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TT Dyer
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Student of life. Spirited seeker.
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Call me a nutty idealist, but I believe in a world where we collaborate, cooperate, co-exist, and create real possibilities for all.
I'm privileged to travel and see the world beyond our borders.
And I dream of a world where everyone can be happy, healthy, safe, and free from suffering.
What Puerto Vallarta Taught Me About Inequality, Solidarity, and the Future We Could Choose
A Travel Reflection
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February 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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❌👑 Over the past month, we’ve watched as ICE executed two people in broad daylight and more behind closed doors. They have invaded our communities and are using children as bait to lure our neighbors out of their homes. 👑❌

On March 28th, we’re standing up against these masked terrorists.
March 28 No Thrones, No Crowns No Kings
January 29, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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“Peace in ourselves, peace in the world” ~Thich Nhat Hanh
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The Slow Revolution
Walking the Path of Peace Amid a Culture of Grievance
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February 1, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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Silence is violence in the face of hegemonic power. Wake up. Speak up. Act. The world is watching.
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The Price of Silence
Democracy or Hegemony, It's Time to Decide
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January 25, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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thejackofkingfield.bsky.social
Mood in minneapolis right now
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
It can happen to your family.

It will happen to thousands and thousands of families.

Unless we stop them.
January 25, 2026 at 4:04 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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Post from Mac Randolph

RIP Alex Pretti,

He was my Dad’s ICU nurse. He read my dad’s final salute at the VA after he passed away. Never wanted to share this video, but his speech is very on point.
January 25, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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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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Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket.

He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.

Notice the suppressors
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January 19, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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With in voice, we say NO to war, NO to imperialism, NO to ICE, NO to oligarchy, NO to authoritarianism, NO to hate, NO to the destruction of democracy.
Power to the People.
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With One Voice, America Must Speak
In Honor of Dr. King and All Civil Rights Heroes
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January 19, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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January 18, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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Endless greed is not a symptom of great genius, if anyone was wondering. futurism.com/future-socie...
Tech Billionaires Have No Answer for What'll Happen If AI Takes All Jobs
The moguls behind the biggest AI corporations have no unified idea about the world after AI takes everybody's jobs.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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We have to imagine what comes next while we reject the vitriolic violence of the current regime. We can build better and we can thrive. ALL OF US.
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Building the World That Comes After
Radical Love, Collective Joy, and the Courage to Plan What's Next
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January 12, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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This is a must read. And you should follow The Existentialist Republic on Substack.
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My First 72 Hours in Minneapolis and How I Got an ICE Agent to Scream “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN”
The activists on the ground are doing the work, that should give you hope.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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January 8, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.”

So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
January 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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kylec.bsky.social
COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.
January 7, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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Time for the people to stand up to corruption. To fight for democracy, peace, and justice. open.substack.com/pub/ttdyer/p...
The Architecture of Silence: When the Law Becomes a Cage
How Kleptocrats Keep Gaining More Power
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January 7, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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An astute historical perspective on Amercian Imperialism and Venezuela. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Venezuela: The Precedents
And America: The Future
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January 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Here’s to 2026: a year of moral courage, evolution, and connection!https://open.substack.com/pub/ttdyer/p/where-the-ground-remembers-me?r=19w0mf&utm_medium=ios
Where the Ground Remembers Me
A Year of Healing, Courage, and Becoming
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December 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Healing starts within.
When we heal ourselves, we can help heal others.
This is how we change the world.
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Healed People, Heal People
We are called to do the inner work.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Read this op-ed, please. If you live in a blue state, call your governor. This must happen before this regime steals the 2026 election and eradicates free and fair elections forever afterward.
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If You Steal Our Elections, You Don't Get Our Money
Here's how we make this real.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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The American People must come together to agree that we deserve health, happiness, prosperity, and peace.
We deserve a government without corruption, policies that do no harm, and leadership that fosters a future without fear.
#DemocracyMatters #powertothepeople

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Come Together, Right Now: Rejecting Harm to Americans, Reclaiming The People's Power
Working Class America, Wake Up
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December 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM