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An agent told hospital staff that “he got his shit rocked,” but did not share other information. A CT scan found that the man had “life-threatening bilateral skull fractures and hemorrhaging.”
Petition: Agents say man injured in ICE custody ‘purposely ran headfirst into a brick wall’
ICE officials haven’t commented on the man’s injuries, but DHS attorneys say agents noticed the man had a head injury while he was being processed at Whipple Federal Building near Fort Snelling. The m...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:13 PM
An agent told hospital staff that “he got his shit rocked,” but did not share other information. A CT scan found that the man had “life-threatening bilateral skull fractures and hemorrhaging.”
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“the agent took the child out of the still-running car, led him to the door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.”
Agents later took the father and child away in a vehicle and sent them to Texas
Agents later took the father and child away in a vehicle and sent them to Texas
The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.
ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 AM
“the agent took the child out of the still-running car, led him to the door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.”
Agents later took the father and child away in a vehicle and sent them to Texas
Agents later took the father and child away in a vehicle and sent them to Texas
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It's first and foremost a campaign of terror and instigation against an American city, the immigration stuff is just an excuse and an afterthought. It's fucking outrageous.
look what they’re doing to my beautiful city. this is bovino’s massive armed convoy, rolling through the Wedge, one of the nicest, friendliest residential areas in Minneapolis, doing nothing but posturing, starting fights, and then deploying chemical weapons at a park many children play in
January 21, 2026 at 11:16 PM
It's first and foremost a campaign of terror and instigation against an American city, the immigration stuff is just an excuse and an afterthought. It's fucking outrageous.
"While DOGE has claimed $215 billion in savings, a New York Times analysis found many of its top savings claims were inaccurate. In fact, federal spending increased in 2025, from $6.95 trillion to more than $7 trillion."
Under Trump and DOGE, Wisconsin lost 2.4K federal workers — while spending increased
One year later, the DOGE project failed to reduce federal spending, and workers in Wisconsin say they've had to move on from federal employment or find ways to continue their work under challenging co...
www.wpr.org
January 21, 2026 at 2:11 PM
"While DOGE has claimed $215 billion in savings, a New York Times analysis found many of its top savings claims were inaccurate. In fact, federal spending increased in 2025, from $6.95 trillion to more than $7 trillion."
"Churches are undertaking the massive logistical challenge of feeding thousands of immigrant families who fear leaving their homes. Coffee shops, bars and hardware stores are selling or handing out whistles for people to blow when they spot ICE."
In the Twin Cities, ICE resistance goes mainstream • Minnesota Reformer
The week before an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in south Minneapolis, her 67-year-old neighbor Terri Sullivan heard that a school in nearby Richfield that serves mostly Latino students needed ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:59 PM
"Churches are undertaking the massive logistical challenge of feeding thousands of immigrant families who fear leaving their homes. Coffee shops, bars and hardware stores are selling or handing out whistles for people to blow when they spot ICE."
""It constitutes a direct offense to the memory of the victims of the dictatorship and their families," the Association of Relatives of Detained and Disappeared Persons wrote last week. "It reaffirms a history of apologizing for the dictatorship and a commitment to impunity.""
Chile's president-elect picks Pinochet lawyers as ministers
Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast has named two lawyers who defended dictator Augusto Pinochet to his new cabinet. The far-right leader said his picks were "not the result of quotas, calculati...
www.dw.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:43 PM
""It constitutes a direct offense to the memory of the victims of the dictatorship and their families," the Association of Relatives of Detained and Disappeared Persons wrote last week. "It reaffirms a history of apologizing for the dictatorship and a commitment to impunity.""
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
"“We go day by day, and this situation is getting worse and worse,” [advocate Jorge Islas-Martinez] said. “Unfortunately, we’re just waiting for the worst. We don’t see anything positive under this administration.”"
One year into second Trump term, Wisconsin immigrants are 'waiting for the worst'
In the first 10 months of 2025, ICE arrested nearly 1000 people in Wisconsin — an almost 25 percent increase from all 2024 arrests. Meanwhile, immigrants in Wisconsin say they are feeling more afraid ...
www.wpr.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:31 PM
"“We go day by day, and this situation is getting worse and worse,” [advocate Jorge Islas-Martinez] said. “Unfortunately, we’re just waiting for the worst. We don’t see anything positive under this administration.”"
