BugSpire
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Roots in MN & the DFL. Paul Wellstone groupie as I’m old-ish. Father, retired, cartographer, local office holder in the Pacific NW.
Oh my, yes. Perhaps I will sleep some tonight.
Bovino is not leaving Minneapolis cause he wants to. Not cause Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Vance or Trump want him to go.
He’s leaving because the extraordinary “ordinary” citizens of that great city - by peacefully protesting en masse - kicked him out.
Lesson to be learned. We have power.
He’s leaving because the extraordinary “ordinary” citizens of that great city - by peacefully protesting en masse - kicked him out.
Lesson to be learned. We have power.
January 27, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Oh my, yes. Perhaps I will sleep some tonight.
If God is great, they are not good. If God is good they are not great. Just sayin.
I firmly and forever believe’Waiting on God’ is really, totally, and indeed forever, wasted time.
I firmly and forever believe’Waiting on God’ is really, totally, and indeed forever, wasted time.
Waiting on God is never wasted time. He uses pauses to mature trust, realign desires, and teach surrender. Even unseen progress matters. Stay obedient, worship through uncertainty, listen for His voice, and believe breakthroughs grow beneath the soil before appearing.
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM
If God is great, they are not good. If God is good they are not great. Just sayin.
I firmly and forever believe’Waiting on God’ is really, totally, and indeed forever, wasted time.
I firmly and forever believe’Waiting on God’ is really, totally, and indeed forever, wasted time.
Yes, please.
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
January 27, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yes, please.
My heart is broken. In what world is this possible?
January 27, 2026 at 7:04 AM
My heart is broken. In what world is this possible?
I was perhaps 10 years old when I marched from the state capitol in St Paul Minnesota to the University in opposition
When I teach Vietnam, I explain that opposition to the war really grew in fits and starts. Some big rallies and visible protests, but also a steady stream of celebrities and ordinary folks breaking with their priors and taking a new stand.
This last month, this last week, feels like a real shift.
This last month, this last week, feels like a real shift.
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 AM
I was perhaps 10 years old when I marched from the state capitol in St Paul Minnesota to the University in opposition
Please, it is murder, not ‘killing’. Please step up. Ten shots, in his back, while he was restrained by so many ‘Call of Duty’ assholes, and you suggest they are deserving of some forgiveness with framing this as anything other than an assassination? Fuck all the way off, and perhaps wake up.
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 27, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Please, it is murder, not ‘killing’. Please step up. Ten shots, in his back, while he was restrained by so many ‘Call of Duty’ assholes, and you suggest they are deserving of some forgiveness with framing this as anything other than an assassination? Fuck all the way off, and perhaps wake up.
Alex was disarmed, restrained by perhaps six men, and shot 10 times, in his back. Arrest and convict, please oh please. The fact that this is even a question is a basis for fundamental concern.
January 27, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Alex was disarmed, restrained by perhaps six men, and shot 10 times, in his back. Arrest and convict, please oh please. The fact that this is even a question is a basis for fundamental concern.
Yep, this is the power we possess. Onward.
We must dig deep and find the Navalny within. This time requires it!
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Yep, this is the power we possess. Onward.
Yes oh yes. This please.
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that she believes Noem is attempting to "mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis.
Moderate Sen. Jacky Rosen urges Noem's impeachment as Dem fury grows over Minneapolis shooting
Moderate Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that her “attempt to mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis is “deeply shameful.”
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January 26, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Yes oh yes. This please.
What is the dictionary definition of ‘lawlessness’ I wonder?
January 26, 2026 at 6:13 AM
What is the dictionary definition of ‘lawlessness’ I wonder?
I can barely look at this. It brings me to tears. My son is a 37 yr old ICU nurse. Just sayin.
Fuck these entitled assholes.
Fuck these entitled assholes.
January 26, 2026 at 4:58 AM
I can barely look at this. It brings me to tears. My son is a 37 yr old ICU nurse. Just sayin.
Fuck these entitled assholes.
Fuck these entitled assholes.
Doing my small part.
“Please get the truth out about our son.”
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Doing my small part.
Why is it not repeated and reported that Alex Pretti was shot 10 times, 10, in the back, while unarmed? ‘Are you OK’ were his last words.
I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.
January 25, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Why is it not repeated and reported that Alex Pretti was shot 10 times, 10, in the back, while unarmed? ‘Are you OK’ were his last words.
The immediate vilification of this decent, caring, and compassionate man in service to their nasty, hateful and hurtful political agenda is so frightening. Shameful beyond words. Inexcusable. I have a 37 year old son who is an ICU nurse. Alex was executed, intentionally and in public in our name.
