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Keelia Silvis, MPH 🩷💛💙

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Addiction neuroscientist turned public health professional. Queer disabled white lady fighting structural oppression to build a healthly future. Opinions are my own. (she/her)

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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I've been making changes in my personal life that I haven't spoken very publicly on, but one thing I do want to be public is that my close friends call me Bea now. And if any of you want to call me Bea or B, that would make me very happy. <3 But no pressure, I won't be upset if I hear Martin.
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Keelia Silvis, MPH 🩷💛💙 @keeliasilvis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Kristi Noem is NOT welcome in Minnesota. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
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Kristi Noem, architect of Twin Cities ICE crackdown, enjoys a summer day in Wayzata
The former Homeland Security secretary was spotted biking and dining on the shores of Lake Minnetonka on Tuesday.
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Keelia Silvis, MPH 🩷💛💙 @keeliasilvis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I'M SO HAPPY 😍😭🎉🍻 mspmag.com/eat-and-drin...
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Bauhaus Brew Labs Is Reopening Under New Ownership
ABV Technology, which has acquired the Northeast brewery, is making big bets on the new ways we drink (or don't).
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Eddie S. Glaude @esglaude.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
As we approach the nation’s 250th anniversary, we find ourselves once again drowning in lies. My new book America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries attempts to reckon with moment. It will be published on May 26, 2026. Learn more and preorder at prh.com/AmericaUSA @crownpublishing
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Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH @mtosterholm.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
When it comes to treating measles illness, basically, you’re always a day behind, treating the signs and symptoms of what happened yesterday. Read more on declining vaccination rates and measles treatment alternatives: ow.ly/aJGy50ZbgJa @nytimes.com
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With Measles Roaring Back, the Search for a Treatment Is On
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The Vaccine Integrity Project's comprehensive review of peer-reviewed evidence on Tdap vaccination during pregnancy reinforces longstanding evidence: ✅ Maternal Tdap vaccination helps prevent pertussis infection, serious complications in young infants. Read the full report: ow.ly/uJwF50YZ3ok 🧵 1/2
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The analysis incorporated evidence from randomized controlled trials and large observational studies published through March 2026." Part of an arrow icon points to the following graphic. Textured graphic with text that reads, "The Vaccine Integrity Project review found no meaningful increase in the risk of adverse maternal or infant outcomes with Tdap vaccination during pregnancy compared to no Tdap vaccination.

These findings are based on a large and diverse body of evidence."

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Current recommendations for vaccination during each pregnancy.
 
The importance of continued monitoring and research." 

