kiricopper.bsky.social
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Also they should ask exactly what "targeted operation" was (supposedly) going on. Who were they trying to detain, where was that person at the moment Pretti was killed, what was the role of these agents in that operation and how did Pretti "impede" it by filming them?
January 25, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Trump’s goons are the terrorists. It is now up to us to defeat them. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-goons...
Trump’s Goons Are the Terrorists. This Is What We Must Do Now
In the wake of a CBP agent’s killing of VA nurse Alex Petti, it’s clear that halfway measures, aggrieved speeches, and strongly worded letters are no longer adequate.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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The video is harrowing.

6-8 ICE agents piled on Pretti.

One of them starts pistol-whipping him in the face.

Then a shot rings out.

The one with the gun unloads repeatedly into Pretti.

Then a 2nd ICE shooter stepped back from his lifeless body and shot him 5-6 more times.

Absolute savagery.
January 25, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Today is the tipping point.
youtube.com/shorts/LDETj...
He was EXECUTED
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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Boston tea party was also well organized
January 24, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Absolutley heartbreaking that parents of a man gunned down by federal agents have to put out a statement because the president and his cowardly minions are defaming their son. We’re way past sick.
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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The federal government is gunning people down in the streets, lying about what happened and then preventing any independent investigation of the killings
January 24, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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Mark your calendars. This week marks the beginning of the end for Trump. Unfortunately, thanks to his ugly blundering, it also marks the end for an era of American leadership and international partnership that shall be sorely missed. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
Davos Was the Beginning of the End for Trump
It's all downhill for here for the America's aging mad king
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Setting aside the fuzzy question of what does or doesn't need Senate treaty ratification, the "Board of Peace" doesn't seem to be an agreement to which the United States as such is a party at all. It's just in his personal capacity as some random guy.
January 23, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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This law group led by @rickpildes.bsky.social had me write for their 100 Ideas series on US democracy

My idea: the rule of law cannot coexist with this level of wealth concentration. Once Musk, Bezos, Zuck, & a few others bend the knee, the authoritarian consolidates too much power
January 22, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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for what its worth, neither Kalshi nor Polymarket have bets on Trump eating it today, so if his inner circle isn't doing insider trading on him dying, he's probably still with us
January 21, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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Only 3 Republicans in the House (4 vacancies) and 20 Republicans in the Senate are needed to impeach, REMOVE, AND CONVICT Donald Trump. Only 23 People – 23 people MUST summon their courage and do the right thing.
January 20, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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Yet another example of the idiocy of the Supreme Court’s immunity opinion: If Trump invades Greenland, even for the most insane reason (like not winning the Nobel Peace Prize) and against our obvious national interest, it’s an “official act” that can never be held legally accountable
January 19, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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"....President Trump is stress-testing American law, and the law is failing the test. The health of the American experiment rests far more on the integrity of any given American president than we realized...."
I spend a lot of time, thinking about all of the reforms that will be necessary when this regime ends

This from @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social is very smart

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Opinion | An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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Congress can stop ICE. Congress can block the use of force in Greenland. In other words, in this crisis, Congress can act to support civil liberties at home and free nations abroad. To fail to act would be to be complicit in a dreadful outcome.
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Governor Polis: If you pardon Tina Peters, then Trump will learn that he can flatten federalism if he finds the right leverage.
Governor Polis, Do Not Pardon Tina Peters
An open letter and a plea to retain the integrity of our elections.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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“[Trump's] made us poorer and sicker. ... It’s a wrecking ball presidency. It’s been a disaster. An abject failure, F. It’s just a remarkable series of mistakes.”
January 17, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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1. It's been more than a day since 2 of America's most storied newsrooms, CBS and ABC, reported that killer ICE agent Jon Ross suffered "internal bleeding" based on unnamed sources

Since then

- No other news org has confirmed the story

- No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced
January 16, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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This is very serious. We are committing war crimes.
Breaking NYT:

The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.

The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.

That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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Obama deported 3 million illegal immigrants during his time in office and I don’t remember a single scene like this.
January 10, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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Venezuela. Minneapolis. The J6 whitewash. And (after I wrote this) Jerome Powell

It's all the same story: Trump's now-public belief that nothing can stop him beyond his own 'mind' and 'morality'

But he can be stopped, by actual morality. Ours

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
Trump now a tyrant restrained only by ‘my own morality.’ We stop him with our own. | Will Bunch
After a monumental week that changed America, Trump believes there is no limit on his powers. We can prove him wrong.
www.inquirer.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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It's time for change, South Carolina. Lindsey Graham has been in office for over 20 years and, honestly, what has he done? Dr. Annie Andrews is a pediatrician who will focus on helping South Carolina families, not billionaires.

Elect Dr. Annie Andrews
U.S. Senate, South Carolina
January 11, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June 2025)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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This is exactly right.

They haven't settled for dim brutes who blindly follow orders regardless of the law. That's what they want. That's what they got. There's no reforming or improving it now.

Democrats need to investigate, defund, and ultimately disband the president's brownshirt brigade.
People might argue that ICE is not recruiting quality agents.

But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.

www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Opinion | ICE's violence is no accident
Alan Elrod: The killing of a woman by an immigration enforcement officer in Minneapolis was the raw application of Trumpist authoritarianism.
www.ms.now
January 10, 2026 at 9:58 PM