2026.02.06

[lsanderson]

ICE

‘You’re not going to investigate a federal officer’
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable when they violate the Constitution and the law.
By Andy Mannix, Melissa Sanchez and Nicole Foy / ProPublica
https://www.minnpost.com/national/2026/02/youre-not-going-to-investigate-a-federal-officer/

Sahan Journal has the story of Minnesotans who have been transferred to ICE detention centers in Texas and released with no way to return home. “In recent weeks, lawyers have filed a flurry of successful court challenges compelling the government to release their clients, but that has left an increasing number of Minnesotans stranded outside detention facilities far from home,” they report. “In some cases, ICE has refused to return identification cards or work permits to those released from detention, attorneys say.”
https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/ice-detainees-stranded-after-release/

Man arrested in early-morning Minneapolis federal raid is charged with cyberstalking
The 6 a.m. raid, which involved at least 11 officers, took place at Eat Street Flats in the Whittier neighborhood. The man arrested doxxed a “pro-ICE individual,” according to a criminal complaint.
by Joey Peters
https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/federal-raid-kyle-wagner-detained-whittier-minneapolis/

More News

Trump shares video with racist imagery of Barack and Michelle Obama in late-night posting spree
In clip amplifying false claim that Trump won 2020 election, the Obamas’ faces are superimposed on bodies of apes
Richard Luscombe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/06/trump-racist-video-barack-michelle-obama

On Thursday the City of Anoka opened the state’s first municipal cannabis dispensary, MPR News reports. In August, MinnPost reported on 13 cities, including Anoka, that were applying to run municipal cannabis stores, and how successful municipal liquor stores provide a model. Via MinnPost
https://www.minnpost.com/greater-minnesota/2025/08/blazing-new-trails-these-13-minnesota-cities-are-considering-municipal-cannabis-stores/

Amazon shares tumble as $200bn AI rollout plan worries markets – as it happened
Graeme Wearden
https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/feb/06/uk-house-prices-jump-halifax-stock-markets-inflation-latest-news-updates

Wot? No sternly worded letters?
‘Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms
In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/06/donald-trump-voting-midterms-democrat-national-strike

Penisgate’ at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks?
The World Anti-Doping Agency is investigating whether ski jumpers were injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid in order to fly further
Natasha May
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/06/penisgate-winter-olympics-ski-jumpers-acid-penis-health-risks-explainer

Trump’s family is embroiled in a $500m UAE scandal. We’ve hardly noticed
Mohamad Bazzi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/06/trump-family-uae-crypto-deal

So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls
Marina Hyde
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/06/jeffrey-epstein-scandal-politics-mass-abuse-women-girls

Elton John accuses Daily Mail publisher of ‘abhorrent’ invasion of privacy
Singer says articles about his health and birth of son ‘outside even the most basic standards of human decency’
Michael Savage Media editor
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/feb/06/elton-john-david-furnish-daily-mail-publisher-high-court

Horror in Wellington as millions of litres of untreated sewage flow into the sea
Residents of New Zealand capital advised not to enter the water, collect seafood or walk their dogs on local beaches after wastewater plant failure
Maya Yang
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/06/wellington-sewage-leak-sea-new-zealand

Japan cherry blossom festival cancelled because of unruly tourist ‘crisis’
Authorities scrap Arakurayama Sengen park cherry blossom festival near Mount Fuji because of tourists trespassing, littering and ‘defecating in private yards’
Maya Yang
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/06/japan-cherry-blossom-festival-cancelled-tourists

Botox to nose vibrations: The new treatments offering hope to migraine patients (Paywalled?)
Sofia Quaglia
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260205-botox-to-nose-vibrations---the-new-treatments-offering-hope-to-migraine-patients

Comments

[minnehaha]

"Grind the country to a halt"? That's what the deportations are doing. Look at the restaurants. The price of food. And good luck getting a new roof.

K.

Too true

[lsanderson]

Grind the country to a halt after Herr Trump has sabotaged the midterms is pretty weak tea.

Re: Too true

[minnehaha]

It's ridiculous.

K.