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Stella Remington

@stellarem.bsky.social

Hey Dems! Shut it down!

a close up of a man 's face with the words shut it down written below it

Alt: Mr Leader Guy saying Shut it DOWN from Dark City

media.tenor.com

January 29, 2026 at 10:24 PM

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Bruce Springsteen

@brucespringsteen.net

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

youtu.be

January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM

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Governor Gavin Newsom

@governor.ca.gov

It’s time to investigate.

I am launching a review into whether TikTok is violating state law by censoring Trump-critical content.

January 27, 2026 at 1:44 AM

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Mark Hamill

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social

ALEX JEFFREY PRETTI. Gone, but never forgotten...

#RIP_Alex 💔

January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM

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Governor Tim Walz

@governorwalz.mn.gov

I spoke to the President earlier. We had a productive conversation and I explained to him that his staff doesn’t have their facts straight about Minnesota. My thoughts in the Wall Street Journal:

www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-...

Opinion | Tim Walz: The Un-American Assault on Minnesota

Federal officials are lying. My state’s Corrections Department honors all immigration detainers.

www.wsj.com

January 26, 2026 at 6:24 PM

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Will Stancil

@whstancil.bsky.social

oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.

people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.

January 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM

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MeidasTouch

@meidastouch.com

January 26, 2026 at 1:00 AM

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Santiago Mayer

@santiagomayer.com

I will support whichever candidate pledges to send Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and Greg Bovino to rot in The Hague for the rest of their pathetic, disgusting, miserable lives.

January 25, 2026 at 6:48 AM

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸

@nothoodlum.bsky.social

This is who our government is calling a monster and a domestic terrorist. They have no shame. Rest in peace, Alex Pretti.

January 25, 2026 at 2:08 AM

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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

Stella Remington

@stellarem.bsky.social

It's ok to get off of social media and get some fresh air.

January 24, 2026 at 9:02 PM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."

January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM

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David Leavitt

@davidleavitt.bsky.social

Do not watch the video.

They beat then shot the person to death in south Minneapolis Today.

It wasn’t just a murder.

It was an execution.

Watching it won’t help anyone.

Warrants must be issued immediately.

January 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM

Stella Remington

@stellarem.bsky.social

Bored of Peace

January 22, 2026 at 9:28 PM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

The response he deserves.

Danish Politician Tells Trump To 'F—k Off' In Fiery Speech Amid Trump's Threats Over Greenland

www.comicsands.com

January 21, 2026 at 5:14 PM

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Rebel with a Cause

@rebelwithacause2.bsky.social

Venezuela is a DIVERSION
Jerome Powell is a DIVERSION
Greenland is a DIVERSION
Board of Peace is a DIVERSION
Minnesota is a DIVERSION

Renee NICOLE Good is a CASUALTY of his DIVERSIONS ...

FROM RELEASING THE FUKKKIN EPSTEIN FILES!!

January 20, 2026 at 12:57 PM

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Pam Keith

@pamkeithdc.bsky.social

Hi guys!

CBS “News” blatantly lied to us about the fictitious “internal injuries” of Jonathan Ross to help spread propaganda for the admin.

That should piss you off.

January 17, 2026 at 12:34 PM

Stella Remington

@stellarem.bsky.social

Greg Bovino. If not Nazi, why Nazi shaped?

January 15, 2026 at 11:10 PM

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Morgan J Freeman

@mjfree.bsky.social

🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED BY MADURO OR IRAN OR GREENLAND & STAY LOUD!! 🔥🔥🔥

🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!! 🔥🔥🔥

🔥🔥🔥 TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥

January 15, 2026 at 9:57 AM

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Governor Tim Walz

@governorwalz.mn.gov

State investigators have been on the scene in North Minneapolis.

I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.

But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.

Don’t give him what he wants.

January 15, 2026 at 5:06 AM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"