This is a very good one. Are you a fan of Bridget Phetasy yet?
Is Minnesota Ground Zero for Civil War 2.0? - Dumpster Fire youtube.com/watch
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Interview with Senior Communications Specialist Melanie Cherry by Mike Falkow of Meritus Media www.youtube.com/watch
Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love’s sake. Amen.
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Feds Don't Protect or Serve
I think people conflate three different things: local cops, federal agents, and the TV version of “the police” where everyone’s a friendly public servant with infinite patience and a heart of gold.
“Protect and serve” isn’t a universal promise law enforcement makes to you. It’s an LAPD-origin motto that got adopted as a slogan because it sounds comforting on a cruiser door and in a script. Federal officers (DHS, ICE, FBI, etc.) don’t “pledge protect and serve” like they’re your neighborhood guardians. Their binding commitment is the federal oath: support and defend the Constitution and faithfully discharge their duties. That’s not marketing, that’s the actual job description.
So when someone says “law enforcement’s social contract can’t be malleable,” I agree on the substance but not the framing. The binding part isn’t a vibes-based contract, it’s the real one: statutes, constitutional limits, agency policy (including use-of-force rules), supervision, and consequences when those are violated. That’s what’s supposed to restrain state power.
And the same is true on the civilian side: you have rights, but you don’t have a free license to escalate into force, obstruction, or street violence and then act shocked when the situation gets ugly. Once either side treats rules as optional, you don’t get “justice,” you get a loop: fear, anger, escalation, injuries, riots, then everyone digs in harder.
Also: “cops are your friends” is mostly a TV hallucination. Some are decent, some are not, and institutions can be brutal even when individuals mean well. If you want “binding,” demand law, clarity, and accountability, not slogans.
I am watching RT live on Rumble. Always fascinating to see their reporting. I highly recommend watching pure video feeds from the RT and Al Jazeera. It’s amazing to see how they report Good and Pretti. rumble.com/v35waq4-r…
Across the developed world—Western Europe, Japan, Australia—protest clashes with police still cause serious harm. A BMJ review of riot-control weapons found ~3% of documented cases ended in death and ~15% in permanent injury. U.S. protest-related gun deaths remain rarer, making each case an outlier.
Globally, protest clashes with armed police are far deadlier: a BMJ review found ~3% of documented crowd-control cases ended in death and ~15% in permanent injury. In the U.S., protest-related firearm deaths are rare by comparison—making each incident an outlier, not a baseline.
To many Americans, the “villain” in Minneapolis isn’t obvious. Some see federal agents as restrained professionals under constant verbal and physical pressure. Others see protesters as heroes blocking harm. From the outside, hero and villain flip by viewpoint and death follows the clash.
Alex Pretti’s killing creates a paradox: if lawful carry is treated as lethal provocation, courts may strengthen carry rights. At the same time, fear may push even anti-2A activists toward concealed carry for self-protection—quietly normalizing CCW while undermining gun restrictions.
8 years ago and never a truer satire—especially in 2026
Hot Robot 3: Journey to Boob Mountain youtube.com/watch
Law enforcement’s force ladder runs from presence and commands to hands-on control, less-lethal tools, then lethal force. The slippery slope is speed: under fog-of-war stress, misreads, crowd chaos, or sudden weapons can collapse multiple steps into seconds.
Law enforcement isn’t a game of fairness. It’s never sporting. It’s not a game. There’s no such thing as proportionality. Laws, due process, and the Constitution are not Level III and Level IV body armor, they are only after-the-fact post-mortem resolutions.
Unsolicited moral intervention isn’t care, it’s control. It assumes authority over others without consent, replaces humility with certainty, and turns fear or conviction into coercion. Care responds when asked; control acts because it “knows better.”
Every Independent and Conservative voter who is thanking their lucky stars that Tim Walz is “only” the lame duck Minnesota Governor and not Vice President right now based on the same behavior that makes the Left immortalize him. I’m really glad that Walz is no longer in the military. Phew.
Legal provocation is conduct or speech that intentionally incites or provokes a reaction but remains within the bounds of the law. It may be inflammatory or offensive, yet it does not cross into illegal acts like threats, violence, or unlawful incitement, so it’s protected despite consequences.
I think most people overestimate their own intelligence in relationship to their perceived adversaries and inferiors.
I don’t anticipate Republicans flinching at all over the shutting down the government. The right loves the government closed. There are way fewer anti-ICE Americans than anyone acknowledges. Also, many Americans are amazed as to how few protesters have been shot and killed.