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Trump administration plans to deport 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran

https://www.ms.now/news/trump-deport-ir ... mmigration

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Germany trial starts of neo-Nazi ‘Saxonian Separatists’

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/ge ... paratists/

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In a red town in a red county of a red state.

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Minnesota governor slams 'another horrific shooting' by federal agents

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/min ... ral-agents

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How the TikTok deal could tighten Trump’s cultural grip

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/2 ... p-00744497

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It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun

https://www.theverge.com/policy/867455/ ... lex-pretti

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Where the Sidewalk Ends, the Lies Begin: On the Execution of Alex Pretti
By Jeffrey St. Clair
January 26, 2026

Introduction:

(Counterpunch)The attempted cover-up happened immediately. As the gang of officers splintered like a fissured atom from Pretti’s prone body after the shots were fired, they turned directly on the crowd who had filmed and screamed in horror at the execution they’d just witnessed. Out came the pepper-spray. Out came the clubs. Out came the guns. They tried to detain witnesses and steal their cellphones. Homicide is a state crime. But DHS, once again, as in the case of Renee Good, blocked the Minnesota state police from investigating the killing of a Minnesota resident and US citizen and the FBI shut down any internal investigation of the shootings. They refused to reveal the identity of the shooter and removed him from Minnesota to another jurisdiction and put him right back on the streets That’s evidence of guilt. It’s also evidence that Cheney’s “Dark Side” tactics aren’t for black sites anymore. They’ve come home to roost against Americans in broad daylight.

Noem, Bovino and Trump were willing to slander the corpse of a man who worked for their own government, providing care for American veterans. A US citizen, born to US citizens. A man with no criminal record, who had committed no criminal act when he was shot, except trying to protect himself and others from being brutalized by masked, federal agents, who were armed to the teeth. They slimed him before they knew anything about him. They vilified him before his blood had even frozen on the sidewalk. They libeled him before they’d even seen the videos of his murder. They smeared him after they saw the videos of his murder. They blamed him because he was blameless. They defamed him to hide their own guilt. A guilt that runs from that sidewalk in Minneapolis to the offices of Border Patrol to the DHS HQ to the White House. The lies, so outrageous, so transparent, are proof of their culpability.

Read more here: https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/2 ... ex-pretti

caltrek’s comment: There is so much that is disturbingly atrocious about this incident that the excerpt I have posted covers only a fraction of the outrageous conduct.

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Border Patrol commander Bovino and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis

https://apnews.com/article/shooting-min ... 02ce7480a7

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Exclusive: Hegseth boosts Minneapolis immigration siege, approving use of military base

https://www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/ar ... 315889.php