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"Right now, all the focus is on competing videos of conflicts involving Alex Pretti and his murderers.
But the bulk of kidnapping that proves this is a paramilitary occupation remains disappeared."
~ Marcy Wheeler
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #MaskedThugs #SecretPolice
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https://emptywheel.net/2026/01/29/the-disappearances-in-minnesota/
"Right now, all the focus is on competing videos of conflicts involving Alex Pretti and his murderers.
But the bulk of kidnapping that proves this is a paramilitary occupation remains disappeared."
~ Marcy Wheeler
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #MaskedThugs #SecretPolice
/6
https://emptywheel.net/2026/01/29/the-disappearances-in-minnesota/
"But here we have a logic by which those with the power need special protections, some special rights to evade accountability for actions that seem to flow so freely from their untrammeled power itself. It’s a logic simultaneously seductive and perverse."
"The people with all the power need to be insulated from the effects of wielding that kind of power. It’s a whole framework of anti-accountability that has infiltrated our civic discourse. ...
With great power comes great responsibility. This is usually considered a truism."
"Masks have become the central symbol of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement wilding sprees across America in 2025. They are emblems of a secret police. Their gaiters and balaclavas convey menace. ...
ICE masking and the need for billionaire anonymity certainly aren’t the same argument. But I don’t think I’m far out on a limb in thinking that they share a common DNA."
~ Josh Marshall
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #MaskedThugs #SecretPolice
/3
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ice-masks-billionaires-and-the-politics-of-anti-accountability
"So what? Every police officer in every city I cited above is required to wear his or her badge that displays their name and identifying number at all times."
"Let’s call Trump’s rampaging federal agents what they are: Secret police. ...
What is the reason for the anonymity of these men? We are told they must be anonymous because they might be 'doxed.' That means, if someone learns their name, their home address and other identifying information could be published, and they could – allegedly – be subject to harassment."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
"Rumors of the pivot are greatly exaggerated."
And:
"Trump's 'pivot' on Pretti is just a head fake."
~ Liz Dye
#AlexPretti #Trump #ICE #GregBovino #ThomHoman #KristiNoem #StephenMiller #Republicans #polls
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"What is motivating all of the reporting on Trump’s 'pivot?' Trump softened his rhetoric, calling Pretti’s death 'very unfortunate' and 'very sad.' He also replaced Greg Bovino, a Border Patrol commander overseeing the Minneapolis operation, with Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar."
~ Judd Legum and Noel Sims
#AlexPretti #Trump #ICE #GregBovino #ThomHoman #KristiNoem #StephenMiller #Republicans #polls
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"Rumors of the pivot are greatly exaggerated."
And:
"Trump's 'pivot' on Pretti is just a head fake."
~ Liz Dye
#AlexPretti #Trump #ICE #GregBovino #ThomHoman #KristiNoem #StephenMiller #Republicans #polls
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Top White House aide #StephenMiller acknowledges “possible” breach of protocol before Alex Pretti’s #shooting
Miller said Tuesday that officials were evaluating why #CBP agents in #Minneapolis “may not have been following” proper protocol before the fatal shooting of #AlexPretti — a remarkable reversal & acknowledgment of possible wrongdoing from one of the #Trump admin’s most influential & hardline operators on #immigration enforcement.
#law #murder #UseOfForce #ICE
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/politics/stephen-miller-alex-pretti-trump
Top White House aide #StephenMiller acknowledges “possible” breach of protocol before Alex Pretti’s #shooting
Miller said Tuesday that officials were evaluating why #CBP agents in #Minneapolis “may not have been following” proper protocol before the fatal shooting of #AlexPretti — a remarkable reversal & acknowledgment of possible wrongdoing from one of the #Trump admin’s most influential & hardline operators on #immigration enforcement.
#law #murder #UseOfForce #ICE
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/politics/stephen-miller-alex-pretti-trump
"Everywhere we’re seeing signs that ICE, the White House and its virtual army of influencers, agitators and generalized degenerates are losing control of the public narrative surrounding the murder of VA ICU nurse and activist Alex Pretti."
~ Josh Marshall
#AlexPretti #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #GregBovino #murder #execution #Minneapolis #CBP #ICE #lies
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"Everywhere we’re seeing signs that ICE, the White House and its virtual army of influencers, agitators and generalized degenerates are losing control of the public narrative surrounding the murder of VA ICU nurse and activist Alex Pretti."
~ Josh Marshall
#AlexPretti #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #GregBovino #murder #execution #Minneapolis #CBP #ICE #lies
/1
"When you have multiple videos showing ICE agents simply shooting a man to death with no justification whatsoever you need a pretty wild story to equal things out. But that story — that Pretti drew his weapon and was opening fire when federal agents killed him — is going to be just as brittle as it is powerful, liable to snap at any moment."
#AlexPretti #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #GregBovino #Minneapolis #murder #execution #CBP #ICE #lies
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"Everywhere we’re seeing signs that ICE, the White House and its virtual army of influencers, agitators and generalized degenerates are losing control of the public narrative surrounding the murder of VA ICU nurse and activist Alex Pretti."
~ Josh Marshall
#AlexPretti #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #GregBovino #murder #execution #Minneapolis #CBP #ICE #lies
/1
"The theme of the day was Trump trying to do damage control after federal agents murdered VA nurse Alex Pretti while Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino and others continued to make it worse for him politically by making false claims about the victim and lying about what was clearly depicted on the videos."
~ Ron Filipkowski
#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #Republicans #murder #execution #Minnesota
/6
"ICE recruitment is aimed at men who want to feel powerful, who want to bond with other men by committing social acts of violence, and who are drawn in by Nazi slogans. Also: Men with daddy issues."
~ Jill Filipovic
#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
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"Men who feel that their masculinity is being compromised are more likely to act out with physical aggression — and 'your masculinity has been compromised' was a major talking point during the Trump campaign. In its recruitment ads, ICE promises masculine restoration."
#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
/3
"Men who feel that their masculinity is being compromised are more likely to act out with physical aggression — and 'your masculinity has been compromised' was a major talking point during the Trump campaign. In its recruitment ads, ICE promises masculine restoration."
#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
/3
"Men whose masculinity is fragile may be more prone to violence — they are more likely to interpret disagreement as disrespect, and to see disrespect as a challenge to their status."
#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
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