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newsletters @ nyt. ex qz, chicago mag, chicago reader. i'm not a miracle worker, i'm a janitor
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it's pretty good drama
January 24, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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for the weekend crowd: I dug into a new podcast that pins a bunch of notorious murders on a long-dead Jewish man from San Diego. It's the ugliest true crime property in recent memory. [gift link] defector.com/michael-conn...
Michael Connelly Should Stick To Fake Crime | Defector
The origin of Michael Connelly’s new true crime podcast, Killer in the Code, was a rather far-fetched tip fielded by Rick Jackson, a retired detective from the Los Angeles Police Department. A self-de...
defector.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:43 PM
embrace dennis green thought
The post liberal reaction to Good and Pretti show that they are straight up authoritarians.

they aren’t complex. They worship force and domination.
January 25, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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This is an account from a physician, filed in court, who ran to the scene of where federal agents shot Alex Pretti and rendered aid. She testifies she was delayed by officers from performing CPR. She noticed at least 3 bullet wounds to his back, one on his chest, and possibly one his neck.
January 25, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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Here's another ruling in Minnesota, also yesterday, releasing a man who was forcefully detained by ICE despite having *active* refugee status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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New:

ACIP member Robert Malone suggested on a stream that ACIP may restrict mRNA COVID vaccines.

“I’m not deaf to the calls that we need to get the COVID vaccine mRNA products off the market. All I can say is stay tuned & wait for the upcoming ACIP meeting.” www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-...
January 23, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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In the wake of another fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
January 24, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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when you've lost asmongold...
January 25, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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Yeah all of this, re: Mitnick. Was opposite sides during Bush but needed his knowledge of agencies and GOP institutional thinking for a project. He helped but wouldn't be public. He really doesn't live for limelight.
Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."
January 25, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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On tonight’s White House agenda:

Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.

Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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Sen. Dick Durbin, another one of the 8 Democratic YES votes on Nov funding bill, is a NO on this DHS measure: “I will not vote to fund the illegal DHS and ICE operations that terrorize Chicago, Minneapolis, and many other communities.”

This bill doesn’t have the votes.
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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JUST IN: ICE agents in Minnesota arrested an employee at the St. Louis Park Homewood Suites — where they were staying to help carry out Operation Metro Surge.

A federal judge just ordered the man's release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."
January 25, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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No that’s not the real Bryce Harper cmon no way cmon no
I need to study his brain
January 25, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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for those unaware, Melissa Joan Hart is the star of God’s Not Dead 2
Clarissa explains it all to the DHS Instagram account
January 24, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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No D votes for cloture, says Schumer
🚨 SCHUMER just now: “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.”
January 25, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
January 24, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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I just want to point out that Alex Pretti became a registered nurse in early 2021 -- the height of death from Covid. And he chose the ICU, the sickest patients, in Veterans Affairs.
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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What a day to post this.
January 24, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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"As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death."
The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S.
apnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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The government funding package that passed the House is in huge trouble in the Senate. Kaine and Cortez Masto, who supported government funding deal in November, both will oppose the package with DHS funding included. Rosen + Kelly putting out statements tonight saying the same
January 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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This is so difficult to read. apnews.com/article/immi...
January 24, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Note: this is a scam pac and @actblueorg.bsky.social needs to cut them off right now.
This is fucking gross
January 24, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Man shot in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse: ‘He wanted to help people’
Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:18 PM