That’s what we used to say back in the 60s/70s, after coming down from a hallucinogenic, which is sort of like what we’re experiencing now — a bad acid trip.
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unfortunately, the bill that funds ICE also funds FEMA and other essential government agencies. that's why the Dems have been reticent to vote no. I don't agree with them, but I understand it
But FEMA has been gutted by Crusty Gnome so why support it? When this ice storm hits who is coming to help? Canada, that's who. I'm glad the Dems finally saw the light and I totally support the shutdown. They should have kept the gov't shut down longer the last time.
Democrats caved and Schumer did not have the power to keep it from happening. He won't be able to corral them this time either. Trump can enforce obedience. Schumer - ?
the cowardly dems in house had the opportunity to shut this shit down but voted with the fascist Rs to pass the gestapo funding bill....I blame those 7 dems and their so called leadership for this just as much as the house fascist R enablers
That's the major play here and why Republicans do this. There's no political price for them to pay for holding things that help people hostage due to Murc's Law.
Too bad, so sad. Shut the shit down! We cannot give those lawless thugs another fucking dime. It isn’t going to help anything in the near future but it will send a message. We all should be burning up the phone lines to congress and DEMANDING they find their spine, stand up and fight back! And I hope to whatever being in the sky there might be that someone is developing the playbook to reverse this shit if ever we can wrestle control from the evil empire!
It’s a serious dilemma. And shutting down the government again is a risk because Trump and his enablers have demonstrated that this is exactly what they want to happen. Meanwhile ICE and CBP have their multi billion slush fund already at their disposal thanks to the Huge Awful bill
FEMA is already broken under Noem. The shutdown wouldn't last forever and the nation would survive. Local services would continue, including police, hospitals, and schools. Stores would remain open. Trucks transporting food and other essentials would truck. Flights might be cancelled but not all. This is the moment to take a stand, Democrats, and meaningful action.
talk is cheap ... hasn't checked trump's insanity hasn't checked MAGA's insanities! how many more will or need to die before WE REALIZE this is a life and death reality.
THE KILLING WILL NOT STOP because we want them to.
THE KILLINGS WILL ONLY STOP WHEN WE MAKE THEM STOP!
I’d rather the Dems take a little heat for not funding FEMA than selling their souls in order to look like they’re doing something. I’ve emailed both my Dem senators and emphatically told them to vote no on the bill. How many billions has ICE Barbie burned through for cosplay photo ops, eh? And is there even such a thing as FEMA to fund anymore?
As I understand it they have a variety of options available including walking back specific funding of line items and not funding certain line items. I will try to find that info and post here.
Schumer is saying the Dems won’t support moving on the appropriations bill with the DHS Ice funding contained in it. I think we’re headed for another government shut down. At some point, even the Republicans are gonna have to start talking about the 25th amendment.
When/if we get through this period, FEMA should be broken off from DHS. An office purportedly devoted to helping people should not be tied to the office being used to oppress people. (Of course, so long as R's don't want FEMA to actually help people, maybe it doesn't matter.)
Schumer has changed his tune....hopefully he wonʻt lose his nerve. If the GOP really wants to prevent a shutdown they can carve out the DHS funding and the rest of the budget can be passed. Will they do that? It will be an interesting week.
Thanks for mentioning Rittenhouse, who was honored by Republican leaders for murder, and bringing a gun to a protest… the absurdity of the Noem statement Jeff!
People everywhere seem to be confused about what to call these thugs. Krusty (G)noem calls them law enforcement officers. Others call them ICE agents who are not truly LEO because they don't cooperate with local and state LEO, they haven't gone through the proper training (and amount thereof), and so many of the those hired by ICE would be rejected by true LE as being "unacceptable." Not to mention the obviously aggressive harming and murdering and committing crimes against the Constitution (for so-called federal agents) and federal laws. So what to call them?
Kash was on with Bartiromo and when SHE ACTUALLY pushed him on "carrying a licensed gun as being illegal and reason to kill someone" Kash said "I'll leave that to DHS, they are investigating the incident."
WTAF??? DHS IS NOT A POLICE OR INVESTIGATIVE BODY!!! THE FBI IS!!!
Kash is all about the cash. 💰 He doesn’t work. He just wants all the fun activities and be wined and dined by foreign countries and on the USA taxpayers’ dime. He’s a pitiful joke. He has fired all of the brain trust of the FBI and we are in danger.
Where o where is TACO Don? It's time to end your war on America.
Two hundred million Americans want lethally armed ICE and CBP foot soldiers out of US cities. We want local police enabled to do their jobs We want Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem and Don Bovino fired.
In 2024, 16,000 Americas died from gun shots in a homicides. How many of these homicides were a result of illegal immigrant gangs?
And how many were a result of Americans shooting other Americans?
And how many will result from ICE and CBP officers killing Americans exercising their constitutional rights to assembly and free speech?
It’s time for him to be removed from office and prosecuted for the corruption. It should be more, but that ass John Roberts gave him a Get Out of Jail Free card.
It seems out of character that a VA nurse would bring a gun and two magazines to a protest, and no ID, or as Noem corrected herself, “no accessible ID.”
In the movies you stick your handgun in the back of your pants. Where do you put two magazines ? Didn’t his winter coat hide any gun he might have had concealed in his pants, at least while he was standing up?
Where is his body now? People might have filmed it being removed except for the teargas immediately used as a screen.
Or “it seems unlikely a peaceful protester would show up with a gun??? “ Really, Kristi? Have you seen any Jan 6 footage? You sure awakened the NRA and paranoids around the country, dimwit.
What the fuck is “accessible ID”? Are we now supposed to have our DLs stapled to our coats? Oh, I know. Maybe we’ll have colored insignia sewn onto our clothing to designate us as Radical Left Lunatics.
I’ve pretty much stopped actually sleeping. I’m too scared.
A gun was taken from the scrum by a guy in a grey coat Carol, Alex was pinned to the ground by ICE goons, as the undercover officer took a gun away when the first shot rang out, a few seconds later multiple shots were fired. This is very curious knowing the training for multiple shots when firing your weapon. Could the gun have been a plant? Or did the grey coat fire a first shot, that provoked the usual multiple shots? Pretti’s parents, ex-wife know he had the handgun, the state has the guns registration digits, if everything matches we’ll know more about this obvious execution.
A federal judge yesterday ordered DHS and the FBI to NOT destroy evidence. So hopefully local law enforcement will get ahold of it. What times we live in.
Of course they are! We have a massive group of watchers and alert personnel in the Twin Towns who are capturing video evidence of these state sponsored assassins and goons!
Thatʻs a given. The good news is a federal judge just ordered DHS to NOT destroy evidence. A sad commentary that the govenment has to be ordered to be lawful. Hopefully the state AG will take over the investigation.
Sadly, it's going to be tough for the state to file charges since they've been blocked from investigating. That's why there's always been this thing called "cooperation." But that's not the country we live in anymore. States can file charges but under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, federal agents performing official duties are generally protected from state criminal prosecution IF: 1) the act was within the scope of their federal authority, and 2) the action was reasonably related to their duties. Even if a state files criminal charges, the officer can have it removed to federal court. There's a lot more to this issue but with a federal agent, the federal government can seize evidence first and may refuse a joint investigation. So the sad reality is, we're all pretty much fucked until we get rid of Trump and/or the dems takeover congress. These goons can go all over the country killing people and our corrupt federal government is going to cover it up. This is why our framers created the "checks and balances" system. Obviously, they were counting on government officials to respect the laws of land and be honest, decent human beings. I give them an A for effort. They didn't realize we'd have this level of corruption. BTW - I'm encouraging people to buy whistles and go to their government offices and demonstrate. Getting our representatives to listen to us is our only chance.
in other news, it started snowing here in the Hudson Valley around 6am, with about 4 inches down so far, and a total of 12 to 16 inches forecast. how's YOUR weather?
Megan and Arne and anyone else who is in the Coachella Valley, check out Democrats of the Desert. We went to their monthly meeting yesterday in Palm Desert and it was awesome! There were well over 100 people there and they had a fantastic speaker from NYC who has a group called “Disrupt” that was created as a counter to Turning Point USA on high school and college campuses. Brilliant stuff! Next meeting is Feb 28th but they have sign waving and other events all of the time. Wonderful feeling to be surrounded by so many smart and compassionate people. 💙
It’s lightly snowing and a delightful 17 degrees here in North Texas, this Sunday afternoon. Predictions are that it could go as low as 9 (freakin’) degrees tonight. So far, only a few hundred thousand Texas homes have lost power. The grid is holding. (That’s what they said last time, too, before it didn’t.)
I’m of the belief that there’s always room for more here in the Bay Area. Come on down! I mean, the traffic’s unspeakable and the condos are repellent, but you too can live here and tell trolls: “take the sacred name of California out of your filthy hobo mouthTM”
Warming up in Minneapolis—0 right now. The 12 below weather last night didn’t stop about 50 neighbors from holding a vigil on the corner of my block, one of countless in the Twin Cities.
Snowing where I am, but it always snows here. Hot drinks and self care today everyone! Fight where and how you can! Call people, cut people off, spread truth, subscribe via a paid subscription to independent media, and donate to mutual aid today!!! You can do stuff from your house to aid the resistance!
We have below zero weather in Chicago and snow crisis promised. Does not keep anyone from walking their dogs, running along the Lake Front, or just strolling to their favorite eatery to meet friends - all who walked. Like Minnesotans - we are built for this weather.
Vegas. Sunny and 39 degrees at 0800. No precipitation. However, I did live in snow country for 55 years so don't hate me. Grew up in Utica, NY - now there's snow for you. Stay home if you can. No sense in getting into an accident.
Went to college at the University of Rochester. I graduated on Mother's Day 1977. That night it snowed. That was the way I wanted to leave and put those miserable winters behind me. Moved to Boston area... just in time for the fabled blizzard of '78.
North of you, Jeff. Just came in from the first four inches being shoved about. Gave the birds more seed. The dog was extremely relieved when I returned inside. Having more sense than I do, he came in after about fifteen minutes.
Going to heat up some encaustic and play in the hot wax.
I'm in the area with the highest amount expected: 18-24.
At this point, ICE or CBP could literally walk into a neonatal unit in a hospital, take all the newborns out to the parking lot, and bash their heads against the ground, and Noem and Miller would be like "those babies were known terrorists who attacked the nurses with machetes and were planning to set off bombs inside the Pentagon" and they would expect us to just be like "oh okay". And all the maga morons would believe them.