"In Chicago...[ ]...a patient at an Esperanza Health Center delayed her first prenatal visit until her third trimester because she worried enrolling in Medicaid could put her husband at risk of deportation, the clinic reported in a December court filing."...
ICE is using Medicaid data to find out where immigrants live • Stateline
In a win for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, a recent court ruling has cleared the way for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to resume using states’ Medicaid data to find people...
stateline.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:17 PM
"In Chicago...[ ]...a patient at an Esperanza Health Center delayed her first prenatal visit until her third trimester because she worried enrolling in Medicaid could put her husband at risk of deportation, the clinic reported in a December court filing."...
""Israel is continuing its systemic, institutionalized policy of torture and abuse of Palestinian prisoners, approved and backed by the political system, the judicial system, the media and, of course, the prison authorities themselves,...""
Rights group warns on Israeli abuse of Palestinian prisoners
A new report has published harrowing testimonies by Palestinians who were released as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Meanwhile, rights activists are worried that Israel is now considering th...
www.dw.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:55 PM
""Israel is continuing its systemic, institutionalized policy of torture and abuse of Palestinian prisoners, approved and backed by the political system, the judicial system, the media and, of course, the prison authorities themselves,...""
“"He is a combat wounded Iraq War vet, and if someone who has honorably served their country is treated this way by the federal government, by these ICE agents, then how are they treating other people?" Chitwood said. "It's, it's shameful. It is un-American to the core."”
Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or his attorney
A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
www.kare11.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:41 AM
“"He is a combat wounded Iraq War vet, and if someone who has honorably served their country is treated this way by the federal government, by these ICE agents, then how are they treating other people?" Chitwood said. "It's, it's shameful. It is un-American to the core."”
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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I’m the one in the brown hat.
What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs.
Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car.
#AbolishICE
What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs.
Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car.
#AbolishICE
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I’m the one in the brown hat.
What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs.
Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car.
#AbolishICE
What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs.
Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car.
#AbolishICE
"At an SCLC retreat in early 1965, (Coretta Scott King) explained how the war “drains resources from education, housing, health and other badly needed programs,” those gathered, “Why do you think we got the Nobel Prize? … Peace and justice are indivisible.”"
“Always More Than a Label”: 8 Ways to Be Like King for the Struggle Today—Coretta Scott King, That Is
Investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, analysis of national and world affairs, and cultural criticism that matters.
inthesetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"At an SCLC retreat in early 1965, (Coretta Scott King) explained how the war “drains resources from education, housing, health and other badly needed programs,” those gathered, “Why do you think we got the Nobel Prize? … Peace and justice are indivisible.”"
"“They want to log it for the mature timber. They want to mine it for the precious metals, all of which is revenue-based to create money for big corporations,” (Conrad St. John, chairman of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin) said."
Wisconsin tribes oppose ending protections for roadless areas on national forests
Tribes in Wisconsin and beyond are opposing the Trump administration’s proposal to end protections for millions of acres of roadless areas on national forest land.
www.wpr.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:38 PM
"“They want to log it for the mature timber. They want to mine it for the precious metals, all of which is revenue-based to create money for big corporations,” (Conrad St. John, chairman of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin) said."
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A US citizen was detained by ICE even after showing her ID.
She was shoved to the ground and assaulted, called racial slurs and told that agents were "making America great again," and held in immigration detention for TWO DAYS.
This country is in crisis www.yahoo.com/news/article...
She was shoved to the ground and assaulted, called racial slurs and told that agents were "making America great again," and held in immigration detention for TWO DAYS.
This country is in crisis www.yahoo.com/news/article...
St. Paul woman, a U.S. citizen, recounts her two days in detention
During her two days in immigration detention, a St. Paul woman who was born in Minnesota said she “put her faith in God” and prayed after suffering what appeared to be a stress-induced seizure and bei...
www.yahoo.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
A US citizen was detained by ICE even after showing her ID.
She was shoved to the ground and assaulted, called racial slurs and told that agents were "making America great again," and held in immigration detention for TWO DAYS.
This country is in crisis www.yahoo.com/news/article...
She was shoved to the ground and assaulted, called racial slurs and told that agents were "making America great again," and held in immigration detention for TWO DAYS.
