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Eligible voters of the United States!

The @npr.org voter registration guide has been updated to help get you ready for the 2026 primary elections.

You can find deadlines and the links you need to register and check your registration status at npr.org/vote
How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
NPR.org
February 16, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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joshgerstein.bsky.social
BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.

"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees. The government suggests — with minimal explanation and even less evidence — that doing so would result in "chaos." The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights. 14 At this preliminary stage, Plaintiffs have made a clear showing of likelihood of success on their Fifth Amendment claim.
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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Rand Paul: "I see not even a hint here of anything aggressive on [Pretti's] part. I don't think this should take months and months. There needs to be a conclusion ... the public needs to know, if I go to a protest and shout something at people, could I be killed?"
February 12, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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jamellebouie.net
“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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atrupar.com
report from St Paul: "Very bad car accident involving ice agent who left the scene"
Nina's Coffee Cafe, Western Avenue North, Saint Paul, MN, USA Description: Very bad car accident involving ice agent who left the scene
February 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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danielsuitor.com
In a letter to the editor, the chair of the Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board (the entity responsible for investigating unethical conduct by attorneys) sounds a warning clearly aimed at government lawyers supporting the ICE occupation.

www.startribune.com/readers-writ...
LAWYER CODE OF CONDUCT An ethics reminder in troubled times A lawyer, as a member of the legal profession, is a representative of clients, an officer of the legal system and a public citizen having special responsibility for the quality of justice. Lawyers practicing in Minnesota’s state and federal courts must follow the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct. The rules protect the public from unethical conduct by lawyers, many of whom hold positions of great power. Given reports of recent events in our state and federal courtrooms, we thought that an overview of key ethical rules might be helpful to the public. First, a lawyer may not make a frivolous argument, which is an argument made without a good-faith basis in law or fact. This is true even when the lawyer’s client insists on a particular argument or position. “I did what my client wanted” is not a defense to making a frivolous argument. Similarly, a lawyer must disclose legal authority that is directly adverse to the client’s position. Second, in many cases there is no “just following orders” defense to lawyer misconduct, which can occur even where the lawyer acts at the express direction of another person. The same is true in reverse: A supervisor cannot close their eyes to their staff’s conduct. Instead, the supervisor must make reasonable efforts to ensure that their lawyer and nonlawyer staff follow the ethical rules. Organizations and offices bear a collective responsibility to make sure that their staff follow Minnesota’s ethics rules. Finally, Minnesota’s ethical rules instruct that a lawyer must not engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice. This can include ignoring court orders, attempting to influence witness testimony or disparaging parties in a case. Conduct need not be illegal to be deemed prejudicial to the administration of justice and, therefore, unethical. The vast majority of lawyers in Minnesota ethically represent their clients’ positions. Most aggressive or unpopular actions by lawyers are not unethical. But lawyers who violate our ethical rules put at risk the very basis of our system: the rule of law. Lawyers are bound to uphold the standards of professional conduct, even in extraordinary times. This letter was written by Benjamin J. Butler, chair of the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board, and Jeanette Boerner, the immediate past chair of the Lawyers Board. The views expressed here are their own.
February 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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simonwdc.bsky.social
During these 37 years here's the average job growth per year under the two parties:

Democrats - 2,500,000
Republicans - 90,000 2/
February 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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atrupar.com
Raskin to Bondi: "You're not showing a lot interest in the victims. Whether it's Epstein's human trafficking ring or the homicidal government violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as AG you're siding with the perpetrators and ignoring the victims."
February 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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For health care workers, going to work means an onslaught of fear and anxiety with ICE agents present.

“What will happen to us?" one health care worker said. "That is my question every single night before going to bed. It really affects me mentally and emotionally. This is like a nightmare.”
Twin Cities health care workers describe 'fear,' 'intimidation' due to ICE in hospitals
Health care workers are experiencing fear and anxiety about going to work with ICE agents present in hospitals and clinics.
www.mprnews.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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anamariafortexas.com
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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sheilaregan.bsky.social
From Kare 11: Bloomington Police arrest 30 in human trafficking sting operation, including 1 federal employee. One of the people arrested allegedly works as a federal employee hiring ICE agents. www.kare11.com/article/news...
February 10, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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atrupar.com
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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davidrvetter.bsky.social
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!

There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!

Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social
Everything fucking sucks
Placeholder page showing that zombo.com, an incredible artifact of the old good internet, has been purchased by GoDaddy. They’ve created a paltry bullshit approximation of the original glory. There’s even a stupid song now instead of a cheerful man telling you that the infinite is possible at Zombocom. The infinite is impossible. Your dreams are not achievable. I hate everything.
February 10, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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propublica.org
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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beccasaintpaul.bsky.social
Lake Phalen last night. East Side Pride!!! Including a Hmong heart. 💛
an aerial shot of a frozen lake with luminary that spells out MN is greater than ice with a heart that has spirals which is a hmong symbol! The words are surrounded by a circle of people
February 8, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”

What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Worst of the worst: "Pena Jimenez, a Mexican citizen who lives in Lakeville, came to the U.S. in 2000, owns a tile installation business and has no criminal record, according to his petition." Flown out of the country, against a judge's order.
www.startribune.com/judge-orders...
Despite judge’s order, ICE sent an immigrant to Mexico instead of back to Minnesota
The government says the undocumented immigrant voluntarily left the U.S. His attorney is seeking a contempt of court finding as the federal courts remain overwhelmed by immigration cases.
www.startribune.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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gallantdimwit.bsky.social
After 6am this morning in Whittier, Minneapolis—FOUR BLOCKS from where Pretti was murdered.

18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
February 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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whodat35.bsky.social
Minnesota ICE Enforcement: Constitutional Violations

"The supermajority are U.S. citizens"

"Warrants: Apparently none were shown warrants authorizing their detention"

"Physical Force Used: Handcuffs, shackles, headlocks, weapons pointed at civilians"

www.justsecurity.org/130745/minne...
Minnesota ICE Enforcement: Alleged Constitutional Violations
The ACLU and partners sued over alleged racial profiling and unlawful arrests in Minnesota. Read sworn declarations and case details.
www.justsecurity.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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lalahaenzy.com
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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kathleenclark.bsky.social
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
… 25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again. The officers mocked me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there. 26. Security guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27. No one said anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th. 27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable. … 30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release … 32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE … I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM