The Febrile Muse
@cmdoran.bsky.social
Mainly retired PharmD/writer w/34y exp.Infect Diseases. Portrayal of ID in arts/literature.Passionate abt sci literacy and politics. PersonalAcct, boost means I find your post either fun or thought provoking.
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Literally EVERYTHING else aside:
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Literally EVERYTHING else aside:
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.
January 25, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.
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This is what a leader looks like in the 21st century in America.
@mayor.nyc.gov
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@mayor.nyc.gov
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 5:52 PM
This is what a leader looks like in the 21st century in America.
@mayor.nyc.gov
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@mayor.nyc.gov
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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As dangerously cold temperatures move through New York, we have opened 10 warming centers across all five boroughs to provide safe, heated indoor spaces for New Yorkers in need.
Centers will be open through at least Monday evening at the following locations —>
Centers will be open through at least Monday evening at the following locations —>
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
As dangerously cold temperatures move through New York, we have opened 10 warming centers across all five boroughs to provide safe, heated indoor spaces for New Yorkers in need.
Centers will be open through at least Monday evening at the following locations —>
Centers will be open through at least Monday evening at the following locations —>
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At 1p CT, I will be holding a press conference with @governorwalz.mn.gov to give an update after yesterday’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by DHS agents and my office’s efforts to reign in ICE.
LIVE | Minneapolis shooting: Walz, Ellison gives update after Alex Pretti was fatally shot by feds
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
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January 25, 2026 at 6:54 PM
At 1p CT, I will be holding a press conference with @governorwalz.mn.gov to give an update after yesterday’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by DHS agents and my office’s efforts to reign in ICE.
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And the total death count is higher, including detainees, around 40 murder death kills.
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January 25, 2026 at 4:57 PM
And the total death count is higher, including detainees, around 40 murder death kills.
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"Pretti was a U.S. citizen, born in Illinois. Like Good, court records showed he had no criminal record and his family said he had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond a couple of traffic tickets."
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The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset ...
wapo.st
January 24, 2026 at 11:22 PM
"Pretti was a U.S. citizen, born in Illinois. Like Good, court records showed he had no criminal record and his family said he had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond a couple of traffic tickets."
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A federal judge issues a restraining order against the feds, barring them from "destroying or altering evidence"
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January 25, 2026 at 5:14 AM
A federal judge issues a restraining order against the feds, barring them from "destroying or altering evidence"
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January 25, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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it's equal parts great and bizarre to see someone in office who seems genuinely proud to be a public servant
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 4:50 PM
it's equal parts great and bizarre to see someone in office who seems genuinely proud to be a public servant
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Statement from Obama 👀🇺🇸
January 25, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Statement from Obama 👀🇺🇸
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I guess it’s good for the networks to have all the Trump apparatchiks on to lie, so we can see how despicable they are. I admire the anchors who ask them tough questions. I couldn’t be in the same room as them. And if I were on a panel afterwards, all I would say is: “They lie. They lie. They lie.”
January 25, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I guess it’s good for the networks to have all the Trump apparatchiks on to lie, so we can see how despicable they are. I admire the anchors who ask them tough questions. I couldn’t be in the same room as them. And if I were on a panel afterwards, all I would say is: “They lie. They lie. They lie.”
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They were probably real proud of themselves when they came up with this pivot. Is the punishment summary execution for this, Steve?
BRENNAN: You have been a supported of the Second Amendment. Do you believe Americans have the right to bear arms while they're protesting?
SCALISE: In most states you are not allowed to carry a gun while you're committing another crime, and interfering with law enforcement is a felony
SCALISE: In most states you are not allowed to carry a gun while you're committing another crime, and interfering with law enforcement is a felony
January 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
They were probably real proud of themselves when they came up with this pivot. Is the punishment summary execution for this, Steve?
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Trump's public statements are mostly lies.
January 22, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Trump's public statements are mostly lies.
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Heyo, Chicago pals: Quick note that the executive vice president of the Bob Loquercio Auto Group is vociferously defending the murder of Alex Pretti.
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
January 25, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Heyo, Chicago pals: Quick note that the executive vice president of the Bob Loquercio Auto Group is vociferously defending the murder of Alex Pretti.
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
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What's the plan, Governor? Just keep urging Trump to suddenly have a conscience?
Call for his removal. Push out the federal thugs.
Call for his removal. Push out the federal thugs.
Minnesota believes in law and order. We believe in peace. And we believe that Trump needs to pull his 3,000 untrained agents out of Minnesota before they kill another American in the street.
January 25, 2026 at 4:01 PM
What's the plan, Governor? Just keep urging Trump to suddenly have a conscience?
Call for his removal. Push out the federal thugs.
Call for his removal. Push out the federal thugs.
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the tone shift when the video is brought up is something
WELKER: Did at any point Mr. Pretti brandish a gun?
BLANCHE: There's obviously an investigation that's ongoing.
WELKER: But did he brandish a gun? Video shows he's holding up a phone
BLANCHE: We don't know what ICE saw
(That's a no!)
BLANCHE: There's obviously an investigation that's ongoing.
WELKER: But did he brandish a gun? Video shows he's holding up a phone
BLANCHE: We don't know what ICE saw
(That's a no!)
January 25, 2026 at 4:04 PM
the tone shift when the video is brought up is something
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They need to be put on trial for crimes against humanity, not “reigned in”.
January 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
They need to be put on trial for crimes against humanity, not “reigned in”.
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This only happened because DOJ let them get away with Renee Good.
January 24, 2026 at 9:18 PM
This only happened because DOJ let them get away with Renee Good.
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Minnesota ICE-watchers did this.
By relentlessly documenting ICE/BP/DHS abuses—taking on personal risk to do so—they’ve gotten the horrors into more information streams. Got more people to pay attention, undermined Trump regime lies, and shifted the stances of some Democratic officeholders.
By relentlessly documenting ICE/BP/DHS abuses—taking on personal risk to do so—they’ve gotten the horrors into more information streams. Got more people to pay attention, undermined Trump regime lies, and shifted the stances of some Democratic officeholders.
man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
January 25, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Minnesota ICE-watchers did this.
By relentlessly documenting ICE/BP/DHS abuses—taking on personal risk to do so—they’ve gotten the horrors into more information streams. Got more people to pay attention, undermined Trump regime lies, and shifted the stances of some Democratic officeholders.
By relentlessly documenting ICE/BP/DHS abuses—taking on personal risk to do so—they’ve gotten the horrors into more information streams. Got more people to pay attention, undermined Trump regime lies, and shifted the stances of some Democratic officeholders.
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Blatant lying about clear, factual reality on video is not an attempt to convince people who live in reality. It is an act of power and domination over all who will go along with the lie no matter what and become complicit: the entire regime through the ranks plus its supporters.
January 25, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Blatant lying about clear, factual reality on video is not an attempt to convince people who live in reality. It is an act of power and domination over all who will go along with the lie no matter what and become complicit: the entire regime through the ranks plus its supporters.
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Bovine is inciting with open lies. Can’t he be arrested by a State AG for that?
@stuartpstevens.bsky.social
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January 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Bovine is inciting with open lies. Can’t he be arrested by a State AG for that?
@stuartpstevens.bsky.social
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