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Bulwark Takes

Sarah, Tim and JVL Went to See Minneapolis for Themselves

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

News, Society & Culture, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller and JVL traveled to Minneapolis to see what’s happening outside the Whipple detention center, where local volunteers and protesters say ICE activity hasn’t slowed despite official claims.

Transcript

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Hey guys, Sarah Longwell here, publisher of the bulwark. Tim, JVL and I, even our boy, Sam, we were all out in Minneapolis not that long ago. And one of the things that I wanted to say, there's a video on the back here of us hanging out with a lot of the protesters there, down at the Whipple Building. It was really important for us to go. It meant a lot to us. But one of the things

0:21.6

we did, we did two shows. Both of them were sold out. The first one sold out so fast that we ended up

0:26.1

adding a second one. But, you know, we were able to go down there and donate all the proceeds of those

0:33.3

two sold out shows to Second Harvest, which is a food pantry that's now turned into a food

0:38.9

delivery there in Minneapolis. And the reason that we were able to do that is because people

0:43.2

like you subscribe to Bullwork Plus. It's the kind of thing that allows us to go on these trips,

0:49.8

go into the community, to do these shows and give the proceeds away. So go become a bulwark plus

0:56.0

member, subscribe, ride with us, help support the work that we're doing. We really appreciate it.

1:02.8

And here's the video. Hey guys, we are out here in front of the Whipple building in Minneapolis.

1:09.7

We came down to see the bird dogs and the people who've been down here all the time, like standing in the cold. I'll tell you, I cannot, it is not even that cold compared to what it has been for these people the whole time. They come out here every day and they protest. They watch because they're releasing people out of these buildings without their coats, without their

1:28.2

cell phones. They make sure they get food, water, coats. They're doing everything. It's incredible.

1:33.5

This building is Bishop Henry Whipple building. Whipple was a guy who actually, ironically,

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back in the 1800s, was very supportive of indigenous rights. So it's incredibly ironic that this building is here.

1:45.0

This is on the site of a concentration camp.

1:48.0

And now it's the site of the regional detention center.

1:52.0

So it's just layers upon layers of injustice, cruelty, and indignity.

1:56.0

This is the major detention center for the region, not just Minnesota.

2:00.0

When they take someone in completely lawlessly, who is a completely legal citizen,

2:05.6

and sometimes they just take people in to intimidate them, they'll release them,

2:09.6

and they'll purposely release them without their phone, without their jackets.

2:13.6

We heard of some kids that they let go just last night in the snow with no winter coats, nothing.

2:19.8

And then when people organized to be posted over here to have coats and supplies,

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