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"Fact-checking does not fail because it is too weak; rather, it fails because it is aimed at persuasion on individual points of fact—a tactic the opponent has already abandoned. What MAGA is trying to do instead is build a culture of submission to an unaccountable authority."
#Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #DHS #ICE #MaskedThugs #lies #fascism
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"As Hannah Arendt put it in the last public interview she gave, 'If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer. . . . With such a people you can then do what you please.'
Once this basic orientation is understood, it becomes clearer how familiar critiques and tactics miss the point."
~ Kaivan Shroff
#Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #DHS #ICE #MaskedThugs #lies #fascism
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Does DHS Flack Tricia McLaughlin Believe Her Own Lies?
She knows what her real audience wants to hear from her.Kaivan Shroff (The Bulwark)
"But now DOJ has just filed a motion to dismiss all the charges. Prosecutors said this in their motion to dismiss: 'Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit.'”
#Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #DHS #ICE #MaskedThugs #lies #fascism
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"'ATTEMPTED MURDER: An ICE officer is fighting for his life after he was allegedly ambushed with a shovel and a broom handle by 3 illegal immigrants during a traffic stop that quickly spiraled into a foot chase, a violent struggle, and gunfire.''
This is what Kristi Noem said right after the incident: 'What we saw last night in Minneapolis was an attempted murder of federal law enforcement.'”
#Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #DHS #ICE #MaskedThugs #lies #fascism
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“'Both officers have been placed on administrative leave. The US Attorney’s Office is investigating these false statements. Upon conclusion of the investigation, the officers may face termination of employment, as well as potential criminal prosecution.'
… This was the Fox headline on Jan 15:"
#Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #DHS #ICE #MaskedThugs #lies #fascism
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"ICE Director Todd Lyons admitted in a statement today that ICE officers lied under oath in an investigation that led to criminal charges against two innocent men: 'Today, a joint review by ICE and DOJ of video evidence revealed that sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements.'”
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #DHS #ICE #MaskedThugs #lies #fascism
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 307. 2/13/26
… ICE Director Todd Lyons admitted in a statement today that ICE officers lied under oath in an investigation that led to criminal charges against two innocent men: “Today, a joint review by ICE and DOJ of video evidence revealed that sworn testimony…Ron Filipkowski (Meidas+)
"So that, you know, that that does kind of scare me a little bit that, you know,
Republicans seem to feel no shame about that or kind of compunction that, you know, it's really kind of an escalation of. you know, an authoritarian takeover in our country."
#Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #DHS #ICE #MaskedThugs #lies #fascism
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"The only reason that they are wearing masks is because they want impunity to commit crimes. And there's no other, at least to my knowledge, you know, comparable developed nation where that is a thing, you know, having basically secret police like that."
~ Aaron Rupar
#Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #DHS #ICE #MaskedThugs #lies #fascism
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ICE's Lasting Scars on Minneapolis | It's The Democracy, Stupid with Public Notice's Aaron Rupar & Edwin Eisendrath
The ICE drawdown in the Twin Cities signals that Trump's losing the narrative. Aaron gives his perspective from the ground.Edwin Eisendrath (Lincoln Square)
#Democrats demand new restrictions to #Trump #immigration crackdown & threaten a #DHS shutdown
Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete & insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on Trump’s immigration crackdown & threatening a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department.
#law #DueProcess #ICE #CBP #UseOfForce #CivilRights
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The regime *really* wants out of #Minneapolis but has no face saving way to do it. They tried changing the face of the operation, they tried mugging the state for its voter rolls, now they're trying to slink away bit by bit I guess. They did that in LA too.
When we fight we win, nationwide, on every issue.
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Trump will 'draw down 700' DHS officers in Minneapolis: Tom Homan
Border czar Tom Homan revealed that President Donald Trump was withdrawing some ICE and Border Patrol agents from Minneapolis after at least two U.S. citizens died at their hands.David Edwards (Raw Story)
The irony of this photo — A border patrol 'agent' hiding behind a face covering & hat while scanning a commuter's face on the road.
I am taking the time to post this entire article to highlight how #DHS / #ICE uses emerging, #privacy -breeching tech to identify & target regular people– potentially undocumented individuals AND #US citizens exercising their 1st Amendment right to express their grievances about such behavior as they observe & record it.
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#USA #trump #immigration #Minnesota
The image below is of Rep Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, WA3) US Congresswoman from SW Washington. In between the murder of Renee Good on 7 January and the murder of Alex Pretti on 24 January, Gluesenkamp was one of 7 democrats who voted to fund ICE. The bill would not have passed without them.
She and her husband own Dean's Car Care on NE Lombard in Portland.
#Washington #PDX #DHS #ICE
Report: DHS Places Two Agents Who Killed Alex Pretti on Administrative Leave
"The preliminary internal review by Customs and Border Protection made no mention of Pretti attacking officers or brandishing a gun — directly contradicting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s initial claims about Pretti’s killing".
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#USPol #Europol #CdnPoli #ICE #BorderPatrol #Press #ResistFascism #StateMurder #DHS .
DHS Places Two Agents Who Killed Alex Pretti on Administrative Leave
The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday the two agents who killed Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti have been placed on administrative leave since Saturday, when they fired a combined 10 rounds at Pretti in under five seconds as he lay pron…Democracy Now!
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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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)
not sure if this is in response to me asking about #teargas used by #DHS, but you did not address my core question: is #HC (#Hexachloroethane) a #chemicalweapon as per international convention?
The Wellcome Trust & Forensic Architecture who are not #information amateurs state that it is. Not only that, but that it "is a suspected human carcinogen that inhibits functions of the central nervous system" directly contradicting your claim it's "just" toxic.
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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas
Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.Wellcome Collection
You're next, MAGA!
Trump administration goes after Second Amendment rights in justifying Minneapolis shooting
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#TrumpMustGo #AbolishICE #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #ICE #JonathanRoss #DHS #Minneapolis #KristiNoem #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Trump administration goes after Second Amendment rights after Minneapolis shooting
A number of pro-gun rights Republicans pushed back on the administration's argument that Alex Pretti was dangerous because he had a gun. Pretti was legally licensed to carry one.Jonathan Allen (NBC News)
"In a way the cowards and opportunists enabling Trump are more to blame for where we are than Trump and company themselves: monsters are monsters and can’t help themselves, but the enablers have a choice. And they have chosen, again and again, to accommodate and facilitate evil.”
~ Paul Krugman
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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“Lying to the American people is the only option for the administration when we can, once again, all see what happened with our own eyes.”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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January 24, 2026
This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
“The lies about the public execution of Alex Pretti and the extortion tied to the withdrawal of ICE agents from Minnesota are unforgivable. They are the tactics used by the cruelest dictators in the ugliest moments of the last century.”
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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"It’s all lies. But this is the Trump playbook: Kill you and then smear you as a terrorist. I’ve said this before, but I feel compelled to repeat it: The Trump regime could literally kill your family for no reason, and his supporters would defend it."
~ Dean Obeidallah
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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"We know the playbook of what comes next because we’ve already seen it. We know that the news cycle will erupt in shock and fury. And we know that the Trump administration and its allies will lie. They will tell us not to believe the evidence of our eyes and we won’t know what to do with what is state-sanctioned gaslighting of an entire nation and beyond."
~ Carole Cadwalladr
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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Death Squads Execute Second Dissident
Or what the US press would say if this was happening on the streets of a "shithole" country overseasCarole Cadwalladr (How to Survive the Broligarchy)
"These statements [made by the Trump regime] seem to be lies. ...
So the government didn’t just use masked, armed, unidentified agents of the state to execute a citizen on the street, in broad daylight and in front of dozens of witnesses—it lied about the victim and what happened in the most brazen manner possible.
The government killed him. Then it smeared him."
~ Jonathan V. Last
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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Emergency Triad: Another American Has Been Murdered by Our Government
It’s worse than it looks and it looks plenty bad.Jonathan V. Last (The Bulwark)
(continued from /17)
"all while the President, the Vice President, the White House press secretary, and the head of DHS lie to our faces, lie and lie and lie and lie, about what happened."
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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"These MAGA Nazis patrol the streets of Minneapolis, terrorizing blameless residents, hurling teargas canisters at peaceful protestors, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, soliciting 'Creep Sex' with minors, shooting smiling mothers in the face, wrestling VA hospital RNs to the ground and shooting them repeatedly in the back—" (continued in /18)
~ Greg Olear
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
/17
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"'and anything it takes to stop that, regardless of the Constitution, regardless of American citizenship, regardless of rights, has to has to happen.'"
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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"This is the moment when people have to say regardless of party either 'I believe in democracy, I believe in our constitution, I believe in the rights that the framers wrote into that Constitution,' or they have to say, 'No, I am siding with the likes of Steven Miller and believing that my existence is under siege by immigrants'" (continued in /16)
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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"It's out there now between the shooting of Renee Good and I'm just going to throw in here the the the kidnapping of a 5-year-old and a two-year-old, but I'm not going to talk about that today. But the shooting of Alex Pretti as well.
It is no longer possible for people to say, 'Oh, I believe in law and order and so I support Donald Trump.'"
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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"You know we're lying. We know you know we're lying, but you have to believe us anyway. They are doubling down on that. …
This is the moment at which it becomes too late for people to say after this, 'Oh, I didn't know. I didn't know what was going to happen.'"
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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(continued from /11)
"when we know that's what they're doing because thank God for all those people with their cameras on their phones that are recording because we have evidence that they are doing it. Nonetheless, they are continuing to do it.
And that is a really important demonstration of authoritarianism and even totalitarianism. We know we're lying."
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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"There are videos from all different angles proving they are lying just as there were those videos in the killing of Renee Good. But the administration is doubling down on that. ... Pure straightup lies. ...
The administration is now openly killing US citizens and it is lying to us" (continued in /12)
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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"The administration has come out and blamed the victim yet again. They have blamed the victim despite the fact that once again as in the shooting of Renee Good. There are many videos proving they are lying.
This is not negotiable."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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As happened when Renee Good was murdered, Trump's federal goons initially forbade them to check on the patient. The federal agents were not themselves checking Pretti's pulse or performing CPR. They appeared to be counting his wounds. When the doctor was finally permitted to offer assistance, they found Pretti with no pulse.
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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They state that they "did not see [Pretti] attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind." When they saw the shooting from their apartment, they felt compelled by the ethical code of their profession to render assistance.
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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Chris Geidner offers digital images from another affidavit made yesterday in the federal court case against Kristi Noem and others. This affidavit was made by a 29-year-old pediatrician who lives near where Trump's federal goons executed Alex Pretti. This witness saw what happened from their apartment window.
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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The ICE killing of Alex Pretti, the second in Minneapolis, prompts quick legal responses
After ICE agents killed the nurse on Saturday, lawyers took quick action in cases challenging the Trump administration's increasingly deadly efforts.Chris Geidner (Law Dork)
"I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witneses might have beenarrested and taken to the Whipple Building."
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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"I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and Idon't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me."
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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"Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him andthey just shot him.
The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up tothe agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1."
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #truth #fascism #Minneapolis
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The following excerpts are from an affidavit made yesterday by an eyewitness to the execution of Alex Pretti, in the case filed in federal court against Kristi Noem and others:
"The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them—he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun."
#AlexPretti #Trump #DHS #murder #execution #lies #fascism #Minneapolis
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