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“Everything I’ve done, I’ve done at the direction of the president and Stephen,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told one source who relayed her comments to Axios.
Kristi Noem said that slain ICU nurse Alex Pretti wanted to “inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement.” Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images
Pretti, 37, was legally carrying a handgun when he was tackled by multiple federal agents, but video shows he did not brandish the weapon. Agents can be seen on video disarming Pretti before firing numerous shots into him while he was on the ground, killing him.
Don’t forget the fall of the Roman empire.
Honestly, I kind of hope so. It didn’t go well for the emperors or politicos or the nobility, but the average lower-class person’s life substantively improved when Rome fell.
We are not in 400 ad, we are in the 1st bc. In the time of Sulla, a generation before caesar, in the agrarian revolt and civil wars and him becoming dictator for life, 10 years, and killing and stealing the assets of his rich pals that supported him because they feared moderate reforms under the populares. This is increased oligarchic repression in a terminally sick republic.