Opinion | This Week Has Revealed 3 Types of Americans The clash in Minneapolis is asking us what kind of America we are.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“The clash in Minneapolis has revealed a cleavage over the meaning of citizenship and constitutional rights perhaps as profound as the one that split the nation in 1861,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen writes.

Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement: “Yesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer. “Today, we demand accountability. “In the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a “domestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota. “Our demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired

Great analysis and emotional strength. Too many local bodies seem capable of spending excessive amounts on ‘communications & engagement’ and ‘strategic relationships’ but fail in strategic thinking & risk management. Their excesses feeds inflation.

“Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her close adviser Corey Lewandowski, who were Bovino’s biggest backers at DHS, are also at risk of losing their jobs, two of the people told me.”

My statement after speaking with President Trump this afternoon:

The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.

In Court Filings, Witnesses Describe Fatal Minneapolis Shooting of Alex Pretti The filings raise further questions about the federal government’s narrative of what happened before federal agents shot Alex Jeffrey Pretti on Saturday.

A person who said they witnessed federal agents shoot and kill Alex Jeffrey Pretti submitted a sworn statement in court disputing the federal government’s account of the shooting. “I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong,” the person said in the statement.

I’m predicting a civil war that will break up the once great nation of the United States of America. Such a war would likely include other countries in the Americas. Such a war will be more damaging and destructive to life and liberty than seen in Europe or parts of Asia.

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We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.

There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.

This is my favorite guide.

It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.

As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts.

Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:

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Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer

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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?

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A side-profile of Jerome Powell. A headline reads: “Jerome Powell, An Unlikely Foil, Takes On Trump.” Photo credit: Todd Heisler/The New York Times.

After becoming the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department, Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, is leveraging his strong support system throughout Washington. trib.al/DiSqxEL

Jacob Frey: “We have seen consistent unconstitutional practice by ICE discriminating only on the basis of - are you Latino, are you Somali - & then indiscriminate pickups thereafter — ppl are walking around on the street with their passports. That's not American. That's the furthest thing from it”

Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.

To whom it may concern: liberal democracy will not go gentle into that good night; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.