{"id":166948,"date":"2026-01-25T11:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166948"},"modified":"2026-01-25T14:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T22:19:47","slug":"how-alliance-theory-explains-reactions-to-the-killing-of-alex-pretti-1-25-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166948","title":{"rendered":"How Alliance Theory Explains Reactions to the Killing of Alex Pretti (1-25-26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nKAbJ42uIUQ?si=N_0I-IP4OtMGX5t4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> Legality vs Necessity, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166934\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166934<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 03:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#180\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"180\">03:00<\/a> Strange Bedfellows: The Alliance Theory of Political Belief Systems, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Os0jvjssTG8\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Os0jvjssTG8<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 16:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#990\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"990\">16:30<\/a> WSJ: The Minneapolis Protests and Democrats\u2019 Nonprofit Problem, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166906\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166906<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 40:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2400\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2400\">40:00<\/a> Trump\u2019s Greenland Antics Drove Canada &amp; Europe From Anger To Hatred, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166940\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166940<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 45:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2700\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2700\">45:00<\/a> Suicide By Cop, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166901\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166901<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 50:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3000\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3000\">50:00<\/a> Elite Collusion To Suppress Populism, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166924\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166924<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 55:20\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3320\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3320\">55:20<\/a> Michael joins to talk Tucker Carlson, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Michaelmvlog\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/x.com\/Michaelmvlog<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 57:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3420\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3420\">57:00<\/a> Jon Stewart&#8217;s 2004 appearance on Crossfire, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jon_Stewart%27s_2004_appearance_on_Crossfire\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jon_Stewart%27s_2004_appearance_on_Crossfire<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:17:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4620\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4620\">1:17:00<\/a> Tucker biography by Chadwick Moore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Audible-Tucker\/dp\/B0CD9JLHTS\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Audible-Tucker\/dp\/B0CD9JLHTS\/<\/a> <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:26:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5160\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5160\">1:26:00<\/a> How Tucker Carlson Became the Prophet of MAGA<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:34:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5640\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5640\">1:34:00<\/a> Reality Discriminates, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166903\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166903<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:40:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6000\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6000\">1:40:00<\/a> Donald Trump\u2019s Trajectory, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166897\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166897<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:45:45\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6345\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6345\">1:45:45<\/a> Marco Rubio&#8217;s Trajectory, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166893\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166893<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:56:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6960\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6960\">1:56:00<\/a> The rise and fall of Richard Spencer, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166878\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166878<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:03:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7380\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7380\">2:03:00<\/a> The Nick Fuentes Trajectory, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166882\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166882<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:11:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7860\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7860\">2:11:00<\/a> The Bibi Netanyahu Trajectory, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166885\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166885<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:18:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#8280\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"8280\">2:18:00<\/a> The Tucker Carlson trajectory, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166760\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166760<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:40:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9600\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9600\">2:40:00<\/a> Aaron Sell: The Evolution of Anger and Hatred, and Justice-Making Institutions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jcGJoV-4F8c\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jcGJoV-4F8c<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:45:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9900\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9900\">2:45:00<\/a> The JD Vance Trajectory, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166887\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166887<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01:00 Legality vs Necessity, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=16693403:00 Strange Bedfellows: The Alliance Theory of Political Belief Systems, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Os0jvjssTG816:30 WSJ: The Minneapolis Protests and Democrats\u2019 Nonprofit Problem, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=16690640:00 Trump\u2019s Greenland Antics Drove Canada &amp; Europe From Anger To Hatred, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=16694045:00 Suicide By Cop, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=16690150:00 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=166948\">Continue reading <span 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