The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services is warning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that they’re violating state law and could be cited if they switch out or remove license plates on their unmarked vehicles. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

Five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet were barred from entering the U.S. after Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled them “radical activists” who undercut free speech.

NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Andrea Jenkins has been a political force on the Minneapolis City Council and has served as president and vice president since she was first elected to represent Ward 8 in 2017.

A NYTimes analysis puts the number of people arrested by ICE in the Twin Cities between January and October at 1,100. That's before the surge started. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.

A free press cannot function if the government is able to exercise veto power over critical reporting simply by refusing to engage. The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.

The reporter said the decision handed the White House a “kill switch.” “If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Most of us also know about the lawsuits against Big Pharma that forced changes in how painkillers are marketed and prescribed,” writes Barbara Kingsolver. “Please do not think this means justice has been served.”

"OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, made changes to the chatbot at the beginning of this year to keep users coming back daily, but they resulted in the chatbot’s becoming overly agreeable and flattering to users — which sent some of them into mental health spirals.)" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/t...

"A backlash from Canadian consumers and provinces, which control alcohol sales, has virtually stopped the sale of American whiskey in what was once among the industry’s biggest export markets." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/d...

On left: Barry Weiss on Monday: "We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera." On right: Alfonsi on Sun: "If the standard for airing a story becomes 'the government must agree to be interviewed' ... we go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state."

For two decades, Luis Martinez has fought wildfires for the U.S. government. Now he’s facing down cancer, debt and the threat of separation from his 11-year-old. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...

“Four detainee deaths in one week is a red hot crisis,” said Eunice Cho of the ACLU. “There is no question in my mind that this represents a clear deterioration of medical care and the worsening conditions in ICE detention.”

Ms. Rachel on children’s media, empathy and Mister Rogers’s legacy - Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/in...

Masked gangs of Israeli settlers marauding through the streets armed with bats and Molotov cocktails. Cars and homes smashed apart and set on fire. This is now the daily reality for Palestinians across the occupied West Bank. Our @pbsnews.org film. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

The evidence presented to this court, which has been largely unrebutted, demonstrates that ICE has been deploying its ‘holding rooms’ in a manner that shocks the conscience,” Judge Brown wrote. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

"Critics warn that the plan signals an impending crackdown on political dissent under the banner of counterterrorism — one that could land large numbers of liberal activists on government watch lists and chill Americans’ First Amendment right to protest..." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Federal prosecutors on Thursday unveiled more charges in a widespread, ongoing investigation of “staggering, industrial-scale” Medicaid fraud in Minnesota that’s likely to reach into the billions of dollars.

For a lot of people in Minnesota, these assassinations have been the backdrop to a lot that's happened since. There's some dismay that the country barely blinked before it moved on. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

"Claudius [gave away] its inventory for free—including a PlayStation 5 it had been talked into buying for “marketing purposes.” It ordered a live fish. It offered to buy stun guns, pepper spray, cigarettes and underwear. Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared." www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

In court records, DHS officials said they were in the process of terminating the man’s deferral and were “diligently working to coordinate” the man’s removal “to Somalia or a third country.” However, Judge Jerry Blackwell wrote that DHS had not found a country to accept the man.

The ACLU of Minnesota and several law firms filed the suit Wednesday on behalf of six Minnesotans who say they’ve been detained or threatened by federal agents while lawfully observing ICE operations, including Susan Tincher of Minneapolis who was detained when she confronted ICE agents.

Great fact checking from the NY times here. This is exactly what national publications with tons of resources should be doing. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

A federal judge has ordered the federal government to release a Somali-American man arrested during the ongoing immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota by ICE. MPR News is following a dozen cases of people claiming their arrests are unlawful. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

"The role of these political nonprofit organizations — listed under section 501(c)(4) of the tax code and sometimes called dark-money groups — has flown under the radar, but has grown increasingly important." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

Harvard officials are reportedly secretly investigating two students for their roles in drawing scrutiny to the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and ex-president Larry Summers

According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 400 arrests have been made since ICE began operations in the Twin Cities. Agents have targeted people in their homes, work sites or during traffic stops.

