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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
"A creature so ate up with the rot of his own byproducts he looks like he was drawn as-is by Eli Valley"
"A little-known minion gifted with a moment in the sun and unable to stop himself wilting"
#AlexPretti #Trump #ICE #CBP #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #Minnesota #TomHoman #GregBovino
/24
"A worm who never should have been born and whose every day spent breathing is an insult to the universal commonwealth of all humanity"
"The essence of venal grasping, adorned with hair extensions, her own clownface lavished on to cover the scars of her adolescent acne"
#AlexPretti #Trump #ICE #CBP #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #Minnesota #StephenMiller #KristiNoem
/23
Briley describes the enemies to whom he's referring here (/21):
"A preening octogenarian dilettante in clownface with little more than the skill to keep talking"
"The incarnation of daddy issues as a concept, soft at the jowls and so ashamed of where he’s from that he’s also ashamed of where he pretends to be from"
#AlexPretti #Trump #ICE #CBP #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #Minnesota #JDVance
/22
"But considering they call anyone in the vicinity of an ICE raid a protester these days, it seems more likely he was doing what we now know he often did: observing, warning, deescalating, and documenting. …
Our nation never called him a hero. He didn’t serve himself, he served those who served. But I think that you can learn a lot about someone through a study of their enemies."
#AlexPretti #Trump #ICE #CBP #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #Minnesota
/21
"A week before the government murdered Alex Pretti, they dogpiled him in their usual fashion, and broke one of his ribs. The news says he was 'protesting' the detention of 'other individuals.' That's a fine thing to do."
~ Justin Briley
#AlexPretti #Trump #ICE #CBP #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #Minnesota
/20
liberalcurrents.com/he-served-…
He Served Those Who Served: Portrait of a Man Named Pretti
It’s better to not know heroes exist than to find out they did only after they’re gone.Justin Briley (Liberal Currents)
David Kurtz warns us not to fall for Trump regime claims, echoed by compliant media, that DHS are probing Pretti's murder:
"As MSNow has since confirmed, the Trump DOJ has decided not to open a civil rights investigation into the Pretti shooting, the same decision it made in the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good."
#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Trump #ICE #murder #execution #Minnesota #polls #ApprovalRating #AbolishIce
/19
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Don’t Fall for the Bogus Claims That the Feds Are Probing the Pretti Shooting
INSIDE: Stephen Miller ... Renee Good ... Ilhan OmarDavid Kurtz (Morning Memo)
"In law enforcement departments across the country, badge numbers are visible on uniforms precisely so that when force is used, especially lethal force, the public can know who was involved. That transparency is not a nicety. It is a safeguard."
#AlexPretti #Trump #KristiNoem #StephenMiller #CBP #ICE #murder #execution #accountability
/18
"In Minneapolis, we watched a man die in front of the world, and yet we still do not know who pulled the trigger. Not by name. Not by badge. Not by face. Not by the accountability that is supposed to define a democratic society."
~ Dina Doll
#AlexPretti #Trump #KristiNoem #StephenMiller #CBP #ICE #murder #execution #accountability
/17
"Meta has started blocking its users from sharing links to ICE List, a website that has compiled the names of what it claims are Department of Homeland Security employees, a project the creators say is designed to hold those employees accountable."
~ David Gilbert
#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Trump #ICE #murder #execution #Minnesota #polls #ApprovalRating #AbolishIce #Meta #MarkZuckerberg
/16
"As a student of public opinion, I see these events as constituting a classic 'tipping point' in how voters see immigration — and how they evaluate their leaders on the issue."
#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Trump #ICE #murder #execution #Minnesota #polls #ApprovalRating #AbolishIce
/15
"The killing by federal agents of two Americans in Minneapolis this month — Renee Good on Jan. 7, 2026, and Alex Pretti on Jan. 24 — has created a backlash to the administration’s policy of mass deportations and 'immigration enforcement' that is causing voters (in all parties) to move against the president’s agenda."
~ G. Elliott Morris
#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Trump #ICE #murder #execution #Minnesota #polls #ApprovalRating #AbolishIce
/14
gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-im…
The ICE shootings are a tipping point
Donald Trump's approval on immigration has collapsed 18 points since taking office, and support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement has swung 50 points since Sept. 2024.G. Elliott Morris (Strength In Numbers)
"In social media spaces devoted to everything from knitting to football, conversations have been taken over by outrage at ICE. Yet still, Republicans don’t quite understand how this happened."
#AlexPretti #Trump #ICE #murder #execution #Minnesota #polls #ApprovalRating #AbolishIce
/13
"A plurality of Americans now want to abolish ICE, a position that before this year was considered a crazy lefty idea no smart Democrat would want to associate themselves with. Both privately and publicly, Republicans have been telling Trump that he’s losing the public relations battle over Minneapolis."
~ Paul Waldman
#AlexPretti #Trump #ICE #murder #execution #Minnesota #polls #ApprovalRating #AbolishIce
/12
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/wha…
What Trump and Republicans Never Understood About Immigration
They thought all Americans shared their hatred and bloodlust.Paul Waldman (The Cross Section)
(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
/10
"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
/9
"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
/8
"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
/6
"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
/4
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
/3
people.com/deaths-ice-custody-…
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
/1
meidasplus.com/p/today-in-poli…
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+)
Kayla #Schultz, the woman who got the closest video of Alex #Pretti’s killing from her car, speaks out for the first time
She says she will not be intimidated because that’s exactly what #ICE wants from all of us. The moment you show you ARE intimidated is the moment they attack
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"Silicon Valley was once viewed as a tool for liberation. Now, from blocking apps to banning groups, it is helping the White House suppress dissent."
