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Explosive WaPo article
Since July, DHS has fired shots at 16 people; has hit 10 , including 4 US citizens. 10 victims charged, but 4 cases later dismissed. No agents charged.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Since July, DHS has fired shots at 16 people; has hit 10 , including 4 US citizens. 10 victims charged, but 4 cases later dismissed. No agents charged.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Trump aides declared 16 DHS shootings since July justified before probes completed
The Trump administration’s rush to defend the officers and accuse the victims of attacking them has sparked widespread outrage and demands for accountability.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Explosive WaPo article
Since July, DHS has fired shots at 16 people; has hit 10 , including 4 US citizens. 10 victims charged, but 4 cases later dismissed. No agents charged.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Since July, DHS has fired shots at 16 people; has hit 10 , including 4 US citizens. 10 victims charged, but 4 cases later dismissed. No agents charged.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Personhood starts at conception and ends by “bad circumstance.” - Rep. Rich McCormick
NEWSMAX: Are you among the Republicans who are concerned about how things are being handled in MN?
REP. RICH McCORMICK: When things went wrong in the military, when I was in the Marines, people died sometimes, and sometimes it was through no fault of anymore. Just bad circumstance. Mistakes happen
REP. RICH McCORMICK: When things went wrong in the military, when I was in the Marines, people died sometimes, and sometimes it was through no fault of anymore. Just bad circumstance. Mistakes happen
January 27, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Personhood starts at conception and ends by “bad circumstance.” - Rep. Rich McCormick
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This is unconscionable.
Kristi Noem's DHS standing by 'domestic terrorism' label for Alex Pretti.
I have to wonder if it's because they've officially entered him into the NSPM-7 system as such.
This explains the connection: www.justsecurity.org/129797/alex-...
Kristi Noem's DHS standing by 'domestic terrorism' label for Alex Pretti.
I have to wonder if it's because they've officially entered him into the NSPM-7 system as such.
This explains the connection: www.justsecurity.org/129797/alex-...
FOX NEWS: Are you standing by calling Pretti a domestic terrorist?
McLAUGHLIN: Well, we'll let this investigation ...
FOX NEWS: Ok. So I guess it stands.
McLAUGHLIN: Well, we'll let this investigation ...
FOX NEWS: Ok. So I guess it stands.
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 PM
This is unconscionable.
Kristi Noem's DHS standing by 'domestic terrorism' label for Alex Pretti.
I have to wonder if it's because they've officially entered him into the NSPM-7 system as such.
This explains the connection: www.justsecurity.org/129797/alex-...
Kristi Noem's DHS standing by 'domestic terrorism' label for Alex Pretti.
I have to wonder if it's because they've officially entered him into the NSPM-7 system as such.
This explains the connection: www.justsecurity.org/129797/alex-...
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Pretty sure that's more or less what Thomas Jefferson said in his letter to Williams Stevens Smith.
You know, the letter about how the people have an equal obligation not to rise up against tyranny as tyranny has not to be tyrannical....
You know, the letter about how the people have an equal obligation not to rise up against tyranny as tyranny has not to be tyrannical....
From NYT opinion 1/26
"There is an urgent need for the federal agents deployed to the city to step back and take a breath before more Americans are hurt or killed. Those protesting the Trump administration have an equal obligation to avoid violence."
No. the obligation is not equal.
"There is an urgent need for the federal agents deployed to the city to step back and take a breath before more Americans are hurt or killed. Those protesting the Trump administration have an equal obligation to avoid violence."
No. the obligation is not equal.
January 27, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Pretty sure that's more or less what Thomas Jefferson said in his letter to Williams Stevens Smith.
You know, the letter about how the people have an equal obligation not to rise up against tyranny as tyranny has not to be tyrannical....
You know, the letter about how the people have an equal obligation not to rise up against tyranny as tyranny has not to be tyrannical....
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Don't answer the question asked, don't get free air time to bloviate...
October 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Don't answer the question asked, don't get free air time to bloviate...
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Because if anyone knows about illegally taking cash in fraudulent schemes, it's Tom Homan...
Sorry, Trump, your support is collapsing and you’re panicking.
Right on cue, you’re deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of “investigations" have found nothing.
Get your goons out of Minnesota.
Right on cue, you’re deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of “investigations" have found nothing.
Get your goons out of Minnesota.
January 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Because if anyone knows about illegally taking cash in fraudulent schemes, it's Tom Homan...
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Update: In the evidence preservation lawsuit, the current Civil Chief at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office (who appears to be Ana Voss, based on the letter), refused to accept email service of the lawsuit last night and then refused to accept in-person service until Monday.
Ridiculous behavior.
Ridiculous behavior.
January 25, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Update: In the evidence preservation lawsuit, the current Civil Chief at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office (who appears to be Ana Voss, based on the letter), refused to accept email service of the lawsuit last night and then refused to accept in-person service until Monday.
Ridiculous behavior.
Ridiculous behavior.
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Alex Pretti's gun is like Renee Good's car: irrelevant to the central fact that they were murdered by ICE. ICE wants us to debate whether Pretti should have been carrying because that avoids the central fact. Pro-carry, anti-carry--that has as much to do w/ his murder as his fashion choices. Zero.
January 25, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Alex Pretti's gun is like Renee Good's car: irrelevant to the central fact that they were murdered by ICE. ICE wants us to debate whether Pretti should have been carrying because that avoids the central fact. Pro-carry, anti-carry--that has as much to do w/ his murder as his fashion choices. Zero.
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One thing you can't stop noticing if you look for it is cope coming from all corners of the conservative movement to try to find ways to extricate themselves from a plainly disastrous situation in Minnesota.
Comer on Fox right now urging Trump to pull ICE out of Minneapolis to *punish* Minnesotans — will prove to the state how good it was to have ICE there! This is really some 5-D chess
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
One thing you can't stop noticing if you look for it is cope coming from all corners of the conservative movement to try to find ways to extricate themselves from a plainly disastrous situation in Minnesota.
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Bondi's trial balloon that they'll leave if Minnesota gives up their voter rolls is a classic Trump bargaining play - ask for some unrelated ask when trying to get out of a deal you want to get out of anyway so you look strong
January 25, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Bondi's trial balloon that they'll leave if Minnesota gives up their voter rolls is a classic Trump bargaining play - ask for some unrelated ask when trying to get out of a deal you want to get out of anyway so you look strong
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"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong."
— Leo Rosten
— Leo Rosten
January 25, 2026 at 5:15 PM
"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong."
— Leo Rosten
— Leo Rosten
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I am working on collecting more info from disturbingly silent DHS and FAA official sources on this.
More info here:
www.autonomyglobal.co/oped-mobile-...
More info here:
www.autonomyglobal.co/oped-mobile-...
OpEd – Mobile No‑Fly Bubbles and Moving Targets: Is FAA’s Expanded UAS NOTAM Constitutional? - Autonomy Global
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi, Colonel (USAF, Ret.), Esq. The FAA’s latest nationwide UAS security NOTAM, FDC 6/4375, significantly escalates how the federal government can manage drones near sensitive facilitie...
www.autonomyglobal.co
January 24, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I am working on collecting more info from disturbingly silent DHS and FAA official sources on this.
More info here:
www.autonomyglobal.co/oped-mobile-...
More info here:
www.autonomyglobal.co/oped-mobile-...
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He's very strong to be able to carry a billboard.
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
He's very strong to be able to carry a billboard.
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Did it say “Stop the count in Florida”?
KARL: He was an ICU use who worked for the VA and there's no evidence he brandished the gun whatsoever
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
January 25, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Did it say “Stop the count in Florida”?
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Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
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For "One First," I wrote about DOJ's unprecedented attempt to secretly strong-arm a widely respected district judge in the Cities Church protest case—and why everyone, especially other federal judges, should read Chief Judge Schiltz's two letters in response:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/205-chief-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/205-chief-...
205. Chief Judge Schiltz and the Department of Justice
Every federal judge (and justice) should read the two letters from Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz in the church protest case—and what they tell us about the Department of Justice's litigation behavior.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:13 PM
For "One First," I wrote about DOJ's unprecedented attempt to secretly strong-arm a widely respected district judge in the Cities Church protest case—and why everyone, especially other federal judges, should read Chief Judge Schiltz's two letters in response:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/205-chief-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/205-chief-...
“You weren't afraid of tyranny. You were afraid of losing dominance.”
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 AM
“You weren't afraid of tyranny. You were afraid of losing dominance.”
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We're mourning yet again in Minnesota — and struggling to square the gut-churning video of Alex Pretti's final moments with official accounts.
I'm teaching techniques of neutralization this term, so I made this quick slide on the DHS statement. Share if it's useful. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
I'm teaching techniques of neutralization this term, so I made this quick slide on the DHS statement. Share if it's useful. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
We're mourning yet again in Minnesota — and struggling to square the gut-churning video of Alex Pretti's final moments with official accounts.
I'm teaching techniques of neutralization this term, so I made this quick slide on the DHS statement. Share if it's useful. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
I'm teaching techniques of neutralization this term, so I made this quick slide on the DHS statement. Share if it's useful. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
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WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
January 25, 2026 at 1:58 AM
WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
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“I was confused as to why the victim was on his side, because that is not standard practice when a victim has been shot. Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice.
Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be
counting his bullet wounds.”
Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be
counting his bullet wounds.”
January 25, 2026 at 1:56 AM
“I was confused as to why the victim was on his side, because that is not standard practice when a victim has been shot. Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice.
Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be
counting his bullet wounds.”
Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be
counting his bullet wounds.”
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Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
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The first professional police force in the US began in 1838 in Boston. In 1854 only three cities had police forces: NYC, Philly, and Boston.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 1:16 AM
The first professional police force in the US began in 1838 in Boston. In 1854 only three cities had police forces: NYC, Philly, and Boston.
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Goya, in Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Goya, in Minneapolis.
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Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.