Theodore Tollefson
@theodoretollefson.bsky.social
Communications lead with Elpis Enterprises in St. Paul, MN.
Independent Journalist. Mostly covering the Twins, St. Paul Saints, and Minor League Baseball at ZoneCoverage, @twinsdaily.com, and @pitcherlist.com
Independent Journalist. Mostly covering the Twins, St. Paul Saints, and Minor League Baseball at ZoneCoverage, @twinsdaily.com, and @pitcherlist.com
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Alberto Castaneda Mondragon, who is in ICE custody while hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center, alleges in a lawsuit that federal agents are interfering in his medical care and that he was solely detained because of his appearance.
By Katrina Pross
By Katrina Pross
Minn. man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after ICE arrest
Alberto Castaneda Mondragon, who is in ICE custody while hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center, alleges in a lawsuit that federal agents are interfering in his medical care and that he was so...
sahanjournal.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Alberto Castaneda Mondragon, who is in ICE custody while hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center, alleges in a lawsuit that federal agents are interfering in his medical care and that he was solely detained because of his appearance.
By Katrina Pross
By Katrina Pross
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Mamdani on Minnesota: "It's terrifying to see what's happening there ... I said this directly to the president: these ICE raids are cruel, they're inhumane, they do nothing to deliver that public safety. In fact what they do is leave a sense of fear amongst so many."
January 20, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Mamdani on Minnesota: "It's terrifying to see what's happening there ... I said this directly to the president: these ICE raids are cruel, they're inhumane, they do nothing to deliver that public safety. In fact what they do is leave a sense of fear amongst so many."
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another non local news agency claiming ICE are just attacking minneapolis when it’s practically the whole state by now
stop reading these, stop sharing these, they’re obscuring the full scope of the horrors here by pretending it’s just one city because they get more clicks naming minneapolis only
stop reading these, stop sharing these, they’re obscuring the full scope of the horrors here by pretending it’s just one city because they get more clicks naming minneapolis only
As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts.
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis
But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.
www.theverge.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
another non local news agency claiming ICE are just attacking minneapolis when it’s practically the whole state by now
stop reading these, stop sharing these, they’re obscuring the full scope of the horrors here by pretending it’s just one city because they get more clicks naming minneapolis only
stop reading these, stop sharing these, they’re obscuring the full scope of the horrors here by pretending it’s just one city because they get more clicks naming minneapolis only
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Using a photo of the guy open carrying from a completely different neighborhood in the city to represent protestors and supposedly congregants who got angry at a pastor who is working as the field director of ICE is just fucking egregious.
Activists disrupt Minn. church where pastor is ICE official
Activists disrupt Minn. church where pastor is ICE official
The DOJ said it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local ICE official apparently serves as a pastor.
buff.ly
January 20, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Using a photo of the guy open carrying from a completely different neighborhood in the city to represent protestors and supposedly congregants who got angry at a pastor who is working as the field director of ICE is just fucking egregious.
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Pretty clear to me that if Vance is coming to prance in front of the ICE church, savvy folks should organize a news conference of all the faith leaders whose houses of worship have been surveilled & parishioners too scared to attend. At least the ICE church folks could worship where they wanted.
January 20, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Pretty clear to me that if Vance is coming to prance in front of the ICE church, savvy folks should organize a news conference of all the faith leaders whose houses of worship have been surveilled & parishioners too scared to attend. At least the ICE church folks could worship where they wanted.
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Pitalasig’s father was detained by ICE and sent to El Paso the day before. His father’s cancer is in remission after treatments.
From North News
From North News
ICE arrested North High student at work
On Jan. 12, ICE detained North High student while he was at work after missing missed one routine court date.
sahanjournal.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Pitalasig’s father was detained by ICE and sent to El Paso the day before. His father’s cancer is in remission after treatments.
From North News
From North News
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Should be obvious if you look it up on Google but Minneapolis is a relatively small area.
