On Friday, the people of Minneapolis staged a general strike in opposition to the continued occupation of the city and state. The community continued to take to the streets over the weekend. Citizens were peacefully standing up to ICE, blowing whistles, honking horns, and documenting the cruelty of their actions on camera.
On Saturday, another protester’s life was cut short after agents pepper-sprayed him, tackled him to the ground, and shot him repeated. His name was Alex Pretti, and he was U.S. citizen and V.A. nurse who was active in the community. His final act was to try to protect a woman who was being assaulted.
His parents, Michael and Susan Pretti, issued a statement that they were “heartbroken but also very angry,” entreating the media to “please get the truth out about our son.”
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Susan J. Demas welcome SiriusXM Progress hosts Joe Sudbay and Michelangelo Signorile, who also writes The Signorile Report on Substack, as they broke down the lawlessness of DHS agents.
Sudbay, who calls Maine home when he’s not working in D.C., reflected on the tragedy in Minnesota and the terror the Trump regime now brought to his city of Portland, Maine. But that’s caused a backlash across the country. “People do not like seeing their neighbors being terrorized. People do not like seeing their neighbors being killed” Sudbay said.
Signorile reacted to Attorney General Bondi’s disbelief about how organized the protests are, likening it to his time with ACT UP, the activist group dedicated to fighting AIDS in the 1980s and 90s.
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“We had press kits. We worked for a month promoting the demonstration,” he recalled. “We had different groups making signs that all matched and making sure that they had the kinds of powerful images that can grab attention with the media. That’s just being organized, that’s just having a protest that works.”
If you want to get involved in No Kings efforts to stop ICE, join the Eyes on ICE training. It’s a virtual event at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. Register HERE.
To help support the people of Minnesota under ICE occupation, check out the resources at Stand with Minnesota.
