@madcoak.bsky.social
Open letter to our Senators:
Gentlemen, Ladies, we don't really care about ICE not getting even more funding. We don't care about more "training" and more rules they won't follow.
We want ICE de-funded. Dismantled. Gone. Driven out of our cities.
Itβs doesnβt feel like it right now, but the people are winning and the regime is freaking out.
31.01.2026 00:35 β π 2449 π 374 π¬ 73 π 27"Did I think I was going to be filming a murder? No. An assassination? No. I hope that me coming forward and doing this, allows others to do it with me...I'm not here to represent me, I'm here to represent We. I care about my community I care about my state and my country." Stella Carson, hero.
28.01.2026 16:31 β π 2637 π 959 π¬ 49 π 32I 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. Itβs dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
I made a promise to Alexβs parents to continue to tell his story.
An ICU nurse at the VA, an outdoorsman, a deeply generous, compassionate friend and family member, and a true son of Minnesota. Rest in peace, Alex.
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
27.01.2026 05:36 β π 19000 π 6297 π¬ 930 π 1171A bearded man in nurse's scrubs offers aid to Justice, wearing a blindfold and holding a sword and scales, who has fallen to her knees.
Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
27.01.2026 04:00 β π 8000 π 2513 π¬ 101 π 92It is profoundly sad that a white man's concealed carry guns rights is what is getting certain people to finally understand that the US government does not give a shit about laws or rights or lives. This is not a criticism of the victim. This is a criticism of the US's sympathies & priorities.
26.01.2026 20:12 β π 7150 π 1489 π¬ 0 π 0The NYT does a masterful job walking us through the video of the murder of Mr Pretti by ICE agents operating under Trump authority and policies. Frame by frame www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
27.01.2026 04:35 β π 975 π 351 π¬ 39 π 17Like many of you, I have seen this video, and I'm demanding answers.
My team has reached out to ICE repeatedly and have yet to get clear answers.
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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
26.01.2026 01:40 β π 17027 π 7066 π¬ 1542 π 763We need to be loud, we need to be clear, ICE must be ABOLISHED!! No reform, No retraining, No acceptance, these people are lawless. Period
26.01.2026 09:01 β π 11760 π 2879 π¬ 433 π 111The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
26.01.2026 05:23 β π 19634 π 4178 π¬ 648 π 212I spoke to the President earlier. We had a productive conversation and I explained to him that his staff doesnβt have their facts straight about Minnesota. My thoughts in the Wall Street Journal:
www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-...
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26.01.2026 22:29 β π 660 π 196 π¬ 6 π 6Gallego: I think it's ridiculous that Kristi Noem just went out right away and basically called this poor victim, a violent terrorist. That right there is impeachable. She lied about a citizen to justify his murder. The president should ask for her resignation.
26.01.2026 20:34 β π 22265 π 5660 π¬ 989 π 306Greg Bovino getting pulled out of Minnesota to terrorize another community is not accountability. At all.
26.01.2026 23:02 β π 18408 π 3979 π¬ 851 π 175This sums it up.
26.01.2026 12:37 β π 17474 π 5973 π¬ 528 π 256The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
Correct, obtaining US citizenship at birth which you can do either by being born here or born to a US citizen abroad in which case you get a state department document called βConsular Report of Birth Abroadβ
27.01.2026 07:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Seattle's crisis response team leader Amy Barden hasn't met with Police Chief Shon Barnes since Bruce Harrell appointed him in 2024, despite the fact that the two departments are supposed to work together to decide which 911 calls require cops and which require a social work/mental health response.
26.01.2026 22:44 β π 65 π 12 π¬ 6 π 5@mayorofseattle.bsky.social the reporting on this has been extensive and ongoing and noting has changed. The cops are actively preventing care to the community.
26.01.2026 22:51 β π 15 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0So simply naming someone is doxxing, but taking photos and license plate numbers to create a database of the opposition for government stalking and harassment purposes is not?
Naming someone is not doxxing them, and moving them to another city to kill more is conspiracy against rights.
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
26.01.2026 22:56 β π 20455 π 4352 π¬ 540 π 490This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demandsβ¦.
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
One of the hardest things to do is bring campaign-level communications to the work of governance, and snowstorms are notoriously one of the biggest litmus tests that less-engaged voters use to judge mayoral administrations. This is an excellent way to communicate.
25.01.2026 16:39 β π 2342 π 377 π¬ 62 π 109He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.
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