Daily Archives: January 28, 2026

The Weak as Props

Alex Pretti, the Wolves, and the Need for Shepherds I. Introduction: The Pretti Incident and Shifting Narratives Last week, the nation was fed a tidy martyr story: Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at a Veterans Administration hospital in Minneapolis, gunned down by federal agents while “directing traffic” outside Glam Doll Donuts on Nicollet Avenue. The image was immediate and potent-an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire of Trump’s immigration crackdown, his death proof of rogue federal violence. Protests erupted from Minneapolis to New York and Los Angeles. Far-left networks wasted no time seeding the narrative: Pretti as saintly victim, the…

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Let Democrats Cook

The Looming Democrat Shutdown Blunder Republicans Should Let Them Own Folks, we're staring down the barrel of another partial government shutdown this weekend, with the January 30-31 deadline looming like a Texas thunderstorm. Democrats in the Senate are digging in their heels, threatening to withhold the 60 votes needed to pass the DHS appropriations bill unless Republicans cave on so-called "reforms" to ICE-like requiring judicial warrants for arrests and detentions. It's all tied to the recent uproar over ICE and CBP actions, including that tragic shootings in Minneapolis. But let's call this what it is: political theater at its worst, and…

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