"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...

^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
/2

"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
/1

americanfreakshow.news/p/the-g…

The Great Whitening

Obama Derangement Syndrome

^{Nina Burleigh (American Freakshow)}

"I’ve got a question for all of you, What side do you want to be on?

We’re no longer having a political debate. We’re having a moral debate."

~ Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Jan. 25, quoted by James Fallows.

#Trump #Minnesota #solidarity #resistance #morality
/1

fallows.substack.com/p/were-no…

“We’re No Longer Having a Political Debate. We’re Having a Moral Debate.”

The federal killings in Minneapolis have revealed some people in authority as cruel, lying cowards. The crisis has proven many other people to be generous, compassionate, and brave. Some examples.

^{James Fallows (Breaking the News)}

The David Pakman Show 1/27/26: The firings will continue until the morale improves

youtube.com/watch?v=FCJxPBfnmI…

#news #progressive #newstalk #commentary #uspol #democrats #resist #ICE #trump #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

The firings will continue until the morale improves

In this episode: WSJ slams Trump immigration, Trump drops Bevino amid crisis, MAGA allies break ranks, and much more...🥐 Wildgrain: Use code DAVID for $30 o...

^YouTube

On Monday, a federal judge ruled “that any possible or anticipated removal or transfer of Petitioners Adrian Conejo Arias & L.C.R., a minor child, is IMMEDIATELY STAYED until further order from this Court,” a court document states.

In addition, #federal officials “SHALL NOT TRANSFER Petitioners Adrian Conejo Arias & L.C.R., a minor child, outside of this judicial district during the pendency of this litigation & until further Order of this Court,” the ruling says.

#LiamRamos #Trump #law

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

A federal judge has blocked the possible #deportation of a 5-year-old & his father for now

A #Minnesota preschooler detained in #Texas with his father cannot be imminently deported, a federal judge ruled Monday.

Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, was taken away from his family’s suburban #Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias.

#LiamRamos #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #Trump #law #immigration #ICE #CBP #WhiteSupremacy
cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/judge-bl…

Hey y’all, you ‘member a couple days ago when I said that Guardians of pedophiles were going to start saying that Americans need to give up their #guns, so ICE isn’t scared and murdery?

Or, ‘member that time when Trump addressed the NRA’s annual conference in Houston in 2022 just days after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas? #Trump blamed school administrators, not guns, for school shootings, and did a little dance for the audience after he finished speaking.

Yeah, today he said the #SecondAmendment doesn’t count and people can’t carry guns unless they want to executed.

But it was the liberals who were gonna take your guns, right Yeehawdists?

#2ndamendment #gunrights #ToldYa #CassandraComplex

yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-…

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

Hundreds of children protested at the Texas facility holding 5-year-old Liam Ramos, chanting “Libertad,” or "Freedom," in a show of solidarity with Ramos.

The facility is run by CoreCivic, a private prison company. Eric Lee, an attorney for some of the families and children, said the protest was in response to the harsh day-to-day conditions at the facility, which he describe as “a horrible, horrible place,” with putrid drinking water and meals that contain bugs, dirt, and debris, with guards as cruel as those at adult prisons.

tpr.org/border-immigration/202…

#ice #trump #fascism #immigration #children #childabuse #liamramos #prison #gestapo

Protest breaks out at Dilley immigration detention facility holding 5-year-old Liam Ramos

A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.

^{David Martin Davies (TPR)}

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

"The sinister and toxic avalanche of propaganda we saw over the past 48 hours. It’s not a rush to judge, but to punish, intimidate, inflame, and cower everyone from immigrants to local law enforcement to state elected officials to common citizens. Perhaps most ominously, it is another signal to federal agents that they are protected and that violent conduct is not only acceptable but desirable."

~ David Kurtz

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution
/5

morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.…

When the Propagandists Are Armed and Dangerous

INSIDE: Alex Pretti ... Todd Blanche ... Kristi Noem

^{David Kurtz (Morning Memo)}