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Jan Philipp Albrecht
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christianeymery.bsky.social
Die Ereignisse in #Minneapolis, im #Iran und anderen Ländern zeigen eines mit brutaler Deutlichkeit:

Wenn wir selbst nicht für eine freiheitl. Gesellschaft eintreten, wird es niemand für uns tun. Und es wird nur gemeinsam gehen. Das wissen die Spalter und Hetzer nur zu genau.
January 25, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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janalbrecht.bsky.social
So American law enforcement agents kill peaceful mothers and caretakers on the streets. This is insane and needs the awareness and the critical voice of European leaders despite all the geopolitical turmoil.
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h
Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony
Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony
Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground Two witnesses to the killing of Alex Pretti have said in sworn testimony that the 37-year-old intensive care nurse was not brandishing a weapon when he approached federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, contradicting a claim made by Trump administration officials as they sought to cast the shooting of a prone man as an act of self-defense. Their accounts came in sworn affidavits that were filed in federal court in Minnesota late Saturday, just hours after Pretti’s killing, as part of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of Minneapolis protesters against Kristi Noem and other homeland security officials directing the immigration crackdown in the city. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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janalbrecht.bsky.social
Just read this 👇

bsky.app/profile/reic...

We are talking about a violent human rights abusing regime killing people right on the streets.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h
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 11:03 AM
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janalbrecht.bsky.social
The EU should start pressuring the U.S. to stop the killings by announcing to list ICE as a terrorist organization otherwize.
January 25, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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janalbrecht.bsky.social
It‘s really hard to share this but let‘s be clear: We have to make sure the world sees the raw violence happening by law enforcement agents in the U.S. - killing citizens on the streets. We can‘t look away! This is systematic.
January 25, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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janalbrecht.bsky.social
Deutschland auch.
nzz.ch NZZ @nzz.ch · 1h
Amerika ist unter Präsident Donald Trump kein verlässlicher Partner mehr. Sollte die Schweiz den Kauf der F-35-Kampfjets deswegen überdenken?
Wegen Donald Trump: Die Zweifel am Kauf des F-35-Kampfjets wachsen
www.nzz.ch
January 25, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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avishaybsg.bsky.social
Time Magazine reports that 30,000 people were killed on the streets of Iran just between January 8 and 9.
More than 30,000 may have been killed in Iran protests, officials say — report
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www.timesofisrael.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:07 AM
janalbrecht.bsky.social
It‘s really hard to share this but let‘s be clear: We have to make sure the world sees the raw violence happening by law enforcement agents in the U.S. - killing citizens on the streets. We can‘t look away! This is systematic.
January 25, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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weidenholzer.bsky.social
Allerhöchste Zeit !
Kurswechsel: Europa soll US-Tech von kritischer Infrastruktur ausschließen
Die Gesellschaft für Informatik warnt vor einer digitalen Kolonie der USA und fordert einen Kurswechsel bei staatlicher IT
www.derstandard.at
January 25, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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eurosky.social
We're getting ready to launch - making sure we've got testing, observability and backups all in good order. It's taking a smidgen longer than we hoped but first invites will arrive on the first week of February and roll out throughout the month.

Thank you for your patience 🙏
eurosky.social Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · Dec 15
Announcing eurosky.social accounts - launching January 2026.

✅ Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative
✅ Hosted on European cloud
✅ Governed by European law

www.eurosky.social/register
Register for a eurosky.social account - one web identity, dozens of apps — eurosky
www.eurosky.social
January 25, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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jacobnyrup.bsky.social
Yet, history shows that such violence is risky and often backfires. It creates even more opposition and intensify resistance. The regime loses legitimacy. Yanukovych fell after the murders at Maidan and the murders at Tahrir Square accelerated Mubarak's fall. Let this backfire against Trump as well.
January 25, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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jacobnyrup.bsky.social
The murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good send a terrifying signal to protesters: if you are against us, we can kill you with impunity. This is a classical authoritarian strategy. Increase the costs of opposing the regime to stop people from protesting.

1/2
January 25, 2026 at 10:50 AM
janalbrecht.bsky.social
Deutschland auch.
nzz.ch NZZ @nzz.ch · 1h
Amerika ist unter Präsident Donald Trump kein verlässlicher Partner mehr. Sollte die Schweiz den Kauf der F-35-Kampfjets deswegen überdenken?
Wegen Donald Trump: Die Zweifel am Kauf des F-35-Kampfjets wachsen
www.nzz.ch
January 25, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Reposted by Jan Philipp Albrecht
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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claasgefroi.bsky.social
Eine Stellungnahme der Familie des erschossenen Alex Pretti:
Post von Brian Stelter: A statement from the family of Alex Pretti, obtained by CNN: "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. Thank you."
January 25, 2026 at 8:41 AM
janalbrecht.bsky.social
So American law enforcement agents kill peaceful mothers and caretakers on the streets. This is insane and needs the awareness and the critical voice of European leaders despite all the geopolitical turmoil.
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h
Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony
Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony
Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground Two witnesses to the killing of Alex Pretti have said in sworn testimony that the 37-year-old intensive care nurse was not brandishing a weapon when he approached federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, contradicting a claim made by Trump administration officials as they sought to cast the shooting of a prone man as an act of self-defense. Their accounts came in sworn affidavits that were filed in federal court in Minnesota late Saturday, just hours after Pretti’s killing, as part of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of Minneapolis protesters against Kristi Noem and other homeland security officials directing the immigration crackdown in the city. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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andrealoew.bsky.social
Auch die deutschen Medien hören mal bitte kurz zu 👇
timothysnyder.bsky.social Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12h
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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never-say-die.bsky.social
Dave Guttenfelder is an amazing photojournalist who‘s most recently primarily focused on conflict photojournalism in Syria and Ukraine.

Hes recently turned his talents to Minneapolis.
Federal agents violently arresting a man with another federal agent holding a grenade launcher in the foreground
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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marcberthold.bsky.social
#Trump und die #Krise in den deutsch-französischen Beziehungen, lassen Friedrich #Merz davon träumen, mit Giorgia #Meloni eine stabile Allianz aufzubauen.

Ob es in der #Rüstungskooperation besser laufen wird als mit #Macron? Bezeichnend, dass #Gas und #Abschiebungen 🇩🇪🇮🇹 Gemeinsamkeiten sind.
Der Kanzler in Rom: Nicht nur Trump schweißt Meloni und Merz zusammen
Eine turbulente außenpolitische Woche endet für den Kanzler bei den deutsch-italienischen Regierungskonsultationen in Rom. Warum Merz eine neue Allianz mit Meloni sucht.
www.tagesspiegel.de
January 24, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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lizzieohreally.bsky.social
genuinely stunning image
Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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ziibiing.com
this photo. minneapolis. 💜

📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
photo of march, signs for renee good and against ICe, crowded street.
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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wsj.com
Canada and the U.S. are squabbling over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s bid to chart a new model for smaller powers to fight back against the U.S.’s aggressive use of its economic and military might. on.wsj.com/4jTThoQ
Team Trump Is Livid After Canada’s Carney Calls Out U.S. Coercion
Washington and Ottawa are quarreling after the prime minister signaled smaller countries needed to fight back against America’s bullying.
on.wsj.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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profjacob.bsky.social
🚨🚨Re #leavingX, a recent study on the artificial intelligence chatbot #Grok embedded on X estimates it created the astonishing number of 3 MILLION sexualized images in 11 DAYS in January, including 23,000 of children. Unforgivable with this evidence to stay on #X. www.politico.eu/article/grok...
Grok could have produced 3 million sexual deepfakes in 11 days, says estimate
European regulators have yet to decide how to handle the explosion of nonconsensual deepfakes on the platform.
www.politico.eu
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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janalbrecht.bsky.social
JD #Vance talking about the Titanic not to be turned around over night is the most accurate description of the current state of America. We all just watch it stearing right towards the iceberg (somewhere south of Greenland) - an noone feels ready to get the captain off the bridge and turn the wheel.
factpostnews.bsky.social FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d
Vance on the economy:

"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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juliusk.bsky.social
These patterns closely align with the findings of a great paper by @essobecker.bsky.social, @lukasmergele.bsky.social, and @woessmann.bsky.social, revealing that East& West Germany already differed politically and demographically prior to its separation.
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
January 23, 2026 at 7:13 AM