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Don't worry, I did!
January 25, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Don't worry, I did!
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the people shooting people and the people being shot both have an equal responsibility to reduce gun violence
This is from the NYT masthead editorial about the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The highlighted line invalidates not just the editorial, but the very idea of newspaper editorials crafted by the consensus of a board. Better to publish nothing at all than to publish a line like this.
!["The temperature in Minneapolis is dangerously high. There is an urgent need for the federal agents deployed to the city to step back and take a breath before more Americans are hurt or killed. [Highlighted]: Those protesting the Trump administration have an equal obligation to avoid violence.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zknk3rjsatent75sdbbopown/bafkreid6g5bmlf3gyxj2egzcy33hkwiaqgrzuoh3yhbpenmvdmvyyobfq4@jpeg)
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
the people shooting people and the people being shot both have an equal responsibility to reduce gun violence
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The video evidence is clear: Alex Pretti was not armed when he was shot. An agent removed Pretti's firearm from his waist before the shooting.
See for yourself here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
See for yourself here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
January 25, 2026 at 8:22 PM
The video evidence is clear: Alex Pretti was not armed when he was shot. An agent removed Pretti's firearm from his waist before the shooting.
See for yourself here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
See for yourself here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community.
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community.
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
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“We anticipated this time of trial, but we still pray:
"Líbranos del mal — deliver us from evil.”
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
"Líbranos del mal — deliver us from evil.”
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...
religionnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:19 PM
“We anticipated this time of trial, but we still pray:
"Líbranos del mal — deliver us from evil.”
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
"Líbranos del mal — deliver us from evil.”
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
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"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
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 2:03 AM
"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
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a civil engineer
valid work visa
master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023
in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland
no criminal record
themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
valid work visa
master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023
in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland
no criminal record
themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
Masked agents detain civil engineer in Portland
The man is in the U.S. on a work visa after receiving a master’s degree. Agents left his car running in the street with a smashed window.
themainemonitor.org
January 24, 2026 at 11:50 PM
a civil engineer
valid work visa
master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023
in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland
no criminal record
themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
valid work visa
master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023
in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland
no criminal record
themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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True feedback loop between domestic violence and state violence, they co-construct each other
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Watching these videos of ICE attacking children, I can’t help but think about how many of these men first practiced their violence in their own homes.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:13 PM
True feedback loop between domestic violence and state violence, they co-construct each other
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:42 PM
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
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well well well look who’s afraid of memes now
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 12:48 AM
well well well look who’s afraid of memes now
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Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
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look if you guys want to stick it to trump but still host it in the U.S. you can use my back yard. i only got one bathroom but it is gender neutral. so you'll all have to take turns.
January 24, 2026 at 12:55 AM
look if you guys want to stick it to trump but still host it in the U.S. you can use my back yard. i only got one bathroom but it is gender neutral. so you'll all have to take turns.
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I finally got around to writing about my 2025 in reading. Lots of great books! audacity.substack.com/p/my-2025-in...
My 2025 in Reading
Last year was not a great year in a string of not great years.
audacity.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I finally got around to writing about my 2025 in reading. Lots of great books! audacity.substack.com/p/my-2025-in...
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Icelandic people are fucking hard as nails man. I saw an Icelandic guy take a full body slide on lava rock, sandpaper half his skin off , and just continue a 200k bike race. I wouldn’t mess with them.
The White House says Trump didn't misspeak. They also will not rule out the possibility that Iceland is now on America's annexation hit list. theintercept.com/2026/01/21/t...
January 23, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Icelandic people are fucking hard as nails man. I saw an Icelandic guy take a full body slide on lava rock, sandpaper half his skin off , and just continue a 200k bike race. I wouldn’t mess with them.
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Hard to convey how much you can tangibly feel the love and care for one another people are showing here in Minneapolis. Even in the few days we’ve been here more businesses have come on board with the strike and we've met people from every walk of like doing the work to keep each other safe.
January 23, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Hard to convey how much you can tangibly feel the love and care for one another people are showing here in Minneapolis. Even in the few days we’ve been here more businesses have come on board with the strike and we've met people from every walk of like doing the work to keep each other safe.
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Update: my voice recorder died. I dropped it in the snow and it keeps saying “too hot”.
That thing has been to more places than most people will in their lives. Through the Darién, rojava, Marshall Islands, tons of other places.
Until Valhalla brother.
That thing has been to more places than most people will in their lives. Through the Darién, rojava, Marshall Islands, tons of other places.
Until Valhalla brother.
January 23, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Update: my voice recorder died. I dropped it in the snow and it keeps saying “too hot”.
That thing has been to more places than most people will in their lives. Through the Darién, rojava, Marshall Islands, tons of other places.
Until Valhalla brother.
That thing has been to more places than most people will in their lives. Through the Darién, rojava, Marshall Islands, tons of other places.
Until Valhalla brother.
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Here is today's afternoon briefing with a detailed look at Alabama's wild weekend of weather: www.youtube.com/live/5j4s3iw...
James Spann's Afternoon Briefing - Friday 1.23.26
YouTube video by James Spann
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Here is today's afternoon briefing with a detailed look at Alabama's wild weekend of weather: www.youtube.com/live/5j4s3iw...
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🚨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.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨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.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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it's never the crazy weird conspiracy theory weapons. they are poisoning you with toxins they are well-documented to have. they are beating you with ordinary sticks and shooting you with ordinary guns
the only conspiracy is how they gained legal immunity to do this
the only conspiracy is how they gained legal immunity to do this
My group was able to recover a spent canister from a green smoke grenade in Minneapolis. We now confirm with physical evidence that it was a green signaling grenade.
Please don't spread rumors about hexachloroethane or nerve agents.
#PublicPreparedness #Minneapolis
Please don't spread rumors about hexachloroethane or nerve agents.
#PublicPreparedness #Minneapolis
January 22, 2026 at 4:12 AM
it's never the crazy weird conspiracy theory weapons. they are poisoning you with toxins they are well-documented to have. they are beating you with ordinary sticks and shooting you with ordinary guns
the only conspiracy is how they gained legal immunity to do this
the only conspiracy is how they gained legal immunity to do this
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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It's release day! 🎉 @jamesstout.bsky.social's 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘔𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘰𝘫𝘢𝘷𝘢 is available now: www.akpress.org/against-the-... (You can also download a free PDF reading and discussion guide.)
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
It's release day! 🎉 @jamesstout.bsky.social's 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘔𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘰𝘫𝘢𝘷𝘢 is available now: www.akpress.org/against-the-... (You can also download a free PDF reading and discussion guide.)
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this is just straight up murder by the regime
🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 20, 2026 at 6:10 AM
this is just straight up murder by the regime