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Happy Chrono Trigger 31st Anniversary!!
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

In MAGA world:

It is justified for police to kill:
•A Black man in a car who discloses he has a legal firearm
•An unarmed Black man who committed no crime
•An unarmed white woman driving away

It is NOT justified for police to kill:
•A violent white woman refusing orders & committing insurrection

Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."

Even if you take his fake posturing that he hasn't been able to cover the tattoo up in good faith, why'd you get that shit in the first place? These people can't be accepted in society, let alone policing the streets

Tim Cook on January 6, 2021: "Today marks a sad and shameful chapter in our nation's history. Those responsible for this insurrection should be held to account, and we must complete the transition to President-elect Biden's administration. It's especially when they are challenged that our ideals matter most."

Tim Cook genuflecting before Trump in the Oval Office as he hands him the bespoke golden tablet that he crafted for him.

Matt Walsh tweeted last year: "We've spent the last 25 years bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to countries around the globe while our own country has been systematically invaded and now our largest cities are run by foreigners and communists. If you want to know why I'm so avowedly non-interventionist, this is why." Then he tweeted today: ""This is a war for oil!!!!!" First of all, the "war" lasted like 90 minutes. Second, going to war to secure vital resources for your own people is totally legitimate. Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?"

Laura Loomer tweeted last year: "I’m America First, I don’t support “Regime Change”. I went on @Bannons_WarRoom to talk about Chinese aggression in Venezuela and why we need to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign Islamic terrorist organization." Then she tweeted yesterday: "Maduro has arrived at the DEA office in Manhattan. He was transported in an armored motorcade after being transported in a blindfold via helicopter & then by plane to New York after his compound in Caracas was raided by US Special Forces. Proud to be an American today! USA 🇺🇸"

Catturd tweeted last year: "Name one U.S. inspired regime change that hasn’t ended in absolute disaster." Then he tweeted yesterday: "Venezuela is now more free than New York City."

Will Chamberlain tweeted last year: "The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position" Then he tweeted yesterday: "I can think of few better uses of my tax dollars than black-bagging the head of a foreign narco-trafficking organization that enriches itself by addicting and poisoning my fellow Americans"

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

Ah yes the best way to read horror: get two pages at a time in between the toddler changing their mind about what they want to do

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

It's Jan 2, officially a week out from Christmas and little one still wants The Grinch (2019) every day. How to get out of loop

The "tactics" part of it is really boring too =/

Some culinary firsts for me this Christmas. Cooked a ham for Christmas day lunch, made multiple batches of ice cream and was trusted with bringing a homemade pumpkin pie. Some were more successful than others - ham will be a tradition, ice cream came out amazing, but pumpkin pie ended up salty?

Amazing

What is this line supposed to be? Forgot after seeing in theaters

Rear tire on one of our cars decided to spring a leak today, of all days. On the way back from the shop were either going 20 under or 20 over, no in between

Yupppp. We had a sweater breakdown this morning too. Girlie picked the sweater, I told her I was going to put it on to which she said uh huh. Then while I was getting it over her head "NOT DISSSSSSSS" and flailing to the ground.

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

Bill Clinton had his first two nominees for attorney general fail because they hadn't paid Social Security taxes on their kids' nannies.

Donald Trump had his nominee for attorney general fail because he was raping homeless teenagers.

Already emailed him but saving this post so I can remember when Spanberger is in. In my email I commented on how it's hard to imagine that his constituents seem to be paying more attention then he is that the GOP will lie their way to get a vote on ACA then not vote for it, yet here we are.

Prices since Trump took office:

-Groceries: ⬆️ 2.7%
-Utilities: ⬆️ 11%
-ACA premiums: ⬆️ 26%
-Overall consumer prices: ⬆️ 3%

Trump: “I don't want to hear about the affordability.”

lol lmfao even

cannot wait for this guy to fade into obscurity as a has-been

To recap, among young voters…

Prop 50: +58
Sherril: +37
Spanberger: +40
Mamdani: +61

I better see the media start retracting some of those stories saying Gen Z is the most conservative generation.

Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...

Donald Trump broke a promise and then ruined something?

Well, I never.

the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction