@chaoticflanagan.bsky.social
Reposted
January 24, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Reposted
We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.
Reposted
You can see ICE searching him; then asking 'where is the gun' 'I can't find the gun'. What are they cutting off the victim?
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
You can see ICE searching him; then asking 'where is the gun' 'I can't find the gun'. What are they cutting off the victim?
Reposted
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."
Reposted
Literally all of this is a lie. We are about to find out who is state media, because they will be the ones to parrot a justification for state-sanctioned murder.
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Literally all of this is a lie. We are about to find out who is state media, because they will be the ones to parrot a justification for state-sanctioned murder.
Reposted
Same thing every time:
1. Reframe the victim as the villain
2. Make the state the injured party
3. Turn critique into complicity (“oh so you side with terrorists”)
4. Expand blame to an entire out-group
5. Fuse to a larger us-against-them story to keep any alarmed within the base from defecting
1. Reframe the victim as the villain
2. Make the state the injured party
3. Turn critique into complicity (“oh so you side with terrorists”)
4. Expand blame to an entire out-group
5. Fuse to a larger us-against-them story to keep any alarmed within the base from defecting
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 25, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Same thing every time:
1. Reframe the victim as the villain
2. Make the state the injured party
3. Turn critique into complicity (“oh so you side with terrorists”)
4. Expand blame to an entire out-group
5. Fuse to a larger us-against-them story to keep any alarmed within the base from defecting
1. Reframe the victim as the villain
2. Make the state the injured party
3. Turn critique into complicity (“oh so you side with terrorists”)
4. Expand blame to an entire out-group
5. Fuse to a larger us-against-them story to keep any alarmed within the base from defecting
Reposted
not just a mid sized urban area, but one that has remained largely peaceful under significant duress.
This is perhaps slightly off-color and a little too "big picture" for a day when something so horrifying has happened, but it is startlingly to me just how over their skis and pushed to the limits the feds are by one medium sized urban area.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 AM
not just a mid sized urban area, but one that has remained largely peaceful under significant duress.
Reposted
This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.
Holy crap.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.
Reposted
The DHS funding bill is effectively dead in the Senate.
New: @cortezmasto.senate.gov is a no on the DHS funding bill.
January 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
The DHS funding bill is effectively dead in the Senate.
Reposted
Too obvious a point even to make, perhaps. But there was no “unrest” in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaos…and the killings.
Get them out of there.
Get them out of there.
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Too obvious a point even to make, perhaps. But there was no “unrest” in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaos…and the killings.
Get them out of there.
Get them out of there.
Reposted
James Talarico: “It’s time to tear down this secret police force & replace it with an agency that actually is going to focus on public safety—
We have to haul these masked men in front of Congress so the world can see their faces”
We have to haul these masked men in front of Congress so the world can see their faces”
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 PM
James Talarico: “It’s time to tear down this secret police force & replace it with an agency that actually is going to focus on public safety—
We have to haul these masked men in front of Congress so the world can see their faces”
We have to haul these masked men in front of Congress so the world can see their faces”
Reposted
ICE is a terror organization and must be dismantled, abolished and its members prosecuted. Full stop.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
ICE is a terror organization and must be dismantled, abolished and its members prosecuted. Full stop.
Reposted
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
Reposted
By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
Reposted
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Reposted
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
Reposted
years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
January 24, 2026 at 8:31 PM
years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
Reposted
New video from today's murder in Minneapolis. This is a state-sanctioned execution. Period. Our federal government is murdering its own citizens in our streets, in my hometown.
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
New video from today's murder in Minneapolis. This is a state-sanctioned execution. Period. Our federal government is murdering its own citizens in our streets, in my hometown.
Reposted
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
Reposted
The chief judge of the federal Minnesota district court writes a startling letter — to explain why he hasn't responded to the U.S. government's request that he override a magistrate judge's refusal to arrest protesters.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 24, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The chief judge of the federal Minnesota district court writes a startling letter — to explain why he hasn't responded to the U.S. government's request that he override a magistrate judge's refusal to arrest protesters.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reposted
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
Reposted
There is no turning back from this. You live in a police state that is out to kill you and your loved ones. The only insane response is not to fight back.
From the Minneapolis community on Reddit: Another ICE murder in front of Glam Doll Donuts
Explore this post and more from the Minneapolis community
www.reddit.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
There is no turning back from this. You live in a police state that is out to kill you and your loved ones. The only insane response is not to fight back.
Reposted
In a previous case, DHS indicated that someone who they shot five times was "armed with a semi-automatic weapon" but the person shot never brandished the weapon they legally owned. Some videos suggest the victim in MN was disarmed before being shot. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
In a previous case, DHS indicated that someone who they shot five times was "armed with a semi-automatic weapon" but the person shot never brandished the weapon they legally owned. Some videos suggest the victim in MN was disarmed before being shot. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
Reposted
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.