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"Two senior national security officials tell me that there are more than a dozen secret and obscure watchlists that homeland security and the FBI are using to track protesters (both anti-ICE and pro-Palestinian), 'Antifa,' and others who are promiscuously labeled 'domestic terrorists.'”
~ Ken Klippenstein
#DHS #ICE #surveillance #Minnesota
/25
kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-sec…
Exclusive: ICE's Secret Watchlists of Americans
Sparta, Reaper and Grapevine track protesters, their friends (+ others)Ken Klippenstein
(continued from /10)
"and prompted Democratic lawmakers to push legislation restricting or banning its use outside ports of entry."
#DHS #ICE #surveillance #Minnesota
/11
"The Guardian has confirmed that ICE is increasingly using a smartphone app called Mobile Fortify to scan faces in Minnesota and nationwide, allowing agents to instantly pull biometric data from multiple databases, a practice critics warn risks misidentification, racial bias, and privacy violations, has sparked lawsuits and protests," (continued in /11)
Aaron Parnas
#DHS #ICE #surveillance #Minnesota
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"The US Department of Homeland Security has used Mobile Fortify to scan faces and fingerprints in the field more than 100,000 times, according to a lawsuit brought by Illinois and Chicago against the federal agency, earlier this month."
#DHS #ICE #surveillance #Minnesota
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"Simply pointing a phone’s camera at their intended target and scanning the person’s face allows Mobile Fortify to pull data on an individual from multiple federal and state databases, some of which federal courts have deemed too inaccurate for arrest warrants."
#DHS #ICE #surveillance #Minnesota
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"Immigration enforcement agents across the US are increasingly relying on a new smartphone app with facial recognition technology.
The app is named Mobile Fortify."
~ Sanya Mansoor
#DHS #ICE #surveillance #Minnesota
/7
theguardian.com/technology/202…
How ICE is using facial recognition in Minnesota
Mobile Fortify tech being used to scan faces of citizens and immigrants – but its use has prompted a severe backlashGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
"Five agents tackled him and one leaned on his back, breaking a rib, before they released him. Medical records confirm Pretti was treated for the injury."
#DHS #ICE #surveillance #AlexPretti
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"A form titled 'intel collection non-arrests' enabled agents to fill in protesters’ personal information. ...
Sources told Winter and Alvarez that federal agents had documented details about Pretti before Saturday. About a week before his death, Pretti stopped his car to observe federal agents chasing a family on foot, shouted, and blew a whistle."
#DHS #ICE #surveillance #AlexPretti
/5
"Today Jeff Winter and Priscilla Alvarez of CNN broke the story that ICE agents have been collecting the personal information of protesters in Minneapolis. They reported that officials asked federal agents sent to Minneapolis to 'capture all images, license plates, identifications, and general information on hotels, agitators, protestors, etc., so we can capture it all in one consolidated form.'”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#DHS #ICE #surveillance #AlexPretti
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heathercoxrichardson.substack.…
January 27, 2026
The murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday morning at the hands of federal agents has put wind in the sails of those trying to rein in the Trump administration at the same time it has sent the administration scrambling to regain its course.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
"At least 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025. ICE facilities across the country have faced allegations from human rights groups, immigration lawyers and lawmakers about overcrowding and poor conditions, such as rotten food, which the agency has denied."
~ Janelle Griffith
#Trump #ICE #DHS #violence #surveillance #murder #execution
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At Least 32 People Died in ICE Custody Last Year, as Fatal Shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti Spur National Outrage
The deaths occurred during a year of intensified immigration enforcement and preceded recent fatal encounters involving federal agents.Janelle Griffith (PEOPLE)
“DHS officers have fired shots during enforcement arrests or at people protesting their operations 16 times since July, and as in the recent shootings in Minneapolis, in each case the Trump admin has publicly declared their actions justified before waiting for investigations to be completed."
~ Ron Filipkowski quoting Washington Post
#Trump #ICE #DHS #violence #surveillance #murder #execution
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 295. 1/27/26
… Trump said today that the killing of Renee Good was worse to him than the Alex Pretti killing because her parents were Trump supporters: “I’m not sure about his parents, but I know her parents were big Trump fans.Ron Filipkowski (Meidas+)
A whole lot of us are full to the gills with anger now at seeing the cruelty and injustice unfolding in our country, paid for with our tax dollars, as we're lied to and lied to and lied to again.
