2026.02.27
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ICE won’t be at polling places in 2026 election, Trump administration official says
Election officials had feared that federal agents would interfere with the 2026 midterms, even though federal law prohibits armed troops at polling places.
By Nathaniel Rakich, Votebeat
https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/02/ice-wont-be-at-polling-places-in-2026-election-trump-administration-official-says/
Will Trump try to seize voting machines to disrupt the midterm elections?
State election leaders have been raising concerns about the intent behind Trump’s recent moves on elections
George Chidi in Atlanta
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/trump-voting-machines-midterm-election
Minnesota nonprofits are in a race to distribute millions in mutual aid to tenants facing eviction
State lawmakers are considering a bill to expand which nonprofits can issue eviction-blocking letters assuring landlords that money is on the way.
by Shadi Bushra
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2026/02/minnesota-nonprofits-are-in-a-race-to-distribute-millions-in-mutual-aid-to-tenants-facing-eviction/
A story of surviving Minnesota’s record surge in legal appeals over unconstitutional ICE detentions
Attorneys and advocates say it’s critical to be prepared and act quickly in order to get home.
by Cleo Krejci and Shadi Bushra
https://www.minnpost.com/public-safety/2026/02/a-story-of-surviving-minnesotas-record-surge-in-legal-appeals-over-unconstitutional-ice-detentions/
The chief federal judge for Minnesota issued a stern warning to the chief federal prosecutor for the state, as well as to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, reports the AP, instructing them to comply with court orders or risk criminal contempt charges. “Increasingly, this Court has had to resort to using the threat of civil contempt to force ICE to comply with orders,” wrote Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz. “The Court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the United States in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt — again and again and again — to force the United States government to comply with court orders.” Via MinnPost
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-immigration-crackdown-chief-judge-prosecutor-15aeb88128432ad899e1f0c9ae039464
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Protecting police, pursuing ‘agitators’ and fraud, fraud, fraud: What Republican legislators are up to in St. Paul.
The party is advancing reams of fraud legislation, while holding the line on ICE and guns.
by Matthew Blake
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2026/02/protecting-police-pursuing-agitators-and-fraud-fraud-fraud-what-republican-legislators-are-up-to-in-st-paul/
A Minneapolis man says he opened an Amazon package delivered to his doorstep and found a loaded gun. “Travis Meier had ordered a hydration vest designed for carrying water on long-distance runs or bike rides,” MPR News reports. “It was the vest he’d ordered, but Meier said it felt heavier than he’d expected. So he checked the pockets. Inside was a holstered handgun — a Ruger LCP 380.” An Amazon spokesperson told MPR the company is still looking to it. The customer received a gift card for his trouble.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/27/loaded-gun-in-amazon-package-delivered-to-minneapolis-man
North Minneapolis artist Namir Fearce builds a Black, queer sanctuary at MCAD
Also this weekend: stand-up comedy at The Cedar and a Black History Month concert at Can Can Wonderland.
by Myah Goff
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/twin-cities-things-to-do-mcad-show-hahamasala-can-can-wonderland/
Pakistan declares state of ‘open war’ after bombing major Afghan cities
Wave of strikes comes after Taliban forces attack Pakistani border troops following earlier action from Islamabad
Jason Burke in London, Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Kate Lamb in Sydney
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/27/pakistan-declares-state-of-open-war-after-bombing-major-afghan-cities
CBS News and CNN staffers fear ‘disaster’ as Paramount wins Warner Bros battle
Decision by Netflix to walk away from takeover leaves workers anxious about possible merger of news networks
Jeremy Barr in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/27/cbs-news-cnn-paramount-warner-bros-employees
Democrats outraged at US military’s downing of CBP drone near Mexico border
Second time in two weeks military used laser to attack what it mistakenly thought was a threat, disrupting air traffic
Ed Pilkington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/cbp-border-drone-military-democrats
Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters
EPA rolls back rules as chemical firms claim provisions in RMP protection system too expensive to implement
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/27/trump-fire-chemical-safety-system-epa
Trump says affordability crisis is over. Voters and data disagree
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/27/trump-state-union-inflation-prices-affordability
Trump has embraced a disturbing strategy to silence free speech
David Bralow
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/27/trump-free-speech-ftc-media-matters
Trump’s tariffs weren’t economic policy. They were a corruption machine
David Sirota
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/27/trumps-tariffs-economic-policy-corruption
Six planets due to parade across night sky in rare celestial spectacle
Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus will all be visible at same time in curved line across sky
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/27/six-planets-due-to-parade-across-night-sky-in-rare-celestial-spectacle
Science of sex and gender being misrepresented by Trump officials, experts warn
Scientists say crackdown on gender-affirming care could have impact on healthcare of all Americans
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/trump-administration-gender-healthcare
Kansas revokes driver’s licenses from trans residents in latest assault on rights
Law demanding IDs match ‘sex at birth’ also includes bathroom ban provision for trans people in public buildings
Sara Braun
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/kansas-trans-drivers-license-law-assault-on-rights
George Takei: ‘I’ve spent two minutes longer in zero gravity than Shatner’
As told to Rich Pelley
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/26/george-takei-ive-spent-two-minutes-longer-in-zero-gravity-than-shatner
Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026 – in pictures
The annual competition draws thousands of entries from across the world and brings together images from below the water’s surface that show the diversity and challenges of subaquatic life
All photographs courtesy of Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/feb/27/underwater-photographer-of-the-year-2026-in-pictures
ICE won’t be at polling places in 2026 election, Trump administration official says
Election officials had feared that federal agents would interfere with the 2026 midterms, even though federal law prohibits armed troops at polling places.
By Nathaniel Rakich, Votebeat
https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/02/ice-wont-be-at-polling-places-in-2026-election-trump-administration-official-says/
Will Trump try to seize voting machines to disrupt the midterm elections?
State election leaders have been raising concerns about the intent behind Trump’s recent moves on elections
George Chidi in Atlanta
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/trump-voting-machines-midterm-election
Minnesota nonprofits are in a race to distribute millions in mutual aid to tenants facing eviction
State lawmakers are considering a bill to expand which nonprofits can issue eviction-blocking letters assuring landlords that money is on the way.
by Shadi Bushra
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2026/02/minnesota-nonprofits-are-in-a-race-to-distribute-millions-in-mutual-aid-to-tenants-facing-eviction/
A story of surviving Minnesota’s record surge in legal appeals over unconstitutional ICE detentions
Attorneys and advocates say it’s critical to be prepared and act quickly in order to get home.
by Cleo Krejci and Shadi Bushra
https://www.minnpost.com/public-safety/2026/02/a-story-of-surviving-minnesotas-record-surge-in-legal-appeals-over-unconstitutional-ice-detentions/
The chief federal judge for Minnesota issued a stern warning to the chief federal prosecutor for the state, as well as to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, reports the AP, instructing them to comply with court orders or risk criminal contempt charges. “Increasingly, this Court has had to resort to using the threat of civil contempt to force ICE to comply with orders,” wrote Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz. “The Court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the United States in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt — again and again and again — to force the United States government to comply with court orders.” Via MinnPost
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-immigration-crackdown-chief-judge-prosecutor-15aeb88128432ad899e1f0c9ae039464
More News
Protecting police, pursuing ‘agitators’ and fraud, fraud, fraud: What Republican legislators are up to in St. Paul.
The party is advancing reams of fraud legislation, while holding the line on ICE and guns.
by Matthew Blake
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2026/02/protecting-police-pursuing-agitators-and-fraud-fraud-fraud-what-republican-legislators-are-up-to-in-st-paul/
A Minneapolis man says he opened an Amazon package delivered to his doorstep and found a loaded gun. “Travis Meier had ordered a hydration vest designed for carrying water on long-distance runs or bike rides,” MPR News reports. “It was the vest he’d ordered, but Meier said it felt heavier than he’d expected. So he checked the pockets. Inside was a holstered handgun — a Ruger LCP 380.” An Amazon spokesperson told MPR the company is still looking to it. The customer received a gift card for his trouble.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/27/loaded-gun-in-amazon-package-delivered-to-minneapolis-man
North Minneapolis artist Namir Fearce builds a Black, queer sanctuary at MCAD
Also this weekend: stand-up comedy at The Cedar and a Black History Month concert at Can Can Wonderland.
by Myah Goff
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/twin-cities-things-to-do-mcad-show-hahamasala-can-can-wonderland/
Pakistan declares state of ‘open war’ after bombing major Afghan cities
Wave of strikes comes after Taliban forces attack Pakistani border troops following earlier action from Islamabad
Jason Burke in London, Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Kate Lamb in Sydney
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/27/pakistan-declares-state-of-open-war-after-bombing-major-afghan-cities
CBS News and CNN staffers fear ‘disaster’ as Paramount wins Warner Bros battle
Decision by Netflix to walk away from takeover leaves workers anxious about possible merger of news networks
Jeremy Barr in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/27/cbs-news-cnn-paramount-warner-bros-employees
Democrats outraged at US military’s downing of CBP drone near Mexico border
Second time in two weeks military used laser to attack what it mistakenly thought was a threat, disrupting air traffic
Ed Pilkington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/cbp-border-drone-military-democrats
Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters
EPA rolls back rules as chemical firms claim provisions in RMP protection system too expensive to implement
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/27/trump-fire-chemical-safety-system-epa
Trump says affordability crisis is over. Voters and data disagree
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/27/trump-state-union-inflation-prices-affordability
Trump has embraced a disturbing strategy to silence free speech
David Bralow
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/27/trump-free-speech-ftc-media-matters
Trump’s tariffs weren’t economic policy. They were a corruption machine
David Sirota
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/27/trumps-tariffs-economic-policy-corruption
Six planets due to parade across night sky in rare celestial spectacle
Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus will all be visible at same time in curved line across sky
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/27/six-planets-due-to-parade-across-night-sky-in-rare-celestial-spectacle
Science of sex and gender being misrepresented by Trump officials, experts warn
Scientists say crackdown on gender-affirming care could have impact on healthcare of all Americans
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/trump-administration-gender-healthcare
Kansas revokes driver’s licenses from trans residents in latest assault on rights
Law demanding IDs match ‘sex at birth’ also includes bathroom ban provision for trans people in public buildings
Sara Braun
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/kansas-trans-drivers-license-law-assault-on-rights
George Takei: ‘I’ve spent two minutes longer in zero gravity than Shatner’
As told to Rich Pelley
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/26/george-takei-ive-spent-two-minutes-longer-in-zero-gravity-than-shatner
Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026 – in pictures
The annual competition draws thousands of entries from across the world and brings together images from below the water’s surface that show the diversity and challenges of subaquatic life
All photographs courtesy of Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/feb/27/underwater-photographer-of-the-year-2026-in-pictures
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