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After weeks of vicious rhetoric aimed at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, after cheering on some of the most aggressive interior immigration enforcement the country has seen in decades, Donald Trump suddenly wants everyone to know he had a “very good call” with the Democratic governor on Monday and that they are on a “similar wavelength.” ​​He even emphasized how “respectful” Walz was, a word Trump rarel…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Alex Pretti killing twists gun-rights nuts into knots Trump goons decided that protesters no longer have Second Amendment rights. Well, some protesters. Impeach Kristi Noem It needed to happen, like, yesterday. GOP happy to defend federal agents' latest execution Republicans are cowards w…

During Monday’s White House press briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt used the contrived " new media seat " to allow right-wing Gateway Pundit extremist Jordan Conradson to tee up a softball question about Alex Pretti ’s death at the hands of federal agents. “With respect to the shooting in Minneapolis, we're seeing massive outrage from mainstream media and the left,” Conradson said. “But …

After spending years praising Adolf Hitler and espousing antisemitic rhetoric , the rapper Kanye West is apparently feeling remorseful for all of that—again. West, who now goes by Ye, took out a one-page ad in The Wall Street Journal to apologize and make excuses for his recent conduct, which involved selling shirts emblazoned with swastikas as recently as last February. “I’m a Nazi,” he plainly …

Gisele Fetterman, the wife of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, decried acts of violence committed by the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency. At the same time, her husband, who has become increasingly close to the Trump administration, continues to back federal funding for ICE. In a private social media post on Sunday that was widely shared, Gisele Fetterman discussed her history as an u…

The Republican Party may be carrying water for what amounts to executions of American citizens by federal immigration goons, and the Trump administration appears willing to discard its professed support of the Second Amendment in the process. But no matter how hard Republicans try to control the narrative, everyday Americans will continue to record and share the abuses and absurdities of these re…

A Republican trial lawyer running for governor in Minnesota dropped out of the race on Monday, saying federal immigration agents’ actions in the state are unconstitutional and have gone too far, and that he can no longer be part of a party that excuses them. “United States citizens, particularly those of color, live in fear. United States citizens are carrying papers to prove their citizenship. T…

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It’s not often that the Trump administration gets crosswise with gun groups, given its near-total devotion to eliminating nearly every gun control law . However, in the rush to justify multiple agents shooting Alex Pretti as he lay on the ground, disarmed and defenseless, the administration decided that somehow protesters no longer have full Second Amendment rights. Well, only some protesters, of…

On Sunday, U.S. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino told CNN’s Dana Bash that no one can say for sure that Alex Pretti was murdered in cold blood by a Border Patrol agent because there must be an investigation first. It would be irresponsible, he said, to speculate before the facts are known. YouTube Video The problem for Bovino and the rest of mad king Donald Trump’s fascist henchmen is that we have…

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy appeared on CNBC Monday, where he defended the indefensible by blaming the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration goons on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and former President Joe Biden. When host Andrew Sorkin applied the mildest push back, asking whether there should be any nonpartisan investigation into the killings, it sent Duffy into an inco…