The protestors who put debris and their bodies in front of the advancing tank showed true courage. America's Tiananmen Square in Minnesota. This is what it takes.
2) Permission. To be the worst versions of themselves.
3) Excuse. Never take
responsibility.
And ICE complaining to TV weather people about not saying the word “ICE” when describing ice on the roads because it gives them a bad connotation is where we are.
Since the NFL saw fit to honor Charlie Kirk after his killing, it should honor Pretti and Good before the two games today above this Kirk quote:
"The 2nd amendment is not for hunting, it is not for self protection,It is there to ensure that free people can defend themselves if god forbid government became tyrannical and turned against its citizens."
I’m so sick of this shit. I thought when I saw the picture of the five year old boy being abducted was going to make me throw up, but yesterday was truly disgusting. Shooting a man - an ICU nurse who worked for veterans - was the worst. I don’t know how much more I can take.
I know the feeling, so it's time to take a day off. Well, by now it's half a day for me. I'm going to watch old movies and drink. I've read the news, written my Senators and pissed at least two people off. I'm good.
Great idea, Leigh. I think I’ll listen to some Beatles and hunker down and watch some old movies tonight. Casablanca sounds good - Victor Laszlo heading up the resistance to kick Nazi asses.
Someone said that Tim Walz was made for this moment. I think thats true...he's the unlikely leader we need right now. He isn't shying away. Minnesota is showing the rest of the country what it takes to stand up to tyranny... in excruciating conditions.
As for another government shutdown? Bring it on. The country needs to come to a grinding fucking halt. As someone said: IT'S ICE OR US.
I feel so helpless in all this. So yesterday, I called and emailed my worthless senators from Missouri as well as Jeffries and Schumer. Use this link and call them ALL. https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials The weather is shit....so get on the phones and CALL them all.
Jeff, as most are aware I live in AZ… i don’t like weapons, do not own any.. in this state we have open carry, the Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground.. The murdered deceased had a permit for concealed carry.. why are the Feds lying about this individual and his 2nd amendment rights? Secondly, the letter Bondi sent to Minnesota last night was straight up extortion, a typical mob tactic. ICE will leave…. If…. You give us your voting rolls… This is the strategy for battleground states…. ICE is here in AZ now, going into Latino parts of town in Phoenix, going door to door.. they want to trigger a violent response.. I’m sure Bondi will put the same deal on the table.. all for our personal information. 1 Country, 1 People, 1 Leader as a little man from about 100 years ago in Europe pronounced.. Seems to be the MAGAS way to stay in power and frankly I’m not feeling like the mid terms will take place.. Best to All Fellow Travelers, especially today.
Seriously. Wasn't that a DOGE privilege? You never know what's performative brutality with this administration and what's based in reality. Walz should tell Bondi where to go with her quid pro quo bullshit.
Hey Neighbor.. we have friends in Prescott and visit when the heat hits the Valley. It’s always beautiful in the north country… our biggest complaint is that there are so many MAGAs in that area, flags on trucks, signs outside of homes..even on the golf course so… oh well⚠️
I used to want to retire to Prescott, as it was my favorite place in the state. But, yikes. It is so uncomfortable to be there these days - I feel like they can sense my antifa from a mile away! 🤣
Another Gestapo murder! Then the Browshirt thugs rounded up the witnesses and made them disappear. The Nazis are lying. They are gaslighting. WE KNOW WHAT WE SAW! THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE BRAVE SOULS WHO FILMED THE SLAUGHTER!
As the U.S. Senate contemplates providing $10 billion in funding for Miller, Noem, Bovino, and Homan to continue their abuse of power, ignoring the Bill of Rights, murdering, detaining, and kidnapping men, women, and children -
First: Do not. Period.
Second: While you debate funding keep in mind that there was a negotiated bipartisan compromise Border bill that was destroyed by the GOP’s felon President.
Third: How many more people have to die, how many more families must be ripped apart, how many more must suffer due to your betrayal of your Oath of Office and your lack of courage?
Maybe her demand came in after you’d written this Jeff, but blonde bimbo Pam Bondi said that ICE would leave Minneapolis if Minnesota would turn over their voter registration records to the Federal Government, aka Trump’s private organization of election fuckery. And here I was thinking this is all about getting the worst of the worst out of our country when the worst of the worst are actually in charge of our country. And for those who don’t get the sarcasm I never believed those lying mother fuckers; not for one second
I wouldn't put it past any of them to try this but of all the slimy, corrupt, blackmailing attempts. Everyday they sink to even a lower low than ever imaginable.
"now for your heroes of the day: the brave — and I do mean brave — Minnesotans who used debris — and then their own bodies — to block an armored vehicle from advancing."
I guess the US is just Belarus with prettier makeup.
by the way, if you see a screen shot of a purported tweet from Donny where he says something like 'only criminals carry guns,' ignore it. it's a fake
If anyone ever needs to check a Trump post without subscribing to truth social rot check it here: https://trumpstruth.org/
oh cool
Thanks for the tip. I know I need to read his crazy shit but I'm not sure I can take it without running through the house screaming.
I looked got enraged won’t do it again.
I would rather take a long swim in an overfull septic tank.
JFK,jr would not see a health problem if you did that. He loves to swim in polluted rivers, as we have seen!
these are the most dangerous days of our lives.
a sitting president has given federal law enforcement officers a carte blanch permission to do as they have proven to be ... COLD BLOODED MURDERERS!
MAGA IS OVERJOYED by the STRICT UNLAWFUL DETENTIONS AND KILLINGS.
our government most often providing an inaccurate report of the heinous and life ending procedures that have become the norm.
we are a country of laws and that means NOBODY is ABOVE THE LAW!
NOT THE PIGS NOT THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES NOT CONGRESS AND NOT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IF IT MEANS A FULL-BLOWN CIVIL WAR THEN THAT IS WHAT IT WILL TAKE.
the criminal element of our government has shown they don't care about the laws and certainly don't GIVE A FUK ABOUT MURDERING CIVILIANS!
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO COWER IN FEAR!
IT IS PAST TIME TO STAND AND SAY FUK NO!
OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT! DO THE RIGHT THING ... RESIST RESIST RESIST NO MATTER THE COSTS!
FIGHT OR DIE IN THE STREETS LIKE STRAY DOGS!
Yes to FUCK NO.
No shit!!
Thanks for this. Very helpful.
Great link!
what is reality anyway.
That’s what we used to say back in the 60s/70s, after coming down from a hallucinogenic, which is sort of like what we’re experiencing now — a bad acid trip.
Hmm...latest posts shown there are from January 19. Is it still active, or does it just take a long time to update?
Sometimes their scraper makes a lag. Here is a secondary site that does the same. I use both interchangeably.
https://civictracker.us/executive/member/?uuid=3094abf7-4a95-4b8d-8c8d-af7d1c3747a1
I wonder the same thing:
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Thanks for the link.
I trust you Jeff, Implicitly.
I was sad to have covered the shit yesterday.
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/breaking-ice-has-alex-pretti-his-name-was-alex-pretti
unfortunately, the bill that funds ICE also funds FEMA and other essential government agencies. that's why the Dems have been reticent to vote no. I don't agree with them, but I understand it
But FEMA has been gutted by Crusty Gnome so why support it? When this ice storm hits who is coming to help? Canada, that's who. I'm glad the Dems finally saw the light and I totally support the shutdown. They should have kept the gov't shut down longer the last time.
Democrats caved and Schumer did not have the power to keep it from happening. He won't be able to corral them this time either. Trump can enforce obedience. Schumer - ?
Chuck needs to have a long talk with Nancy
NO! SCHUMER NEEDS TO GO HOME! HE SUKS AS OUR REPRESENATIVE!
HE CONTINUES TO FAIL THE COUNTY AND IT'S CITIZENS!
HE IS NO BETTER THAN THOSE HATING DEMOCRACY!
We'll be needing FEMA after and during this ice storm. Florida spent a shit load of FEMA money on Alligator Alcatraz. This shit is out of control!
really? still thinking OUR government has our backs?
WAKE UP PEOPLE!
the cowardly dems in house had the opportunity to shut this shit down but voted with the fascist Rs to pass the gestapo funding bill....I blame those 7 dems and their so called leadership for this just as much as the house fascist R enablers
John, They have blood on their hands and must become pariahs!
all seven dems who voted in house need to be primaried in the spring
I do too, John! They have to lose their jobs. No more of this bullshit!
That's the major play here and why Republicans do this. There's no political price for them to pay for holding things that help people hostage due to Murc's Law.
Too bad, so sad. Shut the shit down! We cannot give those lawless thugs another fucking dime. It isn’t going to help anything in the near future but it will send a message. We all should be burning up the phone lines to congress and DEMANDING they find their spine, stand up and fight back! And I hope to whatever being in the sky there might be that someone is developing the playbook to reverse this shit if ever we can wrestle control from the evil empire!
And we should use that shutdown period for a national strike. Shut it ALL down and starve the gd profit mongers.
It’s a serious dilemma. And shutting down the government again is a risk because Trump and his enablers have demonstrated that this is exactly what they want to happen. Meanwhile ICE and CBP have their multi billion slush fund already at their disposal thanks to the Huge Awful bill
FEMA has been abolished. It is an inactive department. ICE has too much funding now. Voting FOR more money to pay Trump's thugs is not understandable!
FEMA is already broken under Noem. The shutdown wouldn't last forever and the nation would survive. Local services would continue, including police, hospitals, and schools. Stores would remain open. Trucks transporting food and other essentials would truck. Flights might be cancelled but not all. This is the moment to take a stand, Democrats, and meaningful action.
We might have to do a national strike anyway, so be prepared to help your neighbors make it through.
Tough. Congress needs to defund ICE as soon as possible because Noem plans on doubling the number fascist agents known as ICE.
I mean you are right , but this is a make or break moment Jeff , someone has got to show backbone
talk is cheap ... hasn't checked trump's insanity hasn't checked MAGA's insanities! how many more will or need to die before WE REALIZE this is a life and death reality.
THE KILLING WILL NOT STOP because we want them to.
THE KILLINGS WILL ONLY STOP WHEN WE MAKE THEM STOP!
WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHICH SIDE WE ARE ON! NOW!
