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"In a world filled with misery and uncertainty, it is a great comfort to know that, in the end, there is light in the darkness."

- Joshua Graham/The Burned Man
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toonhive.bsky.social
‘Cleopatra In Space’ creator Mike Maihack’s brand new graphic novel called ‘The Moonlit Spiral’ will release on October 6th.
January 25, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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Hundreds of Businesses Join General Strike Against ICE

“We cannot simply sit by and allow this to continue,” one labor union president said. “We must use every tool that we have to fight back.”
#GeneralStrike
#Minnesota
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Hundreds of businesses join general strike against ICE
“We cannot simply sit by and allow this to continue,” one labor union president said. “We must use every tool that we have to fight back.”
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January 24, 2026 at 6:27 AM
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JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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🚨 NEW — Statement from the family of Alex 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... 1/
"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 has 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."
January 25, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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Statement from the NRA:
January 25, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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charlotteclymer.bsky.social
Both of Nevada's senators--Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen--have officially come out against the DHS funding bill following the execution of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis this morning. This effectively ends the DHS funding bill in the Senate.
January 24, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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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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meidastouch.com
Read every word.
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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.
January 25, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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animenewsnetwork.com
Queer romance and horror intersect in Out of the Cocoon and folk horror takes center stage in Divine Incursions as our Winter Manga Guide continues!
The Winter 2026 Manga Guide
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January 24, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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theswu.bsky.social
Our hearts go out the the people of Minnesota today. You truly have friends everywhere. 💙
January 24, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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therealjackhopkins.bsky.social
Governor Tim Walz is the right man for this moment. He was built for it.
January 25, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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axios.com
Minnesota Gov. Walz vows state investigation into DHS "lies" about shooting
Minnesota Gov. Walz vows state investigation into DHS "lies" about shooting
This is the second time state leaders said federal officials have refused to cooperate in a shooting investigation.
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January 24, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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mangaalerts.com
Dark Horse announced they Delayed The Credits Roll into the Sea again

• This time its being delayed from June 23rd to now July 7th

Credit to @wintervenom91.bsky.social for the heads up!
January 24, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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magicariot.com
love how 2026 life is just alternating between “find out how the gestapo is executing people today” and “keep hocking your wares so you don’t lose your home in the country that hates social safety nets” over and over until mental collapse
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Rep. Bennie Thompson demands the Senate vote against CBP and ICE funding and for the House to immediately take up the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
Screenshot of a post by journalist Andrew Solender quoting Rep. Bennie Thompson, the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, calling on the Senate to vote against funding for CBP and ICE and urging the House to immediately take steps to impeach Kristi Noem. Below the post is an image of an official press release titled “Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Yet Another U.S. Citizen Killed by ICE & CBP in Minneapolis,” dated January 26, 2026. The statement condemns the killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis, accuses ICE, CBP, DHS, Donald Trump, and Kristi Noem of responsibility, calls for the release of body camera footage, demands ICE and CBP leave Minneapolis, urges public testimony from agency leaders, opposes further funding for CBP and ICE, and calls for Kristi Noem’s impeachment.
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis protester fatally shot by a federal officer was ICU nurse Alex Pretti, his parents say.
January 24, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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‘Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl’ Episode 2 will release on YouTube on January 31st.
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Excited to announce that ✨THE MOONLIT SPIRAL✨, my first creator-owned original graphic novel since Cleopatra in Space, arrives in shops 10/6/26 from Candlewick Press. 🩵
Cover for Mike Maihack's upcoming fantasy graphic novel, THE MOONLIT SPIRAL. Out in shops 10/6/26 from Candlewick Press and available for preorder right now!
January 24, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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shenpai.gay
Holy shit the Chainsaw man movie is fucking peak. I'm sorry, I wasn't familliar with your game
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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retquits.art
so don't get too comfortable.

#art
A digital painting of an ice cube, followed by several hands closed over each other with water pouring from them. Bold text on the art reads: "ICE MELTS".
January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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animenewsnetwork.com
The Girls Band Cry anime is getting a manga adaptation starting next week.
Girls Band Cry Anime Gets Manga on January 30
Upcoming manga is separate from previously announced webtoon adaptation
www.animenewsnetwork.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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I am running out of things to say. Just... What is it even gonna reasonably take for some actual justice and punishment to come? How many more deaths will we have to witness until then? How much more will America shatter? And how do we even start to more forward?
January 24, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."

Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
January 24, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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bookshop.org
I don’t have anything funny or witty to offer as a balm for what we’re currently living through.

But, what I do want you to know is that there is a human behind this account and humans behind this brand that are hurting with you.

Sending hugs across the internet to everyone who needs one. 💜
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Mentioned twice on the same PW list? Don’t mind if I do 😁
Spring 2026 Preview: Young Adult Comics
Love is in the air as romance dominates spring’s teen comics, alongside stories of characters pursuing such passions as music and skateboarding.
www.publishersweekly.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:27 PM