U.S. Border Enforcement - ICE will get you

[Jolene Benoir]

Yes, you absolutely can bring a gun to a protest. He was not breaking the law, in fact had a CCW permit. He is the director of the fucking FBI. I would expect him to know the law, but nah, why should we expect that of a man who wrote "children's books" with him as the gallant knight saving King Trump. He actually does know the law, but chooses to lie to the American people.

We have malicious, lying evildoers in charge of every single American government agency. There's not one that hasn't been infected.

Michigan protest during Covid, brandishing long guns over the right to not wear masks or isolate during a pandemic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Michigan_State_Capitol_storming

See also: Kyle Rittenhouse

 

[Spirits Rising]

These motherfuckers. I am livid. I have BEEN livid. They lie, lie and lie even when there is video evidence. I believe this video gives a good angle of what went down. I actually have the video saved in case it is taken down, but don't know how to post it here, so I will post Reddit link.

It's clear that they were attacking witnesses. He puts his arm around one that they shoved. He tries to help one up after they were thrown to the ground, then they pepper spray him, turn to him and throw him to the ground, dogpiling him.

You can see one bash him with what appears to be one of the pepper spray cans. You can see his arms pinned to the ground by them never getting anywhere even close to a weapon. You can see the agent in the grey jacket remove his LAWFUL (he had permit) weapon from his waist area, run away and only THEN do you hear the first shot. He is unarmed and face down when they murder him.

They had their immigrant target in the car on the right ready to go. At no time did they need to go over to the left and attack witnesses. At no time does the victim attack them. At no time does the victim ever access the weapon. This doesn't even happen without their initial completely unnecessary brutality upon witnesses.

ETA: If they keep this up, someone, somewhere who has seen these last two murders is going to actually take a shot at them. Then, Trumpco will have what they want. They actually WANT an ICE agent killed. They don't care about them either, ultimately. No more than the two citizens who have been murdered.

When (not if) someone finally has had enough and retaliates they will be giving them what they think they want. See, for these fuckers violence is a cudgel to be wielded in as hamfisted a manner as possible - they're expecting to be able to use fear/terror and intimidation. They are not expecting nor know how to cope with directed anger. The ones that can, will flee to their bunkers and hope to wait shit out.

Pay attention - these fuckers are getting more and more desperate. They were not the most intelligent bunch to begin with and if things go sideways, it will go into full out panic for many of them.

I'd prefer a non-violent solution ... We may not ever have such however.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Financial Times: Democrats unite to threaten shutdown over immigration raids (Evernote because £wall)

After often struggling to form an effective opposition to Donald Trump, Democrats this weekend found an issue on which they could unite — threatening to shut the government over the US president’s immigration crackdown.

Senators have been loath to risk another costly government closure, fearing a backlash if thousands of federal workers were furloughed and public services ground to a halt just months after the previous shutdown.

But the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents on Saturday has changed their calculation.

Democratic lawmakers now say they will not support legislation that includes funds for the Department of Homeland Security until federal immigration agents are reined in. That leaves Congress with just days to hash out an agreement before a government funding deadline on Friday, January 30.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The Fake Outrage of Revoltingly Fake Christians

Jesus flipped tables in Temple over treatment of the marginalized; but MAGA has a different Messiah

johnfugelsang.substack.com

Before we begin: “Christians” are people who worship a brown-skinned foreigner, who was a refugee in hiding as a child; who then grew up to command His true followers in Matthew 25 to welcome the stranger, revealing that they’d be judged for how well they did it, and was later the victim of state violence. This part matters just a bit.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Masked agents detain civil engineer in Portland, leave his car running in the street with a smashed window

The man is in the country on a work visa after receiving a master’s degree at UMaine, his colleagues said.

www.pressherald.com

 

[Isabeau]

Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social)

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

bsky.app

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Free]

Ah, but mention Jim Crow and forced sterilization and sun down towns, and even interment camps and lynchings to some degree, and a large percentage of Americans have no clue what you're talking about. For those who do, they'd prefer to see them as temporary aberrations from what they believe the U.S. does and represents.

Easier to tell them the administration and their henchmen are not what we are as Americans, rather than spending time trying to convince them we need to change who we are, fundamentally.

In that regard,

 

[Isabeau]

“I’m 70 years old and I’m fuckin’ angry!”

Robin Bougie (@robinbougie.bsky.social)

Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.

bsky.app

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

bsky.app

This is the link to his bookstore if you’re in need of something to read. It’s getting a lot of traffic, so be patient.

https://dreamhavenbooks.com/

 

[Free]

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

Kash Patel: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple. You don't have a right to break the law." (Pretti was carrying a gun legally.)

bsky.app

1. It wasn't a protest.
2. He was carrying a firearm legally.

Everything they tell us is a lie.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Anyone remember back in 2014, when the Bundy family and their supporters were engaged in armed standoffs against federal agents and occupations of federal property? I don't recall the Republicans arguing that it would have been OK for the feds to execute them.

 

[Isabeau]

Statement from former President Clinton.

I wonder if they decided to do this at the same time, and if there will be more. Bush?

Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com)

Statement by President Clinton

bsky.app

 

[Noodles]

I had a client this week - legal immigrant - from a northern European country - who has a criminal record. The individual is on probation - nothing serious. Strictly misdemeanor. But, I asked them - are you worried about ICE. They looked me right in the eye and said, "No. I'm white." And they're probably right.

Hasn't ICE mirdered two white citizens recently?

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Spirits Rising]

Considering that method is certainly not all that nice even when done right, might I instead suggest a nice, slow roasting over an open fire?

 

[Jolene Benoir]

When is the murderer going to be identified? Masked Gestapo can just murder citizens in the street without an investigation? Unless something changes we all know that there won't be an investigation just as there wasn't with Renee Good. We do know who shot Renee Good. We deserve to know who murdered Alex Pretti. We deserve to know if he's a damn nazi hiding behind a mask.

I remember commenting on a video before they murderered Renee Good. It was a young man that caught one of these guys out and about alone on Lyndale Avenue. He had an SS tattoo on his neck. The man filming was giving him hell. His excuse is that he was from Texas and he had it a long time. More confirmation that he is and was likely one of these people currently brutalizing Mpls.

My comment at the time:
No doubt that Nazi is one of the 2000+ Gestapo sent to Minneapolis to brutalize it. French Meadow Bakery is at 26th/Lyndale in Mpls. He will be wearing his Nazi tattoo covering mask the next time he interacts with a Minnesotan. Federal government sending only their best. The Nazis. Not so big without his mask and weapons is he?

 

[Beebo Brink]

Hasn't ICE mirdered two white citizens recently?

They don't qualify as a protected White person if they're out there protesting. You're only White if you applaud what ICE is doing.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

His excuse is that he was from Texas and he had it a long time.

Not sure that being from Texas excuses having an SS tattoo for a long time. Explains it maybe, but doesn't excuse it.

 

[Free]