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Loren.
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Architect, dad, Seattle immigrant, old.
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Why does Pam Bondi hate Georgia Fort? "Georgia Fort is a three-time Midwest Emmy award-winning journalist who was one of two journalists in the courtroom for the sentencing of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering George Floyd." www.startribune.com/who-is-georg...
Who is Georgia Fort? Minnesota journalist arrested after covering anti-ICE church protest
Fort is a Midwest Emmy award-winning independent reporter.
www.startribune.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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Lay down your data, and you make your art

Everybody wants a Sankey chart
January 31, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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mauraquint.bsky.social
The thing about Catherine O’Hara is she is so hilarious and talented that I forgot she was mortal
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution January 30 of Every Year "Stand up for what is right!" www.korematsuinstitute.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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tom.medsky.social
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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faineg.bsky.social
The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).

www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
Look what pulled into Tacoma It's at pct with the green cranes now. For Renee Good. 2K少 D86 RaccoonWillich • 6h ago What's remarkable about this? Does it say something? Edit: Ah I figured this was a colorblindness test. I did not pass. Thanks everyone! • 0 349 ₴ • IncognitoMeanie • 6h ago Oh no! You're colorblind : ( 3 more replies v Handyandy58 • 6h ago The red containers spell "rEnEE" which is a reference to Renee Good, the woman who was murdered by an ICE officer in Minneapolis on January 7 2026. 42 153 a Renee good containers
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
So Greg Bovino is back to his post at USBP in El Centro. There are many lovely hardworking Americans in El Centro but at a place to be it is not to everyone’s taste. I had a hearing in El Centro and drove there the night before because you can’t get there in the morning…../1
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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ashponders.bsky.social
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
A screenshot of WhatsApp: Ash: Sebastián, I have one very pressing question. Sebastián Di Martino: Let me know Ash: Are jaguar soft? Sebastián Di Martino: They are very soft (two hearts on the answer)
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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Twitter screenshot. Text as follows: Remembering that thing in grad school when my professor, a great ornithologist, got a random call Drunk guy, bar noises in background: (text all caps) IS THIS THE BIRD PROFESSOR? My advisor: um...yes? Drunk guy (again, all caps) DO HUMMINGBIRDS HAVE FEET? my advisor: ...yes * wild cheering over phone from bar *
January 25, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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timwestland.bsky.social
Leaving this here...
January 26, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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dmbmeg.bsky.social
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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thehighsign.bsky.social
Tiananmen Square, Minnesota-style. So cathartic to watch.
dmbmeg.bsky.social Dumb Megan @dmbmeg.bsky.social · 6d
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 7:52 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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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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edmarkey.bsky.social
Not one more cent for DHS and ICE. We have the power to end this.
January 24, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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adamrose.bsky.social
I'm looking for witnesses/victims of DHS retaliating against people who were recording their agents (ICE, Border Patrol, FPS, etc.) in Southern California.

This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
January 22, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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jacobdavison.bsky.social
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
drewdietsch.bsky.social Drew Dietsch @drewdietsch.bsky.social · 9d
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
maggiemcneill.bsky.social Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 16d
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
January 21, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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danirat.bsky.social
RT if you don't even know how the hell to open a ChatGPT tab
jacobdavison.bsky.social Jacob Davison @jacobdavison.bsky.social · 9d
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
drewdietsch.bsky.social Drew Dietsch @drewdietsch.bsky.social · 9d
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
January 21, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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NRAO has summer research opportunities for undergrads!

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January 22, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Shocking revelations from brave @wbaidlaw.bsky.social
clients on a hidden @icegov.bsky.social policy that violates the Constitution and endangers our neighbors everywhere.
January 21, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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When the government demands that an institution provides a list of all the Jewish employees, the outcome is never a good one

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
Penn Calls Government’s Demand for Lists of Jewish Staff ‘Disconcerting’
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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costasamaras.com
The President is using the lives of our servicemembers to backup his threats, to our partners and allies.
January 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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rockom.bsky.social
Has anyone tried turning off and then turning on the Democratic party?
January 21, 2026 at 3:19 AM