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Iron Spike

@ironspike.bsky.social

Heyo, Chicago pals: Quick note that the executive vice president of the Bob Loquercio Auto Group is vociferously defending the murder of Alex Pretti.

The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.

www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...

January 25, 2026 at 3:17 PM

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Jon Cooper

@joncooper-us.bsky.social

😡 😡

January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM

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Jeff Rueter

@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

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Jon Cooper

@joncooper-us.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: Witnesses say a man was shot by a federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning. There are reports that he is dead.

Live: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say

More than a hundred protesters and observers have gathered near E. 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue.

www.startribune.com

January 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM

Crazy Cool Caitlin

@imcaitlintho.bsky.social

Damn.

just Dave @justdave.bsky.social · 1d

January 24, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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Ken Klippenstein

@kenklippenstein.bsky.social

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM

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Crazy Cool Caitlin

@imcaitlintho.bsky.social

Saw this over on Reddit. Seven Dems voted to fund this disaster. What a sham. Minnesota, please be safe.

Sullivan Elementary warning their parents that ICE is sending flyers for food support and not to respond.

A message from Sullivan Elementary "Hello Sullivan families, we have learned that ice is sending out flyers offering food to support families. For your safety do not respond to these offers. If your family is in need of support please contact the school and we will connect you with one of our school social workers. Thank you! "

January 23, 2026 at 6:53 AM

Crazy Cool Caitlin

@imcaitlintho.bsky.social

Saw this over on Reddit. Seven Dems voted to fund this disaster. What a sham. Minnesota, please be safe.

Sullivan Elementary warning their parents that ICE is sending flyers for food support and not to respond.

January 23, 2026 at 6:53 AM

Crazy Cool Caitlin

@imcaitlintho.bsky.social

I have been thinking about this every day I am gone from work. I live in an apartment where I still get mail from a resident that lived in the apartment before me and she has a Spanish name. I have a very sweet 14 year old deaf, stranger aggressive dog. What happens if they bust my door down?

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

bit.ly

January 21, 2026 at 10:59 PM

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Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

Lol, lmao.

Don't mess with @atrupar.com

Benjamin Ryan posts a quote-style post referencing Aaron Rupar on Bluesky, saying Rupar denounced Trump as “a senile madman” and suggested Congress must impeach him, then asks, “What do y’all think?” An embedded Bluesky post from Rupar reads: “The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States… He’s a senile madman,” dated January 21, 2026, with thousands of reposts and likes. Below, Rupar replies “posted that here too,” Ryan again says he can’t find it due to Rupar’s frequent tweeting, and Rupar responds with “skill issue.”

A back-and-forth unfolds in replies. Aaron Rupar says he “posted that here too.” Benjamin Ryan responds that he can’t find it because Rupar has tweeted dozens of times in the past couple of hours. Another user, Jennifer Sage, sarcastically asks if Ryan is new and whether he knows what Rupar does. Ryan replies, “He posts quotes.” Rupar responds defensively, asking why Ryan is being sour and saying he’s unsure what provoked it. Rupar then warns Ryan he’s on track to creating another enemy. Ryan replies, “I lay down my sword. Not looking for an enemy.” Rupar finishes with a snide remark: “smart move. first one you’ve made in my mentions today.”

January 21, 2026 at 5:49 PM

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Dom Ervolina

@dominicervolina.com

1/21/2026 - Minneapolis

Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment

At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children

January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM

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Micah

@rincewind.run

pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions

Ashley Miller @amreports.bsky.social · 3d

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Several agents hold a person down and sprays them with pepper spray.

January 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows:
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.

January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.

January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM

Crazy Cool Caitlin

@imcaitlintho.bsky.social

I normally just look at these passively but he flew into Burbank 30 MINUTES ago and he already is leaving. Did he just fly there to hand a piece of paper to someone or something? Bizarre.

Elon Musk's Jet Tracking @elonjet.net · 4d

Took off from Burbank, California, United States.

Reg: N628TS On Ground: False Alt: 650 Last Contact: 0:00:01.000778 Trigger: no longer on ground

January 21, 2026 at 12:40 AM

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Senate Gabe

@senategabe.bsky.social

I've just drafted an impeachment article against Donald Trump for threatening our allies with illegal seizure of territory.

Send this to your members of congress and demand they introduce it.

H. RES. ___
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
RESOLUTION
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the Senate:
Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, against Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.
ARTICLE I: THREATENING ALLIES WITH ILLEGAL SEIZURE OF TERRITORY
In his conduct of the office of President of the United States—and in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed—Donald John Trump has abused the powers of the Presidency in a manner offensive to, and subversive of, the Constitution, in that:
Starting from the the first week of his second term, he began to threaten the autonomous territory of Greenland with annexation despite explicit and forceful condemnations from the Greenlandic and Danish governments. The United States is a treaty ally with Denmark, in a treaty ratified by the United States Senate, and the Congress has not been consulted or given ascent to military actions or threats against Denmark's autonomous territory.

In a call, described by senior European officials as “fiery”, with the Danish Prime Minister in January of 2025, he insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland.
One official briefed on the call described it as the following: “He was very firm. It was a cold shower. Before, it was hard to take it seriously. But I do think it is serious, and potentially very dangerous.”
When his close ally in the United States Congress, Andy Ogle, introduced a resolution supporting his bid to take over Greenland, career federal prosecutors were withdrawn from investigating Rep. Ogles.
In a May 2025 interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, he refused to rule out using military force to take over Greenland, despite being given multiple opportunities to do so.
In August of 2025, he refused to comment on if covert influence campaigns were underway, after credible reports from Danish media reported that three individuals with direct connections to him were engaged in such operations.
He appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to be a special envoy to Greenland, the first time such a position has been created. Governor Landry in his acceptance post on social media stated the reason for his appointment was to make Greenland part of the United States.

In January of 2026,
In a social media post, he stated that he had ordered his “top generals” to draw up plans to invade Greenland “whether they like it or not”.
He posted on social media that ‘anything less’ than U.S. control over Greenland is “unacceptable”.
After allies deployed military force to deter the US from seizing Greenland, he imposed tariffs against those allies, suggesting an imminent plan to invade.
He sent a letter to the Norwegian Prime Minister that reads as follows:
“Dear Jonas:
Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you!”
In all of this, Donald Trump has flagrantly and willfully disregarded Federal laws and the Constitution, threatened the integrity of the democratic system, and the world order which the United States has derived immense benefit since the end of the Second World War. He has imperiled the freedom of the people of Greenland in gross violation of international law. He has destroyed our reputation amongst our allies and made them fear attacks on their own sovereign territory.
Wherefore, Donald Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he is unfit to govern a Nation by and for the people, has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with the rule of law, and will remain a threat to the Constitution as well as global stability if allowed to remain in office.

January 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM

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Outspoken™️

@out5p0ken.bsky.social

“They’re starting to resist more. We’re gonna end up shooting some of them.” — leaked ICE footage

January 18, 2026 at 2:05 AM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

DELETED

After lying about this baby they gassed and almost killed in their own neighborhood, DHS deleted their post

January 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM

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Phil Lewis

@phillewis.bsky.social

The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others

Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing

Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.

www.huffpost.com

January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

“They chased him, he got home and when we closed the door they shot him.”

MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside

Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...

January 15, 2026 at 4:50 AM

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Siamese Cats #BoycottElSalvador 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦💯

@siamesecats.bsky.social

Man with 6 kids (incl 6 month old) who WN part of the MN protests and was just trying to leave was targeted by ICE with flash bangs.

America, you don't have to be involved to be targeted. Just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Wake up.

cc: @atrupar.com
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10d

That is what was relayed

January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Laura Jedeed on applying for a job with ICE: "I expected them to Google me, and they didn't ... they sent me a final job offer ... what's disturbing is we don't know who is wearing these masks with guns in our city. We don't know if they have domestic violence convictions."

January 14, 2026 at 6:33 PM

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Sharon

@sharonk.bsky.social

what the actual fuck

Shoe+ @shoe.bsky.social · 11d

Someone get this case in front of Gorsuch immediately

January 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑

@50501movement.bsky.social

He survived the point-blank shot from a DHS agent but the doctors say a sneeze or a cough could shift the metal enough to kill him.

www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...