Monday, January 26, 2026. Another Minnesota murder carried out by Chump's gestapo.
Federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday fatally shot a 37-year-old man, the second person to be shot and killed in the city during a ramped-up immigration enforcement effort by the Trump administration, the authorities said.
At least two other people have been shot by federal law enforcement agents in Minneapolis this month — one in the leg and another, Renee Good, 37, in the head, killing her.
After Ms. Good’s death on Jan. 7, protests have taken place in the city, raising tensions with federal agents. State and local officials have called for federal agents to leave the city.
They murdered him. They murdered an American citizen. Another one.
And they know they murdered him. They lie to deny that's what happened.
But they murdered him and to try to get away with it, they smear him with lies. So they killed his body and since killing his body? They've worked overtime to kill his reputation.
Before we get to the lies from Chump and his minions, let's hear from people who actually knew Alex.
Renee and Alex were murdered by Chump & company. And instead of an apology, a realization, efforts to make changes, they act like the killers they are and instead attack the victims.
Can you imagine being a friend or family member of Renee's or of Alex's and hearing the administration lie non-stop?
It's disgusting. And that it's coming from so-called public servants whose salary that we pay? That's beyond offensive. It's beyond outrageous.
And it's not going away. The outrage is building and it's cutting across political lines. AP's Mary Clare Jalonick reports:
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that she believes Noem is attempting to "mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis.
The call from Rosen, a moderate from Nevada who was part of the group that helped Republicans end the 43-day government shutdown last year, comes amid a growing fury from congressional Democrats who have also vowed to block funding for the Homeland Security Department. A House resolution to launch impeachment proceedings against Noem has the support of more than 100 Democrats, but few Senate Democrats have so far weighed in.
“Kristi Noem has been an abject failure leading the Department of Homeland Security for the last year — and the abuses of power we’re seeing from ICE are the latest proof that she has lost control over her own department and staff,” Rosen said in a statement to The Associated Press.
And it's no longer just Democrats in Congress calling for Kristi Noem's impeachment.
Saturday, WSWS noted the murder of Alex:
This morning, only a few hours ago, ICE agents carried out a second cold-blooded execution of a citizen of Minneapolis. This killing has taken place only a few blocks from where Renée Nicole Good was murdered little more than two weeks ago.
The video of this atrocity shows that the ICE agents fired their guns repeatedly into the body of their victim as he lay helpless on the ground.
This crime is the response of the Trump administration to yesterday’s powerful and peaceful demonstration against ICE’s reign of terror against the workers and youth of Minneapolis.
These murders and other acts of violence are being perpetrated with the full support of the Trump administration. Following Renée Good’s killing, the government denounced the victim as a terrorist and declared that there would be no criminal investigation into the circumstances of the shooter. The ICE agent who murdered her has gone scot-free.
Just one day before the city-wide general strike, Vice President Vance came to Minneapolis, where he once again defended the murder of Renée Good and denounced opponents of ICE’s violent rampage as “far-left agitators.” One can be certain that in private meetings Vance instructed ICE to continue its operations and assured its agents that they would be fully supported by the government.
The reign of terror by Trump’s ICE stormtroopers must be stopped.
So that's a moderate Democrat outraged and a Socialist publication outraged. That's no where near the end of it. Reanna Smith (THE MIRROR) notes podcaster Tim Pool is calling out the government's lies as well:
"Yea uh this is civil war," Pool wrote as he shared a post by Democratic strategist Matt McDermott claiming that Attorney General Pam Bondi is "openly using state violence as a bargaining chip to seize election infrastructure."
Bondi sent a three-page letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz with three requests following Pretti's death. One called for the Department of Justice to be given "access to voter rolls".
The Attorney General stated: "Third, allow the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice to access voter rolls to confirm that Minnesota's voter registration practices comply with federal law as authorized by the Civil Rights Act of 1960. Fulfilling this common-sense request will better guarantee free and fair elections and boost confidence in the rule of law."
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But while Pool branded Pretti a "radicalized leftist," he questioned the Trump administration's narrative that he was out to "massacre" law enforcement officers.
"I don't believe this for 2 seconds," he wrote. "There's no reason to think he was trying to massacre LEOs."
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) urged President Trump’s MAGA base to “take off their political blinders” as she expressed skepticism about the use of force deployed during the latest shooting in Minnesota involving a federal immigration agent.
In a post on the social platform X, Greene touted her support for law enforcement and immigration enforcement, but she also defended the right to legally carry firearms, indirectly pushing back on claims that 37-year-old Alex Pretti posed a threat to federal officers by virtue of carrying a firearm.
