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Eve Sicular
@evesicular.bsky.social
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Drummer & bandleader: Isle of Klezbos /Metropolitan Klezmer

Writer, lecturer, archivist, translator specializing in research re: Yiddish cinema & related cultural topics

Studied Russian History & Literature at Harvard, honors thesis “Ideology & Montage”
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evesicular.bsky.social
Florida Klezbos fans: One week til our tour start in Delray, just 15 ArtsGarage.org seats left for Fri, Feb 13, 8pm. (We’ll also play DPJCC.org Davie FL on Sun, Feb 15: 2pm. Still plenty of matinee tickets) Rollicking, rapturous sextet shows! Yiddish swing & tango too artsgarage.org/event/isle-o...
Isle of Klezbos - Arts Garage
Delighting in a panoply of vibrant modal and syncopated sounds, the soulful sister sextet Isle of Klezbos brings vintage and original music to international audiences. From Yiddish swing and tango to ...
artsgarage.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
evesicular.bsky.social
Isle of Klezbos plays Florida |NYC |Hudson Valley in February & March: Music for morale at ArtsGarage (2/13 Delray), DPJCC (2/15 matinee Davie FL), Stissing Center (3/7 Pine Plains NY), Rockland JCC (3/8 Int’l Women’s Day 1pm) & Joe’sPub (3/15 6pm) Info & tickets Klezbos.com
+LICM 3/1 MetroKlezmer
January 29, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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gilduran.com
Which politicians take Palantir money? A new tracker keeps the score:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Who takes Palantir's money? A new tracker finds out.
ICE relies on the firm for deportation tech—and its PAC pays it forward to Congress.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:24 PM
evesicular.bsky.social
Davie FL: Isle of Klezbos plays Sunday, Feb 15 at 2pm DPJCC near Fort Lauderdale! Tickets now $20 or two for $36: www.dpjcc.org/events/2026/... Full sextet at our Florida tour finale. (Buy soon, offer may not last.) #florida #klezmer #womeninmusic #yiddishmusic #yiddishswing #yiddishtango #matinee
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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cwebbonline.com
This is testimony…

📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.

“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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filmmakerjulie.bsky.social
Other Republicans, take note: step away from your irredeemably toxic party immediately. History has its eyes on you.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Republican ends bid for Minnesota governor, citing ‘unconstitutional’ ICE surge
Chris Madel drops out of race and in video criticizes the ‘federal retribution on the citizens’ of Minnesota
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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christopherjhale.bsky.social
Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
While glad to see Bovino humbled, I really don’t have any higher opinion of Homan—a cruel, cold, corrupt, calculating bureaucrat who’s devoted more of his career to mass deportation than almost anyone. He’s the architect of child separation.
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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ericschmeltzer.com
I will give Suozzi more credit than he gives himself. He knew what the vote was. He just figured the way to "win" was to support the funding because that's more "centrist" and buck the Democratic majority. But morally, he knew what this was about. He ended up wrong morally AND politically.
January 26, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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elistrums.bsky.social
Trump is spending $45 Billion to build and open expanded prison camps for illegal immigrants, mostly people of color.
There is another name for these types of facilities:
Concentration camps.
#TrumpFascism #TrumpRacism
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New Report Details ICE’s Expanding and Increasingly Unaccountable Detention System - American Immigration Council
In just one year, the number of people ICE is detaining has shot up by over 75%, with a record 73,000 people detained as of mid-January.
shorturl.at
January 27, 2026 at 3:11 AM
evesicular.bsky.social
Klezbos makes music for morale: February x2 in Florida, ArtsGarage 2/13 Delray 8PM & DPJCC 2/15 Davie FL 2PM ($20 or two/$36 deal!) Then 3/7 Stissing Ctr, Pine Plains NY; 3/8 JCC Rockland 1PM International Women’s Day; 3/15 NYC Joe’s Pub 6PM Ides of March for Isle of Klezbos. & More too Klezbos.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM
evesicular.bsky.social
I hope this is true and immediate, and that all of ICE will follow. Go to hell, Don Knotts-i & take Noem, Bondi and all else along
January 26, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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riseandresist.bsky.social
🪧 Rise and Resist protests outside Fox Headquarters
📆 Tuesdays
⏰ 12PM
📍 1211 6th Ave

📣 JOIN US!
GRAPHIC READS, "FOX STOP LYING!" "WE ALL SAW THE VIDEOS"
January 26, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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brandyzadrozny.bsky.social
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
This is really something. Mark Warner, one of the more moderate and cautious senators in the Dem caucus, says he'll vote No on ICE funding:
January 25, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
January 24, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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thejackofkingfield.bsky.social
Mood in minneapolis right now
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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atrupar.com
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
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badideas.bsky.social
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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columbojones2.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Texas Black man exonerated 70 years after execution in case marked by racial bias
Review of case found problems with statements from police officer who claimed victim had identified her attacker
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:09 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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troubledminnesotan.bsky.social
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 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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atrupar.com
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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realtuckfrumper.bsky.social
ACLU asks court to reinstate restrictions on federal agents in Minnesota after shooting https://twp.ai/4ivFEW
January 25, 2026 at 2:34 AM