# alex pretti (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 8 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover alex pretti. Page: Feed: --- ## [Before Fabricating Assaults to Justify the MN-15 Investigation, DHS Focused on a Protest of Trump’s 2017 Inauguration](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/21/before-fabricating-assaults-to-justify-the-mn-15-investigation-dhs-focused-on-a-protest-of-trumps-2017-inauguration/) _2026-08-21 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ Weeks before DOJ relied on fabricated assault charges to predicate an investigation into Minnesota's protest community, DHS had already started focus on Isaac Sant's role in protests against Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017. The post Before Fabricating Assaults to Justify the MN-15 Investigation, DHS Focused on a Protest of Trump’s 2017 Inauguration appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Prepare for Catastrophe!](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/20/prepare-for-catastrophe/) _2026-08-20 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ What if Trump's mismanagement of the Federal government creates a massive crisis before we get to Election Day? The post Prepare for Catastrophe! appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Prepare for Catastrophe!](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/20/prepare-for-catastrophe/) _2026-08-20 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ What if Trump's mismanagement of the Federal government creates a massive crisis before we get to Election Day? The post Prepare for Catastrophe! appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Davey Hearn’s Extra Bites at the Apple](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/20/davey-hearns-extra-bites-at-the-apple/) _2026-08-20 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ The fight over whether the indictment against Davey Hearn is dismissed with or without prejudice is also a fight about how much more damaging information can be squeezed out of the government because they were stupid enough to charge this case. The post Davey Hearn’s Extra Bites at the Apple appeared first on emptywheel . ## [DOJ Attempts Another Head-Fake in Davey Hearn Case](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/19/doj-attempts-another-head-fake-in-davey-hearn-case/) _2026-08-19 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ DOJ says it is giving Judge Todd Edelman grand jury transcripts to prove they didn't sandbag Davey Hearn. Except their offer seems to double down on sandbagging. The post DOJ Attempts Another Head-Fake in Davey Hearn Case appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Donald Trump’s White House Declassified the Eric Swalwell File to Affect His Election](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/19/donald-trumps-white-house-declassified-the-eric-swalwell-file-to-affect-his-election/) _2026-08-19 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ The investigative files on Eric Swalwell released to much frothing this week were actually declassified by the White House on March 23, just in time to affect Swalwell's run for governor. The post Donald Trump’s White House Declassified the Eric Swalwell File to Affect His Election appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Natalie Harp Is the Unsupervised Gatekeeper to the Man with the Nuclear Buttons](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/19/natalie-harp-is-the-unsupervised-gatekeeper-to-the-man-with-the-nuclear-buttons/) _2026-08-19 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ The thing about being a gatekeeper to the most powerful man in the world is no one would know what information you were channeling to whom. The post Natalie Harp Is the Unsupervised Gatekeeper to the Man with the Nuclear Buttons appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Ellis Boyle Thinks Fictional Stochastic Terrorism Is More Dangerous Than Actual Stochastic Terrorism](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/19/ellis-boyle-thinks-fictional-stochastic-terrorism-is-more-dangerous-than-actual-stochastic-terrorism/) _2026-08-19 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ EDNC US Attorney Ellis Boyle claims that Jim Comey's fictional character who engaged in stochastic terrorism is more dangerous than Jack Posobiec, who elicited real-life stochastic terrorism in Pizzagate. The post Ellis Boyle Thinks Fictional Stochastic Terrorism Is More Dangerous Than Actual Stochastic Terrorism appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Open Thread: Trump’s Continuing Decline](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/18/open-thread-trumps-continuing-decline/) _2026-08-19 · Rayne · emptywheel_ This is an open thread but let's put an emphasis on Trump's cognitive decline and his failing health. The post Open Thread: Trump’s Continuing Decline appeared first on emptywheel . ## [DOJ Used Pam Bondi’s Trophy Arrests as an Excuse to Spy on Minnesota’s Anti-ICE Community](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/18/doj-used-pam-bondis-trophy-arrests-as-predicate-to-infiltrate-minnesotas-anti-ice-community/) _2026-08-18 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ In his filing showing a