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highplainsdem

(60,535 posts)
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:00 PM 15 hrs ago

Bondi, Hegseth & Miller's lies about Pretti get perfect rebuke from the ret. general who commanded US Special Operations

The 4-star general is Tony Thomas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_A._Thomas

George Conway posted about it on Bluesky. I'll post all 5 tweets in a reply below.

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2026-01-26T17:59:48.628Z
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Bondi, Hegseth & Miller's lies about Pretti get perfect rebuke from the ret. general who commanded US Special Operations (Original Post) highplainsdem 15 hrs ago OP
Those tweets. These are quote tweets, posted on Gen. Thomas's account, replying to the quoted tweets. highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #1
I'm not on that platform, or would do the same. yellow dahlia 14 hrs ago #3
What a heartbreaking, yet infuriating image. sop 15 hrs ago #2
OMG! Bayard 14 hrs ago #4
Thank you General Thomas!!! Nittersing 14 hrs ago #5
;-{) Goonch 14 hrs ago #6
Somewhere, someday I hope that a little boy sees this picture and decides he will be the kind of man that Alex was. littlemissmartypants 13 hrs ago #7
Argh - That's infuriating that AI couldn't get the stethoscope right. Beartracks 13 hrs ago #8
AIAFU nt eppur_se_muova 12 hrs ago #14
This message was self-deleted by its author ThreeNoSeep 12 hrs ago #16
It's ok. It helps us see the limitations of our intentions and why we really need humans to make art. littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #17
Where is the head of the guy in grey? Figarosmom 13 hrs ago #9
Yeah, the guy kneeling doesn't have a head. nt Ilsa 12 hrs ago #13
AI interpreted the face of the kneeling guy as a hand. TheRickles 12 hrs ago #15
Even if he did the way ICE wears disguises would it matter? littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #18
In that one post that idiot states he illegally didn't have ID on him. When did that become illegal? He's not driving. chowder66 13 hrs ago #10
No more than Ashli Babbitt was wearing "tactical gear." nt Wednesdays 13 hrs ago #12
A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION. Justice matters. 13 hrs ago #11
MURDER littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #19
Straight up murder angrychair 5 hrs ago #20

highplainsdem

(60,535 posts)
1. Those tweets. These are quote tweets, posted on Gen. Thomas's account, replying to the quoted tweets.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:08 PM
15 hrs ago




















The last two quote-tweets there are to Jack Posobiec, a RW podcaster and troll, and Keith Rabois, whom I'd never heard of before, but who apparently is also a RW troll.

yellow dahlia

(5,014 posts)
3. I'm not on that platform, or would do the same.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:20 PM
14 hrs ago

Powerful message.

Painful imagery - but we have to watch.

A good man was taken from us. Alex Pretti's parents want us to remember he was a good man.

I have been anticipating my 5000th post. I wondered how to mark the milestone. The message from Alex Pretti's parents helped me figure out how to make it matter.

littlemissmartypants

(32,209 posts)
7. Somewhere, someday I hope that a little boy sees this picture and decides he will be the kind of man that Alex was.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:54 PM
13 hrs ago

💧💙

Response to eppur_se_muova (Reply #14)

littlemissmartypants

(32,209 posts)
17. It's ok. It helps us see the limitations of our intentions and why we really need humans to make art.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:03 PM
11 hrs ago

Figarosmom

(10,095 posts)
9. Where is the head of the guy in grey?
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:56 PM
13 hrs ago

If this is real good , they've got the shooter. But if it's AI enhanced it'll be a problem.

TheRickles

(3,211 posts)
15. AI interpreted the face of the kneeling guy as a hand.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 07:47 PM
12 hrs ago

The original unenhanced photo is every bit as damning (scroll down to the paired images):


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littlemissmartypants

(32,209 posts)
18. Even if he did the way ICE wears disguises would it matter?
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:09 PM
11 hrs ago

They don't have working brains in the skulls they have and certainly don't have hearts.

chowder66

(11,930 posts)
10. In that one post that idiot states he illegally didn't have ID on him. When did that become illegal? He's not driving.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:58 PM
13 hrs ago

He may have walked or gotten a ride/bus/uber but it isn't illegal to walk around with no ID. AND he isn't wearing tactical gear, FFS!!

angrychair

(11,811 posts)
20. Straight up murder
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 02:21 AM
5 hrs ago

It doesn't get more plain and obvious. He was executed to inspire terror in others.

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