Kyle Rittenhouse: Shot and Killed Two Protesters

Gun-toting St. Louis Couple

Bundy Father and Son’s Armed Confrontation with Federal Officials

Armed Protesters Breach Michigan State Capitol

Armed Militia Gathered Around Georgia State Capitol

Another State, Another Election Protest: Arizona

To Round It Out: January 6

#AlexPretti #Trump #KashPatel #execution #murder #guns #2ndAmendment #KyleRittenhouse
/5

For all the social media armchair warriors and gun fanatics now blaming Alex Pretti for his murder because he was legally carrying a gun to a protest that he never touched, Zeteo has a salient list of times these very same little fellows were praising folks openly displaying guns at protests:

#AlexPretti #Trump #KashPatel #execution #murder #guns #2ndAmendment #KyleRittenhouse
/4

"Minnesota has a concealed carry law that gun owners do not lose when they attend a rally. (Perhaps Trump should not have pardoned the armed, violent Jan. 6 protestors; perhaps they should not have lionized Rittenhouse.)"

#AlexPretti #Trump #KashPatel #execution #murder #guns #2ndAmendment #KyleRittenhouse
/3

"Well, that only applies to their own supporters, it seems. FBI director Kash Patel falsely stated on Sunday, “You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines, to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.” That is a lie."

#AlexPretti #Trump #KashPatel #execution #murder #guns #2ndAmendment #KyleRittenhouse
/2

"Republicans have long-extolled the inviolability of 2nd Amendment, pushed for concealed carry laws, and subverted attempts to impose even minimal restrictions on gun owners. They turned Kyle Rittenhouse, an armed protestor who killed two unarmed people in Wisconsin, into a national hero."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#AlexPretti #Trump #execution #murder #guns #2ndAmendment #KyleRittenhouse
/1

contrarian.substack.com/p/word…

Words & Phrases

Apparently, Trump wants to erase the 4th and 2nd Amendments

^{Jennifer Rubin (The Contrarian)}

"And they know, as more and more of even once reticent Americans are now coming to understand, that there can be no quiet moving on from the Trump era, no calm, forward-looking determination to absolve the Trump regime and its agents of their actions."

#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #murder #execution #CBP #ICE #MaskedThugs #shame
/3

"Some, like Tom Nolan, a former Boston police commander and criminology professor who once advised the DHS on civil rights issues, are calling Pretti’s death at ICE’s hands a stone-cold murder. You could also call it the elimination of a witness.

ICE agents know, as we all do, that one day the Trump regime will come to an end."

#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #murder #execution #CBP #ICE #MaskedThugs #shame
/2

"Perhaps ICE’s homicidal rage at the Americans who film them represents this same refusal to countenance being seen, being witnessed, being documented doing what they are doing to innocent people. In that sense, perhaps their actions towards observers like Good and Pretti exhibit a sense of shame."

~ Moira Donegan

#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #murder #execution #CBP #ICE #MaskedThugs #shame
/1

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Masked government thugs snuffed out Alex Pretti’s life in broad daylight

If they’re trying to eliminate witnesses, they cannot eliminate us all

^{Moira Donegan (The Guardian)}

(continued from /3)

"'and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.'”

#AlexPretti #murder #execution #CBP #ICE #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #Trump
/4

"'Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota.

Our demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing,'" (continued in /4)

#AlexPretti #murder #execution #CBP #ICE #StephenMiller #KristiNoem
/3

“'In the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a ‘domestic terrorist,’ the statement reads. 'Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts.'"

#AlexPretti #murder #execution #CBP #ICE #StephenMiller #KristiNoem
/2

"The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) — the largest union representing federal workers and the one that happened to represent Alex Pretti — has also issued one statement blaming the Trump administration for the escalation that led to his death this weekend and another on Monday, calling for the resignation of both Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller."

~ Robyn Pennacchia

#AlexPretti #murder #execution #CBP #ICE #StephenMiller #KristiNoem
/1

wonkette.com/p/largest-federal…

Largest Federal Workers Union Demands Noem And Miller Resign, Members Demand They Stop Representing Border Patrol

An injury to one is an injury to all.

