… I am going to do something different this time with the Bulletin since the murder of Alex Pretti and aftermath has justifiably dominated the news this weekend, making many of the other news I cover pretty insignificant by comparison.
Ron - I have seen so many videos of Alex's death - but not one showing his life.
This video was released by the family of one of his patients. It shows Alex Pretti reading a small moving speech after the death of one of his patients, and honoring his life - and service to the country. As I said, nowhere on the mainstream seems to show it - though I have sent the clip to many outlets. Can you PLEASE get this out there. The people of America deserve to see that this was a good, gentle man - NOT a "domestic terrorist."
This is huge, to me, as a veteran. It could have been me. They lost me twice on the operating table, so they said, at VA Hospital Houston in May 2012. Solemn ceremony, Honor Walk. Thank you, Alex Pretti. May you rest in eternal peace.
There's a sworn affidavit by a female witness who described ICE moving everyone but Pretti back away from the action, allowing him to stay in the thick of it. If this ever gets prosecuted, there needs to be an investigation into whether they "culled" him away from the rest of the protesters because they saw the outline of the gun -- such that they had gamed it out to make him an example, and the presence of the gun was what they'd hang their assaults and murder on. The cop in gray snatched the gun so that it wouldn't be found in its holster.
Bruce, thank you for your statement of concern for this brave woman. I’ve read that witnesses were “detained,” but I’ve seen no confirmation of that statement. I believe it though. Imagine what they may have done to her out of public view and what they’ve done with her phone recording. Who has the authority to protect her and any other witnesses? May they be safe and protected from all danger and harm.
MN BCA is doing all it can. MPR News 25-Jan-26 Judge grants order barring feds from altering or destroying evidence in Pretti shooting https://tinyurl.com/2s49ev2b
Why aren’t the Minneapolis police arresting the ICE agents who murdered this gentleman? Why is the Minneapolis DA not pressing charges? This is not going to end until ICE agents are jailed without bail and prosecuted. The ICE felons present an imminent danger to the public and should be treated like any other murderers would be treated.
I have no doubt the Minneapolis police would issue arrest warrants and take the ICE-murderers into custody if they had any way to find out who they are.
The men of the firing squad that executed Alex were masked. One of them immediately pulled his mask higher up on his face after the assassination (and another applauded). Minneapolis police have no way of identifying the shooters, and there’s not a chance in hell that DHS will identify who they are.
Those seven “agents” targeted, pepper-sprayed, beat, and shot to death a man who was peacefully exercising his constitutional rights.
They unloaded 10 bullets into a restrained man in 5 seconds and from what I understand, all of them remain “on duty”. They have been whisked away from Minneapolis, still have their guns, and are apparently out terrorizing another city.
DHS will make those gun-slinging lowlifes invisible; blackout their identities, wipe all their texts, emails, and data from their phones, and purge any official documents about them.
Technically, DHS could likely give them all brand new identities.
Minnesota BCA @MnDPS_BCA The official Twitter account for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The BCA Force Investigations Unit has been requested by Minneapolis police to investigate this morning’s federal agent-involved shooting in Minneapolis. Our agents and crime scene personnel attempted to access the location but were blocked by @DHSgov personnel at the scene. 11:18 AM · Jan 24, 2026 https://x.com/MnDPS_BCA/status/2015142056901955736?s=20
Does anyone know for sure where Alex went to nursing school? I know he worked at U Minn before going to nursing school, but I can't find any place that lists his nursing school specifically. I would like to make a donation to the nursing school in Alex's name. As a nurse, his execution has been utterly gutting to me.
I have seen that video, but I don’t remember where I saw it. I never doubted that he was a decent man. His last act on this earth was to help someone else.
I read every single one of your bulletins Ron and it was so important to dedicate this entire piece to the murder and legacy of Alex Pretti. I pray that his family will find some comfort from all of our support.
Ron: "I hope you don’t mind that I made this entire Bulletin about the Pretti murder. I am as furious about it as all of you and I just couldn’t bring myself to care that much about anything else going on this weekend."
Thank you for this bulletin and no, I don't mind, I thank you for it. I'm furious at these violent, lawless ICE thugs and the lying officials who are covering up their myriad crimes
Then we'd be as bad as they are...........just saying. A more fitting punishment would be to put them in a jail cell for life; take away their freedom.
