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jchavezmpls.bsky.social
Dear neighbor, It is not the time to let your guard down, nor is it the time to stop organizing.

While Bovino will be leaving Minneapolis along with some U.S. Border Patrol agents, there is still no specific plan that has been communicated to the public. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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picardtips.bsky.social
Picard management tip: If you never fail, you aren't going boldly enough.
January 26, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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jonathanslaght.com
"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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frankconniff.bsky.social
Donald Trump is the dynamic hero in the exciting new action/adventure tale, DIE SOON.
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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bigbadbibear.bsky.social
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January 26, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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surlybikes.bsky.social
From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
Alex Pretti was a customer of ACF. A member of our local cycling community. An integral community member serving as a nurse at our local VA hospital. Murdered while standing up to bullies in his city. Then falsely smeared in the media as an agitator with an agenda. Do not believe the lies. He could be any one of us standing against evil, but evil cannot get us all if we stand against it!
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Abolish the Republican Party.
January 24, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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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
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sydder.bsky.social
We had 50K people downtown yesterday, no ICE and zero incidents. ICE is the fucking problem.
January 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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frankconniff.bsky.social
Obviously, the guy who was shot and killed while pinned down on the sidewalk by at least five ICE agents was trying to run them over with his car.
January 24, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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picardtips.bsky.social
Picard honesty tip: Don't let anyone else tell you how many lights you see.
December 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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socialistdogmom.bsky.social
he knows that we know he's lying. he's telling us we're all terrorists to him. he's telling us that to dissent is now a capital crime. he's telling us they'll shoot us, too, and they'll say we deserved it.
January 24, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
In the 34 days since the Epstein files were supposed to be released
January 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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minnmax.com
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
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thebeaverton.com
Trump threatens tariffs on champagne so nobody can celebrate when he dies
Trump threatens tariffs on champagne so nobody can celebrate when he dies
WASHINGTON D.C. – Following a whirlwind week at Davos, and despite backtracking on threats to annex Greenland, US President Donald Trump is still threatening to tariff Champagne to keep people from pa...
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January 22, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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birdrespecter.bsky.social
I usually try to eschew elitism in all forms, but enough is enough. These people are dumb fucking yokels. They live in a completely different reality than I do, and I don’t want to share a country with them any longer.
January 20, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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atrupar.com
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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musicologyduck.bsky.social
yeahhhhh i probably will be more willing to fork over the extra money for amtrak next time
thorbenson.bsky.social Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 8d
Me pitching a train ad campaign
Mad Men presentation meme with "can't be kidnapped" on the board
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Let's review the facts at hand here: A Democratic administration discovered and prosecuted a case of welfare fraud. Republicans are now using this case to smear hundreds of thousands of immigrants and militarize an entire city.

And your conclusion is that Democrats need to do something different?
The massive scandal around welfare fraud in Minnesota became a big story the same way the character Mike Campbell in The Sun Also Rises describes going bankrupt: “gradually and then suddenly.” Federal prosecutors first filed criminal charges in 2022 against the fraudsters at a Minnesota nonprofit called Feeding Our Future, who stole hundreds of millions of dollars while supposedly serving meals to low-income children and adults. Nearly 80 people have already been convicted or pleaded guilty, and more are expected. But only in recent months has this case—which the lead prosecutor has described as “industrial-scale fraud”—become a national fixation.
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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aljazeera.com
Thousands march in Greenland against Trump’s threats to take it over https://aje.news/f70j2d
An Inuit woman sings during the protest against Trump's policy towards Greenland in front of the US consulate in Nuuk. [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo] People protest in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland. [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo] Donald Trump on Saturday escalated his quest to acquire Greenland, threatening multiple European nations with tariffs. [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo] In a statement, EU leaders said the bloc "stands in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland". [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo]
January 18, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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January 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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lyndacarter.bsky.social
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
Wonder Woman defends herself from a Nazi as portrayed by Lynda Carter.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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billcorbett.bsky.social
welcome to Minnesota, J6 bitch
startribune.com Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 10d
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.

He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
January 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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thepoliticschicks.bsky.social
Let’s be absofuckinglutely clear: the only reason Jake Lang made it out of our city in one piece is because counter-protesters showed the decency to still see him as human. Don’t let the press spin that.

Proud of my city. Because we are not like them.
January 17, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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frankconniff.bsky.social
"Better training will fix this problem."
January 15, 2026 at 9:02 PM