Writers for Democratic Action MN
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Writers For Democratic Action stands for democracy and freedom for all. The domestic threats are obvious. The peril, especially to those most vulnerable, is everywhere. Now more than ever, writers resist.
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they have misjudged the ground beneath their feet: a state full of ordinary people — real estate agents, high school students, solar energy consultants — who’ve decided that watching their neighbors being dragged away is an intolerable sin." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
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January 19, 2026 at 6:21 PM
they have misjudged the ground beneath their feet: a state full of ordinary people — real estate agents, high school students, solar energy consultants — who’ve decided that watching their neighbors being dragged away is an intolerable sin." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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Inside the detention center, Gibson said officers put him in a bare, metal holding cell about the size of a small conference room with around 40 other detainees. Their legs were shackled. Gibson said one person in the cell appeared to have scabies.
Minneapolis man says ICE agents took 'trophy' photos, locked him in overcrowded cell
Garrison Gibson, a Minneapolis man from Liberia, shared details of his experience with federal immigration enforcement this week at a press conference Saturday.
www.mprnews.org
January 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Inside the detention center, Gibson said officers put him in a bare, metal holding cell about the size of a small conference room with around 40 other detainees. Their legs were shackled. Gibson said one person in the cell appeared to have scabies.
Victor Manuel Diaz was detained in Minnesota and died Jan 1 in ICE detention in Montana.
A third immigrant held at Camp East Montana has died, reportedly by suicide. Victor Manuel Díaz was detained in Minnesota. He is the sixth migrant to die since Jan. 1 in ICE detention.
My story:
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My story:
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January 18, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Victor Manuel Diaz was detained in Minnesota and died Jan 1 in ICE detention in Montana.
Another US citizen of Minnesota brutalized by ICE.
Nasra Ahmed, 23, was walking through the parking lot of her aunt’s St. Paul apartment complex when she found herself surrounded by 12 agents. Ahmed, born in the USA, says she showed them her I.D. She was forcefully detained and jailed anyway for more than 2 days. www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/s...
St. Paul woman, a U.S. citizen, recounts her two days in detention
Nasra Ahmed, 23, said she was taken to the hospital for an MRI with hands and legs shackled
www.twincities.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Another US citizen of Minnesota brutalized by ICE.
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In a joint statement, leaders of eight countries said they stand in "full solidarity" with Denmark and Greenland. Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen added: "Europe will not be blackmailed." n.pr/3LjGhfC
European leaders warn Trump's Greenland tariffs threaten 'dangerous downward spiral'
In a joint statement, leaders of eight countries said they stand in "full solidarity" with Denmark and Greenland. Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen added: "Europe will not be blackmailed."
n.pr
January 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
In a joint statement, leaders of eight countries said they stand in "full solidarity" with Denmark and Greenland. Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen added: "Europe will not be blackmailed." n.pr/3LjGhfC
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ICE and other federal agencies are exploiting legal uncertainty to buy our personal information from data brokers without a warrant.
Congress must act now and protect our right to privacy.
Congress must act now and protect our right to privacy.
DHS is Circumventing Constitution by Buying Data It Would Normally Need a Warrant to Access | ACLU
Self-serving legal justification for data purchases is among documents obtained via FOIA
www.aclu.org
January 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
ICE and other federal agencies are exploiting legal uncertainty to buy our personal information from data brokers without a warrant.
Congress must act now and protect our right to privacy.
Congress must act now and protect our right to privacy.
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Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/16/v...
Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week • Minnesota Reformer
Two videos add new details to what happened before and after an immigration agent shot a man in the leg in the Hawthorne neighborhood in north Minneapolis Wednesday night. One video, a livestream of a...
minnesotareformer.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/16/v...
Now this is just cruelty. www.startribune.com/ice-agents-e...
ICE agents eat at small-town Mexican restaurant — then detain workers
“Would your mama be proud of you right now?” a bystander said as agents returned at closing time to nab the workers.
www.startribune.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Now this is just cruelty. www.startribune.com/ice-agents-e...
"Fear is no match for common purpose." --Aaron J. Brown
Oppression, violence, death and competing narratives are not new to Minnesota. It's happened before - up north - and the past can show us a way forward.
Brown: Our weary state must find shared reality amid chaos and fear
As Minnesotans from metro to meadow spar over immigration enforcement, we can look to history for a lesson: A 1916 miners’ strike showed the depths of division a community can sink to — and yet recove...
www.startribune.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:44 PM
"Fear is no match for common purpose." --Aaron J. Brown
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Thank you, Minnesota
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Thank you, Minnesota
There is no greater obligation for an American than loyalty to the Constitution of the United States.
