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Gary1955 @gary1955.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Iran was threatened for killing protesters. After two killings in America, is it ok for Iran to now threaten America for killing protesters?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

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.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026

Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

First trailer for "Patlabor EZY" new anime series directed by Yutaka Izubuchi at JC Staff studio (feat. Akemi Takada & Kenji Kawai). 8 episodes, also coming as 3 feature films starting in May. ezy.patlabor.tokyo

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

A busy first day as your Mayor-elect: early morning interviews, transition announcements and meetings. More to say on all of it tomorrow. But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.

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Zohran and AOC sitting together at a table.

Nepalese food at Laliguras Bistro, including chili chicken with tingmo bread and aloo dum

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JENN! ✨ @thekeythief.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

SHIELD • YOUR • NEIGHBORS Here in #LosAngeles, we protect our neighbors at all costs.

A family of 3, outlined in green, hide behind a roaring bear, as large foreboding black shadows with nightsticks and helmets lurk behind it. A green star outstretched at their feet as they try to hide from view. Text at the bottom reads in call caps: "SHIELD YOUR NEIGHBORS"

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC!

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

PSA for cat owners in the US: cats have been contracting H5N1 (bird flu). They are very susceptible to it and the fatality rate for cats is 67%. To avoid it: -keep your cats indoors. They can catch it from infected birds and mice. -do not feed them raw dairy -do not feed them raw meat

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Cats in the U.S. Are Contracting Bird Flu: What Pet Parents Need to Know

Cases in domesticated cats have risen dramatically over the past year.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

🚨BOYCOTT STARBUCKS🚨 Union baristas are calling on EVERYONE to NOT buy from ANY Starbucks store between Dec. 20 -Dec. 24 while the workers are on strike! Here’s how to support: x.com/sbworkersuni...

Image of a hand holding a coffee cup surrounded by fire; text: ‘twas the strike before Christmas, Dec. 20-24th

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

BREAKING: Amazon drivers at a major Atlanta facility have voted unanimously to authorize a strike. They join @teamsters.bsky.social in NYC, Illinois, and California in authorizing strikes at Amazon in the lead up to Christmas — the company's busiest days.

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𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 @sugarkat.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio. Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.

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Support Us - Sesame Workshop

Individual donors and partners can have a major impact. Join Sesame Workshop’s Mission to Help Kids Everywhere Grow Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder.

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Laney 🍉 @bookwormlaney.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I just finished The Yellow Paper, and it was so good; I loved it a lot! 😍📚 #Book #Reading #Literature

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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Luigi Mangione was taken into custody just as Daniel Penny walked free. The ruling class wants us to celebrate the murder of the vulnerable and condemn the murder of the powerful. They fail to see how killing the powerless breeds violence against the powerful. www.jphilll.com/p/who-gets-t...

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Who gets to kill?

Daniel Penny and Luigi Mangione

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Laney 🍉 @bookwormlaney.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I'm between wanting to read and playing Unpacking on my Nintendo 📚🎮 #Nintendo #Unpacking #Games #Books

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 09/12/2024

As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment. hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...

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Two Very Different Manhattan Murder Investigations

The NYPD spent countless hours and resources searching for a CEO’s killer, but has made little evident progress on the fatal stabbing of a migrant teen.

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Laney 🍉 @bookwormlaney.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Who doesn't like some pancakes for the morning 😋

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onion person @junlper.beer · 05/12/2024

this only suggests to me that everyone needs to keep being meaner to those in power. the wealthy elite need to be scared

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The Boooook Shepherd 👻 @thebookshepherd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

If you as a parent do not want your child to read about something, that is your job as a parent to oversee their reading. It should absolutely not affect what children who are not yours are reading.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to pull a book from a bookshelf and find that it reveals a hidden room?

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Laney 🍉 @bookwormlaney.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The regrets I have for not doing my assignments early during Thanksgiving Break 🙃

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

If you think I'm mad, you should see the librarians who have lost their jobs and experienced physical threats or violence toward them just trying to keep a queer book on the shelves!

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Laney 🍉 @bookwormlaney.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Nothing beats quality time with loved ones! 🥰 Home-cooked meals just hit differently, especially when it's home-cooked food. 😋 Sending everyone good vibes - hope you're enjoying some family time, too! 💖 #FamilyLove #HomeCooking

Paper plate with deviled eyes, turkey, cranberry slices, and mac n cheese with a plastic fork.

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Az~ @azrielgreen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Assuming all fanfiction is written poorly really just shows you've never been caught in the chokehold of a 150k slowburn that changed the course of your life at 2:40am written by someone whose username has 4 Zs in it and they only wrote one fic and then vanished like an ethereal legend.

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Laney 🍉 @bookwormlaney.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Sometimes, I can't believe I have an adorable dog, and then I see him snuggled close to me while we watch Matilda. 🐶 #doglover #cuddlymoments #familytime

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Laney 🍉 @bookwormlaney.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Ugh, my brain is still stuck on Interview with the Vampire! 🧛‍♂️ Every other show just seems so...blah in comparison. Anyone else having major post-series blues? 😭 Send help (and show recommendations)! 🙏 #VampireVibes #Obsessed

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Laney 🍉 @bookwormlaney.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Why does my brain decide to be in a dystopia mood during the worst moments? Now I'm rereading 1984 and want to reread The Hunger Games

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Laney 🍉 @bookwormlaney.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Every day, I wake up disappointed that Paloma Diamond hasn't dropped the newest episode 😞

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Laney 🍉 @bookwormlaney.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I'm always in between wanting to start a book but falling asleep because I'm also tired 😫

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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Life tip: when someone has headphones in, they’re not looking for a conversation.

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Laney 🍉 @bookwormlaney.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I'm finally going to work at B&N. It's only seasonal, but I'm so excited to start soon! 😆

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Laney 🍉 @bookwormlaney.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hi, everyone. I'm Laney, and I enjoy reading, playing video games, and role-playing. I am a college student, but I will be completely done this semester. I do love anything related to fantasy, vampires, gothic romance, and supernatural-related content 😊 🧛‍♀️

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Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

PSA for newbies: Please include ALT text on your images. This is an inclusive space for blind and visually impaired people. Don't arrive late to the party and ignore a bunch of people. Also, please share this skeet, rather than liking it, to ensure the message gets delivered. Thanks!

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hello friendos Your librarian here with today's library tip Check out both the Libby and Hoopla app. Both offer ebooks and e-audiobooks. You don't need a Kindle to use them, you can read or listen on your phone, computer, and are compatible with Apple Carplay and Android Auto.

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