The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts. The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him. The videos don't lie. A man is dead, killed

“Please get the truth out about our son.”

We are with you and with the USA we love….We The people America…

Alex Pretti was a Minneapolis ICU nurse who spent his days caring for and saving others. Today, he was shot and killed by a Border Patrol Agent. Alex’s life was extinguished by state violence. We must tell the truth about what is happening. My father warned us, “When evil men

Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. He

Alex Pretti went to the University of Minnesota, graduating with a bachelor's degree in biology, society and the environment. He worked as a research scientist before returning to education to qualify as a registered nurse. Alex accomplished more in his 37 years on Earth than

I would offer that Alex Pretti putting his body—with his hands up—between a woman and the BP agent who had just violently shoved her into the snow, offer stark competing visions of manhood. Pretti, a nurse caring for veterans, who took a face full of pepper spray to shield that

“Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to be wrong, when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy or too frightened, when we fail to speak up and speak out, we strike a blow against freedom

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and

On this day in 1980, six Americans escaped Iran thanks to Canadian diplomats who hid them for months and then orchestrated their escape from the country in what is known as The Canadian Caper. Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 canadaehx.com/2023/12/05/the…

Never forget how it came to be: little by little...hateful rhetoric, strategic fear-mongering, designations of discrimination, radically inhumane nationalism, armed hate-enforcers disappearing neighbors, neighbors near and far remaining silent...all festering until reality

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth. —Franklin D. Roosevelt

The extent to which residents of Minneapolis are more civic, courageous, and patriotic than business elites, conservative luminaries, and Republican members of Congress, is really striking. It’s a lesson not to be forgotten. It’s one that would not have surprised Hubert Humphrey.

"Washington Not Alarmed As Hitler Rises to Power," today 1933:

In 1933, just months after taking power, Hitler exploited the Reichstag Fire to invent a “communist uprising,” manufacture an existential threat, and strip civil liberties. One of his first targets was the press. Today, state-sponsored media lies with impunity, while Trump

"I hope and pray to leave this world too someday and to have a place near God as near as any other soul with the exception of John Candy." Catherine O'Hara's eulogy for John Candy just hits harder today.

Remembering Karen Carpenter, who we lost on this day in 1983. A voice that still comforts and still matters...Gone but certainly never forgotten...🤍🙏

Happy Birthday #RosaParks Thank you!!!!!!! You are my #Hero ❤️ #BlackHistoryMonth #HistoryMatters #CivilRights