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What's happening in Minnesota right now defies belief.

News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities. They're pulling over people indiscriminately, including U.S. citizens, and demanding to see their papers.

And at grocery stores, at bus stops, even at our schools, they're breaking windows,

dragging pregnant women down the street, just plain grabbing Minnesotans and shoving them

into unmarked vans, kidnapping innocent people with no warning and no due process.

Let's be very, very clear this long ago stopped being a matter

of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people

of Minnesota by our own federal government. That is the Democratic governor of Minnesota,

Tim Walts, describing the actions of ICE agents on their street.

Trump has just threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota.

What would that mean?

Essentially, the Insurrection Act gives you the right to put federal troops wherever you like.

In essence, it's saying that America is facing a state of emergency. Is that really true? Welcome to the Newsagents USA.

The Newsagents USA with Emily Maitliss and John Sopal.

It's John. It's Emily.

And Emily, back from on this side of the Atlantic after what seems like months and months.

My gap year.

Your gap year in South America, which I haven't heard anything about yet, which once we get this recording done, we're going to discuss.

But let's focus.

I'm going to be your personal drone.

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