Named here as agents helping Trump suppress dissent: TikTok, Apple, Google, Meta, Facebook.
~ Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims
#Trump #ICE #violence #MaskedThugs #authoritarianism #immigrants #LawandOrder #lies #disinformation #TikTok #Apple #Google #Meta #Facebook
/11
"Frst you get Epstein, which gets you Greenland, which gets you ice in Minneapolis. which now gets you raiding the Georgia [election board]. I mean, the distractions are actually piling up the scar tissue that's being pulled apart here."
~ Joe Trippi
#Trump #ICE #Minnesota #Maine #WhiteSupremacy #violence #MaskedThugs #authoritarianism #immigrants #LawandOrder #lies #disinformation
/10
lincolnsquare.media/p/minneapo…
Minneapolis Mayhem: What Comes Next | Two Joes Podcast with Trygve Olson
Founding Lincoln Project Advisor Trygve Olson shares what he saw in Minneapolis last week.Joe Trippi (Lincoln Square)
"Destroying our ability to reality test is the only way he can maintain his own delusion."
#Trump #ICE #Minnesota #Maine #WhiteSupremacy #violence #MaskedThugs #authoritarianism #immigrants #LawandOrder #lies #disinformation
/9
"Trump’s paranoia at losing his power will not lead to a sudden rash of moderation. It will not lead to less violence. It will not lead to a lowering of tensions." ...
Trump wants to remake America to be his personal Jonestown, an isolated compound separate from any external accountability or internal dissent—a giant island only existing to serve himself."
#Trump #ICE #Minnesota #Maine #WhiteSupremacy #violence #MaskedThugs #authoritarianism #immigrants #LawandOrder
/8
"The most dangerous moment for any abusive relationship, whether one-on-one, or one-to-millions, comes when the victims want to leave. It’s why all cult leaders try to isolate their victims from external information and contact. Everything that’s not about the leader is a threat."
~ Jim Stewartson
#Trump #ICE #Minnesota #Maine #WhiteSupremacy #violence #MaskedThugs #authoritarianism #immigrants #LawandOrder
/7
mind-war.com/p/when-the-mirror…
When the Mirror Cracks: The Most Dangerous Moment
Like his historical predecessors, Donald Trump has entered a death spiral. The more he loses power, the more he demands it.Jim Stewartson (MindWar: The Psychological War on Democracy)
"At this point, the predominant emotion so many of us are feeling is anger. Anger that people are being treated like this. Anger that our government is doing it. Anger that it’s doing it with our tax dollars."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #ICE #Minnesota #Maine #WhiteSupremacy #violence #MaskedThugs #authoritarianism #immigrants #LawandOrder
/6
joycevance.substack.com/p/minn…
Minnesota and Elsewhere
Today, more from Judge Schlitz in Minnesota.Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
"Trump sicced his droogs on Minneapolis because he’s a racist who hates Somalis, and his lawless campaign has spread to Maine, of all places, because it’s another state with a Somali population whose voters rejected him in 2024."
~ Stephen Robinson
#Trump #ICE #Minnesota #Maine #WhiteSupremacy #violence #MaskedThugs #authoritarianism #immigrants #LawandOrder #Somalis
/5
publicnotice.co/p/abolish-ice-…
'Abolish ICE' is imperative
It's also better politics than you might think.Stephen Robinson (Public Notice)
“Federal agents continue to rain terror on Minneapolis, Minnesota, and other U.S. cities including Portland and Lewiston, Maine. That violence has made it crystal clear that the goal of attacking immigrants is not simply to create a white nation; it is also to terrorize Americans into accepting the domination of MAGA Republicans.”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #ICE #Minnesota #WhiteSupremacy #violence #MaskedThugs #authoritarianism #immigrants #LawandOrder
/4
"Over time, confinement without trial, punishment without conviction, and surveillance without oversight become treated as unfortunate but reasonable."
#Trump #ICE #Minnesota #WhiteSupremacy #violence #MaskedThugs #authoritarianism #immigrants #LawandOrder
/3
"Authoritarian systems do not begin with overt tyranny. They begin with a normalization process. Each move is framed as temporary, necessary, or targeted at 'bad people.' Each expansion of power is justified by manufactured crisis. Each erosion of civil rights is sold as a trade-off for safety."
~ Oliver Kornetzke
#Trump #ICE #Minnesota #WhiteSupremacy #violence #MaskedThugs #authoritarianism #immigrants #LawandOrder
/2
"What this moment reveals is not merely the fragility of white political innocence, but the durability of a system that has survived Reconstruction, Jim Crow, civil rights reform, and the carceral turn by continually redefining violence as order."
~ Elisabeth Glassco
#Trump #ICE #Minnesota #WhiteSupremacy #violence #MaskedThugs #authoritarianism #immigrants #LawandOrder
/1
400years.substack.com/p/what-h…
What History Reveals About The Hard Truths of This Moment in America
The language people are using right now matters. So does who is shocked by it. This piece sits with that reaction and asks what history tells us when the mask slips and what happens next.400 Years
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
reuters.com/world/ice-officers…
March 31, 1870, the morning after the 15th Amendment became law, Thomas Mundy Peterson (1824-1904) entered a polling place in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and cast a ballot, the first Black American to vote under its authority, while the nation barely noticed. In this unremarkable setting an ordinary act of governance, a single vote in a small city, federal citizenship met local power and the meaning of political inclusion was tested in practice rather than proclaimed in theory.
