Autocratic regimes have always made absurd claims to justify their acts of violence against dissenters ("He jumped out the window"); people know they're lying but can't prove it.
What's infuriating (and terrifying) here is that they're lying just as brazenly even though we can see they're lying.

Our initial analysis is up.

The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.

He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.

It's time to abolish Trump’s ICE.

There’s video now. Worst thing I’ve ever seen. The entire ICE contingent needs to be arrested

When you watch the horrifying video of ICE agents murdering another human in Minneapolis at point-blank range, remember that these violent, untrained thugs have been empowered by a sadistic criminal who occupies our White House. This cannot go on.

Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who stays in it from this day forward as members of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder.

Federal agents shoot person in Minnesota, governor says Minneapolis officials said they are investigating.

Another Gestapo murder in Minnesota. Six agents wrestle someone to the ground and then shoot him in the back

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

@donbacon.bsky.social @debfischer.bsky.social @peterickets.bsky.social you guys going to continue doing nothing as people are being brutally beaten, kidnapped, and murdered on the streets by the feds? All with impunity. This is on you.

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.

Please read whole thread

JD Vance @JDVance These people are incapable of not lying about this. "Side window"? You can see the photos of the car with bullet holes. The shots came from the front of the car because that's where the officer was standing when he was hit by the car. He is allowed to discharge his weapon in self defense. Quote Ryan Grim @ryangrim · 22h Ok this is genuinely psychotic. Innocent? He shot an unarmed woman twice through a side window and then called her a “fuckin’ bitch,” let her bleed out, and fled the scene. x.com/jdvance/status…

The 2nd & 3rd shots absolutely came from the side. But the *first* shot also came from off to the side. Here are the two frames that should end this conversation for anybody who is honest.

If he was in front of the car when he fired the first shot, you wouldn't be able to see his legs, but you can:

We should mock this miserable, doddering, old man.

And we should have our eyes wide open that he is openly telling us he will undermine our free and fair elections by attacking mail-in voting and advancing gerrymandering in red states.

He's a fascist. Take this literally and seriously.

RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.

You spoiled plebeians need to be grateful with two dolls because we billionaires need billions more -Trump and the GOP #taxtherich

We need to give up the framing that they imprisoned a man in El Salvador “mistakenly.” Their actions prove this is intentional. Did they mean for this to be the trial run? Don’t know. But they’re running hard with it. That’s not a “mistake.” That’s fascism.

"Even as the Musk-Trump people continue to say that we must sacrifice our rights for national security, they are also starting to say that they find it worthwhile to violate national security in order to have the tools that allow them to violate our rights."

When they lie the bombing plans were not classified, take hostage visa holders because they said something they didn’t like, remove people with tattoos to an El Salvador prison without due process…they are telling us they reject the rule of law and embrace a fascist future as a pariah state.

The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.

This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A picture of Neri Alvarado, a young man, standing next to his brother, who is a young teenager. Both are smiling for the camera and wearing matching shirts. Neri has his arm around his brother.

A picture of Neri's tattoo, which is an autism ribbon in rainbow colors with his brother's name "Neryelson" written on it.

NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos.

Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.

Undocumented workers are bad, so let’s have teenagers replace them working overnight so they can fall asleep in school, because who needs education when they can work for sweatshop wages?

Adding a journalist to a top secret government group chat about dropping bombs *IS* the kind of thing people who aren’t super politically literate can understand and find shocking/notable/disqualifying. Dems should seize on this and never ever let it go. I hope to hear about it in a decade

What our allies are asking themselves right now: "Is this a government and group of people you’d want to share your own sensitive intelligence with?

"This is what happens when you fill a government with all of the most unqualified people ever to hold their roles"

J.D. Vance, Vice President Michael Waltz, National Security Adviser Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense Marco Rubio, Secretary of State Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Scott Bessent, Secretary of Treasury Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East Joe Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center [NOT CONFIRMED BY SENATE]

The scope of this story will make it a major challenge to cover as a scandal. It's not just one person or department screwing up, ALL of them are on it, ALL of these people participated in an enormous national security breach that I suspect is also extremely illegal:

every person involved in this needs to be in prison

Remember when people used to say the warnings about Trump were alarmist? He’s now explicitly saying US citizens who damage private property that’s linked to one of his oligarch cronies will be sent to prisons in El Salvador.

“If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace. I am peace.” - Donald Trump, in Michigan, on Nov 1st.

NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.

In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.

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Introducing: The Musk Watch DOGE Tracker New tool reveals Musk has overstated verified DOGE savings by at least 92%

1. The DOGE website is garbage.

The claimed savings has no relationship to the data provided.

And the data that is provided grossly inflates the savings from each canceled contract.

So we just launched our own site — the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — that breaks everything down.