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Friday, January 30, 2026

National leadership at the Department of Veterans Affairs initially blocked a memorial planned for Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse who was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis. In an email obtained by The New Republic, officials at the Minneapolis VA claimed that "local leadership was instructed to pause the memorial" for Pretti, initially scheduled for Tuesday at noon. Two employees also told The Washington Post that a memorial for Pretti had been initially blocked, but another service is scheduled for next week. In response to an inquiry Wednesday about why the first memorial was canceled, Minneapolis VA Medical Center spokesperson Melanie Nelson told TNR that the organization was still working to schedule an event.

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No surprise reading this. The abominable VA Secretary Doug Collins, who is making drastic cuts to the VA and hurting us Veterans, is a USAFR Colonel and a Christian Chaplain.


#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-30 03:01 AM | Reply

"abominable"

Credit where credit is due.
Collins is the first Snowman to hold that high ranking position.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-30 03:04 AM | Reply

Thanks to DOGE and this faux Christian leading the VA, thousands of Veterans are getting scammed by contractors and other nefarious actors.

"Attempts to defraud service members, veterans, and their families are so rampant that advocates are pushing for an entirely new approach to cracking down on predators and root causes, according to a recent congressional roundtable.

In an increasingly digital world in which it is easy to mask identity, lawmakers should ensure federal agencies "don't have a monopoly on enforcement," Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from 2021 to 2025, said during the 21 Jan House Veterans' Affairs Committee Democrats discussion."

The Trumpf junta scaled back consumer protection in 2025.

I wonder why.

Link: www.militarytimes.com

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-30 03:18 AM | Reply

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