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Federal immigration agents killed another American citizen in Minneapolis today, and the administration is already shoveling out its usual slurry of lies, contradictions, and smug deflections, as if the country is too stupid or too numb to notice the blood on their hands. Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37‑year‑old ICU nurse and U.S. citizen, was filming ICE agents pepper‑spraying bystanders when at least five of these untrained, adrenaline‑drunk federal thugs tackled him, pinned him to the pavement, beat him, and then one of them — an eight‑year Border Patrol veteran whose name DHS refuses to release — fired ten rounds into his body in five seconds. Pretti never got up. The shooter scurried behind a car like a man who knew exactly what he had just done. And the administration wants the public to swallow the phrase “defensive fire” like it’s gospel.

Minneapolis witnessed an execution today, and no amount of federal gaslighting, DHS spin, or Greg “Fun‑Size Fury” Bovino’s trembling little press‑conference tantrums are going to bury what the entire city saw with its own eyes. The ICEstapo shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37‑year‑old ICU nurse, U.S. citizen, lawful gun owner, and by every account a gentle, community‑minded man who spent his life helping people — only to be murdered by federal agents who treat Minneapolis like a live‑fire training ground for authoritarian policing. And before the blood was even dry on Nicollet Avenue, the feds were already churning out their pre‑written lies, begging the public to ignore the videos, ignore the witnesses, ignore the screams, ignore the truth. The Trump‑era routine is back in full force: Don’t believe your eyes. Believe me.

Minnesota barely had time to digest this morning’s chaos before the universe said, “Oh, you thought that was the whole meal?” and dumped another steaming platter of federal incompetence, statistical fiction, and jackboot theater onto the table. The ICE raids that started the day as a constitutional dumpster fire have now escalated into a full‑blown federal fantasy novel, complete with imaginary numbers, magical thinking, and a plot twist so stupid it would get rejected from a first‑year writing workshop. DHS is still insisting they’ve arrested “over 3,000 criminal illegal aliens” in Minnesota in the last six weeks, a number they repeat with the confidence of a toddler insisting the dog ate their homework. But Minnesota’s Department of Corrections ran the actual numbers — you know, math — and found 94 undocumented individuals in state custody with ICE detainers. Ninety‑four. Not 1,360. Not 3,000. Not whatever number DHS pulls out of the cosmic grab‑bag next. Ninety‑four. DOC Commissioner Paul Schnell, who has clearly reached the “I’m too old for this shit” stage of dealing with federal agencies, said the DHS figures were “wildly inaccurate… incompetence at best, pure propaganda at worst.” And because Minnesota officials apparently decided today was the day to stop being polite and start being real, Schnell released video receipts showing inmates being transferred to ICE custody — directly contradicting DHS’s claim that Minnesota is “releasing criminals into the community.” The feds are lying, Minnesota is proving it, and DHS is doubling down like a gambler who thinks if he screams “BLACKJACK” loud enough, the cards will rearrange themselves.

The ICEstapo rolled into Maine and New Hampshire this week like they were storming cartel compounds, except instead of cartel compounds they found blueberry farms, diners, and two of the lowest‑immigrant‑population states in the entire country. It would almost be funny if it weren’t so nakedly authoritarian. These raids have nothing to do with immigration enforcement and everything to do with Baron von Big Mac’s ongoing revenge tour — a petty, cross‑country tantrum aimed squarely at the states that refuse to bow, scrape, and pretend he’s the law incarnate.

The country has now seen the image: a man pinned to the pavement, face down, limbs immobilized, presenting absolutely no threat to anyone, while an ICE agent leans in and pepper‑sprays him directly in the face from inches away. A chemical blast delivered with the casual cruelty of someone flicking lint off a shirt. This is not policing. This is not order. This is not safety. This is a federal agency performing violence because it can, because it has been told it is untouchable, because the people in charge have decided that the Constitution is more of a suggestion than a constraint. And the moment the public reacts with horror, the government’s response is to insist that your eyes are lying to you.

Jack Smith is walking into Congress today like a man who already knows the punchline: the people accusing him of “weaponizing justice” are the same ones who tried to turn the Constitution into a chew toy. And thanks to the newly released 255‑page transcript of his December closed‑door deposition — dumped on New Year’s Eve like political garbage Republicans hoped no one would sift through — we know exactly what he’s bringing with him: receipts, timelines, evidence, and the kind of prosecutorial calm that makes corrupt politicians sweat through their flag‑patterned ties.

The World Economic Forum opened this year the way it always should: with grown‑ups. Leaders from across the globe took the stage and did something radical, almost subversive in its simplicity — they spoke in complete sentences. They cited data. They acknowledged reality. They treated global crises like problems to solve rather than props for grievance‑theater.

Donald Trump didn’t hold a press conference — he detonated one. What unfolded on that stage wasn’t leadership, wasn’t policy, wasn’t even spin. It was a live‑action meltdown from a man who now treats Greenland like it’s the Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, and the last Diet Coke on Earth all rolled into one. He ranted, he lied, he waved around props like a deranged QVC host, and he threatened U.S. allies because they won’t indulge his Arctic delusion. If this is “strength,” then a wet paper towel is a tactical nuke.

Donald Trump’s Greenland obsession has officially crossed the line from “bizarre diplomatic curiosity” into “international harassment campaign conducted by a man who should not be allowed near a smartphone after sunset.” What began as a recycled 2019 fantasy about “buying Greenland” has metastasized into a full‑blown, sleep‑deprived meltdown featuring late‑night Truth Social rants, AI‑generated propaganda, leaked private messages with world leaders, and a tantrum about the Nobel Peace Prize so pathetic Norway had to publicly clarify — again — that they don’t even pick the damn winner.

Minnesota didn’t volunteer to become the federal government’s favorite chew toy, but that’s exactly what it has become in the seventy‑two hours since ICE agents shot and killed Renee Nicole Good — a legal observer, a mother, and a Minnesotan whose only “crime” was watching federal agents do their jobs a little too closely for their comfort and telling the quite portly Jonathan Ross to “go eat lunch”.  According to Minneapolis Fire Department records obtained by CBS News, Good was shot at least three times — chest, forearm, and possibly the head — and was still alive when EMS arrived. NBC News reports she was breathing when paramedics reached her, contradicting the administration’s early claims that she died instantly, to cover for the fact that despite it being something they’re required to do, the ICEStapo agents fled without rendering aid. The official story keeps shifting, but the videos don’t.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado arrived in Washington this week with a clear public agenda: discuss Venezuela’s political future, her claim to democratic legitimacy, and the role the United States might play in stabilizing a country still reeling from the U.S.‑led removal of Nicolás Maduro earlier this month CBS News +1.

Iran’s protesters are marching through live ammunition, risking death for the simple act of demanding dignity. They have no First Amendment, no constitutional armor, no legal guarantee that the state won’t crush them under its boot. And yet the United States — a country that tear‑gassed peaceful citizens so Donald Trump could wave a Bible like a man showing off a stolen souvenir — has the audacity to lecture Tehran about human rights.

The first thing you need to understand about Minnesota is this: the state didn’t erupt — it was lit.And the man holding the match has been flicking sparks at the country for years, waiting for something to catch.

If Minnesota showed how far he’ll go at home, the international stage shows how far he’ll go when he thinks no one can stop him. Because this is the same man who wants a Nobel Peace Prize so badly he can taste the gold plating, a man who claims he “ended eight wars” while simultaneously threatening half the planet like a drunk tourist shouting at a globe in a hotel lobby.

If the first article showed the hypocrisy, and the second showed the pattern, and the third showed the global fractures, then this one is the mirror — the moment you step back far enough to see that the domestic and international crises aren’t separate threads at all. They’re the same rope, pulled taut, fraying at both ends, and held by a man who keeps yanking because he likes the sound it makes.