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Mueller, She Wrote

@muellershewrote.com

I have a loaded Glock23 in my house with two full magazines. Is that not allowed now? Does that mean I need to be executed? Don't I have 2A rights?

January 24, 2026 at 7:27 PM

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Raider

@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

Minnesota National Guard arriving in Minneapolis!!

January 25, 2026 at 12:16 AM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

AOC: "How rich is it that she is saying showing up to the scene of a protest with a legally owned weapon should be grounds for a person's death, execution at the hands of the state, by the same party and administration that praises Kyle Rittenhouse."

January 24, 2026 at 11:07 PM

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Michael Pina

@michaelvpina.bsky.social

the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens

January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM

shawshankexemption.bsky.social

@shawshankexemption.bsky.social

January 25, 2026 at 3:13 AM

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸

@nothoodlum.bsky.social

When you lose the NRA …

January 25, 2026 at 2:44 AM

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Philip Bump

@pbump.com

Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.

January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM

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Ryan Goodman

@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

Imagine this in a trial.

Devastating first-hand witness to Alex Pretti's killing

Declaration filed in federal court:

"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him."

January 25, 2026 at 1:20 AM

shawshankexemption.bsky.social

@shawshankexemption.bsky.social

This bish, here....

Trump heaps praise on UK troops following furor over Afghanistan comments
apnews.com/article/trum...

January 25, 2026 at 2:22 AM

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Governor Tim Walz

@governorwalz.mn.gov

They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. They are wrong. We will keep the peace. We will secure justice for our neighbors. And we will see this occupation end.

January 25, 2026 at 1:17 AM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

AOC: "In directing this around Mayor Wray and Gov. Walz, claiming they are 'inciting,' Noem is equating disagreement with incitement ... she is laying the groundwork for the Insurrection Act ... they are taking issue with the people of Minnesota who have duly elected their own elected officials"

January 24, 2026 at 11:05 PM

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Jeanne

@jlwcpa2.bsky.social

Here it is . . . your moment of zen. (May 2025)

January 24, 2026 at 1:02 AM

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Patty Eguino

@patriciaeguino.bsky.social

Pam Bondi sent Minnesota officials a letter today saying ICE would leave the state if Minnesota turns over its voter files to the Trump Administration.

Some of us have been sounding the alarm for ages, but it’s becoming more and more blatant:

Trump is trying to become a dictator.

January 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@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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Hoodlum 🇺🇸

@nothoodlum.bsky.social

The New York Times is calling them out on their lies.

January 25, 2026 at 1:23 AM

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Mueller, She Wrote

@muellershewrote.com

The United States government is disarming and executing people. Are there any foreign leaders that can help us?

January 25, 2026 at 12:18 AM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Q: They defied a search warrant this morning. Do you think they'll abide by a federal court order?

FREY: Everybody listen to that question. The question is 'will this administration abide by a court order.' These are the underpinnings of our democracy and Constitution. The answer better be yes.

January 24, 2026 at 11:27 PM

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Chris Shadowens

@chrisshadowens.bsky.social

Sunrise over #PHX

January 24, 2026 at 2:42 PM

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Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

AOC: If you can keep people divided, then you can continue to loot the economy.

They are they are trying to distract from the fact that prices have exploded, that people's health insurance is being stripped, $1 trillion out of health care to fund this violence.

January 25, 2026 at 12:01 AM

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Aaron Rupar

@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."