This country is in crisis www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"Scholars have long attributed Milwaukee's residential segregation to its history of racially restrictive covenants. The covenants contained language in property deeds that prevented the sale of land or homes to Black people and people of other ethnicities to keep certain areas exclusively White."
50 years after court order on desegregation in MPS, what's changed?
A 1976 court order reshaped Milwaukee schools, but segregation has endured. Fifty years later, leaders reflect on its legacy and the future of MPS.
www.jsonline.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:27 PM
"Scholars have long attributed Milwaukee's residential segregation to its history of racially restrictive covenants. The covenants contained language in property deeds that prevented the sale of land or homes to Black people and people of other ethnicities to keep certain areas exclusively White."
"Drivers in Minneapolis or St. Paul can now stumble across intersections blocked by men in body armor and gas masks, with helicopters clattering overhead and the air filled with the shriek of protesters’ whistles."
Trump’s Twin Cities immigration crackdown has made chaos and tension the new normal
The Trump administration’s latest and biggest immigration crackdown has pitted city and state officials against the federal government and sparked daily clashes between activists and immigrat…
wisconsinwatch.org
January 18, 2026 at 2:09 PM
"Drivers in Minneapolis or St. Paul can now stumble across intersections blocked by men in body armor and gas masks, with helicopters clattering overhead and the air filled with the shriek of protesters’ whistles."
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Media reports say two battalions of the US Army's 11th Airborne Division (aka the "Arctic Angels"), who specialize in cold weather warfare, are on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota.
January 18, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Media reports say two battalions of the US Army's 11th Airborne Division (aka the "Arctic Angels"), who specialize in cold weather warfare, are on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota.
"“Even though they’re American citizens,” (Eau Claire City Council President Emily Berge) said, “they have to bring their documents with them, their passports or ID with them when they leave the house — even to walk their dog or bring their kids to school.”"
Western Wisconsin on edge as protests, ICE enforcements surge in Minneapolis
Western Wisconsin residents are following the protests and clashes in Minneapolis-St. Paul over federal immigration enforcement actions with concern.
www.wpr.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
"“Even though they’re American citizens,” (Eau Claire City Council President Emily Berge) said, “they have to bring their documents with them, their passports or ID with them when they leave the house — even to walk their dog or bring their kids to school.”"
"This violence did not arise in a vacuum. In places like Minnesota, it follows years of federal law enforcement and surveillance with the state serving as a testing ground that helped pave the road for today’s policies."
Renee Good’s Extrajudicial Killing Escalated the Normalization of State Terror
What happens next will determine whether Good’s killing sets a precedent for more state violence.
truthout.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM
"This violence did not arise in a vacuum. In places like Minnesota, it follows years of federal law enforcement and surveillance with the state serving as a testing ground that helped pave the road for today’s policies."
"Faith in Minnesota, a faith-based social justice organization, has also joined the call. Minnesota has a history of joint, coalitional action among community groups, worker centers and unions."
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
"Faith in Minnesota, a faith-based social justice organization, has also joined the call. Minnesota has a history of joint, coalitional action among community groups, worker centers and unions."
"Even though Argueta works at an organization that is tracking ICE arrests, he hasn’t been able to figure out what happened to the mother. Her children didn’t know her birth date, he said, and they would have to track that down before they could look her up in the database of immigrants..."
These are the arrests you’re not seeing • Minnesota Reformer
A man shelters alone under the heaters of a south Minneapolis bus stop on a cold January morning, the hood of a grey sweatshirt pulled over his thick dark hair. He unzips his black outer coat and look...
minnesotareformer.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:16 PM
"Even though Argueta works at an organization that is tracking ICE arrests, he hasn’t been able to figure out what happened to the mother. Her children didn’t know her birth date, he said, and they would have to track that down before they could look her up in the database of immigrants..."
"The number of uninsured Wisconsinites has decreased by 200,000 since 2013 when the Affordable Care Act went into effect. Last year, the state saw a record number of residents who opted for insurance covered by the ACA Marketplace."
Fewer Wisconsinites enroll in ACA Marketplace as health care premiums skyrocket
Just under 290,000 Wisconsinites signed up to receive health care coverage in 2026 through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, according to a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service...
www.wpr.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM
"The number of uninsured Wisconsinites has decreased by 200,000 since 2013 when the Affordable Care Act went into effect. Last year, the state saw a record number of residents who opted for insurance covered by the ACA Marketplace."
