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Alina B Baciu
@alinabbaciu.bsky.social
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she/her; my own views; ❤️ OUR NATION OF IMMIGRANTS; ❤️ diversity, equity, inclusion; #publichealth; home is Nacotchtank land, Douglass Commonwealth, future 51st state
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dashannestokes.com
At least 40 people have been killed by ICE and Border Patrol or otherwise died in their custody since Trump took office in 2025.

Say their names.
January 25, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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atrupar.com
Walz: "If it was the intention of Donald Trump to make an example of Minnesota, then I'm damn proud of the example that the world is seeing"
January 25, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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minnesotaman.bsky.social
You can get to his inventory from www.abebooks.com as well.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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johnpicacio.bsky.social John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 4h
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
DreamHaven Books owner Greg Ketter emerging from a cloud of tear gas that ICE agents fired into the streets of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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awkword.bsky.social
ICYMI: Following Renee Good’s murder by ICE, her son’s Minneapolis charter school was forced to go fully online due to right-wing attacks

sahanjournal.com/education/mi...
Brick building of St. Joan of Arc School with snow patches and clear skies. Text overlay discusses targeted attacks. Calm yet concerning tone. A sign on a chain-link fence reads, "Federal Agents Not Permitted On Premises." The snowy background and empty parking lot evoke a tense atmosphere. Snowy courtyard of a school entrance with bare tree branches and snow-covered benches. A text overlay discusses threats to the Southside Family Charter School. A stone church entrance with a circular window and cross above, framed by leafless trees and a snowy ground, conveys a quiet, winter setting.
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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roblevine82.bsky.social
This is a completely legit place to contribute - Jason is our fantastic city council rep. He's doing the hard work, day in and day out
jchavezmpls.bsky.social Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 4h
The Phillips neighborhoods are being targeted because it has the highest percent of residents who are not US Citizens. This fund will help feed, provide basic necessities and allow our immigrant neighbors to stay housed for 65+ families (and counting).

gofund.me/4eaa6ea75
Donate to Support Phillips Families in Urgent Need, organized by Alexandria Gomez
We are a small collective of friends and community organizers working direct… Alexandria Gomez needs your support for Support Phillips Families in Urgent Need
gofund.me
January 25, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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socialistdogmom.bsky.social
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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January 24, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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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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jchavezmpls.bsky.social
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.
The vigil of Alex Pretti
January 25, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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jpygold.bsky.social
The daylight execution is an escalation. But it’s inseparable from the regime’s nostalgia for a mythological world where white Christian men dominated without apology. That’s why Critical Race Theory and the cross racial solidarity it emboldens scares them so much.
January 25, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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ziibiing.com
“I live on a rural island in Alaska, reachable only by plane or boat. In our little town, 50 to 100 people stand outside each week at our town's roundabout to protest and hold vigil and stand in solidarity with you. We hold signs supporting Minnesota and demanding ICE Out.”

Rachel, Alaska
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 18h
i havent shut off the notification for this form and it has just been vibrating every minute in my hand.

just a steady beat.
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January 25, 2026 at 4:07 AM
alinabbaciu.bsky.social
Hundreds, maybe a couple thousand, Washingtonians exercise their Constitutional right to speak out against a murderous government on a freezing cold Saturday night.
#FreeDC
DC residents stand outside ICE HQ with signs and noisemakers
January 24, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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polgreen.bsky.social
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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January 24, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line.

If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
January 24, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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uglygame.bsky.social
Can't hold a World Cup in a country where the dictator's secret police are executing peaceful protesters in the streets.
January 24, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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zeets.bsky.social
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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publichealthguy1.bsky.social
they summarily executed a fucking VA health researcher. our field cannot just ignore this. or just release angry statements and move on.
January 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
now - especially now - a reminder that we are going to win. and this is why
rincewind.run Micah @rincewind.run · 1d
I attempted to go to an ICE patrol training here in LA this morning and they had to turn most of us away because of capacity issues and even as I was leaving I saw a ton more folks showing up

so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder
January 24, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
What's the plan, Chuck? I run a fake news website. You're the Senate Minority Leader. What's the plan?
schumer.senate.gov Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 1d
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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daralind.bsky.social
I’ll never get over the fact that the Kavanaugh stop was condoned specifically for Los Angeles. Unrelatedly, yeah, turns out you can’t simply racially profile people in West Texas and have it pan out for you www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...
ICE pulls over Texas Monthly’s senior taco editor while reporting in West Texas
'They wanted us to get anxious. It worked,' the award-winning food journalist said of his encounter with ICE agents.
www.sacurrent.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:24 AM
alinabbaciu.bsky.social
Directory of ways to support Minnesotans (beyond protests, calling your Senators to tell them “don’t fund ICE” and boycotting Target/Hilton/Enterprise)

www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
They should say, "it's cold, so watch out for accumulations of degenerate fascists" or "be careful not to slip on the degenerate fascists"
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 12:50 AM