Ruth Conniff

Clock ticks toward Department of Homeland Security shutdown after midnight deadline • Wisconsin Examiner The second partial government shutdown in 2026 was set to begin at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, after lawmakers left without a deal on DHS funding

Clock ticks toward partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown at midnight via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/13/r...

Excellent commentary by J. Patrick Coolican on how Minnesotans forced the feds to retreat from an authoritarian crackdown designed to spread fear and hopelessness, but that sparked courage and resistance instead

Before Operation Metro Surge sent thousands of armed federal agents into Minneapolis, terrorizing families and spreading chaos and violence in formerly peaceful residential neighborhoods, local parents were preparing. Listen to one Minneapolis mom for tips.

@erikgunn.bsky.social on the struggle to fund SNAP in Wisconsin after federal law imposes major new costs

Wisconsin Republican Rep. Bryan Steil's restrictive voter proof of citizenship bill passes the House

More intrafamilial squabbles among Wisconsin's GOP legislative leaders via @bspears.bsky.social

@bspears.bsky.social is reporting on the not-yet-worked out Wisconsin government livestream deal, and other points of tension between GOP leaders of the Senate and Assembly

Border Czar Tom Homan announces end to Operation Metro Surge, claiming success • Wisconsin Examiner Trump’s border czar announced on Thursday an imminent end to Operation Metro Surge, claiming success from the unprecedented federal incursion

Border Czar Tom Homan announces end to Operation Metro Surge, claiming success via @minnesotareformer.com wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/12/r...

Republicans on US House Homeland panel defend immigration tactics at tense hearing • Wisconsin Examiner The head of ICE declined during a U.S. House hearing Tuesday to apologize to the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good

ICE chief declines to apologize to Good, Pretti families and rejects mask ban at tense House hearing @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/10/r...

All Democratic governors bow out of White House dinner after Trump snubs several • Wisconsin Examiner Democratic governors will not participate in a White House black-tie dinner after Trump disinvited several Democrats from the event.

Democratic governors, as a group, decline to attend White House dinner after Trump disinvites a few of them via @ashleymurray.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/10/r...

Gov. Walz says he expects ‘Operation Metro Surge’ to wind down soon • Wisconsin Examiner Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday said he expects the federal immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota to wind down as soon as this week

Gov. Walz says he expects Operation Metro Surge to wind down as soon as the end of this week via @minnesotareformer.com wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/10/r...

It would be hard both legally and practically for the Trump administration to seize control of Wisconsin's decentralized voting system. But undermining confidence in elections, amped-up voting restrictions and voter intimidation are real concerns. Here's what two attorneys say we should do

@bspears.bsky.social gets the scoop on the puzzling derailment of a bill to support identification of MIA service members

Wisconsin Republicans maintain their relentless focus on clawing back powers from Gov. Tony Evers as he enters the final year of his second term

@henry-redman.bsky.social is on assignment in Minneapolis this week

In setback for Trump, Congress in spending law rejects call to axe Education Department • Wisconsin Examiner Trump’s attempts to dismantle the Department of Education hit a major roadblock in bipartisan approval of a funding law

In setback for Trump, Congress in spending law rejects call to axe Education Department buff.ly/PE95yOa

@bspears.bsky.social and @isiahholmes.bsky.social report on the big marches in Madison and Milwaukee in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis

Steil introduces voting bill that draws condemnation from voting rights advocates • Wisconsin Examiner Voting rights advocates say the legislation would increase needless barriers for voters, and undermines trust in a secure election system.

U.S. Rep Bryan Steil introduces voting bill that draws condemnation from voting rights advocates via @erikgunn.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/01/31/s...

Hundreds march in Madison, Milwaukee to protest Trump immigration enforcement • Wisconsin Examiner Anti-ICE protests were part of a day of action across the country organized in reaction to the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Hundreds march in Madison and Milwaukee to protest Trump administration's immigration crackdown via @bspears.bsky.social and @isiahholmes.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/01/30/h...

Washington Co. Exec. Josh Schoemann ends campaign for governor after Trump endorses Tiffany • Wisconsin Examiner Washington Co. Exec. Josh Schoemann dropped out of the Republican gubernatorial primary after President Trump endorsed Rep. Tom Tiffany

GOP gubernatorial primary candidate Josh Schoemann drops out after Trump endorses Tiffany via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/washi...

Attack on US Rep. Ilhan Omar follows major uptick in threats against members of Congress • Wisconsin Examiner An attack on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, whom Trump regularly derides, comes amid an increase in violent threats against members of Congress

Attack on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar follows major uptick in threats against members of Congress wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/01/28/r...

"Please, as you continue the important work of terrorizing people based on ethnicity, be sure your name tag is on straight and give the local cops a heads up."

Friends, neighbors and community leaders across the region grapple with how to respond to our new reality, living under state terror

Criminal justice fellow @askennard.bsky.social reports on a UW Law School instructor who is sharing his firsthand experience of life behind bars

Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who grew up in Green Bay Wisconsin and was shot dead by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, draws a crowd of mourners outraged by his death

Footage, documents at odds with DHS accounts of immigration enforcement incidents • Minnesota Reformer As a growing number of encounters between civilians and Department of Homeland Security agents — including the widely scrutinized fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis — are scrutinized in court...

Please note: As our colleagues at @stateline.org reported earlier this week, footage, documents have often been at odds with DHS accounts of immigration enforcement incidents minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/23/r...

For those outside of Minneapolis: this is the heart of Eat Street, home to dozens of immigrant-owned restaurants. Just a couple blocks from the Minneapolis institute of art. Dense residential neighborhood with lots of local businesses.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "How many more residents? How many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"

JD Vance claims ICE agents were motivated by concern for the preschooler in Minneapolis they used as bait to grab his father before removing both of them to Texas

On top of all the bad news streaming in today, this is pretty hard to take