The Illegality and Injustice of ICE’s Minnesota Occupation
· 1 h 21 min · S7 E17 · Explicit
Episode The Illegality and Injustice of ICE’s Minnesota Occupation
Melissa, Kate, and Leah break down the various legal cases arising from ICE’s occupation of Minnesota, including a bid to end DHS’s Operation Metro Surge and a case from citizens seeking to block the abusive use of tear gas and pepper spray. Then, the hosts welcome Crooked’s Tommy Vietor to talk about all things foreign policy: Trump's blatant disdain for international law, the so-called “DonRoe Doctrine,” the President’s wildly incoherent and pointless tariffs, and why Trump’s claim that he’s ended eight wars is beyond laughable. Finally, a deeply concerning FBI raid on the Fulton County elections office supervised by Hawaii's least favorite daughter, Tulsi Gabbard.
Favorite things:
• Leah: Streets Of Minneapolis, Bruce Springsteen; The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Alex Pretti and Renee Good, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Vanity Fair); Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong, Adam Serwer (The Atlantic); Chris Hayes’ reporting from MN • Kate: This May Be the Only Path to Accountability for the Minneapolis Shootings, Barry Friedman and Stephen I. Vladeck (NYT); Who Gave ICE Permission to Trample the Constitution? Amicus (Slate); JVN Hair; Migrations, Charlotte McConaghy • Melissa: His and Hers, Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model (Netflix); King of the North •
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South, Jeanne Theoharis
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Links in the notes 16
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w
- https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/tanehisi-coates-homeland-ice-minneapolis-trump
- https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7uLeIlC1LE
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/opinion/minneapolis-shooting-ice-accountability.html
- https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2026/01/in-minneapolis-and-beyond-ice-is-acting-with-impunity-thanks-to-scotus
- https://jvnhair.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopxXSxPMca2Ny5TxthUpQQW4HR4Q0usotCyIkabQqNQT8XdpilF
- https://bookshop.org/p/books/migrations-a-novel-charlotte-mcconaghy/b7436673a5608e72?ean=9781250204035&next=t
- https://www.netflix.com/title/81662954?source=35&fromWatch=true
- https://www.netflix.com/title/81928842
- https://bookshop.org/p/books/king-of-the-north-martin-luther-king-jr-s-life-of-struggle-outside-the-south-jeanne-theoharis/f812d5f86346d8dc?ean=9781620979310&next=t
- https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-constitution-annotated-for-the-contemporary-reader-melissa-murray/8e7f0dfa472fc3ca?ean=9781668221938&next=t&
- https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
- https://www.instagram.com/strictscrutinypodcast/?hl=en
- https://www.threads.net/@strictscrutinypodcast
- https://bsky.app/profile/strictscrutiny.bsky.social
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