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Former ABC broadcast journalist, presenter. Pioneered Australian *national* radio talkback on ABC Radio National. Podcaster: https://rss.com/podcasts/transitzone/
THEMES: DEMOCRACY/JOURNALISM FUTURES/INTERVIEWING/AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY.
THEMES: DEMOCRACY/JOURNALISM FUTURES/INTERVIEWING/AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY.
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I am shocked and deeply saddened by the sudden passing of the clockmaker, Will Matthysen, on the last day of 2025. He generously gave of his time & insights for this podcast. #creativity #design #clocks www.woodreview.com.au/profiles/val...
January 25, 2026 at 9:56 AM
January 25, 2026 at 9:16 AM
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 AM
What effect will the plethora of videos & highly descriptive reporting of #ICE, Border Control brutalities (versus the specious, #propaganda lies of Noem, #Trump, Miller) have on this continuing, fascist, retribution campaign in #Minnesota & public perceptions of it? #fascism x.com/morgfair/sta...
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January 25, 2026 at 9:06 AM
What effect will the plethora of videos & highly descriptive reporting of #ICE, Border Control brutalities (versus the specious, #propaganda lies of Noem, #Trump, Miller) have on this continuing, fascist, retribution campaign in #Minnesota & public perceptions of it? #fascism x.com/morgfair/sta...
OPINION @podsaveamerica.crooked.com The murder of Alex Jeffrey Pretti on a Minneapolis street by #USA Border Control agents. Many shots. As with Renee Good, Noem, #Trump, Stephen Miller peddled instant lies incl Pretti was a “domestic terrorist”. Irony is dead. #fascism youtube.com/watch?v=oapE...
BREAKING: Federal Agents Shoot and Kill Alex Pretti, 37 Year Old American in Minneapolis
YouTube video by Pod Save America
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January 25, 2026 at 8:49 AM
OPINION @podsaveamerica.crooked.com The murder of Alex Jeffrey Pretti on a Minneapolis street by #USA Border Control agents. Many shots. As with Renee Good, Noem, #Trump, Stephen Miller peddled instant lies incl Pretti was a “domestic terrorist”. Irony is dead. #fascism youtube.com/watch?v=oapE...
. @nytimes.com timeline of the murder of Alex Jeffrey Pretti by #ICE agents in #Minneapolis based on their frame-by-frame analysis of available videos. Kristi Noem & #Trump, as they did with Renee Good, instantly peddled a false narrative about the killing & victim. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
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January 25, 2026 at 8:32 AM
. @nytimes.com timeline of the murder of Alex Jeffrey Pretti by #ICE agents in #Minneapolis based on their frame-by-frame analysis of available videos. Kristi Noem & #Trump, as they did with Renee Good, instantly peddled a false narrative about the killing & victim. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 25, 2026 at 6:05 AM
No on site medical assistance was given to Renee Good after her murder by an #ICE agent. And it appears the same brutal, inhuman treatment happened to Alex Jeffrey Pretti after his shooting by #ICE agents in #Minneapolis. This is state thuggery on steroids. Then the DHS Noem, #Trump lying. #fascism
When reading the physician's sworn statement under penalty of perjury on shocking denial of medical care to Alex Pretti ⬇️
Remember Kristi Noem's statement earlier today: "Medics were on the scene immediately and attempted to deliver medical aid to the subject."
Remember Kristi Noem's statement earlier today: "Medics were on the scene immediately and attempted to deliver medical aid to the subject."
WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
January 25, 2026 at 6:01 AM
No on site medical assistance was given to Renee Good after her murder by an #ICE agent. And it appears the same brutal, inhuman treatment happened to Alex Jeffrey Pretti after his shooting by #ICE agents in #Minneapolis. This is state thuggery on steroids. Then the DHS Noem, #Trump lying. #fascism
We are seeing ordinary citizens — a children’s face painter and a doctor — come forth with sworn affidavits to describe the killing of the Minneapolis nurse.
In case you were wondering what courage looks like.
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In case you were wondering what courage looks like.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:52 AM
I am profoundly sceptical about this research study. Human #creativity is complex and notoriously difficult to analyse and reach sound conclusions about. I question this methodology and the apparent bedrock assumptions involved. What do you think? #AI flip.it/P9GBed
Artificial intelligence can now beat average humans in creativity, study finds
A major study finds AI can outperform average humans on creativity tests, but top human creators still lead.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:50 AM
I am profoundly sceptical about this research study. Human #creativity is complex and notoriously difficult to analyse and reach sound conclusions about. I question this methodology and the apparent bedrock assumptions involved. What do you think? #AI flip.it/P9GBed
THREAD It’s hard not to see these murders & the brutal #ICE rampages in Minnesota as merely the prelude to much more to come. #Trump, in a funk after his Davos failures & humiliations, is ranting, raging, lashing out, spooked by his dire polls. He’s itching to invoke the Insurrection Act. #fascism
JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 5:35 AM
The murder by #ICE agents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti on a #Minneapolis street in broad daylight echoes the execution of Renee Good. Again, videos offer an objective visual of the incident but an alternative, blatantly false narrative from #Trump & Noem was instant. A 2nd Amendment argument is in play.
January 25, 2026 at 5:16 AM
The murder by #ICE agents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti on a #Minneapolis street in broad daylight echoes the execution of Renee Good. Again, videos offer an objective visual of the incident but an alternative, blatantly false narrative from #Trump & Noem was instant. A 2nd Amendment argument is in play.
OPINION @mashagessen.bsky.social With the murder of Alex Pretti in #Minneapolis, the instant lying, utterly false claims about the victim by #Trump, Noem etc. were predictable but no less execrable for that. Will the 2nd Amendment aspects curdle #MAGA #GOP responses? #fascism #ICE shorturl.at/UzheZ
January 25, 2026 at 5:03 AM
OPINION @mashagessen.bsky.social With the murder of Alex Pretti in #Minneapolis, the instant lying, utterly false claims about the victim by #Trump, Noem etc. were predictable but no less execrable for that. Will the 2nd Amendment aspects curdle #MAGA #GOP responses? #fascism #ICE shorturl.at/UzheZ
ANALYSIS Looming large & urgent for Australia via @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social etc. is next for our strategic future? Pretending we have a reliable, mutually beneficial #USA “alliance” is a delusion, illusion. #Trump #Greenland #NATO #AUKUS www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/interna...
Trump, Greenland and the end of NATO
ANALYSIS: The US president’s erratic campaign to acquire Greenland forces Europe to strategise for NATO’s demise, and Asia to think about the limits of American power.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
ANALYSIS Looming large & urgent for Australia via @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social etc. is next for our strategic future? Pretending we have a reliable, mutually beneficial #USA “alliance” is a delusion, illusion. #Trump #Greenland #NATO #AUKUS www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/interna...
REVIEW @tribelaw.bsky.social The #USA republic was founded on #slavery & #racism by a group of well-to-dos, many of whom didn’t trust “the mob” or #democracy. Today, as for a long time, the fundamental mechanism of voting is cockamamie. They are stuck? #Trump #fascism www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Is the Constitution ‘Dead, Dead, Dead’? | Laurence H. Tribe
The difficulty of amending the Constitution does not mean that it is a flawed and outdated relic of a distant past.
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January 24, 2026 at 11:43 PM
REVIEW @tribelaw.bsky.social The #USA republic was founded on #slavery & #racism by a group of well-to-dos, many of whom didn’t trust “the mob” or #democracy. Today, as for a long time, the fundamental mechanism of voting is cockamamie. They are stuck? #Trump #fascism www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
OPINION “The public face of Immigration & Customs Enforcement is a brutal, paramilitary force of masked men who hunt immigrants & terrorize American cities on behalf of the president of the #USA. Australia faces a fundamental strategic crossroad? #ICE #Trump #fascism www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | The Cruelty Is the Point for ICE
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January 24, 2026 at 11:32 PM
OPINION “The public face of Immigration & Customs Enforcement is a brutal, paramilitary force of masked men who hunt immigrants & terrorize American cities on behalf of the president of the #USA. Australia faces a fundamental strategic crossroad? #ICE #Trump #fascism www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
OPINION “It is rare for law-enforcement officers to turn on each other so publicly, & #Minneapolis may represent the beginning of a broader rupture between local police & federal officers bolstered by a corps of hastily trained recruits.” #ICE #Trump #ruleoflaw #fascism flip.it/D.8w.T
Police and ICE Agents Are on a Collision Course
Minneapolis may represent the beginning of a broader rupture between local police and federal agents.
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January 24, 2026 at 11:02 PM
OPINION “It is rare for law-enforcement officers to turn on each other so publicly, & #Minneapolis may represent the beginning of a broader rupture between local police & federal officers bolstered by a corps of hastily trained recruits.” #ICE #Trump #ruleoflaw #fascism flip.it/D.8w.T
Predictably, #Trump Goebbels, Stephen Miller, is describing Pretti, the murder victim, as a “domestic terrorist”. History will record it is the #ICE agents who are the domestic terrorists. What will happen next? More murders? More Minnesota protests? Trump invokes the Insurrection Act? #fascism #USA
All @governorwalz.mn.gov can do is try to counter the #Trump, DHS #propaganda machine? Videos are very revealing but, as we saw with Renee Good, subject to “contended interpretations”. It all has the tang of “civil war”. Insurrection Act next? Sidestep the midterms? #ICE (SS) #fascism #ruleoflaw
Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."
January 24, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Predictably, #Trump Goebbels, Stephen Miller, is describing Pretti, the murder victim, as a “domestic terrorist”. History will record it is the #ICE agents who are the domestic terrorists. What will happen next? More murders? More Minnesota protests? Trump invokes the Insurrection Act? #fascism #USA
All @governorwalz.mn.gov can do is try to counter the #Trump, DHS #propaganda machine? Videos are very revealing but, as we saw with Renee Good, subject to “contended interpretations”. It all has the tang of “civil war”. Insurrection Act next? Sidestep the midterms? #ICE (SS) #fascism #ruleoflaw
Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 PM
All @governorwalz.mn.gov can do is try to counter the #Trump, DHS #propaganda machine? Videos are very revealing but, as we saw with Renee Good, subject to “contended interpretations”. It all has the tang of “civil war”. Insurrection Act next? Sidestep the midterms? #ICE (SS) #fascism #ruleoflaw
“Pretti was a #USA citizen, born in Illinois. Like Good, court records showed he had no criminal record & his family said he had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond a handful of traffic tickets.” #Trump & the Insurrection Act? #fascism #ruleoflaw #ICE apnews.com/article/immi...
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 Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by Pr...
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January 24, 2026 at 10:35 PM
“Pretti was a #USA citizen, born in Illinois. Like Good, court records showed he had no criminal record & his family said he had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond a handful of traffic tickets.” #Trump & the Insurrection Act? #fascism #ruleoflaw #ICE apnews.com/article/immi...
Reportedly, the man #ICE murdered in #Minneapolis was Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, an ICU nurse. The #Trump #propaganda machine & The Huckster himself instantly started the discrediting of the victim as with Renee Good. How many more killings? We know Trump is aching to activate the Insurrection Act.
“He described the person shot dead as a white man, a resident of the city & a #USA citizen. O’Hara said the victim was 37 years old.” A spectre of “civil war” in Minnesota? #Trump militia, unaccountable, brutal #ICE rampaging. Murdering. Next? #fascism #democracy www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Minneapolis shooting: Governor Tim Walz condemns ‘sickening’ fatal shooting of man believed to be 37-year-old US citizen – live
Minnesota governor decries ‘federal occupation’ after another deadly shooting less than three weeks after ICE officer killed Renee Good in the city
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January 24, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Reportedly, the man #ICE murdered in #Minneapolis was Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, an ICU nurse. The #Trump #propaganda machine & The Huckster himself instantly started the discrediting of the victim as with Renee Good. How many more killings? We know Trump is aching to activate the Insurrection Act.
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January 24, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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OPINION @joannacoles.bsky.social @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social Post Davos, sooky #Trump is ranting, raging, threatening. Did I mention lying? That’s a given. Dire polls. #Greenland climbdown. @mark-carney.bsky.social speech. Another Minneapolis #ICE (SS) murder. #fascism youtube.com/watch?v=RLDy...
Ailing Trump Knows His Reign Is Nearly Over: Wolff | Inside Trump's Head
YouTube video by The Daily Beast
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January 24, 2026 at 10:01 PM
OPINION @joannacoles.bsky.social @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social Post Davos, sooky #Trump is ranting, raging, threatening. Did I mention lying? That’s a given. Dire polls. #Greenland climbdown. @mark-carney.bsky.social speech. Another Minneapolis #ICE (SS) murder. #fascism youtube.com/watch?v=RLDy...