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WATCH– Tim Walz on his call with Trump officials: “Not once did they ever say Alex or Renee’s name. Not once did they ask how the people of Minnesota were doing. So look, I know who I’m dealing with, and I know the reason that he was calling me was he needed something from us.”
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Governor Tim Walz warns of a national unraveling in an interview with
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Tim Walz Fears a Fort Sumter Moment in Minneapolis
The Minnesota governor warns of a national unraveling.
By Isaac Stanley-Becker
… Walz bowed out of his reelection race earlier this month. The 2024 vice-presidential candidate said that he didn’t want politics to interfere with his work amid an intensifying federal probe into welfare fraud in his state. Two days later, his phone rang, and it was Jacob Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis. Renee Good had been shot and killed by an ICE officer, one of thousands of federal agents deployed to Minnesota as part of what the Trump administration declared the largest immigration-enforcement operation in history. “Get yourself prepared,” was the mayor’s message, Walz recalled to me. He had understood instantly that the kind of unrest not seen since the summer of 2020, in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, could be returning to Minneapolis.
Barely two weeks later, federal agents shot and killed a second Minneapolis resident. Walz still doesn’t know the names of the agents who unloaded their firearms into Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse. State authorities were blocked from investigating both killings. Instead, the governor was placed under federal investigation along with other Democratic officials. Meanwhile, the Justice Department is demanding access to Minnesota’s voter rolls, couching the extraordinary election-year request as a quid pro quo for restoring “law and order.”…
President Trump called Walz “seriously retarded” in a Thanksgiving post on social media. Yet the president reported having a “very good call” with the governor on Monday, saying the two were “on a similar wavelength.”
By the time of their conversation, senior advisers to the president had smeared Pretti as a “domestic terrorist” and “would-be assassin.” Trump declined to echo those characterizations in interviews and other comments this week. But in their phone call, Walz told me, the president didn’t say Pretti’s name, didn’t express condolences for his family, and didn’t ask how residents of the state were doing.
Instead, Walz said, the president complained. “I just don’t understand you Minnesotans,” he said, arguing that ICE raids had “worked fine” in other places, including New Orleans and Louisville, Kentucky. The president pressed him to cooperate with immigration authorities, according to Walz. The governor told me that he would comply with federal law, but outlined strict limits on his cooperation. “I’m not sure I can do much more,” the governor said. “I’m not going to send my police in to search preschools. I’m not going to have them walk down the street and ask brown people for their papers. I’m not going to do that, because that’s not my job and I don’t think it’s constitutional.”
He gave the president two conditions for their working more closely together: removing federal agents and allowing the state to take part in probes into the two killings. The president, meanwhile, promoted a change in his approach to Minnesota, saying that he was sending Tom Homan, his “border czar,” to replace Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol official who had become a public face of the administration’s most confrontational tactics. The White House didn’t respond to a request for comment…
Walz said that he wants to see a major drawdown of federal agents and dramatically different tactics. He said he gave Homan a window of several days to reorient the operation. That window closes tomorrow. “If we don’t see a massive change here,” Walz told Homan, “I have no choice but to go back and tell my folks that you’re not doing it.”
“And look,” the governor added, “the folks on the street are skeptical.”…
One thing the governor said he did know was that the damage had already been profound. “The disruption and the moral harm that they have done to our state is unimaginable,” he said. He saw the fear up close recently when residents mistook the SUVs in his security detail for ICE vehicles and fled on foot. Children are staying home from school, he said. Families are fearful of going out for groceries. For people watching from outside Minnesota, the governor said, “it’s worse than you think.”
Minnesota may offer a glimpse of what’s in store for other states. “That assault will come to your state soon,” Walz warned. This is why he has been encouraged to see some red-state governors speak out. Kevin Stitt, the Republican governor of Oklahoma and the chair of the National Governors Association, joined his Democratic vice chair, Wes Moore of Maryland, in calling for a “reset” in immigration enforcement. Governor Phil Scott, a Republican from Vermont, called on Trump to pause the operations, saying simply, “Enough.”…
Walz won’t be on the ballot in November’s election, but he thinks the contest is at the heart of the administration’s tactics. The Justice Department’s demand for Minnesota’s voter rolls, he said, was the giveaway. The president’s party, he predicted, will be “wiped out” in a free and fair vote—assuming there is one.
“But I hear Americans on this,” he added. What they say is, “‘What makes you think we can get to November?’”
Suanne Laqueur
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Schumer took away GOP leverage while focusing the issue on ICE for the next two weeks. The House simultaneously released their demands, codifying the debate. What are you talking about Schumer caved? The Republicans caved. This is a win for Dems. What the literal fuck is wrong with you?
