3000 - 700 is still 2300 federales, my dude

Yesterday:

• The entire city of Minneapolis was nominated for a Nobel peace prize. While the Peace Price includes some rather dubious selections (Kissinger, really?), given some politician’s obsession with it, the idea at least gives a chuckle.

Prohibition for you:

• The Minneapolis city council delayed liquor licenses for two hotels who are hosting federal agents downtown. Many Twin Cities restaurants also do not serve federal agents out of protest, reportedly, ICE agents are living off of cans of soup in their hotel rooms while citizens have frequent noise demonstrations outside the building.

“They have no boundaries…this is not like something in a movie”:

• The NYT describes the long term distress Minneapolis children are experiencing in the wake of Federal agents descending on the city. Reminder, the NYTs has a history of soft-balling right-wing actions.
• Human Rights Watch released their World Report for 2026, including descriptions of ICE activities in the Twin Cities.

A choice between the noose or hemlock:

• DHS will reportedly draw down 700 agents from Operation Metro Surge, this comes the same day Homan said You’re not going to stop ICE on CSPAN. The draw-down is conditional, and requires residents to back down against ICE. At the peak, DHS sent over 3000 agents here….3000-700=2300 armed thugs on our streets, terrorizing our neighbors.

We’re not stopping:

• Suburban ICE observers in the Twin Cities area remain resolved.
• Protestors continue to gather at the Whipple building downtown, where many ICE detainees are kept in inhumane conditions each and every day.