Alex Jeffrey Pretti. White male born in Illinois. University of Minnesota graduate, medical professional employed at the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs, avid outdoorsman & dog dad, legal gun owner with no criminal record. Murdered by his government 01/24/2026

Alex Pretti, who is identified as the man fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, was an intensive care nurse dedicated to treating veterans. Read more about him here: wapo.st/49G4lmd

The thing I keep thinking about Alex Pretti is that he became a licensed RN in 2021. That means he saw what was happening during the COVID pandemic and did it anyway. He saw the burning building and ran into the fire. A hero multiple times over and they shot him in the street.

Before joining the Veterans Administration, Alex Pretti did medical research to help treat cancer. His work is published in medical journals.

You can fool some people sometimes But you can't fool all the people all the time So now we see the light (what you gonna do?) We going to stand up for our right (yeah, yeah, yeah) Get up, stand up (in the morning, don't give it up) Stand up for your right (stand up right now)

When Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis, he says he was detained and shackled for hours. “We're turning into something that I can't even begin to respect, and something that I literally went to war—or they told me I went to war—to fight

“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” “My nation is under attack." #3E #GoodVsEvil #NationalStrike #ICEOut

🚨 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine just showed up in Minneapolis. “I don’t live here. I’m an outside agitator. I’m here to stir up trouble, because we care about democracy, freedom, and opposing tyranny, racism, and state terror.”

🚨 BREAKING: Thousands of bikers just rode through Minneapolis honoring Alex Pretti, turning grief into power on the streets. This isn’t a sideshow. This is real America rising up.

Younger generations don’t understand what a beast of a songwriter this man was. He would write 5 No.1 hits while you were on your 15-min coffee break.

Rahman: On January 13th, on the way to my 39th appointment at the traumatic brain injury center, I encountered a traffic jam caused by ICE vehicles and no signs indicating how to get around it. I had not wanted to pull into a block to chaotic intersection but verbally agreed to

Lunch get-together with the two women I admire and respect the most 💕

Just thought it was kind to share this! 😭❤ I'm a substitute teacher. Different school every week. Kids never remember your name. You're just "the sub." Last year, I got assigned to a rough middle school. 8th grade English. The regular teacher left a note: "Good luck with

They just folk

“The f*ck are we doing?”

why did trump really post the obamas as apes?

I will not sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court by a Republican Party running scared. If they want answers, let’s stop the games & do this the right way: in a public hearing, where the American people can see for themselves what this is really about.

Racist garbage continues to emanate from this President and his White House. From his now-deleted and grotesque post targeting the Obamas, to his doctored image that altered the expression and skin tone of a Black civil rights lawyer, his use of AI is simply the newest form of an

Watch your language, Sir.

Not over the Bad Bunny Halftime Show. Did not understand the words but FELT IT ALL DEEPLY. The sheer joy of it all. The DETAILSsssss of every little and big thing. THE ONLY THING STRONGER THAN HATE IS LOVE.