Re: the ICE actions in south Minneapolis Monday. DHS said "rioters" attacked officers with rocks and pepper spray. Note: I received lots of evidence and didn't see any rocks, the only pepper spray I saw was ICE agents sometimes spraying each other. I did see snow and possibly ice being thrown. (1)

If you or your loved ones are directly impacted by the ICE immigration crackdown, please contact me securely on Signal: signal.me#eu/1bUvkuaFR...

Here's where we are in the Twin Cities two weeks into an immigration enforcement surge by ICE. The agency now says 400 people have been arrested. Read, watch and listen at MPRNews.org. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.

Here's the video we put together about Monday's standoff with ICE agents in South Minneapolis (29th and Pillsbury). More details at MPRNews.org: youtube.com/shorts/ZgQpV...

Hennepin County dispatch got a panicked call from a Department of Homeland Security supervisor in Minneapolis requesting assistance because “we only have a few officers but we have 60-70 agitators fighting them.” Hennepin deputies didn’t witness any attacks on agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

You're walking home from the gym when you're stopped by FBI officers in an unmarked car. They handcuff you, even though you tell them you're a US citizen. Then, they scan your face. 23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:

Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.

The news out of Brown is horrifying. As an alum, I'm grateful to the student journalists who are covering the shooting, and devastated for the students, faculty, and staff affected by this tragedy. www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

Advocates say community members are rightfully concerned when masked, armed men show up at homes and businesses. Law professors say local police can investigate federal agents with some limitations. Written by Mohamed Ibrahim.

The agent, who’s assigned to another HSI office and is in Minnesota on “temporary detail for an operation,” is unfamiliar with the Twin Cities, did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.”

Trump admin officials are "trolling citizens and judges," @laurenleharper.bsky.social told @nytimes.com. "It indicates that ICE continues to feel increasing impunity and that it has the right to behave as a secret police that’s exempt from accountability."

UT-Dallas fired the editor of the student paper, then fired the staff when they went on strike to object, then banned their independent newspaper from campus, and now are trying to discipline the former student editor for fact-checking a letter to the editor? Glad @thefireorg.bsky.social is on this.

Minneapolis has declared a snow emergency. Day 1 parking rules will begin at 9 p.m. tonight, Dec. 10. More: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/snow/snow-emergencies/snow-parking-rules/

"The ticketing downturn began soon after a report critical of the State Police showed racial disparities in traffic enforcement, and it coincided with an almost immediate uptick in serious motor vehicle crashes..." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...

“It has not proven effective at finding terrorists and other bad guys,” Cope of the EFF said. “But it has chilled the free speech and invaded the privacy of innocent travelers...” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

A Minneapolis woman & American citizen was arrested early Tuesday after confronting ICE officers over arrests of three neighbors in north Minneapolis. She appears to be the first observer arrested by ICE since it launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities. www.instagram.com/reel/DSEEQ3S...

A Minneapolis woman & American citizen was arrested early Tuesday after confronting ICE officers over the arrests of three neighbors in north Minneapolis. She appears to be the first observer arrested since ICE launched a Twin Cities immigration surge last week. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

“What happened to me that day is not an arrest,” Dayanne Figueroa said. “It was an assault and a kidnapping of a U.S. citizen. I was never arrested. I was never charged and never given an explanation or an apology. But the damage is done, and it continues.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

ICE(ERO) just told me it has no body camera footage from operation midway blitz in Chicago in response to my FOIA request.

A Minneapolis woman & American citizen was arrested early Tuesday after confronting ICE officers over the arrests of three neighbors in north Minneapolis. She appears to be the first observer arrested since ICE launched a Twin Cities immigration surge last week. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...