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NEW: In a court hearing for a TRO against the feds in Minneapolis, the plaintiffs just said one of their exhibits contains a recording of a federal agent saying "Well, this person is gonna have a hard time traveling from now on" after taking a photo of an ICE observer's license plate. 1/

I've seen some acts of real bravery from some electeds, but this is largely true: we've been mostly alone in this fight. So we didn't wait on our so-called leaders—we couldn't afford to. Democracy can't wait. An end to the cruelty can't wait.

Just say the government is lying. The goal of journalism should be to inform, not gaslight.

Because people are stupid everywhere not just the US

For a year they’ve been saying that we are paid. For a year they’ve said they are investigating it to prove it. They still have never produced any evidence of that but continue to go on TV every day with zero evidence and insist with great confidence that we’re paid. bsky.app/profile/deco...

sure this all comes as a huge surprise, the "Mass Deportations Now!" signs didn't give you a clue huh

“.. if you’re going to write a bad story about my health, I’m going to sue the ass off of ‘New York’ Magazine. There will be a time when you can write that story, maybe in two years, three years, five years — five years, no one is going to care, I guess.” @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...

Every one of these stories breaks me a little more but I have to keep bearing witness to the suffering, making mutual aid donations, protesting, calling my reps, and hoping we can end this cruelty.

please please boycott us, we are in crisis here and we're worried for the safety of athletes and fans

There are no cameras at the death camps they are sending Black and brown people to so I can only imagine what inhumane treatment tantamount to torture goes on there Abolish ice doesn’t just mean dismantle the slave patrols it also means destroying the for-profit death camps.

To be honest, I'm TERRIFIED as a Black disabled woman who carries my passport everywhere. If I'm detained, I fear abuse and the medical complications it may cause since my health is already so fragile. But I'm even more FURIOUS. We won't abandon our neighbors. We are going to win.

Attended a large protest today (large for my tiny town, anyway). Also a candlelight vigil last night. A few people were rude as they drove by, but it was overwhelmingly positive out there, though somber. Everyone I spoke to said they felt they *had* to come out.

Seen in Los Angeles (Credit: Zurita Carpio)

This is not just an American media problem, but WOW is it an American media problem.

Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune

I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.

Bovino, saying the quiet part out loud If you try to exercise your 1st Amendment right, we will kill you.

I was moved to tears by this man yesterday. We'll absolutely be shopping here 📚 I wonder if he has ON TYRANNY by @timothysnyder.bsky.social in stock? I could use some extra copies to leave around town.

1. Wasn’t at a protest 2. Was disarmed when they shot him while he was face down 3. New gun rights rule: the second amendment is when conservatives can carry guns everywhere, but if anyone else has a gun we can kill him on sight bsky.app/profile/atru...

A must-read deep dive into the history and current practices of ICE/CBP: "ICE and CBP are literally scared to be out in public... resorting to brutality and violence because (a) they don’t know better and (b) they’re not bound by any of the normal accountability"

When reading the physician's sworn statement under penalty of perjury on shocking denial of medical care to Alex Pretti ⬇️ Remember Kristi Noem's statement earlier today: "Medics were on the scene immediately and attempted to deliver medical aid to the subject."

There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry

I’m telling you, @lukeoneil47.bsky.social does not miss. I cannot recommend subscribing to Welcome To Hell World highly enough. So informative and it helps me feel like I haven’t gone totally insane when I see someone actually accurately report the news www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...

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.

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Both of Nevada's senators--Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen--have officially come out against the DHS funding bill following the execution of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis this morning. This effectively ends the DHS funding bill in the Senate.

Yes.

Alex Pretti’s dad: “He cared about people deeply & was very upset with what was happening...He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, he knew it was wrong, so he did participate in protests” apnews.com/article/immi...

I called ALL their offices and emailed using their forms and plan to do the same tomorrow. Over and over again—it's our civic duty to get LOUD right now!

Where there is darkness, there is also light.

Wind chill is -11 in Minneapolis right now, btw. That’s how angry people are

Alex Pretti was an intensive care nurse in the Veterans Administration Health Care system. “He felt that doing the protesting was a way to express his care for others,” his dad said. #AbolishICE #ICEOutOfMinnesota #ProtectNurses #HoldHisKillersAccountable

Our initial analysis is up. The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot. He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.

Yes so many 'we must listen to the heartfelt pain of the people wearing 'Fuck Your Feelings' shirts' think pieces.

Such incredible bravery. At this point, there can be no doubt they're risking their lives.

This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.

Donald Trump is a madman who has lost touch with reality. He and his henchmen do not think they are subject to the constitution or the law. You do not have any rights they feel they have to respect. They think the should be allowed to murder people who disagree with them. That’s what this is about.

Absolutely. This would go a long way toward helping us place increased pressure on these monsters and dig our way out

now - especially now - a reminder that we are going to win. and this is why

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect. /1

Holy shit. He was filming. He went over to help a lady that ICE shoved down. Agents engaged him. His hands were on the pavement when he was shot. He never had his hand on a weapon. Cold blooded murder.

NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.

Thread from a trusted source trained in analyzing this kind of footage ⬇️

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

1) Doesn’t say he was wielding it, just that he had it. 2) Doesn’t match the video anyway. 3) DHS has lied in exactly this way after shooting someone before. bsky.app/profile/ms.n...

Reminder: after Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez in October, DHS tried to claim it was because she was armed. The gun never left her purse and she had a concealed carry license for it.

Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times, up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street

Trump and Vance's masked federal agents have killed two 37-year-old American citizens in broad daylight in the past three weeks