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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 20/06/2026

The Trump admin is using ICE to get their hands on voters’ sensitive data. This should concern every American; they’re trying to scare and intimidate voters. We will continue to fight these efforts at every turn. CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social joins @ms.now‘s Jacob Soboroff to discuss.

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

There is so much poetry in Stephen Colbert celebrating his finale on the exact stage where the Beatles changed culture in 1964. Singing "Hello Goodbye" surrounded by his family, his band, and his crew before Paul McCartney flipped the final power switch. This was the perfect full-circle goodbye!

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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

This is my favorite shot from Artemis II so far—absolutely stunning CREDIT:NASA

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Roberts Court is a white supremacist court, promoting racist profiling by ICE while denying voting rights to people of color. The majority has restored Jim Crow, nationwide.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Trump is positively joyous that he can play victim again. It’s disgusting.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

In the end, after all the pseudo-drama, Trump is dull. He’s a predictable one-note Johnny with nothing of interest ever happening inside him. He is the Nowhere Man.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

This entire thing is ridiculous.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I can’t watch Trump play the heroic victim again. So I won’t.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

“President Trump evacuates” would probably be a more accurate lede.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The WHCA dinner is not an event to honor a president. Any president. If anything, it is supposed to honor a free press.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

“A whole sector of mainstream media now functions as spirit mediums attempting to interpret Trump’s actions to try to fit them into the context of competent leadership and coherent and consistent agendas.”

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Nick Stevens @nick-stevens.com · 07/04/2026

Awesome image from Artemis. Big!

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Adam Scott Glancy @adamscottglancy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Once again, Snake Plisken is on point.

Kurt Russell as Snake Plisken dropping the line "Get a new president."

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The growing DHS contracting scandal deserves a name that captures its scale and sleaze. Let's call it "Teapot Noem" — after the Teapot Dome scandal, another Western-state corruption saga that sent a Cabinet secretary to prison. History has a way of rhyming. #TeapotNoem #DHS #Noem

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/03/2026

BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. I'll explain it all in 45 minutes on @meidastouch.com here: www.youtube.com/live/H-D8SzR...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

It’s been fun the past few years, having people lie or be useful idiots about how Anti DEI is just about merit and not a backdoor whites only policy and then insist those of us who saw that clearly are shrill or paranoid

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The only reason Trump want start a nuclear war is that there would too few people left to worship him.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

In Texas, everyone should ask, why did Republican AG and U.S. senate candidate ask the Texas Supreme Court to throw the Democratic Senate primary into confusion. Just ask that question.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media. Off the top of my head: www.thehandbasket.co 404media.co www.garbageday.email Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

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The Handbasket

100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

@msnownews.bsky.social Rice U.’s Mark Jones in basically a Republican consultant. You put him on the air as if he’s neutral in the Texas Dem U.S. Senate primary. He’s not neutral. He’s talking the GOP line. As always. Erase him from your Rolodex.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The best thing about the Super Bown, which is always an over-hyped rather stupid sporting event, is that it's the end of the season for pro football, a rather stupid sport.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

True. This game is ridiculously borning. Bad Bunny was worth watching, though.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Name them shame them

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Like the right-wing “best seller” scam with their psychopath’s books.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

You know, movie theaters showing “Melania” are likely the safest sanctuaries from ICE raids. There are 2,000 of them across the country all of them with a plenty of room!

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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Lady Gaga has put out a gorgeous anthem for Minneapolis. youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Lady Gaga Original

YouTube video by Rocket

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Tulsi Gabbard's love for Putin is well known. The media and top Dems hate talking about Putin and Trump, but it's real. When Gabbard shows up in George in an obvious pre-move to rig the '26 elections, don't think Trump. Think Putin.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Homan is working hard to make ICE the victims and blame the deaths of Good and Pretti on the citizens of Minneapolis.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Trump went to Davos and told white Europeans they, like America, have to get non-white people out of their countries. Could he be more explicit? Why isn't this part of every immigration story written or broacast by American and global media? Trump's white nationalism is spinning the globe backwards.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Imperativet that we keep attention on our shared outrage at street murders of Americans by Trump's government. News will now focus on D.C. wonkish negotiations about funding and restrictions on ICE. Critically important, yes. But don't let it drain Americans' emotional rejection of what has happened

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

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

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center Philip Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

If Trump fires Stephen Miller I might believe he's begun to reconsider his violent designs on America. Not until then.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

An unsettling action in the videos of Alex Pretti's murder is the officer sneaking - sneaking - away and ducking behind cars with the victim's gun before and during the shooting. There's an element of premeditation to ICE's deadly acts.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

@CNN Dana Bash's relentless questioning of Orwell's godchild, Gregory Bovino, should be seen by everyone. Props to Ms. Bash. I'm sure the clip will be posted soon.

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glennsmithaustin.bsky.social @glennsmithaustin.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Bovino is Orwell's godchild: If you get a chance find the video of CNN's Dana Bash's questioning of Trump's Top Thug Gregory Bovino. She persists while he says things like we will not use "freeze frame adjudication" to discredit eyewitness video of the murder of Mr. Pretti.

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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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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti, who is identified as the man fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, was an intensive care nurse dedicated to treating veterans. Read more about him here: wapo.st/3M62eyV

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Fed up in Texas 💙 @bluetexan68.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Did Kyle Rittenhouse not carry an assault rifle during protests yet he has been labeled a hero in MAGALAND , those protesting ICE who are legally allowed to own and carry weapons are labeled as Domestic Terrorists. This is a vendetta on the part of t Rump and his fragile ego , he despises Tim Walz

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 24/01/2026

Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 22/01/2026

I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/01/2026

Over 2,000 clergy members from around the country signed onto a letter to Congress, demanding an investigation into the killing of Renée Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Standing outside of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s office, one clergy member said, “the blood of Renée Good is on his hands.”

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Clergy are raising holy hell about ICE

Standing outside of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s office, one clergy member said, “the blood of Renée Good is on his hands.”

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

When Dems are in power, we got stories and entire narratives framed through the lens of right-wing people’s imagined wrongs. When the Trump admin acts, we get stories and entire narratives framed through the lens of right-wing people’s imagined wrongs.

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