<p>💔Alex J. Pretti💔 age 37, of South <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> was gunned on in cold blood by <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> thugs today. He was Brandishing his phone recording 🧊.</p><p>No criminal record. Worked for the VA as an ICU nurse. Legal gun owner. Homeowner. Upstanding member of his community. He was a hero in his career, and went out like a hero trying to protect the women the ICE officer pushed down.</p><p>A TRUE hero all around, he didn’t deserve this. RIP <a href="/tags/alexpretti/" rel="tag">#AlexPretti</a></p><p>🦔 Reposted from Feminist News</p>
<p>A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team.</p><p>Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/child-abuse-pediatrician-minneapolis-nancy-harper-cps?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/child-abuse-pediatrician-minneapolis-nancy-harper-cps?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">ld-abuse-pediatrician-minneapolis-nancy-harper-cps?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/pediatrics/" rel="tag">#Pediatrics</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/va/" rel="tag">#VA</a> <a href="/tags/icu/" rel="tag">#icu</a> <a href="/tags/nurse/" rel="tag">#nurse</a> <a href="/tags/alexpretti/" rel="tag">#AlexPretti</a> being shot in the back <a href="/tags/pointblank/" rel="tag">#pointblank</a> by <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#cbp</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#dhs</a> in a street <a href="/tags/execution/" rel="tag">#execution</a> by <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#Criminal</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/deathsquad/" rel="tag">#deathsquad</a> because <a href="/tags/krasnov/" rel="tag">#krasnov</a> the <a href="/tags/madking/" rel="tag">#MadKing</a> has directed his <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#jan6</a> <a href="/tags/secretpolice/" rel="tag">#secretpolice</a> to distract the <a href="/tags/murican/" rel="tag">#murican</a> populace from the release and delay of the <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#EpsteinFiles</a>, fomenting a <a href="/tags/civilwar/" rel="tag">#civilwar</a> and justifying the enactment of the <a href="/tags/insurrectionact/" rel="tag">#InsurrectionAct</a>. <br><a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/federalagents/" rel="tag">#FederalAgents</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/domesticterrorists/" rel="tag">#DomesticTerrorists</a></p>
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<p>GENOCIDE WATCH for North America</p><p>"This is the war. If you do not wish to be challenged, leave now. Saturday morning cartoons await." - The artist formerly known as Prince</p><p><a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#genocide</a> <a href="/tags/smallpox/" rel="tag">#smallpox</a> <a href="/tags/blackpox/" rel="tag">#blackpox</a> <a href="/tags/antififa/" rel="tag">#antififa</a> <a href="/tags/vermont/" rel="tag">#vermont</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#bitcoin</a> <a href="/tags/bch/" rel="tag">#bch</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoincash/" rel="tag">#bitcoincash</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/healthcareworkers/" rel="tag">#Healthcareworkers</a> <a href="/tags/emergencymedicine/" rel="tag">#emergencymedicine</a> <a href="/tags/emergencymedicalservices/" rel="tag">#emergencymedicalservices</a> <a href="/tags/nurses/" rel="tag">#nurses</a> <a href="/tags/intensivecare/" rel="tag">#intensivecare</a> <a href="/tags/criticalcare/" rel="tag">#criticalcare</a></p>
<p>32 People Died in ICE Custody in 2025, as <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> Killings Spark Outrage</p><p>“Of those who died in <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> custody last year include Geraldo Lunas Campos, whose death in <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> has been ruled a homicide. </p><p>Also Wael Tarabishi, who died of a rare genetic disease thirty days after his father, Wael’s primary caregiver, was detained by ICE after a routine check-in at an immigration facility in Dallas.”</p><p><a href="https://people.com/deaths-ice-custody-last-year-as-fatal-shootings-spur-outrage-11890261" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="people.com/deaths-ice-custody-last-year-as-fatal-shootings-spur-outrage-11890261"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">people.com/deaths-ice-custody-</span><span class="invisible">last-year-as-fatal-shootings-spur-outrage-11890261</span></a></p>
<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115947527596329863" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115947527596329863"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@heidilifeldma</span><span class="invisible">n/115947527596329863</span></a></p><p>If you have any bucks to spare, the need in <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> is going to skyrocket. <a href="https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/doWhZ3Z/Mastodon-for-Minneapolis" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/doWhZ3Z/Mastodon-for-Minneapolis"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.grapevine.org/giving-circl</span><span class="invisible">e/doWhZ3Z/Mastodon-for-Minneapolis</span></a> <a href="/tags/mastodonforminneapolis/" rel="tag">#MastodonForMinneapolis</a></p>
