Minnesota's top investigative agency says federal government has formally refused to hand over evidence and information in the killing of Alex Pretti
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Minnesota's top investigative agency says federal government has formally refused to hand over evidence and information in the killing of Alex Pretti
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Incredible. We got to "Is a pedophile island really all that bad?" five times faster than I thought.
16.02.2026 22:59 β π 7925 π 1704 π¬ 286 π 40βI am somebodyβ shaped how millions of us saw ourselves as kids, including me. That message mattered. It still does.
Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
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Trumpβs propaganda czar Brendan Carr and Trump-controlled CBS refused to let Colbert air his interview with James Talarico. You can watch the interview here, and it already has 1.4M views. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
17.02.2026 17:37 β π 5712 π 2648 π¬ 256 π 194This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
Postponed to August 2026 due to a massive staphylococcus infection in my right leg it nearly killed me! Thank goodness for the husband that took me into Kaiserβs emergency room and a fast surgery to reduce the infection twice in 2025.
17.02.2026 19:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This, my friends, is how it is done: Lean in. Expose. Defy.
The phrase βSpeaking truth to power,β has become something of a cliche. Maybe thatβs because we see it so seldom in practice. But we saw it last night, and it was spectacular.
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Itβs not just who leads. Itβs who enables.
#SheShed #Voices4Victory
I'm sure it is just a coincidence that this announcement comes after it was discovered that partisan hack Bari Weiss was working to cut Anderson Cooper's 60 Minutes piece on Trump *loving* immigrantsβbut only if they are white South Africans.
www.breakermedia.com/p/scoop-ande...
Our assignment is to embarrass fascist hack and Trump-panderer Bari Weiss by making sure this segment, which she banned from airing, gets more views on YouTube than it would have gotten on CBS. #StreisandEffect
17.02.2026 18:20 β π 1838 π 773 π¬ 75 π 42One part of Jesse Jackson's legacy I feel able to talk about is that he absolutely helped to pull the Democratic Party forward on gay rights. He did so out of both moral conviction-- because it was right--and a shrewd belief in coalition politics. That's one of many lessons we can learn from him.
17.02.2026 17:01 β π 1164 π 190 π¬ 7 π 2"You know who is not one of my guests tonight: Texas State Representative James Talarico. He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our networkβs lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast."
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Graphic celebrating Random Act of Kindness Day, which is observed annually on Feb. 17. Image credit: Olive Branch Fostering.
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Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day, first celebrated in 1995 following the February 1993 publication of a book titled Random Acts of Kindness. This yearβs theme is βThe Science of Kindness,β exploring how kindness positively impacts our brains, bodies and overall well-being.
Watch it - a beautiful, powerful tribute to Pretti and Good. An indictment of the
violence that took them via the incredible power of gesture and dance. ππͺ
I donβt know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
17.02.2026 11:41 β π 21588 π 7702 π¬ 298 π 639Someone tell Bari about the Streisand effect
17.02.2026 16:39 β π 5265 π 1381 π¬ 234 π 53Maybe learn the poem guys...
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We must all resist!
17.02.2026 18:18 β π 29 π 8 π¬ 0 π 1It's their Nazi plan, their Nazi hope, we become numb and it becomes the norm.
Not. A. Chance. In. Hell.
I don't believe the criminal in chief wants to build massive internment camps just for immigrants
They want to come for all of us!
Abolish ICE
17.02.2026 18:12 β π 35 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0History teaches us that the greatest harms often begin with the quiet acceptance of the unacceptable. I have seen where that road leads, and I will not walk it again without resistance.
17.02.2026 17:51 β π 11875 π 3031 π¬ 228 π 100Trump is waging war on the people of Minnesota. Heβs threatening to go to war with our European allies. He is covering up the Epstein Files.
This is what it looks like when the president is a demented Nazi pedophile. If you bow down to him, youβre pathetic.
I t is not just the ICE Agents whom fired the shots but the accessories to the murder that must be removed the other field agents & the entire ICE structure that facilitated this crime to the detector of the agency & the administration that hired & authorized murder of citizens.
15.02.2026 07:17 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Who else plans on watching the halftime show on Sunday (the real one, that is)? I think I'd sooner remove my ears than listen to Mr. I Pretend to Have Grown Up Poor in Detroit When I Really Came From An Affluent Suburb.
Let's get Bad Bunny some great ratings.
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isnβt sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.