Souplady
@souplady.bsky.social
Michigan native, wife, grandmother, Christian, Democrat, EMU alumni. Sorry, no DMs.
This picture was on Facebook. Thanks for the reminder. It was in April 2020 and Donald Trump was president.
January 25, 2026 at 7:47 PM
This picture was on Facebook. Thanks for the reminder. It was in April 2020 and Donald Trump was president.
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A @nytimes.com video analysis shows that after agents restrained Alex Jeffrey Pretti & removed his gun from the skirmish, an agent appears to fire 4 shots at Petri.
That agent & another then fire 6 more shots at Pretti while he lies motionless on the ground.
That agent & another then fire 6 more shots at Pretti while he lies motionless on the ground.
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article)
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:33 PM
A @nytimes.com video analysis shows that after agents restrained Alex Jeffrey Pretti & removed his gun from the skirmish, an agent appears to fire 4 shots at Petri.
That agent & another then fire 6 more shots at Pretti while he lies motionless on the ground.
That agent & another then fire 6 more shots at Pretti while he lies motionless on the ground.
"A Ministry of Interior was always a risk. We are living with the consequences of refusing to believe that it could ever happen here."
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"We now have our own version of the Soviet KGB, Russian FSB without the name, an East German Stasi, a Serbian MUP without the uniform:...Centralize authority. Blur legal boundaries. Normalize force. Declare opponents dangerous. Treat dissent as disorder."
"We now have our own version of the Soviet KGB, Russian FSB without the name, an East German Stasi, a Serbian MUP without the uniform:...Centralize authority. Blur legal boundaries. Normalize force. Declare opponents dangerous. Treat dissent as disorder."
The Department of Homeland Security becomes our own Ministry of Interior.
The Steady State | by Steven A. Cash
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January 25, 2026 at 5:36 PM
"A Ministry of Interior was always a risk. We are living with the consequences of refusing to believe that it could ever happen here."
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Remember the Bundy insanity during the Obama years? Armed guys occupied a federal office and one of their buddies took position with a sniper rifle aimed at federal agents?
Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?
Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?
January 25, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Remember the Bundy insanity during the Obama years? Armed guys occupied a federal office and one of their buddies took position with a sniper rifle aimed at federal agents?
Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?
Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?
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1. Wasn’t at a protest
2. Was disarmed when they shot him while he was face down
3. New gun rights rule: the second amendment is when conservatives can carry guns everywhere, but if anyone else has a gun we can kill him on sight
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2. Was disarmed when they shot him while he was face down
3. New gun rights rule: the second amendment is when conservatives can carry guns everywhere, but if anyone else has a gun we can kill him on sight
bsky.app/profile/atru...
KARL: He was an ICU use who worked for the VA and there's no evidence he brandished the gun whatsoever
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
January 25, 2026 at 5:15 PM
1. Wasn’t at a protest
2. Was disarmed when they shot him while he was face down
3. New gun rights rule: the second amendment is when conservatives can carry guns everywhere, but if anyone else has a gun we can kill him on sight
bsky.app/profile/atru...
2. Was disarmed when they shot him while he was face down
3. New gun rights rule: the second amendment is when conservatives can carry guns everywhere, but if anyone else has a gun we can kill him on sight
bsky.app/profile/atru...
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But its all fine if you come strapped and ready to kill the libs.
January 25, 2026 at 4:40 PM
But its all fine if you come strapped and ready to kill the libs.
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"...we say his name plainly. We say what he did plainly. We say what was done to him plainly. Not because our words can redeem his blood, but because the lies the government is telling about Alex Pretti are a second violence upon him. Our silence would be a third."
"...we say his name plainly. We say what he did plainly. We say what was done to him plainly. Not because our words can redeem his blood, but because the lies the government is telling about Alex Pretti are a second violence upon him. Our silence would be a third."
The Sunday Poem
"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping."
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January 25, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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"...we say his name plainly. We say what he did plainly. We say what was done to him plainly. Not because our words can redeem his blood, but because the lies the government is telling about Alex Pretti are a second violence upon him. Our silence would be a third."
"...we say his name plainly. We say what he did plainly. We say what was done to him plainly. Not because our words can redeem his blood, but because the lies the government is telling about Alex Pretti are a second violence upon him. Our silence would be a third."
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CRUZ: “.. You're going to lose the House, you're going to lose the Senate, you're going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week."
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January 25, 2026 at 3:36 PM
CRUZ: “.. You're going to lose the House, you're going to lose the Senate, you're going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week."
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Yup here’s the gift link for everyone www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents
See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation on Saturday.
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January 25, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Yup here’s the gift link for everyone www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
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WSJ says ICE is lying.
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
January 25, 2026 at 3:03 PM
WSJ says ICE is lying.
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
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"You know, I believe that the Twin Cities represents the best of America on a fundamental level."
"Why is that & how so?"
"Because we represent this idea of embracing others from other places."
Minnesotans are enacting a powerful vision of America in the face of authoritarian state violence.
"Why is that & how so?"
"Because we represent this idea of embracing others from other places."
Minnesotans are enacting a powerful vision of America in the face of authoritarian state violence.
January 25, 2026 at 2:23 PM
"You know, I believe that the Twin Cities represents the best of America on a fundamental level."
"Why is that & how so?"
"Because we represent this idea of embracing others from other places."
Minnesotans are enacting a powerful vision of America in the face of authoritarian state violence.
"Why is that & how so?"
"Because we represent this idea of embracing others from other places."
Minnesotans are enacting a powerful vision of America in the face of authoritarian state violence.
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
Climate, tariffs, and shrinkflation effected prices. Bottom line?
"Prices in NPR's basket rose 5% on average last year.
Almost half the items on NPR's shopping list got more expensive in 2025."
Climate, tariffs, and shrinkflation effected prices. Bottom line?
"Prices in NPR's basket rose 5% on average last year.
Almost half the items on NPR's shopping list got more expensive in 2025."
How have prices changed in a year? NPR checked 114 items at Walmart
We found the effects of tariffs and extreme weather, relief (finally!) in the egg cooler, plus one case of shrinkflation.
www.npr.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:23 PM
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
Climate, tariffs, and shrinkflation effected prices. Bottom line?
"Prices in NPR's basket rose 5% on average last year.
Almost half the items on NPR's shopping list got more expensive in 2025."
Climate, tariffs, and shrinkflation effected prices. Bottom line?
"Prices in NPR's basket rose 5% on average last year.
Almost half the items on NPR's shopping list got more expensive in 2025."
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Mark Kelly is currently one of the most trusted and trustworthy politicians in America. Listen to what he says and don’t let them make you disbelieve your own eyes.
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Mark Kelly is currently one of the most trusted and trustworthy politicians in America. Listen to what he says and don’t let them make you disbelieve your own eyes.
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This doctor tried to provide aid to the victim. They detail the deep sense of trauma they now feel.
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 AM
This doctor tried to provide aid to the victim. They detail the deep sense of trauma they now feel.
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Absolutley heartbreaking that parents of a man gunned down by federal agents have to put out a statement because the president and his cowardly minions are defaming their son. We’re way past sick.
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."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Absolutley heartbreaking that parents of a man gunned down by federal agents have to put out a statement because the president and his cowardly minions are defaming their son. We’re way past sick.
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Thank you, Senator. This is a good start.
Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
January 25, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Thank you, Senator. This is a good start.
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"Pretti was a U.S. citizen, born in Illinois. Like Good, court records showed he had no criminal record and his family said he had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond a couple of traffic tickets."
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The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset ...
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January 24, 2026 at 11:22 PM
"Pretti was a U.S. citizen, born in Illinois. Like Good, court records showed he had no criminal record and his family said he had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond a couple of traffic tickets."
{gift link} wapo.st/3LxWTQV
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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."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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Every member of congress has a duty & right to conduct oversight on DHS.
They should all come do rapid response. Come inspect the Twin Cities ICE HQ. Push in and do some oversight. Do not let the guards turn you away. Make them arrest you or beat you or let you in.
They should all come do rapid response. Come inspect the Twin Cities ICE HQ. Push in and do some oversight. Do not let the guards turn you away. Make them arrest you or beat you or let you in.
January 24, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Every member of congress has a duty & right to conduct oversight on DHS.
They should all come do rapid response. Come inspect the Twin Cities ICE HQ. Push in and do some oversight. Do not let the guards turn you away. Make them arrest you or beat you or let you in.
They should all come do rapid response. Come inspect the Twin Cities ICE HQ. Push in and do some oversight. Do not let the guards turn you away. Make them arrest you or beat you or let you in.
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Real talk from Minnesota: "I feel like we're performing CPR on what may already be a corpse: the Constitution"
Prove this wrong, fellow Americans, please. MN can stand up, protect each other, witness & alert you.
But we alone can't control the feds. This is a USA issue.
Prove this wrong, fellow Americans, please. MN can stand up, protect each other, witness & alert you.
But we alone can't control the feds. This is a USA issue.
The whole interview is worth it
January 24, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Real talk from Minnesota: "I feel like we're performing CPR on what may already be a corpse: the Constitution"
Prove this wrong, fellow Americans, please. MN can stand up, protect each other, witness & alert you.
But we alone can't control the feds. This is a USA issue.
Prove this wrong, fellow Americans, please. MN can stand up, protect each other, witness & alert you.
But we alone can't control the feds. This is a USA issue.
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"Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict the accounts of federal officials, who said Mr. Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to 'massacre' them. Video footage shows Mr. Pretti stepping between a woman and an agent who is pepper spraying her. ...
January 24, 2026 at 10:51 PM
"Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict the accounts of federal officials, who said Mr. Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to 'massacre' them. Video footage shows Mr. Pretti stepping between a woman and an agent who is pepper spraying her. ...
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This. A handful of Americans have the power to stop this NOW, and they are refusing to.
His death is caused by one man and his Republican collaborators. Republicans in Congress could stop this today. Call your Senators today www.5calls.org #DefundICE
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
www.5calls.org
January 24, 2026 at 8:28 PM
This. A handful of Americans have the power to stop this NOW, and they are refusing to.
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Nine shots? NINE SHOTS
January 24, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Nine shots? NINE SHOTS