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Sonar Jose
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sonarjose.bsky.social
*malcolm butler rolling up to radio row rn*
a man in a mask is dancing on a stage with a band and the words i 'm back
ALT: a man in a mask is dancing on a stage with a band and the words i 'm back
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January 26, 2026 at 3:01 AM
sonarjose.bsky.social
I’m really just happy for my kids, both die hard Pats fans who have been waiting almost their entire lives for this. (My eight year-old son hasn’t seen the Patriots make a Super Bowl since he was *two*!!)
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 AM
sonarjose.bsky.social
If you’re mad at the Pats for getting to the Super Bowl without having to face a real team along the way, you should really be mad at the league for having 15 different fake teams in a 32 team league.
January 25, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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sonarjose.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
sonarjose.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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downwithdan.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 7:27 PM
sonarjose.bsky.social
Yes, but also let’s not sleep on the influence of latent sexism/homophobia to reaction differences between the killing of a straight, white male & a lesbian, white female here!
osullyville.bsky.social Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 2d
It took a second murder for the Democrats to do this. Wouldn't have happened without a second ICE murder, that's how pathetic they are.
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d
Sen. Dick Durbin, another one of the 8 Democratic YES votes on Nov funding bill, is a NO on this DHS measure: “I will not vote to fund the illegal DHS and ICE operations that terrorize Chicago, Minneapolis, and many other communities.”

This bill doesn’t have the votes.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 AM
sonarjose.bsky.social
fucking gutting.
badideas.bsky.social Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 2d
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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badideas.bsky.social
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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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
sonarjose.bsky.social
This is how every Senator should be talking (and *acting*) right now.
January 25, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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edmarkey.bsky.social
Not one more cent for DHS and ICE. We have the power to end this.
January 24, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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jeffrueter.bsky.social
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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troubledminnesotan.bsky.social
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.

Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
sonarjose.bsky.social
man, mother *fuck* alopecia grimace straight into the heart of the sun.
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
sonarjose.bsky.social
“performing CPR on what may already be a corpse, called the constitution” might be the summative quote of the decade.
cjzero.bsky.social CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 2d
The whole interview is worth it
January 24, 2026 at 9:44 PM
sonarjose.bsky.social
Before Trump we used to have Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Now we have nothing pretty, nothing good.
January 24, 2026 at 9:21 PM
sonarjose.bsky.social
If this is the kind of protection the precious Second Amendment affords you in America, fucking delete it.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Trump: "This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go – What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers? ... ICE had to protect themselves — Not an easy thing to do!"
Trump: "This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go – What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers? The Mayor and the Governor called them off? It is stated that many of these Police were not allowed to do their job, that ICE had to protect themselves — Not an easy thing to do! Why does Ilhan Omar have $34 Million Dollars in her account? And where are the Tens of Billions of Dollars that have been stolen from the once Great State of Minnesota? We are there because of massive Monetary Fraud, with Billions of Dollars missing, and Illegal Criminals that were allowed to infiltrate the State through the Democrats’ Open Border Policy. We want the money back, and we want it back, NOW. Those Fraudsters who stole the money are going to jail, where they belong! This is no different than a really big Bank Robbery. Much of what you’re witnessing is a COVER UP for this Theft and Fraud. The Mayor and the Governor are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric! Instead, these sanctimonious political fools should be looking for the Billions of Dollars that has been stolen from the people of Minnesota, and the United States of America. LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB! 12,000 Illegal Alien Criminals, many of them violent, have been arrested and taken out of Minnesota. If they were still there, you would see something far worse than you are witnessing today!"
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
sonarjose.bsky.social
If you’re a state or local official not directing state & local troops or police to protect citizens & detain ICE agents on penalty of immediate firing & full revocation of all pension & benefits for refusal to do so, what are you even fucking any good for at your job at all?
January 24, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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mattmfm.bsky.social
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
sonarjose.bsky.social
don’t take the bait & put hands on any of these fucking nazis in a way they can construe as an “attack”, but everyone out on the scene should absolutely be either popping all the tires on their cars or creating crowd cover for the people popping tires. strand them there on foot, no one taken away.
January 24, 2026 at 6:07 PM
sonarjose.bsky.social
jesus fucking christ.
January 24, 2026 at 3:51 PM
sonarjose.bsky.social
i know it’s not their responsibility, & i can’t really judge them either way for not doing it, but it would be extremely impactful & helpful for some pro sports teams to start refusing to play games until this ice shit is brought to a screeching halt.
January 24, 2026 at 4:07 AM
sonarjose.bsky.social
how am i just now learning about ryan wedding - the, uhhh, coolest guy ever?
January 24, 2026 at 3:34 AM