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analogline.bsky.social
@analogline.bsky.social
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“The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free. They are the lovers of law and order who observe the law when the government breaks it.“ -Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts

I paint small things and fix computers.
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analogline.bsky.social
Gotta wonder what the hotel management has been threatened with to allow their business to be used as an armed camp by Nazis.
statuscoupnews.bsky.social Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 8d
🚨"Press, press!" journalists screamed as federal agents aimed guns at them as they covered the WAR ZONE Trump's troops created at ICE hotel protest in Minneapolis. "Now's not the time!" agent snapped after shooting protester w/ "less lethal" at point blank range. Via our @tinadesireeberg.com ⬇️
January 27, 2026 at 9:56 PM
analogline.bsky.social
Like, people’s careers got made for being on Nixon’s enemies list. It was a badge of honor and pride. If you’re telling me all I need to do to get on Trump’s enemies list is film these fascist shitbags, sounds like a good deal to me.
dbrauer.net David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 8d
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
January 27, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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therealbrent.bsky.social
we are witnessing historic backpedaling here
January 27, 2026 at 1:15 AM
analogline.bsky.social
While some good things are beginning to happen in Minnesota, ICE and CPB haven’t changed a fucking bit in Maine. Do not let up.
kimlanelaw.bsky.social Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 9d
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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slothropsmap.bsky.social
The same people who cannot control a city of 400,000 are manifestly incapable of cancelling a midterm or ending the peaceful transition of power. Keep reminding yourself that you are a lot stronger than they are.
peark.es George Pearkes @peark.es · 9d
Bovino retreating from Minnesota per CNN's Priscilla Alvarez
01/26/2026 15:27:26[TWT] Priscilla Alvarez @priscialva BREAKING: Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to leave Minneapolis and return to their respective sectors, sources tell me, @KristenhCNN + @kaitlancollins. Sent via Twitter Web App. View original tweet.
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 PM
analogline.bsky.social
Clean your fucking sidewalks, Beverly businesses. When the asshole that never clears their sidewalk did before you did, fucking hell.
January 26, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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metronorthcapital.bsky.social
Evelyn Normielib (D-AZ)
Arizona AG suggests state's self-defense laws allow residents to shoot masked ICE agents
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said during an interview that residents could fire upon ICE agents who are masked if they feel they are in danger.
thenationaldesk.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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bretdevereaux.bsky.social
Live footage of Hannah Arendt's dichotomy between violence and power.
dmbmeg.bsky.social Dumb Megan @dmbmeg.bsky.social · 10d
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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dmbmeg.bsky.social
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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midwestmidboss.bsky.social
"Sir, we've lost the massivecock subreddit"
January 25, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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djinnandtonic.bsky.social
>MY ENEMIES STATUS:
>Teeth? Shattered in their mouths
>Lions' fangs? Torn out
>Melting? Like waters that run continually
>Pots? Being taken away as with a whirlwind (didn't even SEE the thorns)

Oh yeah, it's Psalm 58 time
lowrhoufo.bsky.social LOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 11d
Eigenrobot and a few others are defending the shooting and getting absolutely bodied by everyone else, most notably p4
January 25, 2026 at 6:16 PM
analogline.bsky.social
Larry Ellison has already started shutting down left wing TikTok. My brother is a left wing political TikToker and he's been put in "TikTok" jail already. Can't upload anything new and all his scheduled stuff is frozen.
January 25, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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maddenifico.bsky.social
We're used to seeing images like this of Nazi Germany. This is what an execution looks like. It's an image that will haunt America for years to come. Alex Pretti was a nurse whose life was dedicated to saving lives. In the eyes of the world, America has become the monster it used to fight against.
January 25, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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bostonfrenchtoast.bsky.social
Yes, a bit late perhaps, but we've gone to 5 Slices / Severe. No, won't be a blizzard, but the NWS is now predicting 18-20 for Boston, the very heart of the Greater French Toast Region. And the governor is heading to The Bunker! At least for a 12:30 p.m. press conference.
bostonfrenchtoast.com
French Toast Alert for Boston: 5 Slices / Severe
January 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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kawulf.bsky.social
Almost 256 years ago, when British soldiers were occupying a city that was restless in their presence but still firmly part of the empire, a confrontation ended in the shooting death of five people, with 6 more wounded. This offset image of the Boston Massacre is so evocative. 1/
Eighteenth century print, not colored, of soldiers on the right shooting toward a crowd, one man already on the ground. A version of Paul Revere's famous "Boston Massacre" print from the collections of the John Carter Brown Library that is offset so you see some images multiple times.
January 25, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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sharonk.bsky.social
i'll take Douthat on free speech seriously the minute the federal death squads in America are gone
potatoffel.bsky.social potatoffel @potatoffel.bsky.social · 10d
The gall of lecturing about "harsh restrictions on speech" from a country whose government will attempt to punish every opposition stance or criticism
January 25, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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thefred.bsky.social
The Eighth Circuit also murdered Pretti by staying the injunction against DHS abusing citizens in Minneapolis.
joshgerstein.bsky.social Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 11d
JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 1:11 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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eliothiggins.bsky.social
I'm seeing people mistakenly claim the gun photo was posted before today, but its just how Google sometimes dates images based on the original date of the thread its posted in, not when it was posted. The photo was posted an hour ago in this 5 day old thread
www.reddit.com/r/fivethirty...
January 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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musicologyduck.bsky.social
the mood is not subtle
Sign reading EXECUTE DONALD TRUMP HIS ENTITE ADMHISTRATION AND ALL THOSE COMPLICIT HANG THEM ALL
January 24, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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mayorwu.boston.gov
The ongoing invasion of our cities by a dangerous and out-of-control federal administration must be stopped.
STATEMENT ON ICE SHOOTING OF ALEX PRETTI After another gruesome act of fatal violence by federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis, all Americans must demand that the Trump Administration end its deadly, unlawful, and unconstitutional occupation of the Twin Cities. The ongoing invasion of our cities by a dangerous and out-of-control federal administration must be stopped. This week, the City of Boston led 44 cities around the country in supporting the federal lawsuit to end the illegal ICE surge in Minnesota. Our hearts are with Alex Pretti's loved ones and the people of Minnesota and we share their grief. While we mourn once again a tragic and needless death, we urge the court to take immediate action to stop the violence, end the occupation, and help local leaders in the Twin Cities restore peace to these communities under siege. MAYOR MICHELLE WU
January 24, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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universalhub.com
Emergency protest at Park Street at 5 p.m.

#Boston
From Boston to MPLS: Park Street rally at 5
January 24, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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utopia-defer.red
A day will come
January 24, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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golikehellmachine.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM