Great Falls, MT

The news hit of another murder by ICE/CBP in Minneapolis on January 24th, 2026, just days after the murder of Renee Good. The victim was an ICU nurse without a criminal record, Alex Pretti, 37 years old. A video of the incident shows Pretti recording activities with his cell phone before he is forced to the ground by federal agents and shot.

Immediately, without providing any evidence and certainly not based on video evidence, the White House is pushing lies that Jeffrey Pretti was a “would-be assassin” and “trying to murder federal agents.” Never show restraint and wait for the truth to come out of an investigation if you can make up lies to attack a left-wing person instead, am I right?

This is the textbook right-wing response we keep seeing. When reality doesn’t fit your narrative, photoshop it so it does. And in the case of dTrump, when your documented pedophilia might come back to haunt you, obscure attention from the Epstein files by starting a war on the American people in blue states.

Please let me lick your boots! – MAGA

Like clockwork, the MAGA faction just accepts every lie and talking point fed to them by Daddy dTrump. They can’t possibly be wrong about him; it must be the rest of the world that is wrong!

Trump is pushing for US control of Greenland because he’s pouting about not getting a Nobel peace prize. Nuh uh. That’s fake news! That’s out of context!

A mom driving in her neighborhood of Minneapolis near ICE agents and getting murdered for it. Can’t be true! She was a fucking bitch. She must have ran over the federal agent and that’s why she deserved to die!

A family simply driving past ICE activity in their community and getting tear gassed almost killing their 6-month-old. Why did they take their kids to a protest? FAFO babies!!

Trumplethinskin and his cronies ARE the baddies

Hey MAGAs, instead of twisting yourselves into a pretzel to justify every shitty, illegal, and straight up evil thing done by the dTrump administration. Consider. Maybe. Just maybe. The orange menace and his cronies are the baddies.

Yes, yes you are!

And no, it’s not about immigration enforcement. If they were truly worried about dangerous undocumented immigrants running amuck, why aren’t they focused on Texas and Florida where many more undocumented immigrants reside? Oh right, because that’s bullshit. We know it is retaliation.

Well, we can’t work with them. So how can we resist this?

What can Great Falls Residents Do?

SHOW UP. There are now daily protests on the Central Ave West bridge in Great Falls. At noon on the weekends and at 4 PM on the weekdays, weather permitting. For your own safety at protests, do not engage with counter protesters. You have a first amendment right to film public activities. But maintain space between yourself and dangerous situations. 

CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. In Montana, our current Congressional delegation (Zinke, Downing, Daines and Sheehy) are all Trumpers, but make it uncomfortable for them. Make them have to hear our opinions. Tell them to stop funding ICE.

If you don’t know where to start, KEEP SHOWING UP. Go to rallies, go to meetings, go to community educational events. Ask questions, be loud, be a voice for empathy and humanity.

Find out where you can help and do it. Don’t wait for permission. Don’t wait to be told. If you see a need, fill it.

I read an article by a journalist observing the resistance to ICE that is taking place in Minneapolis. And one of the things she talked about was the widespread push back people are doing there and that there is no “central” leader, but several decentralized leaders are organizing throughout the city. Be that leader or find one to work with.

We all are needed and if everyone that is as concerned as me about the direction of this country steps up, we will win. We can do this. Don’t be discouraged. Keep Going.