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Leslie Pearlman
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Sassy grandma, Lupus warrior, German Shepherds, ADHD, 💙. Embarrassed Texan trying to get thru this. ❌🤴
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Eyes on ICE: Document and Record
YouTube video by No Kings
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January 27, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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MAJOR BREAKING NEW VIDEO RELEASE OF ALEX PRETTI BEING SHOT - Making It Clear That DHS And Trump Administration Claims About The Shooting Are False
*** Serious Trigger / Graphic Video Warning *** On This Intense Video Shot From 5-10 Feet Away As Alex Pretti Is Shot And Killed By Federal Agents
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January 25, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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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
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WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment

"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.

At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
January 25, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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Great piece by my Cato colleague. “Since July, immigration agents have shot at least six people behind the wheel of a vehicle. The same playbook is used each time: the agent says they “feared for their life” as a vehicle was “weaponized” against them. Juries should decide, but we tie their hands.
Opinion | Renee Good wasn’t the first person shot in her car by ICE. The justification followed a familiar script.
Mike Fox: The officer who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis might never have to defend his actions before a judge or jury.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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I'm attending Indivisible's event, “ICE Out For Good Austin” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
ICE Out For Good Austin · Mobilize
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity...
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January 10, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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Google the video & see for yourself.

This is not law enforcement. This is murder.

Sickening.
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January 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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Scary MF. Gifted article Stephen Miller Offers a Strongman’s View of the World www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...
Stephen Miller Offers a Strongman’s View of the World
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January 7, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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WTAF? We enter a country, kidnap a dictator and his spouse, and bring him here without any congressional approval. Everyone in the world should be terrified and horrified that it could happen to ANYONE IN THE WORLD.
#dictatorship
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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The 60 Minutes piece on cecot. Don’t watch tonight. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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We sadly know Zoe Weissman because of Parkland. In fact, our families are so close, that she has been there for my wife and I after Parkland and helped with our foundation Orange Ribbons For Jaime.

America, are you ok with this?
December 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Bless the Muslim man who disarmed a terrorist shooter in Australia!
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Trump Administration Live Updates: National Trust Sues President Over Ballroom www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: National Trust Sues President Over Ballroom
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December 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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I'm getting tired of this President using his platform to verbally abuse and demean people in our country just because he can.

Hey dickhead, try doing your job better instead of focusing on all the 1980s put-downs.
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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More of this !!
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Petition to ask UT not to cave to the 🍊🤡
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University of Texas: Reject the federal government’s “Compact”
The federal government’s “Compact” will put the University of Texas at Austin under political control. Join with Longhorns for Liberty before the Board of Regents meeting on November 19-20 and tell Pr...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Your MAGA Aunt, Your Socialist Cousin, and You: Holiday Conversations That Strengthen Democracy” - sign up n www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Your MAGA Aunt, Your Socialist Cousin, and You: Holiday Conversations That Strengthen Democracy · Indivisible
Sheila Shockey is a public policy and community engagement consultant who has spent 30+ years helping people understand each other—and occasionally helping them agree to disagree without flipping the ...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.

It didn't matter.

Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Austin TX I’ll be there. Will you?
October 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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October 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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September 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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These Project 2025 videos were intended to train a second Trump administration’s political appointees "to be ready on day one."

Last August, ProPublica & @documented.net obtained 14 hours of the videos, which covered everything from passing new regulations to rooting out left-wing language:
Watch: 14 Hours of Never-Before-Published Videos From Project 2025’s Presidential Administration Academy
The videos are part of an ongoing effort to recruit and train thousands of future conservative appointees. Despite Donald Trump’s efforts to disavow Project 2025, most of the speakers in the videos ha...
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September 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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The rainbow bridge never felt right. This does open.substack.com/pub/dearjen/...
Grief and FInding Comfort in Quantum Physics
For anyone who doesn't find comfort in the idea of heaven or the rainbow bridge, maybe you'll find comfort in theoretical physics.
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September 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS - Austin TX” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS - Austin TX · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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September 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM