"And now, guess what? They’re not. …

The Trump administration is failing because it is making many millions of normal Americans feel totally freaked out. 'I regret voting for Donald Trump.'”

Douthat wants, of course, to cling to the fantasy that the "conservative" agenda he promotes is grand and Trump failed at implementing it. But bad trees produce bad fruit: Trump's the fruit of Douthat's tree.

#Trump #ApprovalRating #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #murder #executions #economy
/3

"And now, guess what? They’re not. …

The Trump administration is failing because it is making many millions of normal Americans feel totally freaked out. 'I regret voting for Donald Trump.'”

Douthat wants, of course, to cling to the fantasy that the "conservative" agenda he promotes is grand and Trump failed at implementing it. But bad trees produce bad fruit: Trump's the fruit of Douthat's tree.

#Trump #ApprovalRating #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #murder #executions #economy
/3

“'Approval rating at 37 percent, the lowest of his second term.' 'A failure. Fail, fail, fail.'

And the grand coalition that he united to defeat Kamala Harris has evaporated. And all of this was predictable. From the first days of DOGE through the debacle in Minneapolis, the Trump administration has consistently governed as if swing voters aren’t part of its coalition."

#Trump #ApprovalRating #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #murder #executions #economy
/2

When a leading "conservative" commentator says it:

"I want to tell you a secret. One that most conservatives on the internet don’t want you to know. A year into his second presidency, Donald Trump has lost the country. 'The majority of voters believe the country is worse off today than it was a year ago.'"

~ Ross Douthat

#Trump #ApprovalRating #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #cruelty #murder #executions #economy
/1

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010684773/trump-has-lost-the-country.html

"Border Patrol officer Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Suffice it to say that two Hispanic Americans killing a white person trying to prevent them from harassing or deporting other Hispanic people, on the orders of Stephen Miller—a Jewish American whose ancestors fled pogroms in Eastern Europe—is a uniquely grotesque expression of the American melting pot in action."

#Trump #CBP #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/7

"I recommend watching the whole interview, and sitting with it. Carlson is an ordinary American on her way to work. Her bravery meant that the entire world saw the nature of what we’re up against."

#Trump #Republicans #ICE #AlexPretti #StellaCarson #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3xwgrMiO7o

"Border Patrol officer Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Suffice it to say that two Hispanic Americans killing a white person trying to prevent them from harassing or deporting other Hispanic people, on the orders of Stephen Miller—a Jewish American whose ancestors fled pogroms in Eastern Europe—is a uniquely grotesque expression of the American melting pot in action."

#Trump #CBP #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/7

"The unhinged behavior that we have seen from federal immigration officials, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were shot while drawing attention to or recording agents’ behavior, is a direct consequence of power without accountability. On Sunday, ProPublica revealed the names of the two agents involved in the Pretti shooting:"

~ Adam Serwer

#Trump #Republicans #ICE #AlexPretti #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/6

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/masks-ice-immigration/685834/?gift=63Gh33MHIm6zIngFjhtdLQplGmLKjAXmhqB0GN1fAOg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

"I recommend watching the whole interview, and sitting with it. Carlson is an ordinary American on her way to work. Her bravery meant that the entire world saw the nature of what we’re up against."

#Trump #Republicans #ICE #AlexPretti #StellaCarson #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3xwgrMiO7o

Kristin Du Mez points to what Stella Carson, the "pink coat lady," told Anderson Cooper in an interview about filming the murdeer of Alex Pretti:

"I knew that this was a moment, and we all have to be brave and we all have to take risks, and we’re all going to be given moments to make that decision.”

#Trump #Republicans #ICE #AlexPretti #StellaCarson #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/4

https://kristindumez.substack.com/p/were-all-going-to-be-given-moments

Lawmakers hear #testimony today on several people’s encounters with #DHS agents

3 people at the center of aggressive encounters with #federal #immigration agents are set to testify Tuesday at a public forum on Capitol Hill about federal immigration enforcement agents’ #UseOfForce during raids.

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #murder #CivilRights #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/us/testimony-dhs-ice-dc-vis

Lawmakers hear #testimony today on several people’s encounters with #DHS agents

3 people at the center of aggressive encounters with #federal #immigration agents are set to testify Tuesday at a public forum on Capitol Hill about federal immigration enforcement agents’ #UseOfForce during raids.

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #murder #CivilRights #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/us/testimony-dhs-ice-dc-vis

“Reform UK’s Plans For a British ICE”

by Olly Haynes in The Byline Supplement on Substack

@uk_politics
@thegreenparty

“Key figures in Nigel Farage’s party are demanding a UK version of Trump’s immigration enforcement agency, in the wake of the killings of Alex Pretti and Renée Good”

https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinesupplement/p/reform-uks-plans-for-a-british-ice

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #ReformUKLtd #Farage #ICE #Pretti #Good #Murder #Minneapolis #Fascism #Trump

"Meanwhile, even in the 'manosphere,' the drumbeat continued. Popular podcaster Andrew Schulz, who once hosted and supported Trump on his program, publicly withdrew his support for ICE and spoke out forcefully.

These cultural shifts aren’t lost on Trump, who vented his frustration in a public tirade on Truth Social. But they are also not lost on our lawmakers, judges and within ICE itself."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/6

"Donald Trump appears in deep denial about how widely hated his ICE raids have become. He let out a strange, rambling tirade to reporters about how the 'silent majority' is still behind what ICE is doing, bizarrely citing approval of the raids among his own White House employees to make the case."

~ Greg Sargent

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/1

https://newrepublic.com/article/205997/trump-tirade-protests-goes-off-rails-crushing-fox-poll-hits

"Meanwhile, even in the 'manosphere,' the drumbeat continued. Popular podcaster Andrew Schulz, who once hosted and supported Trump on his program, publicly withdrew his support for ICE and spoke out forcefully.

These cultural shifts aren’t lost on Trump, who vented his frustration in a public tirade on Truth Social. But they are also not lost on our lawmakers, judges and within ICE itself."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/6

"If politics is downstream of culture, yesterday’s cultural leaders are sending a resounding message to the regime: ICE must go.

Several artists at the Grammy Awards, including Billie Eilish and Bad Bunny, used their acceptance speeches to blast ICE and appeal to the American public to end support for its activities."

~ Jay Kuo

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating #BadBunny #BillieEilish
/5

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/theyre-losing-the-ice-battle

At the Grammys, award winner Bad Bunny says "ICE out," and the audience goes wild with claps and shouts of approval.

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating #BadBunny #BillieEilish
/4

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-ZoUmtE1jV4

"This was a key part of his campaign—we all saw the 'Mass Deportation Now; posters—and then his signature legislation awarded this agency more money than most militaries of other countries. And so they are desperate to justify what is happening right now."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/3

"In another rant, he lied uncontrollably about the protesters, about crime in Minneapolis, and more. Interestingly, this comes as a poll from none other than Fox News finds Trump deeply underwater on immigration."

Lia Parada responds:

He has locked himself into this position; he has locked arms with Stephen Miller."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #murder #execution #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/2