9:25 AM · Jan 30, 2026
jamelle
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the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
10:40 AM · Jan 30, 2026
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jamelle
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the practical effect of arresting lemon et al is to spark widespread condemnation, especially since these arrests will certainly be thrown out. this doesn’t mean the action isn’t a dangerous escalation, it does mean the white house doesn’t know what to do but spam its only attack
10:40 AM · Jan 30, 2026
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Sacramento high school students are taking part in a districtwide walkout Friday morning, joining a nationwide student effort to protest immigration enforcement following fatal shootings in Minneapolis. Students plan to walk out of school around 10:30 a.m.
Friday and make their way to the California state Capitol. Organizers said they would be protesting the “brutal oppression” of migrant families and American citizens by ICE and President Donald Trump’s administration. They are calling for the abolition of ICE and for Sacramento City Council to reaffirm its status as a sanctuary city for immigrants.
Students from West Campus, Hiram Johnson, Rosemont, C.K. McClatchy, Luther Burbank, Health Professionals and John F. Kennedy high schools, as well as the School of Engineering and Sciences will march from their campuses to downtown. Their routes will join Regional Transit light rail and bus lines before converging on the California state Capitol.
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Honor your oath of office or resign.
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Corporate Media is on the side of the fascists. I am particularly irritated by David Muir on
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He CONVENIENTLY had “technical difficulties” during reporting of #ICE atrocities. open.substack.com/pub/opiniona…
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philip lewis
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Catherine O’Hara, the actor who starred as Kate McCallister in “Home Alone,” has died at 71, TMZ reports
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Jerome Trammel, MBA
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Attorney General Pam “Giving Racist” Bondi ordered the arrest of FOUR Black journalists & activists (Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Jamael Lydell Lundy, & Georgia Fort) for reporting on the anti-ICE protest. This is a blatant attack on Black voices! Drop these bogus charges NOW!
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Phil Williams
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Statement from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press on the arrests of independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their coverage of a protest inside a Minneapolis church:
“It’s obviously concerning any time journalists are arrested in connection with their reporting. To our knowledge, it’s unprecedented for the Justice Department to deploy the federal laws it has previously cited in this case against journalistic activity.
“Historically, the limited number of cases that have been brought against a journalist documenting a protest on private property have been handled as trespass cases at the state level. Those charges are almost always dropped, or if the cases go to trial, the journalists typically prevail.”
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Adam Kinzinger
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The targeting of Fed Chair Jerome Powell is our warning. The Fed must stay independent not because it’s perfect, but because once monetary policy becomes political, economic stability collapses.
Check out one of my recent Substack articles, along with a video, at the link in my reply.
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Khashoggi’s Ghost
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A couple of legal asylum seekers were with their one month old baby in the car when ICE smashed their car windows and dragged the husband out and took him away, leaving the mom terrified in the cold without a driver’s license, and the baby covered in broken glass.
http://www.rawstory.com/ice-arrest-2...
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TheRoadie.
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So back in June Alex Padilla was tackled and detained by ICE for trying to ask a question at a press conference. The story from the administration was he attacked her.
Fast forward 7 months, Maxwell Frost attacked, Ilhan Omar attacked. Not a peep from the media about “turning down the rhetoric”. 🙄
11:18 AM · Jan 29, 2026
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Dee Chan
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If Kamala had been elected Minneapolis would not have been turned into a war zone where people are gunned down in the streets.
4:45 PM · Jan 28, 2026
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Trump will attempt to corrupt the midterm elections anyway possible, to avoid the inevitable articles of impeachment waiting for him, should the GOP lose. Which they would in a free and fair election.
10:18 AM · Jan 29, 2026
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Alan Elrod
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Nick Fuentes called Alex Pretti a “race traitor” for opposing ICE.
I argue that sentiment is actually widespread on the MAGA right.
My latest for
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27% IS THE CRAZYFICATION FACTOR
WE ARE THERE.
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A new Pew poll finds that Trump’s job approval rating stands at 37%, only 27% support all or most of his policies, and 50% feel the administration’s actions have been worse than expected.
Also, only 21% are very confident Trump acts ethically in office.
http://www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
Adam Serwer
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It’s a war and the American people are the enemy. Can’t do the fake “no they’re just after the bad guys” after you shot two people for no good reason. bsky.app/profile/ndre…
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Julian Sanchez
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An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
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Brian Allen
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🚨 BREAKING: Senate Republicans are cutting a deal with the Trump White House to criminalize sanctuary cities at the federal level, a move that would allow the arrest of mayors and governors for how they govern.
Let’s be clear about what this is: federal criminalization of local policy choices.
Not border security. Not public safety.
A DIRECT assault on federalism and democratic governance.
