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Jan 29, 2026, 6:50:00 PM (23 hours ago) Jan 29
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The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen
opening thoughts:  a cop speaks out...a story from MPLS and 
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producers: Dave Scott and Stephanie Collins
Chloé LaCasse (the best of the attitude)
streaming live at wnhnfm.org noon EST on the dial-94.7FM Concord NH
opening thoughts: 
This is message from a former police officer friend that I admire and respect, Jim Shepard. He is speaking truth.
He writes:
These aren’t my words but they capture my feelings on the Renee Goode situation pretty well
“I wore a badge long enough to know the difference between a dangerous situation and a manufactured one.
What happened in Minneapolis wasn’t split-second chaos. It wasn’t a tragic accident. And it sure as hell wasn’t “necessary force.”
It was escalation. Illegal, reckless escalation—and any law enforcement official who tells you otherwise is lying, or hasn’t done the job.
From what we’ve seen so far, the encounter didn’t begin with a threat that justified lethal force.
There was no imminent danger to officers or the public that required bullets. There was time. There were options. There were off-ramps.
And they weren’t taken.
One of the first things you’re taught as a police officer is that force is not a punishment. It’s not a tool to assert dominance. It’s not something you use because someone doesn’t comply fast enough or says the wrong thing.
Force is a last resort governed by law. Period.
The standard is simple: Is there an immediate threat of serious bodily harm or death? If the answer is no, deadly force is unlawful. Full stop.
What we’re being fed now—by Trump officials, right-wing media, and the same law-and-order grifters who never hesitate to excuse police violence—is a familiar script.
They cherry-pick moments. They speculate about “what could have happened.” They inflate fear after the fact to justify an outcome that was already decided before any real threat existed.
That’s not analysis. That’s propaganda.
I’ve watched this play out too many times. A civilian is killed. The facts are inconvenient. So the story gets rewritten—fast. Suddenly the victim is on trial. Suddenly we’re told the officer “felt threatened.” Suddenly every rule of policing bends to accommodate the result.
But feelings don’t determine legality. The Constitution does.
If a cop “feels” scared but the objective facts don’t support deadly force, the shooting is still illegal.
Law enforcement isn’t vibes-based. It’s rule-based. Or at least it’s supposed to be.
The Trump administration knows this. They also know that if they repeat the lie often enough—if they shout “violent suspect” and “split-second decision” and “officer safety” into every camera—they can muddy the water long enough for accountability to disappear.
That’s the real pattern here. Not law enforcement. Not justice.
Covering your ass cause you just did something morally abhorrent and don’t want to admit it.
As someone who has been in violent confrontations, who has had to make real decisions under real pressure, I’m telling you this plainly: restraint is part of the job. De-escalation is part of the job. Walking away alive with everyone still breathing is the job.
When officers abandon that responsibility—and when the federal government rushes to excuse it—we don’t get safety. We get impunity.
And when the state lies to protect unlawful killing, it doesn’t just dishonor the person who died. It poisons the legitimacy of every officer who still believes the badge means something.
This wasn’t a tragedy without cause. It was a choice.
And no amount of propaganda can change that.”

part one: If it is Friday it must be Texas a conversation with Harvey Kronberg publisher of The Quorum Report, Texas oldest online newsletter
Greg Abbott says ICE needs to 'recalibrate' mission after deadly Minnesota shooting   https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/abbott-ice-minneapolis-shooting-21315704.php

Greg Abbott calls for CAIR-Texas to be shut down, citing threat of 'radical Islamism'.  https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/greg-abbott-cair-muslim-21319953.php

A Tight Statehouse Race in Texas Offers Republicans a Warning A State Senate runoff on Saturday in the Fort Worth suburbs will preview whether a backlash against conservative social policies will give Democrats a chance to gain.  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/politics/taylor-rehmet-leigh-wambsganss-texas-election.html

opening thoughts:
WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE LIVES PRETTI TOUCHED
-AS AN INTENSIVE CARE NURSE AT THE VA WORKING ON CURES FOR COLON CANCER
-AS AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN
-AS A LEGAL GUN OWNER
-AS SOMEONE WHO PASSIONATELY CARED FOR THOSE BEING TREATED IN AN UNJUST MANNER.
AND WHOSE FINAL WORDS WERE: "ARE YOU OK?'
ALEX MAY BE THE VELCRO TO HOLD A NATION TOGETHER.
talkers
Bill Curry  was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets. 
 
Chris Lehmann is the DC Bureau chief for The Nation and a contributing editor at The Baffler. He was formerly editor of The Baffler and The New Republic, and is the author, most recently, of The Money Cult: Capitalism, Christianity, and the Unmaking of the American Dream (Melville House, 2016).
topics:

‘Latinas for Trump’ Co-Founder Warns Immigration Will Cost G.O.P. the Midterms. State Senator Ileana Garcia, who is Cuban American, said the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis was “abhorrent.”  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/ileana-garcia-trump-immigration-crackdown.html

The only reason republicans are stepping up is because their sacred 2nd Amendment was being challenged by the lies coming out of the Trump administration if Pretti didn't have a permit to conceal carry and only had a cell phone they would have murdered him and we would not hear a peep from the GOP

MELANIA THE MOVIE WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW...four THOUGHTS:
1. The Amazon-produced documentary is the first film directed by Brett Ratner since multiple women accused him of sexual harassment or misconduct in 2017
2.The Associated Press found documentation showing that Melania Trump broke immigration law when she first came to the US in 1996 — by entering the country on a tourist visa and then working as a professional model.
It’s an ironic twist for a president that’s marked his administration by casting aspersions on immigrants in general, and “illegal” immigrants in particular
3. Amazon spent aka bribed $40 million for the movie and an additional $35 million for marketing, promotion and distribution
4. two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film.


Minneapolis and Gaza Now Share the Same Violent Language

US businesses break their silence after latest  Minnesota ICE shooting https://www.reuters.com/world/us/targets-incoming-ceo-calls-minnesota-violence-incredibly-painful-2026-01-26/


KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN'T RISE TO THE TOP -  Anonymous 

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