And as loud self-professed Christians defend all of that.
So don't try to talk to me about that smashed car window and that fit of anger and don't shame yourself by saying it justifies the public execution of an innocent man.
Just don't.
#AlexPretti #DHS #murder #execution #Jan6 #LawandOrder
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And would not have been murdered if he'd only obeyed authority.
Those SAME PEOPLE must have zero sense of shame if they think they can advance the latter narrative while totally ignoring their absolute silence — but they whooped and cheered — vis-a-vis the first narrative.
The murdered man displayed anger days before he was murdered?
#AlexPretti #DHS #murder #execution #Jan6 #LawandOrder
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Trampling on law and order and authority.
And now THE SAME PEOPLE who clapped and cheered when all that happened want to convince us that a man who was just executed publicly by federal agents deserved his death because he
Brought a gun (which he never touched) to a protest.
Smashed a car light days before he was murdered.
Had his rib broken by masked thugs who pounced on him when he did that.
#AlexPretti #DHS #murder #execution #Jan6 #LawandOrder
/6
I'm thinking today of folks bringing guns and other weapons — knives, hockey sticks, flag poles — to a protest.
Then smashing windows, breaking glass (defecating and urinating on floors and on a desk).
Being warned repeatedly by law officials not to climb through a smashed window, and still climbing through that window and being shot.
Defying law and order and authority.
Ignoring law and order and authority.
#AlexPretti #DHS #murder #execution #Jan6 #LawandOrder
/5
"If all of them want to say that they didn't recognize Pretti as the guy who'd already had his ribs broken in an earlier encounter with federal agents, let them say it under oath in a courtroom as part of their defense against a charge of murder in the first degree. Maybe they'll be loosened up for a plea bargain by then."
A reminder that paywalled articles like Charles Pierce's can often be accessed at the Archive Today site.
#AlexPretti #DHS #murder #execution
/4
"And then five shots ring out, a pause, and then five more. Presumably, Pretti at least was incapacitated by the first volley, which means the second burst was meant to do what? Kill a dead man? Intimidate the witnesses? Everything that the ICE agents do in that video can arguably be interpreted as planned and purposeful. (Remember what I said about malice aforethought?)"
#AlexPretti #DHS #murder #execution
/3
"And then there's the new video of Pretti's killing in which the last shreds of the official government story are, well, shredded.
There's no 'riot.' There aren't enough people on the sidewalk for a decent hockey fight. An ICE officer walks right up to Pretti and initiates the violence. Then he and his colleagues swarm Pretti, who vanishes below a flurry of punches and kicks while onlookers plead with his attackers."
#AlexPretti #DHS #murder #execution
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Commenting on the revelation that DHS knew who Alex Pretti was before federal agents murdered him, that he was tackled by federal agents and had his rib broken days before he was executed, Charles Pierce says,
"At least some of the overripe guys in masks stalking the streets of Minneapolis knew who Pretti was before anything happened last Saturday. (Keep the phrase, malice aforethought, or 'premeditation' in mind.)"
#AlexPretti #DHS #murder #execution
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esquire.com/news-politics/poli…
What ICE Did to Alex Pretti Is Somehow Even Worse Than We Thought
The Department of Homeland Security claims there’s no record of the incident, but I bet they’re lying their bureaucratic asses off.Charles P. Pierce (Esquire)
Congressional Democrats: what would you do if Hitler had seized control of the US government?
DO THAT. BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING.
#AbolishICE #trumpmustgo #ICE #ProsecuteJonathanRoss #DHS #Minneapolis #KristiNoem #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USpol
Dear press, it's long past time to stop calling this an immigration crackdown. It's a Federal Government directed terror campaign.
#USPol #Minneapolis #Fascism #DHS #ICE #CBP #AlexPretti #ReneeNicoleGood #FederalTerrorism
From Diana Brickell on Bsky:
"Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild."
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#ICE #FuckICE #DHS #CBP #protests #50501movement
As a result, key forensic #evidence was almost certainly lost. This comes after state officials were excluded from the investigation into #ReneeGood’s death.
#Federal #obstruction of #Minnesota’s #criminal investigation merits more creative pushback from the #state: Leaving investigations in the hands of #DHS alone sends a powerful message to #ICE officers.