Absolutely! At the very bottom of these outrages is the fact he is terrified of being held accountable for HIS crimes! That he will lose the fall midterms. Therefore Bondi demanding the voting rolls. There is no bottom to these bottom feeders.
Bovino, Noem, Miller, Trump, Vance - they're all liars. They will piss on you, look into your eyes and say it is raining. The still shots of Alex's execution are no different than the still shots of Nazis putting bullets in the backs of Jews. We are in Hitler 2.0, and I'm done with anyone who doesn't get it. Trump and everyone in this regime should be in prison or standing on a scaffold.
That's what cowards do. I guarantee you Greg Bovino, should he ever be brought to justice, will be weeping and.begging.for his life. May he die in his bespoke leather SS coat and storm trooper boots.
For a total of 10 shots. What did this poor man do to deserve this? They wanted to make sure they killed him so he could not survive and tell what happened.
I no longer believe we will see justice. We are so lost 😭
Shooting Renee Good in the face shows how little it matters to them how they kill, just that they do and that everyone knows (i) they delight in the cruelty; (ii) legally, there is nothing that will be done (though many things could be) and (iii) anyone could be next.
Tell me that isn't classic Gestapo Brown shirts. Basically mean stupid brutes sent to terrorize. Willing to bet his phone recording disappeared immediately.
Exactly. And if people actually studied history, they would understand this. Miller has channeled his inner Nazi as has Hegseth. Their verbiage, their artwork - all of it is from 1930's - 1940's Third Reich.
what a magnificent posting Ron.....the sadness, anger and rage that we all feel...especially after Renee Good's murder and now, Alex Pretti is beyond comprehension ....this is something that needs to be stopped....DHS and all it's criminally fascist departments need to be abolished....and every person connected with it needs to be arrested, tried, convicted for murder and crimes against humanity....then locked up......
The Senate needs to shut down the government until these ICE agents are brought in for prosecution! I am calling my Senators tomorrow, again, to demand this! The Dems need to stop trying to negotiate with this terrorist, facist GOP. They are not to be trusted! Hope the 7 Dem House reps who voted with this Regime to fund ICE even more monies, are happy with themselves…..POS!!!!
Thanks... I agree. The dem leaders, as soon as they can ,need to get on an airplane and go to Minneapolis . They need to stand with there fellow americans. This is beyond anything I can take . The bums that voted to fund ICE.. Shame! shame! shame!
Ask Gun savvy oriented person and they will tell you anything within 5 ft shooting more than two times unless you're blind is complete and total excess emotion heighened abuse, which is what training and repetitiveness helps you manage
I have many friends and colleagues who work for the VA. They are all heartbroken, anxious, and scared; some even expressing guilt at feeling one way, yet needing the paycheck. It is as if we are in the beginning of Holocaust II.
Stephen Miller has been given entirely too much power and wields it with malevolence. He must be removed from all government operations. I believe he is determined to destroy the country.
Tillis is freaking useless. Every once in awhile he tosses us a bone… ending with “I am not critical of Trump.” He’s useless and Budd is a brute. Yeah, i live in NC.
Thanks so much, Ron. It was right to focus this newsletter on Mr. Pretty. Steven Miller needs to be locked up as much as everyone else in the regime. He’s the one who’s doing the actual chaos. Dump isn’t smart enough to write some of the things that he does. They should all go do something anatomically impossible, but potentially uncomfortable to themselves!
Great reporting, but what is in my opinion the headline story is in the middle. “Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): “Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.”
I agree with Terry 24X President Felon is following Putin's playbook just like what he did to Russia. First he went after the media and then fixing the elections. Using his goons just like the KGB when he was an agent in the USSR.
Nothing ICE officials are telling the public majesty any sense. And it's not good to listen to the felon who spews lies. It's going to take the public to make it stop. Call your state senators and representatives to express outrage.
Someone posted this link last night. I can't remember which Substack. But I found it very helpful to find so many ways to help Minnesotans in one place. https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
Ron - I have seen so many videos of Alex's death - but not one showing his life.
This video was released by the family of one of his patients. It shows Alex Pretti reading a small moving speech after the death of one of his patients, and honoring his life - and service to the country. As I said, nowhere on the mainstream seems to show it - though I have sent the clip to many outlets. Can you PLEASE get this out there. The people of America deserve to see that this was a good, gentle man - NOT a "domestic terrorist."
https://youtu.be/tCa-rEeX9bg?si=tHp61YjK59s_5hi9
This is huge, to me, as a veteran. It could have been me. They lost me twice on the operating table, so they said, at VA Hospital Houston in May 2012. Solemn ceremony, Honor Walk. Thank you, Alex Pretti. May you rest in eternal peace.
I saw this as well, love your idea of getting this out to the public!!!!
I also donated to the Gofundme account his parents can access
Thank you Rita, I will check this out! I wanted to do something for them, I want them to feel all of our support at this time!
There's a sworn affidavit by a female witness who described ICE moving everyone but Pretti back away from the action, allowing him to stay in the thick of it. If this ever gets prosecuted, there needs to be an investigation into whether they "culled" him away from the rest of the protesters because they saw the outline of the gun -- such that they had gamed it out to make him an example, and the presence of the gun was what they'd hang their assaults and murder on. The cop in gray snatched the gun so that it wouldn't be found in its holster.
Much safer for the murderers, that way.
I would hope that the woman who made the statement is safe. She's very brave and very afraid.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758.107.0_1.pdf
Bruce, thank you for your statement of concern for this brave woman. I’ve read that witnesses were “detained,” but I’ve seen no confirmation of that statement. I believe it though. Imagine what they may have done to her out of public view and what they’ve done with her phone recording. Who has the authority to protect her and any other witnesses? May they be safe and protected from all danger and harm.
I want to know where his phone is. Are they, have they already destroyed evidence in his recording?
MN BCA is doing all it can. MPR News 25-Jan-26 Judge grants order barring feds from altering or destroying evidence in Pretti shooting https://tinyurl.com/2s49ev2b
Why aren’t the Minneapolis police arresting the ICE agents who murdered this gentleman? Why is the Minneapolis DA not pressing charges? This is not going to end until ICE agents are jailed without bail and prosecuted. The ICE felons present an imminent danger to the public and should be treated like any other murderers would be treated.
I have no doubt the Minneapolis police would issue arrest warrants and take the ICE-murderers into custody if they had any way to find out who they are.
The men of the firing squad that executed Alex were masked. One of them immediately pulled his mask higher up on his face after the assassination (and another applauded). Minneapolis police have no way of identifying the shooters, and there’s not a chance in hell that DHS will identify who they are.
Those seven “agents” targeted, pepper-sprayed, beat, and shot to death a man who was peacefully exercising his constitutional rights.
They unloaded 10 bullets into a restrained man in 5 seconds and from what I understand, all of them remain “on duty”. They have been whisked away from Minneapolis, still have their guns, and are apparently out terrorizing another city.
DHS will make those gun-slinging lowlifes invisible; blackout their identities, wipe all their texts, emails, and data from their phones, and purge any official documents about them.
Technically, DHS could likely give them all brand new identities.
Throw ice barbie in prison until she tells us who they are.
She won't like leaving her private jets, camera crew and Botox Doctor to spend time in prison where she belongs
Bleah
Minnesota BCA @MnDPS_BCA The official Twitter account for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The BCA Force Investigations Unit has been requested by Minneapolis police to investigate this morning’s federal agent-involved shooting in Minneapolis. Our agents and crime scene personnel attempted to access the location but were blocked by @DHSgov personnel at the scene. 11:18 AM · Jan 24, 2026 https://x.com/MnDPS_BCA/status/2015142056901955736?s=20
It has been posted at The Hopium Chronicles Substack., but I agree, it needs to be widely seen.
Does anyone know for sure where Alex went to nursing school? I know he worked at U Minn before going to nursing school, but I can't find any place that lists his nursing school specifically. I would like to make a donation to the nursing school in Alex's name. As a nurse, his execution has been utterly gutting to me.
Both the American Nurses Association and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses have made statements about Alex's murder: https://www.nursingworld.org/news/news-releases/2025/statement-from-the-american-nurses-association-regarding-the-death-of-registered-nurse-alex-pretti/
https://www.aacn.org/newsroom/aacn-responds-to-the-death-of-nurse-alex-pretti
I have seen that video, but I don’t remember where I saw it. I never doubted that he was a decent man. His last act on this earth was to help someone else.
I saw this video yesterday. It tells us who Alex Pretti was, and how how much respect and care he had for his patients.
Our country lost a good man yesterday.
His death cannot be in vain.
Amen to that!!
beautiful video 💓
I have restacked this. The world should see it!
I agree. Get this video shown on MSM.
I read every single one of your bulletins Ron and it was so important to dedicate this entire piece to the murder and legacy of Alex Pretti. I pray that his family will find some comfort from all of our support.
The world has lost a very kind soul. Thank you for sharing
Ron: "I hope you don’t mind that I made this entire Bulletin about the Pretti murder. I am as furious about it as all of you and I just couldn’t bring myself to care that much about anything else going on this weekend."
Thank you for this bulletin and no, I don't mind, I thank you for it. I'm furious at these violent, lawless ICE thugs and the lying officials who are covering up their myriad crimes
Yes Ron is correct to make this a priority
Yup!!
We need handcuffs for this regime. Asap
straight jackets
prison cells
public stockade. And all the above.
Tar and feather
Rope and a good tree.
Then we'd be as bad as they are...........just saying. A more fitting punishment would be to put them in a jail cell for life; take away their freedom.
Or worse - because we know better and if we become them, they have won
Trump would pardon them or put them in the country club with Maxwell. Release the tRump-Epstein cild rape files.
Trump most of all needs to go behind bars.
Absolutely! At the very bottom of these outrages is the fact he is terrified of being held accountable for HIS crimes! That he will lose the fall midterms. Therefore Bondi demanding the voting rolls. There is no bottom to these bottom feeders.
Good point!
Or a posse with horses and ropes....
Oooh😏
Or even a bad tree!!
Sand Necktie.
Bovino, Noem, Miller, Trump, Vance - they're all liars. They will piss on you, look into your eyes and say it is raining. The still shots of Alex's execution are no different than the still shots of Nazis putting bullets in the backs of Jews. We are in Hitler 2.0, and I'm done with anyone who doesn't get it. Trump and everyone in this regime should be in prison or standing on a scaffold.
If ICE Barbie gets impeached can she be prosecuted criminally? I would hate to see her locked up without access to Botox and hair extensions.🤣
I'd like to see her head shaved and then paraded through the streets while crowds throw rotten tomatoes at her.
GOT-like! SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!
I just posted the same a second ago before I saw your comment. And if no one ever saw it, she was the QUEEN! Melania, this could be your future too!
And perhaps it’s time for a Red Wedding @ Mar-a-Lago!
I love your mind 🙏😘
Rennaisance festival " vegetable justice"
Love that booth
I am going to start saving tomatoes
lol. They will be sufficiently rotten before we get any justice for the leader of the Gestapo.
Cersai LannIster in Game of Thrones. SHAME.SHAME.SHAME!!!!!
She can be prosecuted.
Sure, but will she? Certainly not before we take back the House, Senate, Presidency, and MAGA SCOTUS.
With years of planning, Project 2025 saw to so many small details, didn't it?
Decades … sounds like a pipe dream … sorry.
Is it just me, or are all these fiftyish Mar a Lago faces trying to look like 13 year old beauty contestants? CREEEPY!
She is not immune from prosecution.
She should be prosecuted.
WANTED. For crimes against The States. https://bsky.app/profile/opsan.com/post/3mdcdtt22us2b
For sure!!!
Just like the Nazis, they shot him in the back.
Yep. My heart breaks for Alex and his parents.
That's what cowards do. I guarantee you Greg Bovino, should he ever be brought to justice, will be weeping and.begging.for his life. May he die in his bespoke leather SS coat and storm trooper boots.
For a total of 10 shots. What did this poor man do to deserve this? They wanted to make sure they killed him so he could not survive and tell what happened.
I no longer believe we will see justice. We are so lost 😭
Shooting Renee Good in the face shows how little it matters to them how they kill, just that they do and that everyone knows (i) they delight in the cruelty; (ii) legally, there is nothing that will be done (though many things could be) and (iii) anyone could be next.
Add all the rest of the GOP liars, first pepper spray them, beat them down, tie them up and lock them up in the same truck to be driven to prison!
10 shots? Overkill much? His poor parents.
As a mother, the pain I feel is so damn intense for them. I genuinely hope they sue Noem and Bovino.
Trigger happy dumb ass goons.
Tell me that isn't classic Gestapo Brown shirts. Basically mean stupid brutes sent to terrorize. Willing to bet his phone recording disappeared immediately.
Exactly. And if people actually studied history, they would understand this. Miller has channeled his inner Nazi as has Hegseth. Their verbiage, their artwork - all of it is from 1930's - 1940's Third Reich.
1000 percent correct.
I think in the end the govt will be sued by every unlawful act that occurred under ice and death by Robert Jr Half-Bear etc.
Class action directly to the purse strings and their ill-gotten gains as well!!
We need to start filing lawsuits now.
Yup!!
WANTED. For crimes against The States. https://bsky.app/profile/opsan.com/post/3mdcdtt22us2b
what a magnificent posting Ron.....the sadness, anger and rage that we all feel...especially after Renee Good's murder and now, Alex Pretti is beyond comprehension ....this is something that needs to be stopped....DHS and all it's criminally fascist departments need to be abolished....and every person connected with it needs to be arrested, tried, convicted for murder and crimes against humanity....then locked up......
And all the disappeared, too. Each heartbreaking story.
I’d like to see the close up and stills of the 7 agents responsible for Alex’s murder. Hopefully others can help identify them.
The Senate needs to shut down the government until these ICE agents are brought in for prosecution! I am calling my Senators tomorrow, again, to demand this! The Dems need to stop trying to negotiate with this terrorist, facist GOP. They are not to be trusted! Hope the 7 Dem House reps who voted with this Regime to fund ICE even more monies, are happy with themselves…..POS!!!!
Thanks... I agree. The dem leaders, as soon as they can ,need to get on an airplane and go to Minneapolis . They need to stand with there fellow americans. This is beyond anything I can take . The bums that voted to fund ICE.. Shame! shame! shame!
They need to unmask them too!
I want to know what their criminal histories are.
DOJ will release those right after the Epstein files. No doubt they are the same #/TBs
It won't be shoplifting!!
oh yeah-payroll trails outsourced-all kinds of stuff this arrogant group would ignore!!
Ask Gun savvy oriented person and they will tell you anything within 5 ft shooting more than two times unless you're blind is complete and total excess emotion heighened abuse, which is what training and repetitiveness helps you manage
Murder !!!
Already disarmed, shot in the back, and then shot 6 more times as he lay dying. Fucking cowards and murderers.
I have many friends and colleagues who work for the VA. They are all heartbroken, anxious, and scared; some even expressing guilt at feeling one way, yet needing the paycheck. It is as if we are in the beginning of Holocaust II.
Yeah, like that.
Stephen Miller has been given entirely too much power and wields it with malevolence. He must be removed from all government operations. I believe he is determined to destroy the country.
Tom Tillis is a Republican, not D-NC as noted. This is an important distinction.
A retiring "Republican" who never pushed back on his party of Nazis until he decided to retire. Gutless wonders all.
Tillis is freaking useless. Every once in awhile he tosses us a bone… ending with “I am not critical of Trump.” He’s useless and Budd is a brute. Yeah, i live in NC.
Had to salvage his neighbourhood!!
For sure!!
Thanks so much, Ron. It was right to focus this newsletter on Mr. Pretty. Steven Miller needs to be locked up as much as everyone else in the regime. He’s the one who’s doing the actual chaos. Dump isn’t smart enough to write some of the things that he does. They should all go do something anatomically impossible, but potentially uncomfortable to themselves!
Great reporting, but what is in my opinion the headline story is in the middle. “Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): “Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.”
I agree with Terry 24X President Felon is following Putin's playbook just like what he did to Russia. First he went after the media and then fixing the elections. Using his goons just like the KGB when he was an agent in the USSR.
Thank you, Ron, for reporting on our American tragedy
The regime is an abomination and I look forward to the day when they will be held accountable for their crimes against us
That day is on its way and we need to make sure it gets here soon, before more deaths occur at the hands of these criminals and thugs
I had a feeling ICE was headed in this direction. Just look at what their beliefs are in this administration.
Agree this is a tactic to control the people thru fear…It isn’t right…
Nothing ICE officials are telling the public majesty any sense. And it's not good to listen to the felon who spews lies. It's going to take the public to make it stop. Call your state senators and representatives to express outrage.
Give us one (or 3 or 10) concrete things we can do. We won’t make it to November.
Someone posted this link last night. I can't remember which Substack. But I found it very helpful to find so many ways to help Minnesotans in one place. https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
It is a great resource with many ways & places to help. I got this link from friend in MN
Thank you, LHS!
Great thanks!!