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DUKE: Are Nurses Okay?

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03.02.2026

Hey y’all, welcome back to Unfit to Print. 

A relatively short one today because I am in snowy Hillsdale, Michigan, preparing to give a speech on “New Media.” 

Here we go…

 

ARE NURSES OKAY? 

When Alex Pretti was shot and killed during a scuffle with ICE agents, anti-ICE activists raced to lionize him. 

He was a NURSE!

He was protecting a woman who was pushed! 

He was merely doing what his training said to do!

HE SAVED LIVES!

Never mind the AI-doctored images of him that circulated after the shooting giving him a fresh tan, bigger muscles, whiter teeth, a sharper jawline, a smaller nose. It was like catnip for liberal women, something straight out of BookTok: a handsome alpha male with a gun in his waistband — usually ick — but decidedly progressive sensibilities — okay, yes. 

Enough has been said about his actions on that day. I want to talk about the invocation of Pretti’s nursing career. 

Much like Renee Good was a MOTHER and how could you kill a MOTHER, Pretti was a NURSE. He was THE BEST OF US. 

I call........

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