ice and ICE

All three birdbaths and the very small pond are frozen solid, the big pond has a layer of ice. Two more nights below freezing and then next weekend two more nights below freezing. At midday it is currently just below freezing. All the tender foliage outside is frozen. I have lost the big plumeria in the ground for certain and the big one in the pot sunk in the ground. Lots of pecans on the ground and the burn ban has been lifted. Just saw a goldfinch on the bird feeder. Seems a little early for them.

This was my mental health activity Saturday and Sunday. I finished my daughter’s name blanket (those are unicorns in the border).

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Federal agents attacking unarmed American citizens in Minneapolis - photo by David Guttenfelder Jan. 24, 2026

ICE agents say filming them flags you as a domestic terrorist.

Trump says only criminals carry guns on our streets.

Greg Bovino - “When you call us the Gestapo we have no choice but to act like the Gestapo.”

Kristi Noem is now blaming “deluded wine moms” for the violence perpetrated by her ICE goons; VP Vance called murdered mom Renee Good a “deranged leftist”; a Fox ‘news’ columnist claims organized gangs of wine moms are using antifa tactics to harass and impede ICE agents; a new acronym has appeared on social media…AWFUL - Affluent White Female Urban Liberal all in a attempt to delegitimize maternal activism, a new twist on the old tactic of blaming mothers for the problems in the world.

Pam Bondi has told Governor Walz that these instances would stop if his state would just hand over their voter roles, something the federal government has no legal right to.

Federal agents are now seizing people’s phones to stop them recording abuse and to hide the evidence.

These are just some of the responses to the unwarranted murder in broad daylight in public of another US citizen by ICE agent goons in Minneapolis. Suffice to say that all other responses by anyone in this administration or those who support it in the Republican party are nothing but lies, telling us to ignore the video evidence we see with our own eyes while they twist the narrative to make the victims at fault. 

Alex Pretti was helping a woman ICE had shoved to the ground when they pepper sprayed him in the face, wrestled him to the ground face down, removed his gun from it’s holster at his back, a gun he was legally permitted to carry which he never reached for (video shows clearly that he had his phone in one hand and his other was empty), and then shot him in the back ten times. Renee Good was trying to leave after being told to move her car when she smiled at an agent standing beside her car saying she wasn’t mad at him and then he shot her in the head three times. Both these victims have been accused by the federal authorities of violently attacking ICE agents even though video from various angles in both instances clearly show they were no threat to ICE. Apparently some perceived ‘disrespect’ towards an agent is a justifiable defense for murder and these cowardly thugs who wear masks in order to remain unidentified have appointed themselves as judge, jury, and executioner. Both these murderers have been whisked away, protected by by Bovino and Noem, and put back on the street elsewhere. 

In response Governor Walz has called up the Minnesota National Guard to help the police defend the citizens of his state from the atrocities of Trump’s personal gestapo. This is a serious step, pitting a state’s national guard against federal agents running rampant with apparent immunity for murder and other attacks against citizens engaging in their civil rights.

Where this country goes from here is anybody’s guess as long as the Republican Congress remains silent but it’s not looking good. How much more before it all goes up in flames?

Edit:  I read later Governor Walz has spoken to Trump who has said he will reduce the number of ICE agents if Walz turns over all jailed undocumented residents, turn over any the police apprehend, and have the police help and support ICE. No mention of turning over voter rolls but Trump is a liar. He will say whatever it takes to get what he wants and then he will do what he wants and has no moral conviction to honor what he says.