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fromFortune
2 hours ago
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Silicon Valley sounds the alarm on deadly Minneapolis shooting. 'And it's only a matter of time before they show up in force here in the Bay Area' | Fortune

fromIrish Independent
12 hours ago
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Barack Obama says Alex Pretti's shooting shows American values 'under assault' as killing sparks calls to pull ICE officers out of Minnesota

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fromFortune
3 hours ago

From 'real tragedy' to 'incredibly disturbing,' Republican voices of dissent on Trump's Minnesota mayhem emerge | Fortune

Political leaders expressed concern and called for accountability after a U.S. citizen ICU nurse protesting immigration tactics was killed during confrontations with federal agents.
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fromFortune
5 hours ago

Family of Minneapolis man killed by Border Patrol says 'sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting' | Fortune

Federal immigration officers in Minnesota faced protests and legal action after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot Alex Pretti, prompting demands to remove agents.
fromFortune
2 hours ago
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Silicon Valley sounds the alarm on deadly Minneapolis shooting. 'And it's only a matter of time before they show up in force here in the Bay Area' | Fortune

fromIrish Independent
12 hours ago
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Barack Obama says Alex Pretti's shooting shows American values 'under assault' as killing sparks calls to pull ICE officers out of Minnesota

fromFortune
3 hours ago
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From 'real tragedy' to 'incredibly disturbing,' Republican voices of dissent on Trump's Minnesota mayhem emerge | Fortune

fromFortune
5 hours ago
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Family of Minneapolis man killed by Border Patrol says 'sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting' | Fortune

#alex-pretti
#ice
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago
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GOP Congressman James Comer Suggests Trump Should Pull ICE Out of Minneapolis: There's a Chance of Losing More Innocent Lives'

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago
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GOP Congressman James Comer Suggests Trump Should Pull ICE Out of Minneapolis: There's a Chance of Losing More Innocent Lives'

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fromAxios
3 hours ago

Trump officials stick "terrorist" label on Americans killed by DHS

Senior officials accused an ICU nurse, Alex Pretti, of domestic terrorism while his family rejected those claims and disputed the events and evidence.
fromBusiness Insider
1 hour ago

The CEOs of Minnesota's largest companies call for 'de-escalation' of tensions after second fatal ICE shooting

A Border Patrol agent killed Alex Pretti, 37, a US citizen who worked as a nurse at the local Veteran Affairs hospital, on Saturday morning. Pretti had been filming federal immigration agents when the confrontation began. Minneapolis and neighboring St. Paul have been the site of continuous protests since the Department of Homeland Security flooded the cities with immigration agents in December.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Pro Tip': Tim Walz Tells Pam Bondi to Work On' the Epstein Files, Rather Than Focus on Minnesota Fraud

Governor Tim Walz accused the DOJ of political targeting, disputed fraud and immigration claims, and urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to release Epstein-related documents.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

FBI supervisor resigns after trying to investigate agent who shot Renee Good

A supervisor in the FBI's Minneapolis field office who unsuccessfully attempted to investigate the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in the city on 7 January has resigned, according to multiple reports. News of agent Tracee Mergen's resignation surfaced shortly before federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday. Pretti and Good were both 37-year-old US citizens.
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#ice-raids
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fromThe New Yorker
22 minutes ago

The Battle for Minneapolis

Federal agents' deployment in Minneapolis triggered protests and a general strike; multiple federal shootings, including Alex Pretti's death, intensified community outrage and mutual protection efforts.
#alex-pretti-shooting
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago
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Fox News's Peter Doocy Confronts Kristi Noem: Is It the Protocol To Use Deadly Force' if Alex Pretti Was Disarmed?'

fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago
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Fox News's Peter Doocy Confronts Kristi Noem: Is It the Protocol To Use Deadly Force' if Alex Pretti Was Disarmed?'

#federal-law-enforcement
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fromLGBTQ Nation
3 hours ago

"I didn't lose consciousness": Gay lawmaker on his resilience as he runs for Congress - LGBTQ Nation

Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss survived a severe car crash and a targeted bomb threat during his House campaign and remains committed to LGBTQ+ advocacy.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago

Trump Goes Off On Wild Truth Social Rant About His New Ballroom Amid Devastating Winter Storms and Fallout from Latest Shooting

Trump prioritized announcing a privately funded $300–$400 million White House ballroom amid a historic winter storm and a fatal border patrol shooting.
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fromESPN.com
21 hours ago

Breanna Stewart protests Minneapolis shooting with sign

Breanna Stewart displayed an 'Abolish ICE' sign at Unrivaled, condemning ICE actions and urging policies that uplift families rather than promote fear and violence.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
9 minutes ago

What's behind the recent shift in US defence strategy?

