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Mark Harris

@markharris.bsky.social

On CNN, Anderson Cooper using the sentence "That was a lie" over and over tonight regarding the words of Noem, Miller and Bovino.

January 27, 2026 at 1:09 AM

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Governor Tim Walz

@governorwalz.mn.gov

I’ve never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.

January 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

NBA star Tyrese Halliburton speaks out

January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM

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Barb McCullough-Jones

@bmcjones.bsky.social

It's undeniable, our country has unleashed hatred in such an unimaginable way. Our government is murdering US citizens. 😡

January 24, 2026 at 11:52 PM

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Governor Tim Walz

@governorwalz.mn.gov

They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. They are wrong. We will keep the peace. We will secure justice for our neighbors. And we will see this occupation end.

January 25, 2026 at 1:17 AM

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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

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Rex Huppke

@rexhuppke.bsky.social

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.

Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 2d

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."

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

January 25, 2026 at 12:48 AM

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Mark Gongloff

@markgongloff.bsky.social

We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun

A photo of the man murdered by ICE today, just before the shooting. He’s standing and holding a phone in his right hand and holding his empty left hand to the sky and looking behind him at a woman running away while an ICE agent closes in on him from the front. On the ground behind the man is a woman that the victim will soon try to help, leading several ICE agents to attack him and pin him to the ground, before shooting him several times.

January 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM

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TheSnarkTank

@thesnarktank.bsky.social

I’m sure the NRA is just taking its time to craft the perfect response to a lawful gun owner being murdered for exercising his 2A rights. 🦗🦗🦗

January 25, 2026 at 12:24 AM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."

January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸

@patriottakes.bsky.social

Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus on the shooting of Alex Pretti:

“…Despite widespread speculation regarding intent, there has been no evidence produced indicating an intent to harm the officers.

We are calling for a full and transparent investigation by both state and federal authorities.“

January 24, 2026 at 11:17 PM

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸

@gtconway.bsky.social

What lying fucks they all are.

January 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM

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Philip Gourevitch

@pgourevitch.bsky.social

The mendacity of Kristi Noem is of world historical level - just a thoroughly vile and worthless henchwoman of evil.

January 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Footage from the immediate aftermath of the Alex Pretti murder shows a Trump regime thug searching through Pretti's body, yelling: "Where is the fucking gun? where is the gun?!" Other regime thugs point behind him, showing the gun far away from the scene. #3E #GoodvsEvil

January 24, 2026 at 9:13 PM

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Kevin M. Kruse

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun.

Any second now, I'm sure.

He was a white guy, if that helps?

Hello? NRA?

January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM

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LegalEagle

@legaleagle.tv

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

January 24, 2026 at 7:51 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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Jake Johnson

@jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social

Federal immigration agents shot and killed ANOTHER citizen here in Minnesota today.

This poorly-trained, well-funded militia needs to get off of our streets NOW.

January 24, 2026 at 8:19 PM

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Lewis Goodall

@lewisgoodall.com

Tim Walz: “This federal occupation of Minnesota long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. It's a campaign of organised brutality against the people of our state…today, that campaign claimed another life ... It's sickening."

January 24, 2026 at 7:42 PM

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Keith Olbermann

@olbermann.bsky.social

So would-be Minnesota GOP Senator Michele Tafoya just defended law enforcement executing an American citizen on the streets of Minneapolis for carrying a gun for which he had a permit; a man who was under the protection of the 2nd Amendment

January 24, 2026 at 6:36 PM

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Adam Kinzinger

@adamkinzinger.substack.com

This is ok tho

January 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

OMG. "DHS said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...