Lis Power
@lispower.bsky.social
Media Intelligence Director, Media Matters
Fox's coverage of the attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar is conveniently leaving out Trump's response in which he suggested it was a hoax and said he hoped he didn't have to bother seeing the video of it
Quite a striking departure from the rhetoric police of late
Quite a striking departure from the rhetoric police of late
January 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Fox's coverage of the attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar is conveniently leaving out Trump's response in which he suggested it was a hoax and said he hoped he didn't have to bother seeing the video of it
Quite a striking departure from the rhetoric police of late
Quite a striking departure from the rhetoric police of late
Fox News over the weekend:
- Pretti pulled a gun, confronted ICE with a gun, made bad decisions
- Those who shot him very well could have just stopped a mass murder of LEOs
Fox News today:
- So, uh video that's been around before we said all of that doesn't really seem to back it up, huh?
- Pretti pulled a gun, confronted ICE with a gun, made bad decisions
- Those who shot him very well could have just stopped a mass murder of LEOs
Fox News today:
- So, uh video that's been around before we said all of that doesn't really seem to back it up, huh?
January 26, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Fox News over the weekend:
- Pretti pulled a gun, confronted ICE with a gun, made bad decisions
- Those who shot him very well could have just stopped a mass murder of LEOs
Fox News today:
- So, uh video that's been around before we said all of that doesn't really seem to back it up, huh?
- Pretti pulled a gun, confronted ICE with a gun, made bad decisions
- Those who shot him very well could have just stopped a mass murder of LEOs
Fox News today:
- So, uh video that's been around before we said all of that doesn't really seem to back it up, huh?
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welcome to america, the country that makes you watch executions in the street frame by frame a few times a month just to stay up in current events
January 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
welcome to america, the country that makes you watch executions in the street frame by frame a few times a month just to stay up in current events
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Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
Fox host: "You don't put yourself in a situation where you end up getting shot"
According to Fox News, people you can blame for Border Patrol killing Alex Pretti:
- Alex Pretti
- Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey
People who have no culpability at all:
- Border Patrol
According to Fox News, people you can blame for Border Patrol killing Alex Pretti:
- Alex Pretti
- Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey
People who have no culpability at all:
- Border Patrol
January 25, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Fox host: "You don't put yourself in a situation where you end up getting shot"
According to Fox News, people you can blame for Border Patrol killing Alex Pretti:
- Alex Pretti
- Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey
People who have no culpability at all:
- Border Patrol
According to Fox News, people you can blame for Border Patrol killing Alex Pretti:
- Alex Pretti
- Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey
People who have no culpability at all:
- Border Patrol
Fox hosts this morning have gone all in blaming Alex Pretti for his murder
Charlie Hurt: "Only one person could have prevented this from happening, and it's Alex Pretti. He should not have been there, he should not have confronted ICE"
Charlie Hurt: "Only one person could have prevented this from happening, and it's Alex Pretti. He should not have been there, he should not have confronted ICE"
January 25, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Fox hosts this morning have gone all in blaming Alex Pretti for his murder
Charlie Hurt: "Only one person could have prevented this from happening, and it's Alex Pretti. He should not have been there, he should not have confronted ICE"
Charlie Hurt: "Only one person could have prevented this from happening, and it's Alex Pretti. He should not have been there, he should not have confronted ICE"
This is so disgustingly desperate
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 2:14 PM
This is so disgustingly desperate
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Another ruling just yesterday in Minnesota: A federal judge calls it "particularly craven" that ICE transfered "a nursing refugee mother" out of state. Ta Eh Doh Lah was admitted as a refugee from Myanmar in 2024, has no criminal history and a 5-month-old. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Another ruling just yesterday in Minnesota: A federal judge calls it "particularly craven" that ICE transfered "a nursing refugee mother" out of state. Ta Eh Doh Lah was admitted as a refugee from Myanmar in 2024, has no criminal history and a 5-month-old. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The whole interview is worth it
January 24, 2026 at 8:53 PM
The whole interview is worth it
On Fox, Heritage Foundation's Lora Ries claimed “It's very simple to not be shot by federal agents: don't draw your gun on federal agents," goes on to call the victim a "radical goon"
No reporting/video I've seen has suggested he drew his gun, but that's not stopping people on Fox from claiming it
No reporting/video I've seen has suggested he drew his gun, but that's not stopping people on Fox from claiming it
January 24, 2026 at 9:50 PM
On Fox, Heritage Foundation's Lora Ries claimed “It's very simple to not be shot by federal agents: don't draw your gun on federal agents," goes on to call the victim a "radical goon"
No reporting/video I've seen has suggested he drew his gun, but that's not stopping people on Fox from claiming it
No reporting/video I've seen has suggested he drew his gun, but that's not stopping people on Fox from claiming it
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I recommend not watching the videos, which are chaotic and gut-wrenching, and instead going through Bellingcat's analysis.
This man appeared to be zero threat, while the officers were overly-aggressive, agitated, and clearly primed to used lethal force.
This man appeared to be zero threat, while the officers were overly-aggressive, agitated, and clearly primed to used lethal force.
Multiple federal agents can later be seen struggling with the man who is shot. One federal agent is seen approaching with empty hands, before reaching around the man’s waist.
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I recommend not watching the videos, which are chaotic and gut-wrenching, and instead going through Bellingcat's analysis.
This man appeared to be zero threat, while the officers were overly-aggressive, agitated, and clearly primed to used lethal force.
This man appeared to be zero threat, while the officers were overly-aggressive, agitated, and clearly primed to used lethal force.
Media should stop quoting anything from DHS/ICE/ the admin in its reporting, seeing as it’s, on its face, entirely uncredible.
DHS (once again) announces conclusion (within 3 hours) without any investigation.
- Conclusion about federal agent's intent
- Conclusion about individual's intent
- Implicit conclusion about timing of disarming the individual and shooting him
- Conclusion about federal agent's intent
- Conclusion about individual's intent
- Implicit conclusion about timing of disarming the individual and shooting him
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Media should stop quoting anything from DHS/ICE/ the admin in its reporting, seeing as it’s, on its face, entirely uncredible.
Don't look away from the pictures in this story
They evoke such a visceral, emotional reaction -- a stark representation of the rot that is taking over this country and the humanity that we are losing
They evoke such a visceral, emotional reaction -- a stark representation of the rot that is taking over this country and the humanity that we are losing
"[M]asked agents apprehended 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in his driveway on Tuesday...[the agent] led him to the door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.”
ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Don't look away from the pictures in this story
They evoke such a visceral, emotional reaction -- a stark representation of the rot that is taking over this country and the humanity that we are losing
They evoke such a visceral, emotional reaction -- a stark representation of the rot that is taking over this country and the humanity that we are losing
Help this make sense
We need to seize Greenland because the threat of Russia
But Trump has also offered Russia a spot on Trump's "Board of Peace"
So, is Russia a National Security threat worthy of using military force to steal an ally nation, or are they worthy of being on the "Board of Peace"
We need to seize Greenland because the threat of Russia
But Trump has also offered Russia a spot on Trump's "Board of Peace"
So, is Russia a National Security threat worthy of using military force to steal an ally nation, or are they worthy of being on the "Board of Peace"
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Help this make sense
We need to seize Greenland because the threat of Russia
But Trump has also offered Russia a spot on Trump's "Board of Peace"
So, is Russia a National Security threat worthy of using military force to steal an ally nation, or are they worthy of being on the "Board of Peace"
We need to seize Greenland because the threat of Russia
But Trump has also offered Russia a spot on Trump's "Board of Peace"
So, is Russia a National Security threat worthy of using military force to steal an ally nation, or are they worthy of being on the "Board of Peace"
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The rhetoric MAGA media is using to describe Minnesota protesters is increasingly unhinged and militaristic -- "insurgents" and "terrorists" waging "guerilla warfare,” looking to provoke a "Fort Sumter moment" and start a civil war.
New from me and @slawton.bsky.social at @mmfa.bsky.social
New from me and @slawton.bsky.social at @mmfa.bsky.social
Right-wing media are describing pro-immigrant Minnesota activists using the language of war
Right-wing media figures and outlets are using the language of war to characterize protests against the presence of violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota.The fatal shooting o...
www.mediamatters.org
January 16, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The rhetoric MAGA media is using to describe Minnesota protesters is increasingly unhinged and militaristic -- "insurgents" and "terrorists" waging "guerilla warfare,” looking to provoke a "Fort Sumter moment" and start a civil war.
New from me and @slawton.bsky.social at @mmfa.bsky.social
New from me and @slawton.bsky.social at @mmfa.bsky.social
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"A Minneapolis couple said that ICE agents deployed tear gas... around them and their six children — the youngest only 6 months old — as they tried to maneuver their car out of a tense protest on Wednesday night."
They were driving home from a son’s basketball game.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
They were driving home from a son’s basketball game.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
"A Minneapolis couple said that ICE agents deployed tear gas... around them and their six children — the youngest only 6 months old — as they tried to maneuver their car out of a tense protest on Wednesday night."
They were driving home from a son’s basketball game.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
They were driving home from a son’s basketball game.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Guards may have choked a man to death inside an ICE tent encampment on the Mexican border. Had three children, been in the U.S. for 30 years. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... @douglasmac.bsky.social
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Guards may have choked a man to death inside an ICE tent encampment on the Mexican border. Had three children, been in the U.S. for 30 years. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... @douglasmac.bsky.social
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New from the @nytimes.com Visual Investigations team: Detailed, second-by-second video analysis of all of the video footage of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The Times provides a millisecond-by-millisecond look at how an ICE officer ended up shooting and killing a motorist in Minneapo...
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
New from the @nytimes.com Visual Investigations team: Detailed, second-by-second video analysis of all of the video footage of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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The online right is reaching uncharted levels of weird
January 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
The online right is reaching uncharted levels of weird
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Fox News coverage of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis so far
First: Immediately run with administrations claim of a malicious ramming threatening officers lives, noting claims of domestic terrorism
Anchor John Roberts: "Using your car as a deadly weapon just because your upset at what ICE is doing"
First: Immediately run with administrations claim of a malicious ramming threatening officers lives, noting claims of domestic terrorism
Anchor John Roberts: "Using your car as a deadly weapon just because your upset at what ICE is doing"
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Fox News coverage of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis so far
First: Immediately run with administrations claim of a malicious ramming threatening officers lives, noting claims of domestic terrorism
Anchor John Roberts: "Using your car as a deadly weapon just because your upset at what ICE is doing"
First: Immediately run with administrations claim of a malicious ramming threatening officers lives, noting claims of domestic terrorism
Anchor John Roberts: "Using your car as a deadly weapon just because your upset at what ICE is doing"
This messaging -- which was attempted by the Biden administration, albeit in a more artful manner -- tends to not go over well with voters
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This messaging -- which was attempted by the Biden administration, albeit in a more artful manner -- tends to not go over well with voters
Kinda wild -- CNN and MSNOW have been airing all of Dick Cheney's funeral with special programming while Fox News has barely spent any time on it at all and has been running normal programming
(Trump and Vance weren't invited)
(Trump and Vance weren't invited)
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Kinda wild -- CNN and MSNOW have been airing all of Dick Cheney's funeral with special programming while Fox News has barely spent any time on it at all and has been running normal programming
(Trump and Vance weren't invited)
(Trump and Vance weren't invited)
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
Politico Playbook didn't have any examples of Dems engaging in the 'silly culture war' they were talking about ... so they literally just made one up
October 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Politico Playbook didn't have any examples of Dems engaging in the 'silly culture war' they were talking about ... so they literally just made one up