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Hope over nihilism
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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.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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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."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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That’s cool. But here’s the NBA superstar of the day. @nba.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:12 AM
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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TWICE NOW.

TWICE NOW WE'VE HAD THE BETTER OPTION & NOT TAKEN IT.

I WILL DIE MAD ABOUT IT.
Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital. His life, through his profession, was dedicated to serving his community and our country.

As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.
January 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital. His life, through his profession, was dedicated to serving his community and our country.

As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.
January 24, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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Once again, the government is trying to get you to believe your own eyes are lying to you. This was another murder by ICE, an agency that proves day after day it has no business policing on America’s streets.
DHS (once again) announces conclusion (within 3 hours) without any investigation.

- Conclusion about federal agent's intent
- Conclusion about individual's intent
- Implicit conclusion about timing of disarming the individual and shooting him
January 24, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Do Somethings already blaming MN Dems for today's ICE murder.

Mayor Frey & MPD Chief both look like they haven't slept since Renée Good was killed.

Mike Johnson & John Thune could stop this immediately. Call them relentlessly.
January 24, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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national strike to support this guy, specifically
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 24, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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republicans can stop death squads any time they want. they don’t want to.

they *like* this. the rot is not the president. the rot is all of them.
January 24, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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FUCK 'EM UP, SENATOR MURRAY
The Senate’s top Democratic appropriator Patty Murray faults DHS for “an execution” in Minnesota, and adds: “The Republican Congress must join us to end this. Enough.”
January 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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the training thing is a useful instrumental lie to hamstring DHS ability to put goons on the streets and expand legislative oversight.

it would be cool if people would recognize it as such and move on instead of arguing with every damn press statement announcing that a Senator is doing a good thing
January 24, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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I don’t know what conclusions to draw from this - and it’s probably a banal observation - but it still strikes me as amazing how much understanding the Trump admin’s treatment of Canada in terms of the dynamics of intimate partner abuse reveals about its behaviour.
January 24, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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I think this is about right. It is certainly not the case that government violence against its own citizens is new in the United States. But we have to realize that the totality of the circumstances make it arguably unprecedented. A very dangerous moment if this is allowed to continue.
Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c

1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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Chief Strategist for Rand Paul.
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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It can be a hard pill to swallow but you have to accept that while you will prevail in this struggle, you may not be there to witness it.
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
January 24, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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okay hear me out
January 24, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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It's "propaganda of the deed", aka "active measures".

bsky.app/profile/anti...
It's movement to contact.

They are acting like they're assaulting into enemy territory, systematically seeking to provoke a response so they can get away with further kinetic escalation.

It's propaganda of the deed - "provokatsiya", in the original Russian.

Escalating kinetically is the point.
The 9 Russian Words That Explain KremlinGate
It’s International Talk Like a Chekist Day—here’s a quick primer.
observer.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.

ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.

the family is here legally.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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Trump plans to make polio great again.

"After rabies and smallpox, polio was only the third viral disease scientists had discovered at the time... But a lot remained unknown. Some blamed Italian immigrants." www.history.com/articles/pol...
January 24, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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Everyone should know the very useful and reliable "Posometer" for current events: whatever Jack Posobiec is pushing, that is the latest disinfo campaign. Poso posting about Ukrainian territory in 2022? Get ready for an invasion. Poso posting about Albertan secession? It's a paid operation. 1/
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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A Minneapolis FBI supervisor was pressured to not investigate Renee Good’s killing, now she’s resigned: F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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How do you reform an agency that is currently kidnapping children?
ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
January 24, 2026 at 1:15 AM