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6/ The Post has lost over 375,000 subscribers in just over a year. If 10% of those readers subscribed to The 51st instead, we could hire 10 reporters and five editors, dramatically scaling our coverage of the city at this critical time. 51st.news/signup
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February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
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February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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Here's what Dems should do:
1) Double down on the demands.
2) Make clear there will be no additional funding.

If the GOP wants to shut down DHS, that's on them.

Don't surrender to pushback from these goons. Take inspiration from the people of Minneapolis.
apnews.com/article/home...
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats' ICE demands
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats' demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic.”
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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February 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 10:52 AM
February 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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I am not going to repost the vile and racist image that Trump posted last night of President & First Lady Obama because it is beyond disgusting. Trump is a vile racist as is every Republican that continues to support him. I don’t want to hear mumbling from Mike Johnson or stoic silence from Thune.
February 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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Report finds US biodefense lagging as biological risks intensify

A bipartisan working group proposes affordable, common-sense actions to bolster biopreparedness.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/b...
February 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Pediatrics published the Vaccine Integrity Project’s hepatitis B birth dose vaccine evidence review online. The review looked at: 400+ studies/reports, 40 years of data—and the conclusion was unmistakable.
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
tinyurl.com/4kbsm49f
Hepatitis B Vaccination at Birth: Safety, Effectiveness, and Public Health Benefit
Since 1991, the CDC has recommended screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in pregnancy and universal hepatitis B vaccination of all medically stable infants at birth, serving as a core strat...
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February 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) launched an investigation and issued new guidance that could severely undercut efforts to expand voting among college students ahead of the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Education Department cracks down on college student voting programs
College students, who tend to vote more Democratic, represent one of the fastest-growing voting blocs.
www.democracydocket.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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About 500 BYU students, alumni and others protested Thursday against Border Patrol’s presence at a job fair on the Provo campus, chanting “BYU get ICE out” and “Border Patrol has got to go.”
(Video by The Tribune’s Francisco Kjolseth)
Read more here: www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
February 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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The cover of this week’s edition of The Economist magazine.
February 5, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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Starbucks Workers United baristas are escalating their fight for a fair contract.

I urge you to keep boycotting Starbucks — and delete its app from your phone.

Workers are fed up with low pay, chaotic scheduling, understaffing, and illegal union busting.

Let's keep fighting corporate greed.
February 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.
ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...
www.wired.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Asked whether he’d respect the results of the midterms, Trump said he would only do so “if the elections are honest.” The president’s judgment on what constitutes an “honest” election is highly suspect, as he has repeatedly peddled falsehoods and debunked conspiracy theories about recent elections.
Trump Says He’ll Only Accept 2026 Midterms If He Deems Them “Honest”
Trump’s comments on Wednesday come just days after he called on Republicans to "nationalize" state-managed elections.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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“.. Our BTC price target is 0.0. That’s not just for shock factor. It’s where the math takes us,” the strategist said, noting that Bitcoin has failed to function as a dollar hedge and instead operates as “a speculative instrument correlated to the Nasdaq.”

#Bitcoin
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February 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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JUST IN: In a new court filing, attorneys for Marimar Martinez call Chicago's U.S. attorney's office "active enablers of an out-of-control client."

They cite reports from @chicago.suntimes.com and @npr.org in which DHS refuses to back down on claims that Martinez is a "domestic terrorist."
February 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Ultimately we've got to prosecute agents and officials who committed crimes, and we've got to dismantle DHS entirely and start over. But as a list of demands to reduce harm now? This is surprisingly good from Dem leadership.

One big missing thing I don't see in this letter: funding levels?
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE

Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country

Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed

We must rein in ICE

Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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ICE agents can't make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there's a risk of escape, US judge rules
ICE agents can't make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there's a risk of escape, US judge rules
ICE agents can't make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there's a risk of escape, US judge rules
www.independent.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 2:04 AM