President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota on Thursday as the presence of ICE officers and officials in Minnesota has only grown, leaving the state’s communities on edge.
Last night, federal officials admiited a federal agent shot and injured a man in Minneapolis on Wednesday. That incident “touched off hours of clashes between protesters and law enforcement officers”.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has issued a step-by-step guide for Minnesotans, detailing how they can deal with ICE in their neighborhood, urging residents to film federal immigration raids, and saying video evidence will help hold officers accountable amid rising unrest.
MeidasNews reports: Early Thursday, “Donald Trump posted images of multiple storefronts of businesses in Minneapolis, including one which displayed the address, which he claimed without evidence were fraudulently receiving taxpayer funds for SNAP and other public services.”
Mediaite reports on how one intrepid journo exposed lies from DHS: “A public standoff erupted Wednesday between Slate reporter Laura Jedeed and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after she posted evidence to undercut DHS’s blunt denial that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ever offered her a job.”
Crooks and Liars reports: Suddenly, Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who mordered Renee Good, claims he has “internal bleeding.”
The analysis: HuffPo’s S.V. Dale details the rise of Trump’s (and neo-Nazi Stephen Miller’s) secret polICE. Digby at Salonwrites, “Trump is something worse than a fascist”
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