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Mel M🇬🇧🇨🇦
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Canadian/ British , mother of 2, nanny to 3, wife of 43 years, retired, family historian , loves jigsaw puzzles.
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bunnibytz.bsky.social
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.

"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."

"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."

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January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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dashannestokes.com
ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.
January 28, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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brucespringsteen.net
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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cwebbonline.com
This is testimony…

📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.

“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
Wonderful comment
January 29, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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cwebbonline.com
“I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.
January 28, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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drdigipol.bsky.social
No wonder they do not actually know the laws they claim to be following. They have no experience on this side of the law.

#NoWarrantsNoICE
January 29, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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ianbassin.bsky.social
“We'll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst

We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis”
@brucespringsteen.net

youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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patti3333.bsky.social
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
##NoWarrantNoICE

DAY 28 JANUARY 2026

THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
HEGSETH OPENS FORT SNELLING MILITARY BASE TO RAMP UP ICE ATTACKS

PLEASE LISTEN
TO THIS CLIP
NO WARRANT GUNS DRAWN
ELDERLY COUPLE IN MN

WILL ASK YOU AGAIN PLS
CALL YOUR SENATORS 202 224-3121
BLOCK ICE FUNDING
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
These idiots spent 3 days calling him an assassin, a domestic terrorist, and blaming him for “pointing a gun at cops”

DHS account (and the video we all fucking watched) makes it clear that he never even attempted to reach for his gun.

His family should sue a bunch of people.
January 28, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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judithbolyard.bsky.social
proud boys
oath keepers
kkk
It will never be ok for them to murder in cold blood...NEVER!
we arrest prosecute convict and punish in my country...not violently murder
January 25, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
The request includes a declaration from a witness who filmed today's shooting of Pretti.

Read their words:

"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.
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 26 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 28. 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.
January 25, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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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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quiltybon.bsky.social
Thank you to those who worked so quickly to do this declaration. The administration is tarnishing this man’s reputation and lying about what happened. Truth must win out.
January 25, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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womenriseup2026.bsky.social
#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles
January 24, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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js-53.bsky.social
This is the spirit of freedom of the press.
qasimrashid.com Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 5d
Short thread

Today in MN is a perfect example of why I ask y'all to subscribe to my human rights advocacy.

Corporate media knew MN interfaith leaders were coordinating a historic protest with thousands of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus & non-believers working TOGETHER.

And none showed up.

1/3
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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therickydavila.bsky.social
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.

Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.

Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.

Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.
January 23, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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stewardship.bsky.social
Jeffrey Epstein might be dead, but those #EpsteinFiles are not!!!

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
January 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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dashannestokes.com
It's been five weeks now and they still haven't fully released the Epstein files as required by law because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
January 23, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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womenriseup2026.bsky.social
#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles
January 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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aft.org
This is what solidarity looks like ✊ Union leaders and members are here in Minnesota standing together in solidarity in response to ICE’s assault on our communities. #ICEOUT

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January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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womenriseup2026.bsky.social
#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles
January 23, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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kibblesmith.com
Hey if you have a problem with the White House sharing A.I. generated photos of their political enemies great reminder to not also do that
January 23, 2026 at 8:09 AM