Harry Litman - Congress Must Act Now
Its more than a crime now.
Its a violent reign of lawlessness against Minnesota, perpetrated by the federal government.
We are once again madly analyzing a kaleidoscope of images through a smoke screen of ICE lies. So Ill attach the prosecutorial asterisk and say my immediate impressionsstrong and disgusted as they arearent designed to substitute for the constitutionally required, beyond a reasonable doubt, final take on whats happened. We have to hope far more information brings the focus into crystal clarity, even as it looks as if the feds are taking action to prevent it.
But, from what we have in only the hours after the horrific episode, the latest fatal shooting of Alex Pretti replicates the worst, most lawless features of the Renee Good killing.
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https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/congress-must-act-now
TBF
(37,153 posts)By Jacob Knutson
January 24, 2026
Just hours after federal immigration officers shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi seized upon the incident to demand access to Minnesotas voter rolls, directly tying the Trump administrations quest for voters unredacted personal data to its aggressive immigration raids across the state.
In a letter to Gov. Tim Walz (D) Saturday, Bondi blamed state and local leaders ...
more here:
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/attorney-general-bondi-minnesota-voter-rolls-border-patrol-fatal-shooting/
Klarkashton
(5,413 posts)Immediately there is some bullshit deal thing.
TBF
(37,153 posts)and my opinion is that we will never have free and fair elections while this regime is in power
yellow dahlia
(6,453 posts)dalton99a
(95,246 posts)Wicked Blue
(9,016 posts)Perceptive quote from Litman's article
mahatmakanejeeves
(70,702 posts)
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