"Colleagues and a senior law enforcement official identified the man who was shot as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an intensive-care nurse. Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict the accounts of federal officials, who said Mr. Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to “massacre” them."
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"Vice President J.D. Vance was in Minnesota for the administration today, trying to regain control of the narrative about the violence perpetrated there by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). A new poll out today from the New York Times and Siena University shows that nearly two thirds of Americans, 63%, disapprove of how ICE is handling its job, while only 36% approve. Even among white Americans, 57% disapprove, while only 42% approve. Sixty-one percent of Americans, including 19% of Republicans, think that ICE agents have gone too far.
Just hours after ICE agent Jonathan Ross killed 37-year-old Renee Good on January 7, and long before there was any official investigation of the shooting, Vance was out in front of the news, blaming Good for her own death and claiming that the officer was clearly justified in shooting her.
But even MAGA voters don’t buy it. Podcaster Joe Rogan has compared ICE to “the gestapo,” and Greg Sargent of The New Republic noted that a majority of both young voters and those without a college degree, those who tend to be easy for MAGA to reach, disapprove of ICE enforcement. Media Matters reported that the senior judicial analyst on right-wing channel Newsmax, Andrew Napolitano, called the newly revealed secret ICE memo claiming the right to break down doors to arrest people in their homes “a direct and profound violation of the Fourth Amendment, which expressly says people are entitled to be secure in their homes and that security can only be invaded by a search warrant signed by a judge based on probable cause of crime.”
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Al
This is the front page of tomorrow's Minneapolis StarTribune.
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The book is almost thirty years old and at last I read it! Its been in my consciousness all that time, too. It was very worth reading and now I understand what all the fuss was about. Made into a movie but that didn't effect me because I'm not allowed to go to movies. The book? you ask? Well ya, Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom. Chances are you've both read it.
In case one of you hasn't, and didn't see the movie either, I'll tell a little of it. Morrie was Mitch's favorite university professor. At graduation Mitch promises to stay and in touch but her doesn't. When he sees a Ted Koppel TV show about Morrie, Mitch reconnects. The essence of the TV documentary is Morrie's life with ALS. Mitch then begins visiting with Morrie every Tuesday until Morrie dies. The gist of the story is the profound wisdom Morrie shares with Mitch about life and its attributes. They agree that these sessions will eventually find form in a book.
Tuesdays is exceptionally engaging filled with wit and wisdom. Morrie's point of view challenges the "successful" life Mitch has been leading. Inspiring, too, is the evidence of deep affection between Morrie and Mitch.
If you haven't read it you're in for a treat. Or, if it's been awhile since you read it, why not reread it? Likely you'll be glad you did.
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Al
A Corvette drove into the church parking lot. Teenage boys said, "Wow, look at that!" A sixty something man stepped out of the car. The boys said "And the driver's too old to enjoy it!"
At the Veteran's Social this morning was a widow of a WWII veteran. She was the oldest of the twelve present. There's one veteran of the Korean era but he was stationed in Germany during the conflict. His claim to fame is he was a scientist working on the Apollo Spacecraft. His stories are fascinating. Nick is two years older than I, and Theresa and I are the same age. The others are all younger. There's an Airforce pilot and two Navy pilots. The majority were in the army.
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Al
