Minnesota
July 10, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Every now and again, justice prevails. As John noted earlier, Tou Lue Vang, pardoned child rapist and Laotian national, has been deported: Some backstory here. There are a handful of southeast Asian men who arrived in Minnesota as refugees decades ago who went on to be convicted of serious felony crimes. As a result, they lost their legal immigration status and were ordered deported back to their home countries. But
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July 10, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Well, this is great: Bill Glahn wrote about the Tou Vang case here. Briefly, Vang was convicted in 2005 of repeatedly raping a ten year old girl, something he said was “normal in his culture.” Vang had a legal status in the U.S., but he lost it because of the rape conviction. He was ordered deported, but as so often happens, the order achieved nothing. Twenty years later, he came
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July 6, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Stranger than fiction. Last month, on the heels of the great Bemidji (MN) roofing raid where ICE nabbed more than a dozen illegal aliens at a residential job site, federal immigration authorities did a similar raid in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. According to federal court filings, the raid in Thief River Falls took place at a commercial roofing job site, believe it or not, of all places, at the Pennington
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July 5, 2026 — Bill Glahn
The number of habeas corpus cases filed in Minnesota is ramping back up again, reflecting both renewed ICE enforcement activity and increasingly lenient judges. Since March 25, when the federal 8th Circuit court of appeals ruled that “shall be detained” meant exactly that in relation to illegal aliens, some 222 new habeas cases have been filed in the federal district of Minnesota. These habeas corpus petitions seek the release of illegal aliens held
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July 3, 2026 — Bill Glahn
It seems wherever in America that Democrats enjoy a complete monopoly on power, “Democratic Socialists” are in the ascendency. Here in Minnesota, the local outlet is close to assuming complete control of the state’s largest cities, so I was curious to see what their plan is for governing. The agenda includes everything that you were expecting: “free Palestine,” “abolish ICE,” rent control, higher minimum wages, “free” health care, etc. But
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July 3, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Independence Day is always a good time to recall the heroes of American history, even more so during our 250th anniversary. So let’s take a moment to remember Minnesota’s First Volunteer Regiment. The First Minnesota was the first unit to be volunteered in response to President Lincoln’s call for troops following Fort Sumter. Because the U.S. Army had not yet organized itself into Eastern and Western departments, the First was
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July 2, 2026 — Bill Glahn
From Bill Melugin of Fox News, For Tou Vang, child rape is “normal in his culture.” Then let us each act according to our national customs and deport Vang back to his homeland, where he can practice his cultural traditions as he sees fit, and see where that leads. The details of the Vang case are horrific enough. But now we have the added outrage of Democratic politicians trying so
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July 1, 2026 — Bill Glahn
The Minneapolis Star Tribune finally found an illegal alien that it’s OK for you to hate. No institution in Minnesota, let alone any media outlet, has been more opposed to the enforcement of America’s immigration laws. Today, they published this story, ICE says it’s after the ‘Worst of the Worst,’ but didn’t detain this sex offender: Federal immigration officials decided that a Minnesota parolee facing deportation should instead be subject
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June 27, 2026 — Bill Glahn
From the New York Post, Minnesota school board member under fire after saying dogs should urinate on ‘White corpses’ in cemeteries. Lovely. Such a good example for our yutes. The Post reports, A Minnesota school board member is facing backlash after suggesting that dogs should be allowed to relieve themselves in Christian cemeteries, writing in a social media post that people should “leave indigenous land sacred and piss on the
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June 27, 2026 — Bill Glahn
It would seem that Minnesota leads the nation in the production of international fugitives from justice. From the FBI’s Minneapolis field office, Our Burnsville Man was apprehended in Mogadishu, Somalia, after more than four years on the run from federal fraud charges. There is probably a Netflix miniseries embedded in that last sentence. Eidleh is Defendant No. 2 (out of 80) in the sprawling Feeding Our Future scandal, and is
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June 27, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The reign of Luis Ottley as St. Paul Academy head of school is at least of local interest. St. Paul Academy is a large and venerable institution. On the other side of the river, Blake and Breck have not suffered anything like the humiliation that Ottley has delivered to SPA in response to parents who have had the temerity to criticize him. He has wielded his authority to dismiss the
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June 25, 2026 — Bill Glahn
It was a dramatic scene in the land of Paul Bunyan. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Roofers jump from homes in Bemidji to escape ICE agents The raid occurred two weeks ago, back on June 11 in Bemidji (MN). The Star Tribune reports, Ryan Lamusga assembled a crew of 30 men to repair roofs from last summer’s derecho that destroyed millions of trees and damaged homes. So far, so good. On Thursday, federal agents
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June 25, 2026 — Scott Johnson
This past February, near the end of Operation Metro Surge, a parental member of the St. Paul Academy “community” leaked a school email to Liz Collin of Alpha News. From Assistant Principal for Student Life Stacy Tepp (she/her/hers), the email specified the venue’s “ICE protocol” for the Winter Dance. Tepp’s message announced: “If ICE is present, adults will help ensure that everyone is in the building safely and doors are
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June 24, 2026 — Scott Johnson
St. Paul Academy parent Matt Bauer declined an interveiew with Star Tribune reporter Eva Herscowitz in connection with her page-one-story on the troubled reign of Luis Ottley as head of school, but his experience is at the heart of it. Ottley threatened Bauer’s children with dismissal on the eve of his older son’s high school graduation and matriculation at the Naval Academy. He actually dismissed Bauer’s younger son from enrollment
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June 23, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Star Tribune reporter Eva Herscowitz worked on the page-one story published on Sunday over a period of weeks. Focused on controversies that have roiled St. Paul Academy during the tenure of head of school, Herscowitz interviewed 11 parents and students for the story. She also reviewed documentary materials related to the controversies. Most of the parents and students — those who have found Ottley to be at fault in the
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June 21, 2026 — Scott Johnson
I’m an alumnus, a parent of two alumnae, and a former teacher at St. Paul Academy in St. Paul. I’ve known just about every head of school going back to Ed Reid with the exception of Luis Ottley. Ottley is the current head of school. Ottley has now presided over a series of incidents that reflect his poor judgment, his thin skin, and his tyrannical inclinations. Ottley must rank as
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June 21, 2026 — Scott Johnson
I wrote this on Father’s Day in 2010. It is a post that struck a chord with at least a few readers. I amplified it in 2020 and am taking the liberty of reposting these reflections in honor of the day. My father was a thoughtful man in his own way. In the last years of his life he recited for me the things for which he was most grateful.
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