"This is no time for games, for toxic 'both-sides-ism,' for false equivalencies. This is a time to tell the truth. And stop amplifying narratives that perpetuate a dangerous distortion of what’s happening on the ground. Your city and state might be next."

#Minnesota #Trump #ICE #PoliceState #occupation #media #BothSides
/20

"ICE agents threw tear gas at a van carrying six children, and three of them went to the hospital, including an infant who had stopped breathing. ICE agents are pulling over public school transport vehicles full of students. ICE agents are pushing minors and high school students into streets full of incoming traffic; they’re launching tear gas and rubber bullets at senior citizens. They are terrorizing our city."

#Minnesota #Trump #ICE #PoliceState #occupation #media #BothSides
/19

(continued from /17)

"I am utterly exhausted by national media coverage that frames what is happening in America as some kind of political horse race, with two equal and equivalent partisan teams. As a former sportswriter, I am begging my journalism colleagues to do better than framing these stories as though you’ve covering a football game. Talk to people on the ground. pen your heart to see what is right in front of you."

#Minnesota #Trump #ICE #PoliceState #occupation #media #BothSides
/18

Angela Denker, a Lutheran pastor in Minnesota and author of Disciples of White Jesus, issues a strong rebuke to mainstream media for turning what's happening in Minnesota into a game with both sides offering competing and equally valid narratives:

"As a Minneapolis resident, mom, pastor, and long-time researcher on violent right-wing radicalization and Christian Nationalism -" (continued in /18)

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/17

angeladenker.substack.com/p/de…

Dear Media, what's happening in Minnesota is not a game

A Special Edition of News with Nuance ...

^{Rev. Angela Denker (I'm Listening)}

Ashley Miller features a photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii of the Star Tribune of an observer arrested in south Minneapolis and sprayed by federal agents in the face with chemicals on January 21 as they were held face down on the ground.

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/16

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(continued from /14)

"Trump has also stripped or withheld billions of dollars, attempting to starve the state of resources. Meanwhile, the state, like all others, continues to pay into the federal government’s coffers."

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/15

"While the most visible sign of the administration’s war on Minnesota is ICE’s brutal and deadly occupation, it’s not the only way President Trump is attacking the state.

As punishment for the crimes of having a diverse population, not voting for him in three elections straight, and having Tim Walz as governor," (continued in /15)

~ Lisa Needham

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/14

publicnotice.co/p/minnesota-ta…

What if we just stopped paying taxes?

Where there's a will there (might) be a way.

^{Lisa Needham (Public Notice)}

"In recent weeks, the paramilitary occupation of the Twin Cities has moved us past some invisible breaking points. About how we expect our government to treat us. And about what might be done about the government agencies that fail those expectations.

Lets step back: the primary purpose of this occupation is the selective use of government power to establish federal dominance over blue states or cities that President Trump dislikes."

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/13

"We use words like 'police state.' Then we see it happen. To watch is not the same as to experience it, of course. Of being afraid to leave your house. Or having a classmate, co-worker, or family member disappear. But the images make it more real. It removes any illusion that it could not happen here. It is happening here. We see it happening here, if we are willing to look."

~ Don Moynihan

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/12

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pas…

Past the breaking point

The violent occupation of an American city is more than a warning

^{Don Moynihan (Can We Still Govern?)}