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Right now one can only hope. There are still plenty of fools towing the party line. Apparently murdering someone by shooting them in the back 9-10X while they are lying on the ground isn't enough proof that a change needs to come.
HCR continued:
"Today the editorial boards of both Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal and his New York Post urged the administration to pause its ICE operations in Minneapolis after the killing of Alex Pretti. The Wall Street Journal’s famously r…
HCR today:
"Greg Bovino claimed the true victims of yesterday’s shooting were federal agents.
But Americans are not buying it. They are coalescing around the idea of the American people versus an out-of-control government. As conservative lawyer Ge…
@Old_Joe -3M is one of the first companies listed.
@WABAC - I think you mean Mairs and Power (not Manning and Napier) and the home page states "We favor companies headquartered in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, (Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, South Da…
For Alex Jeffrey Pretti, Murdered by I.C.E January 24, 2026 by Amanda Gorman
We wake with
no words, just woe
& wound. Our own country shoot
ing us in the back is not just brutal
ity; it's jarring betrayal; not enforcement,
…
For Alex Jeffrey Pretti, Murdered by I.C.E January 24, 2026 by Amanda Gorman
We wake with
no words, just woe
& wound. Our own country shoot
ing us in the back is not just brutal
ity; it's jarring betrayal; not enforcement,
…
Can the military act of their own volition? Or do they need a president/sec. of defense to give orders to go in?
My concern at this time is that as ice gets more outrageous, my homies ramp things up, Walz calls in the Guard, 47 brings in the milit…
HCR, January 25th, 2026:
"This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital.
Video from the scene shows Pretti directing …
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti
"We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse…
"Helpful breakdown of what happened today from Rachel Hurley:
I’ve watched all of the videos dozens of times - here’s what happened.
A 37-year-old ICU nurse named Alex Pretti helped a woman that federal agents had shoved. For this crime—helping som…
I cannot add anything to what has already been said other than to confirm that it's all true. They had him down, that had his weapon and they still murdered him, firing multiple times.
Today from the 50501 Movement
"An F.B.I. agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis this month has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter.
…
So the questions become who is going to confront him, who is holding the reins, who is flipping the switches, who has enough influence to keep him away from a keyboard and who might have the code.
@larryB - if it isn't that's where it begins at least. It would be nice if some of those retiring cowards would finally put on their adult pants and do what they are supposed to and should have done long ago.
Joyce Vance Substack:
"DOGE, which dominated headlines after Elon Musk and his band of twenty-somethings inserted themselves into the most sensitive government operation in early 2025, has dropped off the front pages, but the abuses are having long…
Well aware of that phony Easterwood and his church. While they intend to make a case out of the anti-ICE protest
(NYT: )"Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon posted on X in response to the protest, saying officials are …
Good to know. Did those cardinals and other religious leaders have anything to say about the brutality and cruelty being unleashed on the citizens of the US?
Also from HCR:
"“We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done,”…
Tough call but I would refuse the illegal order. I couldn't live with myself if I didn't.
Military rank and pension can be reinstated once removed although it's a tough process.
@Derf - you asked "This thread leads me to ask, what % of PRCFX should a 76 year old retired gent hold? Better yet what % of PRCFX do you hold?"
I can't answer your first question because we all do what seems and feels right to us. I can tell you t…
