On Saturday, January 24, 2026, Alex Pretti, a Protester in Minneapolis, Became the Leading Candidate to Win the 2026 Darwin Award | Eastern NC Now

Today, Alex Pretti, a promising protestor within the "mostly peaceful protest" of ICE performing their Constitutional duties in Minneapolis, Minnesota, became the leading candidate to win the 2026 Darwin Award, but, of course, Alex had to die to move into that first place pole position.

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( January 31st, 2026 @ 11:39 am )
 
Dark Humor can be offensive, and that is primarily why it is often regarded as "dark humor."

I don't rightfully know who was in the wrong, or the right concerning Mr. Pretti's death defying walk into instant celebrity; but, what I do know is this truth: There will always be the Darwin Awards for individuals such as Mr. Pretti ...

Never take a gun and plenty of ammunition to a street fight when your opponent is far better armed, and far better trained to use that superior ordinance than you are.
( January 29th, 2026 @ 11:14 am )
 
There is a video now in the public domain suggesting that the recent Leftist canonized saint, Saint Alex, has had some prior trouble with ICE, where he wantonly and violently public public property, and possibly spat on an agent, and then was summarily "taken down." This all occurred about one week before his unfortunate death.

There is no information as to whether Mr. Pretti was packing his nine millimeter at that time.
( January 29th, 2026 @ 1:43 am )
 
Them Leftist Loons don't care if these other ones get kilt. That's why they are doing all this crazy stuff in the streets, like some have death wishes, and there are other Leftists are glad they do.
( January 26th, 2026 @ 4:18 pm )
 
Northerners raging over a US President marching federal troops into one of their cities. Very ironic when you look back and think on it. Pappy O'Daniel must be laughing hysterically sippin his mint julep over that one.
( January 26th, 2026 @ 3:34 pm )
 
One need only look at how Barack Obama handled illegal immigration during his tenure as president. This included putting a presidential.Medal on Tom Holman, the head of ICE for deporting between around 5 million illegal aliens. And he's on record openly stating it.

Then one only has to look at the exact same policy under the Trump administration. Now it is front and center in the news, and there is open armed resistance in Minneapolis. But ICE is active in many cities throughout the United States. It appears only Minneapolis has significant problems. Including setting up, autonomous zones and essentially acting in open rebellion and insurrection against a federal agency. ICE falls under the Department of Homeland Security, which falls under the executive branch of the government which falls under the supremacy clause of the constitution, which means it has full and total rights and jurisdiction by the president.

At the same time, we have discovered massive fraud in Minneapolis and throughout Minnesota. Very unfortunate. But just when we started to examine fraud and waste in the government, the Democrats decided to burn Tesla's burn down Tesla dealerships, and once again openly engage in violent Ins insurrection, like activity to stop the investigation of fraud.

Minnesota and Minneapolis in particular is infested with fraud. So to detract away from the fraud, they are openly going after ICE agents. That's my take on it.

This is yet another wag, the dog movie directed by the Democrats designed with one intention only to influence the 2026 midterms with their lies and they're complicit lying media. The five-year-old boy was not kidnapped and used as bait. His father abandoned him in a -21° C car. His mother refused to accept them. That's the truth.

Renee Goode refused to comply with armed police, asking her to get out of her car, which was being used to actively block in ICE vehicles. That is an illegal activity. Did she comply with the police officers and step out of her car? No. She used your car she hit an ICE agent who went to the hospital with internal bleeding and she was shot and unfortunately killed.

Alex Pretti brings a 9 mm gun with an extra magazine into an active crime scene while filling it. Is it legal for him to carry the gun yes. He had supposedly a CC permit. But who walks into an active crime zone filming them while carrying a loaded gun? And what is the reason why he would do it. And where were the local police supporting the ice agents to make sure he would never even step off the sidewalk. He's allowed to carry his gun.

He's allowed to film them. But he can't walk up to them while they are in an active crime scene. When he was engaged by the police, did he fall to the ground immediately and say hey I'm carrying a gun don't shoot? No he actively resisted 5 ICE agents. Who does this? Now you see why the police instinctively followed your training and neutralized him? He did not state his intentions.

They have no idea who he is, but he's carrying a loaded pistol. Police officers are trained to draw on you before you even put your hand toward your gun. You are to tell an officer in advance that you have a gun on you if you're approaching a law officer while you're carrying. That's the law and that's just common sense.  that's what you do if you don't wanna get shot. The last thing I would do is resist arrest.

The governor of Minnesota and the mayor of Minneapolis are actively encouraging their citizenry to violently engage ICE agents in the attempt to interfere with their objectives.

This is because of the massive fraud that has been uncovered under their watch and the violent crime they allow in their city as a stated sanctuary city.

A sanctuary city is a city that is an open rebellion against the United States. They are declaring themselves above federal law. So by default they should receive no federal funding. If a state and a city can openly violate federal law, what laws can we have citizens choose to violate? I would say if my city is a sanctuary city then there should be a class action lawsuit to prevent us legal American citizens from paying any property taxes.
( January 26th, 2026 @ 3:21 pm )
 
Wonderful metaphor Nelson; I will give you the credit when I use it.
( January 26th, 2026 @ 2:24 pm )
 
When you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.
( January 26th, 2026 @ 7:26 am )
 
I believe in the second amendment as much as any fellow 2nd Amendment advocate, but one still must possess the great good sense to NEVER take a handgun, with plenty of ammo, to an immeasurably stressed public spectacle, where incredibly well armed opponents are trying to do what they are paid to do, and most of their opponents there are paid to get within their way as they proceed to do their designated jobs

This is where and why I concocted the "Darwin Awards" designation for the Departed Mr. Pretti.
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