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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/09/2026
NEW: The federal prosecutor who charged ICE agent Christian Castro for lying about shooting Sosa-Celia has now been FIRED. He objected to the DoJ stopping him from charging a civil rights violation. And now he’s fired. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-min...
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Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say
A federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an ICE officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if need be, when I deserve it, because no one knows or cares about me more.” … “With all my heart, Natalie”
Dear Mr. President,
I'm sorry. I thought I was the only one left behind last night, and had no idea Margo's car was also pulled over, and sent back to the Airport. Since I was alone in the van outside Customs without my passport, I panicked, and should have just called Secret Service instead of you. I also am sorry if I was an embarrassment walking the course in Scotland. The first day I was told there were no carts, and people walked, which is why I walked. The second day, 1 was specifically asked by, I forget who his name was, but one of the main people who worked there, if I could continue walking, and tell any other girls who would head out there to do the same to spare the Course any more Carts. If there is anything else I have done to cause you trouble, please forgive me. I know that some people have said I haven't been texting them back, and there have been some International cell issues (John was having technical issues on the Plane too, so asked me to help him out).
I want things to always be right between us. I also know I've been distracted all week (forgetting to eat throughout the days, and even forgetting to sleep, and only catching a couple hours at a time). I haven't been myself, dwelling on the Past, and the pain of losing my Dad, and I started letting the remarks of people who haven't bothered me before, get to me-not because I care what others think, but because I see myself being lowered in your eyes and good opinion. That is the fear you see, because 1 never want to bring you anything but joy. I'm sorry I lost my focus. You are all that matters to me. I don't want to ever let you down. Thank you for being my Guardian and Protector in this Life-That's what I wanted to use this card for, when you saw me at the Cash Register, and once again did what you didn't have to do, and gifted me with Mementos of this Trip of a Lifetime, a Coming of Age. I will return a better person. I have to sign off now, as the cars are leaving.
See you soon.
With all my …Dear Mr. President,
Now this is the Note I wanted to write (But the apology needed to come first.)
I have learned so much about myself on this Trip-I always knew coming home to my roots would be enlightening, but I had no idea how much. For the first time, in I don't know how long, you forced me to "unplug." We could be out on the Course, with no machines, and even forget what time it was! I didn't have to be "Human Printer." I could take time to enjoy good conversation, and still get all my work done at the end of the day. In fact, I even had time to take long morning and evening walks to enjoy each Sunrise and Sunset (though I did forget to eat and sleep!). With so much thinking time, I confess it did have a slightly negative effect at times, that I know you picked up on, but the end result, I believe, will be worth it. I had no idea how rapidly I was approaching burnout, and starting to envy those whose only "job" seems to be to talk with you, and look pretty. I want that job!! So many times, I'm just trying to stay afloat with all that's coming in for you, I look like a hunchback who didn't have time to freshen up (at least you know what I should look like)! Plus, I miss the days when you used to call, during my Talkshow days, and we'd talk about everything and nothing. I want to get back to that synergy. We shouldn't have to talk about work all the time!! I've always felt like an in-betweener, somewhere between Staff and those you enjoy talking to on the Plane or at Dinner, because that's who I used to be to you when I was a "Talkshow Host" (as much as I hated that actual job!). I wish I could hear every conversation, because that's when you're having a good time, getting away from it all, at least for a few moments.
But after going through all this self-analysis, my conclusion? I need to reunite my past self with my current into a better version who will make you proud. And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if n…
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Trump Doesn't Want You To See This Jobs Study Trump swore deporting immigrants would open jobs for everybody else. A new study proved him wrong. Nobody wins. Not the immigrant. "ICE activity lowers the employment rate of US-born male workers." Thread. 🧵 www.commondreams.org/news/is-ice-...
