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krisandrobby.bsky.social @krisandrobby.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Can anyone in the media PLEASE STAND UP???

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emilfaber.bsky.social @emilfaber.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The follow up question doesn't exist any longer.

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TEZNYC @teznyc.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

They pretend batteries don’t exist

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Ways and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

“I’m going to just have to roll the dice and hope I don’t have any health issues this year.” People shouldn’t have to gamble with their health in the wealthiest country in the world. But it’s the reality Republicans have stuck people with. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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ACA sign-ups fall as higher premiums push people off plans

Nationally, sign-ups are down more than 800,000 from last year.

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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The tiny charter school where slain mother Renee Good sent her 6-year-old son has been forced to conduct classes online after receiving a slew of threats following her fatal shooting by an immigration officer. www.rawstory.com/renee-good-s...

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MAGA attacks tiny school where Renee Good's son attends classes: report

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reality check 🤔😕😢 @realitycheck.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

"I was like, ‘We were pepper sprayed. We need medical attention as soon as possible.’ And there was just a pause, and we heard laughter in the background. And then a lady was like, ‘It's gonna be a while. We don't have medical on-site.’" Hours later, released without charges. It's torture.

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Anne Hawley💜🩶🖤🤍 @annehawley.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Great reporting. Thank you.

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snarkbite @squirrelbite.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

They're in much, much smaller towns than St. Cloud, too. They are or have been in VERY small towns throughout MN -- Detroit Lakes (10K), Perham (4K), Pequot Lakes (3K), and many more. None are anywhere near the metro area, they are terrorizing the entire state.

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knifeprty 🇺🇸🌳 @knifeprty78.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I'm in a far northern suburb of the Cities, the end of the metro, & they've been all over here. My parents live in central MN & said ICE was in Long Prairie, a town of 3,500 people, almost 60 miles NW of St. Cloud.

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BonBon🤌 @roadreclaimed.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I have co-workers who live outside of Minneapolis that said ICE is going into suburbs as well as the rural areas. Some an hour outside of Minneapolis. One told me her child's daycare is not allowing the children to go play outside during recess because of the ICE operations.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

They sat for hours with untreated pepper spray injuries and were laughed at by ICE agents when they asked for medical attention, or even a bottle of water. They were released hours later with no explanation. Their personal belongings were returned except their cell phones, which remain with ICE.

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Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation

Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I asked Alice if she felt like they were targeted for being queer, especially after ICE murdered Renee Good right next to her wife. She said it didn’t occur to her shortly after, and she told Sofia “You know, I just realized that they probably knew Renee was a lesbian before they shot her.”

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Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation

Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Alice and Sofia were taken from St. Cloud to the Whipple Building in Minneapolis, about an hour's drive away. Three others were in the van, including a badly beaten Somali man who told the crying women, "God is with us. If God is with you, you have nothing to fear."

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Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation

Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

"I'm screaming for help. I'm saying that I'm a US citizen, that I was just there to record. But they [ICE] ignore me, and then they throw us in the van.”

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Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation

Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Within moments of arriving to protest a massive ICE presence in a shopping mall with Somali-owned businesses, armed agents got out of a car nearby. When her gf Sofia asked what the guns were for, an agent shoved her. “I say, ‘Don't shove my fucking girlfriend,’ and he shoves me,” Alice recalled.

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Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation

Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Alice, 25, had never protested before, let alone in the face of state-sponsored violence. Though St. Cloud is seen as a red city, she said it's more left-leaning than surrounding towns. Once ICE violence erupted in Minneapolis, she wanted her immigrant neighbors to know she had their backs.

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Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation

Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend. This is Alice's story:

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Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation

Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 16/01/2026

Donald Trump didn’t just flip off a worker at a Ford plant in Michigan — he flipped off the entire American auto industry.

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Poppy’s Dad! 🐾 @johnhutch711.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

All of America actually. Scandalous behaviour. Most UNPRESIDENTIAL.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/01/2026

NEWS: Canada just checkmated the United States. Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.

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9wintercrows @9wintercrows.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

PSA Concentrated ear gas is toxic. It doesn't all dissipate in the air, it leaves toxic residue on everything it settles on -and hazmat clean up is needed. KEEP YOUR PETS INDOORS safe and do not let them walk or roam in areas where it has been used; bathe if exposed. coreenviro.com/understandin...

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Understanding Tear Gas Contamination and Cleanup Methods - Core Environmental Solutions

What is Tear Gas and How Does It Work? Tear gas, commonly referred to as a riot control agent, is used worldwide by law enforcement agencies for crowd control. Despite its name, tear gas is not a gas ...

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ChrisAndFish @chrisandfish.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Why did the news say fireworks were thrown? I've not seen any video of fireworks. The reporters of this news station are trying to make the residents of a normal American neighborhood seem violent so conservatives can justify using CS gas on an infant. The media is complicit.

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Mother Justice @deedeegiese.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Read the Dred Scott SCOTUS decision. Just google it. It’s important to understand that the 14th Amendment only applies to men. We need rights for women and children in the United States Constitution. Protection must be enforced!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

.@PabloReports: Stephen Miller seems to be operating sort of as a shadow president at this point. Is there any legal liability he could face at the end of this presidency? Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.

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Dr. Alexandria Brangwin 🇦🇺 @alexbrangwin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

You no longer require proof trump is a russian asset when everything he has done so far has been in putin's best interests. Literally everything putin has ever needed or wanted, trump has done.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed to bar discrimination based on race. In 1973, Donald Trump & his father were sued by the DOJ for refusing to rent apartments to black people. Civil Rights came into being to stop racist assholes like the Trumps, not to discriminate against white people.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Trump’s America. 😕🇺🇸

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JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 16/01/2026

I want the best for the people of Venezuela, but I sincerely hope that Maria Machado gets absolutely nothing in return for selling her soul to the devil.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Peace Prize is a great insult to the FIFA Peace Prize committee

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

ICE throws flashbangs and tear gas at SUV with 6 children, requiring all to be hospitalized and causing their newborn infant to stop breathing.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 15/01/2026

Finished up the Detective Agency book nook! Inspired by the extremely well-known "Detective Famous" agency. 😆

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Andrea @andreacarollee.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Red Kite perched high in an ash tree.. north Hampshire, England 14/01/2026 #birdsseenin2026

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Spring Morning @springmorning74.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Because who wants to live in this reality

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eulalialilith.bsky.social @eulalialilith.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Same! Probably the only reason my sanity is still hanging on 😅🫠

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Unraveled @justhra.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I have suddenly had the urge to read ALL THE TIME - just brought home three more books and the 1995 Pride and Prejudice from the library. No, no reason I'd want to escape from the real world, why do you ask?

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Jessie @nopantsknitter.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I wish I could say that any of the books I read were intellectual. That sounds like a great read! I unfortunately do enough serious thinking all on my own and enjoy a nice mindless block of existence when I can. 🙃

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Annette Marie @twistedrose64.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I've finished 6. 4 of them non-fiction. Just finished Neil DeGrasse Tysons book To Infinity and Beyond a half hour ago. Only good thing about this cold weather is curling up by the fire with a book.

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beckykiser.bsky.social @beckykiser.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

It’s the only way I am staying sane here in the upside down world. I’m at 11 for January. 🤦‍♀️

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Michelle @mlh2025.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

9 books in a month? That will distract you from the insanity of the current political situation. Everybody should read more, learn more and think about new ideas more.

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Jessie @nopantsknitter.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Somehow I've read 9 books in a month...

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 15/01/2026

Today, it’s not your vote that determines whether the government brutalizes you or sends officers to your door. It’s your neighbors’ vote. If you’re ok with this happening to Minnesotans, don’t get comfortable. You won’t be exempt for long. In the end, a lawless administration comes for everyone.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Germany sends troops to Greenland. Germany has seen this movie before. They played the bad guys then. They want a different role in the sequel.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 15/01/2026

Baltimore Mayor @mayorbmscott.bsky.social: “The more united we are, the more powerful we are.” #MLK2026

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