“I unapologetically believe in border security and deporting criminal illegal aliens and I support law enforcement. However, I also unapologetically support the 2nd amendment,” Greene wrote. “Legally carrying a firearm is not the same as brandishing a firearm.”
“I support American’s 1st and 4th amendment rights,” she continued. “There is nothing wrong with legally peacefully protesting and videoing.”
People are standing up. You've got the ongoing protesters. You've got moderates, Socialists, MAGAs and Democrats. Senator Chuck Schumer has found his spine. Caroline Linton (CBS NEWS) reports:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Saturday that Democrats will not put up the necessary votes to advance a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of immigration agents shooting and killing a man in Minneapolis on Saturday.
"What's happening in Minnesota is appalling —and unacceptable in any American city. Democrats sought common sense reforms in the Department of Homeland Security spending bill, but because of Republicans' refusal to stand up to President Trump, the DHS bill is woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE," Schumer said in a statement. "I will vote no. Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included."
Other Democrats speaking out?
Senator Adam Schiff's office issued the following:
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker to react to the killing of another U.S. citizen at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis, the lack of a real, independent investigation of the shooting by the administration blocking local authorities’ involvement, and the ongoing abuse of power and force being exhibited by immigration enforcement agencies in Minnesota and across the country.
Schiff made clear that he will not support additional funding for DHS, ICE or CBP, the agencies responsible for the escalating chaos and the recent shootings, calling on Republicans to not force a government shutdown by controversially including more money for immigration enforcement in the funding bills later this week. He also reiterated demands for real congressional oversight to understand the corruption, fraud, and abuse being exhibited by the Department of Homeland Security and the Trump White House after providing billions of dollars to ICE and CBP over the past year.
View the full interview here.
Key Excerpts:
On Deputy Attorney General Blanche’s blame on local officials and law enforcement and the lack of a complete investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti:
[…] “For him to blame the cities and blame the states for flooding the streets of America with thousands of poorly trained agents who are shooting Americans in cold blood, in the street and through windshields, is despicable. What the American people have seen is horrifying. And I was really struck by a couple things of your interview with him. First, you asked him repeatedly, is there any evidence that you have seen or heard that Alex Pretti drew the weapon on agents or brandished the weapon? And he could not answer that question. And you know, if there was evidence of that, he would have said so. He then accused you of gaslighting the administration, which is also absurd. He would have you disbelieve anything you see.”
[…] “I was a prosecutor for almost six years. There does need to be investigation of both of these killings and a lot more, but no one, no one, can have confidence that DHS will do that properly. When the head of that agency has called these victims “domestic terrorists” without knowing anything, when the White House is calling them domestic terrorists, who can believe an investigation led by people who have already reached their conclusion? Local officials, local law enforcement need to be involved in these investigations. It needs to be objective, and we simply can’t accept an administration that says, “Don’t believe your lying eyes.”
On his position on the upcoming vote on Department of Homeland Security funding:
“I’m not giving ICE or Border Patrol another dime, given how this agency, these agencies are operating. Democrats are not going to fund that. The government will shut down if Republicans insist that that it be joined with other government funding. It will be a Republican decision. They understand we’re not going to go along with this, and we hope some of the Republicans in the Senate may see those scenes in the streets and be as repelled as we are and vote against that continuation of violence.”
[…] “They will make the decision there in the majority if they want to shut down the government so they can perpetuate this violence. But I’m not going to be a part of it, and I think anyone who votes to give them more money to do this will share in the responsibility and see more Americans die in our cities as a result.”
On the corruption and fraud in the DHS spending:
“They have thrown so much money at these agencies they don’t know what to do with it, and there is no question that when we actually get a chance to do oversight again, which I hope will happen after this November, you are going to find all kinds of corruption in how that money is going out. I have no question, you will find sole source contracting going out to friends of people in the administration, and money wasted hand over fist. They talk a good game about cutting down on waste, fraud, and abuse. There is going to be enormous waste, fraud, and abuse in DHS, given how money is being spent without any kind of real oversight. So, I wouldn’t make the problem worse to begin with, but I would also overhaul those agencies.”
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But it's not just those groupings of people. There are other Republicans, for example. Sanjana Karanth (HUFFINGTON POST) reports:
A growing number of Republicans are pushing for an investigation into the tactics that federal immigration authorities are using in Minnesota after ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed over the weekend.
Several videos of the incident on Saturday showed the 37-year-old holding his phone in one hand as he filmed Border Patrol activity. When Pretti tried to help a female observer who had been shoved by a federal agent, several other agents attacked him with pepper spray and wrestled him to the ground. At least one agent repeatedly shot Pretti, killing him and sparking more chaos.
