Jon Collins
@jcollins.bsky.social
Reporter @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody Award-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener.
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Dozens of immigrants detained by ICE going to court to request release
ICE has released the names of a fraction of the more than 670 it has reported to have arrested during the immigration enforcement sweep that began Dec. 1. An MPR News analysis of federal court records...
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I know it's a holiday eve. But we just dropped an @mprnews.org analysis of federal immigration habeas corpus petitions that gives a partial picture of the government’s approach/insight into the people being impacted in an increasingly opaque immigration system. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
If your resolution this year is to read more in-depth reporting rather than simply ping pong between outrage and despair, please consider reading this piece we published NYE. We try to shed light on an opaque immigration system. Read about the people who are impacted. Help us do more work like this.
While some communities have always been targeted for enforcement, Julia Decker at the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota says the power the federal government is exerting is unprecedented in the country’s history.
Dozens of immigrants detained by ICE going to court to request release
ICE has released the names of a fraction of the more than 670 it has reported to have arrested during the immigration enforcement sweep that began Dec. 1. An MPR News analysis of federal court records...
www.mprnews.org
January 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM
If your resolution this year is to read more in-depth reporting rather than simply ping pong between outrage and despair, please consider reading this piece we published NYE. We try to shed light on an opaque immigration system. Read about the people who are impacted. Help us do more work like this.
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia has hailed the troops fighting his war in Ukraine as sacred heroes. But confidential complaints filed by troops and their families reveal a pattern of brutality and coercion in the ranks that is hidden from the Russian public. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 2, 2026 at 12:30 AM
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has hailed the troops fighting his war in Ukraine as sacred heroes. But confidential complaints filed by troops and their families reveal a pattern of brutality and coercion in the ranks that is hidden from the Russian public. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don't want thick blood pouring through my heart,” Trump said. “I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?”
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Exclusive | As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance
In an interview, President Trump—the oldest man to assume the office—said he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging.
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January 1, 2026 at 7:22 PM
"They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don't want thick blood pouring through my heart,” Trump said. “I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?”
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"Scientists now believe that testosterone makes people and animals more sensitive to threats to their status — to the point of perceiving threats that are imagined and amplifying the aggressive response to such threats." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/o...
Opinion | Testosterone Is Misunderstood
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January 1, 2026 at 6:36 PM
"Scientists now believe that testosterone makes people and animals more sensitive to threats to their status — to the point of perceiving threats that are imagined and amplifying the aggressive response to such threats." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/o...
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Once again, @mprnews.org has excellent coverage of I.C.E. activities in Minnesota.
No real counts from the Feds, but we can guess that over 1,000 neighbors have been taken in recent months.
Heartbreaking read.
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No real counts from the Feds, but we can guess that over 1,000 neighbors have been taken in recent months.
Heartbreaking read.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Dozens of immigrants detained by ICE going to court to request release
ICE has released the names of a fraction of the more than 670 it has reported to have arrested during the immigration enforcement sweep that began Dec. 1. An MPR News analysis of federal court records...
www.mprnews.org
January 1, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Once again, @mprnews.org has excellent coverage of I.C.E. activities in Minnesota.
No real counts from the Feds, but we can guess that over 1,000 neighbors have been taken in recent months.
Heartbreaking read.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
No real counts from the Feds, but we can guess that over 1,000 neighbors have been taken in recent months.
Heartbreaking read.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Still one of my favorite poems, and a good read for the first day of the year.
January 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Still one of my favorite poems, and a good read for the first day of the year.
I know it's a holiday eve. But we just dropped an @mprnews.org analysis of federal immigration habeas corpus petitions that gives a partial picture of the government’s approach/insight into the people being impacted in an increasingly opaque immigration system. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Dozens of immigrants detained by ICE going to court to request release
ICE has released the names of a fraction of the more than 670 it has reported to have arrested during the immigration enforcement sweep that began Dec. 1. An MPR News analysis of federal court records...
www.mprnews.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I know it's a holiday eve. But we just dropped an @mprnews.org analysis of federal immigration habeas corpus petitions that gives a partial picture of the government’s approach/insight into the people being impacted in an increasingly opaque immigration system. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
“The government targeted public funding to punish specific editorial decisions it disagreed with,” she said in a recent interview with The New York Times. “That’s not a funding dispute dressed up as a constitutional case; that’s textbook First Amendment retaliation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...
NPR’s C.E.O. Was a Right-Wing Target. Then the Real Trouble Started.
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December 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“The government targeted public funding to punish specific editorial decisions it disagreed with,” she said in a recent interview with The New York Times. “That’s not a funding dispute dressed up as a constitutional case; that’s textbook First Amendment retaliation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...