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Keelia Silvis, MPH 🩷💛💙 @keeliasilvis.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
@mtosterholm.bsky.social & @cidrap.bsky.social are the real deal—I now go to them for public health news before I even check the CDC. If Dr. Osterholm isn't worried about the #hantavirus, I'm not worried. If that changes? I trust him to give CALM, data-driven updates. This isn't COVID! We're ok.
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Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH @mtosterholm.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I spoke with CNN on what we know about the history of hantavirus outbreaks and transmission- and monitoring current hantavirus patients. Interview below ⬇️
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Keelia Silvis, MPH 🩷💛💙 @keeliasilvis.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Yikes. I just tried to say "Prepare for the worst, hope for the best." But instead my mouth said "Prepare for the worst, because the worst keeps happening."
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 22/01/2026
ICE is in fact the worst of the worst
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princess bubblegum 🏳️‍⚧️ @vvv.gay · 25/01/2026
Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.
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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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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti was killed in broad daylight by the federal government all because he was out caring for his neighbors. We won’t let them stop us and we will keep watching out for our neighbors to honor him.
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Attorney General Keith Ellison @ag.state.mn.us · 25/01/2026
Tonight, on behalf of Minnesota law enforcement, I filed a lawsuit against DHS to prevent the destruction of evidence related to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. DHS is not above the law, and Alex sure as hell is not beneath it.
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Brad Tabke @bradtabke.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I am not a chanty / protesty kinda guy. But I can’t even tell you how deeply this hit me tonight. We’re going through it. But we are also leading the way for others. Special shoutout to @aishagomez.bsky.social for leading the way with love and passion and care like no one I have ever seen before.
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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Well I mean I guess it’s kind of nice of them to clarify that yes, this whole thing is just political punishment and extortion.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 25/01/2026
Over a thousand people gathered for a vigil and rally Saturday night to mourn Alex Pretti, the man who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent. After the vigil, demonstrators marched in subzero temperatures to the growing memorial where Pretti was killed.
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Minnesotans mourn Alex Pretti, man killed by Border Patrol agent • Minnesota Reformer
Over a thousand people gathered for a vigil and rally Saturday night at Whittier Park in Minneapolis to mourn Alex Pretti, the man who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent. After the vigil, de...
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Elise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
One day after Minnesotans came together 50K in the freezing cold to declare “Protect Our Neighbors” ICE kills again. Can there be any greater proof the Operation Metro Surge must end immediately? Like Now.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Find ways to help and ways to receive help.
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MN50501 Mutual Aid | Linktree
Mutual and Community Aid efforts for those affected by ICE. Find ways to help and ways to receive help.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Stephen Miller called the victim, an ICU nurse at the VA filming ICE, a “domestic terrorist who tried to assassinate federal law enforcement.” Greg Bovino said he “wanted to massacre law enforcement.” You saw the videos. How can any Republican not call for their resignations?
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
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Black Hart of Saint Paul @blackhartstp.com · 24/01/2026
Literally deleted 15 versions of this post. Don't know how to just say, we're open, there's going to be a burlesque show tonight. If that's what you need right now, buddy, we got it. PROSECUTE ICE.
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Black Hart of Saint Paul @blackhartstp.com · 23/01/2026
“The more mutual aid you do, the shorter Greg Bovino gets” -Dick Von Dyke
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 21/01/2026
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Minneapolis sex shop transforms into donation center to help neighbors impacted by ICE
Smitten Kitten has become a hub to gather food, personal essentials, and more, for distribution to community members in need.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 24/01/2026
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Minnesotan born and raised, You Betcha!
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NPR @npr.org · 12/01/2026
The judge ordered the restoration of nearly $12 million in funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including money for rural health care and the identification of disabilities in children. n.pr/4jEOjMz
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A judge orders HHS to restore children's health funding as a lawsuit continues
The judge ordered the restoration of nearly $12 million in funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including money for rural health care and the identification of disabilities in children.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/01/2026
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 10/01/2026
Omar, other Congress members denied tour of ICE detention facility
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Omar, other Congress members denied tour of ICE detention facility
Days after the fatal shooting of Renee Good, Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig and Kelly Morrison visited Whipple Federal Building where immigration efforts are stationed.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 10/01/2026
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 10/01/2026
Just now: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents. ICE ultimately denied the members their due right to oversight.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
DOJ is still violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
If Trump or Vance or Musk do something that seems completely irrational to you, ask yourself “is this getting them more attention?” If the answer is “yes” then actually it makes perfect sense. And the answer will always be yes.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
It seemed to me it was her kindness. It showed that she, not he, was the dominant figure in the exchange. So he had to dominate… and then call her a “fucking bitch.”
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 09/01/2026
elected officials state sen zaynab mohamed, lt gov peggy flanagan, city council member aurin chowdhury, and park board commissioner jason garcia were present
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Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
🧵 of mutual aid for Minneapolis area: Teachers are setting up gfm’s for families too afraid to leave their homes bsky.app/profile/maur...
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Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
My excellent council President and excellent state senator are asking us to patrol Northeast. Please go with a buddy. If more of us are outside we can slow down the abductions. Be as safe as you can.
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 08/01/2026
We’ve seen a number of people kidnapped this morning in NE, including 2 legal observers taken on Central. @doronclark.bsky.social & I are asking our community to patrol and get outside on our busy corridors to protect neighbors. Get connected to grassroots organizing groups at defend612.com
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Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Right. Mutual aid needs on the ground in Minneapolis: Our kids are out of school. Many families are too afraid to leave their homes. Who’s delivering groceries today? Any donations needed?
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NPR @npr.org · 08/01/2026
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good "followed his training." Local officials want ICE to leave, but Noem says she's open to sending more officers.
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What we know one day after the killing of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good "followed his training." Local officials want ICE to leave, but Noem says she's open to sending more officers.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
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floyding @floyding.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
starting my teaching workday by reading our superintendent’s tips on how to keep our students safe from the federal government
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Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
My immigrant neighbors have never interrupted my children’s education but I.C.E. has.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
1/ If Congress lets ACA subsidies expire, a New Yorker making just $1 over the cutoff could pay $5,000–$10,000 more per year for health insurance. For older adults, it could be much higher. I'm breaking down what this means for New Yorkers and what else is happening in #publichealth this week👇
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phoenix @phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Islamophobia is rampant this election. We have seen it plague our city, and especially seeing it here in ward 12. This is happening in a time of escalated political violence. There is real risk that our Muslim representatives and elected officials take on when they represent this city.
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