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To those of you have been saying (justifiably) that this image is chilling, bear in mind: in this split second of time, this is Alex Pretti trying to stand after already being shot once.
January 25, 2026 at 5:11 PM
To those of you have been saying (justifiably) that this image is chilling, bear in mind: in this split second of time, this is Alex Pretti trying to stand after already being shot once.
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I expect every single law enforcement officer of any kind to be willing to die rather than risk killing a person unnecessarily.
Anyone who does not like that tradeoff should not seek to carry a gun on behalf of the government.
It's really that simple.
Anyone who does not like that tradeoff should not seek to carry a gun on behalf of the government.
It's really that simple.
January 25, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I expect every single law enforcement officer of any kind to be willing to die rather than risk killing a person unnecessarily.
Anyone who does not like that tradeoff should not seek to carry a gun on behalf of the government.
It's really that simple.
Anyone who does not like that tradeoff should not seek to carry a gun on behalf of the government.
It's really that simple.
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If one fires, they will all fire, now, to cover it up.
January 25, 2026 at 1:56 PM
If one fires, they will all fire, now, to cover it up.
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It’s a little confusing because on the ground everyone uses “ICE” as an umbrella term for feds of any stripe, but there are many agencies that have been thrown into this paramilitary invading force - ICE, ERO, Border Patrol, HSI, FBI, US Marshals.
Border Patrol is easily the most militarized
Border Patrol is easily the most militarized
I just want to make it clear that it was *Border Patrol* agents who murdered Alex Pretti, and those fuckers murder people regularly here along the border.
Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE).
Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.
Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE).
Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.
January 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM
It’s a little confusing because on the ground everyone uses “ICE” as an umbrella term for feds of any stripe, but there are many agencies that have been thrown into this paramilitary invading force - ICE, ERO, Border Patrol, HSI, FBI, US Marshals.
Border Patrol is easily the most militarized
Border Patrol is easily the most militarized
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There is no “immigration crisis,” there is only a fascism crisis.
Minneapolis shooting deepens US immigration crisis as federal accounts are challenged
Minneapolis shooting deepens US immigration crisis as federal accounts are challenged
Video evidence, political rhetoric and competing narratives collide after the death of Alex Pretti
www.irishtimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 AM
There is no “immigration crisis,” there is only a fascism crisis.
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Genuinely need some members of congress on air to spell it out that this administration is doing everything they can to get a CBP or ICE officer killed so they can justify more violence
When the CBP or ICE agent that Stephen Miller is trying to get killed dies, it is extremely important that every member of the media be told, repeatedly and loudly, that they wanted this and that people called it out in advance.
January 25, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Genuinely need some members of congress on air to spell it out that this administration is doing everything they can to get a CBP or ICE officer killed so they can justify more violence
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the speaker started naming the chain of command of people who ordered alex pretti murdered and when he said kristi noem i watched a lady snap her knitting needle clean in half
January 25, 2026 at 1:22 AM
the speaker started naming the chain of command of people who ordered alex pretti murdered and when he said kristi noem i watched a lady snap her knitting needle clean in half
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look, now, when i established the racist secret police with little judicial oversight to harrass brown people...how could i have known it was going to be abused by a future administration?! there was no way to predict this!
January 25, 2026 at 7:43 AM
look, now, when i established the racist secret police with little judicial oversight to harrass brown people...how could i have known it was going to be abused by a future administration?! there was no way to predict this!
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it's just so so crazy to me that stephen miller and jd vance think that they deserve to live.
January 25, 2026 at 7:53 AM
it's just so so crazy to me that stephen miller and jd vance think that they deserve to live.
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I am as explicitly as possible laying down a date-stamped marker that a federal immigration agent is going to die violently within the next calendar year, and that this will retroactively be used to justify policy. I am saying it here so I can angrily quote this at media figures when it happens.
January 25, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I am as explicitly as possible laying down a date-stamped marker that a federal immigration agent is going to die violently within the next calendar year, and that this will retroactively be used to justify policy. I am saying it here so I can angrily quote this at media figures when it happens.
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The social contract is broken when agents of the state carry out lynchings and suffer no consequences for it. Many new terrible things become permissible.
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The social contract is broken when agents of the state carry out lynchings and suffer no consequences for it. Many new terrible things become permissible.
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Not just churches. Islamic centres did this too. Providing shelter to those who need it, a place to rest and change (literally). Again, people living their faith. Struggle tends to bring out the worst in those who deal violence, but the best in everyone else who resist.
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Not just churches. Islamic centres did this too. Providing shelter to those who need it, a place to rest and change (literally). Again, people living their faith. Struggle tends to bring out the worst in those who deal violence, but the best in everyone else who resist.
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The Economist coverage is grim but this is exactly how it should be reported.
economist.com/united-state...
economist.com/united-state...
January 25, 2026 at 10:11 AM
The Economist coverage is grim but this is exactly how it should be reported.
economist.com/united-state...
economist.com/united-state...
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Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
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The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 AM
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
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Feels like it should be a pretty big deal that a Trump supporter physically assaulted a Democratic congressman
Last night, I was assaulted by a man at Sundance Festival who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face. He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off. The individual was arrested and I am okay.
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Man Arrested at Sundance For Racially Motivated Incident at CAA Party
A man was arrested at CAA's Sundance party after he declared he was proud to be "white" and allegedly punched a person of color.
variety.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Feels like it should be a pretty big deal that a Trump supporter physically assaulted a Democratic congressman
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ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 AM
ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
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As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.
36-year-old Nicaraguan national Victor Manuel Diaz died in ICE custody on Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana in El Paso.
The Texas Nicaraguan Community on FB reports that his mom last heard from him on Jan. 6, when he told her he was planning to go to Minneapolis to start work in a restaurant. 1/3
The Texas Nicaraguan Community on FB reports that his mom last heard from him on Jan. 6, when he told her he was planning to go to Minneapolis to start work in a restaurant. 1/3
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.
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Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
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Every time I see a US government agency posting AI penguin slop.
January 25, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Every time I see a US government agency posting AI penguin slop.
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If I was a smart paramilitary thug (which, yes, I know), I would be contemplating the fact that by not revealing individual offenders, the only remaining option is collective retribution
January 24, 2026 at 10:52 PM
If I was a smart paramilitary thug (which, yes, I know), I would be contemplating the fact that by not revealing individual offenders, the only remaining option is collective retribution
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There is a fourth view that I favor. I see it as a form of constitutive rhetoric; an attempt to call an identity into being through the power of words. In this sense, it is an attempt to recruit people into acting as parts of a better nation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constit...
Constitutive rhetoric - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
There is a fourth view that I favor. I see it as a form of constitutive rhetoric; an attempt to call an identity into being through the power of words. In this sense, it is an attempt to recruit people into acting as parts of a better nation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constit...
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10/ Even if what the US is currently seeing is out of character or contrary to its principles, the fact of the matter is that their system has allowed it.
If the system is not fixed, it will allow it again.
You may not think this who you are, but it's clear this is what you're capable of.
If the system is not fixed, it will allow it again.
You may not think this who you are, but it's clear this is what you're capable of.
January 25, 2026 at 11:05 AM
10/ Even if what the US is currently seeing is out of character or contrary to its principles, the fact of the matter is that their system has allowed it.
If the system is not fixed, it will allow it again.
You may not think this who you are, but it's clear this is what you're capable of.
If the system is not fixed, it will allow it again.
You may not think this who you are, but it's clear this is what you're capable of.
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5/ National stories matter, and it's legitimate to point out that current events don't match those stories even if those stories have never been fully accurate, never been universal, and have often glossed over ugly realities.
January 25, 2026 at 11:05 AM
5/ National stories matter, and it's legitimate to point out that current events don't match those stories even if those stories have never been fully accurate, never been universal, and have often glossed over ugly realities.
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4/ The US has, more than most countries, made a point of boldly declaring a values based narrative about its place in the world and the society it claims it's trying to build.
A third of the planet can quote MLK lines and the US Declaration of Independence because they lean into it so hard.
A third of the planet can quote MLK lines and the US Declaration of Independence because they lean into it so hard.
January 25, 2026 at 11:05 AM
4/ The US has, more than most countries, made a point of boldly declaring a values based narrative about its place in the world and the society it claims it's trying to build.
A third of the planet can quote MLK lines and the US Declaration of Independence because they lean into it so hard.
A third of the planet can quote MLK lines and the US Declaration of Independence because they lean into it so hard.