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"There are lawmakers who believe “laying low” is the best way to get through the Trump era, Rhoads said. “I believe if we’re going to beat him, we’ve got to fight now.”
and we have a bingo.
That ain't all they can suck. So back to the same ol' same ol' business as usual. I'm willing to bet over half the ICE agents either can't and/or haven't read any of these memos and just go out and about doing whatever they feel like doing, making s…
Well don't I feel like a total dunce. Having followed Bruce Springsteen since he first appeared on the scene I had no idea that the Jersey Girl tune was not his own. I am thoroughly ashamed but I still love that tune.
"Part of the point of all this chaos is to get you to forget the wins of course. However, the people of MN broke this fascist 47 and his goons. It wasn’t the polls, and no — it won’t be forever, but the PEOPLE did something. The PEOPLE pushed back.
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If a civil war were to break out I doubt that I'd be considering what the markets are doing or going to do and what should I be doing with my money. None of these would be at the top of the stack of my concerns, they just wouldn't.
I don't have one but I could use it here where the air temp is still below zero.
At my stage in life I'm channeling my children here "what did that fool need this thing for?"
Turn on coffee maker then feed cats (2). Lucky for me I am forest bathed at least 98% of the time by simple location. This morning I watched a handful of deer munching on last year's leaf pile while I waited for that damn coffee pot to signal 'ready…
Right now one can only hope. There are still plenty of fools towing the party line. Apparently murdering someone by shooting them in the back 9-10X while they are lying on the ground isn't enough proof that a change needs to come.
HCR continued:
"Today the editorial boards of both Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal and his New York Post urged the administration to pause its ICE operations in Minneapolis after the killing of Alex Pretti. The Wall Street Journal’s famously r…
HCR today:
"Greg Bovino claimed the true victims of yesterday’s shooting were federal agents.
But Americans are not buying it. They are coalescing around the idea of the American people versus an out-of-control government. As conservative lawyer Ge…
@Old_Joe -3M is one of the first companies listed.
@WABAC - I think you mean Mairs and Power (not Manning and Napier) and the home page states "We favor companies headquartered in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, (Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, South Da…
For Alex Jeffrey Pretti, Murdered by I.C.E January 24, 2026 by Amanda Gorman
We wake with
no words, just woe
& wound. Our own country shoot
ing us in the back is not just brutal
ity; it's jarring betrayal; not enforcement,
…
For Alex Jeffrey Pretti, Murdered by I.C.E January 24, 2026 by Amanda Gorman
We wake with
no words, just woe
& wound. Our own country shoot
ing us in the back is not just brutal
ity; it's jarring betrayal; not enforcement,
…
Can the military act of their own volition? Or do they need a president/sec. of defense to give orders to go in?
My concern at this time is that as ice gets more outrageous, my homies ramp things up, Walz calls in the Guard, 47 brings in the milit…
HCR, January 25th, 2026:
"This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital.
Video from the scene shows Pretti directing …
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti
"We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse…
"Helpful breakdown of what happened today from Rachel Hurley:
I’ve watched all of the videos dozens of times - here’s what happened.
A 37-year-old ICU nurse named Alex Pretti helped a woman that federal agents had shoved. For this crime—helping som…
I cannot add anything to what has already been said other than to confirm that it's all true. They had him down, that had his weapon and they still murdered him, firing multiple times.