“This is a real tragedy. I think the death of Americans, what we’re seeing on TV, it’s causing deep concerns over federal tactics and accountability. Americans don’t like what they’re seeing right now,” Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.
“What is the endgame? What is the solution? And, you know, we believe in federalism and state rights, and nobody likes feds coming into their state,” he added. “And so what’s the goal right now? Is it to deport every single non-U.S. citizen? I don’t think that’s what Americans want.”
A host of other congressional Republicans, including Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas and Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, pressed for more information. Their statements, in addition to concern expressed from several Republican governors, reflected a party struggling with how to respond to Saturday’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse at a VA hospital.
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The
killing has raised uncomfortable questions about the GOP's core
positions on issues ranging from gun ownership to states' rights and
trust in the federal government.
Cassidy, who is facing a Trump-backed challenger in his reelection bid, said on social media that the shooting was “incredibly disturbing” and that the “credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake.” He pushed for “a full joint federal and state investigation.” Tillis, who is not seeking reelection, urged a “thorough and impartial investigation” and said “any administration official who rushes to judgment and tries to shut down an investigation before it begins are doing an incredible disservice to the nation and to President Trump’s legacy.”
It's also nurses. Katie Herchenroeder (MOTHER JONES) explains:
The nation’s largest union of registered nurses fervently renewed their demand to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement and cease current deportation operations in American cities after a federal immigration agent shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old registered nurse, in Minneapolis on Saturday.
“The nation’s nurses,” National Nurses United, which has more than 225,000 members nationwide, began in a statement, “who make it their mission to care for and save human lives, are horrified and outraged that immigration agents have once again committed cold-blooded murder of a public observer who posed no threat to them.”
“This time,” they continued, “they have executed one of our fellow nurses.”
It's also gun right advocates. David McAfee (RAW STORY) notes Ka$h Patel, head of the FBI got caught lying on FOX "NEWS:"
But it wasn't just Dem voices chiming in. Instead, the MN Gun Owners Caucus also added, "This is completely incorrect on Minnesota law."
"There is no prohibition on a permit holder carrying a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines at a protest or rally in Minnesota," the group wrote.
When
a reader noted that Pretti reportedly wasn't carrying an ID, which he
is required to do under the state's concealed-carry law, MN Gun Owners Caucus hit back with a simple reply:
"It’s a $25 ticket," the group answered Sunday.
The group was also asked about the state's magazine restrictions, to which it replied, "There are none."
And let's applaud the journalists who get lies spit in their face by Chump and his henchman and instead of going along with the lie or being silent, they do their job and correct the record. Brownshirt Greg Bovino appeared on CNN Sunday to spread lies. Kathleen O'Boyle (THE MIRROR) notes:
The 37-year-old nurse and legal gun owner was shot and killed by federal agents during protests against immigration enforcement operations in the city. Officials initially claimed Pretti posed an imminent threat to officers, but bystander footage and multiple witness statements show a far more complicated encounter.
Bash repeatedly urged Bovino to provide evidence that Pretti had intended to carry out violence against law enforcement. “There is no evidence – unless you have evidence, I would love to see it if there is – that he was intending to massacre law enforcement other than that he was there and he had a gun lawfully,” she said. It comes after an out-of-control ICE agent screamed a horrific three-word slur before shooting a woman 5 times.
Bovino lied because that's what trash does -- especially trash that likes to dress up in Nazi garb. We're not required to advance his known lies. Back to the article after his lies:
Bash pushed back, noting that Pretti was there to 'film and document' the protests, which is legal, and that 'from everything we have seen, Pretti was the one being assaulted by law enforcement.'
Again, we have no time for the lies of a Nazi lover so we'll not bother with Bovino. Back to the article after his lies:
As the exchange concluded, Bash delivered a blunt final statement, “There is no evidence he was perpetrating violence.”
Pretti, a registered nurse who worked at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, had no criminal history beyond minor traffic violations. According to officials, he legally carried a handgun. Video reviewed by multiple news outlets shows Pretti holding a phone and filming moments before he was tackled by officers, sprayed with a chemical agent, and pinned to the ground. Footage appears to show an officer removing a gun from Pretti’s waistband before shots were fired.
And she's exactly right, "There is no evidence he was perpetrating violence." They lied about Renee and now they're lying about Alex. A government that serves the people will make mistakes. They will not lie to cover up those mistakes. But that's what's happening. Chump and his minions have now murdered two American citizens in Minnesota. Instead of apologizing and launching investigations into the actions of Chump's gestapo, the administration compounds their crimes by attacking the dead. They lie about the dead, they smear them. This is not an accountable government.
