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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 07/10/2026
Differences in housing policy post-Surge couldn't be more stark. Both councils passed a temporary 60-day notice requirement for nonpayment evictions. Minneapolis: the mayor vetoed and council centrists refused to override. On pace for record evictions. St. Paul passed it veto-proof. Down 15% YOY
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 07/10/2026
Good stuff from Beth, and a key point at the heart of what goes on at the capitol: “Republicans would rather have nothing than something they don’t like. Democrats need something and make it clear they will take anything over nothing. So Republicans have a stronger negotiating position.”
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Tony Zombie-ano 🎃 @tonydamiano.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
St. Paul stepped up and passed a 60-day eviction notice ordinance while Minneapolis' was vetoed twice by the mayor and evictions in St. Paul are down 13% yoy while in Minneapolis Evictions are up 7% according to @homelinemn.org
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
BIG DEAL on voting rights this morning: Governor Spanberger just restored the voting rights of some 60,000+ Virginians. Her move reverses Youngkin's abrupt decision in 2023 to end automatic voting rights restoration, which brought Virginia back to a system of default lifetime disenfranchisement.
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Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - Bolts
This is the only state that, absent action by the governor, bans people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November.
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Andy @alleysofmpls.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
This is how you do it. It’s also alarming to realize that $29 million is just a drop in the bucket for what we actually need to get people’s lives back together after ICE ruined everything. (🎁)
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Businessman donates $29 million to help Minnesotans pay rent after ICE surge
Biotech entrepreneur John Wilson has donated to community groups, churches and the city of Minneapolis to help families affected by Operation Metro Surge.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 17/07/2026
just mind boggling that as we suffer through this the trump admin is paying off energy companies to kill wind farms, the US EV market has imploded because of lack of subsidies, congress wants to pass a transport bill that would reduce funds for transit, & national dems have no climate strategy
Air quality across the eastern US and Canada right now
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A 28-year-old Mexican man was killed by a semi truck this morning after ICE and HSI agents caused him to flee for his life in St. Augustine, Florida. ICE is tearing parents from children, workers from job sites, neighbors from their homes, people from their cars, and neighbors from our streets. 1/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This morning, ICE killed a 26-year-old Colombian man in Biddeford, Maine. Minneapolis stands in solidarity with Biddeford, with Maine, and with the family, friends, and loved ones now grieving this loss. 1/
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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"Robotaxis could be turning into robocops." Minneapolis does not need vigilante surveillance by big tech. If Waymo can do this to some teenagers, they can do this to you or any of your neighbors. A failure to regulate Waymo means no safeguards to ensure Waymo isn't handing people over to ICE.
latimes.com
Waymo reports teen riders for bad behavior and delivers them to the police
Two 15-year-olds drinking alcohol and shooting toy guns in the back of a Waymo were caught by police after the vehicle contacted law enforcement.
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Faith in MN @faithinmn.org · 09/07/2026
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Baby's Enthusiastic YES!
Alt: Baby's Enthusiastic YES!
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The domestic terrorist organization that calls itself ICE just took another life in Houston.
Words cannot describe the heartbreak we feel following the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at the hands of ICE.
The Department of Homeland Security claims its agents acted in self-defense, alleging Lorenzo used his vehicle as a weapon. We've heard this before. We heard it after Renée Good was killed in Minneapolis. We heard it after Marimar Martinez was shot in Chicago. Time and again, official narratives have been challenged as more evidence comes to light. That's why every ICE killing deserves an independent investigation, not blind acceptance of the government's story.
This is about more than one life, it's about a pattern of deadly force followed by little accountability.
We demand justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Renée Good, Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres, Geraldo Lunas Campos, Víctor Manuel Díaz, Parady La, Luis Beltrán Yáñez-Cruz, Heber Sánchez Domínguez, Alex Pretti, and every victim of ICE violence.
How many more people have to die before enough is enough?
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Rest in peace, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican resident murdered by ICE in Houston, Texas this morning. Unfortunately, the federal government is using the same talking points they used against Renee Good in this case. It’s disgusting. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Man fatally shot by ICE officer during traffic stop in Houston
ICE officers were attempting to arrest Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who the Department of Homeland Security said is not authorized to be in the country.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 24/06/2026
From now on I will refer to road charges not as tolls but rather as environmental, navigation and security fees, and I will impose them on every road in this country
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I don’t know man, who is “the Democratic Party” if it’s not the voters?Democratic voters choose candidates, not party leaders. And party leaders need to listen to what voters are telling us - and right now they are demanding our party be bolder.
