Amber Sparks

That last part! These idiot guys out there posting THIS IS ORGANIZED well yes, Dylan, it’s organized in the same way your mom made sure you wore pajamas on pajama day and had regular ortho appointments that didn’t conflict with your football practice and field trips

Photos of Alex Pretti with Sara’s caption: On August 16th at approximately 10:00 pm I received a call from the ICU at the VA saying my Dad had sepsis and needed to be intubated to stay alive so Josh and I headed in. We were greeted by the kindest, most calming and warm soul who helped us understand what was happening and showed deep care for us and my Dad. He continued to show utmost patience and kindness over the next few days as my Dad remained in the ICU and we were there continually. It was Alex Pretti, the man shot today by ICE. If you see this video and don't think it's murder, I don't understand your thinking and ask you to question your heart. He was out there trying to help and protect and from the little we knew of him, it doesn't surprise me he was not afraid to be on the front lines of this horrible scene in our Minneapolis. Weeping for his family and all those at the VA who no longer get to work with him or receive his care.

My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti

Absolutely heartbreaking

Though to be fair, it’s really more Howard Hughes and his Spruce Goose

Donald J. Trump©• @realDonaldTrump Follow I'm building, on top of everything else that I am doing, one of the greatest and most beautiful Ballrooms anywhere in the World, with more than 300 Million Dollars of Great American Patriots' money, and working closely with, right from the beginning, the United States Military and Secret Service. This is a GIFT (ZERO taxpayer funding! to the United States of America, of 300 to 400 Million Dollars (depending on the scope and quality of interior finishes!), for a desperately needed space, sought for over 150 years by previous Presidents and Administrations, so that the White House would no longer be forced to use a cheap and unsafe "tent," for big and important STATE EVENTS, Dinners, Meetings, Conferences, and already scheduled future INAUGURATIONS (for safety, security, and capacity purposes!), on a very wet, and subject to weather, White House lawn. Making such a large gift to the U.S.A. was thought to be, by almost everyone, "A WONDERFUL THING TO DO" — But no, as usual, I got sued, this time by the Radical Left National (No!) Trust for Historic Preservation, a group that couldn't care less about our Country! All of the Structural Steel, Windows, Doors, A.C./Heating Equipment, Marble, Stone, Precast Concrete, Bulletproof Windows and Glass, Anti-Drone Roofing, and much more, has been ordered (or is ready to be), and there is no practical or reasonable way to go back. IT IS TOO LATE! Why didn't these obstructionists and troublemakers bring their baseless lawsuit much earlier? Congress never tried, or wanted, to stop the Ballroom Project! Everyone knew what was taking place at the White House - A great, big, beautiful gift to the United States of America! For those that are interested, the tiny East Wing was so "bastardized" and changed, built and rebuilt over the years, that it bore no resemblance or relationship to the original building. The so-called "preservationists," who get their money from the most unusual of places, sh…

I hope somebody wakes up Ayn Rand for a minute just to show her the new Howard Roark

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

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But they won’t, and as long as they believe and post incessantly, the admin will read their posts and continue to feel safe and justified in their fascism, and I don’t know where it ends

I’ve seen so many diehard MAGA types - the ones who dream of JD Vance at night - talking so feverishly about this protestor conspiracy, they’re absolutely convinced it’s engineered and paid for - they need to get offline, touch grass, and talk to like five actual people in their community

And this admin is so terminally online that they really do think that a small minority of MAGA diehards and Russian bots are some kind of Nixonian silent majority - when the vast majority of Americans are truly horrified right now, I really do think

My midwestern stoicism broken by this though

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

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As long as it’s alive!

We’re all living in Schrödinger's box except instead of a cat it’s America

The national guard sure is all over the place in DC - perhaps they could go back to their own states and protect their own friends and neighbors and family from these assassins?

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

Jesus Christ

Nope :(

Every Democratic member of Congress should be in Minnesota right now. Every single one.

Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is

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So unbelievably proud of Minnesota for making it so loud and so clear that good people won’t be cowed, won’t stand for ICE terrorizing communities and neighbors - just so many good people, goddamn, there you are, I see you all

Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."

Congress: *makes itself very small*

I guess Congress is like maybe if we sit very still no one will see us and they will forget we are here shhhhhhh

I really don’t know what to do with the anger I have right now over this. His family didn’t know where he was for TWENTY FOUR HOURS. They deported him and at least two other children to Texas. FIVE YEARS OLD. These people are monsters and I wish there was a hell so they could burn forever in it.

Oooh I need to buy a good bottle for this specific purpose

So excited for this!

Attack of the Book People IV is on the way. Readers this time: Cynthia Weiner, @erikaswyler.bsky.social, @ambersparks.bsky.social, Bill Lessard, @tobiascarroll.bsky.social, Alex Behr, and Farooq Ahmed! @lelandcheuk.bsky.social (aka Cheukles) and I (aka KGB) will emcee. March 5, 2026. Deets on att'd.

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