He should be losing it. A) He's responsible and B) he's losing everything: Nurses, labor, gun right activists, MAGA, Democrats, Republicans. The mid-terms are more or less ten months away and Chump is running every voting faction off.
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The man who was killed by federal agents on Saturday has been identified as Alex Pretti, 37, a registered nurse working in the intensive care unit at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System.
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A video circulating online on Saturday morning, which matches the reported location of the shooting mentioned by the officials, showed a man being wrestled to the ground by several law enforcement officers before being shot what appears to be several times. At least two officers can be seen with their weapons drawn.
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In a second, more comprehensive video of the shooting, obtained and posted online by Drop Site News, Pretti appeared to come to the defense of an observer who had been shoved to the ground by a federal officer. That officer then sprayed Pretti with a chemical agent, repeatedly, before tackling him to the street along with other agents.
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At least five agents surrounded Pretti on the ground, and one appeared to fire a shot at him at close range. The shot was followed by a volley of more shots, after which Pretti’s body goes still. The visual evidence in the second video seems consistent with the interpretation that a gun appeared to have been taken away by one agent just before another shot him.
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Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara later said during a press conference on Saturday that Pretti’s only known previous interaction with law enforcement was for traffic tickets. O’Hara also noted Pretti was “a lawful gun owner with a permit to carry”.
[Edited to remove the remarks of Bovino who, again, is a known liar.]
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It’s the second fatal shooting this month in Minneapolis, in addition to another non-fatal shooting, amid a major crackdown in Minnesota by federal agents. Officials urged people to “remain peaceful and recognize there is a lot of anger and questions around what has happened”.
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Protesters were heard calling “shame, shame” at officers after Pretti’s shooting, blowing whistles and shouting for ICE to leave the city. The agents responded with teargas and flash-bang grenades.
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Minneapolis’s mayor, Jacob Frey, called on Donald Trump to “end this operation” of federal immigration enforcement agents and officers surging into Minneapolis, and demanded that the US president “take action now to remove these federal agents”. At the same press conference, police chief Brian O’Hara acknowledged immense anger in the city at the shooting but pleaded for calm.
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Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, has staged national guard troops ready to help in keeping order in Minneapolis as protest and outrage at violent conduct by federal immigration personnel continue. Walz had activated them earlier in January, putting them under his orders to be ready if needed. Staging essentially means gathering and preparing to be on the streets. Initially, some troops are going to guard a federal building.
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Walz called the operation of immigration enforcement that has surged into Minneapolis a “federal occupation”. He said he had seen bystander footage of the fatal shooting of Pretti and said it was “sickening”.
Donald Chump did not get voted into a second term by a majority of Americans. Not by a majority of voters who turned out (he got 49% of the vote, not even fifty) and not by a majority of Americans who were eligible to vote. -- (approximately 90 million American adults who were eligible to vote did not vote in 2024. Chump got 77.3 million voters. More people -- close to 90 million -- didn't vote than voted for him. And 75 million vote for Kamala. Neither grouping -- all eligible voters or just those who voted -- delivered Chump a majority of votes.
New topic . . .
Let's move to a video that a number of you are e-mailing requesting for it to be highlighted. I'm not going to. At 10:44 pm Pacific Time last night, I actually put it the "scheduled" rotation. And I listened to it while scheduling other videos to go up overnight.
And?
I pulled it. I don't have time for bulls**t -- yeah, it's a catchy title and it's a good topic.
But I don't post lies.
I don't need brainless bimbos. I don't. I look askance at the woman to begin with -- she's in her 30s or 40s and, until this year, was calling herself either "Politics Girl" or "Political Girl" -- I can't remember which.
But get your facts straight, bimbo, or get off that platform. You cheapen it and you weaken it.
I don't care what else is in the video. It's like a new show that everyone's raving about: STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS!!!! A SHOW WOMEN SHOULD LOVE!!!! Really? Because this woman didn't love it. I turned it off five minutes in. Pro-women shows? They don't start with a song where a man's trashing a woman. They also don't start with a song (the same song, in fact) written by a man who's beaten and abused two women that we know of. Pro-women shows don't advance the popularity of a man guilty of multiple acts of terrorism (domestic violence is terrorism). Whatever positives the show might offer, they've undermined themselves. Just like a bimbo doing 'analysis' that includes lies advanced by Donald Chump.
I'm not in the damn mood. We need more female voices. Ones worth hearing. Bimbos in front of microphones aren't helping us. Don't we already see that on THE MAJORITY REPORT where Emma attacks female politicians and promotes male politicians just like the guys on the show do? Watching Roland yesterday (clip below) the first show that came to mind was the crap-ass MAJORITY REPORT.
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