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ISAIAH @isaiahmn.org · 20/06/2026
👏🏾 Meet some of the small business owners who’ve taken the Business for Democracy Pledge. By becoming Democracy Hubs, these businesses are helping communities access voting information, make our voices heard, & participate in shaping our future. #BeAVoter
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elliepnw.bsky.social @elliepnw.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Seattle elects a socialist mayor, wins the Super Bowl NYC elects a socialist mayor, wins the NBA finals Win your city a major sports title with this one neat trick
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Minnesotans deserve the truth about the Laken Riley Act.
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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I find it totally bizarre that no twin cities outlets even mentioned this in passing. People were fired from jobs for criticizing Charlie Kirk, but praising a convicted murderer isn’t a scandal?
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A shipment of Chevy Tahoes was delivered to the Whipple building yesterday, which means they will be terrorizing our streets in the next few days. Still waiting on that drawdown... Credit to @bluey.rue on Tiktok
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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Just my 1 appearance on MSNOW raised $200k for the Hamline Midway Supply Hub. Imagine if MNUFC had used their platform to raise up orgs like that. They abandoned their community. www.twincities.com/2026/02/27/w...
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Why Minnesota United didn’t say more about local ICE raids
Amid the federal immigration raids in Minnesota to start this year, Minnesota United remained quiet on the subject. Loons supporters, which might be the most-progressive fanbase in Minnesota, took …
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Aurin Chowdhury MPLS City Council Member W12 @aurinmpls.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Today, I received confirmed reports that agents from ICE and HSI forced entry into a residence on the 5200 block of 36th Ave., kicking in the door and detaining a constituent. Witnesses report that 8–9 masked agents carried out the operation. 🧵
HSI and ice officers masked standing by their vehicle at the site of the arrest of Ward 12 neighbor.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 23/02/2026
i am so tired of screaming from the rooftops that we have a looming, avoidable crisis of evictions brewing. everyone knows it, but yet government and philanthropy have no solutions. unpaid volunteers of rent funds are doing the work that the people who control the purse strings refuse to do
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Faith in MN @faithinmn.org · 20/02/2026
😍 This week, 40 leaders from the Black Church Power Project and delegates from Faith in Minnesota prepared to powerfully engage candidates for elected office about how we win our #PeoplesAgenda together. We’re ready to #TaxTheRich so we can fully fund what our families need to thrive! 👏🏾
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
BIG NEWS! The Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed the $7 million Small Business Resiliency Fund I brought forward with my colleagues. This will support activation and small businesses impacted by “Operation Metro Surge”. 1/
A photo of a press conference at the midtown global market
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
NEW: Major, BFD action by blue states standing up to ICE. Maryland, on Tuesday, banned local law enforcement from being part of ICE's notorious 287(g) program.  That automatically forces *9* sheriffs out of their ICE contract! And New Mexico did the same last week:
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Maryland, New Mexico Become Latest Blue States to Ban Local Contracts with ICE - Bolts
Governors Lujan Grisham and Moore signed laws barring local sheriffs and police from partnering with ICE’s 287(g) program, joining a string of ten states with similar prohibitions.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 19/02/2026
Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation. Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.
Keep Minnesota Housed!
Much of the medía has left, but ICE is still in Minnesota and hundreds of families need help with rent in order to avoid eviction.
Visit keepMNhoused.com to adopt a rent or donate to rent funds!
#keepMNhoused
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 13/02/2026
Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated. The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t... (Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
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ISAIAH @isaiahmn.org · 12/02/2026
🔊 “This is our country too. We work here. We raise our children here. We serve here. We build here. We belong here.” Imam Salah Mohamed is in D.C. with a delegation of Minnesotans delivering a clear message to Congress: not one more cent for ICE.
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EHB on BET @ehbforbet.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Lots of emotions and questions following Homan's announcement. But the thing I keep coming back to is this: We cannot go back. We must take this moment, reflect on the power we discovered, and build a city that is stronger, more caring, and more connected. A city that can do this can do anything.
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 12/02/2026
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here. Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Ending this operation is not enough. We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I’m relieved that this violent paramilitary force will be removed from our streets, but I won’t believe it until they're actually gone. Minnesotans deserve justice and accountability, and I won’t stop until we get it.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I am proud of you and our immigrant residents. Your resiliency, strength, and dedication have led to the announcement that “Operation Metro Surge” will end soon. 1/
Dear neighbor,


I am proud of you and our immigrant residents. Your resiliency, strength, and dedication have led to the announcement that “Operation Metro Surge” will end soon. It’s clear that the commitment of our neighbors made it untenable for ICE and federal agents to continue to operate its occupation of our city and state. This isn’t as a result of capitulation from elected leaders. This victory is yours, but we must not stop until ICE is completely abolished, and no more families are ever separated again. 


I will forever be thankful to those who patrolled, observed, and supported our community with mutual aid and daily tasks during these horrific times. Our community is full of heroes who will always be remembered as caring and loving. There are no words to show how thankful I am of every single one of you who showed up day in and day out. I hope you’ll join me in continuing to carry the whistle of resistance as our work is not done.


I am still asking the community to remain cautious and vigilant until we can confirm what this truly means. They said they are not backing down from mass deportation but will be ending the operation in Minnesota soon. I recommend you continue your current plan until we can give you more information. We still need observers and the community to be on the lookout. These “draw-downs” are expected to continue through next week, which means we will still need help now and in the future.


Additionally, we must never forget what they did to our neighbors and loved ones. They murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti, shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg, and kidnapped Victor Manuel Diaz, who then died under ICE custody. We are still mourning, demanding justice, and we will never forget. They targeted our immigrant neighbors and children, discriminated against our community based on skin color and accents, lobbed weapons of war on our parks, and completely shattered families who simply wanted to work, take their kids to schools, and
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 09/02/2026
Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
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Indivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Ice out now.
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This is action EVERY city in the country can take. If your hotels cooperate with ICE, goodbye liquor revenue.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Breaking news: 
Immigration czar Homan announces 2300 ICE AGENTS will continue kidnapping families in Minnesota

Picture of ICE agents at Whipple
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David Nir @davidnir.com · 04/02/2026
The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota." Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota." This presser worked like a charm.
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Starbucks workers are asking customers to delete the mobile app amid their ongoing strike to push the corporation to reach a first contract with the union and to stop union busting www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Striking Starbucks workers urge customers to delete coffee chain’s app
Unionized baristas continue to fight for a fair contract and ask public for solidarity as strike stretches into third month
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 02/02/2026
People are still being profiled. People are still being wrongfully detained. People still can’t go to work or school out of fear.   Do not look away and do not buy any political spin coming out of DHS.   ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Senator Tina Smith knows exactly what it takes to serve Minnesotans well in Washington - and she understands the kind of leadership that this moment demands. I am so honored and humbled to have earned her endorsement to succeed her in the US Senate. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Tina Smith endorses Peggy Flanagan over Angie Craig in Minnesota Senate race
The retiring senator is choosing a fellow progressive and lieutenant governor as her successor over moderate Rep. Angie Craig.
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Kay Carvajal Moran @kayforparks.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Today is February 1st. Community is organizing mutual aid as thousands of families are struggling to pay rent. As a housing navigator, youth worker, and MPRB Commissioner, I am calling on Governor Walz to enact an eviction moratorium.
Statement on Eviction Moratorium Now! 

Today is February 1st. Community is organizing mutual aid as thousands of tamilies are struggling to pay rent. As a housing navigator, youth worker, and MPRB Commissioner, I am calling on Governor Walz to enact an eviction moratorium.
ICE is kidnapping our immigrant neighbors, terrorizing our neighborhoods, parks and schools, and has murdered our legal observers. This is not normal. We are witnessing the suffering, trauma and destruction of our state.
Many families are risking their lives to go to work because they need to pay the rent. Neighbors cannot shelter in place and should not be forced into a housing court system.
Standing with our immigrant communities means enacting an Eviction Moratorium and investing in rental assistance.
In solidarity,
Kay Carvajal Moran
District 5 CommissionerDeclaración para Moratoria de Desalojo Ahora! 

Hoy es primero de Febrero. La comunidad está organizando ayuda mutua mientras miles de familias luchan por pagar el alquiler. Como navegadora de vivienda, trabajadora de jovenes y comisionadora de MPRB, pido al gobernador Walz que pase una moratoria de desalojo.
ICE está secuestrando a nuestros vecinos inmigrantes, aterrorizando nuestros barrios, parques y escuelas, y ha asesinado a nuestros observadores legales. Esto no es normal.
Estamos siendo testigos del sufrimiento, el trauma y la destrucción de nuestro estado.
Muchas familias arriesgan sus vidas para ir a trabajar porque tienen que pagar la renta. Nuestros vecinos no se pueden quedar en casa y no deberían ser obligados a entrar a un sistema de corte de vivienda.
Apoyar a nuestras comunidades inmigrantes significa promulgar una Moratoria de desalojos e invertir en asistencia de renta.
En solidaridad,
Kay Carvajal Moran
Comisionadora de Districto
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs “This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
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ICE detains two more students from Liam Ramos’s school, officials say
The brothers’ mother was taken by ICE and Minnesota educators were forced to bring the children to her
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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
@governorwalz.mn.gov rent is due today. You are not powerless. You can minimize these abductions and violence to residents of this state by letting people shelter-in until this federal occupation is over. Enact an eviction moratorium now.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 01/02/2026
a woman reached out to donate 500,000 delta skymiles to get people home to MN as they are released from custody in TX. we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home. delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
You’re describing an emergency. The world is also watching you and waiting for you to do something. Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 30/01/2026
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 30/01/2026
The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
The Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, the Minnesota Reformer, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Sahan Journal, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:

“We strongly condemn the arrest of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, as well as any attempt to intimidate members of the press. The First Amendment recognizes the press as holding a distinct and protected role in our democracy. In America, we do not arrest journalists for doing their jobs. The Minnesota journalism community stands united in defense of press freedom and the essential role reporting plays in holding power to account.”
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Minnesota House DFL @mnhousedfl.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Rep. Mohamud Noor: ICE has stopped me in my own neighborhood. They've detained US citizens in front of me while I was begging them to let them go. My kids' schools went into lockdown because ICE was outside. "Nothing is normal anymore."
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