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Numantian @numantian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

For someone who positioned themself as a fighter & being clear eyed about Trump, & now seeing Stevens, Craig and Hong all strongly support and immediately start campaigning for the Dem nominee creates serious questions about @crockett.house.gov authenticity and commitment

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Reuters @reuters.com · 15/07/2026

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told officers to suspend most vehicle stops around the country, two sources briefed on the matter said, after agents fatally shot two men six days apart during stops in Texas and Maine. Reuters correspondent Kristina Cooke has more.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ossoff makes an important point here that accurately frames Trump’s election fraud lies as racist. Trump’s 2020 election lies and efforts to overturn its results always target Black voters as illegitimate. The localities Trump challenged were disproportionately majority-Black.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/07/2026

Trump justified his complete dismissal of the Election Assistance Commission by asserting his presidential power. But that’s not the only reason, Marc Elias says. “[Trump] doesn’t like there to be true experts who are willing to tell the truth to the American public.”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/07/2026

This is Susan Collins giving the most feckless response to ICE killings possible. She mastered the art of saying almost nothing while people are dying. The only proper response to the killing of Joan Sebastian Guerrero is outrage. VOTE HER OUT

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This is I believe the third incident where ICE has gone to arrest people, they flee, and someone is hit by a car or other vehicle and dies. In this case, ICE officers went to question some people at a gas station, they panicked, and one of them ran into the road and was hit by a truck.

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Numantian @numantian.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Can we start a petition to nominate @hcrichardson.bsky.social for the Nobel Peace Prize? Can’t think of another person alive who, as a one woman news room, has done more to motivate a people slipping into fascism to fight back and remind us of the virtues of democracy & the history that supports it

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Numantian @numantian.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Technology is supposed to serve people. But when it’s framed as inevitable—something you have no choice but to adopt or be replaced by—the question flips: are we serving the technology, and who is the tech then really serving?

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Numantian @numantian.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

@profgalloway.com you’ve said several times business leaders like Sam Altman are not to blame for making profit maximizing choices that knowingly cause harm bc they are beholden to shareholders. Isn’t that just an updated version of ‘just following orders’? @karaswisher.bsky.social

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Numantian @numantian.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Why did 53% of white women who voted for Trump, against their own interests? Many of these women voted not for themselves but supposedly for their sons and husbands. It’s a moral failure that we never ask ourselves why we don’t hold the expectation for those men to vote for their moms and wives

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/03/2026

Trump has made the United States a pariah state

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/03/2026

Trump: "Our Country was unnecessarily RANSACKED by the Supreme Court, which has become a weaponized Political Organization ... They wouldn’t even call out The Rigged Election of 2020 & now it has been conclusively proven to be stolen — look what happened by allowing a grossly 'President.'"

The decision that mattered most to me was TARIFFS! The Court knew where I stood, how badly I wanted this Victory for our Country, and instead decided to, potentially, give away Trillions of Dollars to Countries and Companies who have been taking advantage of the United States for decades. Our Supreme Court has made these Countries very happy but, as the Court pointed out, I have the absolute right to charge TARIFFS in another form, and have already started to do so. The Hundreds of Billions of Dollars that our Adversaries want our Country to pay back to others that have disrespected the U.S.A., until I came along, should be marked down, in the eyes of the Public, as just another reason why the United States had been in such major decline — But, not anymore, because we have MADE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN and, very soon, it will be GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!

I want to thank Justices Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh for their Wisdom and Courage pertaining to the TARIFF case, and for understanding, in addition to the Law, that our “Unfriendly Competitors” should not be reimbursed and rewarded for the decades of Damage they have caused THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I will fight hard to make sure that this does not happen! The Democrats on the Court always “stick together,” no matter how strong a case is put before them — There is rarely even a minor “waver.” But Republicans do not do this. They openly disrespect the Presidents who nominate them to the highest position in the Land, a Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and go out of their way, with bad and wrongful rulings and intentions, to prove how “honest,” “independent,” and “legitimate” they are. The Democrat Justices just vote Democrat — They always stick together! Our Country was unnecessarily RANSACKED by the United States Supreme Court, which has become little more than a weaponized and unjust Political Organization.

