aaron boothby
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
January 24, 2026 at 11:04 PM
There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
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hot tip: every Brecht poem hits insane right now
January 24, 2026 at 11:08 PM
hot tip: every Brecht poem hits insane right now
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my gut tells me american politics are about to shift radically within the next few days, as this rubicon crossing event occurs with both sides heading toward snowstorm-induced isolation and online algorithms
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
my gut tells me american politics are about to shift radically within the next few days, as this rubicon crossing event occurs with both sides heading toward snowstorm-induced isolation and online algorithms
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I am begging people to please DECENTER Trump voters. It's just not helpful.
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I am begging people to please DECENTER Trump voters. It's just not helpful.
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Dr. Dimitri Drekonja, a friend and colleague of Alex Pretti’s from the Minneapolis VA, described Pretti as a caring and funny ICU nurse who treated the hospital’s most critically ill veterans. www.startribune.com/alex-pretti-...
Alex Pretti identified as man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis
Pretti, an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, had no criminal record beyond parking tickets.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Dr. Dimitri Drekonja, a friend and colleague of Alex Pretti’s from the Minneapolis VA, described Pretti as a caring and funny ICU nurse who treated the hospital’s most critically ill veterans. www.startribune.com/alex-pretti-...
a nurse at a VA hospital is one of the more selfless positions a white american man can put himself in and he put himself through school to do it
January 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM
a nurse at a VA hospital is one of the more selfless positions a white american man can put himself in and he put himself through school to do it
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Refusal of the symbolic barriers of the state! Sorry to harp but it's very important while being very simple
People have removed police tape, now surrounding the crime scene with branches and sticks.
January 24, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Refusal of the symbolic barriers of the state! Sorry to harp but it's very important while being very simple
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As someone who has spent over 35 years trying to explain that violence is inherent to policing only to have most people be OK with this, I could be excused if I decided to just give up. But I'm not. I knew we would be where we are today. I still think that we do not have to live like this.
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
As someone who has spent over 35 years trying to explain that violence is inherent to policing only to have most people be OK with this, I could be excused if I decided to just give up. But I'm not. I knew we would be where we are today. I still think that we do not have to live like this.
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Should suspend the whole season, stuff like this is how you get people to heap pressure on the USG
the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens
January 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Should suspend the whole season, stuff like this is how you get people to heap pressure on the USG
instant blocks for anyone who isn't in the streets facing ice right now scolding other people for not being there
find another kick for your ego and fuck off
find another kick for your ego and fuck off
January 24, 2026 at 8:30 PM
instant blocks for anyone who isn't in the streets facing ice right now scolding other people for not being there
find another kick for your ego and fuck off
find another kick for your ego and fuck off
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I have lost all patience with self-proclaimed cynics desperate to pretend that their quisling cowardice in the face of evil is wisdom.
January 24, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I have lost all patience with self-proclaimed cynics desperate to pretend that their quisling cowardice in the face of evil is wisdom.
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Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
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From Minneapolis to Gaza, people are being killed for attempting to build without property, because they’re practicing solidarity with each other and the earth. Devastating
“What if building comes before property, or instead of property? What would building have to do to make blank, flat, propertied space obsolete?”
V. MITCH McEWEN
V. MITCH McEWEN
January 24, 2026 at 4:59 PM
From Minneapolis to Gaza, people are being killed for attempting to build without property, because they’re practicing solidarity with each other and the earth. Devastating
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Do think an important way to understand the ice invasion of Minneapolis is as collective punishment for the George Floyd uprising
January 24, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Do think an important way to understand the ice invasion of Minneapolis is as collective punishment for the George Floyd uprising
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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This morning, federal immigration agents publicly executed an observer at 26th and Nicollet Ave South. Observers are out in the community because they care about our immigrant neighbors. They do this out of love and helping keep families together. 1/
January 24, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This morning, federal immigration agents publicly executed an observer at 26th and Nicollet Ave South. Observers are out in the community because they care about our immigrant neighbors. They do this out of love and helping keep families together. 1/
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We have a president that is a reality TV star trying to gaslight the entire country entire buying into a false version of reality where immigrants are a bigger threat than authoritarianism. Folks, we cannot let him succeed.
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
January 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM
We have a president that is a reality TV star trying to gaslight the entire country entire buying into a false version of reality where immigrants are a bigger threat than authoritarianism. Folks, we cannot let him succeed.
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It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
January 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM
It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
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He was a nurse.
The Strib has identified him. Alex Pretti. Another 37-year-old executed for standing up for our immigrant neighbors. For shame.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
He was a nurse.
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🚨"It was an execution! I can't believe what's happening in our city. Everything was so peaceful and beautiful and loving here until these cowards came in with masks and guns and started inflicting tyranny on our neighbors. They're killing us!" -Minneapolis protester. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM
🚨"It was an execution! I can't believe what's happening in our city. Everything was so peaceful and beautiful and loving here until these cowards came in with masks and guns and started inflicting tyranny on our neighbors. They're killing us!" -Minneapolis protester. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Alex J Pretti. That was his name. He had a YouTube channel, and a Linkdin profile. I think he was a nurse. He was 37 and had a permit to carry. www.youtube.com/@alexjpretti...
Alex J Pretti
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Alex J Pretti. That was his name. He had a YouTube channel, and a Linkdin profile. I think he was a nurse. He was 37 and had a permit to carry. www.youtube.com/@alexjpretti...
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time to take it back
The world we were promised as kids has been stolen
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
time to take it back
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By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
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Hundreds of people are walking towards the federal paramilitary who *just murdered a guy this morning* with their hands raised. The courage of people who live here is stunning.
January 24, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Hundreds of people are walking towards the federal paramilitary who *just murdered a guy this morning* with their hands raised. The courage of people who live here is stunning.