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mistermpls.bsky.social
The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny!

I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti
January 31, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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citizensforethics.org
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reveal how it apportions taxpayer money, including information it apparently tried to hide through spend plans in footnotes.

This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
Court once again shuts down OMB attempts to keep spending secret - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to reveal legally binding plans to spend congressionally appropriated funds today in a lawsuit brought by CREW against OMB and OMB's Director Russell Vought.
www.citizensforethics.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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asharangappa.bsky.social
Since I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding:
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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kmsmmns.bsky.social
The list of restaurants and small businesses participating in the 1/30 #strike is astonishing - www.portlandfoodmap.com - and for those who loved to visit Maine in the summer, consider ordering an online gift card to help these folks get through the winter. Closing on a Friday night is a big deal.
Portland Food Map
The definitive guide to Portland's food scene
www.portlandfoodmap.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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pinetreeactivism.org
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FRIDAY JAN 30, 6:00PM
Western Prom, Portland
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YOU TAKE ON ONE OF US, YOU TAKE ON ALL OF US
Join Us For A Candlelight Vigil
National Nurses United

#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved
YOU TAKE ON ONE OF US, YOU TAKE ON ALL OF US Join Us For A Candlelight Vigil - FRI JAN 30, 6PM, Press Conference Park, Western Promenade, Portland, Maine Join National Nurses United and Maine State Nurses Assiciation members in honoring Alex Pretti ICU RN who was murdered in Minneapolis by ICE on 1/24 as he did what nurses do, protect and care for others. This will be a non-violent candle light vigil at the Western Prom in Portland behind MMC. Please dress warm and bring a candle or light
January 28, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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pinetreeactivism.org
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PORTLAND ON STRIKE
FRI, JAN 30 ALL DAY
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Portland Food Map has a running list of restaurants that will be closed on Friday. The list is growing.

Click ALT below to copy text or visit:
FRIDAY SERVICE INDUSTRY STRIKE
>>> www.portlandfoodmap.com

#Maine #MEpolitics
Portland Food Map has a running list of restaurants that will be closed on Friday. They post on IG. I am seeing more and more shops participating! A growing number of Portland area hospitality businesses are taking place in a one day shutdown strike on Friday including: Izakaya Minato, Tandem, Anoche, Magissa, Benny’s, Moonday Coffee, Speckled Ax, Downtown Lounge, Second Rodeo, Friends & Family, Bunker Brewing, Another Round, Novare Res, Cong Tu Bot, Sissle & Daughters, Flatiron Coffee, Sun Oriental Market, Cuties, Room for Improvement, Onggi, and The End of Portland among others. Further afield there is Vessel & Vine in Brunswick, Riverside Butcher in Damariscotta and both Lemon Bar and Sammy’s Deluxe in Rockland. The stated goals of the strike include asking state and local government to take action, and legislation at the federal level to halt funding for ICE. 6:49 PM It is incredible ~ all my favorite shops are striking too!
January 29, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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stphnfwlr.com
If you’re wondering what voter rolls have to do with ICE operations in Minnesota, it’s more connected than it may seem on the surface:
January 25, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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sifill.bsky.social
WOW.
chrismurphyct.bsky.social Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 9d
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.

Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 1:52 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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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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simonwdc.bsky.social
No words for this. Please share widely.
badideas.bsky.social Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 9d
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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bangordailynews.bsky.social
Juan Sebastian Carvajal-Munoz is at least the third person detained in Maine whom news outlets have found does not have a criminal record.
via The Maine Monitor
ICE agents detain civil engineer in Portland, leave his car running in the street with a smashed window
ICE has detained a civil engineer in Portland with no criminal record, raising questions about the agency's operation.
www.bangordailynews.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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scrimmins.bsky.social
“The ICE officers weren't letting him call [an attorney], he said. They only let him call his mom.”

ICE detains 18-year-old USM student in Westbrook www.pressherald.com/2026/01/21/i...
ICE detains 18-year-old USM student in Westbrook
Sandrine Koumba said she doesn’t know why her son, who has no criminal record, was detained after a minor car crash Tuesday.
www.pressherald.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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pressherald.com
Our complete coverage of ICE in Maine * Free for all readers.
public service Archives - The Portland Press Herald
www.pressherald.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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colinwoodard.bsky.social
Maine is having none of it.
January 17, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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laurajedeed.bsky.social
Hi there, my Slate article about ICE is blowing up and I've been talking into a microphone nonstop all day

I'm going to make a thread of the interviews I've done already, and the ones I'm going to do in the next few days. Feel free to check them out if you would like to!

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You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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hilzoy.bsky.social
I also find this baffling. Does anyone NOT know that better prenatal and maternity care, better health insurance to pay for it, and subsidized childcare would raise birth rates? (We cab debate how much.) Is anyone confused about which party supports these policies?
taniel.bsky.social Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21d
Mamdani & Hochul just announced a universal pre-K expansion. What are these stories?
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 21d
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in. n.pr/3NH3yso
January 14, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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juliedicaro.bsky.social
I've written and deleted posts about this about 10 x already.

I'll just say this:

People are struggling right now for many reasons. There's been a real shift in how people reply to each other on this site over the last few weeks. Please be kind. You never know what someone is going through.
January 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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pressherald.com
How some Maine parents are fighting back against conservative education groups
How some Maine parents are fighting back against conservative education groups
Parents of Maine students are beginning to organize against the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric from the growing number of conservative parents' organizations in Maine.
www.pressherald.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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mainenewsroom.com
12/21 U.S. Senate Republicans are already using AI slop to deceive Maine voters #maine #MEpolitics
December 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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thetreecorener.bsky.social
We need some more tree-posting on this app.

This is the oldest known living Douglas-fir in Oregon (and maybe in North America?) I cored it to near the pith in 2006 and was able to re-visit it recently with some other forest scientists.

It is at least 1015 years old, but probably ~1050.
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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colinwoodard.bsky.social
Where does Christian Nationalism gain traction? In the parts of the country the 1880-1924 Great Wave immigrants didn’t go. My latest for @politico.com

www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Immigrants Once Avoided Some Regions of America. That’s a Big Reason We’re So Divided.
Today’s debates over immigration and assimilation have their roots in patterns of settlement that go back centuries.
www.politico.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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nuthatchme.bsky.social
We generally don’t think much about county government, but downeast towns have to. #MEpolitics
bangordailynews.bsky.social Bangor Daily News @bangordailynews.bsky.social · Nov 21
Washington County seeks early payments of 2026 property taxes from municipalities to cover $8 million debt. Small towns may bear the burden.
Washington County asks towns to pay taxes early to address budget crisis
www.bangordailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.

Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM