Rosa L Smothers
@rosalsmothers.bsky.social
Fmr CIA Analyst, Technical Intelligence Officer. VP of STEAM Superheroes https://steamsuperheroes.org 🖖🏻 #LLAP #T1D #cybersecurity
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The Revoltingly Fake Christianity of Pete Hegseth:
Theocracy is just tyranny that learned church vocabulary.
Please read & subscribe to my Substack: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-revolt...
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Theocracy is just tyranny that learned church vocabulary.
Please read & subscribe to my Substack: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-revolt...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The Revoltingly Fake Christianity of Pete Hegseth:
Theocracy is just tyranny that learned church vocabulary.
Please read & subscribe to my Substack: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-revolt...
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Theocracy is just tyranny that learned church vocabulary.
Please read & subscribe to my Substack: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-revolt...
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In three years either ICE will be abolished or the USA will be a police state. Hard to see it ending any other way.
January 24, 2026 at 10:10 PM
In three years either ICE will be abolished or the USA will be a police state. Hard to see it ending any other way.
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Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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Chief Strategist for Rand Paul.
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Chief Strategist for Rand Paul.
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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The first Minnesota murder, they refused to let a medical professional help the woman they shot. The second Minnesota murder, they simply shot the medical professional.
January 24, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The first Minnesota murder, they refused to let a medical professional help the woman they shot. The second Minnesota murder, they simply shot the medical professional.
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NEW: ICE is asking companies to provide information about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that could “directly support investigations activities,” reports @carolinehaskins.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.
www.wired.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:31 PM
NEW: ICE is asking companies to provide information about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that could “directly support investigations activities,” reports @carolinehaskins.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
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His name is Alex Jeffrey Pretti. He was 37 years old & was a licensed ICU nurse
He was recording ICE & helping a female protester after they shoved her to the ground
He was Legally carrying a weapon that ICE removed from him quite a few seconds before they shot him 5 times & executed him
He was recording ICE & helping a female protester after they shoved her to the ground
He was Legally carrying a weapon that ICE removed from him quite a few seconds before they shot him 5 times & executed him
January 24, 2026 at 10:32 PM
His name is Alex Jeffrey Pretti. He was 37 years old & was a licensed ICU nurse
He was recording ICE & helping a female protester after they shoved her to the ground
He was Legally carrying a weapon that ICE removed from him quite a few seconds before they shot him 5 times & executed him
He was recording ICE & helping a female protester after they shoved her to the ground
He was Legally carrying a weapon that ICE removed from him quite a few seconds before they shot him 5 times & executed him
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This used to be the very thing conservatives claimed to be against — masked federal agents, uninvited and unwanted by the state, killing American citizens in the street for practicing their 1st and 2nd Amendment rights.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This used to be the very thing conservatives claimed to be against — masked federal agents, uninvited and unwanted by the state, killing American citizens in the street for practicing their 1st and 2nd Amendment rights.
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Brandishing is a legal term that means to display all or part of a firearm, or otherwise make its presence known to another person to intimidate them, regardless of whether it's directly visible to that person. Given the video, that's not what Alex Pretti was doing when he was shot & killed.
Important context, this is the victim’s behavior BEFORE being tackled
He’s not threatening, he’s not brandishing, he’s filming
He’s not threatening, he’s not brandishing, he’s filming
Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.
January 24, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Brandishing is a legal term that means to display all or part of a firearm, or otherwise make its presence known to another person to intimidate them, regardless of whether it's directly visible to that person. Given the video, that's not what Alex Pretti was doing when he was shot & killed.
Just watched briefing w/ Gov Walz & Major General Manke just how many National Guardspersons have been deployed and Mjr Gen Manke replied, “I’d rather not reply for opsec (operational security) reasons.”
Let that sink in. The senior leader of the MN National Guard is protecting this info from ICE.
Let that sink in. The senior leader of the MN National Guard is protecting this info from ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Just watched briefing w/ Gov Walz & Major General Manke just how many National Guardspersons have been deployed and Mjr Gen Manke replied, “I’d rather not reply for opsec (operational security) reasons.”
Let that sink in. The senior leader of the MN National Guard is protecting this info from ICE.
Let that sink in. The senior leader of the MN National Guard is protecting this info from ICE.
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Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
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Where's the NRA at?
Carrying a weapon in public is now an indication of seeking to "massacre law enforcement"?
Carrying a weapon in public is now an indication of seeking to "massacre law enforcement"?
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Where's the NRA at?
Carrying a weapon in public is now an indication of seeking to "massacre law enforcement"?
Carrying a weapon in public is now an indication of seeking to "massacre law enforcement"?
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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”
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This is ok tho
January 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is ok tho
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MS NOW: "I'm just getting something handed to me -- a statement from DHS -- that it will investigate the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old protester by its officers rather than the FBI. So they're gonna be investigating that which they already issued a summary about. It would seem like a closed book."
January 24, 2026 at 8:13 PM
MS NOW: "I'm just getting something handed to me -- a statement from DHS -- that it will investigate the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old protester by its officers rather than the FBI. So they're gonna be investigating that which they already issued a summary about. It would seem like a closed book."
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This is the way. Any 2028 Dem candidates need to start saying that on Day One: (1) all ICE agents fired; (2) pensions/benefits defunded; (3) forced to pay backpay as restitution to victims; and (4) only way to avoid prison is to become a cooperating informant
Maybe instead of identifying specific ICE agents who do particularly heinous things, we could just penalize everyone who was on payroll at the agency starting by a certain date.
January 24, 2026 at 3:21 AM
This is the way. Any 2028 Dem candidates need to start saying that on Day One: (1) all ICE agents fired; (2) pensions/benefits defunded; (3) forced to pay backpay as restitution to victims; and (4) only way to avoid prison is to become a cooperating informant
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Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
January 21, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
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people.com/nj-girl-foun...
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
people.com/nj-girl-foun...
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
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The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement that America's "moral role in confronting evil around the world" is in question for the first time in decades — a critique of the Trump admin's principles.
Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:46 AM
The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement that America's "moral role in confronting evil around the world" is in question for the first time in decades — a critique of the Trump admin's principles.
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Not just Mexican restaurants. Many places are doing this, including some McDonald’s and supermarkets.
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Not just Mexican restaurants. Many places are doing this, including some McDonald’s and supermarkets.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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DHS getting basic 4th Amendment law wrong on its official Twitter account.
Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
January 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
DHS getting basic 4th Amendment law wrong on its official Twitter account.
Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
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The Founders assumed that Members of Congress would jealously and zealously guard the powers and prerogatives of their branch of government against the grasping of an overweening Executive, and instead we got this supine GOP majority that yearns to lick the boot.
I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The Founders assumed that Members of Congress would jealously and zealously guard the powers and prerogatives of their branch of government against the grasping of an overweening Executive, and instead we got this supine GOP majority that yearns to lick the boot.