Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."

It’s this. It is unfathomable how much harm has been done. It’s unbelievable to feel that elected officials (excluding city council and state reps) have seemingly let the entire state down. Genuinely concerned about the collective PTSD folks will have due to what has happened here.

There is video circulating on social media of a group of ICE agents beating a man near 26th and Nicollet in south Minneapolis, then one of the ICE agents shoots the man while he's on the ground numerous times. A witness can be heard yelling that the victim is dead.

Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.

Read the caption and understand what is happening here in Minnesota. Our local schools are empty, many are at 50% or 70% absenteeism, it’s like COVID except with zero resources to support families or students. Because the federal government keeps specifically targeting them with terror tactics.

“…the resistance to Trump’s siege has not come from politicians but from everyday Minnesotans…” If it wasn’t for community and humanity among Minnesotans, there would be no line of defense. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/23/8...

“Most people here are sort of living in a state of disbelief that this could happen in our city, let alone our beautiful state, our beautiful country,” she said. “The fear that people are living in is unbelievable.” Hopkins is a Mpls suburb. sahanjournal.com/education/ic...

Help bring 2-Year-Old Chloe & Her Father Home. They were kidnapped today in South Minneapolis. With the permission of the mother, we are reaching out to raise funds for lawyer fee’s, food, bond requests, rent, livability, & resources to keep this family together. gofund.me/6295b51b3

“It’s easy to stop brutalizing a community. It’s much harder to keep brutalizing a community when they won’t take your shit, won’t take your bait, and won’t meet your violence with the violence you want so badly to justify your escalation of violence.” www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities...

“Imagine the trauma of a child being picked up by masked and armed agents, seeing their parents in handcuffs and being used to attempt to lure their mother out of the house and into danger. What has become of our country?” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

This is abhorrent and unconscionable. youtu.be/GZbMzA3vIuk

His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.

“…too many of our elites never really believed in liberal values like equality, pluralism and the dignity of every person, so when it came time to stand up, they were more than willing to cave to save their fancy lives. So yeah, it’s on us.” minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/16/w...