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Exclusive: #ICE officers in #Minnesota directed not to interact with 'agitators' as they carry out #Trump #immigration crackdown, according to new orders reviewed by Reuters.
The new guidance, offering the most detailed look so far at how operations would change after 2 fatal #shootings of #US citizens protesting in #Minneapolis, also orders ICE officers only to target immigrants who have criminal charges or convictions.
#law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #DueProcess
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Russia's BFF Belarus joins Trump's 'Board of Peace,' raising eyebrows over Lukashenka's role | Euronews euronews.com/2026/01/28/belaru…
#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #politics #BoP #Belarus #Russia #press
Belarus joins Trump's 'Board of Peace,' raising eyebrows over Lukashenka's role
Belarus joined Donald Trump's conflict resolution initiative despite concerns over its president's continued crackdown on dissent and support for Russia in its war against Ukraine.Aleksandar Brezar (Euronews.com)
Year 1 of Trump’s immigration crackdown:
- U.S. citizens were held against their will.
- ICE placed at least 600 immigrant kids in federal shelters.
- Student activists became a target.
That’s not all. Our year in review: propublica.org/article/trump-m…
#News #Immigration #Trump #Deportation #ICE #Immigrants #DonaldTrump
A Year in Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign
Skyrocketing detentions, violent arrests, troops in cities. President Donald Trump promised an immigration crackdown that would make history. One year in, we look at how it’s changed the lives of immigrants and citizens across the U.S.Diego Sorbara (ProPublica)
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
"The Department of Homeland Security is now walking back a Saturday statement that described Pretti as having 'violently resisted' Customs and Border Protection agents and suggested he intended to 'massacre law enforcement.' A DHS spokesperson told NBC News that the initial account was based on chaotic and incomplete reports from CBP personnel on the scene."
~ Aaron Parnas
#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #murder #execution #lies #truth
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Major Update: White House Officials Throw Each Other Under the Bus as FBI Raids Georgia Election Office and DHS Walks Back Pretti Claims
The knives are out in the Trump Administration this afternoon.Aaron Parnas (The Parnas Perspective)
"It’s hard to know the truth when everyone is so biased [the grandmother says]. The college student near me, who spends most of his time in the events center — and, based on the evidence, a lot of his other time as well, chewing the skin off his fingers — tells me, 'People need to comply with the police.'
That’s it. The subject is changed."
#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #murder #execution #lies #truth #Iowa
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Liz Dye reports on what she experienced at Trump's rally yesterday in Clive, Iowa:
"When everything is always a lie, the truth eventually escapes. What does it do out there in the open?
When I gently bring up Minneapolis and what’s happening there to the people around me, the grandmother two chairs down frowns and says she doesn’t believe most of what the media reports."
#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #murder #execution #lies #truth #Iowa
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The big question: Why would a highly placed US general be tweeting it out repeatedly?
And who would so many armchair warriors immediately glom onto it to declare that it vindicates the Trump regime when it claims that Pretti's execution was caused by his pulling a gun?
The bigger question: how to build a sane society when many of us are so addicted to toxic lies that we refuse to see truth in front of our eyes?
#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #murder #execution
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As PolitiFact notes,
"A viral image of Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti was manipulated with Google’s artificial intelligence tool, Gemini.
Clues it’s not an authentic photo: One officer is missing his head, and the hands and fingers of Pretti and the agents are distorted."
With all the actual footage available for us to see, many of us knew, of course, immediately that this was a bogus image.
#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #murder #execution
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Stoehr notes that the doctored, false AI image was tweeted repeatedly by General Tony Thomas, once head of Special Operations Command. It then went viral on social media.
Yesterday, PolitiFact released a statement:
"We rate claims the image shared on X is a real photo of Pretti False."
#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #murder #execution
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This is an AI-manipulated image of Alex Pretti
This isn’t a real photo of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti pinned down by federal immigration agents. The image has a digital watermark that shows it was generated using Google’s artificial intelligence tool, Gemini.@politifact
Stoehr features a doctored AI-produced image of Pretti immediately before Trump's masked thugs shot him repeatedly in the back. The image appears to show Pretti pulling his gun — though actual footage of what happened, from repeated angles, shows that this did not ever happen and his gun was taken away before he was murdered. He never touched the gun.
#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #murder #execution #AI
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"Renee Good was shot in the face. Alex Pretti was shot in the back. Their deaths were not accidental. They were not the result of poor or insufficient training. They were the result of intent.
Why are moderates worried about seeming extreme when the context is murder by the state? In that setting, there’s no such thing as an overreaction."
~ John Stoehr
#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #murder #execution
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Moderate Democrats worry about overreacting. The real danger is underreacting
Murder by the state is the breaking point, says Jill Lawrence.John Stoehr (Editorial Board)
Tens of thousands gather in downtown Minneapolis for ‘ICE Out’ day
“Tens of thousands of Minnesotans marched in downtown Minneapolis Friday in a negative 30 degree windchill to protest the federal government’s continuing surge of immigration enforcement — demanding civil rights and a withdrawal of the 3,000 officers sent here by the administration of President Donald #Trump.”
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/… #MinnesotaReformer #Minnesota #ice #iceout #iceoutofMinnesota #reneegood
This isn't the first time our government has killed it's citizens in broad daylight.
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's "Ohio" set to a devastating series of photos from the Kent State shootings, and other 1960-70's protests.
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#reneegood #Pretti #kentstate #Minneapolis #ice #trump #noem
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young "Ohio"
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's "Ohio" set to a devastating series of photos from the Kent State shootings, and other 1960-70's protests, compiled by Hard ...YouTube
The Emperor Wears No Clothes
Donald Trump Can Be Stopped
Of the many lessons to be drawn from the administration’s retreat in Minneapolis, the most important is that Donald Trump can be stopped.
He spent his first year acting as though the 2024 election were the last time he would ever have to give a thought to public opinion. Now the myth that #Trump is invincible has been exploded.
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/…
Donald Trump Can Be Stopped
The president’s retreat in Minneapolis is a stinging defeat for the national conservatives.Jonathan Chait (The Atlantic)
They have moved slowly, encumbered by a belief that a reversion to the old ways of #federal - #state cooperation might still be possible. The killings of #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti — & the federal response to those killings — ought to put this lingering nostalgia to rest. A return to the days of state-federal cooperation will not happen unless the #states reassert themselves to protect their citizens & punish federal #lawlessness.
#law #Trump #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
You don’t get much more official than executing a #judicial #warrant. Concealing #evidence after the fact is a separate offense that also fits what is publicly known about both the #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti cases. The resulting #criminal penalties would attach to anyone who conspired in that concealment. This could reach more senior figures in the #Trump admin who acted to hinder #justice by using #lies & #slander to deflect responsibility &—worse—to score political points from the deaths.
#law
It tells them that even if they effectively execute a #US #citizen who presents no threat on camera on a public street, they will face no consequences—a recipe for future tragedies. The state’s interest in finding a way to at least create some deterrence to deadly federal lawlessness is not just a matter of #justice: It is also a way of keeping its people safe moving forward.
#law #Trump #immigration #Constitution #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExtraJudicialKillings #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
First Comes #ICE, Then Come Lawsuits
When a direct path to #justice is blocked, #states must look for a legal work-around.
By Aziz Huq
#law #Trump #immigration #Constitution #CivilRights #FirstAmendment #DueProcess #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ExtraJudicialKillings #murder #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #MafiaState #StateSponsoredTerrorism #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny
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First Comes ICE, Then Come Lawsuits
When a direct path to justice is blocked, states must look for a legal work-around.Aziz Huq (The Atlantic)
Press conference with Federal Open Market Committee [#FOMC] Chair #JeromePowell at 2∶30PM ET∶
#FederalReserve #Fed #InterestRates #economy #money #Trump #tariffs #inflation #recession #trumpcession #Affordability #CostOfLiving
Sen. #TammyDuckworth (D-IL)∶ If it's true that we are not at #war with #Venezuela, will you advise the president to rescind his invocation of the wartime #AlienEnemiesAct?
#MarcoRubio∶ That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
Duckworth∶ It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
Rubio∶ No.
#geopolitics #law #immigration #DueProcess #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #oil #sovereignty #InternationalLaw
Sen. #JeanneShaheen (D-NH)∶ It's been reported that the #oil sold for $500 million & $300 million went to the Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million?
#MarcoRubio∶ It's still sitting in the account is my understanding.
Shaheen∶ The account in #Qatar?
Rubio∶ Yes.
#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #corruption #Trump #Venezuela #oil #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#RandPaul∶ What if a country indicts our president for violating a foreign law, should we extradite him or be okay if they get him by force?
#MarcoRubio∶ We're always going to act in our national interest
Paul∶ What I'm saying is our arguments are empty. It's a ruse. We do what we do because we have the force.
#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
More from #MarcoRubio #Senate hearing on #Venezuela, when #RandPaul is the sane person in the conversation …
PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #oil #sovereignty
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#Massie said the oil was "stolen" & that #Trump cannot "legally create a second #Treasury overseas for his own piggy bank."
