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Alex Pretti’s death ruled a homicide by Minnesota medical examiner Alex Pretti’s death ruled a homicide by Minnesota medical examiner

Alex Pretti’s death ruled a homicide by Minnesota medical examiner

Bad Bunny: Before I say thanks to God, I'm going to say, ICE out. We're not savages, we're not animals, we're not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.

Billie Eilish: "No one is illegal on stolen land"

Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year:

“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”

Same thing happens with Bush shoe throwing man.

I still make “binders full of women” jokes in class and it’s often crickets. And now I realize it’s from 14 years ago when they were like five years old 🤦🏽‍♂️

Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father be released from immigration detention | CNN A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a ruling obtained by CNN.

"In a scathing opinion, which at times read more like a civics lesson, Judge Fred Biery admonished 'the govt’s ignorance of an American historical document called the Declaration of Independence' and quoted Jefferson’s grievances against 'a would-be authoritarian king'." www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/u...

The new Epstein files production features numerous allegations made against Donald Trump and others.

Jim Pattison won't sell U.S. warehouse proposed as new ICE facility | CBC News Jim Pattison Developments has announced it will not sell an industrial building in Ashland, Va., that was set to be turned into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility.

Turns out that you can simply chose not to sell your warehouse and prevent it from becoming a detention center

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Schrödinger’s Terrorism: is it or is it not in the box?

How to classify nihilistic violent extremists: does it fit in the terrorism box? Is it sub-national security? As I have been reflecting on this I could not stop thinking about Schrödinger’s Cat. So @anguslindsay.bsky.social & I wrote this www.maargentino.com/schrodingers...

It’s absurd to hear govt officials effectively saying…

“These violent, aggressive, masked secret police that are terrorizing people day after day, in violation of the Constitution & the rule of law, deserve our sympathy…because they can’t simply blend in with upstanding folks without condemnation.”

The Unhinged Rage of White Liberal Women, Explained Why are white liberal women lashing out against ICE? Is there an underlying rage that we fellas have missed?

I don't know, Heritage Foundation-tied publication, maybe white liberal women are mad because a federal immigration official shot and killed one of them. And then called her a "bitch"? You know, on camera? www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/27/w...

Buried lede: a cabinet secretary claims to have been taking direction from someone who has never held a Senate-confirmed position

Vatican vibes

For those of us who covered the role of Stephen Miller in Trump 1, what's happening now w DHS head Kristi Noem is a striking reprise of the WH response to the family separation tragedy in 2018. On Monday, Noem had a 2 hour meeting w Trump where she tried to defend herself. 1/

I was just thinking yesterday about the direct line you can draw from Bull Connor to Greg Bovino, but this article by @owasow.bsky.social unpacks it perfectly.

She was ready to fuck his ass up

Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

@hebagowayed.bsky.social and I started a newsletter we hope works as a corrective to mainstream discussions of race (or the lack thereof). In the first post, I reply to David French, arguing that the US legal system has always been ”dual” for nonwhites. Jim Crow and Immigration policy are examples.

Absolutely

Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.

Happy to help, sir.

From Judge Ellis:

"Bovino admitted in his deposition that he lied multiple times about the events that occurred in Little Village that prompted him to throw tear gas at protesters."

Turns out voting for a bunch of buffoons based on whether they can talk shit for 3 hours with some comedians on a podcast was, like, a bad idea.

On the weakness of state terror: once ppl internalize the regime's lawless brutality, that they are no safer in their homes than in the streets (& vice versa), and that their unwavering defiance is what confounds & disempowers the regime, they also realize they have nothing to lose but their fear.

This makes me think of that 1990 interview Trump did with Playboy where he admitted that when it came to Tiananmen Square, he was rooting for the tanks.

Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article) A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.

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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Feels like it should be a pretty big deal that a Trump supporter physically assaulted a Democratic congressman

Here’s the latest.

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, prompting a clash between the authorities and more than 100 protesters who swarmed the scene. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Trump threatens 100% tariffs on all Canadian goods if Canada 'makes a deal with China' | CBC News U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a 100 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods entering the United States if Canada "makes a deal with China" — a forceful message that comes days aft...

“Governor Carney”

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