Marty Montreuil

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.

I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”

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The Alex Pretti vigil in Whittier Park last night. No idea how many were there, easily thousands. The ground was frozen solid, basically a skating rink, and it was after dark in -10 weather.

All three living Democratic presidents have said nothing about any of this. I don’t mean just today, I mean any of it. Obama’s last two tweets are about basketball and wishing his wife happy birthday. Nothing on Renee Good who was murdered 17 days ago

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Eagle on top of the Walt Disney World Swan resort.

The officer in the grey jacket enters the altercation unarmed, reaches over the man as others hold him down and then walks away with a pistol in his hand.

It appears that this officer managed to disarm the suspect prior to the first shots.

🧵What does the video of the latest ICE shooting show us? A break down of what is visible:

Munger seems almost sad at the thought.

#RIP

What's the difference between most of us and Donald Trump?

When someone screams "pedophile protector," most of us know it's not directed at us.

Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.

A friend of mine is a cop who was once run over by a suspect’s car. I texted him and asked him to tell me that story again and if he’d mind sharing what he thought about the killing of Renee Good. He gave me permission to share with you what he texted back.

Are George W., Obama, Clinton, and Biden out there saying anything about anything these days?? Their silence feels deafening

A new term to enrich your vocabulary, "Officer-Created Jeopardy." Somewhat long winded for a six year old to remember.

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

My Uber driver is driving like he has star power in Mario Kart. And even if he does, I don’t.

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have.

I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵

Raven shot in the face.

Took fire to the face. ICE definitely isn’t aiming at ground and firing at people’s heads again.

ICE advanced again, started firing at photographers/press intentionally. Took a nasty lick to the face, unsure if pepper ball or rubber bullet.

ICE agents in tactical gear shooting less lethals at some (few dozen?) protesters. One agent wears a skull mask (like white supremacists do).

America, this is NOT normal. It's not any standard method used by cops for crowd control. It's excessive force disproportionate to the threat.

He’s here too in this Fox image from two weeks ago. I believe I also see him as a US marshal in New York City back in 2018.

Former special counsel Jack Smith warns that rule of law is 'under attack' In his first public remarks since leaving the Justice Department, Smith said he's sad and angry about the dismissals of career public servants and the loss of credibility the DOJ has suffered.

In his first public remarks since leaving the Justice Department, Smith said he's sad and angry about the dismissals of career public servants and the loss of credibility the DOJ has suffered.

DOJ Quietly Deletes Study on Politics of Domestic Terrorists The Justice Department has taken down a study that proves Republicans’ entire narrative wrong about left-wing violence.

The DOJ deleted a 2024 study by the National Institute of Justice showing that right-wing extremism in the US is far more violent than any other political ideology.

B/t 1990 & now:
- Far-right = 227 attacks, killing 520.
- Left Wing = 42 attacks, killing 78.

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A Thread (and forgive me this is going to be a long one) I usually leave personal stuff alone on this forum but this day I have to bring this up. 31 years ago, this night someone who I dearly have to thank, rolled the dice on an upstart novice and, well some magic happened that I dare not forget. 1/

Imagine if Biden called his supporters “stupid” and then forgot he was the one who appointed the Fed Chair …

Oh never mind.

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

Black and white photo of a young child smiling and standing indoors, wearing a checkered dress with a bow in their hair and knee-high socks.

13 June 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Naomi Plattner, was born.

In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.