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"Liam is five years old. He wasn’t hiding and his family wasn’t evading the law. They entered through a legal port of entry and applied for asylum, checked in repeatedly with immigration authorities and did everything the United States asked of them — because that is what the law required."
~ Julie Roginsky
#Trump #LiamRamos #Minnesota #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #sadism
/16
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The Secret ICE Doesn’t Want You to Understand
Compliance is the new crimeJulie Roginsky (Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky)
Truscott enumerates the ways in which Trump is losing:
He’s losing his health.
He’s losing supporters.
He’s losing Republicans in the House and Senate.
He’s going to lose the midterms.
He’s losing it with ICE.
He’s losing it internationally.
He’s losing it with Wall Street and Banks.
#Trump #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #polls #ApprovalRating
/14
(continued from /12)
"he won the 2020 election that he lost; the prices of things like electricity and food and drugs and health care that everyone else knows are going up, he thinks are going down 400 or a thousand percent or whatever number he’s got stuck in his mind; he’s the greatest president ever, greater even than Washington and Lincoln; and on and on. But it’s not working, and he knows it, and his people know it."
#Trump #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #polls #ApprovalRating
/13
"He’s 'losing it,' as the saying goes. He is more and more visibly disconnected from the reality the rest of us, and the rest of the world, live in. They can still shoot him up with something that is not vitamin B and wheel him out in front of the public and the press and turn him loose to babble the lies that make him so happy to repeat over and over —" (continued in /13)
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #polls #ApprovalRating
/12
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He's losing
Where I sit tonight -- probably the same place as a lot of you right now -- is in the path of the largest winter storm in years.Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)
"Trump is privately frustrated that chaotic scenes and protests in Minnesota are undermining his immigration message, with aides scrambling to shift focus from clashes and a fatal ICE shooting to highlighting arrests of alleged criminals, even as polling shows growing public concern that ICE tactics have gone too far and risks mounting political fallout ahead of the midterms."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Minnesota #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #immigrants
/11
"Donald Trump has built what his first term only suggested-an interconnected infrastructure of fear aimed at mixed‑status families and immigrant‑heavy cities. It is not just hundreds of thousands of deportations with a goal of millions; it is the way government has been remade so that daily life itself is risky."
~ Mark Mansour
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #immigrants #fascism
/10
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The Infrastructure Of Fear
Trump has accomplished what he failed to do in his first termMark Mansour (America’s Fractured Politics)
"We should be filled with confidence in light of the example set by Minnesotans. But we must also be realistic. It will get worse before it gets better."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/9
Rupar:
"Obviously we've had natural disasters, we've had, you know, different sorts of tragedies that have befallen communities, but when you're targeted by the government that is supposed to represent you for kind of pretextual reasons that are obviously very political in nature… It's a really, it's just really surreal to live through that. It's nothing that I expected to go through."
#Minneapolis #Trump #StephenMiller #GregBovino #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/8
David Nir talks with Aaron Rupar, who lives in Minneapolis and describes to Nir what it has been like living in a city occupied by lawless masked thugs. Nir states,
"This kind of collective punishment is absolutely part of the fascist playbook. It is something that Trump and Stephen Miller and Bovino all want."
#Minneapolis #Trump #StephenMiller #GregBovino #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/7
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Life in besieged Minneapolis
Aaron Rupar on a city — and state — engulfed by Trump's terror squads.Aaron Rupar (Public Notice)
The interview Status Coup conducted with a protester, which Heather Cox Richardson transcribes in the thread above, is at the link below, starting at about the 1.04 mark.
#Minnesota #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/6
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LIVE GENERAL STRIKE March Against ICE in -10 DEGREES | LIVE From Minneapolis
Status Coup reporter JT Cestkowski is LIVE ON THE GROUND in Minneapolis as thousands march as part of a statewide general strike to protest against President...YouTube
(continued from /4)
'"hit people with beanbag guns and batons for exercising their First Amendment rights, they don’t want people to, you know, exercise their Second Amendment rights, and certainly their Fourth, but also the Fourteenth, you know, basically, they’re attacking the whole Constitution.'”
#Minnesota #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/5
"He continued: 'T]here was a memo that came out that said that they think they can break into people’s houses without warrants, you know, basically just like, trust us, which is, you know, fundamentally against the Fourth Amendment. And so if you look at the amendments, I mean, they’re trying to tear it down the First, they’ve gassed people, they’ve shot people, you know,'" (continued in /5)
#Minnesota #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/4
"He explained: '[T]here is a minority who is trying to create a post-law, orderless, lawless society, where their might makes right. And because, you know, they have guns and are willing to use them, they think they can suspend the Constitution, suspend habeas corpus…, suspend civil liberties, generally speaking.'"
#Minnesota #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/3
"Tens of thousands of Minnesotans took to the streets today in bitter cold temperatures with wind chills of -20°F (–28°C) to protest the occupation of Minneapolis and St. Paul by federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Status Coup News interviewed a protester walking down the street holding a sign that said: 'CLASSIC NAZI BLUNDER: INVADING IN WINTER.'”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Minnesota #MaskedThugs
/2
Horrifying news just coming out this morning of armed and masked federal agents wrestling a man to the ground in Minneapolis and then shooting him several times. Reports I'm seeing in various places say that he has died.
There's video that caught the whole horrific scene.
huffpost.com/entry/video-shows…
See also bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bs…
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/1
Videos Show Federal Agents Fatally Shooting Man In Minneapolis
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot multiple times after agents attacked him on the street.Sebastian Murdock (HuffPost)
"It isn’t. And if nobody pushes back, it will never stop. …
This is not a call to violence, not a push for bloodshed, and not about taking the offensive against anyone. This is about self-defense, deterrence, and preservation, plain and simple."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/5
Warning that video footage of this killing is graphic and disturbing, Prem Thakker and Asawin Suebsaeng say,
"A swarm of agents mob an individual, pushing him to the ground. After the person is surrounded, agents then shoot him multiple times. The shots appear to continue as the individual lies motionless on the ground."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/6
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WATCH: Trump’s Federal Agents Killed Someone in Minneapolis. Again
It is the third shooting by Trump’s immigration agents in the Minneapolis area in recent weeks, and comes after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good.Prem Thakker (Zeteo)
"The Star Tribune reports that federal agents attempted to order local police to leave the scene where the man was shot and killed by federal agents earlier this morning. According to the report, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused to comply with that demand and instead instructed his officers to remain on site and preserve the scene."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/7
"The Minneapolis police chief has ordered his officers to preserve the scene, despite ICE reportedly ordering them to leave. ICE has arrested witnesses and transported them to the Whipple building."
~ Rebecca Schoenkoepf
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/8
"A crowd of protesters has formed; ICE has unleashed tear gas at the scene."
~ Status Coup
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/9
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BREAKING: ICE Shoots Another in Minneapolis, Tear Gas Observers At the Scene
We are LIVE ON THE GROUND from the scene of ANOTHER ICE shooting; we do not yet know the condition of the person shot.Status Coup News
"Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: 'I just saw a video of more than 6 masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?'"
~ Aaron Rupar
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/10
"ICE must leave. Now. That is the only response that matters right now."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/11
"I don’t have all the details yet but it appears that Trump’s goons have murdered another American in Minneapolis.
This is the third shooting involving federal agents in the city this month, including the murder of Renee Good, 37, on Jan. 7.
The person who was killed is believed to be a 37-year-old man, an American citizen who lived in Minneapolis."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #murder
/12
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Another murder in Minneapolis
Trump's domestic army continues its rampage. We must fight back.Robert Reich
"The old, wretched status quo is thrashing violently as it dies.
It’s time we grab a pillow and suffocate it to death.
Minneapolis is suffering one wave after another of brutal attacks. Children kidnapped. People beaten. Two murders that we have now witnessed with our own eyes."
~ Jared Yates Sexton
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #murder
/13
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Shut It Down
It's time to stop participating in this awful system and bring it to its kneesJared Yates Sexton (Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton)
"What’s more, video evidence appears to show that ICE agents had already confiscated Pretti’s firearm in a scuffle before shooting him multiple times. …
The goal is submission and the strategy to achieve that goal is escalation. Miller, Homan and the leaders of ICE and CBP believe that they’ll come out on top at every step up the ICE/CPB escalation ladder."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
/34
"The man fatally shot by federal officers has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to sources familiar with the investigation who spoke with the Minnesota Star Tribune. Pretti was 37 years old and had an address listed in south Minneapolis."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #murder
/14
"They’re communicating this to the protestors and activists and the communities in which they’re operating: the more you resist us, the worse it will be for you and eventually you’ll have to back down. …
They believe public resisters will eventually have to knuckle under. So they’re happy to keep escalating. Because they have more and bigger guns and eventually those who oppose them will have to give in."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
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"At a news conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara confirmed the victim’s identity and said Pretti had no serious criminal history. O’Hara stated that law enforcement records showed only minor infractions, including parking tickets. Law enforcement sources reiterated Saturday that Pretti had no known violent or serious criminal background."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #murder
/15
"Remember dont bring a gun to a protest, unless its an illegal fire arm and you cross state lines and your name is Kyle. Then totally bring a gun, so we can call you a hero. 😒"
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder #KyleRittenhouse
/36
"If local and state law enforcement aren’t going to step up and do the job they swear an oath to do—protect our communities, the very people they’re supposed to serve—then someone else has to. Because while they stall, federal goon squads are roaming around in broad daylight, abducting and killing innocent people, and pretending it’s normal."
~ Oliver Kornetzke
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/4
"On January 24, 2026, 37-year-old U.S. citizen Alex Pretti was repeatedly and fatally shot by United States Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States."
~ Wikipedia
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #murder #AlexPretti
/16
"Another day, another dead Minnesotan. Shot in the street while getting pinned down by masked federal thugs. And Donald Trump and Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino wasted no time putting out narratives that don’t at all square with the videos we’re seeing. But who you gonna believe? Them, or your lyin’ eyes?"
Matt Labash
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
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A Prayer For The Unjust
Let the hard rain of justice rain down upon themMatt Labash (Slack Tide by Matt Labash)
"The incident was the third shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in seventeen days, following the killing of Renée Good and the shooting of a Venezuelan man Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, and occurred amid mass protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #murder
/17
"RIP, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an intensive-care nurse by trade. Intensive-care nurses, not typically being he most war-like people. And who the goon squad is already slandering as a 'domestic terrorist.' Yeah, I’m for stopping domestic terrorism, too. Which is why someone should arrest Stephen Miller, who takes demented pleasure in waging war on his own people. While prompting his corrupt boss to do the same."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
/38
"A New York Times video analysis shows [Alex Pretti] was holding a phone, not a gun, [when federal agents killed him]."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
/39
"An analysis by The New York Times found that several agents wrestled a man onto the sidewalk, one officer struck him with an object, and then ten shots were fired within five seconds."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #murder
/18
"The Trump regime has murdered another citizen. And now they’re lying about it. The cover-up is in full swing. But we have the footage. From multiple angles. We’ve heard from multiple witnesses. And we have cameras on the ground, thanks to our partners at Status Coup."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #murder
/19
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Saturday Updates: Trump Regime Murders Another Citizen in Minneapolis — 1/24/26
Video evidence shows DHS is lying. Again.Ben Meiselas (Meidas+)
"Multiple witnesses were on scene. One described it to us as “an execution.” Within minutes, Minneapolis police moved to secure the area. They were blocked by federal agents. According to the Star Tribune, federal officers attempted to order local police away from the scene. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and instructed his officers to preserve the site."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #murder
/20
"That refusal mattered, because video evidence from multiple angles began circulating almost immediately. The footage shows at least ten shots fired. It shows the victim’s hands appearing empty. It does not show him using a weapon, reaching for one, or threatening anyone. It shows a man shot to the ground and then shot again.
Federal officials quickly claimed the man threatened them with a gun. The videos do not support that claim."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #murder
/21
"If the man was armed, the footage suggests the weapon was holstered. That is consistent with what Minneapolis police have already said publicly: the victim is believed to have been a lawful gun owner with a permit to carry. At no point in the available video does he brandish or point a weapon."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #murder
/22