Martina Podsklanova
@martinapods.bsky.social
Rejoined 25 January 2026 just to supplement the excellent reporting by The New York Times, NPR, other reliable news organizations. Supporting the Democrats.
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I love that Bluesky has such a robust legal-journalistic culture now that we have at least three people live-posting this court hearing on the Minneapolis ICE deployment!
Follow @klasfeldreports.com @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @rparloff.bsky.social and no doubt others for the latest
Follow @klasfeldreports.com @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @rparloff.bsky.social and no doubt others for the latest
Judge:
"I appreciate that answer, Mr. Carter. I think it goes without saying that we’re in shockingly unusual times."
"I appreciate that answer, Mr. Carter. I think it goes without saying that we’re in shockingly unusual times."
January 26, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I love that Bluesky has such a robust legal-journalistic culture now that we have at least three people live-posting this court hearing on the Minneapolis ICE deployment!
Follow @klasfeldreports.com @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @rparloff.bsky.social and no doubt others for the latest
Follow @klasfeldreports.com @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @rparloff.bsky.social and no doubt others for the latest
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Trump’s federal agents shot Alex Pretti and left him to die on the street.
In a sworn affidavit, a physician who witnessed the killing of Alex Pretti says agents did not attempt lifesaving measures on Pretti:
"None of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR… ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds."
"None of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR… ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds."
January 26, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Trump’s federal agents shot Alex Pretti and left him to die on the street.
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We share in the deep relief and the grief of the family and friends of Ran Gvili, the last Israeli hostage whose body was brought back from Gaza to Israel today. His return is a moment of closure for his loved ones after unbearable years of uncertainty. (1/2)
January 26, 2026 at 2:48 PM
We share in the deep relief and the grief of the family and friends of Ran Gvili, the last Israeli hostage whose body was brought back from Gaza to Israel today. His return is a moment of closure for his loved ones after unbearable years of uncertainty. (1/2)
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You don’t have to love everything outlets like the Times or Atlantic do to understand that:
-many talented people of good faith work for most mainstream outlets
-their platforms are vastly larger than ours
Our resistance will die in secrecy or win by rallying the world to our side
-many talented people of good faith work for most mainstream outlets
-their platforms are vastly larger than ours
Our resistance will die in secrecy or win by rallying the world to our side
January 26, 2026 at 6:23 AM
You don’t have to love everything outlets like the Times or Atlantic do to understand that:
-many talented people of good faith work for most mainstream outlets
-their platforms are vastly larger than ours
Our resistance will die in secrecy or win by rallying the world to our side
-many talented people of good faith work for most mainstream outlets
-their platforms are vastly larger than ours
Our resistance will die in secrecy or win by rallying the world to our side
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it’s okay. I’ve been reliably informed that this dog can’t read
January 26, 2026 at 6:37 AM
it’s okay. I’ve been reliably informed that this dog can’t read
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Hey an important memorial from someone who knew him
My friend wrote this about Alex. She was his last nursing student. He taught her lessons we all need right now.
Jessica Hauser
I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student. He was my friend and my nursing mentor. For the past four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my capstone preceptorship at the Minneapolis.....
www.facebook.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Hey an important memorial from someone who knew him
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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Hundreds of Minnesotans protested in downtown Minneapolis on Sunday a day after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in the city.
Demonstrators called for an end to the federal immigration operation in the state following two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens.
📷️: Jeff Wheeler
Demonstrators called for an end to the federal immigration operation in the state following two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens.
📷️: Jeff Wheeler
January 25, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Hundreds of Minnesotans protested in downtown Minneapolis on Sunday a day after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in the city.
Demonstrators called for an end to the federal immigration operation in the state following two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens.
📷️: Jeff Wheeler
Demonstrators called for an end to the federal immigration operation in the state following two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens.
📷️: Jeff Wheeler
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Gov. Tim Walz on Sunday said he talked to Alex Pretti's parents yesterday and he hopes "everyone is taking away a picture of a life of generosity" and that he was "service oriented."
Live: National Guard pulled back as questions remain about fatal shooting by federal agents
Roads at the site of the shooting of Alex Pretti in south Minneapolis were re-opened and the Minnesota National Guard has pulled back.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Gov. Tim Walz on Sunday said he talked to Alex Pretti's parents yesterday and he hopes "everyone is taking away a picture of a life of generosity" and that he was "service oriented."
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"You'll all be sorry when I'm dead!"
Comer on Fox right now urging Trump to pull ICE out of Minneapolis to *punish* Minnesotans — will prove to the state how good it was to have ICE there! This is really some 5-D chess
January 25, 2026 at 10:13 PM
"You'll all be sorry when I'm dead!"
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Republicans need to take a stand. This is an assault on the Constitution.
1st Amendment: peacefully assemble.
2nd Amendment: Alex Pretti was a lawful gun owner.
4th Amendment: unreasonable search and seizure.
You can’t call yourself a defender of liberty if you won’t defend it when it counts.
1st Amendment: peacefully assemble.
2nd Amendment: Alex Pretti was a lawful gun owner.
4th Amendment: unreasonable search and seizure.
You can’t call yourself a defender of liberty if you won’t defend it when it counts.
January 25, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Republicans need to take a stand. This is an assault on the Constitution.
1st Amendment: peacefully assemble.
2nd Amendment: Alex Pretti was a lawful gun owner.
4th Amendment: unreasonable search and seizure.
You can’t call yourself a defender of liberty if you won’t defend it when it counts.
1st Amendment: peacefully assemble.
2nd Amendment: Alex Pretti was a lawful gun owner.
