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biteybutcute.bsky.social
ok time to go eat sushi about it
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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chadloder.bsky.social
A good time to repost this about Ilhan Omar 💕
chadloder.bsky.social Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 20d
A mutual aid organizer in Minneapolis told us that Ilhan Omar pops in to help with the foodbank.

No press, no photos, she just shows up and asks the organizers where she should pitch in.
January 28, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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crimethinc.com
What is a centrist?

Most people will tell you 2+2=4.
Donald Trump will tell you 2+2=6.
So the centrist insists that 2+2=5.

Trump gives ICE a free hand to murder with impunity.
Millions of people conclude that ICE must be abolished.

And the centrists?

Watch closely what they do next in Minnesota.
motivickyle.bsky.social χle Ormsby @motivickyle.bsky.social · 15d
In these difficult times, the paper of record remains laser focused on its core mission: policing the left.
Abolish ICE? It’s a Slogan Some Democratic Critics of ICE Would Abolish. As Democrats grow more alarmed about the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids in American cities, some worry that calls to eliminate the agency will distract from efforts to rein it in.
January 28, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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cait.bsky.social
I mean this in a way I have never meant it before: nightmare blunt rotation
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 5d
Something jarring about seeing Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson on the same speech program.

This is for a Saudi Real Estate conference starting tomorrow.
A vertically oriented promotional poster with a dark blue gradient background for the “Real Estate Future Forum,” organized by Saudi Arabia’s Real Estate General Authority (REGA). At the top are the forum logo and the REGA logo in white. Large Arabic text in the center reads “Riyadh,” described as “the capital of global real estate dialogue,” followed by a short paragraph stating that the forum affirms the Kingdom’s position as a global economic center and brings together international investors and experts to discuss the future of the global economy. Below the text are five professional headshot photos arranged in two rows. In the top row are John Kerry (left), a gray-haired man in a dark suit and tie, and Hillary Clinton (right), a blonde woman smiling and wearing a dark blouse. Beneath each photo are Arabic captions identifying them as former U.S. Secretaries of State from the United States. In the bottom row are three photos: Tucker Carlson (left), a man in a dark jacket and light shirt; Piers Morgan (center), a man in a suit jacket and open-collar shirt; and Richard Branson (right), a man with long blond hair and a beard wearing a dark jacket. Arabic captions beneath each identify Carlson and Morgan as media figures and Branson as the founder of the Virgin Group, with their respective countries listed (United States for Carlson; United Kingdom for Morgan and Branson). Near the bottom, Arabic text states “Fifth Edition,” with dates listed as January 26–28, 2026. Below that, the venue is listed as the Four Seasons Hotel at Kingdom Center in Riyadh. Along the very bottom edge are several small official logos and icons related to Saudi government housing and development programs and Vision 2030, all in white.
January 26, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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irlagainstfascism.bsky.social
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
George Orwell, 1984
January 24, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
We want to set the record so he is remembered for what he did. Alex put his body between a woman and imminent danger (murderous thugs(ICE)), and he lost his life.
January 24, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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internethippo.bsky.social
Huge scandal that Minneapolis has been crawling with terrorists this whole time. They've been living among us undercover as poets and nurses. And would've continued to, had it not been for the work of our bravest child kidnappers
January 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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jeffrueter.bsky.social
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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jtischauser.bsky.social
Renee Good said “I’m not mad at you.”

Alex Pretti said “Are you ok?”
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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internethippo.bsky.social
I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 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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iamspacegirl.bsky.social
the Lord is my shepherd, He shaves my entire body to make sweaters
June 11, 2023 at 4:58 PM
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exmormon.bsky.social
Rutte presented him with the official NATO Best President and Most Handsome Man Award.
January 21, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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axios.com
Immigrant detention deaths reach 20-year high under Trump
Deaths in ICE custody reach 20-year high amid Trump enforcement push
Rights groups say overcrowding and long stays are to blame.
www.axios.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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socialistdogmom.bsky.social
i’m never gonna stop saying this
January 20, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Asked if we can take it for granted that the US is an ally of Europe, he says “unfortunately, not”.

“I would like to confirm that they are an ally, but then they have to behave like an ally.”
January 20, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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swede1961.bsky.social
From News Eye --"The fund is worth $25 billion - not enormous. But all stampedes start when the first in the herd begins to move…" -- that last line. . . .
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
A Danish pension fund, AkademikerPension, has announced plans to sell its U.S. Treasury holdings (about $100 M) by the end of January, citing investment risk concerns.

*This is a single fund’s decision and does not signal a broader collapse of demand for U.S. government debt.
January 20, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate and House to start to take control of political power... With this erratic and mad behaviour, you have to ask... Is the President capable of running the US?
January 19, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Please do not refer to this "Board of Peace" as a UN-like entity.

It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.

Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
January 20, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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do60een.bsky.social
I have come to the heartbreaking conclusion that the democratic party only exists to give an illusion of choice.
January 19, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
Back then, wannabe dictators either declared dictatorship or staged a coup. Today wannabe dictators use “electoral autocracy” — they come to power via elections but then hollow out the electoral system through voter suppression, banning rivals from running for office, intimidation, & other tactics.
January 19, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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snopes.com
Posts claim that Sen. Ted Cruz said this in 2016: "We're liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would have nuked Denmark." The quote is real. ✅
www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
Yes, Ted Cruz said in 2016 that Trump 'would have nuked Denmark'
The decade-old clip circulated in 2026 as the Trump administration sought to acquire Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.
www.snopes.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM