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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."

January 25, 2026 at 8:49 PM

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Rex Huppke

@rexhuppke.bsky.social

Republicans and GOP voters across the country find themselves, in the wake of a second U.S. citizen’s senseless death at the hands of federal immigration agents in Minnesota, with a jagged rock in their mouths and a decision: Do you swallow this lie or spit it out?

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Republicans, Alex Pretti should be your breaking point | Opinion

Alex Pretti, 37, was an ICU nurse who cared for veterans. Federal agents shot and killed him on a Minneapolis street and none of it makes sense.

www.usatoday.com

January 26, 2026 at 3:22 AM

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Krassensteins

@krassenstein.bsky.social

Me too

January 26, 2026 at 2:29 AM

Cindy K

@cinwitch.bsky.social

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January 26, 2026 at 12:34 AM

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Laura Lorson

@lauralorson.net

There is a child across the street who was out shoveling snow & I was kind of impressed, until I realized she was dumping the snow from her sidewalk *onto the house's front porch and stairs* to construct a massive sled run from the front door. Now I am like "get that kid an engineering scholarship"

January 25, 2026 at 9:42 PM

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@florafella.bsky.social

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Happy Birthday, Mr. President 💝
BEST LEADER of the world🫡
We wish you all the best! May your wishes come true soon.🍀

January 25, 2026 at 7:26 AM

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Christopher Webb

@cwebbonline.com

They don’t want the videos because they reveal the truth. The footage isn’t the problem, the lies are.

When DHS talks, the story collapses. When people film, truth holds.

We bear witness because power lies best in the dark. If they won’t tell the truth, we must.
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...

January 25, 2026 at 5:57 PM

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Faine Greenwood

@faineg.bsky.social

Absolute banger of a comment on r/military:

www.reddit.com/r/Military/c...

jaderemedy • 4h ago
And now comes the most nauseating part of this whole goddamn mess: the hypocrisy. The same loud-mouthed idiots who spent years screaming about tyranny are suddenly dead fucking silent, or worse, cheering, now that it's their side doing it. "ThEy'Re cOminG fOr OuR gUnS!" "GoVerNMenT oVerReAch!" "ShAll nOt bE inFrinGeD!" All that chest-thumping bullshit evaporated the second armed federal agents started terrorizing people they don't like.
Let me get this straight: a civilian gets shot dead by federal agents, and the only thing you brainless cunts can muster is
"well, DHS says he had a gun"? THAT'S your red line? Guns are sacred when they're strapped to your waist, but magically become a death sentence when they're used as a post-hoc excuse by the government? Either the Second Amendment applies to everyone, or you never believed in it at all. Fucking pick one and own it.
This is exactly what tyranny looks like, by the way. Not jackboots marching in formation, but armed agents roaming neighborhoods, stopping people, killing civilians, and then daring the public to question it. Tyranny is execution followed by a press release. Tyranny is labeling the dead a "threat" so the state doesn't have to explain why someone's life just ended in the street. Tyranny is demanding obedience while shredding due process and calling it order.
And all you so-called "freedom lovers" are fucking fine with it, as long as it's brown people, immigrants, protesters, or anyone you've already dehumanized. Turns out "don't tread on me" actually meant "tread on them." You weren't afraid of tyranny.
You were afraid of losing dominance. There's a difference, and this moment exposes it completely.
"Just comply" isn't a principle. It's cowardice dressed up as common sense. It's the language of people who have already accepted that the state gets to decide who deserves rights and who doesn't. And once you make that deal, don't act shocked when the line moves, because it always fuckin…

January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM

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Wajahat Ali

@wajali.bsky.social

I know I will lose many subscribers, viewers, and followers for my critiques of weak Democrats and the Democratic Establishment, and I'm fine with it.

I refuse to support Vichy Democrats and cowards who refuse to fight for us.

They must be primaried, shamed, and removed.

We need fighters.

January 24, 2026 at 10:05 PM

Cindy K

@cinwitch.bsky.social

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January 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Cindy K

@cinwitch.bsky.social

Miss Ross closes us out in her inimitable style. Captain, thanks once again for all the work you put in for us. It is very appreciated. Stay safe, everyone.

January 24, 2026 at 7:28 PM

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Rex Huppke

@rexhuppke.bsky.social

(Content warning: This is brutal, but I think it’s important to see.)

This is a straight-up execution. Also, the agent is firing in tight proximity to other agents, which again shows these are a bunch of untrained yahoos with license to kill. Arrest them all. And stand with Minnesota.