A House minority that launches a campaign to impeach a president or administration official often does so to inform voters, call attention to misconduct, or attract attention.Most minority party impeachment talk goes nowhere because the minority party doesn’t have the votes to do anything. In the House, it is pure and simple majority rule. There is no filibuster or 60-vote rule, like in the Senate.PoliticusUSA is not beholden to any political party or special interest. We are 100% independent. Support our work by becoming a subscriber.In the House, the Speaker has overwhelming control over what is debated, so if the…
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The murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Saturday morning and the misinformation spread by Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem and other members of the administration are having a devastating impact on the second Trump administration.After the shooting, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed Pretti was brandishing a gun at Border Patrol agents. Pretti was called a murderer and some said he wanted to massacre federal law enforcement.This is the same victim smear that the administration perpetuated after the murder of Renee Good, also in Minneapolis, a few weeks earlier. What was different about the Pretti assassination was the immediate…
Momentum for Kristi Noem’s impeachment has grown since ICE took down Renee Good. After the second murder of an American citizen in Minneapolis by DHS agents, Republicans are now breaking with Trump.THE pressure on Trump to fire DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is mounting. Republicans have not gone so far as to call for Noem’s departure, but we have no knowledge of what they might say to the administration in private. PoliticusUSA news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.The tide has definitely turned against Noem.House Democrats are building considerable momentum heading into the midterm elections and…
The main reason why Republicans broke with Trump and we abandon it After Alex Pretti was killed by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, Pretti was a licensed gun owner who was legally allowed to carry a concealed weapon.The Trump administration used Pretti exercising his Second Amendment rights to justify his shooting and killing. PoliticusUSA is not beholden to any political party or special interest. We are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.The Trump White House trampled on the Second Amendment to justify the shooting. The video shows that Pretti was not brandishing his gun. He did not threaten…
Congressional Republicans were happy to stay silent and align with the Trump administration after an ICE agent murdered Renee Good in Minneapolis. They either turned a blind eye or echoed the administration’s lies and misinformation about the Good shooting, but after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents, something has changed. Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) posted on X:You trusted me and maintaining that trust is important. I have worked hard to be your eyes, your ears and your voice. We must have a transparent, independent investigation into the Minnesota shooting, and those responsible, regardless of their title,…
While the president himself signals a turning point in Minnesota by publishing an article about a “good call” he had with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the rest of his administration takes no responsibility for the killing of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents.In fact, members of the administration, like White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, are doubling down and blaming Democratic officials like Mayor Jacob Frey and Gov. Tim Walz for Pretti’s death.At the White House press conference, Leavitt said, “Democratic leaders in Minnesota with the Sanctuary City policy have actively defied federal immigration law and the will of the…
The day after federal law enforcement from the Department of Homeland Security killed an unarmed U.S. citizen, The President of the United States was outraged.A murder of this type would be one murder too many for any previous president, whether Democrat or Republican, so perhaps Trump finally reached his limits and went after the murder of an American who was filming an immigration agent in Minneapolis?No, Trump was worried about that. In fact, he defamed the most recent victim of his administration’s lawlessness. What makes Trump furious and melting is that he is being sued for destroying the White House…
The shooting and murder of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents was so egregious that it even caused mainstream media to openly question and challenge the Trump administration.CNN’s Dana Bash interviewed Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. Before even bringing him to State Of The Union, she released the video of the shooting which showed Alex Pretti unarmed and holding a cell phone.PoliticusUSA is not beholden to any political party or special interest. We are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Bash’s first question to Bovino was: “And I want to ask you about what you see, because several angles…
The movement among Senate Democrats to block funding for ICE by not advancing the budget bill for the Department of Homeland Security has grown before. ICE agents shot and killed another innocent American, Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis.Senate Democrats will do what Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recommended by blocking the budget bill that would fund ICE.Change was afoot when one of the Democrats who voted to reopen the government released a statement after the Trump administration’s latest killing in Minneapolis.Senator Jackie Rosen (D-NV) said:The abuses of power we are seeing from ICE in Minneapolis and across the country are un-American and cannot…
ICE killed another person in Minneapolis on Saturday. The man was a legal gun owner with a license, and unconfirmed video purports to show he was unarmed when he was shot and killed.The Department of Homeland Security is not cooperating with local authorities and, according to CNN would allow local law enforcement access to the scene of the shooting:After immigration agents fatally shot a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, federal authorities tried to block local police from accessing the scene, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told CNN.O’Hara asked his officers to remain on scene as part of standard protocol for…