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Jonathan Haidt @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"For those of us who study how change happens, this is a master class. An idea that seemed politically impossible in early 2024 has become politically inevitable by early 2026." Thank you @fastcompany.com
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Our attitude toward kids and social media has shifted dramatically. Here’s what that can teach us about change
When conditions change, the window can move, sometimes gradually and sometimes with startling speed.
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
From FB regarding Pizza Luce in Minnesota. I like it when I can do something to help people displaced by ICE and then after I do that thing I get to eat a pizza.
I want to let you know about something that happened at Pizza Luce and encourage you to thank and patronize them.  One of the drivers at Parkway Pizza who is a friend of mine told me tonight about something that happened at the downtown Mpls Pizza Lucé where his wife works.  
A kitchen manager has been giving rides to workers afraid to take public transportation to work.  Last week, two ICE SUVs pulled her over.  There was a young Latina women in the car and ICE grabbed her.  She is here legally, but apparently, if you are not white, you need to carry a passport or other documents with you.
Despite the fact that she is here legally, ICE flew her to their detention facility outside of El Paso, TX.  Fortunately, the owner of the Pizza Lucé chain paid for a lawyer to expedite her release.  Unfortunately, when ICE is forced to release people they have unlawfully detained and flown to Texas, they do not fly them back.  They just dump them on the streets of El Paso.  But again, fortunately, the owner of Pizza Lucé paid for a plane ticket to fly her home.  So please thank the folks at Pizza Lucé if you have the chance.
Dozens of Minnesotans have not been so lucky as this woman and are trying to find their way back from Texas.  Today's NY Times has a story about "Selamawit Mehari, an Eritrean single mother of three.... federal agents showed up at her apartment in St. Paul...(even though) her older daughter produced paperwork proving her mother was in the United States lawfully, the agents shackled Ms. Mehari and took her away."  The story cites many like her who "were eventually released in Texas, leaving them to find their own way home."
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 01/02/2026
We need to get tactical. If OpenAI’s revenue falls by 2%, it will make a difference. The best way to ignite positive change is to carry out an economic strike the tech CEOs can’t ignore.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/01/2026
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
Walz: "I call on all Americans to see the decency this state is exhibiting, and the horrific cruelty, unprofessional, absolute abomination that is passing for what these f--- ICE agents are doing on our streets."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti was a great American. The people defending his killers are not.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
They had him on the ground. Six agents pinned him down. They disarmed him. They removed his gun from its holster. And THEN they shot him. Ten times. To repeat. AFTER they pinned him to the ground, and AFTER they disarmed him, they shot him. Ten times. They murdered him.
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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 bearwitness, 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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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 06/01/2026
Five years ago today, Donald Trump incited a violent mob to attack the Capitol in a last-ditch effort to cling to power after losing a free and fair election. January 6 was not a protest that got out of hand — it was an attempted coup, carried out in plain sight.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Tomorrow, we declare NoKings.org, for the love of America.
NO
KINGS,
For the love of America.
October 18 • NoKings.org
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
“I look forward to watching the videos of soldiers entering Chicago.” Our Founders would be sickened by today’s Republican Party. Anyone who believes in freedom and supports the Constitution should be sickened by today’s Republican Party.👇
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
One thing about never-Trump Republicans, during Trump II particularly: They understand that the world they knew is dead. They have no investment in either reviving the former GOP (because they understand it's impossible) or maintaining the pre-2016 Democratic Party (because it's not their party).
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
If Obama or Biden had said this, it would be rightfully understood as them arrogating dictatorial authority to themselves, it would be the only thing anyone in the media or opposition would talk about for a year, and it would probably end their presidency. For Trump, it’s literally just Tuesday.
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Meidas Dutch @meidasdutch.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
REP. @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Texas Dems are fighting back— we’re leaving the state, breaking quorum, preventing Republicans from silencing our voices & rigging the election… we’re not fighting for the Democratic Party, we’re fighting for the Democratic process.”
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
He's promising to protect the integrity of the data by firing statisticians who follow established methods of data collection and processing whenever those methods yield numbers that don't please the boss.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Let’s hear it for the good people of Scotland, who gave Trump a proper welcome on his golf trip today 👹👹👹 #50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #NoKings #PeoplesMovement #GoodTrouble #FuckTrump #Resist #FightFascism #RageAgainstTheRegime #Scotland
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THE NATIONAL: THE NEWSPAPER THAT SUPPORTS AN INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND

CONVICTED US FELON TO ARRIVE IN SCOTLAND
Republican leader, who was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, will visit golf coursesPhoto of crowd of Scottish protesters, with signs that say CLIMATE CHANGE EXISTS, STOP THE GENOCIDE, TrUMP IS A CONVICTED 
34 FELON ADJUDICATED RAPIST”Photo of Scottish protester holding up a sign with Trump’s face as the devilPhoto of a young Scottish girl riding on the shoulders of her parent holding up a card that looks like a child drew it, which says “bad man go away.”
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 26/07/2025
Well, at least Scotland has some sense. #ThrowHimOut #Tosser
News paper headline from "The National", saying "Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland. Republican leader, who was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, will visit golf courses" With a picture of Trump's eyes.
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Spelledw1n @spelledw1n.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Happy 8th anniversary to people getting PO'd at NPR because they didn't recognize or agree with the Declaration of Independence when it was tweeted out line by line. apnews.com/general-news...
apnews.com
NPR's Declaration of Independence tweetstorm confuses some
National Public Radio marked the Fourth of July by tweeting the entire Declaration of Independence, but it seems some Twitter users didn't recognize what they were reading.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Not only does this bill strip healthcare from millions of people, steal our money for billionaires, and explode the deficit by trillions. It also gives $170 billion to the regime’s deportation efforts. More ICE. More kidnappings. More concentration camps. Their evil has no limits—this is fascism.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
That’s pretty much almost every Republican including Trump.
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Joe Morelle @morelle.house.gov · 10/05/2025
Donald Trump’s termination of Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, is a brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis. It's surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.
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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 19/04/2025
Been thinking a lot lately about the morals of Jesus of Nazareth. As a tan man from the Middle East, if Jesus were an undocumented American immigrant, I wonder if angry mobs would get ICE to deport him — especially for speaking out against greed and advocating for the poor.
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UCLA Emmett Institute @uclalawemmett.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
‘Federal law prohibits the president from “directly or indirectly” telling the I.R.S. to conduct specific tax investigations.’ www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
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26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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Ben Ross @benross.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
By offloading all guilt for antisemitism onto Muslim and Middle Eastern immigrants, Trumpists get to avoid reckoning with their own movement's culpability with dramatically rising antisemitism in the US. Antisemitism gets defined as a foreign problem, hence we don't have to reckon with it ourselves.
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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
On this day, April 14, 2025, the President of the United States openly defied the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion of April 10, 2025, ordering him to “facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
In a functioning democracy, we’d have an independent legislative branch. And we no longer do.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Today House Republicans, cheered on by the richest person on Earth, passed a budget framework that will cut support for the poorest people in our country. All while cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy, and massively increasing the deficit.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA): "I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
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ecdrew.bsky.social @ecdrew.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The SEC should be investigating ANY securities trades made by officials within this corrupt administration over the last few days. If there was ever any evidence that this impetuous buffoon of a President could hatch a plan and then follow it this whole week would SCREAM market manipulation.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 07/04/2025
The CDC team that helped states improve infant hearing screening is gone. Families of deaf and hard-of-hearing babies have lost vital public health support. www.cdc.gov/hearing-loss...
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Information About Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Programs
cdc funding, state ehdi programs, hearing loss surveillance and tracking
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is super smart Steve. Wish I had thought of it first ! Stocks have been crushed. The next trump move is uncertain. Best move ? Buy back stock. No question about it
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Justin Parmenter @justinparmenter.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
(Taps 🎤…ahem!) The teacher shortage is a myth. What we *have* is a shortage of people who are willing to be overworked, disrespected and undercompensated, all while doing the world’s most important job. 🍎 #nced
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2025
REPORTER: Are you considering revoking the TPS status for the more than 20,000 Ukrainians who live here in the US? TRUMP: What are you saying? REPORTER: TPS status. TRUMP: On GPS?
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 21/02/2025
Another brick in the fascist wall: WSJ reports Linda Yaccarino (CEO, X) threatening IPG w/government (Musk) retribution unless they advertise on X platform. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | X Hinted at Possible Deal Trouble in Talks With Ad Giant to Increase Spending
Interpublic Group recently signed an advertising agreement with the social-media platform; other agencies are also in negotiations.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The Trump administration is going to criminally target political opponents and it's gonna be an A23 story
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/02/2025
Imprisoning journalists is fine when we do it
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ecdrew.bsky.social @ecdrew.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I really don’t get why people are saying there will be some big falling out between Trump and Musk when Trump realizes that Musk is more popular/powerful. Trump has been licking Putin’s boots for years without fail and clearly knows that Elon and his X ragenet have more real power than he does. 1/2
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ecdrew.bsky.social @ecdrew.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
“Will be wild.” “Stand back and stand by.” Dog whistles to gather the dogs.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This is probably the most accurate take.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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ecdrew.bsky.social @ecdrew.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
To say this is insane misses the point. Their effort to gaslight and defraud the public is completely intentional. The White House’s ‘Gulf of America’ push takes a needlessly aggressive turn - MSNBC apple.news/AnrylTpd6SXK...
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The White House’s ‘Gulf of America’ push takes a needlessly aggressive turn — MSNBC
There is an apparent expectation in the White House that news organizations will either use Trump-approved language, or they should expect to be punished.
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