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Previously of the South Florida Daily Blog & Stuck on the Palmetto. Politics, cars, craft beer crusader, the outdoors & life. Pro gun sense. Sharer of interesting news. NY Times famous. Most photos shared here are not mine and are properly sourced.
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"He is not an American president but a MAGA president, someone who leads red states with magnanimity and leads blue states like the head of an occupying force."

- @pbump.com
And I'm out...

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January 25, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Over at The Atlantic, @radiofreetom.bsky.social discusses Pete Hegseth's very inappropriate reaction to this morning's murder in Minneapolis...
Pete Hegseth Should Sit This One Out
By inserting himself into the situation in Minnesota, the secretary of defense is only making things worse.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:09 AM
"The streakers have struck at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Streaking involves sprinting about the streets in daylight in a birthday suit."

[Miami News - January 24, 1974]
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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January 25, 2026 at 12:49 AM
January 25, 2026 at 1:01 AM
"I suspect when he woke up this morning, Alex Pretti didn't expect that he was going to become written into the history books. And I bet he would prefer not to have been but those of us who are still here can continue to carry that torch forward."

- @hcrichardson.bsky.social this evening
January 24, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Why you should never read the New York Post. Ever.

Initial headline and the headline now...

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January 24, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Anyone who is working in these agencies as an agent or even as support personnel is facilitating this activity to some degree. If they're sticking around hoping to get through the next 3 years or until retirement, be assured, it's only going to get worse.
Where are the resignations from ICE and CBP??? I guarantee you there are at least *some* who know this is wrong but arectaking the path of least resistance (“following orders”). They need to step down and speak up
January 24, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Your #CraftBeer Name Of The Day...

Tupps Brewery Full Grown Hombre
[McKinney, Texas]

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January 24, 2026 at 10:39 PM
"About eight seconds after he is pinned, agents yell that he has a gun, indicating that they may not have known he was armed until he was on the ground."

This New York Times description of what is known is devastating to the government's account.

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Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Our NRA World: Shots are fired during a Florida road rage incident and the shooter leaves the scene. Freedom!
Vehicle leaves scene of Volusia road rage shooting, deputies say
A road rage shooting occurred in Pierson at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Washington Avenue, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
www.wftv.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"The Minnesota National Guard has been activated by Gov. Tim Walz and is assisting local police amid growing protests. Guard troops are going to both to the shooting site and to a federal building where officials have squared off with protesters daily."

Gonna be a long night.
Live updates: Minneapolis National Guard activated after Border Patrol agent kills man
Gov. Tim Walz has activated the National Guard after 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti was shot and killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters.
apnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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Multiple officials of the US federal government are spending their day rather blatantly obstructing Minnesota law enforcement and covering up a murder.
January 24, 2026 at 9:34 PM
New York Times live update 🎁🍻...

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Minneapolis Live Updates: Videos Contradict Federal Officials’ Account of Killing
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Shortly after the shooting this morning, the Border Patrol Union claimed on X that the victim brandished a firearm before being shot and killed.

Kinda surprised they didn't say that he was 10 foot tall, weighed 600 pounds and presented a grave threat to their normal-sized agents.
January 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM
"Pretti, 37, was an ICU nurse, whose only prior interactions with police seemed to revolve around parking tickets, per Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara."

When the federal government starts viewing parking ticket scofflaws as domestic terrorists, I feel like we've crossed a red line.
January 24, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Three screenshots from this video...

1 - After reaching into pile, masked agent in gray jacket emerges from pack with a gun in his right hand

2 - Gun in clearly seen

3 - First shot is fired by agent in the pile

ID this agent in gray coat.
Whose gun was he holding?

Was victim unarmed when shot?
January 24, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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I can’t afford healthcare or electricity, and ICE just abducted my neighbor. But at least I no longer have to see plaques that mention slavery when I visit national landmarks.
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Video taken from another angle completely destroys the DHS version of events.

An investigation needs to be done by the state. Nothing DHS does or says can be trusted.

[video source: @YourAnonCentral X]
January 24, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Stephen Miller now calling the deceased a "domestic terrorist" on X.

They did the exact same thing to Renee Good.
January 24, 2026 at 7:53 PM
By claiming that the victim "approached [federal agents] with a 9mm handgun" DHS is attempting to make it sound like the victim was engaged in threatening behavior that justified an aggressive response from agents.

He wasn't. He was filming. He had a camera in his hand.

And he was legally armed.
New video shows the man who was killed moments before the shooting.

He was peacefully standing in the street observing before ICE agents started pushing him for no reason.
January 24, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Still getting information on this incident but, hoo boy, I sure do expect the 2A guys to absolutely lose their shit and start prepping for civil war if it turns out that a civilian was shot and killed in broad daylight simply because he was carrying a firearm and exercising his 2A.
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
January 24, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Running updates on the situation...free access...

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January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM