Adam Druit
@adam-druit.bsky.social
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The Trump Administration claims the agents who shot Alex Pretti have been put on administrative leave, notwithstanding Greg Bovino’s prior short statement that they were simply reassigned.
There is no reason to credit this assertion as truthful.
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There is no reason to credit this assertion as truthful.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The Trump Administration claims the agents who shot Alex Pretti have been put on administrative leave, notwithstanding Greg Bovino’s prior short statement that they were simply reassigned.
There is no reason to credit this assertion as truthful.
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There is no reason to credit this assertion as truthful.
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New in PN: The investigation is the coverup
"At the same time on Tuesday that the White House was speed-dialing journalists about Trump's supposed 'pivot,' it was weaponizing its own investigation to ensure Pretti’s murderer can never be prosecuted."
"At the same time on Tuesday that the White House was speed-dialing journalists about Trump's supposed 'pivot,' it was weaponizing its own investigation to ensure Pretti’s murderer can never be prosecuted."
The investigation is the coverup
Trump's "pivot" on Pretti is just a head fake.
www.publicnotice.co
January 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
New in PN: The investigation is the coverup
"At the same time on Tuesday that the White House was speed-dialing journalists about Trump's supposed 'pivot,' it was weaponizing its own investigation to ensure Pretti’s murderer can never be prosecuted."
"At the same time on Tuesday that the White House was speed-dialing journalists about Trump's supposed 'pivot,' it was weaponizing its own investigation to ensure Pretti’s murderer can never be prosecuted."
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Once you start noticing it you can't stop: when the real Trump falters and is incapable of defending his administration (more and more frequent) the actual Trump is "subbed out" of news coverage for an invented, imaginary, often explicitly hypothetical version of Trump who is reasonable and cogent
A few hours ago the msm unquestioningly repeated the White House spin that Trump had changed his “tone.”
Um, holy shit? This has gotta be up there in the most crass & worse things Trump has ever said
January 28, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Once you start noticing it you can't stop: when the real Trump falters and is incapable of defending his administration (more and more frequent) the actual Trump is "subbed out" of news coverage for an invented, imaginary, often explicitly hypothetical version of Trump who is reasonable and cogent
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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The Trump regime is smearing this man - Alex Pretti - as a “domestic terrorist.” We can’t let them get away with it.
Alex Pretti was a patriotic American - far more so than the ICE agent who murdered him on the streets of Minneapolis today. Far more so than Trump, Stephen Miller, or any of them.
Alex Pretti was a patriotic American - far more so than the ICE agent who murdered him on the streets of Minneapolis today. Far more so than Trump, Stephen Miller, or any of them.
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The Trump regime is smearing this man - Alex Pretti - as a “domestic terrorist.” We can’t let them get away with it.
Alex Pretti was a patriotic American - far more so than the ICE agent who murdered him on the streets of Minneapolis today. Far more so than Trump, Stephen Miller, or any of them.
Alex Pretti was a patriotic American - far more so than the ICE agent who murdered him on the streets of Minneapolis today. Far more so than Trump, Stephen Miller, or any of them.
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Remembering how cops tossed Kyle Rittenhouse - who was open carrying a semiautomatic rifle - a bottle of water and told him, “We appreciate you… we really do”
January 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Remembering how cops tossed Kyle Rittenhouse - who was open carrying a semiautomatic rifle - a bottle of water and told him, “We appreciate you… we really do”
@mcopelov.bsky.social Something something printing lies in the newspaper?
January 24, 2026 at 10:44 PM
@mcopelov.bsky.social Something something printing lies in the newspaper?
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I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
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Where is our national press? The government has been shooting at and harassing clergy for months. This used to be a red line. The reality is their red line moved, not yours. They’re cowards.
ICE attacked an observer after they tailed a group of clergy on a spiritual pilgrimage.
Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.
Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.
January 24, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Where is our national press? The government has been shooting at and harassing clergy for months. This used to be a red line. The reality is their red line moved, not yours. They’re cowards.
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supreme court rushed to prevent the horror of student loan forgiveness, but the president using tariffs to wreck the world economy and pursue bizarre personal grievances apparently is just not a pressing issue....
January 23, 2026 at 7:28 PM
supreme court rushed to prevent the horror of student loan forgiveness, but the president using tariffs to wreck the world economy and pursue bizarre personal grievances apparently is just not a pressing issue....
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"we'll look weak and out of touch"
ICE is underwater with non-college whites including 41% "strong disapprove"
there's no polling to hide behind, if you're not willing to fight here it's because you don't want to, not because it's a losing fight
ICE is underwater with non-college whites including 41% "strong disapprove"
there's no polling to hide behind, if you're not willing to fight here it's because you don't want to, not because it's a losing fight
January 22, 2026 at 6:44 PM
"we'll look weak and out of touch"
ICE is underwater with non-college whites including 41% "strong disapprove"
there's no polling to hide behind, if you're not willing to fight here it's because you don't want to, not because it's a losing fight
ICE is underwater with non-college whites including 41% "strong disapprove"
there's no polling to hide behind, if you're not willing to fight here it's because you don't want to, not because it's a losing fight
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Amazing story of ICE incompetence and lying from @eggerdc.bsky.social.
“But it all amounts to the latest indicator that the Minneapolis ICE crusade is more of a government-run smash-and-grab operation than an orderly, tightly run enforcement process.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/target-of-...
“But it all amounts to the latest indicator that the Minneapolis ICE crusade is more of a government-run smash-and-grab operation than an orderly, tightly run enforcement process.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/target-of-...
Target of Viral Botched ICE Raid Was Already in Prison
When ICE agents dragged out ChongLy Thao half-naked in the snow, they were looking for a man named Lue Moua. They should have known exactly where to find him.
www.thebulwark.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Amazing story of ICE incompetence and lying from @eggerdc.bsky.social.
“But it all amounts to the latest indicator that the Minneapolis ICE crusade is more of a government-run smash-and-grab operation than an orderly, tightly run enforcement process.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/target-of-...
“But it all amounts to the latest indicator that the Minneapolis ICE crusade is more of a government-run smash-and-grab operation than an orderly, tightly run enforcement process.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/target-of-...
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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If Dems don’t impeach Noem they really are pathetic
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
If Dems don’t impeach Noem they really are pathetic
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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"If you give in, the lives of election administrators will be worse, confidence in American elections will decrease, and our elections will be less secure. So, I plead to you: Do not give in."
Governor Polis, Do Not Pardon Tina Peters
An open letter and a plea to retain the integrity of our elections.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 AM
"If you give in, the lives of election administrators will be worse, confidence in American elections will decrease, and our elections will be less secure. So, I plead to you: Do not give in."
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One point I’ve been banging on about in interviews the last few weeks is that the mere threat of the use of force by the U.S. President is illegal both under Article 2(4) of the UN Charter but also the U.S. Constitution by virtue of the Take Care Clause.
January 19, 2026 at 8:19 PM
One point I’ve been banging on about in interviews the last few weeks is that the mere threat of the use of force by the U.S. President is illegal both under Article 2(4) of the UN Charter but also the U.S. Constitution by virtue of the Take Care Clause.
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the only thing Democrats should be saying on Greenland is "this is evil and wrong and if we do it we will be punished"
like do i trust bernie would oppose the annexation? yes. do i think this is good messaging that is what EU allies need? no
January 19, 2026 at 4:11 AM
the only thing Democrats should be saying on Greenland is "this is evil and wrong and if we do it we will be punished"
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"That is a federal crime in Minnesota: pouring cold water on the ground. That's what the party of freedom wants to tell the citizens this week."
@timmiller.bsky.social on the clownishness of the authoritarians, from today's Bulwark Podcast:
@timmiller.bsky.social on the clownishness of the authoritarians, from today's Bulwark Podcast:
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
"That is a federal crime in Minnesota: pouring cold water on the ground. That's what the party of freedom wants to tell the citizens this week."
@timmiller.bsky.social on the clownishness of the authoritarians, from today's Bulwark Podcast:
@timmiller.bsky.social on the clownishness of the authoritarians, from today's Bulwark Podcast:
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This shouldn't require saying, but we highlight polls at a time like this because 1) it's heartening to see the American people rejecting fascism, which inspires more to join; and 2) because Ds are under pressure from certain quarters NOT to engage, so we need to let them know what the people want.
January 15, 2026 at 10:43 PM
This shouldn't require saying, but we highlight polls at a time like this because 1) it's heartening to see the American people rejecting fascism, which inspires more to join; and 2) because Ds are under pressure from certain quarters NOT to engage, so we need to let them know what the people want.
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Hey, @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov: I'm not a senator, but if ICE thugs were rampaging through the major city in my state, I might try to impede Senate business as usual and try to bring everything to a halt until I could get answers or force some votes.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Democrats Appear Ready to Duck a Key Fight on ICE
Top Senate Democrats are focused on other priorities in the government funding fight.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Hey, @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov: I'm not a senator, but if ICE thugs were rampaging through the major city in my state, I might try to impede Senate business as usual and try to bring everything to a halt until I could get answers or force some votes.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Framing a violation of international law in the way of “4 easy steps to optimise your skincare routine” is a new level of ghoulishness.
I don’t even know what to say at this point.
I don’t even know what to say at this point.
January 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Framing a violation of international law in the way of “4 easy steps to optimise your skincare routine” is a new level of ghoulishness.
I don’t even know what to say at this point.
I don’t even know what to say at this point.
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Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
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I still can’t get over the logic of “we don’t care what China and Russia do” paired with “we will invade Greenland and destroy NATO in order to stop China and Russia”
Leavitt: "The president was very clear last night. He said he wants to the US acquire Greenland because he feels that if we do not, then it will eventually be acquired or perhaps even hostilely taken over by China or Russia. Perhaps it would be in the best interest of Greenland to be part of the US"
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I still can’t get over the logic of “we don’t care what China and Russia do” paired with “we will invade Greenland and destroy NATO in order to stop China and Russia”