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@bthechangeodaat.bsky.social · 2w ago

@erictopol.bsky.social I was going to get my Covid vax this Friday, but didn’t make it. Our teen tested positive this evening, symptoms began Fri. Do I wait until nobody in the house has covid to get vac? Get vax anyway in case my exposure is to a 2nd household person who may get sick later?

Meade Krosby@meadekrosby.bsky.social · 5mo ago

She sounded so extraordinary. Atmospheric sciences major with minors in music and philosophy. Gifted singer. Kind. It wouldn’t have been any less tragic had she been utterly ordinary but my god, what a light that man took from the world. I’m so sorry, Juniper.

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Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I got a little carried away watching on YouTube, some of the last minutes of the anti-Orbán concert in Budapest. Quite inspiring, and Hungary's most famous voice, opera star Botond Ódor brought the curtain down. Earlier photos in my thread from: @444hu

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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 bearwitness, 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.
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 8mo ago

JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

Anat Shenker-Osorio@anatosaurus.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This is what I hear from everyone I've had honor of speaking to in MN: wake up full of cortisol, check local socials & text chains to see latest horror, get marching orders for where to stand guard/send food/pitch in, go out in winter gear, try & sleep. Repeat. www.instagram.com/reels/DTocxx...

Marilee Bridget Thomas on Instagram: "• This is heartbreaking, but also incredibly motivating. Yes, each and everyone can do “something” to oppose the regime. Or even three things! @beingliberal ht...

5,934 likes, 594 comments - just_a_girl_in_the_universe on January 17, 2026: "• This is heartbreaking, but also incredibly motivating. Yes, each and everyone can do “something” to oppose the regime. ...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal@jayapal.house.gov · 8mo ago

After my accountability hearing in MN, we visited Renee Good’s memorial. It was so powerful to bear witness to the strength and resilience of the community in the Twin Cities — even through incredible grief. We will continue to fight for justice in her memory.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio@anatosaurus.bsky.social · 9mo ago

BRAVO @isaiahmn.org! Chipping endlessly away at the pillars that prop up the regime. www.instagram.com/reels/DTjuOh...

ISAIAH on Instagram: "🚨 BREAKING: Minnesota clergy have successfully secured a meeting with @target CEO Brian Cornell! 🔊🎯 We’re glad Cornell agreed to meet. But real leadership means action. We will...

326 likes, 14 comments - isaiahorg on January 15, 2026: "🚨 BREAKING: Minnesota clergy have successfully secured a meeting with @target CEO Brian Cornell! 🔊🎯 We’re glad Cornell agreed to meet. But re...

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Norm Charlatan@normcharlatan.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Had a telehealth appointment with my psychiatrist this morning. Psych: So how are you doing? Me, after a 5 min update of what I’ve been doing: But oddly I am really at ease about everything. I think I’ve made my peace with maybe getting killed by my own government outside of my children’s schools.