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When you help make it so the only names people know are Pretti and Good, you reinforce the culture that says these things aren't "bad enough" until white people get involved. This has been going on for a whole year. Many non-white people have died in this same way trying to protect their neighbors.
January 26, 2026 at 8:18 PM
When you help make it so the only names people know are Pretti and Good, you reinforce the culture that says these things aren't "bad enough" until white people get involved. This has been going on for a whole year. Many non-white people have died in this same way trying to protect their neighbors.
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I started learning Alex Pretti's name and how good he was on the *same day* he was killed. This country only mobilizes like this for white people. And as long as that stays true, then we aren't actually changing anything about what's happening. It'll happen again.
January 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I started learning Alex Pretti's name and how good he was on the *same day* he was killed. This country only mobilizes like this for white people. And as long as that stays true, then we aren't actually changing anything about what's happening. It'll happen again.
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What I'm talking about, and what non-white people have been talking about for a very long time, is how it's only when white people start getting hurt or dying that people start to be characterized as "heroes" and "martyrs".
January 26, 2026 at 8:14 PM
What I'm talking about, and what non-white people have been talking about for a very long time, is how it's only when white people start getting hurt or dying that people start to be characterized as "heroes" and "martyrs".
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Now that blood is on the street, we still won’t admit you’ve been right all decade long while we scolded and marginalized you. Instead, we’ll declare it’s just now become right to say such things.
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa
January 25, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Now that blood is on the street, we still won’t admit you’ve been right all decade long while we scolded and marginalized you. Instead, we’ll declare it’s just now become right to say such things.
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This is why I object to the framing of "good person who didn't deserve to be shot in the street" because it positions the problem as who was shot not that the shooting happened at all. ICE has shot almost 100 people since 2015, and even if we only count fatalities 31 people have died from shootings
The killings of Renee Good & Alex Pretti show Trump's DHS culture is rotten to its core.
Trump, Vance, Noem, & Miller have made these agents feel immune from the consequences of their actions.
That must change. Everyone involved in these operations must be held accountable.
Trump, Vance, Noem, & Miller have made these agents feel immune from the consequences of their actions.
That must change. Everyone involved in these operations must be held accountable.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This is why I object to the framing of "good person who didn't deserve to be shot in the street" because it positions the problem as who was shot not that the shooting happened at all. ICE has shot almost 100 people since 2015, and even if we only count fatalities 31 people have died from shootings
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ICE and CBP agents have been caught repeatedly in all manner of crimes against immigrants. And yet somehow now when the victims are white they're out of control. They were always out of control. They were always predatory and abusive. I hope this is a tipping point. But I fear it is not.
January 25, 2026 at 2:47 PM
ICE and CBP agents have been caught repeatedly in all manner of crimes against immigrants. And yet somehow now when the victims are white they're out of control. They were always out of control. They were always predatory and abusive. I hope this is a tipping point. But I fear it is not.
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Because ICE isn't acting like the SS or stormtroopers now. They are acting like American police forces have always acted. The only difference is that they are doing it to more people in public that aren't Black. The cameras are catching the behavior of jump out squads and task forces in new areas
January 25, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Because ICE isn't acting like the SS or stormtroopers now. They are acting like American police forces have always acted. The only difference is that they are doing it to more people in public that aren't Black. The cameras are catching the behavior of jump out squads and task forces in new areas
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The idea that the British Raj respected the rule of law is legitimately one of the funniest things I've ever read in my entire life
Non violence works when the aggressor respects the rule of law. America's laws seem to disappear when one party is power
January 25, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The idea that the British Raj respected the rule of law is legitimately one of the funniest things I've ever read in my entire life
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You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.
January 24, 2026 at 9:22 PM
You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.
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“Outside agitators” is older than Putin; I am begging white people to crack open a history book about Black Americans for once
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:12 PM
“Outside agitators” is older than Putin; I am begging white people to crack open a history book about Black Americans for once
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This practice is called “cover charging.”
73% of the time when it is done, it is done to Black people.
ProPublica did an expose:
73% of the time when it is done, it is done to Black people.
ProPublica did an expose:
January 25, 2026 at 2:55 PM
This practice is called “cover charging.”
73% of the time when it is done, it is done to Black people.
ProPublica did an expose:
73% of the time when it is done, it is done to Black people.
ProPublica did an expose:
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If I’d chased down a random Black person and held them at gunpoint because I heard a loud sound and then justified my actions as that of Chief law enforcement officer in my small town I’d probably stfu right now, but that’s just me.
