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Donny S.
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Rhode Island queer deer and part time naked dog space creature/ he/him/👻🎃/No Minors Thnx, I don't understand the young people
Free Palestine!🍉
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posting this for no reason
January 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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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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npr.org
Tensions are escalating in Minneapolis after Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a U.S. citizen, was killed during an encounter with immigration officials on Saturday morning. Here is what to know. n.pr/3Z191gf
5 things to know about the latest Minneapolis shooting
Tensions are escalating in Minneapolis after Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a U.S. citizen, was killed during an encounter with immigration officials on Saturday morning. Here is what to know.
n.pr
January 25, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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gregpak.net
Hey, NYC! A cool thing you can do today even when snowed in!
gregpak.net Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 22h
If you're in New York, please take two minutes right now to call Governor Hochul and tell her to support and sign New York 4 All, which would prevent state and local agencies from collaborating with ICE.

518-474-8390.

This is important.
January 25, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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susanrinkunas.com
These three stories were all published this week. Abolishing ICE is a reproductive justice issue
Headline 1, 1/21/26: Pregnant woman in medical distress deported from US, says attorney Woman who's eight months pregnant sent to Colombia by ICE, despite belated court order to keep her out of the air https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/pregnant-woman-ice-deportation-atlanta Headline 2, 1/23/26: A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she's bleeding — and hasn't seen a doctor in weeks Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children. https://19thnews.org/2026/01/pregnant-mother-ice-detention-medical-care/ Headline 3, 1/23/26: An asylum seeker found out she was pregnant in ICE detention. She says ICE refuses care. Couple's issue getting medical care reflects systemic problems detainees in federal https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/an-asylum-seeker-found-out-she-was-pregnant-in-ice-detention-she-says-ice-refuses-care
January 25, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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azalben.bsky.social
It's 2026, please stop following and reposting viral "resistance" accounts that do absolutely nothing and instead follow people who offer real, palpable steps on how to help your friends and neighbors.

Here's a good starter pack via @gregpak.net go.bsky.app/6DoVMhY
January 25, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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unraveledpress.com
We still don't know the names of the ICE agents who killed Gonzàlez behind the wheel of his car outside Chicago in September.

They were unmasked in this BWC footage from Franklin Park police.

If you have any information at all about these men—please text us on Signal at unraveled.66
Mustached man in green t shirt Mustached man in teal T shirt Mustached man in teal t shirt Two federal agents in t shirts and vests
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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froomkin.bsky.social
Kudos to the NYT editor who took “Appears to” out of the lead headline (finally)
NYT lead headline: Videos Contradict Federal Accounts of Fatal Shooting
January 25, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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discontinuedfoods.bsky.social
Albert Belle Bar (1995-1996): At the start of the 1995 season (in which he would go on to finish 2nd in MVP voting), then-Cleveland OF Albert Belle received his own milk chocolate/crispy rice candy bar. He was so unenthused, he skipped out on the grand rollout promotional press conference
A white candy bar wrapper with an image of slugger Albert Belle, holding a bat and wearing a white uniform. His signature is splayed over his image, next to the words "Malley's Albert Belle Bar"
July 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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council.nyc.gov
❄️ Extreme Cold Alert ❄️

NYC warming centers are open now through Mon, Jan 26. Two sites in each borough are available to anyone who needs a warm, safe place to stay. Find free city resources and center locations at council.nyc.gov/snow.

Stay warm and stay safe.
NYC Winter Storm Resources
Together, we make the laws governing New York City
council.nyc.gov
January 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
“Stand on a street with a cell phone and we will kill you on your knees.”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
BASH: It feels like we're in the upside down where we have law enforcement and conservatives who are very pro-Second Amendment saying the problem was he had a gun legally

BOVINO: No. The problem is he injected himself, he put himself where he did not need to be
January 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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erikhane.bsky.social
Just published an essay on this

www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.

They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.

They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.

He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.

A 🧵 of ICE abuse
Text messages and a moved SUV: How the government’s case against a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent fell apart | CNN
A wide grin was plastered on Marimar Martinez’s face Thursday as she thanked her attorneys outside an Illinois courtroom and told reporters, “I’m just blessed. I’m happy.”
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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I got nothin’
more bat gurl doodlin
January 25, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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January 25, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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gavinyamey.bsky.social
The most important public health story right now in America is that the Trump administration is executing people in the streets, it is kidnapping people of all ages, including 2-year-olds, it is torturing them, & it is putting them in concentration camps where many have been killed or “disappeared”
January 25, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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🌱 Emergency Character Sale 🌱
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We are very much struggling financially and - since I can’t take on more comms right now - I put most of my characters up for sale.

Everyone with a $ in their name is for sale. Please do not offer on anyone in my “Primary“ folder.
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TH link : toyhou.se/RedpawStudio...
Sketch of an animal character with their arms stretched out. The text reads “Characters for sale. Check the TH link. DM me here or TH if interested.”
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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Alyson
August 18, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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変身中暴れないよう押さえつけてもらうやつ
April 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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alexwinter.com
My dear friend Tasneem and her family in Gaza have lost their home, their livelihood, their security. This is the case for thousands of Gazans. I support Tasneem, there are many more in need.

Please give to Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And to others. ❤️

chuffed.org/project/1587...
A photo of Tasneem and her family, with the words: "I'm Tasneem, a mother of three children. I used to live a simple life, full of love despite its simplicity - but everything changed on October 7. Our home was completely destroyed, we've been displaced more than 15 times, and now we live in daily hell. My only dream is to secure a safe life for my children outside of Gaza. Any support - even just €5 - could change their future and give them a sense of safety. Help us build a new hope for them. ❤️"
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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astrokatie.com
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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amandamull.bsky.social
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17h
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
Woman on the right was using her walker to advance into the tear gas
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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esqueer.net
This was Alex Pretti at work at the VA honoring a veteran who had passed.

This is who they're trying to falsely smear as a terrorist and assassin.
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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asharangappa.bsky.social
Journalists need to ask, “What made Pettri a ‘suspect’?” He was ‘seized’ under the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, which requires *probable cause that he was committing a crime*

MAKE THEM ARTICULATE THE BASIS FOR THE SEIZURE
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
BASH: Where did he assault an officer? It looked to us that he was approached by them when he was helping another individual who was pushed down

BOVINO: We don't need a suspect's help in a law enforcement scene

BASH: So when somebody is pushed down, you stand back?

BOVINO: Follow directions
January 25, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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meidastouch.com
Send Bovino to The Hague
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
BASH: You said he wanted to 'massacre law enforcement.' It doesn't like like that

BOVINO: I believe the fantastic training our law enforcement partners have prevented any specific, ahhh, shootings of law enforcement. So good job by our law enforcement in taking him down before he was able to do it
January 25, 2026 at 2:49 PM