A singing demonstration is happening at the state capitol rotunda in St. Paul. They read letters from children detained at an immigration detention center in Dilley, TX:

spokesman-recorder.com/2026/02/25/m... 8th grader Lydia Kaiser called on MN lawmakers to act on legislation to protect students from mass shootings. Rep. Emma Greenman's bill to ban assault style guns and high capacity magazines failed to pass the MN House Public Safety Committee

A record deployment of federal agents to Minnesota forced renters between going to work risking deportation or shelter in place. spokesman-recorder.com/2026/02/24/m... Izzy Canizares writes about how tenant union members packed City Hall calling for a pause on evictions.

In his testimony to congress, Ryan Schwank said he witnessed a training scenario where they had a bystander filming and the trainee pepper sprayed the bystander. When he asked the trainee why he did it, he said it was because it was what he saw ICE agents doing in Minneapolis.

Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

One of the families we've been helping, the father was finally released from the facility in Texas and then from Whipple. They dumped him on the street with no coat, no phone, nothing, in single digit temps. Bless the people who monitor Whipple 24/7

Two competing 9 am press conferences: Gov. Tim Walz expected to announce a series of bills aimed at curbing gun violence. Renters are expected to air out calls for an eviction moratorium and rent relief.

About 1 in 10 college undergrads are in high school, racking up credits that help them save time and money toward earning a degree. Current and former students share how the experience has shaped them and what advice they have for would-be enrollees.

This weekend, our ED represented RISE at the Anti-War Committee’s 2nd Annual Black Against Empire panel. The panel offered a powerful space for collective reflection on Black anti-imperialism, Pan-African liberation and the responsibility to remain grounded in solidarity and accountability.

Breaking news: A former ICE instructor accused the agency of dramatically slashing training standards for new officers and lying to Congress about it as the Trump administration seeks to rapidly expand its mass deportation operation.

Always, always, always read @pamelacolloff.bsky.social:

Is this the model going forward for whistleblowers? And does this apply to say, I don't know: drone strikes, insider trader or or suspicious activity reports from the Treasury Dept.?

The Department of Homeland Security previously said the program would be halted during the partial government shutdown.

Linda McMahon's vision for the Education Dept. is to phase out the public school system and increase enrollment in private charter schools.

MN has a small share of the nation’s suspected immigrants living in the U.S. illegally — far fewer than 1.6 M in Florida or 2.1 M in Texas — yet saw the largest deployment of masked federal immigration agents in the country's history: www.startribune.com/is-ice-reall...

Really appreciate this data reporting from the @startribune.com, which comes with the appropriate cautions about the crowd-sourced data. Looks like the ICE/DHS surge in MN is down significantly, but (a) was HUGE compared to other cities, (b) impacted the suburbs A LOT, and (c) is still happening.

“The Trump administration has tried to seduce Black Americans to fall into the trap and illusion of Black capitalism.”

Even if ICE is leaving Minnesota, the consequences — including delayed abortions, missed cancer visits, fewer people getting birth control — will be felt for a long time 19thnews.org/2026/02/abor...

Jackie Rahm Little plead guilty to arson and a hate crime for setting fire to a mosque Bloomington in 2023. There are many instances where mosques in Minneapolis are set on fire and Trump's DOJ lawyers feel like those actions don't apply under the FACE Act. sahanjournal.com/news-partner...

spokesman-recorder.com/2026/01/09/k... St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her pledged to pass an ordinance requiring federal agents to wear identifying badge numbers and name plates.

NAACP Pres. Derrick Johnson has his finger in the pulse of the public and can see through Trump's, and I'm this case the Republican's bullshit.

Three days after Tom Homan announced the end to Op. Metro Surge ICE agents were spotted parking at the Depot. Minneapolis renewed liquor licenses for two hotels at the reccomendation of CPED: t.co/KfVOGL57tF

NEW: Powerful Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos had repeatedly blocked lawmakers from voting on a bipartisan bill to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage. The legislation now goes to Gov. Tony Evers, who is expected to sign it into law. By @megomatz.bsky.social

Lawyers filed over 1,000 lawsuits challenging immigrant detentions during Operation Metro Surge minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/19/l...

The labor secretary’s husband was barred from the department’s premises after two staffers said he sexually assaulted them.

Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis www.commondreams.org/news/minneso...

Minneapolis Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw said that Council President Elliot Payne selective appointed and booted people off of various boards and commissions. Vetaw argued that if diversity is a goal then her and Council Member Pearll Warren should be on various committees .

"Hernández did not just walk out of the prison. Despite persistent budget and staffing shortages, prison officials paid a specialized tactical team overtime to drive Hernández from a high-security facility in West Virginia to the famed 5-star Waldorf Astoria hotel" www.propublica.org/article/trum...

🚨 Graduate Hotel General Manager Michael Berk withdrew his application to serve on the Stadium Village Advisory Board after the Minneapolis City Council was set to vote on denying him a seat, Council Member Aurin Chowdhury announced.

Five good things today: -someone put Daddy Yankee on the playlist for futsal -got five goals and two of them were v. nice -found a dirty diner around the corner from the new place -partywatched s01e01 of HR with Barcelona queer who hadn't seen it yet -finished the bed

Scathing details from ProPublica's @keribla.bsky.social: BOP officials urgently worked to get former Honduran Pres. Juan Hernandez's detainer removed, paid overtime to a specialized team to drive JOC to a five-star hotel after Trump pardoned him on drug charges. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Michael Berk Graduate Hotels GM applied for a seat on the Stadium Village Advisory Board. Today, a city committee voted 8–4 to advance a recommendation to the full City Council to deny the general manager a position on the board.

🚨: The Twin Cities Tenant Union announced a rent strike drive in a social media post this morning. This would be the first step before the union authorizes a strike.

Protesters were at the Eden Prairie enterprise location this morning. Was pretty awesome.

Thousands of protesters showed up to march from Stewart Park to Alex Pretti's memorial on Nicolett and 26th Street. Civil rights activists urged Minnesotans to stay active in the resistance movement that has forced the White House to eventually cave on Operation Metro Surge.

Protesters outraged at the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown that has led to the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good have have took their protests to Hilton Hotel, Target and now Enterprise Rent-A-Car. This car lot is a block from Karmel Mall where customers sales have dipped since Dec.

And this is why FaceID is a non-starter for phone security.

🚨: spokesman-recorder.com/2026/02/15/n... Nekima Levy Armstrong, Don Lemon and several others pleaded not guilty to federal charges last Thursday. Lemon's phone is under DHS custody DOJ attorney Rob Keenan said in court. 🧵

Happy Black History Month! I was honored to participate in the annual Council Black History Month Breakfast and Honorary Resolution Celebration along with many of my colleagues, and to uplift some of the incredible Black leaders who help shape Ward 2 and the city.

Breaking news: Two immigration officers have been suspended and are facing a criminal investigation into whether they lied under oath about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis last month.

New article: spokesman-recorder.com/2026/02/13/o...

My coverage from last nights demonstrations outside Target in Richfield, MN. spokesman-recorder.com/2026/02/12/r... There were also demonstrations in South, Philadelphia, St. Paul and other parts of the Twin Cities metro area.

Civil Rights activists Jaylani Hussein and Nekima Armstrong are standing in front of the Hennepin County Sheriff DeWanna Witt's Office days after she signaled a compromise working agreement with ICE in an effort to end Operation Metro Surge. Tom Holman and Gov. Tim Walz announced resignations today:

Congress has voted to block D.C. from opting out of President Trump’s federal tax cuts. Republicans have sought to intervene in D.C., and the vote marks the fifth time in a half-century of home rule that Congress has disapproved a D.C. policy.

I'm taking a data editing course from the Star Tribune's MaryJo Webster through the University of Texas Moody College of Communication's Knight Center.

Council President Elliot Payne on how agents abducted a worker on Central Ave, who has been in the U.S. for 20 years, just hours after MN. Gov Tim Walz and Border Czar Tom Holman announced that the surge of thousands of federal agents will end soon.

theintercept.com/2026/02/12/m... The Intercept's Austin Campbell on how federal agents obtained the cell phone of a U.S. veteran and then copied its data. Again Trump has long campaigned on how former President Obama tapped his phone at Trump Towers. Trump is doing the same with US vets: