennessee Legislature just started, and the plot: "Let them eat cake while CoreCivic deports the rest."
aftynbehnfortn.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:13 AM
On the heels of ICE agents killing an American citizen in broad daylight, Tennessee’s Republican leadership unveiled their Stephen-Miller-kissed immigration crackdown package. aftynbehnfortn.substack.com/p/stephen-mi...
Steven Miller is emerging as the main architect and enforcer of Trump's signature policies: from hardline immigration policies and mass deportations, to retaliation against the administration's perceived enemies, to increasingly aggressive foreign policy. www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...
Stephen Miller: ICE’s ideologue-in-chief | CBC Radio
Top White House advisor Stephen Miller has been called the driving force behind Donald Trump’s domestic agenda – including the aggressive ICE escalation in Minneapolis. We’ve got a deep look at his li...
www.cbc.ca
January 27, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Steven Miller is emerging as the main architect and enforcer of Trump's signature policies: from hardline immigration policies and mass deportations, to retaliation against the administration's perceived enemies, to increasingly aggressive foreign policy. www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is the most zealous supporter of the MAGA agenda. He is the aide tasked with turning even the most vaguely thought-through policy announced by the US president into action – and he relishes the job. www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-...
Who is Stephen Miller, the zealous adviser turning Trump’s vision into action
In the News podcast: Zealous in his devotion to MAGA and in advancing Trump’s imperial agenda abroad
www.irishtimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:04 AM
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is the most zealous supporter of the MAGA agenda. He is the aide tasked with turning even the most vaguely thought-through policy announced by the US president into action – and he relishes the job. www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-...
The Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal blasted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for trying to paint a Veterans Affairs nurse killed by ICE agents as a “domestic terrorist.” www.thedailybeast.com/murdoch-pape...
Murdoch Paper Tears Into ICE Barbie and Miller After Nurse Killing
The conservative editorial board practically begged Donald Trump to silence his own aides.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 AM
The Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal blasted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for trying to paint a Veterans Affairs nurse killed by ICE agents as a “domestic terrorist.” www.thedailybeast.com/murdoch-pape...
NYT columnist (Franklin, TN resident) David French says Americans are collectively "witnessing the total breakdown of any meaningful system of accountability for federal officials.” www.alternet.org/conservative...
'Total breakdown': Conservative says Trump White House is 'functionally lawless'
One prominent conservative writer is arguing that the White House's response to the fatal shooting of 37 year-old U.S. citizen Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota last weekend mark...
www.alternet.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:13 PM
NYT columnist (Franklin, TN resident) David French says Americans are collectively "witnessing the total breakdown of any meaningful system of accountability for federal officials.” www.alternet.org/conservative...
Cartoon by David Horsey
January 26, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Cartoon by David Horsey
The TENNESSEAN provides a photo gallery of ice storm damage in Nashville. www.tennessean.com/picture-gall...
Nature dazzles and disrupts as a major ice storm hits Nashville
An intense winter storm coated the region in ice, creating breathtaking scenes while toppling trees, downing wires and leaving thousands without power.
www.tennessean.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:02 PM
The TENNESSEAN provides a photo gallery of ice storm damage in Nashville. www.tennessean.com/picture-gall...
In responding to ICE turbulence in Minneapolis, TN Sen. Marsha Blackburn suggests Minneapolis should have responded more like Memphis in its acceptance of federal intervention in immigration enforcement.
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Sen. Blackburn calls out Democrats for having a ‘terminal case’ of ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ | Fox News Video
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., discusses former special counsel Jack Smith’s testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee, anti-ICE protests in Minnesota and more on ‘Sunday Morning Futures.’
www.foxnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:52 PM
In responding to ICE turbulence in Minneapolis, TN Sen. Marsha Blackburn suggests Minneapolis should have responded more like Memphis in its acceptance of federal intervention in immigration enforcement.
www.foxnews.com/video/638828... #FoxNews
www.foxnews.com/video/638828... #FoxNews
LETTER TO EDITOR:
Our members of Congress should insist on clear, enforceable standards for [ICE]…. I urge Rep. Andy Ogles and Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty to publicly support these safeguards....
Christopher Broom, Brentwood
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Our members of Congress should insist on clear, enforceable standards for [ICE]…. I urge Rep. Andy Ogles and Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty to publicly support these safeguards....
Christopher Broom, Brentwood
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
It's time for Ogles, Blackburn to address ICE/DHS violence | Letters
Whatever one’s views on immigration policy, “public safety” cannot become a justification for tactics that increase fear and the risk of escalation.
www.yahoo.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:29 PM
LETTER TO EDITOR:
Our members of Congress should insist on clear, enforceable standards for [ICE]…. I urge Rep. Andy Ogles and Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty to publicly support these safeguards....
Christopher Broom, Brentwood
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Our members of Congress should insist on clear, enforceable standards for [ICE]…. I urge Rep. Andy Ogles and Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty to publicly support these safeguards....
Christopher Broom, Brentwood
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Ben Sessoms/CHATTANOOGA TIMES: Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton has joined forces with … Stephen Miller, the mass deportation architect, on a slate of prospective bills to further ramp up the state's already draconian anti-immigrant apparatus. www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ja...
Times Opinion: Tennessee is wielding the power of the state against its own people | Chattanooga Times Free Press
In Tennessee, there's a laundry list of social and economic issues residents face: high health care costs, food insecurity, disinvestment in education, gun violence, etc. It goes on and on.
www.timesfreepress.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Ben Sessoms/CHATTANOOGA TIMES: Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton has joined forces with … Stephen Miller, the mass deportation architect, on a slate of prospective bills to further ramp up the state's already draconian anti-immigrant apparatus. www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ja...
Reposted by Gene Bryant
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
Democrats have launched a furious, profanity-laced tirade against Stephen Miller, accusing the White House aide of having blood on his hands for claiming slain nurse Alex Pretti was a “would-be assassin” after he was gunned down by Border Patrol agents. www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-ri...
Democrats Rip Stephen Miller’s Cold-Blooded Response to CBP Killing
The rare, expletive-laden response underscores the growing outrage over the latest shooting by federal officers.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Democrats have launched a furious, profanity-laced tirade against Stephen Miller, accusing the White House aide of having blood on his hands for claiming slain nurse Alex Pretti was a “would-be assassin” after he was gunned down by Border Patrol agents. www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-ri...
Reposted by Gene Bryant
A court will consider Minnesota’s request to remove ICE from its streets today. I’ll discuss on @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social at 6:30 am ET.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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Minnesota Claims the ICE Surge Is Illegal. A Judge Will Hear Arguments on Monday.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:25 AM
A court will consider Minnesota’s request to remove ICE from its streets today. I’ll discuss on @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social at 6:30 am ET.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
We all have to decide for ourselves what we’ll believe about this case [federal immigration agents’ killing of Minneapolis ICU nurse and researcher Alex Pretti]…. Stephen Miller says the man was an assassin. Would Stephen Miller lie? www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The Minneapolis Shooting Videos Are Horrifying—and Incredibly Clear. Stephen Miller’s Response Is Downright Chilling.
He wants you to believe your federal government, not your own eyes.
www.yahoo.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:04 PM
We all have to decide for ourselves what we’ll believe about this case [federal immigration agents’ killing of Minneapolis ICU nurse and researcher Alex Pretti]…. Stephen Miller says the man was an assassin. Would Stephen Miller lie? www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The US Homeland Security Advisor wrote on X that a "would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement" Saturday. www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...
Stephen Miller's Viral Minneapolis Shooting Tweet Debunked by Community Note
Stephen Miller insisted on social media a "would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement and the official Democrat account sides with the terrorists" in Minneapolis Saturday morning — a me...
www.thewrap.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The US Homeland Security Advisor wrote on X that a "would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement" Saturday. www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...
Jamelle Bouie, NYT columnist: The public face of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a brutal, paramilitary force of masked men who hunt immigrants and terrorize American cities on behalf of the president of the United States. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | The Cruelty Is the Point for ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Jamelle Bouie, NYT columnist: The public face of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a brutal, paramilitary force of masked men who hunt immigrants and terrorize American cities on behalf of the president of the United States. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
M. Gessen, NYT columnist: After the past three weeks of brutality in Minneapolis, it should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation. It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear…. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:51 AM
M. Gessen, NYT columnist: After the past three weeks of brutality in Minneapolis, it should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation. It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear…. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Trump moved swiftly to try to shift the blame for another ICE shooting death in Minneapolis away from the federal agents involved in the incident to local Democrats and the victim himself, whom administration reps called a “domestic terrorist.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Trump and Federal Officials Try to Blame Minnesota Authorities and Slain Man
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Trump moved swiftly to try to shift the blame for another ICE shooting death in Minneapolis away from the federal agents involved in the incident to local Democrats and the victim himself, whom administration reps called a “domestic terrorist.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
In the hours after a man was brought to his knees and fatally shot by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis, Trump and an aide pumped out several presidential social media posts that blamed local law enforcement officials and the victim for the killing. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/u...
Killing Prompts Only a Defiant Response From Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:41 AM
In the hours after a man was brought to his knees and fatally shot by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis, Trump and an aide pumped out several presidential social media posts that blamed local law enforcement officials and the victim for the killing. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/u...