Carolyn Barber, MD

ending my campaign." #BlueSky #LawSky #NewsSky #PoliSky #MedSky

NEW: Minnesota’s Chris Madel just ended his GOP governor run — and did not hold back. “I cannot support retribution against citizens of my own state. US citizens are carrying papers to prove their citizenship. That's wrong. ICE agents with civil warrants are unconstitutional. That's wrong. I'm 1/2

The NRA is attacking a Trump-appointed federal prosecutor who said armed protest creates “a high likelihood” that federal agents “will be legally justified” to shoot protesters.

If the NRA is spooked, pay attention.
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#BlueSky #NewsSky #PoliSky #guns #LawSky

RIP. Stay safe and warm.
#BlueSky #MedSky #WeatherSky

how this is happening.”

This is Twin Cities reality — beneath the marches, the calls for justice, the fear that the next alert could be another shooting by federal agents. #Minnesota #minneapolis #twincities

a position of privilege. For many others, it’s so much worse."

“Struggling — a lot. Wavering between standing my ground and being fearful…fearful for my children…”

“Intermittent bawling.”

“Heartbroken, sad, numb, angry, anxious, sickened, disgusted.”

“Devastated. I don’t understand 4/5

and being mad when people talk about anything but this. It’s all consuming — how could it not be?

And it’s helplessness. We are calling, striking, marching, patrolling our neighborhoods, helping neighbors — and it keeps happening over and over again.

I am white — this is my experience from 3/

there, if the next news alert will say someone else is shot, the National Guard is deployed, the military is called in.
It’s also sadness — how many people don’t believe us, how many turn away from basic human rights for ALL people.
It’s the constant yo-yo between wanting a distraction 2/

“How are people holding up in MN right now?” People here say it best:

"Not ok. Living in the Twin Cities right now requires hypervigilance — constantly questioning who is in that car, if someone is watching, if the next message from school will say ICE is 1/5
#BlueSky #MedSky #PoliSky #ICE

The Thugs: BP agents pointed guns at people and screamed “Are you press? Get back, get the fuck back!” outside the Home2 Suites in MN. 🔥

A free press? This isn’t immigration control. #BlueSky #PoliSky #NewsSky #ICE

shootings.

“I can’t look my daughters in the eye… when they’re pulling over Hispanics and Asians because of the color of their skin.”
#Justice #ICEAccountability

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NEW: “US citizens, particularly those of color, live in fear… carrying papers to prove their citizenship. That’s wrong.” — GOP’s Chris Madel, dropping out of the MN governor’s race amid national outrage over federal immigration 1/2
#Justice #ICEAccountability #BlueSky #PoliSky #NewsSky #ICE

registered to a company that shares a Houston address with the law firm Arnold & Itki.

Plane with 8 on board crashes at Bangor, Maine airport after taking off in storm A private aircraft carrying eight people crashed on takeoff Sunday night at Maine's Bangor International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. There was no word on the fate of those on bo...

Last night, a Challenger 650 with 8 onboard crashed during takeoff in Bangor, Maine, shutting down the airport and canceling flights as first responders worked through the night.

FAA records show the aircraft went into service in April 2020 and is
#BlueSky #AirSky #PlaneSky #NewsSky

BREAKING: A woman was struck by “less-than-lethal” munitions, sustaining a serious injury to her hand. She collapsed to the ground as multiple bystanders called for a medic. #Minneapolis #Protest #BlueSky #NewsSky #MedSky #NurseSky #LawSky #PoliSky

are kidnapping us. They have us in a warehouse here in Baltimore —they have us at 31 Hopkins. They have beaten us — look at his face. They beat an older man. We can't take it anymore. They’ve kept us here for more than ten days without bathing and we're hungry.”

😢Leaked video from inside an immigration detention center in Baltimore: BALTIMORE, AMERICA 🇺🇸

“Look how immigration is treating us in the US. There are people here who are here legally and people who are not, people who are losing their families. They 1/2
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Lies and Lawlessness The Camps, the Executions, and the Future

call it “law enforcement,” call people “terrorists,” while masked men trespass, assault, batter, and kill.

The border is the crack. The wedge is the lie. And resisting the lawlessness is the only right thing left to do. snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l... #PoliSky #NewsSky

Lies and Lawlessness The Camps, the Executions, and the Future

Timothy Snyder: People are dying in American concentration camps, unseen — and being executed on our streets, in plain sight.

This isn’t random, it’s a strategy: turn the “border” into a lawless zone, then expand it until the law means nothing. Make it normal with lies: #BlueSky #LawSky #fascism

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BREAKING: Bill Clinton is sounding the alarm: "horrible scenes" are playing out in MN— with people seized, peaceful observers beaten and even killed, and officials lying to cover it up. We’re at a historic crossroads: defend democracy — stand up, speak out — or lose it. #BlueSky #NewsSky

extend love outward, even in the face of adversity.

Take one step, no matter how small, to help heal our world. Through these acts, carry his light forward in his name. Let his legacy continue to heal."

through the long shifts. Step outside with your dog, breathe in the world, hike or bike as he loved to do, and let yourself find peace in the quiet moments within nature. Stand up for justice and speak with those whose views differ from your own. Hold your beliefs with strength, but always 8/

care for those in need.

Please honor my friend by standing up for peace, preferably with a cup of black coffee in hand and a couple of pieces of candy in your pocket, just as he would. He would remind you that caring for others is hard work, and we must do whatever it takes to get 7/

than divided, and that communication would bring us together.

I want his family to know his legacy lives on. I am a better nurse because of the wisdom and skills he instilled in me. I carry his light with me into every room, letting it guide and steady my hands as I heal and 6/

He lived a life of healing, and he lived it well.

Alex believed strongly in the Second Amendment and in the rights rooted in our Constitution and its amendments. He spoke out for justice and peace whenever he could, not only out of obligation, but out of a belief that we are more connected 5/

there. I recognized his familiar stillness and signature calm composure shining through during those unbearable final moments captured on camera.

It does not surprise me that his final words were, “Are you okay?” Caring for people was at the core of who he was. He was incapable of causing harm 4/

filled with lifesaving solutions, and how to watch over every heartbeat, every breath, and every flicker of life, ready to act the moment they wavered. Techniques intended to heal.

Alex carried patience, compassion and calm as a steady light within him. Even at the very end, that light was 3/

four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my capstone preceptorship at the Minneapolis VA Hospital. There he trained me to care for the sickest of the sick as an ICU nurse. He taught me how to care for arterial and central lines, the intricacies of managing multiple IVs 2/

BREAKING: Sharing a powerful letter from Alex Pretti’s last nursing student👇 "It does not surprise me that his final words were, "Are you okay?"

"I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student. He was my friend and my nursing mentor. For the past
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