Grant Smith
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In short, this secret memo explains SO MUCH of what we've been seeing over the last months, including this raid of a home in Minneapolis where ICE officers presented no judicial warrant before breaking in the door.
Turns out they were secretly told they don't need one!
Turns out they were secretly told they don't need one!
January 21, 2026 at 10:26 PM
In short, this secret memo explains SO MUCH of what we've been seeing over the last months, including this raid of a home in Minneapolis where ICE officers presented no judicial warrant before breaking in the door.
Turns out they were secretly told they don't need one!
Turns out they were secretly told they don't need one!
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An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
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An essential thread from a Minnesotan journalist on what's made this a crisis here:
hey, y'all. my name is madi and i'm a reporter for the minnesota reformer. i cover the trump administration's impact on minnesotans, which means i've been out on the streets covering ICE in the twin cities. let me walk you through how we got here:
January 21, 2026 at 6:17 PM
An essential thread from a Minnesotan journalist on what's made this a crisis here:
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"It makes my benefits less special when everyone can receive them. How am I supposed to enjoy my taxpayer-funded healthcare knowing a two-month-old infant is getting the same?"
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/now...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/now...
Now That I Am Old Enough to Enroll in Medicare, I Am Against Socialized Medicine
Now that I have reached the age of 65, I cannot more vehemently express my great relief for no longer having to shop around for expensive health in...
www.mcsweeneys.net
January 21, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"It makes my benefits less special when everyone can receive them. How am I supposed to enjoy my taxpayer-funded healthcare knowing a two-month-old infant is getting the same?"
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/now...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/now...
Earlier this month, Trump told The New York Times he is constrained only by his "own morality."
www.reuters.com/world/us-tro...
www.reuters.com/world/us-tro...
US troops could disobey questionable orders, Catholic archbishop says
The Catholic archbishop overseeing the church's work with members of the U.S. military said it would be "morally acceptable" for troops to disobey orders that went against their consciences.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Earlier this month, Trump told The New York Times he is constrained only by his "own morality."
www.reuters.com/world/us-tro...
www.reuters.com/world/us-tro...
Residents said both incidents were in Palestinian-controlled areas. The ceasefire brought about a partial Israeli military withdrawal, but they have been expanding their presence recently, leading to further displacement of Palestinian families, residents said. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israeli fire kills 11, including journalists and children, Gaza medics say
Israeli fire killed 11 Palestinians including two boys and three journalists in separate incidents in Gaza on Wednesday, local medics said, in the latest violence to undermine a three-month-old ceasef...
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Residents said both incidents were in Palestinian-controlled areas. The ceasefire brought about a partial Israeli military withdrawal, but they have been expanding their presence recently, leading to further displacement of Palestinian families, residents said. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
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Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
"The agents usually appear with various labels — FBI, HSI, CBP, ICE, ATF, Multi-Gang Unit, ERO, IRS, Police, Sheriff, THP. They come in packs and surround a vehicle or a person or a home. They are undeterred by screams of agony, by the weeping of small children." www.psrmemphis.org/stop-look-an...
Stop, look and see our neighbors being taken away right before our eyes
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January 21, 2026 at 1:47 AM
"The agents usually appear with various labels — FBI, HSI, CBP, ICE, ATF, Multi-Gang Unit, ERO, IRS, Police, Sheriff, THP. They come in packs and surround a vehicle or a person or a home. They are undeterred by screams of agony, by the weeping of small children." www.psrmemphis.org/stop-look-an...
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Seattle Public Schools warned that ICE agents might be trying to draw out families who intended to bring their children home from school after news of ICE activity.
Two Seattle schools shelter in place due to reported ICE activity
www.seattletimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Seattle Public Schools warned that ICE agents might be trying to draw out families who intended to bring their children home from school after news of ICE activity.
“We have reports of ICE agents bringing in their patients with injuries that are completely inconsistent with the stories that they are telling, and they are not allowing the patient to tell their side of the story of what happened,” said state Sen. Alice Mann.
January 20, 2026 at 9:52 PM
“We have reports of ICE agents bringing in their patients with injuries that are completely inconsistent with the stories that they are telling, and they are not allowing the patient to tell their side of the story of what happened,” said state Sen. Alice Mann.
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A recent poll found only 17% of Americans support Trump’s effort to acquire Greenland www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Just one in five Americans support Trump's efforts to acquire Greenland, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Substantial majorities of Democrats and Republicans oppose using military force to annex the island.
www.reuters.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:54 PM
A recent poll found only 17% of Americans support Trump’s effort to acquire Greenland www.reuters.com/world/europe...
“They were bringing out those two young boys … then the ICE agents were moving down the sidewalk, shoving people and telling them to get off the sidewalk,” Vermie said. “They shoved me when I didn’t move out of the way fast enough.”
