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cwebbonline.com
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.

Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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washingtonpost.com
Federal agents in Minneapolis wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground and secured the handgun he was carrying moments before shooting him multiple times, according to a Washington Post analysis of video footage.

Read more: https://wapo.st/4qGOx8M
January 25, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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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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helldude.bsky.social
there needs to be a sex offender registry but for ice guys. you should have to go door to door when you move to a new area and inform your neighbors that you used to be an ice guy. they shouldn't be allowed with 500 feet of a school
January 9, 2026 at 12:24 AM
jtcarroll.bsky.social
There’s always a fucking tweet.
Trump tweets threat against Iran if they shoot protesters.
January 8, 2026 at 3:11 AM
jtcarroll.bsky.social
2026 is the year we make Trump a lame dick.
January 1, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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atrupar.com
Trump didn’t exactly refute the “personality of an alcoholic” allegations tonight
December 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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gracelp.bsky.social
All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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rincewind.run
if Kash can go back years and fire people for kneeling or displaying a pride flag the absolute least the next Dem admin can do is fire every one of these assholes who are assaulting people on camera

(and then prosecute them)
lordnad.bsky.social Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · Oct 4
@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.
October 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
Spot on by @anildash.com: “The son of an immigrant, a child of the counterculture, a man offering an unmistakable fuck-you to Big Brother, and a person who, above all, would never kiss the ass of someone who had absolutely awful taste. This was Steve Jobs." www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...
How Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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kathbarbadoro.bsky.social
i will vote for whichever politician demands access to the list of people who bought alligator alcatraz merch
July 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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briantylercohen.bsky.social
tfw you've just stripped healthcare from 17 million Americans and ensured the closure of rural hospitals
July 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
“Incredibly destructive” sounds bad.
June 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
The Leeroy Jenkins Administration
June 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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kathryntewson.bsky.social
man that is a tight punchy 1000 words right there
ruddock.bsky.social jenna ruddock @ruddock.bsky.social · Jun 14
One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup
entire block of crowd control barricades arranged to accommodate a long line of people at security, empty
June 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
It's the Washington Monument in the background that really takes this to next-level dystopian
newseye.bsky.social News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jun 7
NEW: Unbelievable. A seemingly endless line of tanks & other military vehicles arrive in DC ahead of next week's parade.

They departed Texas 5 days ago.

What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.

(🎥 DW)
June 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
jtcarroll.bsky.social
“…intellectual carelessness…”
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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kellyeddington.bsky.social
New painting from my new series called “Visionaries.” This is my portrait of Illinois artist Robert Lee Mejer. I projected one of his beautiful paintings onto him, took reference photos, and created this 21”x29” watercolor. More info on my IG!
May 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
jtcarroll.bsky.social
Hello investors. Welcome to day 2 of the Black 4-Day Golf Weekend!
April 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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maiamindel.bsky.social
It's 1828. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.

It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.

It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
April 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
So good. 🤡

@brendanvduke.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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dceiver.bsky.social
19-20 months from now, Trump will have pushed the economy off a cliff and left the civil service a smouldering husk. If you're a Democratic elected and you think a government shutdown from a CR fight is gonna be the thing voters remember, you need your fucking head examined.
March 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
Musk and Trump could not possibly be sending a clearer signal that the Tesla protests are working than this pathetic stunt today.
March 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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cwarzel.bsky.social
wild
March 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM