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Leslie Mac
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jbendery.bsky.social
HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.

Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Is In His Asylum Hearing Right Now
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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sonofahurricane.bsky.social
Folks, the east side of St. Paul has been getting slammed by ICE and needs help. Harding High on the east side is like 50-75% vulnerable families and is currently feeding 60 families a week. Please consider giving here. www.gofundme.com/f/vvtc6j-rel...
Donate to Relief for Harding Families in Crisis, organized by Harding Parents United
Some students are returning from school to find their parents have been d… Harding Parents United needs your support for Relief for Harding Families in Crisis
www.gofundme.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
lesliemac.com
ACCOUNTABILITY POST 2 - distributed the rest of the funds collected to a family needing support around emergency housing & food.

#DirectGivingSavesLives
Screenshot of a $150 payment
February 4, 2026 at 12:39 AM
lesliemac.com
ACCOUNTABILITY POST - goal has been met & funds distributed. Any additional funds collected will be held j distributed for other Direct Giving needs.

thank you to everyone who gave.
#DirectGivingSavesLives
Accountability post screenshot of $80 payout
February 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
lesliemac.com
URGENT ASK - I have an urgent ask from a Black Women organizer in Texas who needs support to get their insulin and insulin supplies this month.

They are $80 short:
CashApp: $LeslieMacFRN
Venmo: @LeslieMacFRN
URGENT ASK Direct Giving Saves Lives
February 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
lesliemac.com
Minnesota is STILL under occupation. Everything you have seen on your screens over the past few weeks is STILL happening. Neighbors are being kidnapped, communities are being terrorized, people are being brutally attacked by federal forces. Keep sharing and keep donating below!
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 16d
tomorrow, StandWithMinnesota.com will hit a million site visits and over 650,000 unique visitors.

i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.

thank you. thank you.
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
StandWithMinnesota.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
lesliemac.com
Yes!
popbase.tv Pop Base @popbase.tv · 9d
‘Anxiety’ by Doechii wins the #GRAMMYs  award for Best Music Video.
February 1, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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atrupar.com
Rep. Morrison on conditions at Whipple: "She said, 'they are treating us like animals in here. The women that are in this cell with me, we slept on a cold concrete floor last night. We were begging for a blanket, & guards were cruel'... we have to resolve that every single person deserves dignity"
February 1, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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thezodiacheir.blacksky.team
GUYSSSSSSSSS! 🥹
February 1, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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eladn.bsky.social
Our country is going through a mass effort at ethnic cleansing, and we need to get into the practice of saying that out loud.
January 29, 2026 at 3:33 AM
lesliemac.com
Psst - they want the lists too...
sabuch.bsky.social SABUCH @sabuch.bsky.social · 13d
What are you doing about this?

@democrats.senate.gov
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
rawstory.com Raw Story @rawstory.com · 13d
A Border Patrol agent recently spilled the beans about more than a dozen 'secret and obscure watchlists' that President Donald Trump's administration has created to monitor Americans, according to a new report.
January 29, 2026 at 4:38 AM
lesliemac.com
These are the demands. Get it together.
A PERSONNEL CHANGE IS NOT JUSTICE REMOVING A LEADER DOES NOT ADDRESS THE VIOLENCE DEMANDS FROM MINNESOTA CALL FOR REAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND SAFETY NOW. ICE must leave Minnesota now. Any officer who kills a civilian must be held legally accountable. That starts with legitimate investigations and charges by local officials. Shut down Trump’s ICE. No additional federal funding for ICE in the upcoming Congressional budget and ICE should be investigated for human and Constitutional violations of Americans and our neighbors.
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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alexaphilippou.bsky.social
Unrivaled co-founder and WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart held up an “Abolish ICE” sign during player intros ahead of Mist’s game this afternoon.

Photo via @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
lesliemac.com
#EyesNotLies “…we’re well-practiced in distinguishing what we see with our eyes from the lies in the narrative.”
— Rev. Dr. Oscar Sinclair

Watch the full interview: youtu.be/arUy32BcSPg
January 25, 2026 at 7:52 PM
lesliemac.com
Most days Aaron Bushnell runs across my heart and mind. So many martyrs to mourn in this time.
January 25, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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🚨BREAKING: An eyewitness to Border Patrol murdering Alex Pretti:

"As a United States military veteran trained in counterinsurgency and detainee operations, from my perspective—Alex was not resisting. What I saw disgusted me, it made me sick to my stomach!" LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 25, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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ziibiing.com
if you are looking for a place to give a few bucks today please think about b.resale in Minneapolis. the shooting yesterday happened in front of their store. they are staying open as a refuge. they’ve been handing out free supplies for ICE watch for weeks.

cashapp $bresalempls
paypal.me/bresalempls
January 25, 2026 at 5:05 PM
lesliemac.com
What "momentum" are you talking about? I'll wait. This isn't me saying gun down anyone, I just want to understand what YOU see as momentum.

Because ICE raids are still going on across the country INCLUDING Minneapolis and no one is doing shit to stop it - so what MOMENTUM are you talking about?
bikesnacks.bsky.social Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 17d
The minute people gun down one agent every network will air wall to wall "fallen hero" segments

And whatever momentum they have now is gone. Poof.
January 25, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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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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muellershewrote.com
NEW: Minnesota BCA was denied access to the crime scene. They got a WARRANT and DHS STILL BLOCKED THEM. So DHS doesn’t need a warrant to enter your house, but an actual warrant to enter the crime scene is denied?
January 25, 2026 at 1:01 AM
lesliemac.com
Angered by the murder of Alex Pretti today? Looking for a way to take action? We need your help!

Sharing this call from my beloveds in Minneapolis.

#EyesNotLies asks us to watch the video, tell the truth about what we saw, and refuse the lies.

Details here:
👉 bit.ly/EyesNotLiesA...
Black background with white lettering saying #EYESNOTLIES
January 25, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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colocharachel.bsky.social
Nothing an observer or protestor does or doesn’t do will prevent them from escalating their violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM
lesliemac.com
TRIGGER WARNING - Video of the murder of ICU Nurse Alex Pretti - please share. Alex was KILLED after he was disarmed. The government is lying. We must get the truth out. #iceout
January 24, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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kagrox.bsky.social
Bondi: “Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP."
jackjenkins.me Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 18d
As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
lesliemac.com
LET THEM PRAY.
Clergy taking arrest.
This is what this regime is about. For all their faux outrage last week -
jackjenkins.me Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 18d
Police have arrived. Arrests seem imminent. The crowd chants “let them pray” and “Minnesota nice means prosecute ICE”
January 23, 2026 at 5:19 PM