Kate Ballantyne

Alex Jeffrey Pretti Knew He Wanted to Help Others Shot and killed by immigration agents on a Minneapolis street, he wanted to be a ‘force of good in the world.’

Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, was a U.S. citizen with no criminal record, an official said. He was a registered nurse who worked in the intensive-care unit at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. nyti.ms/4t3ekJW

Just drove home to South Minneapolis from a friend's house in St Paul. Every corner of Lake street was full of neighbors holding vigil. Every corner of 35th St. was full of neighbors holding vigil. Cried the whole way.

President Donald Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term. “I'm not joking,” he says in an NBC News interview.

Well that’s a headline I did not except to see. Ever.

Can’t imagine why I get mobbed when I take this dog out for a walk…🤷‍♀️🤔

All the best kinds of direct action. #TeslaTakedown

Life is better with dogs.

Donold is now classifying protests at Tesla dealerships as ‘domestic terrorism.’

Protest at a Tesla dealership and you get arrested as a terrorist.

But attack the Capitol and you get a pardon.

Trump Intensifies ‘51st State’ Threats in Attack on Canada The U.S. president on Tuesday reiterated his claims on Canada’s territory as he increased tariffs, threatening to bring the country’s economy to its knees.

How is this even real? Trump wants to be Putin. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...

I like itty bitty boys, in-the-city boys…

Moving my money to Substack, NYTs and Kyiv Independent

Done

I feel the coming war in my bones.

That and learn to scrub out a toilet. Neither are rocket science.

Exactly

Getting outside is keeping me sane. Considering trying to buy some land in the next couple of years, in case things get really bad and folks need to hide out.

Smart

This is what it looks like when oligarchs unravel freedom of press.

Thank you, Mr. Driscoll!

Staying grounded in nature is necessary for me to fight for what I love, whether the fight is personal or political- or, like most things, both.

Profit is the only thing the care about or understand.

My one thing I can do today - donate to the ACLU. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, and Southern Poverty Law Center filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Trump...

Agree, but I do not think dems hammered this enough, or spoke at the appropriate level about it. The DNC needs an overhaul and to focus policies on working class families - of all types - and messaging that makes sense to those with maybe an 8th-grade education.

I’m likely biased, but I feel like my dog belongs in Filson catalogues.

Mind boggling. Thank you for exposing and questioning this. You’re one of our heroes right now.

Shop Costco! Not Walmart!

This gave me hope. Let’s de-nazify shit.

“Look for the helpers” (and heroes). Here’s one.

Department of Education undoes Biden’s Title IX rules on gender The Department of Education announced Friday it is scrapping former President Biden’s 2024 Title IX changes, getting rid of discrimination protection based on gender identity and sexual orien…

I don’t need protection from trans people, thank you very much. I need protection from rape and protection of my right to choose. This makes me sick. thehill.com/homenews/edu...

This is the stuff that scares me. It’s not a very long journey to state-controlled media.