You can loosely consider the area within the screenshot to be the Twin Cities.
(ICE sightings are from Monday 1/19 through 3:00pm Central.)
You can loosely consider the area within the screenshot to be the Twin Cities.
(ICE sightings are from Monday 1/19 through 3:00pm Central.)
January 19, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Should be obvious if you look it up on Google but Minneapolis is a relatively small area.
You can loosely consider the area within the screenshot to be the Twin Cities.
(ICE sightings are from Monday 1/19 through 3:00pm Central.)
You can loosely consider the area within the screenshot to be the Twin Cities.
(ICE sightings are from Monday 1/19 through 3:00pm Central.)
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So to keep people in the loop, one of the biggest school districts in the state is closed Tuesday and Wednesday because they need to give teachers time to build hybrid options for families worried about their children getting kidnapped on the way to school by lawless masked armed federal goons.
January 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
So to keep people in the loop, one of the biggest school districts in the state is closed Tuesday and Wednesday because they need to give teachers time to build hybrid options for families worried about their children getting kidnapped on the way to school by lawless masked armed federal goons.
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Lmfao 😂 Jake Lang is experiencing the finding out phase in Minneapolis.
January 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Lmfao 😂 Jake Lang is experiencing the finding out phase in Minneapolis.
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I hate Illinois Nazis.
Downtown Minneapolis currently—
Jake Lang and a handful of other racists/RW propagandists are surrounded by about 50 cameras and some antifascists chanting him down. A banner the group arrived with has been broken.
Jake Lang and a handful of other racists/RW propagandists are surrounded by about 50 cameras and some antifascists chanting him down. A banner the group arrived with has been broken.
January 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I hate Illinois Nazis.
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I just want people to know that there is no active insurrection, no regular protests, no rioting or whatever. The only time people are in the streets is when masked armed ICE thugs descend on one of our neighbors to disappear them as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign.
January 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I just want people to know that there is no active insurrection, no regular protests, no rioting or whatever. The only time people are in the streets is when masked armed ICE thugs descend on one of our neighbors to disappear them as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign.
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“Sherburne County sent her back to Fort Snelling, and Fort Snelling released her yesterday after we talked to her attorney, (a federal public defender). I said, ‘(They’ve) been holding onto a U.S. citizen for over 48 hours. What’s the deal?’ He said, 'Everyone I know has resigned.'”
HOME FREE: Nasra Ahmed, 23, a St. Paul woman and U.S. citizen who was born in Minnesota, was released to her family without charges on Friday night after being detained by federal immigration enforcement agents and spending more than two days in detention. www.twincities.com/2026/01/17/s...
January 17, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“Sherburne County sent her back to Fort Snelling, and Fort Snelling released her yesterday after we talked to her attorney, (a federal public defender). I said, ‘(They’ve) been holding onto a U.S. citizen for over 48 hours. What’s the deal?’ He said, 'Everyone I know has resigned.'”
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Another journalist assaulted by ICE in Minnesota.
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Another journalist assaulted by ICE in Minnesota.
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Thank you to the Supreme Court for the “no duty to protect” doctrine
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 9:16 PM
Thank you to the Supreme Court for the “no duty to protect” doctrine
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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The Twins are signing catcher Victor Caratini to a two-year contract, as Robert Murray first reported.
January 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM
The Twins are signing catcher Victor Caratini to a two-year contract, as Robert Murray first reported.
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They knew this was going to happen eventually
Memo leaked to me reveals shortly before the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, homeland security was worried about officer confrontations with vehicles - foreshadowing the exact circumstances of Good's death:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leaked-mem...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leaked-mem...
Leaked memo: “De-escalation is key”
Before Renee Good’s killing, immigration authorities sent agents a warning
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
They knew this was going to happen eventually
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Because the media does not know how to frame what is happening, they keep referring to regular Minnesotans as protesters. But there is very explicit training that so many people done to learn how to be a constitutional observer. People are bearing witness to kidnappings, with phones and whistles.
by @democraticwins.bsky.social CNN just aired a devastating compilation of all the times ICE brutally attacked Americans. Remember, Donald Trump sponsored this. This is done at his command.
January 16, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Because the media does not know how to frame what is happening, they keep referring to regular Minnesotans as protesters. But there is very explicit training that so many people done to learn how to be a constitutional observer. People are bearing witness to kidnappings, with phones and whistles.
New form me.
The #MNTwins received $275,000 from the Minnesota Ballpark Authority on Thursday to put towards updating lighting and building automation systems at Target Field.
zonecoverage.com/2026/mn-twin...
The #MNTwins received $275,000 from the Minnesota Ballpark Authority on Thursday to put towards updating lighting and building automation systems at Target Field.
zonecoverage.com/2026/mn-twin...
MN Ballpark Authority Approves Funds For New Operating Systems At Target Field - Zone Coverage
Minneapolis – Target Field will undergo upgrades to some mundane operating systems in the coming years. On Thursday, the Minnesota Ballpark Authority
zonecoverage.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
New form me.
The #MNTwins received $275,000 from the Minnesota Ballpark Authority on Thursday to put towards updating lighting and building automation systems at Target Field.
zonecoverage.com/2026/mn-twin...
The #MNTwins received $275,000 from the Minnesota Ballpark Authority on Thursday to put towards updating lighting and building automation systems at Target Field.
zonecoverage.com/2026/mn-twin...
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Minneapolis Parks and Recreation has canceled youth sports because ICE is terrorizing our community
January 16, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Minneapolis Parks and Recreation has canceled youth sports because ICE is terrorizing our community
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I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.
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Maybe @cnn.com should be airing this video instead of copaganda
“They chased him, he got home and when we closed the door they shot him.”
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
January 15, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Maybe @cnn.com should be airing this video instead of copaganda
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Other than the likelihood this is utter bullshit, notice how CBS “News” has engaged in what I call the Source Multiplier Effect: “according to two U.S. officials briefed”…they likely were briefed by the same source! But referring to two officials w SECOND HAND INFO makes this sound more believable
January 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Other than the likelihood this is utter bullshit, notice how CBS “News” has engaged in what I call the Source Multiplier Effect: “according to two U.S. officials briefed”…they likely were briefed by the same source! But referring to two officials w SECOND HAND INFO makes this sound more believable
Also of note, Jonas Lovin, who was the pitching coach with the Saints last year, is now an assistant Minor League Pitching Coordinator for the #MNTwins.
He will oversee pitchers in Double-A and Triple-A during the season.
He will oversee pitchers in Double-A and Triple-A during the season.
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Also of note, Jonas Lovin, who was the pitching coach with the Saints last year, is now an assistant Minor League Pitching Coordinator for the #MNTwins.
He will oversee pitchers in Double-A and Triple-A during the season.
He will oversee pitchers in Double-A and Triple-A during the season.
Here are the full changes for the St. Paul Saints coaching staff.
Carlos Hernandez and Shawn Schlechter remaining in their roles as pitching and hitting coaches.
Ryan Ricci joins the staff as the Saints 2nd pitching coach
CJ Baker joins as the hitting and development coach.
Carlos Hernandez and Shawn Schlechter remaining in their roles as pitching and hitting coaches.
Ryan Ricci joins the staff as the Saints 2nd pitching coach
CJ Baker joins as the hitting and development coach.
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Here are the full changes for the St. Paul Saints coaching staff.
Carlos Hernandez and Shawn Schlechter remaining in their roles as pitching and hitting coaches.
Ryan Ricci joins the staff as the Saints 2nd pitching coach
CJ Baker joins as the hitting and development coach.
Carlos Hernandez and Shawn Schlechter remaining in their roles as pitching and hitting coaches.
Ryan Ricci joins the staff as the Saints 2nd pitching coach
CJ Baker joins as the hitting and development coach.