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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

this is it. this is the level. this is the standard for democratic officials. anything less is intolerable.

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lfelizleon.bsky.social @lfelizleon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Hundreds of people gather for a vigil at the site where 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse and member of AFGE 3669, was shot and killed by federal agents.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed. The next could be you. What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones. This is personal — to every one of us.

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KIM F-M @kimf-m.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

All the proper channels whilst Trump & Comp & ICE display no respect for the laws of our constitution and country.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/01/2026

We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.

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Nate Brady for CA (2028) @natebradyforca.com · 25/01/2026

Shut down the government until, at a minimum, the agent that murdered Alex Pretti is arrested and the witnesses taken by ICE are released.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Absolutley heartbreaking that parents of a man gunned down by federal agents have to put out a statement because the president and his cowardly minions are defaming their son. We’re way past sick.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose

NYT: Federal Agents Kill a 37-Year-Old
Minneapolis Man
The victim was an American citizen with no criminal record who had a firearms permit, the city police chief said. Videos of the encounter contradict the federal
government's description of the shooting, a New York Times analysis found.

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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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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Hark, Speaker Mike Johnson! Looking at all the many, many pics of the enormous, joyous “No Kings” rallies throughout the United States today, I am struck by what lovely weather your Lord and Savior provided. Apparently, God is a fan of, as you claimed, "America-hating Antifa terrorists." Glory!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

To everyone claiming there were no arrests at the "No Kings" rallies yesterday, this is simply not true. No, a Trump supporter was arrested for trying to use a gun against people exercising their First Amendment rights. He was arrested and his tacky Jeep with Trump flags was towed.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/09/2025

It looks like Trump finally found a prosecutor who is willing to go after James Comey: A former insurance lawyer who has never handled a criminal case. The only way to protect our rights from Trump’s regime is to exercise our rights. Join us to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

abcnews.go.com

Newly appointed US attorney will attempt to charge James Comey despite prosecutors finding no probable cause: Sources

The new U.S. Attorney in Virginia is planning to ask a grand jury to indict former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly lying to Congress, sources said.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

MAGA should honor Charlie Kirk today by playing clips of his speeches, his show, and reading his tweets. Especially the ones about Black people, women, immigrants, MLK, Muslims, gun violence, George Floyd and LGBTQ+ people.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in all of American history, & well, then, 👇🤷‍♂️🎯

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MS NOW @ms.now · 24/07/2025

BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee will issue a subpoena to the Justice Department to release the Epstein files after a subcommittee vote on the matter today, a committee spokesperson said. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 23/07/2025

To be clear, this now a massive cover up involving the President, the Attorney General, the FBI Director, and the GOP Congress.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) emphasized that countries have a duty to make full use of available resources to reduce environmental damage.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The United Nations’ highest court issued a legal opinion stating that nations are obligated to take action against climate change, warning that neglecting this responsibility could breach international law.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

We must not leave this out of the account of what they have done. What Musk and Trump and Vought did. What Johnson and his band of sycophants allowed them to do. What tens of millions of fellow Americans endorse.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 05/07/2025

No matter where you live, there’s likely an Indivisible group near you that’s organizing the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power. Find your local group: indivisible.org/groups Or let us help connect you with your nearest organizers: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 05/07/2025

There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US. Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them? Or just the brown people?

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dailyshowchica @dailyshowchica.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Patriotism is not mindlessly celebrating your country. It is the grim determination to make it better than it was, the best it can be. And on this July 4, I am grimly determined.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

So the Times didn’t even cover the “Shylocks” thing at all? Like it’s not only not on the front page, it doesn’t appear to be in the paper anywhere, unless I’m missing something?? Truly a stunning choice. I don’t get it.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

After you eat a hot dog, check this out.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

What, exactly, are we celebrating this Fourth of July? Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy? Our new concentration camps? Our dying economy? Our ditching due process? Our corruption? Our broken Congress? Our corrupt Supreme Court? Our ridiculous buffoon President?

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MoveOn @moveon.org · 04/07/2025

Here's a friendly reminder. 📣🇺🇸

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

The Four Assholes of the Apocalypse

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far: A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.

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ROGER PRUITT for Congress SC-2 @pruitt4congress.com · 22/06/2025

Statement from Roger Pruitt on the U.S. Bombing of Iran’s Nuclear Sites “As an Air Force veteran, I will always support the brave men and women who serve in our armed forces. They carry out their missions with honor, and they deserve our deepest respect…

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

The racism is off the charts with this regime.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Five things to remember about war:

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Elon Musk left behind a plague of conflicts of interest in our government. There are more than 100 DOGE staffers still in DC, many of them with direct ties to Musk's companies. He may be gone, but the lingering corruption is worse than ever.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Typical toxic nonsense from this tiny man

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

This is a United States Senator mocking the assassination of a Minnesota legislator and her husband. He pretends to be a good Mormon. He’s a sick fuck.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

The way that some people just jumped on the Minnesota shooter being a committed leftist, and gleefully used it to attack people opposed to MAGA, only to go completely silent when it turns out he was a Trump supporter, tells you all you need to know about how we have ended up with this catastrophe

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Just want to take a moment to shout out the international reporters helping us get the real story out. When an 80-year-old veteran with a walker is hauled off with his hands zip-tied behind his back, and the media spins it as a “threatening breach” of a police barricade

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

After the assassination, murder, and attempted murder in Minnesota, the Dem governor — who was also reportedly also on the alleged killer’s hit list — urged his state’s people not to go out to the No King’s protest, fearing that the gunman would target them as well. People showed up in droves anyway

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

After yesterday’s massive turnout at No Kings rallies, let’s remember to bring that same energy to the midterms. Please and thank you?

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

The only thing quieter than President Trump’s birthday military parade is Elon Musk’s phone on Father’s Day.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I like how MAGA insists I’m getting paid a lot of money to post my thoughts online instead of understanding that I generally like having a checking account not in a man’s name, don’t want to bleed out in an ER, and while I’m phenomenal in a kitchen, I like the choice of being in a professional one.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

MSNBC reporter on ground in LA right now saying that from what he has seen the protestors have been peaceful but the LA Sheriff’s Dept in particular has been off the chain, quick to use tear gas and rubber bullets in an exceedingly aggressive manner

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