"The Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign has led to a significant change in strategy, as federal officers shift away from focusing on arresting immigrants already held in local jails to tracking them down on the streets and in communities,"
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ICE shift in tactics leads to soaring number of at-large arrests, data shows
The agency has moved away from focusing on arresting migrants at local jails to tracking them down in communities, a Washington Post analysis found.
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December 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
"The Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign has led to a significant change in strategy, as federal officers shift away from focusing on arresting immigrants already held in local jails to tracking them down on the streets and in communities,"
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"In March, the Associated Press reported that Somaliland was among three countries contacted by Israeli and U.S. officials to discuss serving as a destination for Palestinians expelled from Gaza."
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Israeli recognition of Somaliland prompts global outcry, emergency U.N. meeting
Israel’s diplomatic move makes it an outlier in the international community.
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December 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"In March, the Associated Press reported that Somaliland was among three countries contacted by Israeli and U.S. officials to discuss serving as a destination for Palestinians expelled from Gaza."
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"Two days later, on that same shore, a scorched 30-foot-long boat itself would wash up. Then, two mangled bodies. Then charred jerrycans, life jackets and dozens of packets..." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
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December 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"Two days later, on that same shore, a scorched 30-foot-long boat itself would wash up. Then, two mangled bodies. Then charred jerrycans, life jackets and dozens of packets..." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
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Hey #Minneapolis folks, I just tried to take the bus down 38th and not only did my bus get spontaneously canceled, but I watched 2 cars in the span of 25 minutes spin out, wind up on the sidewalk and hit street signs. So if you can, I suggest staying home.
December 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hey #Minneapolis folks, I just tried to take the bus down 38th and not only did my bus get spontaneously canceled, but I watched 2 cars in the span of 25 minutes spin out, wind up on the sidewalk and hit street signs. So if you can, I suggest staying home.
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“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
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Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
The Tribune does here what only local journalists can do. Very good read:
Chicago resisted. Protests came with a price. Bruises from pepper balls and fits of sickness from the tear gas. But also the shattering of illusions and loss of faith that what they witnessed could not happen in America. It did and is happening in America www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
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December 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Tribune does here what only local journalists can do. Very good read:
Quite a claim here: "Moose bar and grill, one of this city’s premier gambling institutions."
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Technology can’t kill this popular Midwestern bar game
Pull tabs, legal in Minnesota and a few other states, have been a cherished Midwestern tradition for nearly 50 years.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Quite a claim here: "Moose bar and grill, one of this city’s premier gambling institutions."
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The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services is warning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that they’re violating state law and could be cited if they switch out or remove license plates on their unmarked vehicles. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Minnesota DVS warns ICE agents they’re violating state law by switching license plates
The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services told federal homeland security officials to stop license plate switching immediately. Gov. Tim Walz called tampering with plates “criminal activ...
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December 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services is warning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that they’re violating state law and could be cited if they switch out or remove license plates on their unmarked vehicles. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet were barred from entering the U.S. after Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled them “radical activists” who undercut free speech.
They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.
The Trump administration said five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet had been barred from entering the United States.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet were barred from entering the U.S. after Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled them “radical activists” who undercut free speech.
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NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Andrea Jenkins has been a political force on the Minneapolis City Council and has served as president and vice president since she was first elected to represent Ward 8 in 2017.
As Minneapolis Council member Andrea Jenkins retires, she reflects on ‘tumultuous’ time in office
Council member Andrea Jenkins has called her time in office “tumultuous” — most notably in 2020 during the pandemic and the upheaval after the murder of George Floyd in the ward.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Andrea Jenkins has been a political force on the Minneapolis City Council and has served as president and vice president since she was first elected to represent Ward 8 in 2017.
A NYTimes analysis puts the number of people arrested by ICE in the Twin Cities between January and October at 1,100. That's before the surge started.
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The Complex Deportation Network Behind Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
An analysis of data on every ICE arrest, detention stay and deportation reveals the complexity and reach of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A NYTimes analysis puts the number of people arrested by ICE in the Twin Cities between January and October at 1,100. That's before the surge started.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
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A free press cannot function if the government is able to exercise veto power over critical reporting simply by refusing to engage.
The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.
The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.
December 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A free press cannot function if the government is able to exercise veto power over critical reporting simply by refusing to engage.
The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.
The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.
The reporter said the decision handed the White House a “kill switch.”
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient."
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“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient."
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‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News postponed a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador’s CECOT prison one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The reporter said the decision handed the White House a “kill switch.”
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...