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Rich Ferguson
@wearyandangry.bsky.social
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A liberal looking for a home. Hoping for ideas and organization, will settle for yelling and complaining.
Interested in European politics/news, particularly the U.K. #Labour
Fan of Movies, Books, and Baseball. #PhysicaMedia
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Imagine this in a trial.

Devastating first-hand witness to Alex Pretti's killing

Declaration filed in federal court:

"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him."
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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disc-connected.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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captmarkkelly.bsky.social
Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see.

Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.

It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
January 25, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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mollyknight.bsky.social
Very good that TMZ is running this headline on its top story rn: www.tmz.com/2026/01/24/n...
MINNEAPOLIS KILLING NEW VIDEO SHOWS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CREATED FALSE STORY ... Pretti Posed No Threat
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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smith.senate.gov
For those asking where we go from here: Not voting to fund ICE is a great place for us to start.
January 24, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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frost.house.gov
Last night, I was assaulted by a man at Sundance Festival who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face. He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off. The individual was arrested and I am okay.

variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Man Arrested at Sundance For Racially Motivated Incident at CAA Party
A man was arrested at CAA's Sundance party after he declared he was proud to be "white" and allegedly punched a person of color.
variety.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
NBA star Tyrese Halliburton speaks out
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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vanhollen.senate.gov
The killings of Renee Good & Alex Pretti show Trump's DHS culture is rotten to its core.

Trump, Vance, Noem, & Miller have made these agents feel immune from the consequences of their actions.

That must change. Everyone involved in these operations must be held accountable.
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
This week, Trump will bomb someone, impose a ridiculous tariff, make some crazy announcements - do anything he can to divert attention away from this outrage. He wants the public to move on and forget this as so many have done with his past crimes and transgressions. Don’t let him.
January 25, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social
America’s to-do list:

The Senate can and must reject the DHS funding bill — period.

Impeach Kristi Noem.

Arrest and prosecute the “agents” willfully violating state laws.

Unmask and remove these secret police from our streets.
January 25, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
no matter what trump or anyone in his administration or any republican or any random shit online says happened to alex pretti, we know what we saw. never forget that you KNOW what you fucking saw.
January 24, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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katiephang.bsky.social
This is a MUST-READ affidavit.

This eyewitness to Alex Pretti’s murder — who is too scared to even go home because she doesn’t trust federal agents — directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:
January 25, 2026 at 1:59 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
wearyandangry.bsky.social
deadline.com/2026/01/caa-...
Florida Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost Identifies Himself As Victim Of Racially Motivated Assault At CAA Sundance Party – Update
A CAA Sundance Party on Friday saw an arrest in the aftermath of a racially charged incident in a restroom, sources have confirmed to Deadline.
deadline.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
Brandishing is a legal term that means to display all or part of a firearm, or otherwise make its presence known to another person to intimidate them, regardless of whether it's directly visible to that person. Given the video, that's not what Alex Pretti was doing when he was shot & killed.
surtlab.bsky.social Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · 1d
Important context, this is the victim’s behavior BEFORE being tackled

He’s not threatening, he’s not brandishing, he’s filming
dwsoc.bsky.social Democratic Women of South Orange County @dwsoc.bsky.social · 1d
Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.
January 24, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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klobuchar.senate.gov
We oppose the ICE funding bill.

We call for a full and transparent investigation with state officials.

And we call on our Republican colleagues to stand up. They know this is wrong.
January 25, 2026 at 1:19 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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thetnholler.bsky.social
Abolishing ice isn’t radical, funding it is
January 24, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
there we go
January 25, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
This is really something. Mark Warner, one of the more moderate and cautious senators in the Dem caucus, says he'll vote No on ICE funding:
January 25, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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 12:35 AM
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schumer.senate.gov
Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
January 24, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
Tim walz needs to active the guard under state orders to protect citizens from ICE.

If Trump federalizes them from under the Governor, this needs to go to court immediately as proof that the militia clause of the second amendment is violated
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
BARKLEY: “It’s sad. It’s scary. Somebody’s gotta step up and be adults. 2 people have died for no reason.”

The Minnesota Timberwolves game was postponed.
January 24, 2026 at 11:59 PM