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
Impromptu protest featured signs, chants lamenting killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by Béatrice Vallières January 24, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) Hundreds gathered at Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon to express solidarity with Minnesotans in response to the killing of 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti by a federal agent in Minneapolis earlier today. Pretti,… Continue reading
Fuel the Mission — Support Us Now Reports 368 Reports Filter Observed 1/26/26 Not Confirmed 701 15th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN, USA Time Submitted: 9:30 PM Time Occurred: 9:28 PM Observed 1/26/26 Confirmed O’Hare International Airport (ORD), West O’Hare Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA Time Submitted: 9:22 PM Time Occurred: 9:20… Continue reading
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Candles are lit outside the US Embassy in London in memory of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the United States. (Photo by Lab Ky Mo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) The FBI has focused its investigation on Good’s ties to activist groups… Continue reading
US Attorney General Pam Bondi arrives for a briefing with bicameral congressional leadership at the US Capitol on January 5, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) “This is blackmail. This is the way organized crime works.” Julia Conley Jan 25, 2026 (CommonDreams.org) As Minnesota residents and people… Continue reading
Parenti in Berkeley, California, US in 2004 Michael John Parenti was an American political scientist, academic historian and cultural critic who wrote on scholarly and popular subjects. He taught at universities and also ran for political office. Parenti was well known for his Marxist writings and lectures, and was an… Continue reading
Imperial Boomerang [VIDEO] by Chris Hedges. Watch video and Read on Substack Chris Hedges Jan 25, 2026 (chrishedges.substack.com) The murders of unarmed civilians on the streets of Minneapolis, including the killing today of the intensive-care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, would not come as a shock to Iraqis in Fallujah or Afghans in… Continue reading
With Minneapolis, the Trump administration is creating an existential threat for legal gun owners and Second Amendment advocates. Alain Stephens January 25 2026, 3:32 p.m. (TheIntercept.com) Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement. Border Patrol agents on Saturday shot and killed Alex Pretti, a… Continue reading
Charles Sumner, a staunch abolitionist U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1851–1874), embodied “backbone” through his uncompromising, Radical Republican stance against slavery and for civil rights . His 1856 “Crime Against Kansas” speech, which targeted the slavery oligarchy, demonstrated his fortitude despite the threat of violence. Sumner’s “backbone” represents his refusal to… Continue reading