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January 18, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Thank you, Minnesota
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Support your local bookstores! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Twin Cities Bookstores Contend With ICE
As ICE agents descend on their cities, several Minneapolis and St. Paul booksellers are reporting decreased foot traffic and sales at their stores amid an atmosphere of fear—and defiance.
www.publishersweekly.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Support your local bookstores! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
If you want to help Minnesotans dealing with ICE's Metro Surge which has caused so much trauma, here is a list of worthy programs: www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM
If you want to help Minnesotans dealing with ICE's Metro Surge which has caused so much trauma, here is a list of worthy programs: www.standwithminnesota.com
A beautiful piece of art and resistance. Go Greenland! youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U?...
Greenland Defense Front - The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox
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January 18, 2026 at 5:01 PM
A beautiful piece of art and resistance. Go Greenland! youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U?...
The Federal government calls this an insurrection but actually Minnesota communities are offering mutual aid. www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/0...
Immigrant families get help with rides, groceries from neighbors - MinnPost
Amid ongoing federal enforcement actions, local help groups have formed to support immigrant families scared to leave their homes.
www.minnpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The Federal government calls this an insurrection but actually Minnesota communities are offering mutual aid. www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/0...
Faith communities are working to help others. www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
How Minnesota faith communities are resisting aggressive immigration operations
As immigration enforcement actions have ramped up in Minnesota, people of faith have been at the forefront of the response to ICE detentions and the killing of Renee Macklin Good by a federal agent.
www.npr.org
January 18, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Faith communities are working to help others. www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
Minnesota wants common decency from the Federal agents. sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
ICE agents detain Mounds View couple en route to ER
An early-morning trip to the ER turned into a nightmare for a Mounds View couple with Liborio Parral Ortiz shipped to Texas and the family blocked from access to the bedside of his wife by ICE agents ...
sahanjournal.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Minnesota wants common decency from the Federal agents. sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
The Federal government needs a reality check. Protestors are nonviolent. ICE is not. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/16/f...
Federal judge tells ICE to cool it • Minnesota Reformer
Federal judge issues preliminary injunction preventing federal agents from retaliating against demonstrators
minnesotareformer.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The Federal government needs a reality check. Protestors are nonviolent. ICE is not. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/16/f...
Over and over, journalists & bystanders document the aggressive gangs of ICE agents hurting & threatening residents. www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/0...
Aggressive tactics, lack of training raise risks at Minneapolis protests, experts say
Law enforcement experts say aggressive crowd-control tactics are escalating risk and being carried out by agents with little crowd-management training.
www.minnpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Over and over, journalists & bystanders document the aggressive gangs of ICE agents hurting & threatening residents. www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/0...
Federal agents defy court order and attack people exercising their constitutional right to assemble and protest.
Live updates: Federal agents pull protestor from the crowd outside the Whipple federal building.
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January 18, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Federal agents defy court order and attack people exercising their constitutional right to assemble and protest.
Here's a song that meets the moment: youtube.com/shorts/zm4C1...
Man Shoots Woman In Car #sInGeRsOnGwRiTeR #OrGiNaL #cOuNtRy #folk #song
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January 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Here's a song that meets the moment: youtube.com/shorts/zm4C1...
Will the cruelty ever end? www.startribune.com/minnesota-da...
ICE operations are encroaching on schools and day cares
Day cares in Minnesota say ICE is targeting their workers.
www.startribune.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Will the cruelty ever end? www.startribune.com/minnesota-da...
Attorney General Keith Ellison has asked people to report illegal Federal and ICE action here: ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Acti...
Federal Action Reporting Form
This form is for reporting incidents or effects related to or caused by federal actions in Minnesota, such as business closures, reduced healthcare access, or use of physical force.
ag.state.mn.us
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Attorney General Keith Ellison has asked people to report illegal Federal and ICE action here: ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Acti...
Who says Minnesota won't turn out? Defend daycares, document brutality by ICE, bring food to neighbors, raise money to aid others, blow whistles on ICE abductions, track their vehicles. Tow truck drivers pick up vehicles for free, neighbors shovel snow and stand watch. racketmn.com/new-yorker-o...
The New Yorker Offers Bizarre Take on 'Quiet,' 'Frightened' Minnesotans - Racket
Plus ICE targets greater MN as the DOJ and the weather sink to a new low in today's Flyover news roundup.
racketmn.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Who says Minnesota won't turn out? Defend daycares, document brutality by ICE, bring food to neighbors, raise money to aid others, blow whistles on ICE abductions, track their vehicles. Tow truck drivers pick up vehicles for free, neighbors shovel snow and stand watch. racketmn.com/new-yorker-o...
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...