^{Robyn Pennacchia (Wonkette)}

"It is almost entirely certain that Donald will never be held accountable in a way that will feel just or satisfying. There is no prison or poverty in his future. He is a lame duck and a shockingly weak man. At the very least, though, let’s make sure that he and his party are neutered and let’s make sure he knows we know it."

#AlexPretti #murder #execution #Trump #Republicans
/3

"And yet in Minneapolis, Minnesota it feels like the tide just might be turning. While Mr. Pretti’s murder was an inflection point, the images of protestors being brutalized have shaken us to our core. One of our cities has been turned into a battlefield by the federal government and its citizens treated like the enemy."

#AlexPretti #murder #execution #Trump
/2

"We seem to have reached a tipping point and I’m trying to figure out why. The murder on Saturday of Alex Pretti by an ICE agent seems to have ushered in a sea change. ...

I was beginning to worry that such a moment would never come. For decades, we have witnessed Donald Trump, as an individual, as a private citizen, get away with every horrid transgression, every act of cruelty, every crime he’s ever committed."

~ Mary Trump

#AlexPretti #murder #execution #Trump
/1

marytrump.org/p/the-tipping-po…

The Tipping Point

The accumulation of horrors finally breaks through

^{Mary L Trump (The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump)}

"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
/3

"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
/2

"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
/4

"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
/3

youtube.com/watch?v=k4AOBYgcrU…

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...

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#AlexPretti broke a rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/…

"about a week before his death, he suffered a broken rib when a group of federal officers tackled him while he was protesting their attempt to detain other individuals."

In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said that “DHS law enforcement has no record of this incident.”

It sure looks like they knew who he was, but don't want to reveal it was an #ICE #execution

This video analysis from the NYT Visual Investigations team couldn’t be anymore damning

Horrible things happen when poorly trained individuals are empowered to be cruel.

ALERT: EXTREME DISTURBING VIOLENCE

#Minneapolis #AlexPretti #USPol

nytimes.com/video/us/100000010…

Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti

A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn’t pose a threat.

^{www.nytimes.com}

A new #Minnesota website lays out evidence to counter #federal #misinformation after #immigration agents fatally shot 2 residents during the #Trump admin’s immigration crackdown, deepening an unprecedented divide, experts said Monday.

Minnesota also went to court to preserve evidence from the Saturday shooting of #AlexPretti after its own investigators were blocked from the scene by federal authorities.

#ReneeGood #law #murder #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ICE #CBP
apnews.com/article/misinformat…

Nationwide shut down

January 30

NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING

instagram.com/p/DT9ULZQjFUU/

#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tiktok #antifa #labor #labour #unions #AlexPretti

“The MN state prison system⚡️suggests🚨Bovino outright lied about the target of the operation during which agents shot & killed #AlexPretti.”

If shooting Pretti in the back 10X is considered “objectively reasonable” conduct bc an officer yelled “GUN” & Pretti hadn’t fully gone limp as he was repeatedly been struck by officers, then: a sign that a cancer has metastasized in the caselaw.”
-A R-Melnick

MN DOC launches new website to 'address ongoing misinfo by DHS.’
#USPol
kare11.com/article/news/local/…

From these honored dead we take increased devotion
to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.

That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.

That this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom

and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people
shall not perish from the earth.

-- Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address

#AlexPretti #ReneeGood

When even Jonathan Rauch admits it….

"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus. Fascist best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse. That is not because of any one or two things he and his administration have done but because of the totality."

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism
/19

theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/…

Yes, It’s Fascism

Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

^{Jonathan Rauch (The Atlantic)}

"The point of the regime’s counter-attacks was to muddy the waters, causing the media and the MAGA base to focus on the victims’ actions and their alleged politics instead of the crimes committed against them. It’s the equivalent of blaming a rape victim for what she was wearing. And unfortunately, for a significant portion of the MAGA base, it works."

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism
/18

"For many people, one of the more shocking parts of the White House response was its quick leap to blame the victims and to smear them as 'domestic terrorists' and violent assailants who, by inference, got what was coming to them. But this move is only surprising if you’re unfamiliar with Cohn’s second rule: always counter-attack."

