John Lippitt
@jalippitt.bsky.social
Retired early childhood policy and program professor and manager. Democratic activist and blogger: https://www.policyforthepeople.org/. Non-profit board member and dahlia grower. A hiker and bicyclist. Grandfather to 5 boys!
Thank you Robert Hubbell for helping us understand the legal aspects of all this and also how to stand up and fight back! roberthubbell.substack.com/p/the-extra-...
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Thank you Robert Hubbell for helping us understand the legal aspects of all this and also how to stand up and fight back! roberthubbell.substack.com/p/the-extra-...
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and strong accountability and transparency are in place. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
January 25, 2026 at 5:27 PM
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and strong accountability and transparency are in place. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and strong accountability and transparency are in place. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and strong accountability and transparency are in place. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and strong accountability and transparency are in place. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
January 25, 2026 at 5:24 PM
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and strong accountability and transparency are in place. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and strong accountability and transparency are in place. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
January 25, 2026 at 5:23 PM
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and strong accountability and transparency are in place. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
Let's all put up 2 candles for Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
TONIGHT: Organizers in Minnesota are asking you to shine a light for their state.
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Let's all put up 2 candles for Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and strong accountability and transparency are in place. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
January 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and strong accountability and transparency are in place. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
Thank you, Minnesotans! We are with you in this fight!
Minnesotans are showing us how to show up for our neighbors. Let's show up for them.
NOW is the time to get involved. Join us.
NOW is the time to get involved. Join us.
January 25, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Thank you, Minnesotans! We are with you in this fight!
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and strong accountability and transparency are in place. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
January 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and strong accountability and transparency are in place. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
This is what authoritarianism looks like!
Extortion.
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 5:14 PM
This is what authoritarianism looks like!
Yes indeed. Here's more on how to rein in ICE. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
January 25, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Yes indeed. Here's more on how to rein in ICE. www.policyforthepeople.org/blog/reining...
It's past time to stand up and fight back. ICE's killings could have been any of us. Who will be next? Protest, strike, and PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway & there's accountability & transparency.
It's time for a truly massive general strike. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
It's past time to stand up and fight back. ICE's killings could have been any of us. Who will be next? Protest, strike, and PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway & there's accountability & transparency.
Heather does a great job of putting the latest ICE killing in perspective. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and unless it includes strong accountability and transparency measures.
January 25, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Heather does a great job of putting the latest ICE killing in perspective. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and unless it includes strong accountability and transparency measures.
Heart breaking, lawless, and totally unnecessary. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and unless it includes strong accountability and transparency measures.
"Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact."
'Please Get the Truth Out,' Alex Pretti's Parents Plead as Trump Officials Baselessly Smear Shooting Victim
Michael and Susan Pretti demand justice for their son Alex, killed by Border Patrol agents and falsely labeled a "domestic terrorist" by the Trump administration. Was he really a threat, or a hero trying to protect others? The truth must be told. #JusticeForAlex #EndPoliceBrutality
www.commondreams.org
January 25, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Heart breaking, lawless, and totally unnecessary. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and unless it includes strong accountability and transparency measures.
Thank you, Minnesotans!! Condolences to the Pretti and Good families and friends, and to all the others who have been hurt by ICE, CBP, and Trump officials. This is horrible. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations are in place.
Tim Walz told Minnesotans to document the atrocities. They did—and the whole world is watching federal agents kill civilians. Alyssa Oursler reports from Minneapolis. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Feds Kill Again in Minneapolis. Minnesotans Are Fighting Back.
Minneapolis has become ground zero for the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and the growing resistance to it.
www.thenation.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Thank you, Minnesotans!! Condolences to the Pretti and Good families and friends, and to all the others who have been hurt by ICE, CBP, and Trump officials. This is horrible. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations are in place.
Well said! The mainstream media are doing a horrible job of reporting on ICE and the Trump administration. The Boston Globe story today (written by the NY Times) about the Pretti killing was on page 11!!
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Well said! The mainstream media are doing a horrible job of reporting on ICE and the Trump administration. The Boston Globe story today (written by the NY Times) about the Pretti killing was on page 11!!
PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and unless it includes strong accountability and transparency measures.
Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him.
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
January 25, 2026 at 4:59 PM
PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and unless it includes strong accountability and transparency measures.
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and unless it includes strong accountability and transparency measures.
REINING IN ICE
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and unless it includes strong accountability and transparency measures.
lippittpolicyandpolitics.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:34 PM
ICE’s lawlessness, cruelty, and violence are well documented. PLEASE contact your U.S. Senators NOW. Ask them to block ICE’s budget until thorough, local investigations of ICE killings are underway and unless it includes strong accountability and transparency measures.
Thank you to all the ICE Watchers!
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Thank you to all the ICE Watchers!
Let's stand with them across the country!!
Dozens of unions, community and faith organizations are calling on every Minnesotan to take a stand on January 23rd.
On January 23rd there will be a unified, statewide pause in economic activity.
maydaystrong.org/iceoutmn
On January 23rd there will be a unified, statewide pause in economic activity.
maydaystrong.org/iceoutmn
ICE OUT MN — MAY DAY STRONG
maydaystrong.org
January 17, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Let's stand with them across the country!!
Contact your US Rep and Senators. Tell them not to provide any funding for ICE unless it includes strong transparency and accountability requirements. For example, no masks, no guns, personal IDs, and a clear statement that ICE agents have no immunity from state laws.
Congress can freeze out funding for ICE in 2 weeks — but only if Democrats are a unified opposition. To make that happen, we must flood their offices with calls to demand ICE Out For Good.
Call your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
Call your representative: indivisible.org/ice-out-hous...
Call your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
Call your representative: indivisible.org/ice-out-hous...
January 17, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Contact your US Rep and Senators. Tell them not to provide any funding for ICE unless it includes strong transparency and accountability requirements. For example, no masks, no guns, personal IDs, and a clear statement that ICE agents have no immunity from state laws.
Rep. Crockett tells it like it is in 3 minutes. Right on!
What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Rep. Crockett tells it like it is in 3 minutes. Right on!
I guess Trump, Oz, Kennedy, and the Republicans have finally found their answer to making Obama Care better - use robots not doctors.
I can’t even.
Dr Oz: "Alabama has no OBGYNs in many of their counties, so they're doing something pretty cool. They're actually having robots do ultrasounds on these pregnant moms."
January 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I guess Trump, Oz, Kennedy, and the Republicans have finally found their answer to making Obama Care better - use robots not doctors.
Wow! Can a lie be any more dramatically outed than this?
damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis
January 17, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Wow! Can a lie be any more dramatically outed than this?
Thank you to the people of Minneapolis for standing up to ICE and for the members of your community!!! We are behind you 100%!
Since Congress has failed to act, the recent actions of Minnesota citizens reflect their need to mobilize. “There’s only one way to stand up to a radical occupation by armed thugs, and the people of Minneapolis are already engaged in it.” From @ddayen:
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What a People-Powered Movement Looks Like - The American Prospect
The bravery of citizens in Minneapolis is the only kind of resistance to occupation that has a chance of working.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Thank you to the people of Minneapolis for standing up to ICE and for the members of your community!!! We are behind you 100%!