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Study Shows How Trump's ICE Raids Cost Americans Jobs | Common Dreams
Trump's aggressive immigration raids are not only tearing families apart, but they're also destroying jobs for both immigrants and US-born citizens. How can we stand by as our communities suffer from ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Under Trump: -Household electricity costs are up 18% -Ground beef prices are up 22% -Gas prices are up 40% -ACA out-of-pocket premiums are up 58% -Inflation is at a three-year high "New Golden Age" for who?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Elon Musk asked for a name of a person he has killed. He got a list.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/05/2026
Autopsies show how hard doctors tried to save babies who died after not getting a vitamin K shot: tubes inserted in their airways, blood transfusions. They’re excruciating to read because they underscore how preventable these deaths could have been. By @deldeib.bsky.social
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What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
How did I only just discover that Don Jr is marrying the daughter of a prominent Epstein enabler? Her late dad, a banker, wrote Epstein a reference letter calling him "a gentleman of the highest integrity" to help get him tax breaks &… his island. Can’t make this stuff up.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/05/2026
Wow. They’re openly defending the deletion of DOJ records about a man accused in a child solicitation case who assaulted police on January 6. Truly the Epstein administration.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
🚨 🚨 🚨 NEW: A shocking @USCIS memo seems to declare that hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in this country and applying for green cards must instead apply for visas abroad; which could MASSIVELY disrupt lives. 🧵 on what we know, and what we don’t.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
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Policy Memorandum
SUBJECT: Adjustment of Status is a Matter of Discretion and Administrative Grace, and an Extraordinary Relief that Permits Applicants to Dispense with the Ordinary Consular Visa Process
Purpose
This memorandum reminds officers and the public that adjustment of status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) is a matter of discretion and administrative grace not designed to supersede the regular consular processing of immigrant visas. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reaffirms this consistent and longstanding approach and declares as a matter of general policy its intention to faithfully apply the statutes consistently with this understanding.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
When ICE comes to town: “We see no evidence that employers increase wages to attract U.S.-born workers to fill these jobs in the face of immigration enforcement. “Instead, our results are consistent with employers reducing labor demand overall, including jobs often taken by U.S.-born workers.”
LABOR MARKET IMPACTS OF ICE ACTIVITY IN TRUMP 2.0
Elizabeth Cox
Chloe N. East
Working Paper 35129
http://www.nber.org/papers/w35129
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
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April 2026
We are grateful to the Russell Sage Foundation for funding. The vie
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Trump USAID Cuts Killed One Million People 750,000 died in the first year. By 2030 defunding USAID will kill 9.4 Million people, and 2.5 Million Children under the age of 5. Trump’s most lethal policy will almost surely be his 71 percent cut in humanitarian aid. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...
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Opinion | This Is What Happened When Trump Abandoned the World’s Poorest Children
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
In Trump’s “booming” economy, Americans are literally selling their blood to pay for rent, food, and gas—200,000 people a day, $4.7B in plasma last year, more centers than Costcos. That’s not winning. #WeCantAffordTrump
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Roblee14 @vegasdude83.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
At no time in US history have white people been the target of oppression or discrimination
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 19/04/2026
NYT INVESTIGATION: As the Trump administration & Congress last year moved to repeal sanctions on Syria, the Qatar-based family that most stood to benefit was privately negotiating a real-estate partnership with Jared Kushner and proposing a Trump golf course in Syria www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...
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Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES DAY 8 APRIL 2026 THESE DISGUSTING TIMES CEASEFIRE..Oh Hell No Israel bombs Lebanon villages 254 people were killed Straits of Hormuz only 4 ships left 2k ship remain stuck Iran wants to charge $2million per vessel Iran claims the Straits of Hormuz closed again
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
What a f*cking waste of lives and money. 😠
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 08/04/2026
NYT reporting that under this ceasefire each ship will pay $2M to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. It was $0 before Trump launched this illegal war. 100-130 ships pass the Strait daily. Trump just gave Iran an extra $100M-$130M per day. Masterful gambit, sir. Impeach and remove this fascist—NOW.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
ICE makes us less safe. Javier Hernandez agreed to testify in a drug case but was deported by ICE before trial. Without his testimony, the case collapsed & meth cartel criminals were acquitted. Deportations can undermine criminal prosecutions. Read the story↙️ or in the LA Times archive.ph/yCGZu
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Trump and Hegseth halted funding for research to get blood to wounded U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy sailors: "When someone is wounded and survival depends on the availability of blood, this software would have made that survival more likely. Now it will not." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/s...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
More than 10,000 veterans lost their homes to foreclosure since May of last year, when the Trump admin shut down a key safety net in the VA home loan program, according to the latest industry data. That is the highest pace of foreclosures for VA loans in a decade.
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Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it
Foreclosures on VA loans are at their highest level in a decade. VA has a fix but it is months away and could still leave vets worse off than most other homeowners.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Despite Trump's false claims of slashing drug prices, Big Pharma has already RAISED prices on 64 cancer drugs this year. This comes after Big Pharma gave millions to Trump's inaugural and reaped huge tax breaks and handouts from his Big Ugly Bill. "Make America Healthy Again."
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As TrumpRx Scam Does Virtually Nothing, Big Pharma Jacks Up Prices on Cancer Drugs | Common Dreams
Report reveals Big Pharma raising prices on cancer drugs despite Trump's claims of price cuts. Patients struggle with fi
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Despite what Trump says, US Elections are damn near exempt from non-citizen voting fraud! FROM 1999-2023 • 1 billion ballots cast • 77 non-citizens voted • 10 cases of undocumented immigrants voting That represents 0.000000764% of all the ballots cast 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲: Heritage Fdn Yes, that Heritage Fdn
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Israel is bombarding, literally bombarding, two Middle East capitals, Beirut and Tehran, killing 100s of civilians, and yet the US and UK media continue to portray Iran as the threat to the region. Israel has nukes, but Iran is the nuclear threat. We live in Orwellian times.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Seems to be the pattern…
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Shantal @shantalg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The first step to dealing with Trumpism is to ignore everything they say and only watch what they do.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
$10B for Trump's "Board of Peace" $10B for Trump's IRS lawsuit $1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet $230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" $135M for Trump's golf outings The Grifter-in-Chief knows no bounds.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The Dow was at 43,488 when Trump took office. It just hit 50,000. So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000. Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
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"Dow 50,000" Sound Nice. Until Justin Wolfers Shows You That U.S. Markets Are Coming 21st Out of 23.
What does “Dow 50,000” actually tell you—anything about the economy, or just that a number got bigger? Dow 50,000 is a milestone, not a measurement. The level of the Dow is basically arbitrary: it’s…
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lucaswaldron.bsky.social @lucaswaldron.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
straight from @propublica.org's story www.propublica.org/article/life...
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 10/02/2026
Unredacted Epstein files implicate ‘six powerful men’ and reveal victim aged just 9 trib.al/EzsvCLH
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Unredacted Epstein files implicate ‘six powerful men’ and reveal victim aged just 9
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Congressman wants to round up and deport people who liked Bad Bunny’s show. This is the Republican Party.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.” 9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
Page 1 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in pencil in Spanish. Colorful doodles of a rainbow and hearts are found throughout the page. Translation: “I am Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya and I have been 113 days in detention I miss my friends and I feel they are going to forget me. I am bored here. I already miss my country and my house, I came on vacation for 10 Days and they took me into an ice office an officer interrogated me 2 hours without my mom, I was traveling with flight attendant because my mom lives in new york, they only wanted to arrest my mom, because my mom didn’t have documents to live in U.S.A., I always traveled with my tourist visa but ice used me to catch my mom and now I am in a jail and I am sad and I have fainted 2 times here inside. When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”Page 2 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in pencil in Spanish. Translation: “They don’t give me my diet I am vegetarian, I don’t eat well, there is no good education and I miss my best friend julieta and my grandmother and my school I already want to get to my house. Me in dilei [Dilley] am not happy please get me out of here to colombia.” Below the text is a drawing of the girl and her mother in the government-issued gray sweatsuits of the detention center.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
NEW: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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Daily News — February 8, 2026
ICE confiscated a toddler's breathing medication after she nearly died in their custody. RFK Jr. lied under oath about the trip that killed 83 children.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/02/2026
This powerful PSA from Epstein survivors will air during the Super Bowl. “Stand with us.” ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼 [World Without Exploitation]
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
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Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Race discrimination in his apartments The Central Park Five I, Donald J Trump, call for a ban on all Muslims Judge Gonzalo Curiel Sh*thole countries When Mexico sends its people Very fine people-on both sides Send Ilhan Omar back Barack and Michelle Obama as apes The least racist president
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Jamel Jackson @yallagal.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
So, why is the U.S. presiding over Ukraine/Russia alleged “peace talks” whilst Trump/Witkoff/Kushner — allow a war criminal Putin — to dictate terms of surrender & pummel energy infrastructure during winter unrelentlessly… in bad faith… during supposed “peace talks?” www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chart shows Monthly missile and drone launches from Russia

From 2023 to date… 

The chart shows dramatic scale of Russian missle and drone launches since Trump was elected and has taken office.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Can a reporter please print out this screenshot on a large poster and hold it up in front of every Republican and ask them if they support Donald Trump posting this racist garbage, that way they can’t pretend they didn’t see it — again?
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/02... The Trump administration was dealt another setback Thursday in its effort to use taxpayer information to track down undocumented immigrants, as a second federal judge ordered the IRS to stop sharing residential addresses with #ICE
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Second judge blocks IRS from sharing taxpayer information with ICE
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani cited concerns including violations of privacy laws and the possible arrest of misidentified U.S. citizens.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/02/2026
Wait! The public face of nationwide immigration enforcement, Gregory Bovino, said in a newly discovered email that his boss wasn’t the head of CBP. He reported to Corey Lewandowski instead. He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.
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Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10.com · 05/02/2026
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026
Rep. Mark Harris: "Some of these things are nonstarters. Having judicial warrants? To me, hat's a nonstarter. Being able to make off their mask, putting them at risk? That's a nonstarter. I would say anything that's going to hamstring the work of ICE, that's just not going to go anywhere."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/01/2026
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan. Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you." — Michael and Susan Pretti, whose son Alex died amid a barrage of gunfire from federal agents, and whose reputation is being smeared by top federal officials.
"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 has 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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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/01/2026
NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
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