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dredecopp.bsky.social
@dredecopp.bsky.social
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murray.senate.gov
Federal agents cannot murder people in broad daylight and face zero consequences.

I will NOT support the DHS bill as it stands.

The DHS bill needs to be split off from the larger funding package before the Senate—Republicans must work with us to do that.

I’ll keep fighting to rein in DHS and ICE.
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
I’ve gotten requests from people who have loved ones who are protesting in cities being targeted by ICE, including Minnesota, Portland, etc. They’ve asked me for lawyer referrals in those cities. Wondering if there is a central clearinghouse of contacts. On the other hand very concerned…
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January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
dredecopp.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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skippy48.bsky.social
There is blood on the hands of the 8th Circuit. On 1/16 - 8days ago a judge entered an injunction prohibiting:

a. Retaliating against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive
protest activity, including observing the activities of Operation Metro Surge.
January 25, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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gelliottmorris.com
YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**

substack.com/@gelliottmor...
January 25, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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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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hsgac.senate.gov
ICE’s secret memo authorizing agents to enter people’s homes and arrest them without a judicial warrant is unlawful. This Administration’s disregard for our Constitution threatens all of us.  Our government is not above the laws it enforces.
January 24, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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peters.senate.gov
Another person has been shot and killed by ICE officers in Minneapolis. The Trump Administration must turn the temperature down and stop this horrific violence.
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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stevebenen.com
Just released by Schumer's office.
“What’s happening in Minnesota is appalling —and unacceptable in any American city. Democrats sought common sense reforms in the Department of Homeland Security spending bill, but because of Republicans’ refusal to stand up to President Trump, the DHS bill is woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE. I will vote no. “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.”
January 24, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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kerfal.bsky.social
Hey Wired, do you want to maybe fucking mention that they're also now collecting information like your sexual orientation, whether or not your trans, and your citizenship and immigration status?

Kinda burying the lede with "Oh no they're tracking your location" like every fucking app does.
January 23, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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wired.com
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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spawn03.bsky.social
Hey NRA and other ammosexuals...a US citizen exercising his 2A right to carry was executed on an American Street while trying to help another citizen. Where is your outrage? Where are your "Don't Tread on Me" flags? WHERE ARE YOU?!?!
January 24, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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juddlegum.bsky.social
Really hard to watch these videos and not conclude this was an execution
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Apologies, wrong link in the first post (there are two letters).

Correct link here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I suggest reading in full…it’s really something. The judge, by the way, is a Bush appointee and two-time Scalia clerk.

bsky.app/profile/anna...
January 24, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
Remove them. Defund them. Abolish them. Prosecute them.
January 24, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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zeets.bsky.social
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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atrupar.com
Walz: "We sill investigate this. We will not be stonewalled ... this will end when enough American say this will end. Do I have any confidence that Donald Trump will do the right thing? No ... quit referring to these people as law enforcement. They are not law enforcement."
January 24, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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cjzero.bsky.social
The whole interview is worth it
January 24, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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cjzero.bsky.social
I mean, yeah
January 24, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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peipolitical.bsky.social
Canadian military planners have been working through scenarios to deal with a possible invasion by the United States. Canada's troops would pull back and melt into the hillsides to "inflict mass casualties" in a Mujahideen style counter-insurgency. #cdnpoli
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6-s...
CANADA PREPARING COUNTER-INSURGENCY WAR
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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clpolk.com
100% if somebody is from Alberta, extra scrutiny. our digital presence is overrun by bots, but there are people out there who will happily say *everything* the bots say. They have bought in 100% and they are just lost.

when you do a real poll 81% don't want separation. but it doesn't matter. sus.
January 24, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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daleburnay.bsky.social
Canadians need to boycott everything from the USA.

Buy Canadian.
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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rolandparis.bsky.social
Fact check: The US trades a lot more with China than Canada does - not just in absolute $ but also relative to each country's total trade.

* US trade with China = 10.9% of total US trade

* Canada's trade with China = 7.9% of total Canadian trade

Data sources: x.com/rolandparis/...
January 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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mark-carney.bsky.social
This is our country. This is our future. The choice is ours.

We choose Canada.

youtu.be/_MTTo8Qt6tU?...
We choose Canada • Nous choisissons le Canada
YouTube video by Mark Carney
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 5:28 PM