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Jim Teeth
@drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
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I enjoy history, economics, politics, foreign policy and technology. I’m actually fairly knowledgeable about some of it.

Over educated but under-credentialed.

I have a fondness for Existentialism and Judaism.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · Nov 7
I’m an adherent of the Block and Go philosophy of Bluesky. The thing is I don’t need rude people in my timeline and my life is better with them gone. Don’t be a dick.
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war
Alex Pretti’s death could be a moment of reckoning for Democrats to call time on Trump waging war on his people
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:40 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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explaintrade.com
8/ The dangerous part of the "this is an aberration and not who we are" line of thinking isn't that it erases past incidents (though that's not great) but the implicit assumption that the country will revert to the mean.

If this is not who 'we are' then this must be a fluke or an accident.
January 25, 2026 at 11:05 AM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
Nuremberg trials for all of ICE and DHS. Burn the whole thing to the ground.
January 25, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Nazi occupied America.
alexip718.com Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 19h
UPDATE: @dropsitenews.com has obtained the very graphic video from the lady in the pink coat, which shows ICE executing yet another person in broad daylight:
January 24, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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stonekettle.bsky.social
Of all the lies the NRA told itself, this was the biggest.
January 24, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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johngcole.bsky.social
do I hear fucking angels from on high singing? did our boy's balls finally drop.

Yes, Senator Schumer, this is the way. So proud of you.
schumer.senate.gov Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 14h
Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
January 25, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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dicknixon.bsky.social
Five or six men on one, wrestling a man to the ground, shooting him when he’s restrained and prone…
January 24, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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dicknixon.bsky.social
In 1775 a lot of people were unhappy with the King but they weren’t necessarily ready to commit treason. That changed when the King’s troops started shooting their neighbors, stealing food, and raping women.
January 25, 2026 at 3:18 AM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
Bullshit. As someone with a license to carry a concealed firearm let me just say this is bullshit. You don’t mention your concealed gun. So long as the cop doesn’t know it isn’t an issue. The minute you mention the gun it becomes an issue.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Chip Roy: "As someone who carries a weapon in TX, if I'm in front of law enforcement or if I get stopped, I tell them that. I tell them that I've got a concealed carry permit. I show them my ID. I tell them where the weapon is bc that's what we're supposed to do. That's not what I think I saw here"
January 25, 2026 at 12:42 AM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
ICE are lawless murdering Schutzstaffel.
Man killed in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse Alex Pretti: ‘He wanted to help people’
Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:39 AM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
ICE is the American Schutzstaffel.
longtimehistory.bsky.social LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.

"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.

Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.

Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 8:33 PM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
ICE is the American Schutzstaffel.
January 23, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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kathryntewson.bsky.social
Children are brave. They shouldn’t have to be, but they are.
andylevy.net andy™ @andylevy.net · 1d
nine years old
January 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v... via @statnews.com
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, questioning longstanding recommendations.
www.statnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:44 AM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
Courageous Carney vs. Demented Donald
Canada’s leader is a sane adult. America’s leader isn’t.
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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billamend.bsky.social
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
January 23, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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jonseidel.bsky.social
Jury finds Chicago man not guilty in murder-for-hire case involving U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino

Live updates via @chicago.suntimes.com : chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
Verdict reached in murder-for-hire trial involving U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino: live updates
The unusually swift trial is the first to result from the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago, known as Operation Midway Blitz.
chicago.suntimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 PM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
On the high point the world will be a better place when the US is quarantined for rampant disease.
January 22, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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atrupar.com
Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6
January 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?

Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?

NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
nws.noaa.gov National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 2d
⚠️~132 million: Number of people under alerts for snow, sleet, & freezing rain.

A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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Map of the U.S. showing the watches, warnings, and advisories in effect across over 20 states.
January 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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joadsprocket.bsky.social
One more sleep until it's Whiskey Friday With Tony Dokoupil
January 22, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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thinlyveiledtruth.bsky.social
Okay this is fucking ridiculous.

ICE is using the same paper plate on FIVE DIFFERENT CARS. This photo was taken by Harbor Area Peace Patrol, which monitors activity at Terminal Island for Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

No local gov't has held ICE accountable for this shit. #FuckICE
A picture showing 5 different black SUVs: A Jeep Grand Wagoneer, a Ford Expedition, a Chevy Tahoe, a Chrysler Pacifica, and what looks like a Dodge Durango. All have the same rear paper license plate: AA01A56
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
If OpenAI really wants a cut of any money generated off output from its tools it is basically telling corporations to find another tool.
OpenAI Wants a Cut of Your Profits: Inside Its New Royalty-Based Plan and Other Business Models - Gizmochina
OpenAI is exploring new revenue models beyond subscriptions, including royalties, licensing, ads, and outcome-based pricing
www.gizmochina.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:25 PM