Flotsam and Jetsam - Another Alex Petti Video Drops

On with the Minneapolis mayhem! Yesterday a video came out showing a man, very likely Alex Petti in a previous interaction with the Border Patrol, in which he yells at departing officers, spits at the car, and then kicks the rear light out of it. Officers then pile out of the car, put him on the ground, subdue him, but leave without arresting him. He was wearing his pistol at the time, but in never came into action. Kind of puts the lie in the "Legal Observer" argument. Mediaite, BBC Confirms Authenticity of Viral Video Appearing to Show Alex Pretti Kicking Agents’ Car 11 Days Before Shooting. Cathy Salgado at PJM, Alex Pretti Committed Previous Felony on Officers Before Deadly Attack. Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "LEFTIST HOAX DESTROYED New video shows Alex Pretti violently attacking federal officers and destroying federal law enforcement vehicles. His firearm is fully visible in the footage. This video PROVES that Alex Pretti was not an ‘innocent bystander’ or ‘legal observer’ He was a violent agitator and psychopath hellbent on attacking federal law enforcement. Another left wing hoax destroyed." Driscoll at Insty, BOMBSHELL: Video Shows a Man Who Looks Like Alex Pretti Spitting at, Confronting Federal Agents. Not to mention “kicking the tail light of their vehicle on January 13:” Matt Vespa at TownHall, A New Bombshell About Alex Pretti Just Dropped. Here's the Footage...And It Nukes the Lib Narrative. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn says Video Blows 'Peaceful Pretti Protester' Narrative to Bits UPDATE. MAZE @mazemoore, "Last night on CNN. Ana Navarro: Alex Pretti was the perfect guy. He's the guy that you want to date your daughter. He's the man you want your son to be. They can't malign him because we have the videos. Turns out Ana didn't have all the videos." Of course, this doesn't really change the facts on the ground in Petti's subsequent shooting, but it does suggest he was spoiling for a physical confrontation with Federal agents, and that's exactly what he got. Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "I keep telling you this weird commie nonsense is their religion." Quote Norm Eisen @NormEisen "Good morning from Mineapolis & the Alex Pretti memorial--a holy site in our fight against autocracy. I'm here to meet with civil rights, community & government leaders @DDAction_ & The Contrarian"

Drew Holden @DrewHolden360, "The entire legacy media rushed out a story this afternoon about an Arizona man shot by Border Patrol, explicitly trying to tie what the agents did to Minnesota. Turns out, the man shot was an alleged human trafficker who shot at agents first. Many headlines remain unchanged." At Campus Reform, MSU ‘Peace Warriors’ protest on behalf of woman who struck ICE agent with vehicle, for some values of the words "peace" and "warriors." Hat Hair's Dave Strom discourses on 'The Myth of the Peaceful Protester.' At Am Mind, The Revolution Is On in Minnesota. At Fox, Spurning Trump means Mayor Jacob Frey owns Minneapolis mess." "Gov. Walz signals openness to dialogue while Frey refuses to cooperate with federal agents."

Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630, "Just an extraordinary amount of self-congratulation around the basic theme: "We stopped ICE from arresting a Laotian rapist." That just is the core reality here. Minnesota county-level jails rejected something like 900 ICE detainers for felons over the past year (vet me on this) and these people made of the core of the target pool pursued by ICE/CBP and defended by the whistle warriors. I actually don't think raw physical bravery is rare, as a former hood kid and athlete. I think high IQ is." Quote nxthompson @nxthompson, "An extraordinary paragraph. https://buff.ly/uH5ykhX." Eddie Scarry at Da Fed hears Democrats Are Willing To Die To End Deportations. That Can’t Stop Law Enforcement. Nick Arama at RedState sees the Anti-ICE Crew Occupies Wrong Hotel Lobby in NYC, Finds Out That's a Big Problem DeVory Darkins @devorydarkins, "Last night, AGITATORS stormed an NYC hotel protest ICE. Zohran Mamdani's response: good for them! "This is from the mayor's office's spokesperson said, "Mamdani commends the protestors who exercise their right to protest against ICE today. ICE is a rogue agency that has carried out lawless raids, arrests shootings and targeted American cities. The mayor is pleased with the NYPD's response at today's peaceful protest." Paul Mauro: "Mayor Switzerland. He won't take a side no matter what happens here. He is saying 'That was great protestors. You went in and committed unlawful trespass and NYPD took dozens of arrests. Oh and by the way, NYPD did a great job as well'. So clearly he doesn't want to stand for either side." There wasn't even ICE agents staying at the hotel...." Hat Hair's Capt. Ed, Virginia Is For FAFOs: Nurse Fired For Online Threats to Poison ICE Agents.

Stephen Kruiser at PJM thinks Dems Are Angry That ICE Is Deporting Their Midterm Voters, not to mention the blue state bodies to be counted in the next census. Matt Vespa, If That's What Dems Want Regarding Future ICE Arrests, They're Bonkers. Well, they are bonkers, Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "If reports are true that Dems are demanding judicial warrants for all ICE arrests as part of DHS funding bill, that will take a massive amount of targets off the board for ICE. They would only be able to go after illegal immigrants who have committed a new *federal* crime *after* entering the U.S. illegally. State & local crimes would not apply. (Feds don’t enforce state & local). For instance, if an illegal immigrant gets arrested in Minnesota for a DUI crash causing great bodily injury (state crime) and bonds out of jail, ICE would not be able to target him for arrest because there would be no judicial warrant (not a federal crime). ICE would not be able to target anyone for just being in the U.S. illegally. They would have to wait for a federal crime to be committed, then a federal judge would have to sign off on probable cause for arrest. It would cripple any hopes of “mass deportations” or widespread immigration enforcement." Matt Whitlock @MattWhitlock, "If you were wondering why there’s a sudden pressure campaign to kick ICE out of Maine, this is why" Quote Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "The Maine Wire reveals they found “39 companies in one building” for home health care in Maine He says EVERY SINGLE ONE is empty but collecting millions in taxpayer dollars “We went in, we knocked on all the doors, and nobody's home. They're one-room office suites. They all have matching signs on the door — no one's there” He lists the different home healthcare companies and they’re getting between $4.4 million and $2 million." Dave Strom hears Philly DA, 'If We Have to Hunt You Down the Way They Hunted Down Nazis for Decades…' Blue Lives Matter @bluelivesmtr, "Absolutely CHILLING. THIS is the Democrat party, folks. Here's George Soros-backed Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner. He publicly declared that Democrats will “hunt down” @ICEgov agents when @realDonaldTrump leaves office: “If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades…we will find your identities!” Make sure everyone in America sees this. These people are out of control." Stacey Matthews at LI, Senate Judiciary Dems Called Out for Deceptive Tweet on Young Girl Who Died in CBP Custody. “Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in 2023 under the Biden administration. Democrats waiting till Trump is president to bring awareness to her death is completely foul!” RedState's Nick Arama thinks you should Watch: Greg Gutfeld Obliterates the Offensive Liberal Narrative on ICE/Deportations.

SKDoubleDub @SKDoubleDub33, "The GOP needs to understand this ecosystem of NGOs and the level of organization. They have been working nonstop on this since 2016 and the “network of networks” that are part of the “movement of movements.” It. continues to grow, tighten and organize. They have their 4-B framework: Building Bridging Blocking Belonging 2 unspoken: Breaking Beliefs . . ."

PJM's Rick Moran thinks Iran Has Entered a 'Doom Loop' Thanks to the Internet Shutdown. Hudson Institute sees A Nightmare Scenario for Iran. Ace cites Trump: "A massive Armada is heading to Iran," Ready to Strike "with speed and violence" "Iran requested talks with the US to avert a possible military strike. Iran denies they did this, but the government is just a collection of filthy primitive Satanic liars." The Telegraph explains How Trump could use his ‘beautiful armada’ to crush Iran. Sarah Hoyt at Insty, thinks IF HE OFFERED THE MULLAHS MORE THAN “TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN” IT WAS A MISTAKE: "Trump Issues Warning to Iran: Make a Deal. Or Else."

Sundance at CTH hosts Secretary of State Marco Rubio Testifies to Senate Foreign Relations Committee About Venezuela Operations and excerpts Rubio Testimony – Senator Chris Coons (D) Angered Trump Administration Did Not Give Senate Opportunity to Leak Maduro Capture Operation. Beege Welborn watched Duckworth v Rubio and It Wasn't Even Close. VodkaPundit at Insty, RESTORING THE MONROE DOCTRINE — THE DONROE DOCTRINE? — MEANS NOT TOLERATING THIS KIND OF THING: Denise Wu @denisewu, "Allow me to translate, China doesn’t want to lose their spy base in Cuba." Sundance also says Giddy Up – USTR Jamieson Greer and Mexican Secretary of Economy Marcelo Ebrard Begin Formal Trade Negotiations. Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "This is truly the stupidest concept in the world. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the clock stayed at seven minutes to midnight . . . and moved back at the next review to twelve minutes." Quote Leading Report @LeadingReport, "BREAKING: The “Doomsday Clock” has moved to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it’s ever been." Dan McCarthy at RCP asserts Canada Should Warm to Trump's Arctic Plans.

Capt. Ed is disappointed with the Fed: Economy's So Bright, We Gotta Freeze Rates? Sundance hosts President Trump Delivering Remarks Introducing Trump Savings Accounts for American Children.

John Sexton thinks the 2030 Census Predictions Look Good for GOP, unless they put their thumb on the scale again. At PJM Matt Margolis reports FBI Executes Search Warrant at Fulton County Elections Office and Chris Queen says the FBI Raid Vindicates Georgia Election Concerns — Even If It Changes Nothing. Sundance, FBI Executes Sealed Search Warrant on Fulton County, Georgia, Elections Office, "This is an interesting development." Ace, in red font, FBI Raids Fulton County, GA, Election Headquarters As Part of Probe Related to 2020 Election "Remember, it was revealed a few weeks ago that a huge count of supposed "early votes" were submitted without any signatures and without the "tapes" recording these votes. Just poof, 315,000 votes out of literally nowhere."

Sundance, Conniving Effort – Alexander Vindman Launches Democrat Senate Campaign in Florida. AMAC, Can Democrats Swipe Alaska Senate Seat? If there's an opportunity, they'll try. Cathy Salgado hears a Dem Candidate Threatens to Execute Trump, legally, of course. Da Caller reports Police Charge West Virginia Librarian For Allegedly Recruiting People To Assassinate Trump.

ET, Fraud Concerns Spread From Minnesota to Ohio, "Anti-fraud efforts were already underway in Ohio, officials say, long before outrage over Minnesota Somali fraud spread suspicions to the Buckeye State." Ace, California Defrauded the US Government for Millions to Provide Phone and Internet Service for Their Most Reliable Democrat Voters, "I speak, of course, about the dead. Note that the program they afforded allowed them to either allow the US government to verify the claims made, or else California could opt out of this federal verification and do the verification themselves. California chose to do its own verification. And then provided phone and internet service for almost 100,000 dead people." At Hat Hair, John Sexton cites the Slantic, Atlantic: The California Wealth Tax is a Risky Bet and Sergey Brin Donates $20 Million to California Political Effort After Leaving the State.

Dave Strom hears Mamdani: Fiscal Crisis as Bad as Great Recession in NYC.

Maybe more later. Maybe not!