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Molly Ploofkins

@mollyploofkins.bsky.social

Trump's America

January 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

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

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McDecency

@mcdecency.bsky.social

Yep, another poorly trained ICE agent killing a US Citizen.

Allowing Trump and Steven Miller to continue build onto the rationale of instituting the Insurrection Act...

But, it's too soon, need to get closer to the mid-terms before they pull that trigger.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s one video shared with us of the state-ordered execution. The man was beaten in the head with a gun, shot once, then shot five more times while on the ground. State-ordered executions continue.

January 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM

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Adam klopek

@furrycow.bsky.social

Red Dwarf wasn't far off either

RED DWARF predicted FUTURE better than SIMPSONS

YouTube video by PoliticalBIZARRE

youtube.com

January 24, 2026 at 8:43 AM

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Charlie Angus

@charlieangus104.bsky.social

Canadians took massive casualties fighting the American war in Afghanistan.
Trump says we never stepped up. JD Vance says he's sick of our "sob stories".
MP Jamil Jivani is best friends with Vance. Will he deliver a simple message from Canada?
Trump and Vance can go F--k themselves.
Never again.

January 24, 2026 at 1:49 AM

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Allie-gata #Resists

@alliegata.bsky.social

A lot of people are doing a lot of work to verify Sascha's claims. This is excellent and proves Sascha's testimony #SaschaRiley #EpsteinFiles #SaschaBarros

Sascha Riley: An Independent Investigation

Since the media won't do it, internet sleuths will

substack.com

January 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘

@chariselee.bsky.social

This is a coverup at the highest level and it’s not the first cover-up that Todd Blanche has run since he became Donald Trump‘s fixer‼️

January 22, 2026 at 12:23 AM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows:
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.

January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM

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BlackendToast

@blackenedtoast.bsky.social

Don't let this fade away I believe Sascha Riley

DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 14d

This is a test. Please interact and quote post if you see this.

Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley

Donald Trump
Clarence Thomas
Lindsey Graham
Jim Jordan
Andy Biggs

Nichole Hiltz 🧡 @nicholehiltz.bsky.social · 16d

Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley, Sascha Riley

Donald Trump
Clarence Thomas
Lindsey Graham
Jim Jordan
Andy Biggs

January 20, 2026 at 3:52 AM

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Nela ...Key Note Speaker

@nela-talk.bsky.social

Sascha Riley is talking.
He's been telling what's happened at Epstein Island for years.
He's been talking about Trump and first hand experiences with him.
This govt KNOWS!
Many in this govt are in The Epstein Files.
They're protecting themselves.

January 20, 2026 at 3:55 AM

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Allie-gata #Resists

@alliegata.bsky.social

Well looky here #SaschaRiley #EpsteinFiles #SaschaBarros

January 18, 2026 at 12:50 AM

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Allie-gata #Resists

@alliegata.bsky.social

His testimony has been consistent over the years. He posted this in 2022

January 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘

@chariselee.bsky.social

🚨 Here’s the link to the horrific allegations

lisevoldeng.substack.com/p/dont-worry-b…

🚨 Click on “Don’t worry. Boys are hard to find. “
The 2nd Link dated Nov 2025