I’d rather the Dems take a little heat for not funding FEMA than selling their souls in order to look like they’re doing something. I’ve emailed both my Dem senators and emphatically told them to vote no on the bill. How many billions has ICE Barbie burned through for cosplay photo ops, eh? And is there even such a thing as FEMA to fund anymore?
As I understand it they have a variety of options available including walking back specific funding of line items and not funding certain line items. I will try to find that info and post here.
Apparently only states can do this. Chuck sounded as adamant as Chuck could be about the Dems not approving the bill. A shutdown looms.
Schumer is saying the Dems won’t support moving on the appropriations bill with the DHS Ice funding contained in it. I think we’re headed for another government shut down. At some point, even the Republicans are gonna have to start talking about the 25th amendment.
the BALLS democrats in congress claim to have are in reality ONLY claims.
i have doubts what costs we are willing to pay to survive.
i can beat the drums of genuine resistance all i want, but until others stand and be counted my efforts are useless.
i am again prepared to die for this democratic country. ARE YOU?
i didn't think so ...
When/if we get through this period, FEMA should be broken off from DHS. An office purportedly devoted to helping people should not be tied to the office being used to oppress people. (Of course, so long as R's don't want FEMA to actually help people, maybe it doesn't matter.)
Schumer has changed his tune....hopefully he wonʻt lose his nerve. If the GOP really wants to prevent a shutdown they can carve out the DHS funding and the rest of the budget can be passed. Will they do that? It will be an interesting week.
We can vote for FEMA in another bill?
Thanks for mentioning Rittenhouse, who was honored by Republican leaders for murder, and bringing a gun to a protest… the absurdity of the Noem statement Jeff!
FUK THAT PUNK RITTENHOUSE!
Hi Keith!!
It’s ok to say FUCK here.
FUCK
FUCK
FUCK
FUCK
FUCK THE TRUMP REGIME & all connected to it!!!!!
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Of course, as a convicted felon, Trump lost his gun permit, so there's a flaw in his logic.
People everywhere seem to be confused about what to call these thugs. Krusty (G)noem calls them law enforcement officers. Others call them ICE agents who are not truly LEO because they don't cooperate with local and state LEO, they haven't gone through the proper training (and amount thereof), and so many of the those hired by ICE would be rejected by true LE as being "unacceptable." Not to mention the obviously aggressive harming and murdering and committing crimes against the Constitution (for so-called federal agents) and federal laws. So what to call them?
so much to talk about with this story. I didn't get get to the part where DHS is shutting down any attempt to investigate this crime
Kash was on with Bartiromo and when SHE ACTUALLY pushed him on "carrying a licensed gun as being illegal and reason to kill someone" Kash said "I'll leave that to DHS, they are investigating the incident."
WTAF??? DHS IS NOT A POLICE OR INVESTIGATIVE BODY!!! THE FBI IS!!!
Patel’s incompetence serves only one purpose: punish those agents who investigated that fucking asshole.
Kash is all about the cash. 💰 He doesn’t work. He just wants all the fun activities and be wined and dined by foreign countries and on the USA taxpayers’ dime. He’s a pitiful joke. He has fired all of the brain trust of the FBI and we are in danger.
The most threatening group of domestic terrorists killing people are the ICE/CBP thugs. They're giving foreign terrorists a vacation.
Patel's continuing stupidity on full display. Wow.
Krazy eyes Kash needs to be gone immediately for this non answer!
So now we find out what teeth the democratic party has over the shutdown, or will they continue to fund DHS.
Dick Durbin and his band of Kristi Noem supporters among the Democrats will fund DHS.
We can’t let them. Call, write, raise hell - now!
Shum said the democratic senators are all in agreement on a no fund bill Wendy… but he’s easily persuaded!
Local authorities with a judicial warrant were prevented from investigating the scene of the crime.
Where o where is TACO Don? It's time to end your war on America.
Two hundred million Americans want lethally armed ICE and CBP foot soldiers out of US cities. We want local police enabled to do their jobs We want Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem and Don Bovino fired.
In 2024, 16,000 Americas died from gun shots in a homicides. How many of these homicides were a result of illegal immigrant gangs?
And how many were a result of Americans shooting other Americans?
And how many will result from ICE and CBP officers killing Americans exercising their constitutional rights to assembly and free speech?
It's past time for you to STAND DOWN.
It’s time for him to be removed from office and prosecuted for the corruption. It should be more, but that ass John Roberts gave him a Get Out of Jail Free card.
It seems out of character that a VA nurse would bring a gun and two magazines to a protest, and no ID, or as Noem corrected herself, “no accessible ID.”
In the movies you stick your handgun in the back of your pants. Where do you put two magazines ? Didn’t his winter coat hide any gun he might have had concealed in his pants, at least while he was standing up?
Where is his body now? People might have filmed it being removed except for the teargas immediately used as a screen.
Or “it seems unlikely a peaceful protester would show up with a gun??? “ Really, Kristi? Have you seen any Jan 6 footage? You sure awakened the NRA and paranoids around the country, dimwit.
Thanks for this Grace. It appears that Kyle Rittenhouse is a double standard.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-24/top-los-angeles-federal-prosecutor-criticism
What the fuck is “accessible ID”? Are we now supposed to have our DLs stapled to our coats? Oh, I know. Maybe we’ll have colored insignia sewn onto our clothing to designate us as Radical Left Lunatics.
I’ve pretty much stopped actually sleeping. I’m too scared.
Tattoos seem more “practical”.
It might have been a "throw-down" planted by ICE. We don't actually know. I didn't see any holster in the video.
We’ll know shortly Arne, it appeared that a plainclothes agent left the scrum with what appears to be a gun.
A gun was taken from the scrum by a guy in a grey coat Carol, Alex was pinned to the ground by ICE goons, as the undercover officer took a gun away when the first shot rang out, a few seconds later multiple shots were fired. This is very curious knowing the training for multiple shots when firing your weapon. Could the gun have been a plant? Or did the grey coat fire a first shot, that provoked the usual multiple shots? Pretti’s parents, ex-wife know he had the handgun, the state has the guns registration digits, if everything matches we’ll know more about this obvious execution.
I don’t find it odd that a VA nurse would carry a gun. This is Minnesota.
Also don’t you think it’s their worst nightmare? Lefties with legal guns? Other than armed black women, I mean.
Mr Pretti had a legal permit to carry a gun. He didn’t carry it out in the open or brandish it! It was legal!
ICE removed Mr. Pretti's gun from a holster on his hip as he was pinned on the ground.
A federal judge yesterday ordered DHS and the FBI to NOT destroy evidence. So hopefully local law enforcement will get ahold of it. What times we live in.
the murdering ICE thugs should get themselves attorneys now since there is NO statute of limitations on state murder and their karma is coming
If only we knew who they are.
they are on camera and their names will be revealed in due time once the states do legitimate investigations
Of course they are! We have a massive group of watchers and alert personnel in the Twin Towns who are capturing video evidence of these state sponsored assassins and goons!
Of course they are. Alex Pretti’s parents have set the record straight about their son. 🤬
Because THAT is what criminals do. They investigate the victims and smear them even though they have been murdered BY THE US FASCIST GOVERNMENT.
Thatʻs a given. The good news is a federal judge just ordered DHS to NOT destroy evidence. A sad commentary that the govenment has to be ordered to be lawful. Hopefully the state AG will take over the investigation.
Sadly, it's going to be tough for the state to file charges since they've been blocked from investigating. That's why there's always been this thing called "cooperation." But that's not the country we live in anymore. States can file charges but under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, federal agents performing official duties are generally protected from state criminal prosecution IF: 1) the act was within the scope of their federal authority, and 2) the action was reasonably related to their duties. Even if a state files criminal charges, the officer can have it removed to federal court. There's a lot more to this issue but with a federal agent, the federal government can seize evidence first and may refuse a joint investigation. So the sad reality is, we're all pretty much fucked until we get rid of Trump and/or the dems takeover congress. These goons can go all over the country killing people and our corrupt federal government is going to cover it up. This is why our framers created the "checks and balances" system. Obviously, they were counting on government officials to respect the laws of land and be honest, decent human beings. I give them an A for effort. They didn't realize we'd have this level of corruption. BTW - I'm encouraging people to buy whistles and go to their government offices and demonstrate. Getting our representatives to listen to us is our only chance.
tell me honestly jeff.
are you willing to die for your family?
for democracy?
for this country?
Of course they are, it worked for them last time.
in other news, it started snowing here in the Hudson Valley around 6am, with about 4 inches down so far, and a total of 12 to 16 inches forecast. how's YOUR weather?
I'm from California; better keep the meteorology to myself.
LOL 😅👍 it's supposed to be a beautiful 69° here in Palm Springs today! 😎
Yep. Lovely here in my beautiful, multi-racial state.
Megan and Arne and anyone else who is in the Coachella Valley, check out Democrats of the Desert. We went to their monthly meeting yesterday in Palm Desert and it was awesome! There were well over 100 people there and they had a fantastic speaker from NYC who has a group called “Disrupt” that was created as a counter to Turning Point USA on high school and college campuses. Brilliant stuff! Next meeting is Feb 28th but they have sign waving and other events all of the time. Wonderful feeling to be surrounded by so many smart and compassionate people. 💙
Thank you. We have a Democratic Club in our community, but they mostly do fundraising and support. I'll check out Democrats of the Desert.
Wow, Mary! Kewl. I need to move back down the hill to the low dez!
https://www.facebook.com/officialdemocratsofthedesert
Today in Sonoma County the high will be 57 ☀️
Yes, it is! That’s why we live here (in the winter). It’s cloudy and 27 degrees back home in Seattle. 🌴😎🌴
I lived in Bainbridge Island, WA most of my life, and moved to Palm Springs permanently in October 2021. No regrets!👍
Minus 12 this morning. It was minus 22 yesterday, so some small improvement.
It’s lightly snowing and a delightful 17 degrees here in North Texas, this Sunday afternoon. Predictions are that it could go as low as 9 (freakin’) degrees tonight. So far, only a few hundred thousand Texas homes have lost power. The grid is holding. (That’s what they said last time, too, before it didn’t.)
You’re such a tease Megan!
👋 Hi Palm Springs from the Morongo Basin! (55 with a chilly wind)
Oh, hush. We don’t want to hear it.
I just spent 10 days in the Bay Area. I don't think the rest of the country wants to know how good the weather is there.
you had fires earlier tho. i'll take snow over that. heck, I'll take ice over that.
