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NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.

We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
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There are no words left, really.
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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Evening all,

Thank you to everyone who followed along with my coverage of this demonstration in Chicago today.

I love this work, but as an indie journo, for the moment, I'm pretty reliant on community support to do it.

Your support helps me to keep on reporting.
January 26, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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We've raised a lot of money for my school community neighbors.

And I predict all of it will be depleted by the end of this week.

If you're in a position to donate, please help: paypal.me/lyndalepto

(donations are tax deductible)

3/3
January 26, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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I'm so glad there's more attention on the violence, trauma and lives lost due to this federal occupation.

AND we also need more attention on the less visible but INTENSE impact on our neighbors who haven't been able to leave home for weeks, are hungry, scared & at risk of eviction.

2/3
January 26, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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A moment of silence that ends with someone shouting "fuck ICE!" and the crowd roaring in response
Timberwolves hold a moment of silence for Alex Pretti
January 25, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association
January 25, 2026 at 11:49 PM
National Guard trucks pulling into parking lot across from the Whipple building tonight. J
January 26, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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The march is now passing the Chicago city hall / Cook County hall building. The chant goes up,

"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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these banners are printed with the coolest giant banner system ever, developed by @laborcamp on IG

the letters are cut from insulation foam and rolled with paint
January 25, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Two memorials in three weeks. 1.5 miles apart.
January 25, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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The feds deployed HC in Portland tonight and heavily gassed people and a neighborhood over people standing in a driveway that wasn’t even being used.
January 25, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in.

Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
January 25, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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ton of factors at play here and trying to boil it down to any one on it’s own will be inherently missing stuff- but it really is hard not to notice that once the victim is an average looking white man all the average looking white men in charge of the news realized they can just tell the truth
It's surprisingly good how clear the big news orgs are handling this
January 25, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Friends don't let friends follow AltNPS
Completely insane. AltNPS claimed to know the name of Alex Pretti's killer, refused to say it because "the truth always comes out," and then just deleted the post.

A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
January 25, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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01/25 9:45AM
Border Patrol is out in Los Angeles, sightings in Echo Park/ Silverlake and South Central.
Please stay alert, get vulnerable people inside. Record everything and be safe.
January 25, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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if you are looking for a place to give a few bucks today please think about b.resale in Minneapolis. the shooting yesterday happened in front of their store. they are staying open as a refuge. they’ve been handing out free supplies for ICE watch for weeks.

cashapp $bresalempls
paypal.me/bresalempls
January 25, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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new signs up every day
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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I cried in the car yesterday and apologized to my partner for pushing for us to move here. He stopped me and said "This is happening here because of the same reasons we wanted to move here. This is the place we should be."
It says something to me that neither Renee Good or Alex Pretti weren't originally from MN- but that they embodied what makes Minnesota wonderful: neighbors.
January 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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I keep thinking about this fact that his last words were are you okay and hers were I'm not mad at you and it feels like a weird coincidence but it's just a reflection of the fact that the people who are coming out to take care of their neighbors are good and the people who are after them are bad
His dying words were asking about the safety of someone next to him

Hero
By Saturday afternoon, some Trump admin. personnel had already begun scouring the internet and other resources trying to find information on Alex Pretti, including social media posts, that could tie him to what Team Trump call “extremists,” two sources familiar with the matter tell @zeteo.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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rahm emanuel has relevant experience to comment on the trump administration, since they’ve both covered up murders for political gain
January 25, 2026 at 2:21 PM
We still don't know the names of the ICE agents who killed Gonzàlez behind the wheel of his car outside Chicago in September.

They were unmasked in this BWC footage from Franklin Park police.

If you have any information at all about these men—please text us on Signal at unraveled.66
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Concentration camp victims protest! The incredible bravery and fortitude and care involved in doing this ✊🏽

‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota
Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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I'll also add, if you can't protest for whatever reason, replying to people on the ground at protest sharing content with alt-text and captions can be a good way to participate.

I'm very pro team alt-text, but also have sympathy for how hard it can be to type in the cold for people on the streets.
Once again, I ask you that if you are sharing images in your post, particularly those involving news & activism, you include alt text so that your message is accessible to everyone. Disabled people are among the targets of this administration & there is no inclusivity without including them.
January 25, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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This summer, my family went to My Huong Kitchen on Eat Street and my toddler grandson couldn’t have been treated better by the proprietor. Yesterday, she displayed all her humanity provided refuge and car to teargas victims. youtube.com/shorts/XxFvg... Give her your business! myhuongkitchen.com
Business owner shelters protestors from tear gas
YouTube video by KARE 11
youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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yes.
just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now
Our government is murdering the citizens of this country. They are doing it without any checks on their violence
January 25, 2026 at 12:25 PM