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Ken Silverstein: When liberty shows cracks

Pioneer Press 15 Feb 2026
On the streets of Iran in recent weeks, security forces killed thousands of protesters demanding basic rights and opposing the state’s authority ... Ignoring this is the first step toward complacency, which can kill liberty ... This is all happening ... Letters.
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William Robiner: Power combined with anonymity is a recipe for cruelty

Pioneer Press 15 Feb 2026
In Minneapolis and St ... ICE’s anonymity is not incidental — it is a tool of domination that reshapes the moral landscape and dampens the humanity of those who use it. When power and anonymity combine ... Mission gone awry ... William N ... Related Articles ... Letters.
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Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt blasts ‘misinformation’ about her cooperation with ICE

Star Tribune 13 Feb 2026
Witt also defended her beleaguered deputies, who were placed in a “difficult situation” during Operation Metro Surge ... .
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Hennepin County medical center to stop accepting most out-of-county patient transfers

Star Tribune 13 Feb 2026
HCMC says it will slim down to 390 staffed beds by limiting patient transfers from hospitals outside Hennepin County ... .
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Friends of the Hennepin Canal to hold "Bald Eagle" hike on Sunday, Feb. 15

Quad-City Times 11 Feb 2026
Friends of the Hennepin Canal hike, "Bald Eagle," will be Sunday, Feb. 15. The event is free and you don't need to be a member ... .
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Second suspect charged in St. Paul fatal shooting

Pioneer Press 11 Feb 2026
Last week’s fatal shooting of a St. Paul man in the city’s West Seventh neighborhood was a planned robbery, according to charges ... 2 killing of David Lee Turner III, 23. Baker is in custody in Hennepin County on charges in an unrelated case ... St ... Cloud ... .
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Hennepin County Sheriff hasn’t decided how much to aid ICE, even if it helps end surge

Winona Daily News 09 Feb 2026
Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt said she ...
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Elizabeth Shackelford: What history tells us about fighting the repression we are seeing here

Pioneer Press 09 Feb 2026
The U.S. government is using unaccountable federal forces to violently suppress dissent and reinforce its power through force and fear. This behavior is designed to make the people feel powerless and the governing authority impenetrable.
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At Least 50 Arrested After Protests Escalate Outside Minnesota Federal Building

New York Times 08 Feb 2026
The Whipple Federal Building has become both a staging ground for immigration agents and a hub for demonstrations against the crackdown in the Twin Cities ... .
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Valeng Cha: When Federal ICE meets Minnesota Nice: an immigrant’s perspective

Pioneer Press 08 Feb 2026
I can’t watch blood on a screen anymore. My body turns away before my mind can catch up. What unsettles me just as deeply is the anti-immigrant mood on the ground. Most people I know have a story. a warning, a close call, a neighbor who didn’t come home.
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Harry Boyte: ‘Citizen’ is much more than a legal status. Let’s rise to it.

Pioneer Press 08 Feb 2026
Effective responses to multiple civic crises in today’s America depend on analysis of how people develop capacities for work on public challenges ... The report, “A Tale of Two Cities. Civic Health in Miami and Minneapolis-St ... As I described in the St ... .
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As Minnesota Reels Amid Immigration Crackdown, a Sheriff Agonizes Over Her Role

New York Times 06 Feb 2026
Sheriff Dawanna Witt of Hennepin County says she thinks she could help end the crackdown by allowing some measure of cooperation with ICE. She also knows that could cost her re-election ... .
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Noah Feldman: ICE isn’t just breaking the law. It’s trying to rewrite it.

Pioneer Press 06 Feb 2026
In an outrageous expansion of its authority, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now authorizing its agents to arrest anyone they suspect of being undocumented, even if the officers don’t have a warrant and the person isn’t a flight risk ... .
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Chief public defender outraged by immigration detainments inside Hennepin County courthouse

Star Tribune 05 Feb 2026
But Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District said in a statement that federal agents can go into the courthouse to detain people ... .
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CNN's Hunt: Under Obama, Hennepin County Cooperated with ICE the Way Trump Admin. Wants

Breitbart 05 Feb 2026
Under Obama, Hennepin County Cooperated with ICE the Way Trump Admin.

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