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Angela C. Ovalle
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Life long Angeleno, UCSB & CSULA alum, public servant for #LACounty, political junkie, policy wonk, Dodgers & ACFC & LAFC & Chargers fan, bike & beach lover.
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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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clauswilke.com
An interesting bit of history:
In 1916, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the US. You may know of them as the US Virgin Islands. As part of this sale, the US recognized Danish authority over Greenland.

The text of the complete, ratified agreement is here: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
January 19, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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joshmankiewicz.bsky.social
Photo by Joseph O. Holmes
January 17, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."

Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Number of SNAP recipients Amazon 2,456 Walmart 2,318 Uber 1,799 DoorDash 1,462 Tempus Unlimited 1,425 Stop & Shop 989 Mass General Brigham 956 Dollar Tree 952 Albertsons Companies, Inc. 896 Bayada Home Health 887
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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anamariecox.bsky.social
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
jackjenkins.me Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · Nov 14
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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corybooker.com
This is Love Thy Neighbor.
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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warren.senate.gov
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
angela-ovalle.bsky.social
Brad Paisley = Free Baseball! According to the LAT, the Dodgers won three out of those four games
mlbbot.bsky.social MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · Oct 28
Brad Paisley has officially sung the national anthem for:

World Series Game 2 in 2017 (11 innings)
World Series Game 3 in 2018 (18 innings)
World Series Game 1 in 2024 (10 innings)
World Series Game 3 in 2025 (18 innings)

h/t @SarahWexler32
Brad Paisley plays the guitar as he sings the national anthem ahead of Game 3 of the World Series in Los Angeles. This game went 18
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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countyofla.bsky.social
LA County is mobilizing resources to support residents affected by the ongoing federal government shutdown.
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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karnythia.bsky.social
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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centeronbudget.bsky.social
#SNAP ’s contingency fund has more than $6 billion available, enough to cover most November benefits for millions of people. The Administration should act as soon as possible to release these funds and prevent hunger for millions. www.cbpp.org/blog/the-tru...
The Trump Administration Can and Should Take Available Steps to Ensure SNAP Participants Get November Food Benefits
Nearly two-thirds of the funds needed for a full month of benefits are available in SNAP’s contingency fund and must be used when regular funding for SNAP runs short. The Administration must release t...
www.cbpp.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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richraho.bsky.social
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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lacountybos.bsky.social
💜 This #SuicidePreventionMonth and #988Day, remember: help is always available.

📞💬 Call or text 9-8-8 to connect with a counselor 24/7.
You are not alone.

#LACountyBOS #LACounty
"National Suicide Prevention Month poster. Features a purple and light blue ribbon, the number 9-8-8, and the hashtag #SUICIDEPREVENTIONMONTH. Text: 'YOU ARE NOT ALONE. If you or someone know is experiencing a mental health crisis, help is available. Call or text 9-8-8 to speak to a counselor.'"
September 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Thank you on this labor day!!
September 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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eladn.bsky.social
Absolutely incredible video of a woman standing up to ICE. This is resistance

1/2
August 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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jackjenkins.me
The Most Rev. Sean Rowe, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, on DHS using scripture to promote ICE:

“Weaponizing Proverbs and Isaiah, our sacred Scripture, in service of ICE recruitment is a level of grotesque that would have seemed unfathomable eight months ago.”
August 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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tusk81.bsky.social
“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Texas Democratic legislator to stay in state capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave
State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth on Monday said she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes on Wednesday morning.
www.nbcnews.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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countyofla.bsky.social
LA County DPSS celebrated 90 years of the Toy Loan Program with the grand opening of its first stand-alone Toy Lending Center in Lincoln Heights! Since 1935, the program has allowed children to borrow toys just like library books, inspiring creativity, learning & responsibility.
August 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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August 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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The Trump administration is now seeking to replace PBS with “Prager University,” a far-right propaganda organization that isn’t actually a university.

One of their “kids videos” has Christopher Columbus telling them that slavery was “no big deal” and “better than being killed.”
August 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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propublica.org
📽️ WATCH: “The U.S. sent us to El Salvador so that El Salvador could do the dirty work that the U.S. couldn’t.”

Hear from Juan José Ramos Ramos, Andry Omar Blanco Bonilla and Wilmer José Vega Sandia — three of 230+ Venezuelan men the Trump administration sent to CECOT — in their own words:
August 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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1/ “We got a beating for breakfast. We got a beating for lunch. We got a beating for dinner.”

@nlanard.bsky.social & @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social broke story Venezuelans sent to CECOT for innocent tattoos (like autism awareness). Now they chronicle their return: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"We were kidnapped"
On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home. The horror stories are already emerging.
www.motherjones.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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atrupar.com
The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.
July 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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benniethompson.bsky.social
Praying in the House, while preparing to vote away benefits for seniors, children, and the sick. Hypocrisy at its finest.
July 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM