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• 2026-02-13 [L..T] Minnesota Demolishes Stephen Miller’s Theory of Force «Homeland Security Czar Stephen Miller’s attempt to impose his power in Minnesota, the same guy murderboating fishermen who might be carrying cocaine in the Caribbean in the name of halting fentanyl trafficking — has led to the collapse of drug trafficking cases because his attempt to subdue Minnesota by force has instead destroyed the Federal tools to impose order by law.» The administration's incompetence and "might makes right" approach in pursuing its supposed war on drugs agenda has eroded the tools to actually pursue that agenda. Even if you have a really strong hammer, not everything is a nail.
• 2026-02-06 [L..T] Federal Agent in Coon Rapids: ‘The more people that you lose in Minnesota, you then lose a voting right to stay blue.’ «A masked federal agent in a convenience store parking lot in the northern Twin Cities suburb of Coon Rapids told legal observers that Minnesota’s status as a blue state is linked with the removal of residents, on a video provided to Unicorn Riot. He also conceded that the Trump-era anti-immigrant program is more violent than the Obama-era equivalent.» Observer: «Hearing from a federal agent actively out here detaining people, I thought it was very surprising to hear that essentially their plan is to take away as much of our voters as possible so our state can’t remain blue.» This is violence for political purposes, which is the definition of terrorism.
• 2026-01-29 [L..T] The Disappearances in Minnesota «Right now, all the focus is on competing videos of conflicts involving Alex Pretti and his murderers. [..] But the bulk of kidnapping that proves this is a paramilitary occupation remains disappeared.»
• 2026-01-26 23:42 UTC [L..T] Minnesota targeted by federal government over trans girls in sports «On Monday, a joint announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education said the agencies had notified the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) that it had failed to comply with Title IX by allowing transgender girls to compete in sports aligning with their gender.»
• 2026-01-23 23:27 UTC [L..T] Two women, detained by ICE, say they helped agent having seizure «Tippy Amundson, 39, and Heather Zemien, 55, were sitting handcuffed in the back seat of a three-row SUV on the afternoon of Jan. 22 in Brooklyn Park, detained by federal immigration agents»... «Amundson and Zemien were the only ones who recognized that the man was having a seizure. They spoke up immediately, telling the driver to pull over and telling the agents to call 911. When nothing happened, they repeated it, louder and more urgently.» After the agent was transferred to medical care: «“I asked if we could just go home,” Amundson said. “I said, ‘We just saved his life. Is that cool with you?’ And they said no.”»
• 2026-01-23 23:12 UTC [L..T] (social post) «To call what's going on in Minnesota historic is an understatement. General strikes are extraordinarily rare in US history; there have only been a handful of general strikes, with individual states and even this is extraordinarily rare. This is a major step towards a national general strike, which has never happened in 250 years of this country's history.»
• 2026-01-16 17:39 UTC [L..T] Family of U.S. citizen detained by ICE in St. Paul seeks her release «Nasra Ahmed, 23, left her family’s apartment complex on Lower Afton Road in St. Paul around 11 a.m. Wednesday on the way to the pharmacy to pick up her medicine. A car occupied by at least two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulled into the parking lot and demanded to see her papers.» Despite being a US citizen born in Minnesota who had never even been to Somalia, the «ICE agents detained her anyway, leaving her family uncertain of her whereabouts for at least 24 hours. Her father, Mohamed Ahmed, called [state Rep. Samakab] Hussein in tears, pleading for any information, and the representative tracked her to the Sherburne County Jail, where she’s being held without bail pending possible felony charges.»
• 2008-07-02 [L..T] Women Say Economy Was Factor In Getting Abortions “There were 13,843 abortions performed in Minnesota in 2007. Of the women who listed a reason for their abortions, 40 percent cited economic concerns – the largest share since the state started collecting detailed abortion information a decade ago.”