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johnsipher.bsky.social
Deep cuts at Amazon and the Post. Hey, at least Bezos could pay 75m for the Melania movie and cover Trump’s inauguration fees. What a brave and courageous man.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...
Washington Post Plans Cuts to Reshape Newsroom
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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atrupar.com
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.

(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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kristenradtke.bsky.social
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 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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nbedera.bsky.social
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.

And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”

Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Note ICE agents in Minneapolis, Iranian security police in Tehran, using identical tactics against protesters.
January 14, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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astra.bsky.social
first they came for the...

take a stand before you're the target is a good takeaway
alexisgoldstein.bsky.social Alexis Goldstein @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social · 20d
Early 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally shut down the CFPB, the newest member of the Federal Reserve system. Jay Powell says nothing.

Summer 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Powell says nothing.

2026: Trump admin comes for Powell. He finally finds his voice.
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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djrothkopf.bsky.social
Who knew 2026 could be this much worse than 2025 this fast?
January 12, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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ardenthistorian.bsky.social
Ich habe beim DLF Kultur über die ersten Tage des neuen Jahrs gesprochen - über die Ermordung von Renee Good, den Angriff auf Venezuela, die Wirkmechanismen faschistischer Propaganda des Regimes und das Versagen der EU.
Trump droht Mexiko, Kolumbien und Grönland – Europa verliert an Glaubwürdigkeit
Trump beansprucht Grönland, droht Mexiko und Kolumbien. Europa reagiert kaum. Autorin Annika Brockschmidt warnt vor Hyperimperialismus und EU-Versagen.
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de
January 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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algreen.house.gov
Rep. Green Concerned that Fed Takeover of Good Case Means No Conviction or Pardon if Convicted. Watch the clip of Rep. Al Green by clicking here: youtu.be/rSVhtzkG2xI
Rep. Green Concerned that Fed Takeover of Good Case Means No Conviction or Pardon if Convicted
YouTube video by Rep. Al Green
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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simonwdc.bsky.social
Trump is turning the world into “a den of thieves” - the German President
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22d
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:

“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..

“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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melbuer.bsky.social
All I’m saying is some savvy and courageous journalist should upload that shit to YouTube and walk out the front door of CBS HQ with both middle fingers up

C’mon man, be BRAVE, the public needs to see this!
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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timcarvell.bsky.social
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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baddestmamajama.bsky.social
Waymo are DRIVERLESS TAXIS the tech industry set loose in San Francisco with basically no regulations, like you do with robots, but forgot to program them to deal with flashing traffic lights, because why would SAN FRANCISCO, a city that is part ocean and part earthquake fault, ever lose power??
aniccia.bsky.social John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · Dec 21
PG&E is having a massive outage in San Francisco. Waymo robots aren't handling the traffic light outages well. Cell service is also out is some places.

No surprise as Waymo robots & cell have repeatedly failed during power outages.

CPUC regulates both Waymo and PG&E (Profit Greed & Explosions).
December 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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These are so good
marc-fischer.bsky.social Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · Dec 3
Yo! If you missed the first two printings, tonight I cranked out 100 more copies of the Public Collectors booklet "Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents?" Still just $6.00 from the Half Letter Press webstore. Give the gift of FUCK ICE to someone you love. halfletterpress.com/who-shares-w...
Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents? (3rd printing)
This collection of questions is an invitation to think about situations we may encounter with ICE, a poetic rant against ICE, and a provocation for ICE’s allies.
halfletterpress.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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ericumansky.bsky.social
She was first in her family to go to college.

She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.

They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.

They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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costasamaras.com
December should be for sleepytime tea drinkin and that’s it
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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ardenthistorian.bsky.social
Leave it to a a handful of Senate Democrats to cave in a moment where they held actual political power, leverage, had momentum, when the base finally felt something akin of hope and excitement again. Truly stunning.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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ardenthistorian.bsky.social
jmberger.com J.M. Berger @jmberger.com · Nov 10
Beyond policy considerations and electoral politics, Tuesday provided a lot of people with a brief spark of hope that maybe our democracy is not already dead, and Democrats immediately capitulating to anti-democracy forces for no discernible benefit is a great way to extinguish that spark.
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
If Chuck Schumer was a stronger leader, he would have been able to convince most of these senators to hold the line.

I’m terribly disappointed in him.
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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ericsalsburg.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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supremenothing.myatproto.social
just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters
estibass.com אסתי פארת | esti @estibass.com · Jun 25
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
Zohran standing amidst a crowd in winter clothing
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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cartermoon.bsky.social
The most important thing you’ll read this week
mskellymhayes.bsky.social Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Oct 24
My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM