Jacqueline French
@jacquelinefrench.bsky.social
Academic editor. Russian PhD. Recently became a nonna, so in addition to loving literature, languages, travel, sport, I adore my little bambino who brightens every day, including those when Spurs lose, and that's often.
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Important read.
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Important read.
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Minnesota: Ryan Goodman and I explain, link below, how the Trump Admin is lying about the Pretti killing, and what legally is being done to both try to prevent ICE from continuing its tactics and to advance a state investigation into the Good and Pretti murders.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epec...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epec...
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YouTube video by Andrew Weissmann
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Minnesota: Ryan Goodman and I explain, link below, how the Trump Admin is lying about the Pretti killing, and what legally is being done to both try to prevent ICE from continuing its tactics and to advance a state investigation into the Good and Pretti murders.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epec...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epec...
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Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.
January 25, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.
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For decades, the American right has insisted that people need firearms for personal safety and to resist potential government tyranny.
And then LBC just had some US general on who suggested that if a demonstrator has a gun with them, they're essentially a legitimate target.
Which is it?
And then LBC just had some US general on who suggested that if a demonstrator has a gun with them, they're essentially a legitimate target.
Which is it?
January 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM
For decades, the American right has insisted that people need firearms for personal safety and to resist potential government tyranny.
And then LBC just had some US general on who suggested that if a demonstrator has a gun with them, they're essentially a legitimate target.
Which is it?
And then LBC just had some US general on who suggested that if a demonstrator has a gun with them, they're essentially a legitimate target.
Which is it?
The Killing of Alex Pretti
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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In response to an innocent American being murdered at the hands of ICE, GOP pundits aren’t demanding accountability — they’re begging right-wing influencers to churn out more propaganda to defend state violence.
Genuinely no words for how depraved this is.
Genuinely no words for how depraved this is.
January 24, 2026 at 11:39 PM
In response to an innocent American being murdered at the hands of ICE, GOP pundits aren’t demanding accountability — they’re begging right-wing influencers to churn out more propaganda to defend state violence.
Genuinely no words for how depraved this is.
Genuinely no words for how depraved this is.
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This was indeed what America voted for. He showed them who he was and told them what he was going to do.
This was what America voted for. If Donald Trump was right here now, he'd say 'I told you I was going to do that and people told me that's what they wanted.'
@maitlis.bsky.social
Read Emily's report from Minnesota ▶️
@maitlis.bsky.social
Read Emily's report from Minnesota ▶️
Emily Maitlis exclusive: Fear and loathing in Minnesota
In a remarkable report for The New World, the award-winning podcaster and broadcaster joins a deportation plane-spotter to watch Trump’s shock troops kick ordinary people out of the US
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 8:03 AM
This was indeed what America voted for. He showed them who he was and told them what he was going to do.
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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Entries are absurdly unbalanced, to favour US govt false statements, in a scenario where "sharply contested" both sides reporting would be highly inadequate
BBC are here being a real time conduit of the misinformation that they say their mission is to verify+counter
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
BBC are here being a real time conduit of the misinformation that they say their mission is to verify+counter
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Minneapolis live: Man, 37, shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis
The shooting follows days of protests in the city over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Entries are absurdly unbalanced, to favour US govt false statements, in a scenario where "sharply contested" both sides reporting would be highly inadequate
BBC are here being a real time conduit of the misinformation that they say their mission is to verify+counter
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
BBC are here being a real time conduit of the misinformation that they say their mission is to verify+counter
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
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'Such a clear example of what happens when this touches people's lives.'
Emily Maitlis is moved by caller Nina's poem to her veteran son.
Emily Maitlis is moved by caller Nina's poem to her veteran son.
January 23, 2026 at 2:33 PM
'Such a clear example of what happens when this touches people's lives.'
Emily Maitlis is moved by caller Nina's poem to her veteran son.
Emily Maitlis is moved by caller Nina's poem to her veteran son.
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This perfectly demonstrates the pernicious nature of BBC two-sidism.
It almost always benefits the side with the most power.
In this case that's the side which is murdering peaceful protesters in the street, on camera, and then lying about it
It almost always benefits the side with the most power.