U.S. defense strategy shifts to America First, prioritizing homeland security and Western Hemisphere influence while reducing commitments to allies worldwide.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

Secret Tapes Reveal Ted Cruz Bashed JD Vance and Warned Trump of Bloodbath' Midterms And the President Told Him F*ck You': Bombshell Report

Sen. Ted Cruz privately criticized Trump's tariff plan and labeled Vice President JD Vance as Tucker Carlson's protégé, warning tariffs would devastate Republicans in 2026.
#assault
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fromNew York Daily News
2 years ago

Court orders Alabama congressional map include second Black district after Republicans defy Voting Rights Act

A federal court ordered a new Alabama congressional map adding a second Black-majority district for 2024 after the state defied Voting Rights Act compliance orders.
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fromThe Verge
6 hours ago

Why won't anyone stop ICE from masking?

Masked or unidentifiable law enforcement undermines accountability and public safety, prompting state and local bans on law enforcement masking.
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fromFortune
20 hours ago

After deadly shooting by immigration agents, Texas Dems running for Senate say 'clean house' at ICE and 'take that money back' | Fortune

Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico differ mainly in style while aligning on economics, health care, and taxes, with contrasts on impeachment stance and voter outreach.
#ice-shooting
fromwww.mediaite.com
6 hours ago
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Incredibly Disturbing': Here's How GOP Leaders Are Reacting to the Alex Pretti Shooting

ICE agent shot 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis; Republican lawmakers demand a joint federal-state investigation and question DHS and ICE credibility.
fromwww.mediaite.com
7 hours ago
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Trump Will Gaslight a Nation Before Owning ICE's Brutal Overreach

Federal response to an ICE killing prioritized branding the victim a terrorist to foreclose sympathy and accountability, revealing a political culture intolerant of admitting error.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
7 hours ago

Democrats win battle over anti-trans riders while Trump judge upholds drag ban - LGBTQ Nation

Federal riders sought to ban gender-affirming care funding and restrict trans participation and support in schools and campuses, while courts and officials challenged LGBTQ+ and press protections.
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

"Check mate": Journalist says Trump admin's "own incompetence" makes doctoring Epstein Files futile - LGBTQ Nation

I get the concerns that AG Bondi and FBI Director Patel may try to scrub all Trump references and images in the Epstein files before they are released. Well, there are nearly 1,000 FBI/DOJ staff who looked at the files in March with no compartmentalizing, limits, or controls.
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fromAdvocate.com
17 hours ago

LGBTQ+ pols, horrified by latest killing, say Homeland Security and ICE must be reined in

LGBTQ+ elected officials call for defunding parts of DHS after a Customs and Border Patrol agent fatally shot Alex Pretti during Minneapolis protests.
fromwww.mediaite.com
21 hours ago

Charles Barkley Slams Trump's Scary' Immigration Crackdown After Latest Shooting: Two People Have Died for No Reason'

Here is what Barkley said on Saturday evening: Going back to, I think her name was Renee Good, and today it's just sad, man. It's scary, it's sad, and it's going to end bad. It's already ended badly twice. And somebody's got to step up and be adults, because, man, two people have died for no reason. And it's just sad.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
19 hours ago

Another Shutdown Looms? Schumer Vows Dems Will Vote Against Funding ICE After Latest Minnesota Shooting

Senate Democrats will block a DHS funding bill, citing a Border Patrol fatal shooting and inadequate ICE reforms, risking a partial government shutdown.
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fromThe Verge
4 hours ago

It doesn't matter if Alex Pretti had a gun

Federal agents killed an unarmed man while authorities framed him as armed, revealing a pattern of lethal force and victim-blaming by law enforcement.
fromwww.theguardian.com
11 hours ago

This is what fascism looks like': terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war

Wearing helmets, gas masks and camouflage fatigues, the federal agents took aim and prepared to open fire. It's like Call of Duty, one could be heard saying via a TV mic, referring to a first-person shooter military video game. So cool, huh? This was the scene on the streets of Minneapolis on Saturday after armed agents, wearing masks and tactical vests, wrestled 37-year-old Alex Pretti to the ground and shot him dead.
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fromThe Verge
4 hours ago

Creators and communities everywhere take a stand against ICE

A broad range of social media communities, including apolitical hobby pages and military-focused forums, are turning against ICE and government actions after recent federal shootings.
fromwww.latimes.com
19 hours ago

Peaceful protest over Minneapolis shooting begins in downtown Los Angeles; Bass assails ICE

Demonstrators gathered at the historic Placita Olvera marketplace. A banner fluttered above reading, From Los Angeles to Minneapolis, stop ICE terror. As the afternoon light began to fade, speakers led chants to abolish ICE and urged ICE out of Minnesota, ICE out of L.A. They carried signs printed with messages America hates ICE and Drop the charges on Minnesota activists.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 hours ago

Cornel West: US is facing moral collapse and democratic decay

The academic and political activist discusses what he sees as a moral collapse in the US and a leadership crisis in the Democratic Party. In this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, American philosopher and activist Cornel West delivers a searing critique of the United States, describing what he sees as moral collapse, democratic decay and spiritual bankruptcy. Drawing on the Black freedom struggle and his own run in the 2024 presidential election,
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fromAxios
5 hours ago

Border Patrol chief praises agents who killed Alex Pretti

Officials claim Pretti intended to attack law enforcement, but available video and statements provide no clear evidence he brandished a weapon or assaulted officers.
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fromwww.sacbee.com
21 hours ago

Newsom, other California Democrats condemn Trump over 2nd deadly Minneapolis shooting by feds

California Democrats demand an end to ICE and other federal agents' presence in U.S. cities after an ICE officer fatally shot a Minneapolis man.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
10 hours ago

Trump's Greenland brinkmanship leaves leading Republicans rattled

Trump's Greenland stunt damaged NATO and exposed growing Republican dissent that could weaken party unity and harm midterm prospects.
#border-patrol
fromFortune
5 hours ago
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Trump White House says the latest Minnesota shooting victim had a gun. None of the video footage shows that | Fortune

fromFortune
5 hours ago
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Trump White House says the latest Minnesota shooting victim had a gun. None of the video footage shows that | Fortune

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fromNew York Daily News
2 years ago

Adams adviser Frank Carone meets Azerbaijani official to talk 'geopolitical issues,' unnerving human rights observers

Frank Carone met Azerbaijani chief of staff Hikmet Hajiyev in Baku to discuss geopolitical issues while leading Mayor Adams' reelection campaign.
#border-patrol-shooting
fromIrish Independent
12 hours ago
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'Pull violent, untrained ICE officers out of Minnesota now' - man shot dead in Minneapolis named as US citizen Alex Pretti

fromIrish Independent
12 hours ago
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'Pull violent, untrained ICE officers out of Minnesota now' - man shot dead in Minneapolis named as US citizen Alex Pretti

fromNew York Daily News
2 years ago

Sen. Mitch McConnell did not suffer strokes or seizures: Capitol physician

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) recent health episodes show "no evidence" of stroke or seizure, the Capitol physician said in a letter on Tuesday. McConnell, 81, froze up mid-sentence after being asked about running for reelection in 2026 during a press conference in Kentucky last week, a month after a similar incident occurred while the Senate minority leader was speaking to reporters at the Capitol.
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fromThe Verge
8 hours ago

The great e-bike crackdown has begun

New Jersey's car-brained lawmakers had just passed legislation that would impose heavy restrictions on e-bike ownership in the state, and I was livid. Obviously there's been a lot of concern about the growing number of teenagers being injured and killed while riding e-bikes, many of them powerful, high-speed ones that are more akin to motorcycles than bikes. Lawmakers claim they're just trying to bring some order to what is increasingly becoming a wild, unregulated market.
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fromThe Drum
10 hours ago

Internet service providers handed ad targeting treasure trove as congress scraps online privacy protections

President Trump is expected to sign the order this week, meaning companies who backed the repeal, such as Verizon, AT&T and Comcast, will now be free to share customer browsing habits, app usage history, financial information, location data, social security numbers and content of communications. The wealth of data will pave the way for more highly targeted ads and could step up competition with advertising behemoths such as Google and Facebook.
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fromFast Company
17 years ago

We Are Now 28 of Us

The community celebrates reaching 28, links the number to Lakota sacred numbers, views the Obama-Biden landslide as a major positive shift, and hopes for widespread good.
fromwww.mediaite.com
7 hours ago

Don Lemon Predicts Trump Goes 'Around a Judge' To Get Him

Former CNN host Don Lemon predicted President Donald Trump's administration will not stop pursuing him, even if it means they have to go around a judge. Lemon sat down with Alisyn Camerota this week just as his fellow former CNNer launched her new gig with Scripps News as a special events anchor and contributor. Lemon is currently facing pushback (and possible legal consequences) for his coverage of a group of Minnesota anti-ICE protesters who disrupted a church service in St. Paul.
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fromThe Drum
16 hours ago

US political ad spend shows no signs of slowing down - here's what that signals for OOH

2024 is shaping up to be the biggest global election year yet. While the international spotlight is on the US presidential election race, more than 60 countries will have held regional, legislative, and presidential elections by the end of the year, according to Politico. For constituents, this has translated to a barrage of non-stop campaign ads across TV, radio, mobile devices, the internet, direct mail, billboards, and more.
fromFast Company
17 years ago

Talking About Nerve!

