Opinion | Striking Similarities in Occupied Boston 1768 and Minneapolis 2026

Austin Stewart writes about the historic parallels between the immigration enforcement in Minneapolis and the build to the Boston Massacre in 1770.

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“To Demand Freedom”: The Hunger Strike at Delaney Hall Detention Center

Following last winter’s showdown between Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the population of the Twin Cities, momentum is picking up on another front: resistance from within detention facilities. At least 51 people have lost their lives in the custody of ICE since Donald Trump took office, twice as many as died between 2021 and 2024. In response to this tragedy, as well as to unbearable…

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America is renormalizing violence against queer people

When I was in high school, a kid named Matthew Shepard was murdered, beaten ,and left tied to a fence in Wyoming because he was gay. I grew up in a culture that did not feel very far away from that world at all, both culturally and geographically. Northwest New Mexico and Wyoming had a lot in common.

I was out very young, never ever in the closet.

One of my most searing memories in high…

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Opinion | Federal Agents in Minnesota Are Undermining Basic Law Enforcement Principles

Luke William Hunt writes that the way some federal agents have acted and conducted themselves during immigration operations in Minnesota has undermined established policing principles.

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Lecciones de Mineápolis con la activista Sagirah Shahid: frente a la arbitrariedad, movilizaciones masivas

Sagirah Shahid no se cansa de hablar dela impresionante movilización popular que, en Mineápolis**, logró frustrar a principios de año la política brutal y violenta del ICE,** la policía migratoria de Donald Trump. Podría pasarse horas recordando aquel momento decisivo y de lucha contra los 3.000 agentes desplegados en las calles de esta ciudad de Minesota, conocida por su tradición de…

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US citizens shot by ICE beg Congress to rein in federal immigration agents

WASHINGTON — Nearly all Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee failed to show up for a Wednesday hearing convened by Democrats to highlight President Donald Trump’s aggressive tactics in his mass deportation campaign that have ensnared U.S. citizens. It marked a rare full committee hearing that Democrats were allowed to conduct because of Minority […]

First ICE officer charged with assault for threatening people with a gun in Minnesota

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Thursday filed criminal charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer for allegedly brandishing his service weapon at two people during Operation Metro Surge in what she said was a first-of-its-kind case in the country. Gregory Donnell Morgan, Jr. faces two felony counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous […]

The Sound and Fury of a Collapsing Order : As Trump’s Power Wanes, a Window Opens for Change

In the waning phase of Donald Trump’s reign, opportunities will open up for profound social change. Here, we explore the nature of the difficulties besetting his administration and propose a few starting places for those who aim to do more than simply replace him with another politician.


In less than a year and a half, Trump has completely used up the advantages with which he began his…

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The Dangerous Greens & the Useful Idiot Reds

2,091 words Michael Youssef An Unholy Alliance: How Progressivism Brought About an Islamist Invasion Nashville, TN: Ascaine Press, 2026 On May 21, 2025, a gunman murdered Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim in Washington D.C. Milgrim was not killed in the immediate flurry of gunfire; she was wounded and then killed by being shot execution-style as […]

Days after Daily Mail Implicates Stephen Miller in Alex Pretti Murder, Daily Mail Responds with Boobies

The most likely explanation for a Daily Mail story about the boobies that Kristi Noem's cuckold likes to wear is the earlier Daily Mail implicating Stephen Miller in the Alex Pretti killing.

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Heroines Quilt IX: Renée Good

On January 7, 2026, Renée Good was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the Turbulent States of America by an immigration officer. Good embodied much that could be held up as both heroic and tragic. As a mother of three, an award-winning poet and described by her family as kind, generous, loving, and forgiving, Good has […]

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Millones de estadounidenses se movilizan contra Trump, la guerra en Irán y el ICE en la tercera jornada 'No Kings'

La tercera jornada de protestas del movimiento 'No Kings' (No reyes) comenzó este sábado en Estados Unidos, donde se celebran más de 3.300 concentraciones de manera simultánea , según los organizadores, lo que supone la mayor movilización hasta ahora contra el presidente, Donald Trump, la guerra en Irán y el Servicio de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE).

La coalición de unos 400 grupos , como…

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Mullin confronted about ‘anger issues’ by Rand Paul in tense DHS confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, the president’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, on Wednesday in his confirmation hearing was challenged with questions about his “anger issues” by the fellow Republican who heads the Senate committee that oversees the department. Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul, chair of the Committee on […]

People are betting $1.2M on whether federal agents in Minneapolis shootings will be charged

Jonathan Ross getting charged for killing Renee Good before the end of the month is a less likely event than Jesus Christ’s return before the end of the year, according to people betting on the prediction market Polymarket. Prediction markets, which have soared in popularity since 2024, allow people to bet on almost anything. Under […]

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The Enduring Vigilante Credo of Bernie Goetz

One Saturday afternoon in December 1984, a man got onto the number 2 train going downtown at West 14th Street in Greenwich Village. Blond, glasses-wearing, and scrawny, he did not fit anyone’s stereotype of a dangerous man. But he was carrying, under his waistband, an illegal weapon: a .38 Smith & Wesson in a quick-draw holster.

The man got on the train, boarding in the same car as four Black…

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State, local policies on immigration enforcement targeted by US Senate Republicans

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans during a Tuesday hearing laid the groundwork for legislation that would prevent state and local governments from making decisions on whether to limit cooperation with the federal government on immigration enforcement. Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham of South Carolina argued that sanctuary cities — a term used by critics — […]

Melt the ICE: The Fight Continues : Twin Cities Protesters Blockade ICE Inside the Federal Building

On March 1, 2026, at the conclusion of a week of action against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement occupation of the Twin Cities, protesters converged on the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Fort Snelling, Minnesota. At least four hundred people marched on the southeast side of the building to demand that ICE withdraw from Minnesota and that the land Fort Snelling occupies be given…

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Trump ousts Kristi Noem, names Oklahoma senator as homeland security nominee

Kristi Noem, who oversaw United States President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown and faced bipartisan criticism in hearings this week, will leave her role as homeland security chief at the end of the month.

Trump will tap Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin to replace her, he said on his Truth Social platform, a move that would require US Senate confirmation.

Noem, a former…

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Rep. Thompson Calls Noem’s Tenure ‘Lawless, Corrupt’ After Homeland Secretary’s Firing

U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi called Kristi Noem’s tenure as homeland security secretary “lawless, corrupt, and reckless” following Noem’s firing Thursday.

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Kristi Noem out as DHS secretary; Trump to nominate Oklahoma Sen. Mullin

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Thursday said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will be leaving the post for a job as a special envoy, following an appearance before a U.S. Senate panel this week that provoked bipartisan criticism of her handling of the department that is tasked with fulfilling the administration’s mass deportation campaign. Oklahoma […]

Day after grilling by GOP senators, Noem has easier time with US House panel

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans spent a Wednesday oversight hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blasting local governments for policies that limit immigration cooperation, while Democrats slammed her leadership of the department, saying it led to the deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. House Republicans were more friendly to Noem than GOP senators who […]

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