7 h. ago Kristi Noem's White House cheerleaders blame SNOW in bold new excuse for why she botched Alex Pretti shooting response

The shooting of Alex Pretti, 37 in Minneapolis on Saturday seemed to signal a turning point in President Trump's thinking, with even some Republicans demanding ICE be reined in.

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17 h. ago Minneapolis shooting latest: Clinton and Obama call on Americans to ‘stand up’ to ICE as Trump demands cooperation

The Obamas urged the Trump administration to ‘reconsider’ their approach to immigration enforcement

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17 h. ago Where is Bush? Bill Clinton joins Obama to condemn Minneapolis shooting prompting calls for Republican ex

With his statement, Bill Clinton became the most recent former president to address the deadly Minneapolis shooting of a US citizen, while Republican George W. Bush has remained silent.

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22 h. ago Minneapolis shooting latest: Trump demands Minnesota cooperate with ICE as Obama and Clinton warn of historic moment’

The Obamas urged the Trump administration to ‘reconsider’ their approach to immigration enforcement

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25 h. ago Minneapolis shooting: Obama and Clinton urge Americans to ‘stand up’ as more Republicans call for an investigation – live

Some elected officials condemn Trump’s federal surge in Minnesota and say DHS agents should leave stateAlex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimonyCalls mount on Trump administration to fully investigate killingMinnesota workers pressure employers to take action against ICE operationsAlex Pretti, a Veterans Affairs Hospital ICU nurse, was said to be deeply upset about the Trump administration’s sometimes brutal immigration crackdown. The 37-year-old has been described as kindhearted by his friends and family (see opening post to read what his parents said about him in a statement issued after he was killed).Dimitri Drekonja, chief of the Infectious Diseases Section at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital and a colleague of Pretti, called him “a good kind person who lived to help.” Pretti was a nurse working “to support critically ill veterans,” he added. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US protests condemn ICE killing of Renee Good and ‘a regime that is willing to kill its own citizens’

In Philadelphia, protesters demanded ICE leave US communities and Trump end warmongering in VenezuelaOn a rainy Saturday in Philadelphia, two separate protests, both with a few hundred people, marched from city hall to the federal detention center. They differed slightly in solutions as well as crowd makeup – white older adults dominated the morning’s march organized by the groups behind the No Kings protests, while a more racially diverse crowd swathed in keffiyehs and N95 face masks led the afternoon’s, planned by the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter. However, both groups shared a goal: for ICE to get out of American communities and to put an end to Donald Trump’s warmongering in Venezuela.“From Venezuela to Minneapolis, all we’re seeing is a regime that is scrambling, willing to kill its own citizens, willing to kill foreign citizens, to maintain its power,” said Deborah Rose Hinchey, co-chair of the city’s Democratic Socialists of America chapter. Continue reading...

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