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
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 2:58 PM
“They were bringing out those two young boys … then the ICE agents were moving down the sidewalk, shoving people and telling them to get off the sidewalk,” Vermie said. “They shoved me when I didn’t move out of the way fast enough.”
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief jeered in Midway Target
Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently.
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
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ICE raids a south Minneapolis apartment Thursday looking for items they claim were stolen from FBI vehicles during the protests over shootings by ICE officers. They smashed into the wrong apartment and trashed the place, leaving a family shaken, outraged and looking for answers.
Minneapolis family says federal agents raided wrong apartment looking for items stolen from FBI vehicles
A document left behind by law enforcement lists highly sensitive items that were taken from the vehicles, including multiple FBI access badges and wallets containing driver's licenses and credit cards...
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
ICE raids a south Minneapolis apartment Thursday looking for items they claim were stolen from FBI vehicles during the protests over shootings by ICE officers. They smashed into the wrong apartment and trashed the place, leaving a family shaken, outraged and looking for answers.
"I was praying. I was like, God, please help me, I didn't do anything wrong. Why do they do this to me? Without my clothes on," Thao, a Hmong man born in Laos and US citizen, told Reuters from his home on Monday, while neighbors were at work fixing the broken door. www.reuters.com/world/us/ice...
ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow
A Minnesota man told Reuters he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and Crocs.
www.reuters.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:18 PM
"I was praying. I was like, God, please help me, I didn't do anything wrong. Why do they do this to me? Without my clothes on," Thao, a Hmong man born in Laos and US citizen, told Reuters from his home on Monday, while neighbors were at work fixing the broken door. www.reuters.com/world/us/ice...
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“The agents took Ms. Tincher to the Whipple Federal Building, where they removed her clothes and cut off her wedding ring before shackling her.”
(Tincher Decl. ¶¶ 11–16;Rollins Decl. ¶ 15.)
(Tincher Decl. ¶¶ 11–16;Rollins Decl. ¶ 15.)
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:47 AM
“The agents took Ms. Tincher to the Whipple Federal Building, where they removed her clothes and cut off her wedding ring before shackling her.”
(Tincher Decl. ¶¶ 11–16;Rollins Decl. ¶ 15.)
(Tincher Decl. ¶¶ 11–16;Rollins Decl. ¶ 15.)
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i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
January 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
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Uh, the Pierce County (Tacoma), Washington sheriff just threatened to secede and overthrow the county government by force if they try to fire him.
Like no shit. No exaggeration. Watch it.
Like no shit. No exaggeration. Watch it.
Pierce County, are you guys okay? This is absolutely insane. Video from @hannahkrieg.bsky.social.
Neo Nazi Sheriff Swank basically threatened elected officials with violent retribution. Also, he sounds exactly like Steven Miller.
Neo Nazi Sheriff Swank basically threatened elected officials with violent retribution. Also, he sounds exactly like Steven Miller.
January 16, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Uh, the Pierce County (Tacoma), Washington sheriff just threatened to secede and overthrow the county government by force if they try to fire him.
Like no shit. No exaggeration. Watch it.
Like no shit. No exaggeration. Watch it.
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New Evidence Reveals Renee Good Was Still Alive When ICE Blocked Medic newrepublic.com/post/205373/...
New Evidence Reveals Renee Good Was Still Alive When ICE Blocked Medic
ICE’s defense on the horrific Minneapolis killing is falling apart.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM
New Evidence Reveals Renee Good Was Still Alive When ICE Blocked Medic newrepublic.com/post/205373/...
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A court filing made public this week allegedly identifies the ICE agent who killed Keith Porter Jr. in L.A., and raises claims that the officer previously abused his children and made racist remarks.
My latest w/ @liborjany.bsky.social & @lacrimes.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
My latest w/ @liborjany.bsky.social & @lacrimes.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
ICE agent believed responsible for L.A. killing accused of child abuse, racism in court filings
A court filing made public this week claims that a federal immigration agent thought to have shot and killed a Los Angeles man on New Year's Eve was previously accused of child abuse and making racist...
www.latimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
A court filing made public this week allegedly identifies the ICE agent who killed Keith Porter Jr. in L.A., and raises claims that the officer previously abused his children and made racist remarks.
My latest w/ @liborjany.bsky.social & @lacrimes.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
My latest w/ @liborjany.bsky.social & @lacrimes.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities, observers say federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citizens and noncitizens alike. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Fear factor: Intimidation becomes a calling card as Twin Cities ICE surge widens
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, observers say there are signs that federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citiz...
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities, observers say federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citizens and noncitizens alike. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...