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Debbie Lanza
@carpediem-gals1962.bsky.social
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Retired business owner. Proud Italian American 🇮🇪
Happily married 🏳️‍🌈
Anti DJT.... 🍊
We all need equality 🗽 Justice ⚖️ and kindness ✌️
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Reposted by Debbie Lanza
kyledcheney.bsky.social
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.

This is one that stands out:
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January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
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."
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
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
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
klasfeldreports.com
A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN:

"I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind."

and

"The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back."

Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
carpediem-gals1962.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
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
carpediem-gals1962.bsky.social
If you're in Modesto or the surrounding area, please join us for this event. It will be over hwy 99. Pass this on. If you plan on attending please go to the IndivisibleStanislaus2.0 on Facebook to click the mobilize.us/indivisible/event/890805
#Indivisible
January 23, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
thebulwark.com
Ro Khanna on Trump pardoning Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar: "We need to abolish the pardon power…It's something that the president is abusing…It was an abuse with Rep. Cuellar. And I say this as someone who has worked with Rep. Cuellar, the president shouldn't be pardoning."
December 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
stephenking.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
gtconway.bsky.social
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
carpediem-gals1962.bsky.social
True
spockresists.bsky.social Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · Nov 14
Watergate was nothing.

Compared to the cover up of a serial paedophiIe.
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
atrupar.com
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
atrupar.com
Newsom: "This is a historically unpopular president. His policies are even more unpopular than him. In every core category he's underwater. He who promised to make us healthier & wealthier & we're poorer and sicker ... He knows he's lose midterms so he's trying to rig it before 1 vote is cast"
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
rbreich.bsky.social
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
muellershewrote.com
WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
carpediem-gals1962.bsky.social
He is ruining the history of our country for his vanity. 🤢🤮🤮🤮💩💩💩
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 22
Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
October 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
carpediem-gals1962.bsky.social
Be a part of history if you're in Stanislaus county, CA. No Kings 2.0. Be there. #50501
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
carpediem-gals1962.bsky.social
Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties. Mark your calendar for No Kings 2.0. Let's double the amount of peaceful protesters then our 1st event. #50501
October 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
patti3333.bsky.social
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES

DAY 10 OCTOBER 2025

THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES

IN 8 DAYS AMERICA
SHOW THE WORLD

THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE USA ...sing along🎶

Please join
Go to: nokings.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
carpediem-gals1962.bsky.social
Mic drop
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 2
Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"
October 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
rbreich.bsky.social
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.
October 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
atrupar.com
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
October 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Reposted by Debbie Lanza
rbreich.bsky.social
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
carpediem-gals1962.bsky.social
Exactly!!
kenwhite.bsky.social Leather Panel Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Sep 25
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
September 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
carpediem-gals1962.bsky.social
He only does unconstitutional crap. Authoritarianism at its finest
marcelias.bsky.social Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Sep 25
The National Archives under the Trump administration released @mikiesherrill.bsky.social full, unredacted Navy personnel file to Jack Ciattarelli's campaign.

This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.
September 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM