Maggie Black
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A crowd of over a thousand demonstrators gathered at the Colorado Capitol and marched through downtown Denver on Sunday to protest the Trump administration after the fatal shooting by federal immigration agents of Alex Pretti in Minnesota.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social @sarawilson.bsky.social
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social @sarawilson.bsky.social
Crowd gathers at Colorado Capitol to protest killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis | Colorado Newsline
A crowd of over a thousand demonstrators gathered at the Colorado Capitol on Sunday to protest the Trump administration.
coloradonewsline.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
A crowd of over a thousand demonstrators gathered at the Colorado Capitol and marched through downtown Denver on Sunday to protest the Trump administration after the fatal shooting by federal immigration agents of Alex Pretti in Minnesota.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social @sarawilson.bsky.social
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social @sarawilson.bsky.social
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A partial federal government shutdown appears to unexpectedly be on the horizon, after another fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis led key U.S. Senate Democrats to say they will oppose a spending package that includes immigration enforcement funds.
Deadly shooting in Minneapolis could lead to partial government shutdown over ICE funding • South Dakota Searchlight
A partial federal government shutdown appeared to unexpectedly be on the horizon, after another fatal shooting by federal immigration agents.
buff.ly
January 25, 2026 at 10:10 PM
A partial federal government shutdown appears to unexpectedly be on the horizon, after another fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis led key U.S. Senate Democrats to say they will oppose a spending package that includes immigration enforcement funds.
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CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
Daily Star Sunday seem to be suggesting the Convicted Felon apologised for his disgusting remarks about British troops in Afghanistan due to the Wrath of Rod!
January 25, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Daily Star Sunday seem to be suggesting the Convicted Felon apologised for his disgusting remarks about British troops in Afghanistan due to the Wrath of Rod!
Agree with this that the US and the Trump regime in particular is increasingly a global pariah but also like 'El trumpismo' phrase!
El trumpismo afronta una creciente oposición a escala global. El Foro Económico de Davos ha reforzado las filas opositoras, con el viraje de numerosos líderes europeos que optan ya por un firme rechazo ante sus abusos e insultos
La oposición global a Trump cobra impulso
Las intervenciones en el Foro de Davos muestran un cambio de actitud de los países europeos, que adoptan políticas de rechazo similares a las de China, la India o Brasil
elpais.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Agree with this that the US and the Trump regime in particular is increasingly a global pariah but also like 'El trumpismo' phrase!
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A road in the Netherlands was closed off for a while by the authorities to give a crane space to mourn its mate that died in a collision.
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 AM
A road in the Netherlands was closed off for a while by the authorities to give a crane space to mourn its mate that died in a collision.
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In a follow up conversation we had on the way to his gym class this morning he asks me: Daddy does the news always tell the truth?
Son, no it does not.
Anyway it has been a useful learning opportunity and I’m actually quite proud of him for taking an active interest.
Son, no it does not.
Anyway it has been a useful learning opportunity and I’m actually quite proud of him for taking an active interest.
January 25, 2026 at 12:10 PM
In a follow up conversation we had on the way to his gym class this morning he asks me: Daddy does the news always tell the truth?
Son, no it does not.
Anyway it has been a useful learning opportunity and I’m actually quite proud of him for taking an active interest.
Son, no it does not.
Anyway it has been a useful learning opportunity and I’m actually quite proud of him for taking an active interest.
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The BBC is lost
7yo gave me an unpleasant shock y’day by chiming in on Greenland saying “Donald Trump didn’t actually use violence and he only wants to protect it from Russia & China” - after I’d calmed down I tried to work out where he’s been hearing this bullshit. Turns out it’s bloody BBC Newsround!
January 25, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The BBC is lost
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I feel like almost every week I hear another anecdote about how somebody almost ate a poison plant or did something really dangerous with medication as a result of an AI summary.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I feel like almost every week I hear another anecdote about how somebody almost ate a poison plant or did something really dangerous with medication as a result of an AI summary.
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Alex Honnold has completed his free solo climb up the Taipei 101 building. The 40-year-old climber scaled the 101-floor building in Taipei, Taiwan, in roughly 1 hour and 35 minutes. bit.ly/4sYw5d7
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Alex Honnold has completed his free solo climb up the Taipei 101 building. The 40-year-old climber scaled the 101-floor building in Taipei, Taiwan, in roughly 1 hour and 35 minutes. bit.ly/4sYw5d7
I have just come online and have no idea what Liz Jarvis is referring to so am reposting without context!
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 PM
I have just come online and have no idea what Liz Jarvis is referring to so am reposting without context!
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I've been studying the history of US, and indeed, global policing my whole career and I can't make it more clear to law makers that this isn't a bastardization of policing, it is its purest form and logical conclusion. The impunity, militarization, deference, legitimacy, racial targeting, etc.
January 25, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I've been studying the history of US, and indeed, global policing my whole career and I can't make it more clear to law makers that this isn't a bastardization of policing, it is its purest form and logical conclusion. The impunity, militarization, deference, legitimacy, racial targeting, etc.
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"X is a website operated by an abusive and hateful hundred-billionaire, overrun with racists and misogynists, mired in vitriol, and now complicit in the production of revenge porn and CSAM. It’s a haven of bile, abuse, and criminality just sitting on our phones."
The New Epstein Island Is Right in Your Pocket: It’s Time to Abandon Elon Musk’s Paradise of Abuse
It has long been time to leave X. Now, it’s essential.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:29 AM
"X is a website operated by an abusive and hateful hundred-billionaire, overrun with racists and misogynists, mired in vitriol, and now complicit in the production of revenge porn and CSAM. It’s a haven of bile, abuse, and criminality just sitting on our phones."
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New: Amid the escalating situation in Minneapolis, ICE posted in the Federal Register asking companies to provide info about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that would “directly support investigations activities”
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.
www.wired.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
New: Amid the escalating situation in Minneapolis, ICE posted in the Federal Register asking companies to provide info about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that would “directly support investigations activities”
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
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The only paid outside agitators in Minnesota are ICE.
Also, "resident of the city" is a direct retort to "outside agitators."
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The only paid outside agitators in Minnesota are ICE.
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Just a reminder, no one is safe
ICE pulls over Texas Monthly’s senior taco editor while reporting in West Texas www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...
ICE pulls over Texas Monthly’s senior taco editor while reporting in West Texas
'They wanted us to get anxious. It worked,' the award-winning food journalist said of his encounter with ICE agents.
www.sacurrent.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Just a reminder, no one is safe
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I am past 'retrain ICE.' I am past 'reform ICE.' I am past 'abolish ICE.'
I am at 'imprison ICE.'
I am at 'imprison ICE.'
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I am past 'retrain ICE.' I am past 'reform ICE.' I am past 'abolish ICE.'
I am at 'imprison ICE.'
I am at 'imprison ICE.'
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Bay Area parents are relying on robotaxis to transport their unaccompanied children. This practice breaks the rules imposed by Waymo, but parents have found they’re unlikely to get caught.
Parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult. That poses a dilemma for the company
Bay Area parents are relying on robotaxis to transport their unaccompanied children. This practice breaks the rules imposed by Waymo, but parents have found they’re unlikely to get caught.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Bay Area parents are relying on robotaxis to transport their unaccompanied children. This practice breaks the rules imposed by Waymo, but parents have found they’re unlikely to get caught.
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Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Saturday that plans were already underway to hold ICE and immigration agents criminally "responsible" for their actions following the deadly shooting earlier that morning.
Tim Walz unleashes after deadly shooting: ‘We’re creating a log for future prosecutions’
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Saturday that plans were already underway to hold ICE and immigration agents criminally “responsible” for their actions following the deadly shooting earlier that morning.In Minneapolis, 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti was shot and killed by federal immig...
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Saturday that plans were already underway to hold ICE and immigration agents criminally "responsible" for their actions following the deadly shooting earlier that morning.
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WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
January 25, 2026 at 1:58 AM
WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
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Again, America watches the horrific killing of a citizen by ICE agents—and the Trump White House trying to exploit it with lies and demagoguery. Read my reporting on the method behind their madness 👉
How Trump Is Using Violent Tragedies to Divide America www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Trump Is Using Violent Tragedies to Divide America www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Trump is using violent tragedies to divide America
ICE shootings, assassinations, mass attacks, and other traumas all serve as ammo for the demagogue in chief.
www.motherjones.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Again, America watches the horrific killing of a citizen by ICE agents—and the Trump White House trying to exploit it with lies and demagoguery. Read my reporting on the method behind their madness 👉
How Trump Is Using Violent Tragedies to Divide America www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Trump Is Using Violent Tragedies to Divide America www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN:
"I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind."
and
"The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back."
Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind."
and
"The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back."
Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN:
"I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind."
and
"The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back."
Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind."
and
"The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back."
Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Filming ICE is an act of journalism. Cell phone footage is vital source material for reporters who can’t be everywhere at once.
Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.
Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.
Videos show federal agents killing Minneapolis man
Some details of federal government’s account of the shooting aren’t supported by footage captured by bystanders.
www.startribune.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Filming ICE is an act of journalism. Cell phone footage is vital source material for reporters who can’t be everywhere at once.
Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.
Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.
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I'm glad I've been boycotting Apple, along with every US company I possibly can.
When Cook presented the felon a gift last year, I was done.
When Cook presented the felon a gift last year, I was done.
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I'm glad I've been boycotting Apple, along with every US company I possibly can.
When Cook presented the felon a gift last year, I was done.
When Cook presented the felon a gift last year, I was done.