Mike Colarusso 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇪🇺
@mikecolarusso.bsky.social
Retired U.S. Army officer. Husband. Father. Educator. Anti-racist. Ally. Committed to social justice. Views are entirely my own.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad. n.pr/4t3yQtH
Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter joins those calling for boycott of World Cup in U.S.
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad.
n.pr
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad. n.pr/4t3yQtH
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Please take a moment to listen to Professor Timothy Snyder: Thoughts on MN laws, language & leadership. It is in how we trust the law, use the right language, and respect the real leaders, that we will get out of this & become a better country.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
January 26, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Please take a moment to listen to Professor Timothy Snyder: Thoughts on MN laws, language & leadership. It is in how we trust the law, use the right language, and respect the real leaders, that we will get out of this & become a better country.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
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Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
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Listen to Chris Mandel, who dropped out of the GOP primary for MN Governor this morning, just laying into Trump on national television. It's incredible. 6/
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Chris Madel: "The president posted something on Truth Social saying it was a time of reckoning and retribution on the citizens of my state, and I've seen that happen and I cannot be a part of it, and I can't be a part of a party that's a part of that"
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Listen to Chris Mandel, who dropped out of the GOP primary for MN Governor this morning, just laying into Trump on national television. It's incredible. 6/
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This piece is well worth your time.
Curious why ICE and CBP agents are so brutal? Here's a useful explainer I wrote last week, before Saturday's outrageous murder, about how uniquely unsuited ICE and CBP are for this moment—and why they were so corruptible into Trump's own fascist secret police: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
"ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 26, 2026 at 2:37 AM
This piece is well worth your time.
“Peace is what the powerful ask for when they don’t want to be interrupted.”
January 26, 2026 at 12:06 AM
“Peace is what the powerful ask for when they don’t want to be interrupted.”
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Yes! Stand up and stand out. Have courage
The National Basketball Players Association releases a statement following the Trump regime’s murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, saying that NBA players “can no longer remain silent.”
The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
January 25, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Yes! Stand up and stand out. Have courage
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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
Yes.
All to please a wannabe king who is demented and thrives on violence.
January 25, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Yes.
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“The federal government is no longer bound by law. If agents of the state may kill people in public without being investigated; if they have—again, per VP Vance—“absolute immunity” from prosecution then we are living in an authoritarian regime.”
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Emergency Triad: Another American Has Been Murdered by Our Government
It’s worse than it looks and it looks plenty bad.
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
“The federal government is no longer bound by law. If agents of the state may kill people in public without being investigated; if they have—again, per VP Vance—“absolute immunity” from prosecution then we are living in an authoritarian regime.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital. His life, through his profession, was dedicated to serving his community and our country.
As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.
As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.
January 24, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital. His life, through his profession, was dedicated to serving his community and our country.
As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.
As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.
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Video of Alex Pretti reading final honors for a veteran he cared for at the VA.
Rest in Power 🇺🇸
Rest in Power 🇺🇸
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Video of Alex Pretti reading final honors for a veteran he cared for at the VA.
Rest in Power 🇺🇸
Rest in Power 🇺🇸
I’m a veteran. This kind man’s love and respect for us was palpable. Rest in power, Alex…and thank you.🫡❤️
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I’m a veteran. This kind man’s love and respect for us was palpable. Rest in power, Alex…and thank you.🫡❤️
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ICE Deems Being In Privacy Of Own Home Obstruction Of Justice https://theonion.com/ice-deems-being-in-privacy-of-own-home-obstruction-of-justice/
January 22, 2026 at 9:27 PM
ICE Deems Being In Privacy Of Own Home Obstruction Of Justice https://theonion.com/ice-deems-being-in-privacy-of-own-home-obstruction-of-justice/
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Tapping retirement savings. Researching a move to a different country. Dropping health insurance altogether. These are the stories of Americans who are struggling to pay rising health care premiums after Obamacare subsidies expired.
Tapping retirement savings. Researching a move to a different country. Dropping health insurance altogether. These are the stories of Americans who are struggling to pay rising health care premiums after Obamacare subsidies expired.
Opinion | The Health Care Diaries of Five Americans
We heard from 300 people about what they are paying in health insurance premiums after Affordable Care Act subsidies expired.
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January 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Tapping retirement savings. Researching a move to a different country. Dropping health insurance altogether. These are the stories of Americans who are struggling to pay rising health care premiums after Obamacare subsidies expired.
Tapping retirement savings. Researching a move to a different country. Dropping health insurance altogether. These are the stories of Americans who are struggling to pay rising health care premiums after Obamacare subsidies expired.
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🇺🇦🇪🇺❗️Zelensky: Europe must learn how to defend itself. Sending 14 or 40 soldiers to Greenland — what is that meant to achieve? What message does that send to Putin? To China? And perhaps most importantly, what message does it send to Denmark?
January 22, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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Our cover this week.
January 22, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Our cover this week.
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I've never seen a population more united. If people can hold onto that unity, if people can accept that different people will have different ways of confronting fascism, if we can remind NGOs and orgs that they can join but not control the resistance, then, well, people here will write history.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I've never seen a population more united. If people can hold onto that unity, if people can accept that different people will have different ways of confronting fascism, if we can remind NGOs and orgs that they can join but not control the resistance, then, well, people here will write history.
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Little Liam’s family has a GoFundMe to fight to bring him home from Texas: www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring...
Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz
Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home
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January 22, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Little Liam’s family has a GoFundMe to fight to bring him home from Texas: www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring...
My God…
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
My God…
HOW is this not the lead story in every major American news outlet?
The president repeated a claim that the Russian war on Ukraine "wouldn't have started" if the 2020 U.S. election "weren't rigged."
In 2020, Joe Biden earned 306 electoral votes to Donald Trump's 232. Trump's allegations of massive voting fraud have been refuted. https://to.pbs.org/4r8tNqo
In 2020, Joe Biden earned 306 electoral votes to Donald Trump's 232. Trump's allegations of massive voting fraud have been refuted. https://to.pbs.org/4r8tNqo
WATCH: Trump says 'people will soon be prosecuted' for 2020 election outcome
Before the audience in Davos, President Donald Trump repeated a claim on Wednesday that he's said before -- that the Russian war on Ukraine "wouldn't have started" if the 2020 U.S. presidential electi...
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January 21, 2026 at 4:12 PM
HOW is this not the lead story in every major American news outlet?