~ Jay Kuo

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism
/17

statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-r…

The Roy Cohn Playbook Is Failing

The Trump regime leaned hard into Roy Cohn’s playbook in Minneapolis, but the strategy is backfiring

^{Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)}

"This is unprecedented in the United States of America, a governor believing that he must use his powers to call up the state national guard in order to defend and protect the citizens of his state from a federal militia that has invaded the city of Minneapolis as if its armed and masked members are an enemy army."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism
/16

luciantruscott.substack.com/p/…

First step in a civil war

This is an image of the Minnesota National Guard moving into Minneapolis to assist local police in enforcing the law.

^{Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)}

"This is not immigration enforcement. This is extortion. This is the use of state violence to seize control of elections in a swing state. This is the thing itself, undisguised, in plain sight."

~ Mike Brock

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism
/15

notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-c…

The Crisis, No. 1

On the lie that nothing can be done

^{Mike Brock (Notes From The Circus)}

"Journalists, please remember that repeating obviously false statements is not balance or fairness. It is actively participating in deception."

~ Kyle Clark

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism #media
/14

bsky.app/profile/kylec.bsky.so…

Sullivan says,

"With what amounts to civil war raging in the United States, we desperately need clear, fearless truth-telling that doesn’t pull its punches and doesn’t hand a megaphone to lies and propaganda in the name of supposed fairness."

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism #NewYorkTimes
/13

Margaret Sullivan notes that in a single article, New York Times can run a headline saying that video evidence "appears to" refute the Trump regime's lies about Pretti's exeuction and then state in the article that the evidence“directly contradicts” the regime's lies.

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism #NewYorkTimes
/12

margaretsullivan.substack.com/…

Defensive caution can’t compete with right-wing propaganda

Is it so hard for journalists to clearly state that the Trump administration is lying?

^{Margaret Sullivan (American Crisis)}

"Both times, the same spokesmen smeared the victims as 'domestic terrorists.'

This is a tactic that I recognize: blaming the victims for their own deaths has long been standard practice in dictatorships."

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism
/11

"In the past several weeks, masked federal agents dressed as military officers have killed two Americans who were peacefully protesting their violent attacks on immigrants and U.S. citizens. Both times their actions were recorded on video cameras. Both times, government spokesmen made false statements, directly contradicting the video evidence."

~ Anne Applebaum

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism
/10

anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/m…

Minnesota Winter

A second murder, a second set of lies and an ominous letter

^{Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum}

"The regime’s mind-blowing dishonesty is ultimately a way to demean and mark those who resist. They function as fascist solidarity, signaling that partisans can and should do anything and everything to political enemies, no matter how violent, cruel, or unnecessary."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism
/9

publicnotice.co/p/alex-pretti-…

The regime's mind-bending lies are a tactic

Thinking about them in terms of truth or falsity is a category error.

^{Noah Berlatsky (Public Notice)}

"Trump and his lieutenants are working to codify a new, more sinister right, one that they reserve selfishly for just themselves and their pals: the right to murder other people’s loved ones with impunity – in broad daylight, on camera – and to then immediately have a good laugh about it."

Asawin Suebsaeng

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism
/8

zeteo.com/p/murder-inc

First Draft: Murder Inc.

Trump's DHS escalates its reign of terror and killings, pro-gun groups are pissed at Republicans, and the 'Middle East's only democracy' cracks down on the free press... again.

^{Asawin Suebsaeng (Zeteo)}

"If you are, you get to rule, dominate, exploit. If you are not, because you deviate from MAGA’s vision of what 'real America' is supposed to be, you have forfeited not only your rights and protections as a citizen, but also your humanity, your very right to live."

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism
/7

"There is no act of violence committed by the agents of the state they won’t defend – no victim they won’t slander and vilify. ...

Here is the clearest encapsulation of Trumpism as a political project: Redraw the lines of who belongs, who is legitimate, who is part of the 'Volk.'”

~ Thomas Zimmer

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism
/6

steady.page/en/democracyameric…

The People Struggle Against Tyranny

Another execution of an American citizen. A regime that has no strategy but to lash out. The struggle against Trumpist authoritarianism is only going to get bloodier.

^Steady