I received an email recently that claims Wal-Mart senior management has been calling mandatory meetings for the company's employees in which the employees are told they "cannot" vote for the Obama-Biden ticket "or any other employee-friendly, union-friendly candidates for political office". It's not an urban legend, according to the sources I checked. This makes me so angry I just boil. When it comes to the Constitution, I am a rabid supporter.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
20 hours ago

Kristi Noem Sidesteps Question on Whether Alex Pretti Brandished a Gun

Kristi Noem said ICE agents faced a licensed gunman who impeded operations and assaulted officers, despite video appearing to show a camera, not a gun.
fromBoston.com
8 hours ago

Federal judge in Boston warns Trump against targeting immigration status of students suing him

U.S. District Judge William G. Young ruled Thursday that the government must clearly prove any arrest, detention, or change in immigration status is based on a legitimate reason unrelated to retaliation. Young wrote that any attempt to change the immigration status of plaintiffs in the landmark case against the Trump administration will be presumed to be punishment for speaking out - unless the government can show strong evidence that the action was due to a crime, an expired visa, or another valid reason.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

You ask us for peace, we get shot in the face': Minneapolis in turmoil after federal agents kill second US citizen

Agents shot and killed a 37-year-old US citizen at about 9am on Saturday, with other observers watching and videotaping their actions, in an area called Eat Street, a corridor of largely immigrant-owned restaurants and businesses. Footage appears to show moment Alex Pretti is shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis video It is the second killing in the city after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot dead by a federal agent in south Minneapolis on 7 January.
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fromBusiness Insider
12 hours ago

Trump is scrambling to sell an affordability agenda - and borrowing ideas from an unlikely place

Over the past few weeks, the White House has rolled out a blitz of proposals that sound more like something out of Bernie Sanders', Elizabeth Warren's, or Zohran Mamdani's offices than a Republican administration. Trump has called for institutional investors to be banned from buying single-family homes, and he's sought to block military contractors from undertaking stock buybacks and issuing dividends unless they step it up on production. He's also revived a pledge from the campaign trail to cap credit card interest rates at 10%.
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fromThe Nation
11 hours ago

Feds Kill Again in Minneapolis. Minnesotans Are Fighting Back.

Federal agents shot and killed a legal observer during escalating Minneapolis protests amid a massive citywide general strike and calls to remove ICE.
fromenglish.elpais.com
17 hours ago

The odyssey of gaining US citizenship under Trump

That was the case for Mailan Pacios, a 28-year-old Cuban immigrant living in Tennessee, who was scheduled to take her citizenship exam on January 8, only to receive a notice on January 3 that her appointment had been canceled. It was like a bucket of cold water. It's very painful when you come with the hope of moving forward and this happens, says Pacios, who has two children, owns an air-conditioning business, and insists she has never had legal problems nor been a public burden.
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fromChicago Tribune
1 year ago

Kristin Bride and Maurine Molak: Will Congress finally act to protect kids from the harms of social media?

As parents, we did everything we could to teach our kids how to use social media responsibly and monitor their usage, but it still wasn't enough. Our sons, Carson and David, suffered from relentless cyberbullying that resulted in them taking their own lives. As we navigated our own grief and struggled to understand the pain that overwhelmed our sons, we met each other - and even more "survivor parents" who have experienced similar loss.
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fromwww.dw.com
1 day ago

Minneapolis unrest: US citizen shot dead by federal officers

The deceased has been identified as an ICU nurse Minnesota Governor Tim Walz condemned the 'horrific shooting' and said the federal government cannot be 'trusted to lead' probe DHS said the man was armed during his struggle with the officers, but it is not clear in videos if the man is holding his weapon. Man was lawful gun owner. Trump accused Minnesota and Minneapolis leaders of 'inciting insurrection' The shooting comes amid ongoing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) anti-migrant operations
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fromwww.dw.com
1 day ago

Minneapolis unrest: Man shot dead was ICU nurse

Federal agents have shot and killed another person in Minneapolis The deceased, a US citizen, has been identified as an ICU nurse Minnesota Governor Tim Walz condemned the 'horrific shooting' and said the federal government cannot be 'trusted to lead' probe DHS said the man was armed during his struggle with the officers, but
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fromBusiness Insider
7 hours ago

The US military's drone-defense confusion is leaving its bases vulnerable, Pentagon watchdog finds

Inconsistent and unclear Pentagon counter-drone policies leave some US military bases, including sensitive installations, unable to defend against increasing drone incursions.
fromBusiness Insider
11 hours ago

I'm a millionaire living in California. I'm happy to pay higher taxes since I have more wealth - it just makes sense.

I never thought I'd live in California. I grew up in Colorado, went to college in Boston, and lived in Texas. I came out here for business school because I wanted to be at Stanford, and because you could play golf during the winter. Now I love it here. It has nothing to do with taxes; taxes have never been anywhere on our list of criteria for deciding where to live. I want to live where my family is and love the weather, the jobs,
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