January 25, 2026 at 12:12 AM
If I’d chased down a random Black person and held them at gunpoint because I heard a loud sound and then justified my actions as that of Chief law enforcement officer in my small town I’d probably stfu right now, but that’s just me.
Sure, Roy. The problem here is that the death squad murdered the wrong person, not that there's a death squad and they murder.
Roy Cooper is not the man for this moment or any other.
Roy Cooper is not the man for this moment or any other.
![Screenshot of facebook post by presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate, Roy Cooper of North Carolina: "These horrific shootings in Minnesota should not have happened -- American citizens should not be targeted and killed. As someone who has prosecuted violent criminals, I understand the importance of federal resources to fight crime, including resources focus on deporting violent criminals -- but these actions don't make people safe and this chaos needs to stop. [campaign logo]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xxg7nbrfmr5perlgtj3zsa5g/bafkreidiaskj7xyd5vwldcolvwbjvxvtkfsuqgbdqwwxw5bx2ukw4b232i@jpeg)
January 24, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Sure, Roy. The problem here is that the death squad murdered the wrong person, not that there's a death squad and they murder.
Roy Cooper is not the man for this moment or any other.
Roy Cooper is not the man for this moment or any other.
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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I have been thinking all day about the number of times unarmed Black people were killed by police on the pretext that their cell phone looked like a gun. And people would say “oh but you just don‘t know what the truth is.” Well here it is.
OMG. "DHS said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Update from Devon Lum
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I have been thinking all day about the number of times unarmed Black people were killed by police on the pretext that their cell phone looked like a gun. And people would say “oh but you just don‘t know what the truth is.” Well here it is.
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As someone who has spent over 35 years trying to explain that violence is inherent to policing only to have most people be OK with this, I could be excused if I decided to just give up. But I'm not. I knew we would be where we are today. I still think that we do not have to live like this.
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
As someone who has spent over 35 years trying to explain that violence is inherent to policing only to have most people be OK with this, I could be excused if I decided to just give up. But I'm not. I knew we would be where we are today. I still think that we do not have to live like this.
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People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
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Remembering how cops tossed Kyle Rittenhouse - who was open carrying a semiautomatic rifle - a bottle of water and told him, “We appreciate you… we really do”
January 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Remembering how cops tossed Kyle Rittenhouse - who was open carrying a semiautomatic rifle - a bottle of water and told him, “We appreciate you… we really do”
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Memory is a fragile thing in this moment, so it is important to keep in mind that Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his caucus against ICE funding earlier this week.
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Memory is a fragile thing in this moment, so it is important to keep in mind that Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his caucus against ICE funding earlier this week.
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Pissed the new upstarts might mess up the "kill people with impunity" powers the old guard enjoyed for decades
Do you know how hard it is to get cops to seemingly side with people shot by a bunch of officers
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
January 24, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Pissed the new upstarts might mess up the "kill people with impunity" powers the old guard enjoyed for decades
If the Constitution is not in force, there is no politically legitimate United States. Why should there be a government?
Appropriate nothing. Impeach everyone.
Every second that Congress does not proves again that every sitting member swore a damned lie when they took the oath of office.
Appropriate nothing. Impeach everyone.
Every second that Congress does not proves again that every sitting member swore a damned lie when they took the oath of office.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 22, 2026 at 2:09 AM
If the Constitution is not in force, there is no politically legitimate United States. Why should there be a government?
Appropriate nothing. Impeach everyone.
Every second that Congress does not proves again that every sitting member swore a damned lie when they took the oath of office.
Appropriate nothing. Impeach everyone.
Every second that Congress does not proves again that every sitting member swore a damned lie when they took the oath of office.
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i don't understand why so many people are so adamant that what ICE is doing is not the same as law enforcement. i disagree and i think a lot of the arguments ring very hollow, but more to the point: what's behind the desperate need to protect police legitimacy right now?
January 21, 2026 at 1:28 PM
i don't understand why so many people are so adamant that what ICE is doing is not the same as law enforcement. i disagree and i think a lot of the arguments ring very hollow, but more to the point: what's behind the desperate need to protect police legitimacy right now?
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They have built a secret police to take us to the camps, kidnapping and killing us in broad daylight and you’re talking about GIVING THE SECRET POLICE MORE FUNDING????? What the fuck is wrong with you people???????
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
They have built a secret police to take us to the camps, kidnapping and killing us in broad daylight and you’re talking about GIVING THE SECRET POLICE MORE FUNDING????? What the fuck is wrong with you people???????