grand conspiracy theory DOJ is attempting to concoct, Isaac Sant also showed how the trumped up assault defendants Pam Bondi paraded as trophies served as the excuse to predicate the investigation that led to the Minnesota 15 indictment. The post DOJ Used Pam Bondi’s Trophy Arrests as an Excuse to Spy on Minnesota’s Anti-ICE Community appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KgTkuO6mZuYf) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [John Solomon’s Propaganda Technique: Keeping the “Who” “What” “When” Secret to Fool the Rubes](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/17/john-solomons-propaganda-technique-keeping-the-who-what-when-secret-to-fool-the-rubes/) _2026-08-17 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ John Solomon's propaganda continues to fail the most basic rules of journalism: Who, What, and When. The post John Solomon’s Propaganda Technique: Keeping the “Who” “What” “When” Secret to Fool the Rubes appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Among the First Things Attorney Matthew Skiba Did Was Target Democrats](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/16/among-the-first-things-matthew-skiba-did-was-target-democrats/) _2026-08-16 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ By protecting Matthew Skiba and William Hogan from accountability in the Broadview 6 case, Andrew Boutros may be attempting to protect the other politicized witch hunts they've been conducting. The post Among the First Things Attorney Matthew Skiba Did Was Target Democrats appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Andrew Ferguson and Joe Simonson Squeal about Their $277 Fraud Charges](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/15/andrew-ferguson-and-joe-simonson-squeal-about-their-277-fraud-charges/) _2026-08-15 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ Taxpayers are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to a Free Beacon propagandist to distract you from how counterproductive Trump's "Fraud Task Force" is. The post Andrew Ferguson and Joe Simonson Squeal about Their $277 Fraud Charges appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Fridays with Nicole Sandler](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/14/fridays-with-nicole-sandler-110/) _2026-08-14 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ There was a bunch of news about Todd Blanche's destruction of DOJ this week. The post Fridays with Nicole Sandler appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Sheri Mecklenburg’s Tech Troubles: “It’s on the E drive. It’s on the stick.”](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/14/sheri-mecklenburgs-tech-troubles-its-on-the-e-drive-its-on-the-stick/) _2026-08-14 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ What if William Hogan redacted the Broadview 6 transcripts to cover up how well-connected right wing extremists ordered the prosecution and Andrew Boutros complied? The post Sheri Mecklenburg s Tech Troubles: It s on the E drive. It s on the stick. appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Trump’s Government Responded to Murdering Alex Pretti by Spying on the Entire Anti-ICE Community in Minnesota](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/13/trumps-government-responded-to-murdering-alex-pretty-by-spying-on-the-entire-anti-ice-community-in-minnesota/) _2026-08-13 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ A court filing in the Antifa 15 case from Minnesota confirms what I suspected from the start: the prosecution is an attempt to implicate the entire left because of a few low level alleged clashes with ICE goons. The post Trump s Government Responded to Murdering Alex Pretti by Spying on the Entire Anti-ICE Community in Minnesota appeared first on emptywheel . ## [The Sources from the Catering Cart](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/13/the-sources-from-the-catering-cart/) _2026-08-13 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ The fact that Trump took his comfort blonde and left a lot of big-ego people on Old Air Force One as bait helps to explain Trump's paranoia about this story. The post The Sources from the Catering Cart appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Is Todd Blanche Criminalizing Bad Break-Ups to Help Neo-Nazis?](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/13/is-todd-blanche-criminalizing-bad-break-ups-to-help-neo-nazis/) _2026-08-13 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ DOJ has offered the extremists behind Unite the Right a gift for the event's anniversary in the indictment of former SPLC staffer Heidi Beirich. As they're doing that, they're refusing to share evidence of how useful SPLC was for the FBI to investigate the event. The post Is Todd Blanche Criminalizing Bad Break-Ups to Help Neo-Nazis? appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Ahead of Kash Patel’s Field Trip to Russia, He Promises Not to Investigate Russian Attempts to Frame Democrats](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/12/ahead-of-kash-patels-field-trip-to-russia-he-promises-not-to-investigate-russian-attempts-to-frame-democrats/) _2026-08-12 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ In advance of Kash Patel's trip to Russia, he has made it clear he's going to target the people who found Russia's attempt to influence the 2020 election. The post Ahead of Kash Patel s Field Trip to Russia, He Promises Not to Investigate Russian Attempts to Frame Democrats appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Harmeet Dhillon’s Flunkies Move to Strike an Argument about the First Amendment](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/12/harmeet-dhillons-flunkies-move-to-strike-a-motion-about-the-first-amendment/) _2026-08-12 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ Lawyers who have joined Harmeet Dhillon's project of enforcing the FACE Act against immigration protestors and not to protect abortion clinics want to suppress an argument Georgia Fort made pointing out that Harmeet refuses to protect Latino church-goers. The post Harmeet Dhillon s Flunkies Move to Strike an Argument about the First Amendment appeared first on emptywheel . ## [A Friend Gave You $30 (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HkQ0p2twN4N6) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Sign up, deposit $5 within 30 days, and start investing with expert guidance. ## [How to Drain Trump’s Corruption Pool](https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/11/how-to-drain-trumps-corruption-pool/) _2026-08-11 · emptywheel · emptywheel_ There are better ways to combat Trump's targeting of Davey Hearn than waiting six months hoping that Jamie Raskin gets subpoena power that Trump has proven his ability to defy. They start with understanding what the prosecution has already made public. The post How to Drain Trump s Corruption Pool appeared first on emptywheel . ## [Does He or Doesn't He?](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/08/does-he-or-doesnt-he.html) _2026-08-01 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ Photo of Trump ignored by leaders at G7 in France, June 2026MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images For many years, rumors about Donald Trump's body odor and possible urinary and fecal incontinence have circulated on social media. The gossip is often accompanied by photos that may have been manipulated or generated with AI. In some cases, real, undoctored photos that seem to reveal unpleasant ## [ToS: Hyperkitsch](https://theunravel.com.au/tos-hyperkitsch) _2026-07-22 · Richard Pendavingh · The Unravel_ In part one of our Typology of Slop we look at some of the terrifying brainrot that has flooded social media in recent years. When we think of the downsides of the industrial revolution we generally think of billowing smokestacks, urban slums, expendable workers and soot-covered children. Which is fair. Those things are all pretty \[…\] The post ToS: Hyperkitsch first appeared on The Unravel . [Listen](https://web.archive.org/web/20260629140138/https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2069087920900702208/vid/avc1/720x1280/cVlgFhdYnq0d4Qvx.mp4?tag=28) ## [A Typology of Slop](https://theunravel.com.au/a-typology-of-slop) _2026-07-08 · Richard Pendavingh · The Unravel_ An essay in which I humbly suggest that we all Move Slower and Stop Breaking Things. There’s an idea that’s been kicking around for a while called the Dead Internet Theory which posits that the vast majority of what we encounter on the web – including social media, blogs, forums, news and marketing spam – \[…\] The post A Typology of Slop first appeared on The Unravel . ## ["Unworthy of Life"](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/06/unworthy-of-life.html) _2026-06-20 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ This excerpt is republished, with permission, from "Let's Go Somewhere Else". Much of what we know about the WWII concentration camps comes from the Nazis' own documentation of events; they kept meticulous records and took many photos. They were intent on documenting everything they did, because at some point Hitler wanted to set up a museum about the extermination of the Jewish race. Upon ## [Withstanding the Blockbuster](https://theunravel.com.au/withstanding-the-blockbuster) _2026-06-17 · Richard Pendavingh · The Unravel_ How Hollywood and the U.S. military’s Entertainment Liason Office distorts our understanding of war and conflict. How do you create an anti-war museum? On the one hand you could argue that all war museums are anti-war museums as long as you go into them with the right amount of disgust. If you’re sufficiently sceptical a \[…\] The post Withstanding the Blockbuster first appeared on The Unravel . ## [Whose Mail Is It, Anyway?](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/06/whose-mail-is-it-anyway.html) _2026-06-10 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ Photo by Mathyas Kurmann on Unsplash As you probably know, the war on voting includes a campaign to eliminate voting by mail. donald has now issued a proclamation instructing the Postal Service to deliver ballots only to people whose names appear on a list approved by the federal government. There are many obvious flaws in this plan. People who oppose it point out that the states, ## [One Man's Ego](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/06/one-mans-ego.html) _2026-06-05 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ Around the year 64, the Roman emperor Nero commissioned a huge statue depicting himself as a god. The bronze statue, designed and constructed by the Greek architect Zenodorus, was approximately 115 feet high, comparable to our Statue of Liberty. It was so heavy, it took a team of 24 elephants to move it. The statue was not covered with gold. Known as the Colossus of Nero (Colossus Neronis), the ## [Richard Spaven announces NEW ALBUM Light of Day](https://www.reviewsphere.org/richard-spaven-announces-new-album-light-of-day/) _2026-05-28 · reviewsphere · reviewsphere_ Acclaimed drummer, producer and composer Richard Spaven returns with Light of Day, a new album that further cements his place The post Richard Spaven announces NEW ALBUM Light of Day appeared first on reviewsphere . ## [Jazz Legend Gary Bartz & London collective Your Brother’s Keeper share NEW SINGLE](https://www.reviewsphere.org/jazz-legend-gary-bartz-london-collective-your-brothers-keeper-share-new-single/) _2026-05-27 · reviewsphere · reviewsphere_ Following the announcement of their forthcoming collaborative album Where Rivers Meet, Gary Bartz and London collective Your Brother’s Keeper return The post Jazz Legend Gary Bartz & London collective Your Brother’s Keeper share NEW SINGLE appeared first on reviewsphere . ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dWPdCqTT9J4R) _2026-05-27 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [The Fine Art Society marks 150 years with a landmark anniversary exhibition](https://www.reviewsphere.org/the-fine-art-society-marks-150-years-with-a-landmark-anniversary-exhibition/) _2026-05-27 · reviewsphere · reviewsphere_ In 2026, The Fine Art Society marks its 150th anniversary with a major exhibition celebrating the gallery’s extraordinary legacy of The post The Fine Art Society marks 150 years with a landmark anniversary exhibition appeared first on reviewsphere . ## [Whose Fault is it Anyway?](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/05/whose-fault-is-it-anyway.html) _2026-05-27 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash Before "no fault divorce," people who wanted to dissolve their marriages faced serious obstacles. Typically, one partner had to go to court and prove that the other partner was at fault. Reasons could include adultery, desertion, extreme cruelty, and habitual drunkenness. The judge would hear the evidence and then decide whether the claim was ## ["You Will Ride a Bicycle, and You Will Like It."](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/05/you-will-ride-bicycle-and-you-will-like.html) _2026-05-25 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ A bicycle garage in Amsterdam Photo by Anthony Tilke on Unsplash There are a lot of people who quite adamantly believe that every city's air quality, transportation and parking problems could be solved if we would just ban cars and make everyone ride bicycles everywhere. This would make our streets "pedestrian friendly." What they often fail to consider: Will employers provide ## [Fatoumata Diawara announces NEW ALBUM MASSA — A powerful fusion of Malian roots and global pop!](https://www.reviewsphere.org/fatoumata-diawara-announces-new-album-massa-a-powerful-fusion-of-malian-roots-and-global-pop/) _2026-05-22 · reviewsphere · reviewsphere_ Grammy-Nominated Malian Artist Returns with New Album on 5th June Fatoumata Diawara returns with MASSA, a bold new album arriving The post Fatoumata Diawara announces NEW ALBUM MASSA — A powerful fusion of Malian roots and global pop! appeared first on reviewsphere . ## [Why You Shouldn't Use AI to Write Your Blog Posts](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/05/why-you-shouldnt-use-ai-to-write-your.html) _2026-05-12 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ Photo by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash I asked Claude, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to write a blog post on "why it's a bad idea to have AI write a blog post. Here's what I got. Why You Shouldn't Use AI to Write Your Blog Posts There's a certain irony in asking an AI to make the case against AI-written content. But maybe that's exactly why it works — who better ## [Random Observations](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/05/random-observations.html) _2026-05-06 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ Photo by Ondrej Bocek on Unsplash Every business, every website, every product - they all want me to download their app. Each of these apps does only one thing: serve the interests of that one product or site. I have enough apps on my phone. I can't manage thousands of them, and even if I could, I don't want to. We now have government officials urging us to dress up for airplane ## [A Glossary of System Failure](https://theunravel.com.au/a-glossary-of-system-failure) _2026-05-02 · Richard Pendavingh · The Unravel_ Understanding the polycrisis of the 21st century through economic jargon. The English language is missing a word and we’re all suffering for its absence. It’s easy to dismiss conversations about language and terminology as semantic exercises which get in the way of the ‘real’ issue. But semantics are important and precise language matters because if you \[…\] The post A Glossary of System Failure… ## [Parenting Post: Playtime](https://persononline.substack.com/p/parenting-post-playtime) _2026-04-16 · Person Online · Very Online Thoughts_ Fun times hanging out with a baby ## [At the NIH No Kings, a sense of momentum after a crushing year](https://notadoctor.news/2026/03/28/nih-no-kings-optimism-research-cuts-layoffs/) _2026-03-29 · Melody Schreiber · Not a Doctor_ “When government stops serving its humblest… we serve and uplift each other. Look out, not up.” Some 9 million people reportedly attended No Kings rallies across the United States and the world today. About a thousand of them gathered outside the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Researchers and patients spoke about the \[…\] ## [What’s going on at the CDC?](https://notadoctor.news/2026/03/25/cdc-acip-vaccines/) _2026-03-25 · Melody Schreiber · Not a Doctor_ The vaccine advisory committee has been halted, with plenty of twists and turns. And we still don’t have a CDC director. There has been a lot going on with vaccines lately. The leader of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) said they were reconsidering all vaccines in the U.S., including shots to protect against \[…\] ## [The FDA just quietly walked back a much-hyped “treatment” for autism](https://notadoctor.news/2026/03/23/trump-kennedy-fda-autism-leucovorin/) _2026-03-23 · Melody Schreiber · Not a Doctor_ The Trump administration continues to stumble on autism. Back in September, Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said they had a breakthrough: a B9 vitamin called leucovorin could treat autism, they claimed. The announcement was immediately met with skepticism, but that didn’t stop the flood of families calling doctors. “The average parent who maybe \[…\] ## [Priorities](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/03/priorities.html) _2026-03-18 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ AI-generated image The powerful people who are privileged with deciding our fates exhibit a strange mentality. Some, apparently, really believe in certain "end times" prophecies and hope to hasten the end of the world for religious reasons. Others truly don't care about life on earth, and just don't mind destroying everything. But all of them want to get rich along the way, as if the memory of ## [Random Thoughts](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/03/random-thoughts.html) _2026-03-12 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ Imagine what it would be like if wars could operate only on Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 4:00, while billions of dollars were poured into the children's library. ━━━━⊱༒︎ • ༒︎⊰━━━━ We need to outlaw the medicine bottle caps that require "push down and turn". ━━━━⊱༒︎ • ༒︎⊰━━━━ The same people who want to legislate personhood for fetuses and zygotes, routinely deny the personhood of ## [Derek Chauvin Did Not Kill George Floyd](https://persononline.substack.com/p/derek-chauvin-did-not-kill-george) _2026-03-03 · Person Online · Very Online Thoughts_ A Reference Post ## [Alex Pretti: Additional Considerations](https://persononline.substack.com/p/alex-pretti-additional-considerations) _2026-02-23 · Person Online · Very Online Thoughts_ More lies and stupidity ## [The Headless Gunman](https://theunravel.com.au/the-headless-gunman) _2026-02-22 · Richard Pendavingh · The Unravel_ How AI ‘upscaling’ tools – and the demand for high-resolution imagery – have given rise to a new form of misinformation. There’s a photo circulating on social media at the moment which seems to highlight America’s descent into fascism. It depicts the moment protestor Alex Pretti was shot and killed by US Border Patrol agents \[…\] The post The Headless Gunman first appeared on The Unravel . ## [Terror is the Point: Henry Ransom and the Long History of Impunity for Murderous Police Officers](https://refusingtoforget.org/terror-is-the-point-henry-ransom/) _2026-02-18 · Nati · Refusing to Forget_ The violence that that the world witnessed in Minneapolis this month, and murders that happened in other cities since Trump resumed his tenure in office, is horrific. But it is not new. Blacks, Latinos, poor Americans have lived in fear of law enforcement for centuries. Mothers and fathers have talked with their children about the \[…\] ## [A Kaleidoscope of Watercolour: RSW’s 145th Open Annual Exhibition in Edinburgh](https://www.reviewsphere.org/a-kaleidoscope-of-watercolour-rsws-145th-open-annual-exhibition-in-edinburgh/) _2026-02-10 · reviewsphere · reviewsphere_ A wave of colour is set to sweep through Edinburgh as over 350 paintings go on display for the 145th The post A Kaleidoscope of Watercolour: RSW’s 145th Open Annual Exhibition in Edinburgh appeared first on reviewsphere . ## [The Shooting of Alex Pretti Was 100% Justified](https://persononline.substack.com/p/the-shooting-of-alex-pretti-was-100) _2026-02-04 · Person Online · Very Online Thoughts_ Explained in autistic detail ## [Beyond the Human by artist and philosopher Philipp Humm](https://www.reviewsphere.org/beyond-the-human-by-artist-and-philosopher-philipp-humm/) _2026-02-03 · reviewsphere · reviewsphere_ Artist, writer and filmmaker Philipp Humm announces Beyond the Human, a multigenre artandphilosophy project (a contemporary Gesamtkunstwerk) spanning philosophical writing, The post Beyond the Human by artist and philosopher Philipp Humm appeared first on reviewsphere .