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 7:39 AM
The immediate vilification of this decent, caring, and compassionate man in service to their nasty, hateful and hurtful political agenda is so frightening. Shameful beyond words. Inexcusable. I have a 37 year old son who is an ICU nurse. Alex was executed, intentionally and in public in our name.
The projection is so palatable. She so wishes to be not doing this, yet there she goes again lying the lies that are so much about lying. Alex was executed, as was Renee. Pam Bondi knows it.
#impeachtrump @loveshine204.bsky.social @ladykatherine.bsky.social @openpodbaydoor.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
The lying never stops in this administration.
January 25, 2026 at 6:20 AM
The projection is so palatable. She so wishes to be not doing this, yet there she goes again lying the lies that are so much about lying. Alex was executed, as was Renee. Pam Bondi knows it.
Again, simply this. Who do we choose to be as people?
Alex Pretti cared for vets.
He was not a terrorist, he was a good and decent man as noted in the post below.
A man who served others, even in his last moments.
RIP Alex, may we all hold the responsible to account.
He was not a terrorist, he was a good and decent man as noted in the post below.
A man who served others, even in his last moments.
RIP Alex, may we all hold the responsible to account.
Post from Mac Randolph
RIP Alex Pretti,
He was my Dad’s ICU nurse. He read my dad’s final salute at the VA after he passed away. Never wanted to share this video, but his speech is very on point.
RIP Alex Pretti,
He was my Dad’s ICU nurse. He read my dad’s final salute at the VA after he passed away. Never wanted to share this video, but his speech is very on point.
January 25, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Again, simply this. Who do we choose to be as people?
Mr Mullin. Fuck totally off asshole.
January 25, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Mr Mullin. Fuck totally off asshole.
State sponsored terrorism. Plain & simple. It is all by design so they can continue to deploy idiots with guns into our cities and towns. Buckle up. Show up.
ICE took the witnesses to today's murder of Alex Pretti into custody!
January 25, 2026 at 5:29 AM
State sponsored terrorism. Plain & simple. It is all by design so they can continue to deploy idiots with guns into our cities and towns. Buckle up. Show up.
I am so sorry.
This is what is happening in #Minneapolis #Minnesota
If you are reading this, I need you to share, and share widely. This is *not* being shown on the Evening News:
If you are reading this, I need you to share, and share widely. This is *not* being shown on the Evening News:
January 25, 2026 at 12:04 AM
I am so sorry.
Simply this.
Frey: "I'm done being told our community members are responsible for the vitriol in our streets ... the invasion of these heavily armed masked agents roaming around on our streets of Minneapolis, emboldened with a sense of impunity, it has to end"
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Simply this.
☝🏼
Having been born and raised in Minnesota, this is absolutely, bang on, hilariously, yet somberly true. I hold all y’all in my heart.
Having been born and raised in Minnesota, this is absolutely, bang on, hilariously, yet somberly true. I hold all y’all in my heart.
The funniest shit is that I feel like the huge turnout downtown is almost because of the cold not in spite of it. The fact that it’s -10 degrees out led to just more defiance, like thousands out there saying, it isn’t even that bad out.
January 23, 2026 at 11:21 PM
☝🏼
Having been born and raised in Minnesota, this is absolutely, bang on, hilariously, yet somberly true. I hold all y’all in my heart.
Having been born and raised in Minnesota, this is absolutely, bang on, hilariously, yet somberly true. I hold all y’all in my heart.
WTF? In whose name and with whose dollars? Please, oh please just go home.
From Steve Simon, MN Secy of State. ICE agents chase down and handcuff a child in negative temperatures while he's saying "I'm legal".
How is this making us safer?
#ProudBlue
📹: @MNSteveSimon/X
How is this making us safer?
#ProudBlue
📹: @MNSteveSimon/X
January 23, 2026 at 10:58 PM
WTF? In whose name and with whose dollars? Please, oh please just go home.
OMG. So outrageous. If this were some other country we would all agree this authoritarianism, writ large. But here and now, in America, ‘reasons’, I guess. 🤷♂️
We're not allowed to see the faces of the taxpayer-funded goon squad who is committing crimes in the streets, but the goon squad is allowed to record the faces of taxpayers who have committed no crimes.
“We have a nice little database, & now you’re considered domestic terrorists” says an ICE agent after photographing a civilian who was videotaping them. Posted today by Brian Allen on X. h/t @allenanalysis.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 10:12 PM
OMG. So outrageous. If this were some other country we would all agree this authoritarianism, writ large. But here and now, in America, ‘reasons’, I guess. 🤷♂️
Reposted by BugSpire
TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 AM
TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
Reposted by BugSpire
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.