<p>What happened to Renee Nicole Good is not an anomaly or a rare phenomenon. </p><p>The only unusual factor is that she was white.</p><p>A Black man named Keith Porter was shot & killed by ICE on New Year’s Eve.</p><p>Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body. She survived but has a hole in her arm forever.</p><p>Silverio Villegas González was shot dead in Franklin Park Illinois when he panicked and tried to run.</p><p>Then there’s the more than 30 people who’ve died in the camps.</p><p>No accountability. No punishment. </p><p>Keep speaking out. Let’s make sure this officer is held responsible. </p><p><a href="/tags/abolishice/" rel="tag">#abolishice</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/reneenicolegood/" rel="tag">#reneenicolegood</a></p>
<p>I handle my stress by making shitty memes</p><p>Jonathan Ross handles his stress by shooting you in the face</p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Fair play to Minneapolis. This is the fight back the whole US needs.</p><p><a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/generalstrike/" rel="tag">#generalStrike</a> <a href="/tags/fuckice/" rel="tag">#fuckICE</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolisprotests/" rel="tag">#MinneapolisProtests</a></p>
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<p>After federal mercenary militant Jonathan Ross shot and killed mother of three, wife and award-winning poet, <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> motorist Renee Good in cold-blooded unprovoked murder, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey rejected Homeland Security's claim that the "ICE" executioner acted in self-defense.</p><p>Every one of us must call bullshit. The white-nationalist abductor thugs must cease to exist.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/live/minneapolis-ice-shooting-updates" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/live/minneapolis-ice-shooting-updates"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/minneapolis-ic</span><span class="invisible">e-shooting-updates</span></a></p>
<p>It's not safe to protest in the US<br>You can be murdered or maimed for life</p><p>21-year-old activist injured by ICE:<br>I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.<br><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/felon47/" rel="tag">#Felon47</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a></p>
<p>Tear gas — currently being deployed in Minneapolis — can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses.</p><p>The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods.</p><p>From our 2020 investigation:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tear-gas-is-way-more-dangerous-than-police-let-on-especially-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tear-gas-is-way-more-dangerous-than-police-let-on-especially-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tea</span><span class="invisible">r-gas-is-way-more-dangerous-than-police-let-on-especially-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#Protest</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a></p>
<p>If you or someone you know in Minnesota has had an encounter with federal agents, the State Attorney General wants to know about any issues or violations of your rights that took place.</p><p>These reports will help in future prosecutions of ICE and other persons involved in the violation of anyone's constitutional rights via police state violence or intimidation.</p><p>File a report here: <a href="https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Action/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Action/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Act</span><span class="invisible">ion/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a></p>
<p>We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing<br>---</p><p>Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/videos-ice-dhs-immigration-agents-using-chokeholds-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/videos-ice-dhs-immigration-agents-using-chokeholds-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/vid</span><span class="invisible">eos-ice-dhs-immigration-agents-using-chokeholds-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a></p>
<p>"One way to read the occupation of Minnesota is as a flex — a demonstration of the government’s power and authority. That, perhaps, is how [Stephen] Miller and Kristi Noem see the situation. I smell, on the other hand, a stench of desperation, an attempt to do with force what they can’t accomplish through ordinary politics."</p><p>~ Jamelle Bouie</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/maskedthugs/" rel="tag">#MaskedThugs</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#resistance</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/opinion/ice-minneapolis-occupation.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/opinion/ice-minneapolis-occupation.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/ice-minneapolis-occupation.html</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/twincities/" rel="tag">#TwinCities</a> Workers <a href="/tags/strike/" rel="tag">#Strike</a> Against <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a>. Two Hundred Cities Follow.<br><br><a href="https://migrantinsider.com/p/twin-cities-workers-strike-against" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="migrantinsider.com/p/twin-cities-workers-strike-against"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">migrantinsider.com/p/twin-citi</span><span class="invisible">es-workers-strike-against</span></a><p>As two hundred and fifteen cities prepare to walk out today in solidarity with <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a>, the whole world is watching.</p></p>
