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@kristla.bsky.social
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TransTastic 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦Fun at parties 🎉 Former Professor of Theater, Greenpeace USA team leader, DemocracyNOW, and rouge genderqueer activist since 1992. Current: Medical Field. Midwest-East coast-LA. *I follow back if you have a profile and some posts.

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
This is the tragic reality. 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯👇
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
They might hate him and you too.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
A grandmother. 5 months in jail. Never left Tennessee. AI said she did it. Nobody checked. That's not a glitch. That's what happens when lazy thinking outsources judgment to an algorithm. Technology doesn't make mistakes. People do. Dangerously. ( CNN)
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The Obama deal is what we are talking about.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I'm updating the famous Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times" to "May you live in incompetent times" to be more relevant to those of us living in the United States right now.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
8 million No Kings protesters Zero police officers beaten Zero police officers killed Zero feces smeared on walls.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/03/2026
Term limits! End the age debate. Serve up to 3 terms (6 years) in the House and 2 terms (12 years) in the Senate. Lift up the next generation, then move on.
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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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Logan Grendel @focusedoninfinity.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Hey BIPOC who are silent about what's happening to trans people...you do know they're not going to fucking pick you because you're a bigot like they are, right? Some of you are fighting discrimination every day yet have decided it's okay to discriminate against trans people. Y'all goofy af.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
"In immigration detention, he missed 4 out of 5 chemotherapy sessions scheduled in his fight against aggressive lymphoma. A scan last month showed the cancer had spread into his bone marrow. “I was in shock, seeing those little dots,” he said of the scan...” www.startribune.com/how-ice-deta...
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Detained by ICE, he missed multiple cancer treatments. Now he’s in hospice.
Some immigrants with chronic health problems were swept up by ICE in Minnesota, leading to missed medications and, for one man, missed chemotherapy sessions.
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Different type of sick is what you mean.
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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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michael dent @michael-dent.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
He defied the patriarchy and they killed him. He protected a woman from cis male violence. Hero is an understatement for his bravery and morals. I’m so sorry and I’m so fucking angry.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“Heartbroken but also very angry… sickening lies by the administration… reprehensible and disgusting… Alex is clearly not holding a gun… please get the truth out about our son, he was a good man…”
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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
i fear the democratic party dream of making it 1995 again forever may now be impossible to achieve
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights. There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us. This is my favorite guide.
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CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment "I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to assess the victim. At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
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Dan Izzo @izzos.net · 24/01/2026
Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who stays in it from this day forward as members of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Before joining the Veterans Administration, Alex Pretti did medical research to help treat cancer. His work is published in medical journals.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If you want proof that Trump is going to try to rig the elections, here it is: In a letter to Gov. Tim Walz Saturday, Bondi claimed that Walz could “restore the rule of law” by complying with a list of demands, including giving the Department of Justice (DOJ) the state’s voter registration records.
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AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 18/12/2025
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time. Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Trump went on tv to “shut up, piggy” all of America.
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Oldfatuglynbroke @oldfatuglynbroke.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Western right-wing movements are gaining traction in Africa to undermine sexual and reproductive health rights and LGBTQIA+ rights. Africa does not need "an irresponsible espousing of harmful, patriarchal values."
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Western ‘family values’ rhetoric undermines ubuntu and reproductive justice for all in Africa | Daily Maverick
After commemorating International Human Rights Day on 10 December, a look at how Western-influenced right-wing movements are gaining traction in Africa and are using so-called traditional family value...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🎯🎯🎯🎯
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Haul their assess out!
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Blue Axeman @blueaxeman.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The reviews are 🔥
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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Only a person easily bribed would think that everyone else is easily bribed. $1776 to the soldiers. $1500 to you, to cover a lifetime of medical expenses. $2000 tariff refund. A man with billions of dollars thinks you can be bought for 2 grand.
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Kat Lucas @kat-lucas.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Fifa's £45 tickets are a disingenuous, desperate attempt to save a World Cup and the regime behind it from humiliation inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Don’t be fooled by Fifa’s £45 World Cup tickets
Yes, there are some cheap tickets now. And no, Fifa have not got any less greedy.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/12/2025
Someone walked into a classroom at Brown in broad daylight and committed a mass shooting that killed 2 people and got away. Now, the suspect has been linked to the murder of the MIT physics professor. No one knows who did it and the FBI is completely incompetent and can't catch this person.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/12/2025
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The Kennedy Center was given its name by an act of Congress after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Pretty sure its current board, which includes revered fine arts dignitaries like Laura Ingraham, Pamela Jo Bondi, Maria Bartiromo, and Lee Greenwood, can't undo that law.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/12/2025
Just to be clear. It’s the John F Kennedy center legally. Just like it’s still the department of defense
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
He’s a malignant narcissist. I assume many don’t know what that is. It’s a sociopath who has High narc traits. Speaking 3rd person, motives are all about him, uses people as objects . The no conscience part is where the word malignant comes in. Hes on brand.
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
A Muslim was the hero. Their hate is built on just that. Hate. She is inadequate as a person. Remove from authority at once.
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Again, only speaks of self in third person. He’s fuckin nuts.
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Be weary of someone who questions Reiners beliefs. They clearly are morally bankrupt and confused. Hence their splitting of the man. Rob Reiners work was beyond compare, and as a human he was more kind and generous than most. He loves people and if that’s an issue for someone, well…
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Tough shit. Stay at maralago.
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
You’re not in the minority.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
LEFT: Heartfelt condolences on Rob Reiner's death from a kind, stable person who should have been president. RIGHT: Obscene gloating over Rob Reiner's death from a delusional sociopath who never should have been president.
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
You can tell a true gun owner and enthusiast by how educated they are on guns, and their safety. These Republican freaks are not gun enthusiast or collectors or appreciate their power. They are directionless toddlers and they need to have their weapons confiscated till they can pass tests.
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
And have warrants and be arrested by local police for violating rights.
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
When I had Medi-call in CA I saw the best doctors , therapists etc and I got in within a week. Why? Because there were officials demanding it to happen. Companies are for profit. Making you wait is in their best interest. They got it all in reverse. Stop sabotaging Gov programs.
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Months to see a therapist or PCP and it’s private pay. Their name is Kaiser, and Blue cross.
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Krist @kristla.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Wait for it- I bet they’re disabled trans Islamic extremist, who smuggle thoughts through Tik tok!!!! DEI!!!!!
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