"Selling stolen #oil & putting billions of dollars in a bank in #Qatar to be spent without Congressional approval is not Constitutional," Massie wrote on X. "Only #Congress can appropriate money."
#geopolitics #law #criminal #Venezuela #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
Looking into this I find myself shocked to be citing Fox Business, but they were interviewing a Republican who seriously gave the unvarnished & corrupt truth about the situation∶
Rep Thomas #Massie (R-KY) on Tuesday criticized the Trump admin for how it is using the #oil seized from #Venezuela earlier this month, saying #Trump cannot sell the oil for "his own piggy bank."
#geopolitics #law #Congress #Constitution #criminal #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
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Massie blasts Trump for selling 'stolen' Venezuelan oil 'for his own piggy bank'
Rep. Thomas Massie criticized President Donald Trump's handling of seized Venezuelan oil, arguing the president cannot legally sell it for "his own piggy bank."Landon Mion (Fox Business)
WTF?
#Venezuela #oil proceeds are going into a private account in #Qatar that #US #Treasury cannot block. This can’t be legal.
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.!'"
#geopolitics #law #criminal #Trump #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
City Prosecutors Join Forces to Bring Charges Against #FederalAgents
9 progressive #prosecutors from cities around the country are launching a coalition to assist in prosecuting federal law enforcement officers who violate #state #laws, one of the prosecutors, Larry Krasner in Philadelphia, said Tues.
#law #FAFO #federalism #10thAmendment #FederalGovernment #Trump #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing
nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/pros…
"Disasters, unfortunately, are not mitigated by ideological experiments, management theories, or last-minute political theater. Responding to a massive storm requires competence, people power, and foresight—qualities in short supply in the Trump administration, where agencies are run as if government itself is the enemy."
Noting that with the fierce winter storm that just swept through wide swathes of the US, Cliff Schecter writes,
"The United States is now facing a winter storm of almost biblical proportions. ...
Today, under Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, FEMA resembles less a rescue agency than a badly managed charity raffle staffed by ghosts."
#winter #storm #Trump #KristiNoem #DHS #FEMA
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The Cold Is Brutal. FEMA’s Failure Will Be Worse.
As a historic winter storm hits 180M Americans, David Shuster exposes how Trump-era FEMA cuts leave the nation dangerously unprepared.David Shuster (Blue Amp Media)
"Worry more about being called biased than about being accurate. Do all of this, consistently, for years, and you will be surprised when the things people warned you about come to pass. The surprise is built into the methodology.
There’s a cost to this."
#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #BothSides #media #journalists
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"Political journalism has developed a set of practices that make surprise the default response to predictable events. Treat every denial as meaningful. Frame every warning from advocacy groups as partisan overreach. Insist on a both-sides structure even when one side is lying."
#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #BothSides #media #journalists
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"We are now one year into Donald Trump’s second term, and something strange is happening in political media. A lot of people who spent years insisting that the so-called 'alarmists' were being hysterical have started, tentatively, to admit that maybe they got it wrong. …
At a certain point, you have to ask what it would take to not be surprised."
~ Parker Molloy
#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #BothSides #media #journalists
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This is Literally the Job
Political journalists need to stop pretending they don't know what Republicans are going to do.Parker Molloy (The Present Age)
"Trump’s cowardly enablers are largely responsible for the abyss America has plunged into."
~ Paul Krugman
#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #BothSides #media #journalists #Democrats #Republicans
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"By focusing exclusively on congressional Democrats, we are letting Republicans off the hook. They are the ones with the power to actually stop the killings and the terror. The real question is whether they will use it."
#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #BothSides #Democrats #Republicans
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"In my circles and group chats, the conversation immediately turned to Democrats. What can they do to stop Trump and protect the people of Minnesota, Maine, and whatever community Stephen Miller decides to terrorize next? Which Democrat will grab the nation’s attention and give voice to the anger and fear pulsing through the country?"
~ Dan Pfeiffer
#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #BothSides #Democrats #Republicans
/11
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Stop Letting Republicans Off the Hook for the ICE Killings
The GOP has a choice: use their power to force change or own the chaos and the killings.Dan Pfeiffer (The Message Box)
"They were chastised by a mushy mainstream that prized decorum over diagnosis and tone over truth."
#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #journalists #BothSides
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(continued from /8)
"not only by MAGA true believers, but by those in positions of power in media, politics, and business who congratulated themselves on being sober-minded and pragmatic. Too many who understood what was coming were labeled hysterical. Alarmist. Radical. Unserious. They were told to calm down. To respect norms that were already being shredded."
#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #journalists #BothSides
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