Patrick
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Patrick
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PhD student 🧠 Even here might keep opinions to myself 🕊 Praying for our Climate Future 🙏
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.

www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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After the Boston Massacre, the soldiers responsible were arrested and received fair trials. King George recalled the regiment to England, and then American leaders were like “good, that was enough, we’ll remain your loyal subjects forever…” wait, that’s not right…
January 27, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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I appreciate all the talk about accountability for these ICE agents and Trump cronies, but I hope everyone understands the absolutely TITANIC level of effort that will be required to overcome the intense institutional resistance to accountability that is inevitable in the wake of all this.
January 26, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Everyone has something to contribute to the ongoing Minneapolis protest against ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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#GVerse Chicago turnout this morning was INSANE.

Thousands hit the streets demanding justice for Alex Pretti and calling out the federal crackdown that killed him.

This isn’t “local unrest” anymore. It’s national.

#LetsFuckinGo #TogetherWeRise #BlueToTheCore
January 26, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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who can forget this classic from 2019: "the Rams appeared to win the NFC championship in overtime today, but Saints supporters dispute that claim".
The media should cover sport the way they cover the state murder of civilians:

‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
January 25, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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Rest in peace Alex Pretti. You will be remembered as a hero. I saw my immigrant neighbors out tonight mourning. You’ve touched the hearts of our immigrant community. We will not rest until justice is served.
January 25, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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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 1:18 AM
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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I’m out here in Los Angeles, where hundreds have gathered in response to the ICE execution of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Chants and speeches underway here outside the Federal Building in DTLA. Working multiple cameras today so posts may be sparse
January 25, 2026 at 1:23 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.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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Q: They defied a search warrant this morning. Do you think they'll abide by a federal court order?

FREY: Everybody listen to that question. The question is 'will this administration abide by a court order.' These are the underpinnings of our democracy and Constitution. The answer better be yes.
January 24, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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Nicollet Ave in South Mpls now resembles a warzone after federal agents killed a man there this morning. Trump is trying his damndest to make this community unlivable.
January 24, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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Thousands of people in the streets after #ICE murder another innocent person in Minneapolis this morning.
#Minnesota #Gestapo
#DomesticTerrorism 1/24
January 24, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Walz: "I call on all Americans to see the decency this state is exhibiting, and the horrific cruelty, unprofessional, absolute abomination that is passing for what these f--- ICE agents are doing on our streets."
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Walz: Minnesota's justice system will have the last word on this.

As I told the white house in no uncertain terms this morning, the federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation. The state will handle it. Period.
January 24, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.

Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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Marching in Whittier
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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CNN cuts to reporter Sara Sidner, who is in distress: "I'm trying to breathe"
January 24, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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O'Hara: "Initially some information was relayed to me that our officers were told that they were either not needed or could leave. I gave a direct order to ensure that Minneapolis police maintain the scene."
January 24, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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Sayre: My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones …Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there, a powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people….
January 24, 2026 at 6:05 PM