In this case that's the side which is murdering peaceful protesters in the street, on camera, and then lying about it
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 AM
This perfectly demonstrates the pernicious nature of BBC two-sidism.
It almost always benefits the side with the most power.
In this case that's the side which is murdering peaceful protesters in the street, on camera, and then lying about it
It almost always benefits the side with the most power.
In this case that's the side which is murdering peaceful protesters in the street, on camera, and then lying about it
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An accurate summary Of three key points.
The federal government is gunning people down in the streets, lying about what happened and then preventing any independent investigation of the killings
January 24, 2026 at 9:37 PM
An accurate summary Of three key points.
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This is Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 AM
This is Alex Pretti.
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Nigel Farage racks up £151,000 in donor-funded flights to support Donald Trump
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage racks up £151,000 in donor-funded flights to support Donald Trump
Most recently, Farage attended an event at Trump’s Mar A Lago resort celebrating US Military Veterans just months before Trump’s vile slur dismissing the sacrifice of British troops who served in Afgh...
www.mirror.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Nigel Farage racks up £151,000 in donor-funded flights to support Donald Trump
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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I’m really hoping that Americans wake the fuck up and see these people for what they are.
They’re fascists. They want you compliant or dead.
#Resist
They’re fascists. They want you compliant or dead.
#Resist
January 25, 2026 at 7:53 AM
I’m really hoping that Americans wake the fuck up and see these people for what they are.
They’re fascists. They want you compliant or dead.
#Resist
They’re fascists. They want you compliant or dead.
#Resist
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🔴💭 Governor Tim Walz 💭🔴
"Minnesota’s justice system
will have the last word"
Say his name 👉🏽 #AlexPretti
#JusticeForAlexPretti ✊🏾🌎✊🏻
"Minnesota’s justice system
will have the last word"
Say his name 👉🏽 #AlexPretti
#JusticeForAlexPretti ✊🏾🌎✊🏻
January 24, 2026 at 10:53 PM
🔴💭 Governor Tim Walz 💭🔴
"Minnesota’s justice system
will have the last word"
Say his name 👉🏽 #AlexPretti
#JusticeForAlexPretti ✊🏾🌎✊🏻
"Minnesota’s justice system
will have the last word"
Say his name 👉🏽 #AlexPretti
#JusticeForAlexPretti ✊🏾🌎✊🏻
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A message from his parents.
January 25, 2026 at 2:54 AM
A message from his parents.
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Video recorded by witnesses to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis shows that he was holding a phone, not a gun, when he was tackled and shot, directly contradicting the claims of senior Trump administration officials www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Video contradicts Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’
Video evidence reviewed by Guardian shows Alex Pretti, killed by agents in Minneapolis, held a phone, not a gun
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Video recorded by witnesses to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis shows that he was holding a phone, not a gun, when he was tackled and shot, directly contradicting the claims of senior Trump administration officials www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 AM
JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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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.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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.
White. Hot. Rage.
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where do these monsters come from? is ICE hiring skinheads directly out of prison cells?
“.. After the shooting, an angry crowd gathered and screamed profanities at federal officers, calling them “cowards” and telling them to go home.
“.. One officer responded mockingly as he walked away, telling them: “Boo hoo.”
@apnews.com
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“.. One officer responded mockingly as he walked away, telling them: “Boo hoo.”
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/immi...
Man shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown
A 51-year-old man shot by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis has died, a hospital record obtained by The Associated Press shows. Gov.
apnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
where do these monsters come from? is ICE hiring skinheads directly out of prison cells?
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The Andy Burnham stuff will overshadow the part Keir Starmer played in getting Trump to climb down.
The PM might have to get used to that.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
The PM might have to get used to that.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
Donald Trump Praises 'Great And Very Brave' British Soldiers As He Backs Down In Nato Row
The US president has faced widespread criticism for downplaying the contribution the alliance's troops made in Afghanistan.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The Andy Burnham stuff will overshadow the part Keir Starmer played in getting Trump to climb down.
The PM might have to get used to that.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
The PM might have to get used to that.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
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So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
How Badenoch’s meeting with Mike Johnson led to Trump’s Chagos deal rant
A brief encounter set off a chain of events that culminated in a public rebuff to the US president from Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 AM
So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...