I’m of the belief that there’s always room for more here in the Bay Area. Come on down! I mean, the traffic’s unspeakable and the condos are repellent, but you too can live here and tell trolls: “take the sacred name of California out of your filthy hobo mouthTM”
I'm in California, too. Once again, where I live, we are socked in by fog.
Remember how Marlborough said that the mud of Flanders was like a fifth element? Tule fog is practically its own element.
Ditto here in AZ!
Hehe Richard! Me too. We had two moderate earthquakes last week though …
Yes, there’s THAT…
Warming up in Minneapolis—0 right now. The 12 below weather last night didn’t stop about 50 neighbors from holding a vigil on the corner of my block, one of countless in the Twin Cities.
Stay safe🥰
Six inches of snow with a predicted additional 4-6 inches coming off Lake Michigan. Gotta love that lake effect snow
The lake effect is brutal!!
Warm coat, boots, gloves and a hat. Go for a walk. You will appreciate that hot chocolate even more!
Steady here in Philly. SNOWMAGGEDON!
SNOWPOCALYPSE! 😂🤣😂
My husband is calling it the storm of the century. Lol
It’s just changed to sleet here in the western suburbs of Philly.
I'm in Newtown Square! 🥶🥶
West Chester! 🥶
Heck yeah! Right down the road!!!
Bet you wish you were still in Spain! I hate winter.
Snowing where I am, but it always snows here. Hot drinks and self care today everyone! Fight where and how you can! Call people, cut people off, spread truth, subscribe via a paid subscription to independent media, and donate to mutual aid today!!! You can do stuff from your house to aid the resistance!
Oh…it’s warming up today! -8 with windchill -22!! But no snow…we have enough!
Wow. I can't even imagine that kind of cold.
I can. That's why I no longer live there.
the snow squeaks when you walk on it.
Your nose hairs can freeze. Icicles on your eyelashes.
We have below zero weather in Chicago and snow crisis promised. Does not keep anyone from walking their dogs, running along the Lake Front, or just strolling to their favorite eatery to meet friends - all who walked. Like Minnesotans - we are built for this weather.
Low single digits and snowing. The cats are napping on the heat vents. I may join them.
In Palm Springs, we're expecting a high of 69 degrees, and a low of 45 today. 😎
Vegas. Sunny and 39 degrees at 0800. No precipitation. However, I did live in snow country for 55 years so don't hate me. Grew up in Utica, NY - now there's snow for you. Stay home if you can. No sense in getting into an accident.
Went to college at the University of Rochester. I graduated on Mother's Day 1977. That night it snowed. That was the way I wanted to leave and put those miserable winters behind me. Moved to Boston area... just in time for the fabled blizzard of '78.
The snow is annoying but also beautiful. However it’s all going to be fucked up by the arrival of ICE
Here on the far north side of Chicago, it’s 19° and feels like 3° because of the windchill. Gorgeous snowfall, though.
North of you, Jeff. Just came in from the first four inches being shoved about. Gave the birds more seed. The dog was extremely relieved when I returned inside. Having more sense than I do, he came in after about fifteen minutes.
Going to heat up some encaustic and play in the hot wax.
I'm in the area with the highest amount expected: 18-24.
This is a "buckle up, buttercup" sort of day!
Stay warm.
And all of you: Stay safe!
Southeastern CT = almost a whiteout. 7-11 inches predicted today and another 3-5 predicted tonight. Looks like we'll get all of it.
Cold, 20°s, but sunny. Unusual for this time of year.
Sunny. 48° now, 64° later. But snowfalls have a certain deep magic, and evoke wonder.
At this point, ICE or CBP could literally walk into a neonatal unit in a hospital, take all the newborns out to the parking lot, and bash their heads against the ground, and Noem and Miller would be like "those babies were known terrorists who attacked the nurses with machetes and were planning to set off bombs inside the Pentagon" and they would expect us to just be like "oh okay". And all the maga morons would believe them.
I can't bring myself to "like" what you wrote, but it is much too true. MAGAts are like the Germans who went about their business after Kristallnacht.
The protestors who put debris and their bodies in front of the advancing tank showed true courage. America's Tiananmen Square in Minnesota. This is what it takes.
what do we expect from a #puppykiller
Wow, you nailed it.
I grew up wondering how ordinary citizens in Germany allowed the Holocaust to happen. Now I see how. The U.S. is fascist Germany.
True story: the nazis learned how to nazi by coming to the US and observing how we treated black people.
These murderers are given 3 things by DHS.
1) A target. This is us.
2) Permission. To be the worst versions of themselves.
3) Excuse. Never take
responsibility.
And ICE complaining to TV weather people about not saying the word “ICE” when describing ice on the roads because it gives them a bad connotation is where we are.
🖕ce. There, that solves it.
Perfect!
Well played.
Cretins like these are out there who haven't opened fire only because they fear the consequences. Once that fear is gone, we're all in danger.
Is that true? 😂😂😂😂
I know, right I couldn’t believe it.
Oh ffs.
Since the NFL saw fit to honor Charlie Kirk after his killing, it should honor Pretti and Good before the two games today above this Kirk quote:
"The 2nd amendment is not for hunting, it is not for self protection,It is there to ensure that free people can defend themselves if god forbid government became tyrannical and turned against its citizens."
Where's the NRA now? Awfully quiet about "gun rights" at the moment, aren't they?
Where’s Kirk when you need him? Oh yeah, in hell.
If only the NFL would do so. 😢
I’m so sick of this shit. I thought when I saw the picture of the five year old boy being abducted was going to make me throw up, but yesterday was truly disgusting. Shooting a man - an ICU nurse who worked for veterans - was the worst. I don’t know how much more I can take.
I know the feeling, so it's time to take a day off. Well, by now it's half a day for me. I'm going to watch old movies and drink. I've read the news, written my Senators and pissed at least two people off. I'm good.
Great idea, Leigh. I think I’ll listen to some Beatles and hunker down and watch some old movies tonight. Casablanca sounds good - Victor Laszlo heading up the resistance to kick Nazi asses.
Someone said that Tim Walz was made for this moment. I think thats true...he's the unlikely leader we need right now. He isn't shying away. Minnesota is showing the rest of the country what it takes to stand up to tyranny... in excruciating conditions.
As for another government shutdown? Bring it on. The country needs to come to a grinding fucking halt. As someone said: IT'S ICE OR US.
I feel so helpless in all this. So yesterday, I called and emailed my worthless senators from Missouri as well as Jeffries and Schumer. Use this link and call them ALL. https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials The weather is shit....so get on the phones and CALL them all.
I live in MN and yeah. Shut everything the fuck down.
Jeff, as most are aware I live in AZ… i don’t like weapons, do not own any.. in this state we have open carry, the Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground.. The murdered deceased had a permit for concealed carry.. why are the Feds lying about this individual and his 2nd amendment rights? Secondly, the letter Bondi sent to Minnesota last night was straight up extortion, a typical mob tactic. ICE will leave…. If…. You give us your voting rolls… This is the strategy for battleground states…. ICE is here in AZ now, going into Latino parts of town in Phoenix, going door to door.. they want to trigger a violent response.. I’m sure Bondi will put the same deal on the table.. all for our personal information. 1 Country, 1 People, 1 Leader as a little man from about 100 years ago in Europe pronounced.. Seems to be the MAGAS way to stay in power and frankly I’m not feeling like the mid terms will take place.. Best to All Fellow Travelers, especially today.
As though they don't have or couldn't acquire voting rolls and all our personal information.
Seriously. Wasn't that a DOGE privilege? You never know what's performative brutality with this administration and what's based in reality. Walz should tell Bondi where to go with her quid pro quo bullshit.
I'm not sure any of it could be described as based in reality. But I take your point.
Arizona has had open carry forever. I recall driving up McClintock in the ‘80s. Next lane over, a biker, Outlaws I think, with a chrome .45 pistol.
Fredo, I’m in AZ with you but up north.
Hey Neighbor.. we have friends in Prescott and visit when the heat hits the Valley. It’s always beautiful in the north country… our biggest complaint is that there are so many MAGAs in that area, flags on trucks, signs outside of homes..even on the golf course so… oh well⚠️
I used to want to retire to Prescott, as it was my favorite place in the state. But, yikes. It is so uncomfortable to be there these days - I feel like they can sense my antifa from a mile away! 🤣
ICE is now a govt. run death squad.
Another Gestapo murder! Then the Browshirt thugs rounded up the witnesses and made them disappear. The Nazis are lying. They are gaslighting. WE KNOW WHAT WE SAW! THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE BRAVE SOULS WHO FILMED THE SLAUGHTER!
Thank you Jeff.
As the U.S. Senate contemplates providing $10 billion in funding for Miller, Noem, Bovino, and Homan to continue their abuse of power, ignoring the Bill of Rights, murdering, detaining, and kidnapping men, women, and children -
First: Do not. Period.
Second: While you debate funding keep in mind that there was a negotiated bipartisan compromise Border bill that was destroyed by the GOP’s felon President.
(https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-kill-border-bill-sign-trumps-strength-mcconnells-waning-in-rcna137477)
Third: How many more people have to die, how many more families must be ripped apart, how many more must suffer due to your betrayal of your Oath of Office and your lack of courage?
Maybe her demand came in after you’d written this Jeff, but blonde bimbo Pam Bondi said that ICE would leave Minneapolis if Minnesota would turn over their voter registration records to the Federal Government, aka Trump’s private organization of election fuckery. And here I was thinking this is all about getting the worst of the worst out of our country when the worst of the worst are actually in charge of our country. And for those who don’t get the sarcasm I never believed those lying mother fuckers; not for one second
I'm not one for public swearing, but Walz's response should go as follows:
Dear Bondi:
Go fuck yourself.
Very truly yours,
Governor Tim Walz
I wouldn't put it past any of them to try this but of all the slimy, corrupt, blackmailing attempts. Everyday they sink to even a lower low than ever imaginable.
Todd Blanche's line seems to be: the fact that we killed this guy proves they were not peaceful protests. Stop gaslighting the government!
"Don't make me hit you again!"
Projection and begging the question in one statement (and arguably an over-generalization for the hat trick).
"now for your heroes of the day: the brave — and I do mean brave — Minnesotans who used debris — and then their own bodies — to block an armored vehicle from advancing."
I guess the US is just Belarus with prettier makeup.