Photo courtesy of World Affairs Council Dallas-Fort Worth “The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.” – Andrea Pitzer, American historian Andrea Pitzer (born 1968) is an American journalist, known for her books One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps and The Secret History… Continue reading
January 25, 2026 (showbiz411.com) By Roger Friedman There will be no new episode of “60 Minutes” tonight. Instead, the Emmy winning, venerated news program is showing three archived movie star profiles with no relevance to anything current. The profiled actors are Timothee Chalamet from last year, Jamie Lee Curtis from… Continue reading
Pretti, a Minneapolis ICU nurse, is the second person to be shot to death by ICE in the past month. By Emma Garcia January 25, 2026 (48hills.org) 48 Hills and El Tecolote video reporter Emma Garcia was on the scene last night in downtown San Francisco, as dozens of people… Continue reading
US Politics Russ Baker 01/26/26 (whowhatwhy.org) New perspectives — and investigative avenues — on the shootings During the Vietnam War, “success” was measured primarily by the numbers of the enemy killed and wounded. Soldiers were under intense pressure to deliver impressive death statistics. Such pressure led to the infamous My Lai… Continue reading
US Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to the media on January 13, 2026. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) “My support for funding ICE remains the same,” said one Republican following the horrific killing of Alex Pretti. Jake Johnson Jan 26, 2026 (CommonDreams.org) Republicans in the US Senate indicated Sunday that they… Continue reading
An image of Alex Pretti is seen at a makeshift memorial in the area where he was shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 24, 2026. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images) “The American people didn’t vote for these scenes and you can’t continue to… Continue reading
January 26, 2026 (actionnetwork.org) On January 24, 2026, a Border Patrol officer killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, during Trump’s federal invasion of Minneapolis.1 His murder comes just weeks after an ICE agent shot and killed Renée Good.2 Congress is preparing to vote on the FY2026 Department of Homeland… Continue reading
P.S. Over the past few weeks, Indivisible helped lead the ICE Out For Good weekend of action and Friday’s national solidarity events with Minnesota. These major mobilizations are only possible because of grassroots donations, but because we’ve been focused on organizing these days of action and putting pressure on Congress,… Continue reading
January 26, 2026 (newsletters@democracydocket.com) ‘All-out assault on democracy’: What to know about Bondi’s ‘blackmail’ letterHours after federal immigration officers killed a man in Minneapolis, Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota, saying the state could “restore the rule of law” if it handed over its voter rolls to the federal… Continue reading
By Stephen Council, Tech Reporter Jan 26, 2026 (SFGate.com) FILE: President Donald Trump (right) speaks to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a dinner in the White House, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. Meta’s social media platforms have hosted many ads for the Department of Homeland Security.Alex Brandon/AP Several prominent Bay Area tech… Continue reading
