Burcum: To some, Minnesota’s Fierce Pushback Against ICE Was Entirely Predictable

Burcum: To some, Minnesota’s fierce pushback against ICE was entirely predictable

Applying the “American Nations” framework to Operation Metro Surge suggests the state’s resistance was a foreseeable outcome of our “Yankeedom” culture.

Jackasses in Jackboots: When Ice Met Minnesota Nice

by Mark Harvey ICE Agent, Photo by Betto Rodrigues The biggest hazard on my one trip to Minneapolis was being invited to too many family picnics and possibly dying from an overdose of mayonnaise. You have to go to Minnesota to really experience what’s known in the vernacular as Minnesota Nice. The term springs from the sincere desire those northern people have that you’ll take a second helping of bratwurst and potato salad, then get home safely,…