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Michelle Summers

@cmichellesummers.bsky.social

In 30 years of "investigations", not one child rapist involved with the Epstein/Maxwell and Company's child sex trafficking and political extortion ring has been indicted or prosecuted.

What is clear is that T Rump's DoJ is actively protecting the criminals!

Justice for the girls and young women!!

February 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM

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vargaspapa1.bsky.social

@vargaspapa1.bsky.social

Read This: "Trump’s DOJ Announces Brazen New Epstein Files Cover-Up"

Time to Impeach

February 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM

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Steve Vladeck

@stevevladeck.bsky.social

This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM

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Amanda Mull

@amandamull.bsky.social

Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 10d

Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.

Woman on the right was using her walker to advance into the tear gas

January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM

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Mehdi Hasan

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Several streets in Minneapolis have been barricaded throughout the day by civilian community defenders to keep Trump's paramilitary ICE forces out of their neighbourhoods. #3E #GoodVsEvil

January 25, 2026 at 1:57 AM

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Radley Balko

@radleybalko.bsky.social

This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 10d

Holy crap.

This is the most damning video yet.

It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.

Murder.

January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM

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molly conger

@socialistdogmom.bsky.social

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM

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Kevin M. Kruse

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM

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Adam Serwer

@adamserwer.bsky.social

Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.

January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Trump loyalist and criminal collaborator Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota officials after news of Alex Pretti’s murder by ICE thugs. The letter urges repeal of sanctuary policies, full cooperation with ICE, and DOJ access to Minnesota’s voter registration data. #3E #GoodvsEvil

Second, repeal the sanctuary policies that have led to so much crime and violence in your state. Removing criminal illegal aliens from Minnesota neighborhoods will save lives, and state and local officials should support this goal. All detention facilities in your state should cooperate fully with ICE, honor immigration detainers, and permit ICE to interview detainees in custody to determine immigration status. I urge you to reach an agreement with ICE that allows them to remove illegal aliens in custody of Minnesota's prisons and jails and avoids pushing these interactions into your streets.
Third, allow the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice to access voter rolls to confirm that Minnesota's voter registration practices comply with federal law as authorized by the Civil Rights Act of 1960. Fulfilling this common sense request will better guarantee free and fair elections and boost confidence in the rule of law.
I am confident that these simple steps will help bring back law and order to Minnesota and improve the lives of Americans.
The time has come for state and local officials in your state to change course. As the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, I am committed to enforcing federal immigration laws and keeping every American safe. Minnesota can and should be a partner with this administration. Do not obstruct federal immigration enforcement; do not allow rioters to take over the streets and houses of worship; do not hinder federal officials from investigating financial fraud and violations of election laws. Whether state and local politicians stand in the way or not, we will work every day to protect Americans and make Minnesota Safe Again. I request that you join us in that effort.
Sincerely,
Pou Bordi Pamela Bondi Attorney General

January 25, 2026 at 2:59 AM

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The Jack of Kingfield

@thejackofkingfield.bsky.social

Mood in minneapolis right now

January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@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

Señorita Philly

@yoochlo.bsky.social

Fuck Bill Joyner

January 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM

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Matthew Dowd

@matthewjdowd.bsky.social

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM

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Left Of Center Orange Hater

@leftocorangehater.bsky.social

Rep. Lieu: Is Donald Trump on Epstein's client list?

Patel: The index has been released and the index will speak for itself.

Rep. Lieu: America, this is a huge red flag. The FBI director could not answer whether Donald Trump was on Epstein's client list