Thank you for this beautiful and soul piercing music. The voices and composition and video totally capture the unspeakable lawless and cruel tyranny we are now experiencing at the hands of these federal DHS thugs. This entire administration and their congressional enablers in the same party must be, MUST BE permanently removed from office. May God and his true people help the Renee Good and Alex Pretti families to be comforted and loved in this horrific loss and injustice.
This is all de ja vu for anyone who was conscious from 1968 to 1972. It wasn't just imaginable it was predictable. The difference between now and January 6th is that Trump now has the law enforcement infrastructure on his side. Had Trump had these tools at his disposal he would have been in office since 2021. The Republican Congress has funded his personal armed militia of thugs (many of whom were in the Capitol on 1/6) who will never be held accountable just as he will never be held accountable.
I am also really sick of the antisocial media debate about whether to footage is AI generated. I assume anything I see may be AI. But even if the videos were manipulated it misses the totality of the whole event. The witnesses who were there. The seven bullets slammed into his body after one had taken him down and last even after it was pretty certain he was dead. The refusal to preserve the scene. Failure to call for an ambulance. The government lying about the event before anyone had time to investigate what actually had happened. None of this hinges on the videos being circulated.
It is important to sort out the authenticity of the evidence and responsible journalists and editors will do that.
The government has already claimed all the evidence of our eyes is just AI. That this was an act of domestic terror aimed at the mass murder of terrorized ICE agents "just trying to do their jobs." And those more concerned about the video are pretty much siding with the tyrannical government and refusing to see the broader picture and the crisis in which we are finding ourselves.
I’ve been staring at it a long time and just can’t see how it’s possible it would look like that, I suspect it’s an enhancement for that reason. But if you’re confident in your judgment there’s nothing more I can say.
Media rewards emotional escalation, not situational awareness. When people internalize that, they take risks they never would’ve taken offline. Now this man is dead.
We should’ve spent more time encouraging him not to get in front of bullets.
[Sarcasm Alert] Or perhaps encourage him to use the bullets he had in his possession? For decades we have been told that gun access must be unrestricted so that citizens will be able to stave off the encroachments of a tyrannical government--- well the tyrants are here!" [End Sarcasm Alert]
BTW my investment portfolio is stuffed with dividends from the outrage machine. So, I say more outrage, please! It really is just about the marketplace and consumer choice and much more profitable than Orwell's (and Trump's) orchestrated two minutes of hate. I myself don't buy it or use it (the antisocial media) but I might as well profit off those who do.
I apologize but Julian Assange once encouraged his followers "Be the troll you want to see in the world!" Today my inner troll just couldn't be suppressed.
May you live long and prosper in Trumplandia, may the Force be with you and may the odds be ever in your favor!
Congratulations on your investments. And I hope you feel good about your beloved media engaging in mass assisted-suicide.
These people love to have it both ways every time.
They beat the drums of war. “ICE is dangerous” - “ICE agents are untrained, trigger-happy psychopaths”
Then they tell people to hit the streets and fling themselves into harms way, and someone predictably gets killed.
THEN they piss and moan about an unfortunate event that THEY literally caused. No self reflection, no accountability, no questions. Just more outrage bait. Rinse. Repeat.
This tragic cycle will continue and escalate until people see the real enemy.
News outlets and social media accounts that literally feed on society.
Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Just faster because of digital technologies.
I don't love the media. I am just not a hypocrite. I do have a vested interest.
I subscribe to Reuters and the AP. I don't watch cable news at all. I don't use the "free" antisocial media. For example I have a paid subscription to "The Unpopulist" and generally only comment on platforms for which I have a paid subscription.
Also I could give two shits about being "liked, shared or followed."
So my relationship to all media is well self-curated.
My own frustration with the antisocial media is that it has no editorial controls. One person's ignorance is now equal to another person's expertise. A few years ago a conflict about a Koran burning in Texas and counterprotesting Muslims was organized from a bot farm in Ukraine. Many of the people you think are pushing the outrage machine (on both sides) are operating out of China, Russia, Belarus, Iran and North Korea. Social destabilization is the point--- and the mass assisted suicide is just icing on the cake.
Still I prefer market forces to shape and reshape the media environment. And that rests with the consumers.
Thank you for this beautiful and soul piercing music. The voices and composition and video totally capture the unspeakable lawless and cruel tyranny we are now experiencing at the hands of these federal DHS thugs. This entire administration and their congressional enablers in the same party must be, MUST BE permanently removed from office. May God and his true people help the Renee Good and Alex Pretti families to be comforted and loved in this horrific loss and injustice.
"...our frustration is only matched by our helplessness."
No, we are not helpless. Our ancestors figured out how to deal with illegitimate, murderous government thugs, and so can we.
