A day after one of her ICE agents shot a woman to death in broad daylight, the secretary of homeland security was in Manhattan urging Americans to buy them lunch.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
The ICE Murder and the Broader Battle
Wednesday’s cold-blooded murder of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent brings America one step closer to a civil war between cities and states defending their citizens and a Trump administration using fascist-style tactics to provoke violence.
Posted inLaw and Justice
ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder
As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.
Posted inPolitics
If Democrats Won’t Shut Down the Government, Trump Will
Congress is moving to avoid another lapse in funding, but a freeze in welfare support to blue states shows what’s missing in the debate.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Corporate Media Advances Conservative Narrative About Minnesota Fraud
As Trump makes racist attacks on Somali immigrants, media giants CBS, Fox, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times parrot claims from a weaponized DOJ and self-interested players.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Trump’s White Christian Foreign Policy
According to our new official National Security Strategy, we have to support Europe’s neo-Nazi right in its fight to keep Europe white.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
BlackRock Just Bought a Minnesota Utility
When the PUC rendered its final decision on Friday, the Prospect was there to witness it.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Private Equity Power Play in Minnesota
BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners and a Canadian pension giant want to buy a Minnesota-based utility. Gov. Tim Walz’s agencies have been in on pushing the deal.
Posted inPolitics
In Minnesota, Teens Show Up for Democracy
Thanks to dedicated state programs, young Minnesotans get to flex their voting muscles early.
Posted inPolitics
Keith Ellison: Seeing Red
Minnesota’s attorney general on how to fight back against conservative aggression at the state level