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True Dough

(25,992 posts)
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 07:22 AM 14 hrs ago

It is at our doorstep (warning: chilling images)

We MUST act. Reinforce anti-fascist culture, keep the mass movements coming and file legal action as necessary. We cannot stand to have good people being executed to serve a crazed authoritarian.

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It is at our doorstep (warning: chilling images) (Original Post) True Dough 14 hrs ago OP
There is no question where this comes from: True Dough 14 hrs ago #1
And, as has been said over and over, True Dough 14 hrs ago #2
Where did the picture on the right come from? Goonch 14 hrs ago #3
I believe the photo came from the Lady in Pink recording Alex Pretti's murder Niagara 13 hrs ago #5
I have rarely used my firearms. Which I reluctantly bought... littlemissmartypants 14 hrs ago #4
Be vigilant. Be careful. True Dough 10 hrs ago #20
You too, True. Thank you. 💕 littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #25
Yes, we must. OldBaldy1701E 13 hrs ago #6
You've got it all wrong Dread Pirate Roberts 13 hrs ago #7
Trump will continue using ICE to create protests so he can order the military to attack. Lonestarblue 13 hrs ago #8
This image does NOT show where we are headed as a nation AverageOldGuy 13 hrs ago #9
Co-sign JustAnotherGen 12 hrs ago #17
My son is 1/2 Cuban and my 3 grandchildren's mother is Hispanic. I have been talking to my son about this Deuxcents 6 hrs ago #29
My new American husband is in a state of rage JustAnotherGen 4 hrs ago #31
What year did he get citizenship? I should think growing up in Italy, there were a lot of WWII veterans Deuxcents 4 hrs ago #32
2020 JustAnotherGen 3 hrs ago #33
I watched this yesterday with Congressman Seth Moulton as a guest Niagara 13 hrs ago #10
Alex Pretti's last known words True Dough 10 hrs ago #21
Not only is it sickening, it's also intentional to keep people frightened and in line, True Niagara 10 hrs ago #28
My worst nightmares come true in the U.S. PatSeg 12 hrs ago #11
Yup. Don't be a 'good' American. Resist Joinfortmill 12 hrs ago #12
;-{) Goonch 12 hrs ago #13
Ask Congress to defund and regulate them. IronLionZion 12 hrs ago #14
Congress is controlled by the same Republicans that are responsible for this in the first place. W_HAMILTON 12 hrs ago #16
There is a DHS funding bill up for a vote this week IronLionZion 11 hrs ago #18
The last Jew in Vinnitsa, 1941 Lucky Luciano 12 hrs ago #15
And the other Nazis stood around, True Dough 10 hrs ago #22
Hence the kidnappings to corrupt foreign prison camps Ruby the Liberal 11 hrs ago #19
This fellow encapsulates things crudely, but accurately... True Dough 10 hrs ago #23
Right in front of our eyes: True Dough 10 hrs ago #24
Trump and his fascist administration Dave Id 10 hrs ago #26
They think they're going to break us. chowmama 10 hrs ago #27
Spread this meme far and wide RetiredParatrooper 5 hrs ago #30

Niagara

(11,622 posts)
5. I believe the photo came from the Lady in Pink recording Alex Pretti's murder
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 08:28 AM
13 hrs ago

The video is on DU and is graphic.


There were at least three people recording the murder but this angle looks like its from the Lady in Pink.


To be honest, I haven't watched the other videos as one was enough for me.


littlemissmartypants

(32,148 posts)
4. I have rarely used my firearms. Which I reluctantly bought...
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 07:53 AM
14 hrs ago

Because I live on a farm and I had a close encounter with a rabid animal here. I killed a large rattlesnake at the barn. It had killed one of my cats. And was HUGE! I have shot into the air to scare coyotes, once. That's it.

I am contemplating other activities. If necessary.

Most don't involve a firearm, however.

Thanks for the discussion. I love you, True.



Dear ICE:
Please let me know if you're looking for me. Thanks, ❤️pants

OldBaldy1701E

(10,465 posts)
6. Yes, we must.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 08:47 AM
13 hrs ago

And, as soon as we finish debating on what that is gong to entail, we will be right on it!

Lonestarblue

(13,280 posts)
8. Trump will continue using ICE to create protests so he can order the military to attack.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 08:58 AM
13 hrs ago

We will see the same level of violence against US citizens as the government of Iran recently used against its citizens, with estimates of 6,000 dead to more than 30,000 deaths with hundreds of thousands seriously injured. Neither Trump nor Republicans in Congress care how many people they murder in Democratic states.

Is all this deliberate ICE chaos an excuse to cancel the midterm elections? Democratic governors need to start fighting back. Arrest and prosecute ICE agents for murder now.

AverageOldGuy

(3,451 posts)
9. This image does NOT show where we are headed as a nation
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 08:58 AM
13 hrs ago

It shows WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW and it will only get worse.

JustAnotherGen

(37,708 posts)
17. Co-sign
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 09:59 AM
12 hrs ago

Last edited Sun Jan 25, 2026, 11:50 AM - Edit history (1)

People are worried about martial law being implemented.

How is this not already the case in Minneapolis?

And not you AOG - but I don't want people giving me sterile dictionary definitions.

For The Record - those of us who were told we were being hysterical, "that's not going to happen", the courts will hold blah blah . . .

We are owed an apology. The Genocide is here now. Where did the Gaza Genocide Protesters go? Too close to home now? Too personally dangerous now?

Thanks for nothing. Glad you sleep well at night while my 16 year old 1/2 Latina, Black, White and Indigenous future member of the D.A.R. carries her passport to school.

I hope you sleep well at night - because she doesn't. Her little brother? Literally looks like Liam.

I hope you're happy.

Deuxcents

(25,750 posts)
29. My son is 1/2 Cuban and my 3 grandchildren's mother is Hispanic. I have been talking to my son about this
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:56 PM
6 hrs ago

For months now and he’s always been “don’t worry” and just yesterday, his tone is definitely different. He’s had a talk with my 24 yo grandson and the two girls are 23 and 20..out n about going to school and working for a better future that I’m scared will not be what they want. I think my son has been of the *we live in a red state* comfort zone that has finally been shaken. I’m enraged about being fearful for them and for your family in what used to be and is no longer. 🌺

JustAnotherGen

(37,708 posts)
31. My new American husband is in a state of rage
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 05:50 PM
4 hrs ago

Last edited Sun Jan 25, 2026, 08:39 PM - Edit history (1)

Got his citizenship in 2020. Dual Citizenship - Italy. He grew up around former fascists and children of WW2.

He saw things others didn't about where this was going if Trump won.

Deuxcents

(25,750 posts)
32. What year did he get citizenship? I should think growing up in Italy, there were a lot of WWII veterans
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 06:01 PM
4 hrs ago

Ad post war babies, like myself who were taught in schools or in the home about the importance of keeping vigil

JustAnotherGen

(37,708 posts)
33. 2020
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 06:27 PM
3 hrs ago

Got his Green Card the day I was born -73.

Lived in the Bronx from 4 - 13 then the family went home. Zio Nicolo can be found in Pictures with Mussolini. He became a Partisan when the Reich took over. He was a Senator and then Senator for life.

My mom's dad is sprinkled in pictures with Eisenhower at the end of WW2.

Our marriage should be a marker in letting go of the past . . . but it is all coming around again.

Zio Nic was still alive in 2016 and he BEGGED my husband to bring his pretty American wife to Italy where she's safe. He would ensure the rest of my family could come.

We should have listened when he was alive.

Niagara

(11,622 posts)
10. I watched this yesterday with Congressman Seth Moulton as a guest
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 09:02 AM
13 hrs ago

Some of the topics that Mr. Mouton talks is about defunding ICE, the cowards in the republican party, and the modern day American Gestapo.



"This is gestapo type stuff happening in America."



And Congressman Moulton is saying the same thing that I've been saying since Renee Good's murder:
"My guess is that this is not coming from our senile president but from Stephen Miller. Stephen Miller the modern incarnation of the Gestapo right here in America, a racist full and through who is using Donald Trump this increasingly senile president for his aims of white domination."



Congressman Moulton isn't defending Trump and he says that clearly. And that Trump is all on board with it and that he's easily manipulated being senile.


I'm not defending Trump either but I've suspected this is why we have a Gestapo style street executions happening here in America.





True Dough

(25,992 posts)
21. Alex Pretti's last known words
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 11:14 AM
10 hrs ago

were "Are you okay?" to the woman being attacked by ICE whom he was attempting to aid. His nursing instincts kicked in. His sense of humanity took hold. That's something entirely lacking for the jack-booted thugs who surrounded them. They only know violence, harm, evil and will lie until the bitter end.

It's just sickening.

Niagara

(11,622 posts)
28. Not only is it sickening, it's also intentional to keep people frightened and in line, True
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 12:00 PM
10 hrs ago

I certainly hope those responsible for Alex Pretti's murder are identified and arrested and that justice is served to them.


W_HAMILTON

(10,175 posts)
16. Congress is controlled by the same Republicans that are responsible for this in the first place.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 09:56 AM
12 hrs ago

We need to do everything we can to make sure Republicans are voted OUT later this year.

IronLionZion

(50,927 posts)
18. There is a DHS funding bill up for a vote this week
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 10:22 AM
11 hrs ago

we need enough GOP to join all the Dems.

Lucky Luciano

(11,833 posts)
15. The last Jew in Vinnitsa, 1941
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 09:50 AM
12 hrs ago

This is an iconic photo of Nazi evil. It was only last month, I think, that this murderer was identified….though everyone there is equally guilty….that said, we are not there yet…MAGAts would love to go there though.

True Dough

(25,992 posts)
22. And the other Nazis stood around,
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 11:19 AM
10 hrs ago

just as so many ReThugs condone physical assaults against Dems in the streets, and now even their deaths in cold blood.

This quote has never seemed so germane:

"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."

—Martin Niemöller

chowmama

(1,022 posts)
27. They think they're going to break us.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 11:54 AM
10 hrs ago

But we don't break. We become more angry.

I live nearly at the Good murder site. I'm about a mile from the Pretti murder site. There are no immigrant murder gangs roaming my streets, none whatsoever. The only murder gangs here are DHS/ICE.

I now wear a t-shirt nearly everywhere that says "Keep The Immigrants. Deport The Racists" in brilliant lettering. Made and sold by immigrants, and I wear my coat open in the coldest temps so it's visible to everyone. Whistle around my neck, even when the shirt is in the wash. (I plan to get a backup.)

I'm a five-foot-tall pudgy elderly white woman in glasses. I'll run into Ice eventually and they can claim they 'feared for their lives' all they want to. Pathetic little losers that they are. I'm not going to be a 'good German'.

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