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Emily
@emzorbit.bsky.social
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My child will never hold office because of this account. Fluent in cursing and sarcasm. Connoisseur of crappy candy.
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emzorbit.bsky.social
I’m glad so many people are speaking out - athletes, celebrities, even Republicans. But why wasn’t Renee Good’s murder enough? Why didn’t they speak out then? Some did but most didn’t. With no accountability for the first, the second was inevitable.
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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taniel.bsky.social
Now in Maine: ICE watchers say federal agents are coming to their house to threaten and intimidate 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 27, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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taniel.bsky.social
NEW: There are 2,400+ elections for DA & sheriff this year.

These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.*

So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds.

Read, & check out our maps:
In Criminal Justice Elections This Year, ICE Contracts Are on the Hot Seat - Bolts
With roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff this year, Bolts reviews the map and early hotspots that will shape criminal punishment and law enforcement practices.
boltsmag.org
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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victinibcn.bsky.social
Pediatric doctor alerts of the dire consequences of ICE operations in Minnesota. Parents are scared to death of their children being abducted that they do not dare to take them to the hospital despite their degraded health. This creates a severe general health concern for all.
January 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM
emzorbit.bsky.social
If Democrats are negotiating, I hope they force the rehiring of the immigration judges the administration has fired. They also need to do something about the abuse and neglect occurring at the detention facilities. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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billcorbett.bsky.social
We call for a deescalation of tensions from both sides, the murderers and the people being murdered
January 26, 2026 at 5:34 AM
emzorbit.bsky.social
End qualified immunity.
laurachapin.bsky.social Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 1d
Per this analysis from the infamous lefty rag the Wall Street Journal, it sounds like a single CBP/ICE officer emptied his magazine into Alex Pretti as he lay pinned to the ground.
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents
See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation on Saturday.
www.wsj.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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chrisdeleon.bsky.social
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here

> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility

that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
404media.co 404 Media @404media.co · 1d
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Bill Kristol is making a clearer case for what Democrats can and should do in the minority than Chuck Schumer or Hakeem Jeffries ever has
gtconway.bsky.social George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d
AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.

We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
January 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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bmcchgo.bsky.social
“Peace is what the powerful ask for when they don’t want to be interrupted”. See that press release of Minnesota corporations for a perfect example
gregolear.bsky.social Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 1d
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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probablyinbed.bsky.social
All it took were TWO (not one) executions. Shout out to the spineless- you’re doing amazing, sweeties.
January 25, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Bovino: “ICE are the victims”
January 25, 2026 at 11:11 PM
emzorbit.bsky.social
The reason ICE was in that neighborhood yesterday? They were looking for someone who had misdemeanor traffic violations about a decade ago; no felony convictions. Alex Pretti was murdered because Trump’s thugs were looking for someone who exceeded the speed limit 9 years ago.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d
Things are so bad that the Minnesota prison system has had to launch a website specifically to combat DHS lies. The first major release from DOC officials suggests Gregory Bovino outright lied about the target of the Border Patrol operation during which agents shot and killed Alex Pretti.
KARE 11: Minnesota DOC launches new website to 'address ongoing misinformation by DHS' The DOC names Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino directly in a statement. Minnesota Department of Corrections Statement on Minneapolis Shooting and Federal Claims January 24, 2026 The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) extends its condolences to the family and loved ones of Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by federal agents this morning in Minneapolis. The loss of life is tragic, and Minnesotans deserve transparency, accountability, and facts. In the hours following the shooting, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino held a press conference asserting that the operation was targeting an individual named Jose Huerta-Chuma and characterized him as having a significant criminal history. Because federal statements have repeatedly included inaccurate information about Minnesota custody and criminal records, the DOC reviewed available records to determine whether the individual referenced had any connection to Minnesota state prison custody. ased on DOC records and publicly available Minnesota court data: The individual identified by federal officials has never been in Minnesota DOC custody. DOC and court records show no felony commitments associated with this Public Minnesota court records reflect only misdemeanor-level traffic offenses from more than a decade ago. The individual is not currently under DOC supervision. DOC records further indicate that an individual by this name was previously held in federal immigration custody in a local Minnesota jail in 2018, during President Trump’s first administration. Any decisions regarding release from federal custody at that time would have been made by federal authorities. DOC has no information explaining why this individual was released.
January 26, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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mattcameron.bsky.social
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.

This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
Glenn Close, "I have watched our democracy being systematically disemboweled and torn apart along with the institutions"

"I am outraged and sickened by what is happening under the Trump regime"

"Mark my words, there will be hell to pay"
January 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM
emzorbit.bsky.social
It is NOT ‘heated rhetoric’ or ‘turning up the temperature, to make an observation that the Trump administration is creating situations similar to situations created by the Nazis.

If you want people to stop comparing you to Nazis, stop acting like fucking Nazis.
January 25, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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kashana.blacksky.app
What a relief that they’re calling for a general de-escalation of tensions, since it’s hard to tell who’s at fault, the people murdering people or the people who aren’t doing the murdering.
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
emzorbit.bsky.social
”Don’t call silence ‘peacemaking’” 🔥
January 25, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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teslatakedown.com
CALLING OUR COMMUNITY:

Minnesota has called for a national action training so communities everywhere can be prepared to defend our neighbors AND join the fight for the Twin Cities. RSVP now to join us! #TeslaTakedown act.womensmarch.com/signup/mvmts...
Movement Strong Action Training
January 26 | 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT The MAGA regime is escalating violence and lawlessness through ICE abductions and killings, international aggression, and open defiance of Congress, including the refu...
act.womensmarch.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:09 PM
emzorbit.bsky.social
What‘s really enraging to me about Alex Pretti’s death is that is was completely unnecessary. Videos show the federal agent instigating the altercation when he pushed the woman to the ground for filming him. A life lost because some hot head is juiced up on irresponsible rhetoric from leadership.
January 25, 2026 at 11:46 PM
emzorbit.bsky.social
Alex Pretti’s murder is the natural consequence of leadership (Trump, Miller, Noem, Vance, Bovino) that sends the message from the top: it’s an existential fight; it’s an invasion; your fellow citizen is the enemy. So miss me with all the “both sides need to bring down the temperature”.
mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d
Donald Trump routinely encouraged his followers at rallies to "knock the crap out of" anyone who protested him. So his current policy in Minneapolis to kill people who protest him is the logical next step to that deeply damaged, fragile mindset.

www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Trump’s History of Encouraging Violence
Donald J. Trump has appealed to the raw anger of voters and encouraged crowds at rallies to use force against protesters who are disruptive.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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solomonmissouri.bsky.social
My favorite part the CEO’s asking the murderers to work with the murdered to bring down the murders
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.

This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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stephensemler.bsky.social
Most of this year's ICE budget comes from last year's reconciliation bill. House Democratic leaders discouraged its members from offering amendments eliminating that funding. Didn't want the party to come across as anti-ICE.

www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-budget...
ICE budget set to triple to $30 billion in 2026. Trump request: $11 billion, plus estimated $19 billion from reconciliation bill. The red line chart shows gradual increase in the ICE budget from 2016 to 2025, before skyrocketing to a projected $30 billion in 2026. 2026 estimate based on Trump's budget request and White House documents stating that 25% of reconciliation homeland security funding is for 2026.
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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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