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George Plimpton introduces his new podcast about being a mid-Atlantic pitch man: Pimpin' With Plimpton
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We’re in court to preserve the evidence in Alex Pretti’s case, and we’re still fighting to get access to Renee Good’s files too. The feds locked state investigators out before, and we won’t let that happen again. Minnesota deserves a case we can trust, with all the facts on the table.
January 27, 2026 at 4:31 AM
We’re in court to preserve the evidence in Alex Pretti’s case, and we’re still fighting to get access to Renee Good’s files too. The feds locked state investigators out before, and we won’t let that happen again. Minnesota deserves a case we can trust, with all the facts on the table.
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Now in Maine: ICE watchers say federal agents are coming to their house to threaten and intimidate them.
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Now in Maine: ICE watchers say federal agents are coming to their house to threaten and intimidate them.
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
I am really enthused about recycling all of my Dad/short jokes when Patel is fired.
January 27, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I am really enthused about recycling all of my Dad/short jokes when Patel is fired.
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Who’s next?
One demotion cannot detract from accountability.
Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.
One demotion cannot detract from accountability.
Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.
Greg Bovino Loses His Job
The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Who’s next?
One demotion cannot detract from accountability.
Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.
One demotion cannot detract from accountability.
Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.
This is no time to start a bone-dry stand-up comedy career at your advanced age, Frank.
In @nytopinion
Rahm Emanuel’s “combination of policy talk, moral reflection and candid critiques of recent Democratic fixations is distinctive, and there’s impressive political savvy in what he foregrounds and how he frames it,” argues Frank Bruni.
Rahm Emanuel’s “combination of policy talk, moral reflection and candid critiques of recent Democratic fixations is distinctive, and there’s impressive political savvy in what he foregrounds and how he frames it,” argues Frank Bruni.
Opinion | Will Rahm Emanuel Run for President in 2028?
A Democratic insider with an outside chance at the White House
nyti.ms
January 27, 2026 at 12:25 AM
This is no time to start a bone-dry stand-up comedy career at your advanced age, Frank.
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JUST IN: Judge dismisses Trump administration suit for Oregon voter rolls. Judge Mustafa Kasubhai (Biden) says DOJ request didn't comply with the law. He inquired today about Bondi letter to MN, but all sides said it didn't really impact the OR litigation at this stage
January 26, 2026 at 11:50 PM
JUST IN: Judge dismisses Trump administration suit for Oregon voter rolls. Judge Mustafa Kasubhai (Biden) says DOJ request didn't comply with the law. He inquired today about Bondi letter to MN, but all sides said it didn't really impact the OR litigation at this stage
It's time for a taller, fresher-faced museum of uncorrected personality traits to head up the political brutalization of perceived Administration enemies.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:49 PM
It's time for a taller, fresher-faced museum of uncorrected personality traits to head up the political brutalization of perceived Administration enemies.
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I've meticulously analyzed the ICE shooting in Minnesota frame by frame and have reached the conclusion that only 2% of the Epstein files have been released and Trump is mentioned over 1500 times.
January 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
I've meticulously analyzed the ICE shooting in Minnesota frame by frame and have reached the conclusion that only 2% of the Epstein files have been released and Trump is mentioned over 1500 times.
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Martinez took five bullets from a CBP agent, and DHS went into overdrive claiming she was an armed threat to the agents who were merely defending themselves. Sound familiar?
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Martinez took five bullets from a CBP agent, and DHS went into overdrive claiming she was an armed threat to the agents who were merely defending themselves. Sound familiar?
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Let's be clear.
Democrats would vote now to keep nearly everything open.
But Republicans are taking the government hostage to block reforms like: "stop deporting citizens."
They're going to shut down the government to protect ICE's ability to deport citizens?
Democrats would vote now to keep nearly everything open.
But Republicans are taking the government hostage to block reforms like: "stop deporting citizens."
They're going to shut down the government to protect ICE's ability to deport citizens?
January 26, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Let's be clear.
Democrats would vote now to keep nearly everything open.
But Republicans are taking the government hostage to block reforms like: "stop deporting citizens."
They're going to shut down the government to protect ICE's ability to deport citizens?
Democrats would vote now to keep nearly everything open.
But Republicans are taking the government hostage to block reforms like: "stop deporting citizens."
They're going to shut down the government to protect ICE's ability to deport citizens?
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🚨BREAKING: State election leaders and voting rights advocates across the country are blasting U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for exploiting the killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer to “blackmail” Minnesota into handing over access to its unredacted voter rolls.
‘All-out assault on our democracy:’ Bondi’s Minnesota blackmail letter draws righteous fury from state election leaders
“This isn't leadership. This is blackmail," Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said. "This is the way organized crime works."
www.democracydocket.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:39 PM
🚨BREAKING: State election leaders and voting rights advocates across the country are blasting U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for exploiting the killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer to “blackmail” Minnesota into handing over access to its unredacted voter rolls.
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JUDGE: “It concerns me that Attorney General Bondi’s letter cites three things that are the subject of pending litigation before this court,” referring to the District of Minnesota.
"Is the executive trying to achieve a goal through force that it can't achieve through the Courts?"
"Is the executive trying to achieve a goal through force that it can't achieve through the Courts?"
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 PM
JUDGE: “It concerns me that Attorney General Bondi’s letter cites three things that are the subject of pending litigation before this court,” referring to the District of Minnesota.
"Is the executive trying to achieve a goal through force that it can't achieve through the Courts?"
"Is the executive trying to achieve a goal through force that it can't achieve through the Courts?"
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The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
"Jets fools can't melt real dreams"
Sam Darnold reached the pinnacle of the NFL not as an obstacle or accessory but as the driving force of the best team in the NFL.
In two weeks, the top-seeded Seahawks will enter Super Bowl LX as a favorite over the New England Patriots.
In two weeks, the top-seeded Seahawks will enter Super Bowl LX as a favorite over the New England Patriots.
Sam Darnold, ghosts long behind him, takes Seahawks to Super Bowl
In a showdown of quarterbacking brilliance, Darnold outgunned Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC championship game, 31-27.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
"Jets fools can't melt real dreams"
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Carter floats a hypothetical of an anti-gun admin deploying 3,000-4,000 masked federal agents engaging in pervasive, illegal conduct.
Under the crime-fighting banner, the gov't says: "If you just legislate, get rid of your carry statute, we'll go away."
"It's the same thing."
Under the crime-fighting banner, the gov't says: "If you just legislate, get rid of your carry statute, we'll go away."
"It's the same thing."
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Carter floats a hypothetical of an anti-gun admin deploying 3,000-4,000 masked federal agents engaging in pervasive, illegal conduct.
Under the crime-fighting banner, the gov't says: "If you just legislate, get rid of your carry statute, we'll go away."
"It's the same thing."
Under the crime-fighting banner, the gov't says: "If you just legislate, get rid of your carry statute, we'll go away."
"It's the same thing."
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They think the American people are stupid.
It's been 2 days since the killing of Alex Pretti & this Admin continues to lie about what we all saw on video.
Americans are horrified & don't want their tax dollars funding this brutality.
Not another dime to this lawless operation.
It's been 2 days since the killing of Alex Pretti & this Admin continues to lie about what we all saw on video.
Americans are horrified & don't want their tax dollars funding this brutality.
Not another dime to this lawless operation.
January 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
They think the American people are stupid.
It's been 2 days since the killing of Alex Pretti & this Admin continues to lie about what we all saw on video.
Americans are horrified & don't want their tax dollars funding this brutality.
Not another dime to this lawless operation.
It's been 2 days since the killing of Alex Pretti & this Admin continues to lie about what we all saw on video.
Americans are horrified & don't want their tax dollars funding this brutality.
Not another dime to this lawless operation.
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1. ICE and CBP leave Minneapolis and stops terrorizing American cities;
2. We get a full, independent investigation into the killings;
3. No more detaining and deporting U.S. Citizens;
4. The masks come off;
5. The mass arrest quotas and warrantless arrests end.
2. We get a full, independent investigation into the killings;
3. No more detaining and deporting U.S. Citizens;
4. The masks come off;
5. The mass arrest quotas and warrantless arrests end.
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
1. ICE and CBP leave Minneapolis and stops terrorizing American cities;
2. We get a full, independent investigation into the killings;
3. No more detaining and deporting U.S. Citizens;
4. The masks come off;
5. The mass arrest quotas and warrantless arrests end.
2. We get a full, independent investigation into the killings;
3. No more detaining and deporting U.S. Citizens;
4. The masks come off;
5. The mass arrest quotas and warrantless arrests end.
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Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
trib.al
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.
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Murphy on Bovino: "That was a bone-chilling interview. I was shaking while I was listening to it, in large part bc it takes just an unbelievable amount of gall to lie to the American public. Everybody saw that video ... it should freak the public out that the Trump administration lies this easily"
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Murphy on Bovino: "That was a bone-chilling interview. I was shaking while I was listening to it, in large part bc it takes just an unbelievable amount of gall to lie to the American public. Everybody saw that video ... it should freak the public out that the Trump administration lies this easily"
George Plimpton introduces his new podcast about being a mid-Atlantic pitch man: Pimpin' With Plimpton
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 PM
George Plimpton introduces his new podcast about being a mid-Atlantic pitch man: Pimpin' With Plimpton
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Videos verified by The New York Times show the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday was holding a phone, not a gun, before the agents took him to the ground and shot him. At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 25, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Videos verified by The New York Times show the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday was holding a phone, not a gun, before the agents took him to the ground and shot him. At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Please note that NYT is leading with what the videos show, not the lies from the feds. This is what every news organization should be doing. This is how you cover a government that lies as it breathes. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice
Minneapolis Live Updates: Man Killed by Federal Agents Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Please note that NYT is leading with what the videos show, not the lies from the feds. This is what every news organization should be doing. This is how you cover a government that lies as it breathes. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice
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"I insisted that the agents let me assess him. Normally, I would not have been so persistent, but as a physician, I felt a professional and moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him."
BREAKING: A young doctor who lives near where Alex Pretti, a nurse, was killed by ICE says in a declaration he saw the shooting, went out to help, was not let through at first then patted down before being let by, and was apparently the first to try and provide any medical assistance to Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 2:01 AM
"I insisted that the agents let me assess him. Normally, I would not have been so persistent, but as a physician, I felt a professional and moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him."
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Second direct witness to Alex Pretti's killing comes forward.
Court declaration:
"I saw him yelling at the ICE agents, but I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind.
Suddenly, an ICE agent shoved him to the ground."
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Court declaration:
"I saw him yelling at the ICE agents, but I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind.
Suddenly, an ICE agent shoved him to the ground."
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January 25, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Second direct witness to Alex Pretti's killing comes forward.
Court declaration:
"I saw him yelling at the ICE agents, but I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind.
Suddenly, an ICE agent shoved him to the ground."
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Court declaration:
"I saw him yelling at the ICE agents, but I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind.
Suddenly, an ICE agent shoved him to the ground."
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A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN:
"I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind."
and
"The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back."
Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind."
and
"The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back."
Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN:
"I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind."
and
"The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back."
Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind."
and
"The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back."
Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...