If they are not careful, Democrats could get outmaneuvered on the details of trading funding for reform.
Minneapolis
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Border Patrol’s Legacy of Violence
To understand the brutality in Minneapolis, look to the agency that has a history of fomenting it.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Responses to ICE Violence Reveal a Racial Double Standard
The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good are getting national attention. The brutality against primarily Black, Latino, and Asian immigrants has not triggered the same outrage.
Posted inTAP
Can Trump’s Killer Cops Be Prosecuted for Murder?
There are some holes in the law on federal supremacy, and rising public sentiment for basic justice.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Battle of Minneapolis Is Not Over
Many in the media have proclaimed a significant change of tone for Trump, if not a major defeat, but on the ground in Minneapolis ICE kidnappers are still on the rampage.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Determined to Squander Advantage on DHS Funding
Democrats are succeeding in getting a showdown on new rules for immigration enforcement. But will those rules amount to anything?
Posted inPolitics
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.
Posted inTAP
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.