When Gross Incompetence Becomes Criminal Mayhem

Right wingers have been so badly disinformed by propaganda channels abt MN cooperation w/DHS that MN's Department of Corrections set up a corrections page.

Among lies they've had to correct were those Greg Bovino told abt whom they were snatching when they killed Alex Pretti. pic.twitter.com/h2zjIGI1ag

— EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check (@emptywheel) January 26, 2026

Don’t lose sight of the fact these people have absolutely no idea what they’re doing, from the President down to individual CBP agents (who killed Pretti).

Look at this whiny baby.

When HE fails he screams and screams and screams that someone ELSE is responsible.

Like most far right white men, he absolutely refuses to take personal accountability for his own inadequacies. Just no moral compass. https://t.co/XSmZp1Pf5y

— EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check (@emptywheel) January 26, 2026

Miller might as well blame “mass hysteria” and “mass hypnosis.” Although I’m sure he soon will. “No moral compass” hardly surprises me. No fucking idea, is a bit more disturbing, especially in a Deputy Chief of Staff to the POTUS.

Say @RepGarbarino @RandPaul @BennieGThompson @SenGaryPeters: Do you suppose you could do something about the fact that Greg Bovino has assigned Alex Pretti's murderers to patrol public spaces in some other state? Those barbarians should be around no people but each other.

— EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check (@emptywheel) January 25, 2026

This isn’t government at all. It’s chaos and corruption caused by people who think power is all that matters. From the Oval Office down.  Trump U.S. often said to wish he could emulate Putin. Even Putin’s political enemies fall out of windows with no one around to blame. He’s more circumspect than Trump. And all Trump’s pitiful men aren’t going to put Humpty Dumpty together again.

Again, ICE has repeatedly gotten caught lying about this.@SecVetAffairs should stop excusing murder. https://t.co/rjUDeMKWh4

— EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check (@emptywheel) January 26, 2026

.@HarmeetKDhillon, of course, will do nothing after ICE invades houses of worship.

She's picking and choosing with Christians she will protect. https://t.co/3flBrb4ZLP

— EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check (@emptywheel) January 25, 2026

Another far right winger who believes the lies that DHS is telling.@SenTomCotton? You need to fire your staffers and get some who aren't so easy to lie to. https://t.co/Xky4Lc13tI

— EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check (@emptywheel) January 26, 2026

They’re doing everything but perp walking themselves at this point.

Has a single prominent Trump donor spoken out about the murder? Any of the CEOs of the companies that donated to the new ballroom or the inauguration?

Are all of them comfortable being complicit in state violence against citizens?

— Tim Miller (@Timodc) January 26, 2026

Even Putin knows better. And America ain’t post-tsarist Russia. We have a wildly different political culture.