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Kelly Barnes

@klbarnes20.bsky.social
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Researcher in #LdnOnt Driven by data, inspired by stories, and focused on building stronger communities. US expat, toddler mom, and married to @stepback.nebula.tv.

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c t @whatulysses.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
can't argue with this.
screenshot from a pop-up window received after downloading Microsoft Office. It features a yellow triangle with an exclamation point and the text, "'Microsoft Teams' is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash."
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Tristan Johnson @stepback.nebula.tv · 24/04/2026
how christian nationalists captured the Pentagon youtu.be/XSY6btfVWTM
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how christian nationalists captured the Pentagon
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I don't mind paying taxes. I should pay taxes. I have a job, and taxes are the price we pay for having a society in which we do things collectively. I do mind deeply that I pay a higher tax rate than Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk.
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Kelly Barnes @klbarnes20.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I don't love the taco messaging. It criticizes Trump for doing the good and humane thing. Chickening out implies a negative.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
1/ NYT out with a huge piece on the decision to go to war. It's much as we thought: Bibi sold Trump a rosy scenario that he heard over the mild to moderate warnings that it was BS but the details are so...appalling/demoralizing. Vance clearly a source: GIFT LINK 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...
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How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran
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Kelly Barnes @klbarnes20.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
"We have a great military. The strongest military in the world. You saw what happened with Venezuela. (Applause)"
Trump and Melania speaking about war next to the Easter Bunny
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Kelly Barnes @klbarnes20.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
is one of the sides of his face drooping again... and slurring?
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Elizabeth Banks
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onion person @junlper.beer · 19/03/2026
it’s incredibly blackpilling to me that it takes rising gas prices and rising gas prices alone to have people turn against the war in iran, and not the american government murdering thousands of children and civilians in iran. americans are incredibly selfish
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Our closing message.
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Kelly Barnes @klbarnes20.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I'm rooting so hard for @katmabu.bsky.social 🤞
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Dear World, Don’t help him. Oppose him. Defy him. Embarrass him. Arrest him, if you’d like. We’re not with him. Sincerely, Decent Americans
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Shane Liesegang, SJ @sjml.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I was radicalized by a kind elderly Presbyterian minister in a brightly colored cardigan who played with puppets and told me that people could like me exactly as I am and that everyone is different and that's great and we should like them exactly as THEY are.
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Sean Aitchison @sean8urson.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The entire millennial identity is being prepared and groomed for a version of the world that stopped existing by the time we reached it we slammed into a horizon painted on a brick wall like fucking looney tunes
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Kelly Barnes @klbarnes20.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Tristan's first video back as a full time content creator! This video gives hope and practical calls to action. His voice is so needed for the times we're in.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The second you leave this country for even a few days, you realize the place you call home is decaying at an almost exponential pace. The realization that you don't have to live like this is stark, and that nobody in power is taking tangible actions to fix it in your lifetime is even starker.
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Kelly Barnes @klbarnes20.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Living through history: slow persistent dread punctuated by moments of fear and anger against a backdrop of mundanity
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Abolish DHS
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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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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/01/2026
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/01/2026
Watch the full training.
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Eyes on ICE: Document and Record
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 26/01/2026
No Kings mass call Tomorrow 8-9PM EST www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/01/2026
You know Alex Pretti & Renee Good—the 2 white people ICE killed. ICE has also killed Keith Porter, a Black man, Parady La, a Cambodian man, & 5 Latinos—Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos. 9 TOTAL. ABOLISH ICE.
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MaggieMay @sleeplesscrone.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop. It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities. I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."-Elie Wiesel
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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bookwyrm42.northsky.social @bookwyrm42.northsky.social · 25/01/2026
Link for Massachusetts folks: nlgmass.org/street-law-c...
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds” friends there is not a hell hot enough
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 25/01/2026
"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Another murder by immigration enforcement in my district. I am absolutely horrified that federal agents are targeting and executing our residents instead of protecting them. ICE and CBP must leave Minnesota immediately. Kristi Noem must be impeached. Enough.
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Kelly Barnes @klbarnes20.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Abolish ICE
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kd @katalogued.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
People EVERYWHERE need to do what we are doing in their neighborhoods regardless of occupation status. Get prepared. They need to resist for and with us. And they shouldn’t let their electeds be comfortable. They can send money for mutual aid for us. Those are my best recommendations.
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Sandhya Dirks @audiosand.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
A picture of the Mary Tyler Moore statue in downtown Minneapolis, depicting the iconic moment from the show where she throws her hat in the air. But the hat has been covered over with a protesters cardboard sign, reading “FUCK ICE.”
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sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
protestors have painted what appears to be a tunnel on the side of the mountain, causing ICE agents to run into the mountain at full speed. disgusting.
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Hayley Roberts @astrohayley.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Sometimes it’s hard to separate “why isn’t the MSM covering this” and “why isn’t the public as outraged as we are” when the stakes are so high, ya know
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14/01/2026
Denmark confirms an expanded, more permanent Danish and NATO military presence in and around Greenland, beginning today. Deployments span land, sea, and air, including protection of critical infrastructure, fighter jets, and naval operations. Sweden has committed forces; other NATO allies may follow
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The thing that really makes Minneapolis different, other than the fact that they straight up murdered someone, is that they've dropped all pretense that this is just about immigration. The state has declared war on its own people, or at least those people who live in cities.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Please read this. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she nurtured kindness
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The FIFA Peace Prize doesn't mean what it used to
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Trump's regime has murdered people in the water. He has seized ships on the high seas. He has invaded a country and kidnapped their leader. All bets are off with the United States. Canada needs to build alliances with Europe and to be ready on the home front.
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Kelly Barnes @klbarnes20.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Bit of a somber day. Desperately trying to find some hope to carry into the New Year
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Tristan Johnson @stepback.nebula.tv · 29/12/2025
Having a whole lot of weather right now.
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Kelly Barnes @klbarnes20.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Having lived through the non-event of Canada ending the penny, I have to say this is the most America thing I've ever seen
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