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Mother Jones

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The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that it needs to send the military into American cities because of the unique danger faced by federal agents.

But, according to ICE's own data, the leading cause of death for agents is COVID-19.

You can read the full report here: tinyurl.com/mwc85xf5

A bar graph listing the causes of death listed on ICE's wall of honor.

COVID-19 and cancers linked to 9/11 account for 75 percent of fatalities in ICE's two decade history, according to the agency's record.

COVID-19: 15 deaths
September 11-related illness: 7 deaths
Stuck by car: 1 death
Shot in Mexico: 1 death
Shot by US-born fugitive: 1 death
Heat-related injuries sustained during training exercise: 1 death
Heart attack during foot pursuit: 1 death
Dengue fever: 1 death
Accidental discharge of a service weapon: 1 death

Source: ICE.gov and original reporting by Noah Lanard. Created with Data Wrapper.

January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM

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Mikki Kendall

@karnythia.bsky.social

You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.

January 24, 2026 at 9:22 PM

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥

@taliajane.bsky.social

Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community.

I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:

January 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM

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Jelani Cobb

@jelaniya.bsky.social

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. — Frederick Douglass

January 24, 2026 at 5:14 PM

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Keyah 🦬

@sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social

ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.

Statement from Standing Rock:

STATEMENT REGARDING DETENTION OF STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE MEMBER IN MINNESOTA

JANUARY 24, 2026

I was notified today, January 24, 2026, that a Standing Rock Sioux Tribe member has been detained by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the state of Minnesota. Tribal leadership is actively working to locate the individual, gather accurate information, and coordinate with the appropriate authorities to secure their release.

At this time, details surrounding the detention remain limited. I urge the public to refrain from spreading unverified information while this matter is being reviewed.

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will continue to advocate for the protection of our citizen's rights and will provide updates as appropriate.

January 25, 2026 at 9:03 PM

Karen (KT) Thompson 🏹

@amazonatty.bsky.social

Um wut

Elli Anderson 🌊💙🇺🇸 @ellilanderson.bsky.social · 10h

Only when Trump is President do we live like this.

January 26, 2026 at 1:43 AM

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Ryan Goodman

@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

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."

January 25, 2026 at 1:58 AM

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn

@badideas.bsky.social

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.

January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM

Karen (KT) Thompson 🏹

@amazonatty.bsky.social

Wheeeeeeeeee

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING:

Pam Bondi has sent a letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz demanding, in part, that state officials turn over voter records to the Justice Department.

January 25, 2026 at 2:57 AM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

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.

January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM

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The Jack of Kingfield

@thejackofkingfield.bsky.social

Mood in minneapolis right now

January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM

Karen (KT) Thompson 🏹

@amazonatty.bsky.social

I feel like the planet’s northern lights display was a flare for the aliens

January 25, 2026 at 12:53 AM

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Nadine Smith

@nadinesmith.bsky.social

Today, ICE agents killed yet another person in Minnesota.
They wrestled him to the ground. Shot him multiple times. And soon, they'll tell us why we should accept it.
We won't.
Take action today:
coc.is/3Ly4peB

January 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM

Karen (KT) Thompson 🏹

@amazonatty.bsky.social

Call until your phone gets hoarse.

www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

January 25, 2026 at 12:28 AM

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jamelle

@jamellebouie.net

an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"

January 24, 2026 at 11:13 PM

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Brandy Zadrozny

@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social

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."

January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM

Karen (KT) Thompson 🏹

@amazonatty.bsky.social

The ICE funding bill still has to be voted on by the Senate. Thyme will try to bundle DHS funding with healthcare+. We need to demand (with the loudest, most unified voices possible) that Dem senators refuse to go along.

Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 1d

"What can Democrats actually do?"

- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS

- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law

- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE

- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny

January 24, 2026 at 9:02 PM

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Max Berger

@maxberger.bsky.social

We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.

There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.

This is my favorite guide.

CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC

You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...

www.nonviolent-conflict.org

January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM

Karen (KT) Thompson 🏹

@amazonatty.bsky.social

We will have to find our courage for the time we are stepping into. In every fingertip, toe, and eyelash. Every history and story. Courage, loves.

January 24, 2026 at 8:09 PM

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Mueller, She Wrote

@muellershewrote.com

NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.

January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)