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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

If this doesn’t tug at your heart, make you well up with sadness, you are not human.

A drawing of Alex Pretti carrying an old person wrapped in an American flag. He is saying - ‘Don’t worry. I’ve got you.’

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

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Gary1955 @gary1955.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Hey NRA, are you good with this? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/01/2026

Gov. Walz: "You heard the most powerful people in the world, certainly in this country — the president, VP, Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem — narrate to you what you were looking at, that this was a domestic terrorist…sullying his name within minutes of his death."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/01/2026

Gov. Walz: "What side do you want to be on? The side of an all-powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace, and kidnap its citizens off the street, or the side of a nurse for a VA hospital who died bearing witness to such government?"

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE. We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.

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Unicorn Vibes @unicornvibes.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Invoke the 25th amendment and remove Trump. He is a deranged psycho

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MaggieMay @sleeplesscrone.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop. It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities. I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

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thegrumpycarpenter.bsky.social @thegrumpycarpenter.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Please come visit us here in Minneapolis! We need the visibility you could help to provide. This is code red here right now!!!

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thegrumpycarpenter.bsky.social @thegrumpycarpenter.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

And he never once reached for his weapon. That he lawfully possessed.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/01/2026

Ironic isn’t it? Had an ICE thug been hurt at the very same location 5 minutes earlier, Alex would have dropped everything to save his life. But 5 minutes later….

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Abolish ICE. Stop funding masked murderers and kidnappers. Use the funds for healthcare and education. Justice for Alex Pretti, Renee Good, Liam Ramos and the two-yr-old girl who was kidnapped yesterday with her father.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Stephen Miller is a very sick person, more so, IMO, than the president. And he is calling the shots. I remember when Terry Moran dared to make this observation and got fired from ABC for it.

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j-4man0.bsky.social @j-4man0.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Trump people are all in. They have to win to remain free. They will do whatever they can to keep us in our place. This is not the worst, they are not yet cornered. Sacrifice must be made and the only one that will work on them is money. Shut this country down. Shut it down.

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

TW ⚠️ The stabilized version is brutal.

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The Disaster 👻 HAUNTist 🎃 @beerz4yearz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

If America as we were taught about in school exists, it is through Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and thousands more like them. Everyday people putting themselves in harm's way to protect their communities and challenge this country to uphold its ostensible but almost always neglected ideals.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 25/01/2026

A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN: "I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind." and "The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back." Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 25/01/2026

🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇 There you have it. ICE has never been about immigration enforcement. It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.

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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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Sarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

God damnit.

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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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/01/2026

BREAKING: Hours after federal immigration officers killed a man in Minneapolis, Attorney General Pam Bondi seized upon the incident to demand access to Minnesota’s voter rolls, directly tying the Trump administration’s quest for voters’ unredacted personal data to its aggressive immigration raids.

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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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SurelyUCantBSerious @surelyucantbser.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

We should all be outraged and we should be shutting down the country. Republicans love their money. Work stoppages will hurt their stock market and their bank accounts. Only way to hurt them short of violence

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/01/2026

Kristi Noem and DHS don’t want us to see this video. 📌 Alex was disarmed BEFORE he was shot. This was murder.

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

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

This is the man who was murdered in Minneapolis this morning. Alex Pretti. He was an ICU nurse at the VA here and Kristi Gnome has called him a domestic terrorist. What we are witnessing here is pure evil.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Another Gestapo murder in Minnesota. Six agents wrestle someone to the ground and then shoot him in the back www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Federal agents shoot person in Minnesota, governor says

Minneapolis officials said they are investigating.

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Chelle 🔵 @chelle78.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

They will do anything to not be caught up in the Epstein files. No matter what lives are lost or who we have to bomb in the process. It’s simple if we find out the truth on the Epstein files the GOP and all of them are going down including the supreme court. DO NOT BE QUIET NOW

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers. I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.

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thegrumpycarpenter.bsky.social @thegrumpycarpenter.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This is so far beyond the pale at this point, I don’t even know what to say.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17/01/2026

Now that we’re all about “complying with the law” re Minnesota, does that extend to complying with the law re Epstein files?

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Worth every second

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

"The cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face. "AOC exposes Trump's ICE funding scheme.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

In case anybody on Capitol Hill is wondering, the mood right now out here in the hinterlands is for Democrats not to miss votes. Especially since so many Republicans are out that Dems could pretty much stop anything with full attendance. We are paying attention.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

“The President of the United States is a criminal. He’s not just a convicted criminal. He should have been convicted for the crimes he led on January 6th. He is running the government like a mob operation.“

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

The same old sentence wrapped in different words: look what you made me do. You pushed me. You deserved it. This is your fault. It’s the logic of abuse, a kind of moral alchemy that turns cruelty into consequence and makes a woman responsible for her own pain. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

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“Fucking Bitch.”

The cost of telling a dangerous man you’re not afraid

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thegrumpycarpenter.bsky.social @thegrumpycarpenter.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

With all the horrors taking place in my hometown this week, the Minnesota ice is undefeated 😂😂😂

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solace @solace.music · 11/01/2026

Even better

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