Alex Pretti was a Minneapolis ICU nurse who spent his days caring for and saving others. Today, he was shot and killed by a Border Patrol Agent. Alex’s life was extinguished by state violence. We must tell the truth about what is happening.
My father warned us, “When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind.”
What we are witnessing now (masked raids, people taken without due process, vigilante, Gestapo, and slave patrol-like tactics normalized under the color of law) is a moral crisis.
Nonviolence demands more than outrage; it demands action.
Congress must dismantle ICE; enact just, humane immigration policies; and ensure implementation of the policies by people who honor the humanity of Black and Brown immigrants, respect those raising their voices in support of immigrants, and seek the safety of community.
The blood of those who are being kidnapped and unjustly killed by agents with impunity is not only on the hands of those who pull the trigger, but on every lawmaker and every court that has the power to intervene and chooses silence.
Creating the Beloved Community requires truth, accountability, and the courage to act before more lives are lost.
#Minneapolis #CallToAction #ShowUpCongress #BelovedCommunity
Posting this here so everyone can see it:
The heartbreaking note by the family of Alex Pretti, who was murdered by Donald Trump’s ICE:
"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.”
Over half of the corporations bankrolling Trump’s vanity ballroom are facing (or recently faced) federal investigations into wrongdoing — including violating workers’ rights or misleading consumers.
They also have a combined $279 BILLION in federal contracts.
Follow the money.
Not true.
The last time the House voted was September 19th.
Republicans have been on vacation for 45 days.
Do your job, Mike—work with Democrats to re-open the government.
🚨Republicans control the presidency, Congress, and a Supreme Court with six GOP appointees, yet cannot govern. As the shutdown nears a record 35 days, millions go unpaid and the government stands paralyzed.
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@realDonaldTrump - liar, cheat, thief-in-chief. He lies about Everything and now he's tearing down our White House to hang some huge zit off its side. You and I are paying for this no matter what #DonTheCon says - he LIES ALL THE TIME! #IWillNotStandDown#IAmACitizenNotASubject
🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump just casually admitted the ballroom will now cost $300 million – that’s $50 million morethan he claimed before.
He said it like it was nothing.
Meanwhile, they “can’t afford” to save health care?
Republicans have ZERO shame.
Reporter: Is it the WH’s position that furloughed workers should be paid their back pay?
Trump: It depends on who we’re talking about. We're going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of, and we'll take care of them in a different way
Trump: I want to get the drug prices down by 1,000%, 1,200%. You know what I mean by that.. We'll have drug prices coming down by 500, 600, 800, even 1,200%.
Donny Two Dolls wants you to go with less, while he builds himself a ballroom.
No money for pediatric cancer research.
But an opulent ballroom…
Let them eat cake!
In an immensely embarrassing moment, Donald Trump says he has a lot of respect for Canada because the Canadian hockey player who plays for the Capitols just broke the record.
Alex Ovechkin is Russian.
🚨 #BREAKINGNEWS Fox News Reports Donald Trump has the lowest approval rating in modern day within a Presidents first 100 days. Beating is first term of 45 as he currently sits at 44%. 🚨