Alex Pretti Update - January 27, 2026

The Young Turks

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Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 128 minutes

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It's revealed that DHS agents tackled Alex Pretti and broke his rib about a week before they fatally shot him. Trump administration aides have declared at least 16 DHS and immigration-related shootings “justified” since July — including the killing of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti — before investigations were completed. A Democratic lawmaker admits he “failed” after voting to fund ICE. Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/TYT and use code TYT and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! Hosts: Ana Kasparian & Cenk Uygur SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE ☞ https://www.youtube.com/@TheYoungTurks FOLLOW US ON: FACEBOOK ☞ https://www.facebook.com/theyoungturks TWITTER ☞ https://twitter.com/TheYoungTurks INSTAGRAM ☞ https://www.instagram.com/theyoungturks TIKTOK ☞ https://www.tiktok.com/@theyoungturks 👕MERCH ☞ https:/www.shoptyt.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to The Young Turks, the online news show.
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0:08.8	You're awesome.
0:10.0	Thank you.
0:11.5	Has just been, you know, not good.
0:14.2	I'm so upset.
0:15.9	Oh my God.
0:16.9	Baga! God! Thank you. I'm going to Well, William Church, Jane Cougar and Experian with you guys.
1:05.4	Big showhead, of course.
1:07.6	So we've got a lot of updates on what's happening with ICE and border patrol.
1:11.6	The back pedal has begun.
1:13.6	That is good news.
1:14.6	Unfortunately, some are not backpedaling away.
1:16.6	Megan Kelly with some unfortunate comments.
1:18.6	We'll rip into a little bit later.
1:20.6	And then we've got the usual international news just when you think Israel can't get worse.
1:25.6	They're like, hold my Manashevitz,
1:28.9	okay, because we're about to do something that is pure evil. So do we have that a little bit later
1:35.4	in the show. And then one, oh, Democrats back peddling. So there's tons of stuff that's going on here.
1:43.7	Okay. So Casper, what do you got for us? I got a lot of stuff. You're ready for it? No, I think I am. I don't think you're ready. No, I think I am. All right, well, let's find out. We're gonna have to find out. All right, let's get to our first story because we are learning some more details about Alex Pruddy and his previous interactions with federal agents.
2:04.6	So we're now learning that Alex Prattie had a violent encounter with federal agents a week
2:12.6	prior to Border Patrol agents shooting and killing him as he was on the scene of an ice operation
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