This is all de ja vu for anyone who was conscious from 1968 to 1972. It wasn't just imaginable it was predictable. The difference between now and January 6th is that Trump now has the law enforcement infrastructure on his side. Had Trump had these tools at his disposal he would have been in office since 2021. The Republican Congress has funded his personal armed militia of thugs (many of whom were in the Capitol on 1/6) who will never be held accountable just as he will never be held accountable.
I am also really sick of the antisocial media debate about whether to footage is AI generated. I assume anything I see may be AI. But even if the videos were manipulated it misses the totality of the whole event. The witnesses who were there. The seven bullets slammed into his body after one had taken him down and last even after it was pretty certain he was dead. The refusal to preserve the scene. Failure to call for an ambulance. The government lying about the event before anyone had time to investigate what actually had happened. None of this hinges on the videos being circulated.
It is important to sort out the authenticity of the evidence and responsible journalists and editors will do that.
The government has already claimed all the evidence of our eyes is just AI. That this was an act of domestic terror aimed at the mass murder of terrorized ICE agents "just trying to do their jobs." And those more concerned about the video are pretty much siding with the tyrannical government and refusing to see the broader picture and the crisis in which we are finding ourselves.
The picture of the shooting in the video is AI.
We'll look into it immediately. THanks for alerting us.
NYT has the same image in an article on this topic and says it is real: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/us/minnesota-shooting-false-posts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
We have obtained the longer footage from which this was clipped and it is not AI generated.
Maybe there is something strange going on with the visuals, but the officer that is kneeling appears to be missing his head.
That is how it is in every pic. Its because he is wearing a black mask that blends with the black on the uniform of other officers.
I’ve been staring at it a long time and just can’t see how it’s possible it would look like that, I suspect it’s an enhancement for that reason. But if you’re confident in your judgment there’s nothing more I can say.
Media rewards emotional escalation, not situational awareness. When people internalize that, they take risks they never would’ve taken offline. Now this man is dead.
We should’ve spent more time encouraging him not to get in front of bullets.
To summarize your comment: Don't resist, just obey.
But they are obeying. They obey a media narrative and obey their tribe.
Their performance art is great to get lots of clicks and likes, but sadly the real fame only comes….. when they’re dead.
[Sarcasm Alert] Or perhaps encourage him to use the bullets he had in his possession? For decades we have been told that gun access must be unrestricted so that citizens will be able to stave off the encroachments of a tyrannical government--- well the tyrants are here!" [End Sarcasm Alert]
BTW my investment portfolio is stuffed with dividends from the outrage machine. So, I say more outrage, please! It really is just about the marketplace and consumer choice and much more profitable than Orwell's (and Trump's) orchestrated two minutes of hate. I myself don't buy it or use it (the antisocial media) but I might as well profit off those who do.
I apologize but Julian Assange once encouraged his followers "Be the troll you want to see in the world!" Today my inner troll just couldn't be suppressed.
May you live long and prosper in Trumplandia, may the Force be with you and may the odds be ever in your favor!
Congratulations on your investments. And I hope you feel good about your beloved media engaging in mass assisted-suicide.
These people love to have it both ways every time.
They beat the drums of war. “ICE is dangerous” - “ICE agents are untrained, trigger-happy psychopaths”
Then they tell people to hit the streets and fling themselves into harms way, and someone predictably gets killed.
THEN they piss and moan about an unfortunate event that THEY literally caused. No self reflection, no accountability, no questions. Just more outrage bait. Rinse. Repeat.
This tragic cycle will continue and escalate until people see the real enemy.
News outlets and social media accounts that literally feed on society.
Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Just faster because of digital technologies.
I don't love the media. I am just not a hypocrite. I do have a vested interest.
I subscribe to Reuters and the AP. I don't watch cable news at all. I don't use the "free" antisocial media. For example I have a paid subscription to "The Unpopulist" and generally only comment on platforms for which I have a paid subscription.
Also I could give two shits about being "liked, shared or followed."
So my relationship to all media is well self-curated.
My own frustration with the antisocial media is that it has no editorial controls. One person's ignorance is now equal to another person's expertise. A few years ago a conflict about a Koran burning in Texas and counterprotesting Muslims was organized from a bot farm in Ukraine. Many of the people you think are pushing the outrage machine (on both sides) are operating out of China, Russia, Belarus, Iran and North Korea. Social destabilization is the point--- and the mass assisted suicide is just icing on the cake.
Still I prefer market forces to shape and reshape the media environment. And that rests with the consumers.
Now, this is what I call a conversation. We don’t agree on everything but don’t have to butcher each other over it.
I agree with about all you’re saying here. Better scrub this conversation quickly, lest we be deleted.