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Aaron Black
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This isn’t about immigration policy; it’s about the militarization of our public spaces. ICE turning our blocks into patrol zones makes everyone feel like a suspect, not a citizen. #ICEoffOurStreets
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A series of recent polls hammer home just how unpopular ICE has become: Almost half of voters say they’d like to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and six in 10 say the agency has gone too far.
This week, Senate Democrats are attempting to leverage that disapproval into reform:
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The Baffler
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The current secretary of labor has shown no signs of humanity toward the kind of immigrant workers her New Deal-era predecessor, Frances Perkins, fought so hard to protect. Instead, Lori Chavez-DeRemer is gutting regulations—and fleecing taxpayers.
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Source familiar with Don Lemon’s arrest tells me DOJ went to a grand jury to secure an indictment (DOJ’s effort to get a criminal complaint had already been rejected in court twice).
This is ugly. More soon.
9:24 AM · Jan 30, 2026
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Holy shit. Trump’s secret police just arrested journalist Don Lemon, apparently after he reported on an anti-ICE protest in a church.
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The Letterhack
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Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
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Greg Sargent
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Dems should press hard for impeaching Kristi Noem right now, says
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“Make Republicans defend her. Make them go on record.
Make them take the hard vote and defend the indefensible.”
On the pod, Jen suggests new ways to keep Trump/GOP on defense:
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Greg Sargent
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Numerous MAGA media figures are urging Trump to *escalate* his paramilitary warfare on American cities. Let’s be clear: What they really want is race war, with their side backed by state violence and terror.
Me and
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philip lewis
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
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PBS News
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U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed a federal murder charge against Luigi Mangione, finding it was technically flawed.
Garnett left in place stalking charges that carry a maximum punishment of life in prison. to.pbs.org/3NNajJo
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Russian colleges are offering failing students a new way to avoid expulsion: join the military for a year as a drone operator, then return to finish their studies. There’s just one catch: lawyers say there’s no such thing as a one-year contract.
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“The search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald Trump’s breaking of democratic norms.”
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As FBI agents executed a court-authorized search warrant at an election facility in Fulton County, Georgia, Wednesday, lurking in the shadows of the operation was Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. http://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Adam Keiper
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LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT: Kevin Warsh—expected to be Trump’s Fed chair pick—is the son-in-law of Trump donor Ronald Lauder (billionaire Estée Lauder heir), who convinced Trump in 2018 of the need to annex Greenland (and then invested heavily there), and who benefits from the Ukraine rare-earth deal?
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Ronald Lauder is also in the Epstein files. He helped Jeffrey secure a fake Austrian passport back in the late 80s or early 90s when he was the US Ambassador to Austria under Reagan.
7:23 AM · Jan 30, 2026
Rep. Don Beyer
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Trump chose Kevin Warsh for Fed Chair because his father-in-law is a billionaire donor, the brains behind Trump’s idiotic scheme to invade Greenland.
He also chose him because Warsh has shown willingness to wildly alter his views on monetary policy based on who is in the White House, and because he is “out of central casting.”
The Senate should note these bad qualifications and remember Warsh’s awful track record at the Fed during the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession.
These concerns along with Trump’s attacks on the Fed mean this nominee must face hard questions about independence and monetary policy.
Warsh can’t just get a rubber stamp.
7:51 AM · Jan 30, 2026
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Journalist Don Lemon, formerly of CNN but now working independently, was taken into custody by federal authorities on Sunday while in Los Angeles covering the Grammys.
Lemon’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, released a statement on the arrest.
“Don has been a journalist for 30 years, and his constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done. The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable. There is no more important time for people like Don to be doing this work,” the statement said.
Kyle Griffin
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Breaking on MS NOW:
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per
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8:55 AM · Jan 30, 2026
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Joe Biden Thought vindicated on the infamous “Republicans want to put you back in chains” remark from 2012.
Jeff F
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Joe Biden is a creaky institutionalist but between this and the same-sex marriage pivot Dark Brandon is the most prescient politician of our lifetime
8:17 AM · Jan 30, 2026
Kat Tenbarge
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Arresting Black journalists is also vice signaling. Their base is racist and hates journalists and they want to get them excited again. The mainstream media industry has never protected Black journalists or journalists of color the way it should.
8:33 AM · Jan 30, 2026
Leah McElrath
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The official White House account on X has posted a meme about Lemon’s arrest and included chain emojis.
Alluding to putting Black people in chains plays well with Trump’s online base.
Timothy Snyder
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Or how about this headline — “American citizen arrested without cause after exercising his Constitutional rights.” Very important that government propaganda not become the default framing.
9:25 AM · Jan 30, 2026
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