Democrats are succeeding in getting a showdown on new rules for immigration enforcement. But will those rules amount to anything?
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GOP Opens Up Its Midterm Elections Playbook in Minnesota
The administration’s latest attempt to take over the upcoming election came amid the greatest period of civil unrest since the death of Minnesota resident George Floyd.
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The Cost of Dying and the Cost of Living
The ICE debacle will continue to dominate the news, checkmating Trump’s usual strategy of changing the subject by wreaking new havoc or making new false promises.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Minnesota CEOs Cry Crocodile Tears Over ICE
Executives who lobbied for Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which enabled the immigration terror in their state, now want everyone to believe they are on the people’s side.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
VA Employees in Shock Over Alex Pretti’s Death, Administration Response
VA Secretary Doug Collins has not sent a personal statement to the staff about the killing of Pretti, an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center.
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No Kings AND No Occupying Armies
In 1770, the redcoats were a lot more solicitous of Americans’ rights than Trump’s goons are today.
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Senate Talks on DHS Funding Paralyzed
Republicans are trying to bargain with other options rather than change their DHS funding bill.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Organized Labor Escalates Against ICE Summary Executions
Unions in Minnesota and across the country have spent the days after an immigration officer murdered Alex Pretti discussing how to escalate, including toward a national general strike.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Courts Struggle to Contain ICE
Maybe an appalled judiciary will increasingly be allies, but we need to save ourselves.
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One Bovino After Another
Which came first? Col. Steven J. Lockjaw or commander-at-large Gregory K. Bovino?