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Autocratic regimes have always made absurd claims to justify their acts of violence against dissenters ("He jumped out the window"); people know they're lying but can't prove it.
What's infuriating (and terrifying) here is that they're lying just as brazenly even though we can see they're lying.
What's infuriating (and terrifying) here is that they're lying just as brazenly even though we can see they're lying.
Compare this thread analyzing the video footage with DHS’s statement stating that the man approached officers with a gun and “wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.”
Footage taken moments before a struggle shows that the man was filming, holding a phone in his right hand, backing up. His left hand is up, visible, palm facing out, as he backs away from the area. An agent uses his right hand, on the torso of the victim, pushing him back, while the man complies.
January 24, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Autocratic regimes have always made absurd claims to justify their acts of violence against dissenters ("He jumped out the window"); people know they're lying but can't prove it.
What's infuriating (and terrifying) here is that they're lying just as brazenly even though we can see they're lying.
What's infuriating (and terrifying) here is that they're lying just as brazenly even though we can see they're lying.
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Our initial analysis is up.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Our initial analysis is up.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
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It's time to abolish Trump’s ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It's time to abolish Trump’s ICE.
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There’s video now. Worst thing I’ve ever seen. The entire ICE contingent needs to be arrested
January 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
There’s video now. Worst thing I’ve ever seen. The entire ICE contingent needs to be arrested
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When you watch the horrifying video of ICE agents murdering another human in Minneapolis at point-blank range, remember that these violent, untrained thugs have been empowered by a sadistic criminal who occupies our White House. This cannot go on.
January 24, 2026 at 4:49 PM
When you watch the horrifying video of ICE agents murdering another human in Minneapolis at point-blank range, remember that these violent, untrained thugs have been empowered by a sadistic criminal who occupies our White House. This cannot go on.
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Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who stays in it from this day forward as members of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder.
January 24, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who stays in it from this day forward as members of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder.
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Another Gestapo murder in Minnesota. Six agents wrestle someone to the ground and then shoot him in the back
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Federal agents shoot person in Minnesota, governor says
Minneapolis officials said they are investigating.
www.nbcnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Another Gestapo murder in Minnesota. Six agents wrestle someone to the ground and then shoot him in the back
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
@donbacon.bsky.social @debfischer.bsky.social @peterickets.bsky.social you guys going to continue doing nothing as people are being brutally beaten, kidnapped, and murdered on the streets by the feds? All with impunity. This is on you.
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 7:25 PM
@donbacon.bsky.social @debfischer.bsky.social @peterickets.bsky.social you guys going to continue doing nothing as people are being brutally beaten, kidnapped, and murdered on the streets by the feds? All with impunity. This is on you.
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Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
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It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
January 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
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Please read whole thread
I’m one of the ProPublica reporters who has been documenting the aggressive tactics federal agents are using against immigrants & U.S. citizens
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
January 15, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Please read whole thread
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The 2nd & 3rd shots absolutely came from the side. But the *first* shot also came from off to the side. Here are the two frames that should end this conversation for anybody who is honest.
If he was in front of the car when he fired the first shot, you wouldn't be able to see his legs, but you can:
If he was in front of the car when he fired the first shot, you wouldn't be able to see his legs, but you can:
January 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The 2nd & 3rd shots absolutely came from the side. But the *first* shot also came from off to the side. Here are the two frames that should end this conversation for anybody who is honest.
If he was in front of the car when he fired the first shot, you wouldn't be able to see his legs, but you can:
If he was in front of the car when he fired the first shot, you wouldn't be able to see his legs, but you can:
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32 people died in ICE custody last year and barely anything was done about it. With the murder they committed today, ICE has further proven that they are out of control and absolutely not working to keep people safe. This is domestic terrorism. Congress must act. #mepolitics
January 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM
32 people died in ICE custody last year and barely anything was done about it. With the murder they committed today, ICE has further proven that they are out of control and absolutely not working to keep people safe. This is domestic terrorism. Congress must act. #mepolitics
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We should mock this miserable, doddering, old man.
And we should have our eyes wide open that he is openly telling us he will undermine our free and fair elections by attacking mail-in voting and advancing gerrymandering in red states.
He's a fascist. Take this literally and seriously.
And we should have our eyes wide open that he is openly telling us he will undermine our free and fair elections by attacking mail-in voting and advancing gerrymandering in red states.
He's a fascist. Take this literally and seriously.
Trump: "When you go to a voting booth, and you do it the right way, and you go to a state that runs it properly, you go in -- they even asked me, they asked me for my license plate. I said, 'I don't know if I have it.' They said, 'Sir, you have to have it.' I was very impressed actually."
August 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We should mock this miserable, doddering, old man.
And we should have our eyes wide open that he is openly telling us he will undermine our free and fair elections by attacking mail-in voting and advancing gerrymandering in red states.
He's a fascist. Take this literally and seriously.
And we should have our eyes wide open that he is openly telling us he will undermine our free and fair elections by attacking mail-in voting and advancing gerrymandering in red states.
He's a fascist. Take this literally and seriously.
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RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
You spoiled plebeians need to be grateful with two dolls because we billionaires need billions more -Trump and the GOP #taxtherich
May 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
You spoiled plebeians need to be grateful with two dolls because we billionaires need billions more -Trump and the GOP #taxtherich
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We need to give up the framing that they imprisoned a man in El Salvador “mistakenly.” Their actions prove this is intentional. Did they mean for this to be the trial run? Don’t know. But they’re running hard with it. That’s not a “mistake.” That’s fascism.
April 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We need to give up the framing that they imprisoned a man in El Salvador “mistakenly.” Their actions prove this is intentional. Did they mean for this to be the trial run? Don’t know. But they’re running hard with it. That’s not a “mistake.” That’s fascism.
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"Even as the Musk-Trump people continue to say that we must sacrifice our rights for national security, they are also starting to say that they find it worthwhile to violate national security in order to have the tools that allow them to violate our rights."
With the #Signalgate scandal, we see our government openly compromising our national security, the better to violate our rights.
I explain here:
snyder.substack.com/p/signalgate...
I explain here:
snyder.substack.com/p/signalgate...
Signalgate: violating national security
in order to violate rights
snyder.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Even as the Musk-Trump people continue to say that we must sacrifice our rights for national security, they are also starting to say that they find it worthwhile to violate national security in order to have the tools that allow them to violate our rights."
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When they lie the bombing plans were not classified, take hostage visa holders because they said something they didn’t like, remove people with tattoos to an El Salvador prison without due process…they are telling us they reject the rule of law and embrace a fascist future as a pariah state.
March 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
When they lie the bombing plans were not classified, take hostage visa holders because they said something they didn’t like, remove people with tattoos to an El Salvador prison without due process…they are telling us they reject the rule of law and embrace a fascist future as a pariah state.
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This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
March 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
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Undocumented workers are bad, so let’s have teenagers replace them working overnight so they can fall asleep in school, because who needs education when they can work for sweatshop wages?
March 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Undocumented workers are bad, so let’s have teenagers replace them working overnight so they can fall asleep in school, because who needs education when they can work for sweatshop wages?
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Adding a journalist to a top secret government group chat about dropping bombs *IS* the kind of thing people who aren’t super politically literate can understand and find shocking/notable/disqualifying. Dems should seize on this and never ever let it go. I hope to hear about it in a decade
March 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Adding a journalist to a top secret government group chat about dropping bombs *IS* the kind of thing people who aren’t super politically literate can understand and find shocking/notable/disqualifying. Dems should seize on this and never ever let it go. I hope to hear about it in a decade
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What our allies are asking themselves right now: "Is this a government and group of people you’d want to share your own sensitive intelligence with?
"This is what happens when you fill a government with all of the most unqualified people ever to hold their roles"
"This is what happens when you fill a government with all of the most unqualified people ever to hold their roles"
I couldn't help but write up some quick thoughts trying to capture the sheer insanity (and illegality!) of that Trump group chat. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-short-...
Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time
Trump's "Team of Amateurs" Screwed Up in the Most Hilarious (and Troublesome) Way
www.doomsdayscenario.co
March 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What our allies are asking themselves right now: "Is this a government and group of people you’d want to share your own sensitive intelligence with?
"This is what happens when you fill a government with all of the most unqualified people ever to hold their roles"
"This is what happens when you fill a government with all of the most unqualified people ever to hold their roles"
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The scope of this story will make it a major challenge to cover as a scandal. It's not just one person or department screwing up, ALL of them are on it, ALL of these people participated in an enormous national security breach that I suspect is also extremely illegal:
![J.D. Vance, Vice President
Michael Waltz, National Security Adviser
Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence
John Ratcliffe, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Scott Bessent, Secretary of Treasury
Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff
Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff
Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East
Joe Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center [NOT CONFIRMED BY SENATE]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k7eezr2ybq7cxtptak2q4uhp/bafkreiekkin3ovntyut2v5gvhj53hoaa6jbko6x2xab52tphqxwwrz3tiu@jpeg)
March 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The scope of this story will make it a major challenge to cover as a scandal. It's not just one person or department screwing up, ALL of them are on it, ALL of these people participated in an enormous national security breach that I suspect is also extremely illegal: