Ryan Dumas

professional nerd // cmu alum // pgh

[Ryan Deto @RyanDeto]

BREAKING: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is being sold to The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, the same nonprofit that owns the Baltimore Banner, sources inside a Post-Gazette meeting tell me. The P-G was set to close May 3 but appears now to be preserved. More details tk

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

Oh my god. Alex Pretti’s parents found out he was dead when an AP reporter called them. No one picked up the phone to inform them that their son had been killed, and as of Saturday night, they still hadn’t heard anything from federal officials.

[Democrats @TheDemocrats]

IMPEACH KRISTI NOEM.

[Matt McDermott @mattmfm]

Cannot stress enough how insane it is that TWICE this month the Trump White House watched citizens get murdered by federal agents and their first move wasn’t to investigate — it was to lie and brand the innocent victims domestic terrorists intent on killing law enforcement.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

A statement from the family of Alex Pretti, obtained by CNN:

"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 has 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."

[Tim Alberta @TimAlberta]

Okay so,

1) an American citizen exercises his First Amendment right to peaceably assemble and his Second Amendment right to bear arms, out of apparent concern that a tyrannical federal government is violating basic protections afforded under the Constitution

2) after coming to the aid of an unarmed woman who's been shoved to the ground by a masked federal agent, the citizen -- impaired by pepper spray, holding nothing but a cell phone -- is dragged to the ground by a group of other masked agents

3) during the scuffle, shortly after one masked agent removes the weapon from the restrained citizen's person, several other masked agents open fire, unloading 10 shots from close range and killing the unarmed citizen

4) despite video evidence, a spokesman for the federal government says the citizen approached agents with a gun, provoked a violent confrontation, and planned to "massacre" law enforcement

You really want to defend this? Go ahead. Just know, you look like an absolute fool.

[Austin MacNamara @gremloe]

"...approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, seen here."

This is the victim, holding a phone in his right hand before CBP assaults and murders him.
They're lying to you, spitting in the eye of everyone who can see.

[c a i t l i n @hello__caitlin]

“Roving bands of masked federal agents with total immunity executing gun owners” is the kind of sweaty conservative fantasy we’ve heard over the last 20 years on cable news and now that it’s here, they love it

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Claiming to follow Jesus who was unjustly accused, arrested, and executed by the state, all with religious justification, and then passionately supporting the state without question as it aggressively goes after people has to be one of the most blatant contradictions in history.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Fuck you, you lying piece of fascist shit.

[Annie Wu (all socials: @annie_wu_22) @Annie_Wu_22]

“wHaT RaDiCaLiZeD yOu?”

idk, im not a piece of shit

[Zito @_Zeets]

So all of it started because they decided to push the woman, and when the dude stepped in to stop them from assaulting her, they killed him. Insane.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

They shot Renee Good in the face.
They kidnapped Liam Ramos.
They just executed a man on the street.

Unmask them. Prosecute them. No more secret police.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

MAGA is full of people with "don't tread on me" bumper stickers who think federal agents should be allowed to gun people down in the streets because they feel like it.

[kar @bustitopen420]

“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” -Omar El Akkad

[Tony Roundtree @Tonywithyy]

NFL script writers having Ravens vs Steelers on Sunday night football end with 3 tds in the final 4 minutes, a missed extra point and a missed field goal

[Noah Hiles @_NoahHiles]

Quick recap of this year's trade activity, along with a few notes.

[PNC Park’s Giant Balls @PNCsGiantBalls]

Salary dumping the best defensive player in baseball to a division rival for a slap hitting middle infielder.

Another masterful gambit by Ben Cherington, how does he keep doing it