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urk @urk1312.bsky.social · Oct 21
I love freeze dried banana chips because consuming them momentarily quiets the part of my brain that wants to take a bite out of a porcelain serving platter
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taylordahlin.com
loring park vigil for alex pretti, who was killed by ICE in minneapolis this morning
January 25, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
the fact that the NRA is offering even this incredibly mild level of resistance is significant.

People do not like what they are seeing.
January 25, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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davidgilbert.bsky.social
NEW:

Within minutes of Alex Pretti being shot and killed, the Trump administration began rewriting the narrative, labelling the victim as a "lunatic" and a "terrorist" contradicting all available evidence

www.wired.com/story/the-in...
The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti
Within minutes of the shooting, the Trump administration and right-wing influencers began disparaged the man shot by a federal immigration officer on Saturday in Minneapolis.
www.wired.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:44 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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bencollins.bsky.social
ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them.
nikkimcr.bsky.social Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 1d
MS NOW news crew capturing ICE/DHS agents firing pepper balls, flash bangs, and tear gas at non violent protesters.
file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24.mp4
January 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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brandyzadrozny.bsky.social
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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norahwoodsey.com
man.
Excerpt from NBC article quoting Facebook: "Alex was there the final night providing morphine and pain relief," Mac Randolph said. "Just the sweetest person you can imagine." He described Pretti as providing guidance and aide beyond his medical faculties. "They had to turn the oxygen off at a certain point," he said. "Alex was there to walk our family through the process." Mac Randolph said his sense was that Pretti's work at the location was motivated by dedication more than income. "It's a sacrifice he makes," Mac Randolph said. "He wanted to be there for those veterans." He's concerned Pretti's character may be sullied by lies. "He was an incredibly compassionate person," Mac Randolph said. "I don't want them to assassinate this guy's character."
January 25, 2026 at 3:52 AM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
a skilled ER nurse with a deep sense of civic responsibility is exactly the kind of person you want carrying a firearm.

every ICE employee should be barred from touching anything deadlier than a butter knife for the rest of their natural lives.
January 25, 2026 at 5:37 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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minnmax.com
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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cmonmaque.bsky.social
Trump looks like how Rustin Cohle would describe the yellow King.
January 23, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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jtp.bsky.social
ICE getting harassed in the public bathroom instead of trans people
sickos
January 22, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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normcharlatan.bsky.social
A thing that might not be clear from the outside is that while everyone here is engaged in this fight, ICE’s use of dystopian technology means that you essentially have to pick a lane between observing ICE and doing mutual aid. They are tracking observers’ cars, and taking pictures of their faces.
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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eva.town
bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
A masked ICE officials with a 5 year old child
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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hunterub.bsky.social
If we all start going "That isn't Donald Trump, that's clearly a body double" I bet we can make everyone in the White House lose their minds within a week. But we have to _commit_ to it.
January 21, 2026 at 4:58 AM
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normcharlatan.bsky.social
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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sistercity.bsky.social
FOOD $200 WARDROVE $150 AMMO $800 BOXES $150 HELICOPTER RIDES $50,000,000,000 SOMEONE WHO IS GOOD AT THE ECONOMY PLEASE HELP ME BUDGET THIS. MY FAMILY IS DYING
January 16, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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teoft.bsky.social
BERSERKER
January 16, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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josie.zone
Now this, THIS is true Nazi shit— force the üntermenschen to feed you a fine meal, then you send them off to the camps
January 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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jtp.bsky.social
crunchyroll needs a setting to set a max character limit on the titles of anime it's allowed to display me. if the title of your anime is a whole ass run-on sentence get it out of my face
January 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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ridertoast.bsky.social
“April 2025, Napoleon is aura farming. Lowkey though, The British fleet stands on business - Oceans do be battlefields fam”
January 16, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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dumbmike.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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thecom.bsky.social
I live an hour outside Minneapolis and the local Facebook pages are all just conservatives bitching that their favorite cheap buffet restaurants don’t want their workers kidnapped. They feel entitled to treats and want the employees to suffer at the same time. It’s casual cruelty, nothing else.
January 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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chadloder.bsky.social
Californians are NOT going to vote for Gavin Newsom. They're telling you now, with YEARS to go before the election. Fair warning. Please support better candidates, there will be many to choose from.
January 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM