Can we stop pretending that good vs evil is not politics?

Because believing that your tribe is the only one with the right to have a good life is exactly right wing politics, and it's fucking evil.

Robert F. Worth
Robert F. Worth describes what caused Minneapolis documentary filmmaker Chad Knutson, who wasn't previously an activist, to join the protests:

"On the morning after Good was killed, [documentary filmmaker Chad Knutson] was at home with his two hound dogs, watching a live feed from the Whipple Building, where ICE is based, a five-minute drive from his house."

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theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

The Minneapolis Uprising

In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.

^{Robert F. Worth (The Atlantic)}

"A protester had laid a rose on a makeshift memorial to Good. As Knutson watched, an ICE agent took the rose, put it in his lapel, and then mockingly gave it to a female ICE agent. They both laughed.

Knutson told me he had never been a protester. It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt. But when he saw those ICE agents laughing, something broke inside him."

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"One of the striking developments about the extremism of Trumpian violence, lying, and abuse of power is its recruitment power – but for the opposition. A lot of mild-mannered moderates are now ferociously against ICE, the attack on immigrants, and in some cases the whole Trump Administration."

Rebecca Solnit

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meditationsinanemergency.com/t…

This Cold Winter, Love Is a Superpower

There are great days and terrible days in history, days a nation or world changed, that you remember forever.

^{Rebecca Solnit (Meditations in an Emergency)}

:Pretti was holding a phone, filming masked men who were terrorizing people on his city’s streets. We know this because other courageous neighbors were doing the same thing. One of them captured the celebratory clapping of agents that began as the ten shots that killed Pretti were still being fired."

~ William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

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ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/…

A Man Was Lynched Yesterday

Alex Pretti was killed by people who celebrated his death. They do not need better training. They demand a moral movement to disarm them and reconstruct democracy.

^{William J. Barber, II (Our Moral Moment w/ Bishop William Barber & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove)}

"Ross leaned into the car to shoot [Renee Good] at close range through the windshield, not something you would do if you thought a car was about to run you over. He then shot her twice more through the side window as the car rolled by in front of him, one of those shots being fatal."

~ Paul Krugman

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paulkrugman.substack.com/p/was…

Was This a Murder Too Far?

The execution of Alex Pretti has made even some MAGA loyalists waver

^{Paul Krugman}

"The MAGA faithful closed ranks, echoing the party line that she was a militant terrorist, albeit one with a dog in the back of the car, who smiled and said soothing words to her killer. ...

But this time, after the killing of Alex Pretti, feels different. Media coverage has been much clearer than the coverage after Good’s death."

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"As I was writing this, the Wall Street Journal headline read 'Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting'. After some initial equivocation, the New York Times is calling out administration lies and featuring a chilling moment-by-moment analysis of videos showing what really happened. ...

I think that this time is different, for several reasons."

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"First, views of the Pretti murder aren’t distorted by misogyny and anti-LGBTQ bigotry. I believe that a significant number of people brushed aside the murder of Renee Good because she was a woman — at a time when right-wingers are still dismissing opponents of fascism as 'gangs of wine moms' — in a same-sex relationship."

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"Second, while the video evidence on Good’s killing was clear if examined closely, it did need close examination to reveal that she was simply murdered. The videos of Pretti’s killing don’t need close examination. That sound you heard Saturday was millions of Americans, myself included, crying out in horror as we watched agents repeatedly shoot a man who was already restrained."

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"And the contrast between the damning videos and the blatant lies from Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller and Gregory Bovino was too much even for many people who were still, for some reason, inclined to trust this administration. ...

Finally, it matters that this was the second broad-daylight murder, and that it came after weeks of horror stories about kidnapped children, citizens pepper-sprayed in the face, and more."

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"I already knew, and most readers of this newsletter probably also knew, that the people besieging Minneapolis were lying, brutal thugs. But most Americans don’t follow the news closely and tended until recently to give the government the benefit of the doubt.

The murder of Alex Pretti may be a tipping point...."

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"While both killings sickened and horrified many Americans, the killing of Alex Pretti is evoking a far stronger reaction than the killing of Renee Good."

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