4th Amendment: unreasonable search and seizure.
You can’t call yourself a defender of liberty if you won’t defend it when it counts.
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Excellent. No notes.
January 25, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Excellent. No notes.
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At the Alex Pretti memorial this afternoon, people are unfurling four very large banners.
They read, "How many more will ICE murder? How many more funerals? How many more...how many more?"
They read, "How many more will ICE murder? How many more funerals? How many more...how many more?"
January 25, 2026 at 10:13 PM
At the Alex Pretti memorial this afternoon, people are unfurling four very large banners.
They read, "How many more will ICE murder? How many more funerals? How many more...how many more?"
They read, "How many more will ICE murder? How many more funerals? How many more...how many more?"
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I wrote about Alex Pretti's death, asking a specific question: What is the point?
Opinion | The real reason Trump and MAGA are so quick to blame Minneapolis shooting victims
Philip Bump: Alex Pretti and Renee Good were immediately vilified — and their killings at the hands of the state justified — by the Trump administration and its supporters.
www.ms.now
January 25, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I wrote about Alex Pretti's death, asking a specific question: What is the point?
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Well I was not expecting to see one of these guys today. What are you doing here now?? Cape May Warbler. 🪶
January 25, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Well I was not expecting to see one of these guys today. What are you doing here now?? Cape May Warbler. 🪶
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"I can think of no better excuse for New Yorkers to stay home, take a long nap, or take advantage of our public libraries offer of free access to 'Heated Rivalry' on eBook or audio book for anyone with a library card."
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, at his snow press conferece today.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, at his snow press conferece today.
January 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM
"I can think of no better excuse for New Yorkers to stay home, take a long nap, or take advantage of our public libraries offer of free access to 'Heated Rivalry' on eBook or audio book for anyone with a library card."
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, at his snow press conferece today.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, at his snow press conferece today.
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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Crowd is massive, now overflowing Congress Plaza and taking up a block-long stretch of Michigan Avenue.
Reminder: this event was only announced yesterday.
Reminder: this event was only announced yesterday.
January 25, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Crowd is massive, now overflowing Congress Plaza and taking up a block-long stretch of Michigan Avenue.
Reminder: this event was only announced yesterday.
Reminder: this event was only announced yesterday.
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it's insane, there are thousands of observers like alex on the ground, we all know what he was doing, people knew him, it's clear on the video. the only "evidence" that he's got a terrorist manifesto is that the people who killed him said "well I bet he had a terrorist manifesto"
Federal officials described the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old U.S. citizen by a federal agent as an act of self-defense. The video evidence that has surfaced so far contradicts that assertion.
Watch: Videos refute DHS account of fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Federal officials described the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old U.S. citizen by a federal agent as an act of self-defense. The video evidence that has surfaced so far contradicts that assertion.
n.pr
January 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM
it's insane, there are thousands of observers like alex on the ground, we all know what he was doing, people knew him, it's clear on the video. the only "evidence" that he's got a terrorist manifesto is that the people who killed him said "well I bet he had a terrorist manifesto"
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If you bought a gun to protect yourself from a tyrannical government, that's reason enough for your tyrannical government to shoot you. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
January 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
If you bought a gun to protect yourself from a tyrannical government, that's reason enough for your tyrannical government to shoot you. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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When Stephen Miller told me he had a plan to stop undocumented immigrants killing US citizens, I didn't realize he meant this.
January 24, 2026 at 8:58 PM
When Stephen Miller told me he had a plan to stop undocumented immigrants killing US citizens, I didn't realize he meant this.
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Attorney General Ellison and I will provide an update on the shooting of Alex Pretti shortly:
www.youtube.com/live/a-n4cU3...
www.youtube.com/live/a-n4cU3...
Officials to provide updates on Alex Pretti shooting
Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison will discuss the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, the third shooting involving federal agents in Minnesota, and efforts to rein in ICE.
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Attorney General Ellison and I will provide an update on the shooting of Alex Pretti shortly:
www.youtube.com/live/a-n4cU3...
www.youtube.com/live/a-n4cU3...
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Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse at the VA. His parents said he was “a kindhearted soul.”
He was shot and killed by federal agents while trying to help a woman next to him who had been shoved to the ground.
Our eyes don’t lie—Americans see what happened.
He was shot and killed by federal agents while trying to help a woman next to him who had been shoved to the ground.
Our eyes don’t lie—Americans see what happened.
January 25, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse at the VA. His parents said he was “a kindhearted soul.”
He was shot and killed by federal agents while trying to help a woman next to him who had been shoved to the ground.
Our eyes don’t lie—Americans see what happened.
He was shot and killed by federal agents while trying to help a woman next to him who had been shoved to the ground.
Our eyes don’t lie—Americans see what happened.
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Federal officials described the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old U.S. citizen by a federal agent as an act of self-defense. The video evidence that has surfaced so far contradicts that assertion.
Watch: Videos refute DHS account of fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Federal officials described the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old U.S. citizen by a federal agent as an act of self-defense. The video evidence that has surfaced so far contradicts that assertion.
n.pr
January 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Federal officials described the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old U.S. citizen by a federal agent as an act of self-defense. The video evidence that has surfaced so far contradicts that assertion.
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"Protest isn't a win button, it's a process"
Yes. This. Exactly this.
Yes. This. Exactly this.
Why isn’t it working? There are more people out on the streets than ever, the media is turning, and the opposition is getting ever stronger, especially at the state govt level. Protest isn’t a win button, it’s a process.
January 25, 2026 at 6:50 PM
"Protest isn't a win button, it's a process"
Yes. This. Exactly this.
Yes. This. Exactly this.