The sad thing is, they will only get worse! They wouldn’t even call out The Rigged Presidential Election of 2020, because they said that I, as President of the United States, did not have “standing” to challenge it, and now, with time, it has been conclusively proven to be stolen — And look what happened to our wonderful Nation by allowing a grossly incompetent man, Sleepy Joe Biden, to be our “President.” This completely inept and embarrassing Court was not what the Supreme Court of the United States was set up by our wonderful Founders to be. They are hurting our Country, and will continue to do so. All I can do, as President, is call them out for their bad behavior! This statement about the United States Supreme Court will cause me nothing but problems in the future, but I feel it is my obligation to speak the TRUTH. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The dude is circling the drain. He’s now calling on people in media to be imprisoned for treason if they don’t report on the war to his liking.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/03/2026

Trump: "The Courts treat Republicans, & me, so unfairly, always seeming to protect those who should not be protected. Cases don’t matter, the Judge does! As an example, how is this absolutely terrible Fed Chairman, Jerome 'Too Late' Powell, not allowed to be investigated for horrible job he does?"

How is he allowed to be Billions of Dollars over budget, and years behind schedule, on the simple renovation of the small Federal Reserve Complex in Washington, D.C., where he created an absolute disaster — A money pit, and embarrassment to our Country for the whole World to see! It is a little project that has been under construction for many years. The Contractor on the job, along with Powell, should also be heavily investigated, in that it is impossible for a “professional” to have such enormous Cost Overruns. It is THE HIGHEST PRICED BUILDING, PER SQUARE FOOT, OF ANY PROJECT EVER BUILT, with no end in sight, and may not even be open for many years to come. I strongly criticized Jerome “Too Late” for his horrible performance throughout his tenure, which is either gross incompetence, total dishonesty, or both, and, in return for this well justified criticism, get viciously and wrongfully blamed by, as usual, a Wacky, Nasty, Crooked, and totally Out of Control Judge, named James Boasberg, a man who suffers from the highest level of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS), and has been “after” my people, and me, for years. The D.C. Circuit eagerly supported the arrest and persecution of innocent Republicans for no crimes at all, but is now preventing even a basic investigation into the gross financial mismanagement of the Federal Reserve. In case after case, Boasberg has displayed open, flagrant, and extreme partisan bias and contempt against Republicans and the Trump Administration. To preserve the integrity of the Judiciary, he should be removed from all cases pertaining to us, and suffer serious disciplinary action, as should numerous other Corrupt Judges that, unfortunately, our Country has had to endure! What Boasberg has done on the “Too Late” Powell case, and many others, has little to do with the Law, and everything to do with Politics. He is exactly what Judges should not be! Boasberg would do better to focus on Justice and Fairness

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Numantian @numantian.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Really Tim? Saagar considers himself the expert on all things Epstein. He was saying that Epstein was a foreign agent for forever w/ far less evidence. Thousands of documents w/ Trump & SA accusations & yall ignore that possibility & act confused why he’s covering up? At least push back a little

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Tim Miller and Saagar Enjeti on Trump's Epstein coverup

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Tim Dillon: "This is what we're doing? I thought the cost of groceries was gonna go down? No, no, no, we're ending the world…The price of a house is never coming down — we're ending the world.…The foreign and economic policy of our country currently right now is the rapture."

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

We live in a dictatorship that is rapidly consolidating its unaccountable power. The posts below by Trump and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr are the very definition of First Amendment violations and authoritarian government.

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The Economist @economist.com · 14/03/2026

Before the Iran war it had seemed as if Russia’s oil revenues—and its economy—were at last sinking. That may be changing econ.st/4rosVNP Photo: Getty Images

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 14/03/2026

Do you know where your birth certificate is? How about your passport? Do you even have one? Millions of Americans lack ready access to these documents, which they’d need to register to vote under the SAVE Act. Tell your senators to stop this attack on the freedom to vote: bit.ly/4bLkoR1

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/03/2026

Brendan Carr is threatening the media to cover the war the way the Trump regime wants. It’s one of the most anti-American messages ever posted by a government official. 1/

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens broadcast licenses over Iran War coverage

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Republicans’ new tax law decreased Amazon's taxes 87%, while the corporate giant's profits grew. The company’s U.S. taxes went $9 billion $1.2 billion. Amazon is also in the process of cutting 30,000 jobs.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

MARGE TO MAGA: “What would’ve been our reaction?”

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 25/01/2026

Trump has even lost Rasmussen now

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Kathryn Anne Edwards @kedseconomist.com · 25/01/2026

Shout out to those hero readers of print journalism who could make it to the third page of the national section to read about the shooting yesterday. Here’s the cover, fwiw:

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/01/2026

Videos verified by The New York Times show the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday was holding a phone, not a gun, before the agents took him to the ground and shot him. At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In a screengrab from a video, Alex Jeffrey Pretti is seen holding a phone as agents approach him. A headline reads: "How Federal Agents Shot And Killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, Moment by Moment." Credit: dangjessie, via Instagram

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 25/01/2026

This is Minneapolis. My block neighbors gathered where our street intersects Lake St. Holding candles in -10°F (-23°C) for an hour and a half. Holding space, checking in and meeting a few new neighbors. I’m so grateful to live among so many caring people. ❤️

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/01/2026

Some high-profile gun rights activists and groups bristled at government officials’ claims that federal agents may have been justified in killing Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday because he was carrying a pistol. "Carrying a gun is not a crime," said the head of one advocacy company.

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Gun Activists Bridle at Suggestion That Pistol Justified Killing

The National Rifle Association and others have argued citizens need guns to fend off government. The killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, who carried a pistol, set off debate.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Minnesota ICE-watchers did this. By relentlessly documenting ICE/BP/DHS abuses—taking on personal risk to do so—they’ve gotten the horrors into more information streams. Got more people to pay attention, undermined Trump regime lies, and shifted the stances of some Democratic officeholders.

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Ben Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The NRA is condemning *progressive politicians* for Border Patrol's murder of a citizen legally recording federal agents while carrying a permitted firearm.

“For months, radical progressive politicians like Tim Walz have incited violence against law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their jobs. Unsurprisingly, these calls to dangerously interject oneself into legitimate law-enforcement activities have ended in violence, tragically resulting in injuries and fatalities.

As there is with any officer-involved shooting, there will be a robust and comprehensive investigation that takes place to determine if the use of force was justified. As we await these facts and gain a clearer understanding, we urge the political voices to lower the temperature to ensure their constituents and law enforcement officers stay safe.”

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25/01/2026

If you weren't tracking it, it's hard to explain how hyperventilated the NRA's rhetoric about looming government jackboots was while Barack Obama was president. It was their/LaPierre's central sales pitch.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

This is a MUST-READ affidavit. This eyewitness to Alex Pretti’s murder — who is too scared to even go home because she doesn’t trust federal agents — directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:

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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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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

MAGA will always be escalating. A political party tries to court your vote. An authoritarian regime tries to keep you from voting and sow chaos and spread violence to seize control over elections.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/01/2026

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com "It was our country’s destiny to reflect ideals that made us an incandescent beacon for democracy," Maureen Dowd writes. "But Trump has pulverized those ideals. We are now seen as sinister, selfish, unruly and at everybody’s throats."

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Opinion | The Un-American President

Our national mosaic, crushed beneath the ICE.

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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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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Lots of people are asking me why DOJ is leveraging the ICE deployment in Minnesota to obtain unreacted copies of the state's sensitive voter file data. I recently explained why this is the biggest legal story and may be the biggest political story of the year. Watch and share.

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WARNING: Trump’s 2026 Plan to Weaponize Your Voter Data

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