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Charles Barkley made a bold statement about the situation in Minneapolis after Saturday's Warriors-Timberwolves game was postponed.
Charles Barkley makes bold statement after Timberwolves postponement
Charles Barkley made a bold statement about the situation in Minneapolis after Saturday's Warriors-Timberwolves game was postponed.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Another fatal shooting at the hands of DHS agents is jeopardizing a last-minute scramble in the Senate to keep government funded.
Will another deadly shooting bring another government shutdown?
Another fatal shooting at the hands of DHS agents is jeopardizing a last-minute scramble in the Senate to keep government funded.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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Family of ICE Victim Call Out ‘Sickening Lies’ from Trump Admin: ‘Reprehensible and Disgusting’
Family of ICE Victim Call Out ‘Sickening Lies’ from Trump Admin: ‘Reprehensible and Disgusting’
The family of Alex Pretti slammed the Trump administration for spreading "sickening lies" about the 37-year old ICU nurse who was shot by Border Patrol agents The post Family of ICE Victim Call Out ‘Sickening Lies’ from Trump Admin: ‘Reprehensible and Disgusting’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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meidastouch.com
🚨 NEW — Statement from the family of Alex 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... 1/
"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 has 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."
January 25, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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governorwalz.mn.gov
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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standwithus.bsky.social
According to the report, 196,600 Jewish Holocaust survivors remain worldwide, spread across 90 countries, with half living in Israel. Their testimonies are living history. We must ensure their stories are heard, so remembrance endures, education prevails, and Never Again is more than words.
January 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Iran was threatened for killing protesters. After two killings in America, is it ok for Iran to now threaten America for killing protesters?
January 24, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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emilysue.bsky.social
i’m watching the Mel Brooks doc on HBO and i highly recommend. i have LOL’ed multiple times.
January 24, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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minakimes.bsky.social
A nurse. A researcher. A helper.
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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“Which is where our obligation to witness comes in. The murder of Alex Jeffrey Pretti was not a mistake, or a tragedy, or a misunderstanding. It was a choice.”

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Emergency Triad: Another American Has Been Murdered by Our Government
It’s worse than it looks and it looks plenty bad.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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sifill.bsky.social
I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.
January 25, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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forbes.com
Some 2,255 measles cases were recorded last year, marking the highest point in over 30 years.
Measles Cases Boom To Start 2026—Here’s Where Cases Have Been Confirmed
Some 2,255 measles cases were recorded last year, marking the highest point in over 30 years.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
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January 25, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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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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January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Michael and Susan Pretti statement.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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henmazzig.bsky.social
While too many news outlets are busy debating whether Victoria Beckham did, or didn’t, steal her son’s first dance, thousands of Iranians are being murdered by their own government under an internet blackout.

Don’t stop talking about them.
The Beckhams can wait.
January 21, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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henmazzig.bsky.social
Anyone who calls themselves a human rights activist but stays silent on Iran should be stripped of that title forever.
January 21, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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henmazzig.bsky.social
How NOT to protest the situation in Gaza: painting blood-red swastikas on a children’s playground in a Jewish neighborhood, in Brooklyn.

Terrorizing Jewish children is not activism.
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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henmazzig.bsky.social
One difference between the situations in Gaza and Iran?

In one case, Jews are involved. In the other, they are not.

Guess which one celebrities don’t care about.
January 22, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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May his memory forever be a blessing. 🕯️
January 22, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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washingtonpost.com
There’s a storm brewing in Texas — and on social media. Sen. Ted Cruz is again being mocked online after being photographed on a flight away from Texas as it braces for an intense winter storm.

The incident reminded many of a viral moment years earlier:
Internet defrosts jokes as Cruz is seen departing Texas ahead of winter storm
The senator once dubbed “Flyin’ Ted” for a Cancún trip during a Texas storm was spotted en route to California as more harsh weather approaches. His office said it was a planned work trip.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:15 PM