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"Border Patrol officer Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Suffice it to say that two Hispanic Americans killing a white person trying to prevent them from harassing or deporting other Hispanic people, on the orders of Stephen Miller—a Jewish American whose ancestors fled pogroms in Eastern Europe—is a uniquely grotesque expression of the American melting pot in action."

#Trump #CBP #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/7

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 2 days ago

"When you are asking men to essentially make war on their fellow citizens—to force lightly dressed people out into the frigid Minneapolis winter, detain elementary schoolers, follow good Samaritans as they deliver food to hiding families, and drag, tackle, beat, tase, or even shoot American citizens—you may find telling them that they can keep their identity hidden useful."

#Trump #CBP #ICE #MaskedThugs #violence #AlexPretti #murder #execution #immigrants
/8

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 2 days ago

"The masks may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to to make it easier for them to do unspeakable things."

#Trump #StephenMiller #RaymundoGutierrez #JesusOchoa #CBP #ICE #MaskedThugs #violence #AlexPretti #murder #execution #immigrants
/9

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 2 days ago

"Alex Pretti had courage and all the things the myths and tales say men should aspire to. He had them because of his empathy, because of his ethic of care. His executioners had the performance of masculinity, the kind won by meting out violence and terrorising communities."

~ Alexander Hurst

#Trump #ICE #CBP #JesusOchoa #RaymundoGutierrez #AlexPretti #murder #execution #masculinity
/10

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/04/minneapolis-two-versions-of-masculinity-alex-pretti-maga-male-power

the Guardian

On a street in Minneapolis, two versions of masculinity clashed. One anchored in fear, the other in care | Alexander Hurst

Alex Pretti had courage and empathy. This, not Maga’s conception of male power, is what we must teach young men, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 2 days ago

"On a street in Minneapolis, two versions of masculinity clashed. One anchored in fear, the other in care."

#Trump #ICE #CBP #JesusOchoa #RaymundoGutierrez #AlexPretti #murder #execution #masculinity
/11

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 2 days ago

As Heather Cox Richardson also does (see /1 above), Edith Olmsted points out:

"Not a single Republican congressperson—the very same people who want you to believe that Good deserved to die—bothered to attend Tuesday’s forum [on ICE violence in Minnesota]."

Olmsted highlights testimony given by two brothers of Renee Good at the forum.

#Trump #Republicans #ICE #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/12

https://newrepublic.com/post/206105/renee-good-brothers-mourn-death-ice-terror

The New Republic

Renee Good’s Brothers Mourn That Her Death Has Not Stopped ICE Terror

Her brothers testified before congressional Democrats.

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · yesterday

"Years ago I came to the conclusion that the Department of Homeland Security was a mistake in all sorts of various ways. I believe as we now approach the 25th anniversary of 9/11 later this year, we must revisit it and break it apart."

~ Garrett M. Graff

#Trump #Republicans #DHA #ICE #immigrants #ApprovalRating #AbolishICE
/13

https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-ways-to-reform-ice-and-cbp

Doomsday Scenario

Six Ways to Reform ICE and CBP

And why congressional "reform" isn't actually the real problem....

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