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Zoembsla
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Recovering lawyer. Appalled political activist.
Fighter/resister 💙
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“Heartbroken but also very angry… sickening lies by the administration… reprehensible and disgusting… Alex is clearly not holding a gun… please get the truth out about our son, he was a good man…”
January 25, 2026 at 1:01 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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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun.

Any second now, I'm sure.

He was a white guy, if that helps?

Hello? NRA?
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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atrupar.com
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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lindsaybergersacks.bsky.social
Though we Americans are living through the worst of times at present, AND things appear to be getting way worse before they get better, a silver-lining of it all is the heroes that emerge in darkness. Alex Pretti was one such hero. May he rest in power.
January 25, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
💯
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
A government agency that constantly lies, evades any accountability and rewrites reality in real time is not maintaining order. It is laying the groundwork for more chaos, more violence, and fewer limits on power.
The Department of Homeland Security Is Running a Dangerous Playbook
Kristi Noem’s lies, deflections and cover-ups are part of a self-escalating agenda
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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wadems.org
Let’s not lose sight.
Release the rest of the Epstein files. NOW!
January 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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lindsaybergersacks.bsky.social
Krasnov in Detroit today.

Yep it’s real.
January 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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kathygriffin.bsky.social
They are not ice “raids”. They are ice abductions or ice murders.
January 11, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
♥️
January 11, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
INBOX: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith launches his own law firm alongside former Jan. 6 Committee counsel Tim Heaphy and DOJ alum David Harbach and Thomas Windom.
Tim Heaphy, Jack Smith, David Harbach, and Thomas Windom have spent much of their careers in public service, committed to protecting and defending the rule of law. Their new full-service firm-Heaphy, Smith, Harbach & Windom LLP (HSHW)-remains faithful to that core value. The firm's advice to clients will be guided by the same principles that have characterized the partners' government service: clear-eyed assessment of the facts and honest application of the relevant law. That foundation will underpin their comprehensive client service, which will include thorough investigations, zealous advocacy in litigation, and candid strategic advice and counsel, resulting in improved policy and process for clients. "I am both privileged and excited to open the doors of our firm with my fellow partners," Smith said. "Our goal is to practice law at the highest level, and to do so consistent with our values and longstanding commitment to public service."
January 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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meidastouch.com
BREAKING: ICE agents pepper-spray peaceful demonstrators and journalists and deploy chemical irritants in Minneapolis.

Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
January 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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elnopower.bsky.social
Release ALL of the Epstein Files NOW!
January 11, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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meidastouch.com
This regime is out of control.
statuscoupnews.bsky.social Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 21d
🚨BREAKING: Our cameraman Jon Farina was just struck in the leg by a flash bang ICE fired at unarmed protesters in Minneapolis. "My leg is hurting!"

ICE also fired pepper balls and tear gas. This is happening in AMERICA. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 12, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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pa14313.bsky.social
Epstein files!
January 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.

The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.

This is not protection. This is occupation.
January 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
zozoblueaf.bsky.social
Same
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22d
DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”

(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
January 10, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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lindsaybergersacks.bsky.social
FFS arrest Jonathon Ross

AND

RELEASE THE DAMN EPSTEIN FILES.

We can walk AND chew gum.
January 10, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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mollyknight.bsky.social
AMERICANS DO NOT SUPPORT THIS ILLEGAL, UNPROVOKED, AND UNNECESSARY WAR.

Trump must be removed from office.
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
Hard to watch US TV media discussing how the US might occupy and run a foreign country as if it’s a perfectly normal political development.
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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lindsaybergersacks.bsky.social
One cretin, Krasnov, waged a war w/out consulting Congress, or our allies.

Congress has the power to 🛑 all of this
which begs the❓what in the actual fuck r they doing?

Also, 2day is the day the doj must explain 2 our lame congress why they made redactions in the Epstein Files.

Wag the 🐕 much?
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
There are chilling words and a telling comparison as we head towards elections in 2026 and 2028.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d
FOX: Will you throw your support behind María Corina Machado?

TRUMP: Well, we're gonna have to look at it. Right now, they have a VP as you know. But the election of Maduro was a disgrace just like my election was a disgrace. 2020 was a disgrace -- a real disgrace -- now 2024 was too big to rig.
January 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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ichotiner.bsky.social
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM