Woman shot and killed by ICE in Minnesota- potential legal action and outcome of investigation.

It is being reported Kristi Noem has been fired. It is also being reported that she stepped down.

However it happened, good riddance. It will be interesting to see who he nominates. Probably someone worse, so I am going to enjoy this win for the rest of today.

I forgot the link. I am a mess today apparently, so hopefully this works.

apnews.com/article/bovino-minnesota-immigration-minneapolis-good-pretti-0ace82ca68846109fbf6d30439e6f0f1

History will see their stories with a clearer eye than this administration, if that is any comfort to their families and friends.

It's still relevant imaround; thanks for the update.

Ink ow this is an old topic, but I wanted to post some follow up.

States are attempting to hold Federal officials responsible for what happened.

Sadly, this attempt is probably the only resolution the victims will get.

"It is among at least five shootings in which initial descriptions by the immigration officials were later contradicted by video evidence. Those included the fatal Minneapolis shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, where bystander video quickly raised questions about how they were initially described."

apnews.com/article/immigration-agent-shootings-minneapolis-chicago-c062100e0432bff06a6f7b7b26a831e8

"Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.
The decisions amount to a sweeping legal rebuke of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Yet the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely even after courts ruled the policy was illegal."

www.reuters.com/legal/government/courts-have-ruled-4400-times-that-ice-jailed-people-illegally-it-hasnt-stopped-2026-02-14/

I can't believe anyone ever defended these people, especially after watching the video.

There may very well be justice for Pretti.

www.politico.com/news/2026/02/13/ice-minneapolis-shooting-assault-00780839

I think not, Maremia

The saying, abd versions of it are a "shorthand" for linguistic isolationism.

​It’s often resurrected in modern political satire. Recently something similar was falsely attributed to former South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem during debates over bilingualism.

It has become a template "joke" used to poke fun at perceived anti-intellectualism.
I think it goes back to the 1800s if not earlier.

Did someone actually say, 'It should be in English, just as the Bible was written in English'?
Hard to tell what is parody now.

They are promising to pull out of Minneapolis, those on the ground there are skeptical.

We now have reports of ICE behavior in Pittsburg. One of these days they are going to go into a city that aren't as nice as Minnesotians (I'm not sure that is a word by the way) and things will get uglier.

I am hoping the pressure on Noem and Bondi keeps rising. The closer we get to midterms, the more the GOP is voting against him. Mostly.

Whitewavemark2

Trump has now tried to trash one of the US Olympians because he had the temerity to suggest (rather gently) that he is proud to represent his country, but not proud of what is happening in his country.

It is like watching really badly written satire.
You literally couldn’t write it.

Whitewavemark2

Trump has now tried to trash one of the US Olympians because he had the temerity to suggest (rather gently) that he is proud to represent his country, but not proud of what is happening in his country.

Trump doesn't know that the competitors at the first Olympic Games in Greece were not representing any country - they were there as individual athletes, not as ambassadors, for the sake of personal honour, not political fame.

Trump, and MAGA, are increasingly becoming a laughing stock here. Good. I would rather laugh at them than fear them.

Trump has now tried to trash one of the US Olympians because he had the temerity to suggest (rather gently) that he is proud to represent his country, but not proud of what is happening in his country.

imaround

Just watched the amazing protest Super Bowl halftime show. I don't speak a lick of Spanish, but it was fun to watch and dance to the music. Can't wait to watch the meltdown.

Ha ha. It seems that Trump hated it...

Just watched the amazing protest Super Bowl halftime show. I don't speak a lick of Spanish, but it was fun to watch and dance to the music. Can't wait to watch the meltdown.

"A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return three immigrant families to the U.S. after finding that federal immigration agents used "lies, deception, and coercion" to remove them."

abcnews.go.com/US/judge-orders-3-families-returned-us-after-finding/story?id=129897419

SC allows California's new Congressional map. Which means the R's are even more hard up come November.

apnews.com/article/supreme-court-california-congressional-maps-8362a34b739ea91d37a190eee1b6a6d1

Doesn't matter if they win the Nobel Peace Prize or not. There is going to be almost a whole year's worth of publicity for this nomination. People are learning how to play this dark and dangerous 'game'.

Oh look. Nothing has changed. Someone is going to be murdered again.

ICE draws guns on protestors in Minneapolis. Again.

bsky.app/profile/peggystuart.bsky.social/post/3mdxzma4cbk24

That is true. All they have to do is quit. At any time. Though that won't save them from consequences.

This is probably the best clap back to Trump I have seen so far.

www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-anti-ice-protests-11457239

Facebook reports now saying that ICE agents are complaining about not being paid.
Maybe some will resign.

We are about to see Texas turn blue on 2026 I think. And the best part is, they did it to themselves with Gerrymanderig.

An interesting article on authoritarianism failure. Huff isn't usually paywalled, but it was giving me pop ups. Hope it works.

www.huffpost.com/entry/ruth-ben-ghiat-donald-trump_n_6981cdc8e4b0feb4ec4e3bfb

Each state runs its own elections. They all have different rules and laws, but they all adhere to Federal requirements and laws.

In this case, I haven't read it closely, it seems as though he doesn't like mail in voting and sanctuary cities and thinks those places allow illegals to vote. So, to keep it "fair" and "secure" he wants the GOP to move those areas under federal control.

All their manipulation is backfiring on them. Texas Gerrymandered based on the Latino vote. And then this happened this weekend.



www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-02/latino-shift-drives-31-point-flip-against-gop-in-texas-district

What does it mean when Trump says he intends to nationalise the elections snd the republicans will take it over?