Jon Szanto
@jonszanto.bsky.social
Percussionist, pen lover. Researching joy. Attempting to fight the good fight and put things back on course.
Look at these absolute fucks.
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
February 6, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Look at these absolute fucks.
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In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
Good God, we have GOT to find a way to stop this!!! Please repost, and would someone make certain to put this in the faces of Jeffries and Schumer so they will seek spinal implants.
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 4, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Good God, we have GOT to find a way to stop this!!! Please repost, and would someone make certain to put this in the faces of Jeffries and Schumer so they will seek spinal implants.
There is NO excuse for either the behavior OR the arrest!
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
There is NO excuse for either the behavior OR the arrest!
This.
House Democrats must vote ‘no’ on DHS funding tomorrow. Our country is in the middle of a five alarm fire, and we must act like it.
While ICE agents are killing Americans in the street and using five year old children as bait, we should not give that agency another dime.
While ICE agents are killing Americans in the street and using five year old children as bait, we should not give that agency another dime.
February 2, 2026 at 8:15 PM
This.
Just the smallest bit of good news for today. Welcome news.
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Just the smallest bit of good news for today. Welcome news.
Oh, man, please read the Court's opinion and order. What a magnificent rebuke. Truly an "in your face" to the ugly regime currently in place.
NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below.
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order – #9 in Conejo Arias v. Noem (W.D. Tex., 5:26-cv-00415) – CourtListener.com
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT--The Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Grea...
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January 31, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Oh, man, please read the Court's opinion and order. What a magnificent rebuke. Truly an "in your face" to the ugly regime currently in place.
To anyone who sees my post and cares, please share this as widely as possible.
Now THIS is how you do anti-ICE messaging:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRC...
Absolute Immunity
YouTube video by Lincoln Project Advocacy
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:23 PM
To anyone who sees my post and cares, please share this as widely as possible.
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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
As sad as it is true. America has fallen so, so far under the current regime. Pray that we can get back to a better society, somehow.
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM
As sad as it is true. America has fallen so, so far under the current regime. Pray that we can get back to a better society, somehow.
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The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
The "Peaky Blinders Haircut" imp has been kicked out. It would be a dishonor to the fine citizens who were murdered to consider this anything more than "good riddance".
The people of Minnesota are heroes. Renee Good and Alex Pretti will be righteously revered.
The people of Minnesota are heroes. Renee Good and Alex Pretti will be righteously revered.
January 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The "Peaky Blinders Haircut" imp has been kicked out. It would be a dishonor to the fine citizens who were murdered to consider this anything more than "good riddance".
The people of Minnesota are heroes. Renee Good and Alex Pretti will be righteously revered.
The people of Minnesota are heroes. Renee Good and Alex Pretti will be righteously revered.
Mr. Rupar, what you and your fellow citizens have done makes all of us proud of you, and proud of the lead you are setting.
Trump tried to break the Twin Cities but we stood strong, and now *they* are backing down. Makes me feel proud to live here.
January 26, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Mr. Rupar, what you and your fellow citizens have done makes all of us proud of you, and proud of the lead you are setting.
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Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
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Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.
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My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
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He was shot while on his knees protecting a woman. He was unarmed… say what you want… we can see.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
He was shot while on his knees protecting a woman. He was unarmed… say what you want… we can see.
Less than 2 weeks, and I have to repost this. 😥
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Less than 2 weeks, and I have to repost this. 😥
This big-hearted man was everything - EVERYTHING! - that anyone connected with the Trump regime is NOT. Remember him as a good man, a valiant person, and one who helped others.
🚨 NEW — Statement from the family of Alex Pretti:
"We are heartbroken but also very angry.
Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital... 1/
"We are heartbroken but also very angry.
Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital... 1/
January 25, 2026 at 1:46 AM
This big-hearted man was everything - EVERYTHING! - that anyone connected with the Trump regime is NOT. Remember him as a good man, a valiant person, and one who helped others.
Exactly this.
I really need Democratic lawmakers to understand that we're fed up with them simply posting on social media "this has to stop" without calling for specific actions to make it stop.
We know this needs to stop. We elected you. Tell us what needs to be done to make it stop.
We know this needs to stop. We elected you. Tell us what needs to be done to make it stop.
January 25, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Exactly this.
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Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
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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.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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.
White. Hot. Rage.
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This is a remarkable story. Worth a minute of your time to read it.
“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me,” she said.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me,” she said.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:22 AM
This is a remarkable story. Worth a minute of your time to read it.
“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me,” she said.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me,” she said.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...