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Aaron Frey

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Rays are gonna swoop in and get Cole Young, aren’t they

Baseball America @baseballamerica.com · 1d

The Mariners are close to acquiring Brendan Donovan in a three-team trade that also involves the Rays, per ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Top 30 Mariners prospects ⤵️

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February 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM

Aaron Frey

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Tracy was definitely a Hufflepuff

Ken Fang -- Very Asian @fangsbites.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe are best buddies???

Two men sitting wearing New York Knicks gear sitting next to each other at Madison Square Garden.

February 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM

Aaron Frey

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Trump pulling the ol’ Rod Farva

February 1, 2026 at 3:03 AM

Aaron Frey

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Guess whose network is broadcasting the World Cup…

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

PIETH: “.. What we are seeing domestically .. hardly encourages fans to go there. .. Upon arrival, fans should expect that if they don’t behave properly with the authorities, they will be immediately sent home. If they’re lucky.”

@washingtonpost.com ⚽️
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January 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM

Aaron Frey

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Everyone is 12

January 28, 2026 at 2:36 PM

Reposted by Aaron Frey

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM

Aaron Frey

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This is going to be the plot for "Monuments Men 2"

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 12d

VOA's headquarters, 'the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,' faces possible destruction as part of the Trump administration's drive for "maximum value for the federal real estate footprint." wapo.st/4a5NCsq

The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal

Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.

wapo.st

January 22, 2026 at 3:25 PM

Aaron Frey

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Why is the audio mixing for ABC and ESPN so different for the Texans-Patriots game? ABC has virtually no crowd noise and sounds like it’s just Buck & Aikman in a closet. ESPN audio is “normal” @awfulannouncing.bsky.social

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January 18, 2026 at 10:49 PM

Aaron Frey

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It’s increasingly clear that our leaders are chosen by an uninformed electorate.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 20d

Despite years of "economic anxiety" discourse, the core drivers of Trump support have always been bigotry and misinformation.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

January 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM

Aaron Frey

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The Alton Giant!

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 21d

It has been brought to my attention that this giant shoe was on Antiques Roadshow

Man and woman at Antiques Roadshow showing off a fitting shoe for a man who was 8" 11" tall. the man's hand supports the arch in front of the heel and the back, it runs in length from the middle of his chest to the middle of hers

Zoomed in view of a large shoe on Antiques Roadshow that was a fitting shoe for a man who was 8" 11" tall. the man's hand supports the arch in front of the heel and the back. It is labeled as Robert Wadlow's Sample Shoe circa 1935 with a price of $2,000

January 13, 2026 at 2:52 AM

Aaron Frey

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“Law enforcement should be able to suppress people’s First Amendment rights, even if that means killing Americans”

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22d

Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"

Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."

January 12, 2026 at 2:49 AM

Aaron Frey

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If Packers fan are upset that LaFleur’s teams have a tendency to blow double-digit leads and want to hire John Harbaugh to replace him, they might want to do a little research on the Ravens

January 11, 2026 at 4:04 PM