Kaos
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Latest Fact Checks – Full Fact
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... by Jonathan Rauch
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:57 PM
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... by Jonathan Rauch
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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
One restaurant, The Copper Hen, has a tribute for Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse, posted at its front door.
It’s a nurse's uniform, frozen in place, with a sign that reads “you leave an empty space that should not exist”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
It’s a nurse's uniform, frozen in place, with a sign that reads “you leave an empty space that should not exist”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
January 25, 2026 at 9:34 PM
One restaurant, The Copper Hen, has a tribute for Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse, posted at its front door.
It’s a nurse's uniform, frozen in place, with a sign that reads “you leave an empty space that should not exist”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
It’s a nurse's uniform, frozen in place, with a sign that reads “you leave an empty space that should not exist”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
How ICE mirrors the language and memes of far-right extremists in recruitment drives.
www.cbc.ca/news/ice-rec...
www.cbc.ca/news/ice-rec...
ICE nodding to far-right extremists in recruitment posts, experts say | CBC News
In its efforts to rapidly boost its ranks, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been making appeals on social media in language familiar to right-wing extremists.
www.cbc.ca
January 25, 2026 at 4:41 PM
How ICE mirrors the language and memes of far-right extremists in recruitment drives.
www.cbc.ca/news/ice-rec...
www.cbc.ca/news/ice-rec...
Reform MP wants private insurance in place of a scrapped NHS ‘cos that is such a well regarded industry! Especially in the States where it’s such a popular model the shooting of a health insurance CEO was lauded in some quarters as heroic! 👀 🤦🏽♀️
Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
January 25, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Reform MP wants private insurance in place of a scrapped NHS ‘cos that is such a well regarded industry! Especially in the States where it’s such a popular model the shooting of a health insurance CEO was lauded in some quarters as heroic! 👀 🤦🏽♀️
Reform UK:
Clearly desirous of an ICE age - States style.
Clearly desirous of an ICE age - States style.
Reform UK:
Demonises migrants seeking work as an “invasion”.
Celebrates threat of an actual military invasion of a NATO ally.
Demonises migrants seeking work as an “invasion”.
Celebrates threat of an actual military invasion of a NATO ally.
January 25, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Reform UK:
Clearly desirous of an ICE age - States style.
Clearly desirous of an ICE age - States style.
“I feel afraid. They shot a man right in front me, and I don’t feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don’t know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they’re not telling the truth about what happened.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony
Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:22 PM
“I feel afraid. They shot a man right in front me, and I don’t feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don’t know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they’re not telling the truth about what happened.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘You’re repeating a far-right load of nonsense that it’s all to do with migrants in hotels.’
@matthew-wright.bsky.social goes head-to-head with caller Patrick over the reason why ‘the country’s gone broke’.
@matthew-wright.bsky.social goes head-to-head with caller Patrick over the reason why ‘the country’s gone broke’.
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 AM
‘You’re repeating a far-right load of nonsense that it’s all to do with migrants in hotels.’
@matthew-wright.bsky.social goes head-to-head with caller Patrick over the reason why ‘the country’s gone broke’.
@matthew-wright.bsky.social goes head-to-head with caller Patrick over the reason why ‘the country’s gone broke’.
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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An overhead view of protesters gathering at the scene of the shooting.
Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
An overhead view of protesters gathering at the scene of the shooting.
Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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A DHS statement claimed “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers” with “a handgun” in the Alex Pretti shooting incident. A Bellingcat analysis of the footage appears to show that a gun was taken away from where Pretti was situated by an agent just before the first shot was fired.
January 24, 2026 at 10:29 PM
A DHS statement claimed “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers” with “a handgun” in the Alex Pretti shooting incident. A Bellingcat analysis of the footage appears to show that a gun was taken away from where Pretti was situated by an agent just before the first shot was fired.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says the state will lead an investigation after federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis.
January 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says the state will lead an investigation after federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis.
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🧵The final agent to enter the frame approaches the agent who fired the shots from behind. During this approach, he accidentally grabs the other agent’s left arm. This leads the agent to believe that someone is trying to grab his weapon, causing him to discharge the first shot.
January 24, 2026 at 10:06 PM
🧵The final agent to enter the frame approaches the agent who fired the shots from behind. During this approach, he accidentally grabs the other agent’s left arm. This leads the agent to believe that someone is trying to grab his weapon, causing him to discharge the first shot.
Best not to trust Google AI Overviews! It cites YouTube more than any medical site for health queries, study suggests.
Exclusive: German research into responses to health queries raises fresh questions about summaries seen by 2bn people a month
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Exclusive: German research into responses to health queries raises fresh questions about summaries seen by 2bn people a month
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries, study suggests
Exclusive: German research into responses to health queries raises fresh questions about summaries seen by 2bn people a month
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Best not to trust Google AI Overviews! It cites YouTube more than any medical site for health queries, study suggests.
Exclusive: German research into responses to health queries raises fresh questions about summaries seen by 2bn people a month
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Exclusive: German research into responses to health queries raises fresh questions about summaries seen by 2bn people a month
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Looks very likely that the man killed by ICE was disarmed by an ICE agent prior to being shot several times.
An agent walks away with a handgun that matches the handgun the man was carrying.
An agent walks away with a handgun that matches the handgun the man was carrying.
January 24, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Looks very likely that the man killed by ICE was disarmed by an ICE agent prior to being shot several times.
An agent walks away with a handgun that matches the handgun the man was carrying.
An agent walks away with a handgun that matches the handgun the man was carrying.
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Closest anyone will ever get to an apology from The Orange ManBoy - now he should say something similar to the other 31 countries whose military he insulted
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Closest anyone will ever get to an apology from The Orange ManBoy - now he should say something similar to the other 31 countries whose military he insulted
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OMG. "DHS said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Update from Devon Lum
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:42 PM
OMG. "DHS said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
Take a stand. Brace for the wrath 👀Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over its China trade deal and escalates feud with Carney
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over its China trade deal and escalates feud with Carney
President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbor goes ahead with its trade deal with China.
apnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Take a stand. Brace for the wrath 👀Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over its China trade deal and escalates feud with Carney
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Board of Peace - Season 1
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Board of Peace - Season 1
😳 Women should regard any chat with a guy wearing glasses as potentially publishable! Beware disclosing any information in a random conversation when approached by a stranger.
Manufacturers of smart glasses are "prioritising profit over women's safety and wellbeing."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Manufacturers of smart glasses are "prioritising profit over women's safety and wellbeing."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Women filmed in secret for TikTok content - then harassed online
So-called manfluencers wearing smart glasses approach women and then post videos to TikTok.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 11:13 AM
😳 Women should regard any chat with a guy wearing glasses as potentially publishable! Beware disclosing any information in a random conversation when approached by a stranger.
Manufacturers of smart glasses are "prioritising profit over women's safety and wellbeing."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Manufacturers of smart glasses are "prioritising profit over women's safety and wellbeing."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It’s not quite as cold as MN right now, but NYC just turned out a massive protest in solidarity in plunging temps, heading up 6th ave.
January 23, 2026 at 10:53 PM
It’s not quite as cold as MN right now, but NYC just turned out a massive protest in solidarity in plunging temps, heading up 6th ave.
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Jared Huffman, "If we're real and honest about what's going on, we have a madman in the White House"
"Trump is running the biggest most corrupt criminal grift in criminal history, out of the White House"
"We take an oath to the Constitution, but it seems all of you took an oath to Donald Trump"
"Trump is running the biggest most corrupt criminal grift in criminal history, out of the White House"
"We take an oath to the Constitution, but it seems all of you took an oath to Donald Trump"
January 23, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Jared Huffman, "If we're real and honest about what's going on, we have a madman in the White House"
"Trump is running the biggest most corrupt criminal grift in criminal history, out of the White House"
"We take an oath to the Constitution, but it seems all of you took an oath to Donald Trump"
"Trump is running the biggest most corrupt criminal grift in criminal history, out of the White House"
"We take an oath to the Constitution, but it seems all of you took an oath to Donald Trump"