#law
American citizens have been brutalized, pepper-sprayed, & killed on the streets of #Minneapolis. For many, one particular breakdown is a final, damning cause for despair: Minnesota’s apparent inability to investigate & potentially prosecute the #FederalAgents responsible. The #DHS on Saturday reportedly blocked #Minnesota officials from examining the scene of #AlexPretti’s #shooting. Access was refused even after #state officials got a #judicial search #warrant.
#law
#DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous #ICE critics online
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online
Community watch groups have a playbook to keep ICE away from subscriber information.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
"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)
"Officials told CBS News that there was no documented chain of custody for Pretti’s gun, raising the question of whether evidence has been improperly handled (or footage erased)."
#AlexPretti #murder #execution #Trump #DHS
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"The New York Times reports that the FBI initially collected evidence from the shooting, including Pretti’s handgun and phone, but has turned over that evidence to Homeland Security Investigations, a division of the Department of Homeland Security…."
#AlexPretti #murder #execution #Trump #DHS
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"Following the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents over the weekend, the cell phone Pretti was holding moments before his death has disappeared into federal custody."
~ Hafiz Rashid
#AlexPretti #murder #execution #Trump #DHS
/1
newrepublic.com/post/205748/al…
Here’s Where Alex Pretti’s Phone Ended Up After He Was Killed
Why haven’t we seeing the footage on Alex Pretti’s phone moments before Border Patrol agents killed him?The New Republic
"Because it fits their narrative. It allows them to say what they want to say. It allows them to feel like they're big boys and they're flexing. They're cowards. They're disgusting. They're scumbags. Anyone still supporting Donald Trump and ICE at this point in the game is an absolute piece of human garbage. And I will not take it back. I don't care how closely you're related to me."
#AlexPretti #murder #execution #Trump #MAGA #ICE #DHS #WhiteSupremacy #racism #violence #immigrants
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"They [i.e. MAGA] know what they're seeing [in video footage of Alex Pretti's murder]. They can see it plain as day, too. They do not care. And they will drag a good man in his name. And they'll sit back and cheer Donald Trump as he drags a good man in his name. Why?"
~ Tennessee Brando
#AlexPretti #murder #execution #Trump #MAGA #ICE #DHS #WhiteSupremacy #racism #violence #immigrants
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ICE Shooting Victim’s Family SPEAKS OUT
We can't allow a good man like Alex Pretti be smeared by the radical right.Support Tennessee Brando: https://www.patreon.com/tnbrandoDownload my NEW ALBUM "F...YouTube
"Obama Derangement Syndrome has proved both virulent and lasting. How else can one explain the casual acceptance of blatant lies about broad-daylight, video-recorded murders, so easily disproven by visual evidence?"
#Trump #MAGA #ICE #DHS #WhiteSupremacy #racism #violence #immigrants
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"I never would have expected that so many Americans would be just fine with a poorly trained but well-equipped paramilitary force operating under the aegis of a rogue administration – discarding due process, engaging in racial profiling, dragging people out of cars and homes by their hair, and killing those who object."
~ Nina Burleigh
#Trump #MAGA #ICE #DHS #WhiteSupremacy #racism #violence #immigrants
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Liam & his dad were taken across the country to the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas — an #ICE #detention facility [#ConcentrationCamp] for families.
The father has filed a lawsuit against #DHS Secretary #KristiNoem, #USAttorney General #PamBondi & other #federal officials.
#LiamRamos #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #Trump #law #immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #despotism #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
#DHS claimed Liam’s father is an “illegal alien” from Ecuador & said agents took the boy with them after the father said he wanted Liam to stay with him.
But an attorney for Liam’s family said Conejo committed no crimes & followed “all the established protocols” for legally seeking #asylum in the #US, including “showing up for their court hearings.”
#LiamRamos #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #Trump #law #immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
WHO’S PROFITING FROM ICE? A list of vendors and contract amounts, mapped.
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#AbolishICE #ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #JonathanRoss #DHS #Minneapolis #KristiNoem #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Who's Profiting from ICE? – Google My Maps
ICE relies on a nationwide web of private companies, local law enforcement agencies, and elected officials to carry out its work. Boycott Citizens is committed to the principles of nonviolent action.Google My Maps
"The Minnesota National Guard is being deployed to protect United States citizens from the federal government."
~ Mary Trump
#Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #murder #execution #ICE #DHS #CBP #Minnesota #NationalGuard
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“He Was a Good Man”
The federal government murders another American citizenMary L Trump (The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump)