FORECAST:  MORE STORMTROOPERS

Minnesota, Land of 10,000 Lakes,

land of tall, Scandinavian blondes,

now hosts a rainbow of nations—

Somalia, India, Mexico, Laos,

China, Liberia, Ethiopia, Burma,

even a large Hmong community.

But Minnesota, Star of the North,

now faces Immigration & Customs Enforcement–

four times as many ICE agents on the streets

as local police.

You can tell an ICE prowl car—

our-of-state plates,

tinted windows,

two masked gunmen inside.

ICE cruises Somali neighborhoods,

haunts Home Depot parking lots,

roams through Target,

radiates menace.

Black masks. Military weapons. 

Escalating quotas of captives.

This army of well-paid, out-of-shape thugs

targets brown faces,

asks no questions, 

ignores civil rights,

uses snatch-and-grab tactics—

with the blessings of Homeland Security

and the President. 

Civilians push back. 

First, locate an ICE vehicle. 

Follow it, honking, blowing whistles—

alerting locals to imminent danger.

Take videos of agents hassling people on the streets, in stores, at schools, at work.

Tell detainees about their rights.

Remind agents they need warrants

to enter homes, or private property.

Best case:  ICE leaves empty-handed.

Worst case:

An ICE agent approaches a fleeing car,

shoots the driver in the face

three times–

US citizen,

mother of three,

prize-winning poet,

age 37. 

Her death is collateral damage

for an ICE thug’s daily fishing expedition,

his daily search for prey. 

The killer’s excused: all in the line of duty…

Her death sparks coast to coast outrage.

Minnesota, be strong.

Be our North Star.

We see prosecutors resign in protest, 

refuse to hold victims at fault.

But we see civil rights bow to politics.

Law is no longer our friend.

Minnesota forecasts our country’s future

when a President, 

limited only by his morality–

has none. 

GRAB GREENLAND?  BAD IDEA

Erik the Red and his Norse Viking crew

happened on a frozen, windswept land

around 980. Named it “Greenland” (Hah!)

in hopes the name would lure some colonists.

Erik’s people never bought the hype.

Around 1200, Thule-Inuits

joined native tribes. The land now speaks their tongue.

Then in the 1700’s, Danish merchants

came for oil and sealskins. Many stayed.

Today Greenland controls its own affairs—

but Denmark is in charge of all defense.

Who’d attack a place so cold and far?

A man who thinks there’s wealth below the ground,

though mining in the Arctic Circle’s tough. 

Greenlander-folks speak Kalaallisut;

Danish, in business, schools, and politics.

So protest signs are in three languages.

Red MAGA hats abound in snarky slogans.

Here’s how the locals feel about the threat

to seize their home “the hard way,” using planes, 

armed forces, and the arsenals of war…

We are GREEN-land, not GREED-land.

Stop the pedophile protector!

USA already has too much ICE.

Hey, Congressional cowards—

do your constitutional duty. STOP HIM!

No means No!  USA, go!

Greenlanders don’t support a hostile takeover.

Perhaps the US needs leadership make-over.

WAR ON PROTEIN

Don’t buy those string beans! We’re at war, you know.

Food-traitors challenge prime beef. RFK

declared the war, he’s head of HHR—

so he should know. He spearheads this brave fight.

Milk, yogurt, cheese and beans, they’re protein, too, 

like shrimp and chicken, oysters, catfish, eggs–

But what we’re fighting for is meat that bleeds,

red meat that’s key to feed-lot economics.

Consumption’s down. The price of beef’s at risk. 

Big donors’ big donations, too, at risk—

So patriotic citizens eat steak,

or tri-tip, rump roasts, short ribs, tenderloins.

Those health food freaks and vegetarians

are enemies! We must not let them win!

Rib-eye, brisket, burgers—buy them all,

and do your part to keep beef prices up.

It’s spinach, carrots, broccoli and beets

against filet mignon, sirloin, and ribs—

a battle led by one who dines on roadkill,

puts birthday candles on a slab of steak.

ICE ATTACKS MINNESOTA

Two ICE murders: Renee Good on 1/7/26; Alex Pretti on 1/24/26

Minnesota is a war zone.  ICE

invades and kidnaps prey, one goal in mind—

Deport! Deport!  Make DHS look strong,

and punish states that didn’t vote for Trump.

ICE will back off only when it’s bought off–

can mine state files for private information.

Renee Good’s killing brings it to a boil.

This citizen, accosted by masked thugs,

refused to leave the safety of her car.

She tried to drive away. ICE opened fire—

shot her in the face.  Trump blames the girl,

until he learns her father’s politics:

a staunch MAGA supporter. Or he was…

Protestors now fill up the freezing streets.

One morning, Alex Pretti videos ICE

as thugs begin to herd two targets towards

their white SUV parked across the street.

ICE knocks one woman down, while Pretti films–

his cell phone in one hand, the other raised

to shield his eyes from pepper spray. He tries

to help her up. Because he is a nurse

at Minneapolis’ VA hospital,

his first instinct is always to assist. 

But one ICE agent grabs him, knocks him down.

Seven toughs now pin him to the ground.

An eighth extracts the gun from his right hip,

and backs away with it. A gunman fires,

shoots Pretti in the back. He lies immobile.

Three bullets, then six more. In 30 seconds,

Pretti’s shot ten times.  Bystanders’ phones

document the death from every view.

Protestors swarm, though it’s 20 below–

while Kristi Noem repeats the same old line:

This terrorist, gun drawn, approached ICE troops

with clear intent to massacre them all. 

But cell phone footage shows us all the truth. 

And viewers coast-to-coast behold the scene,

time after time. See Pretti hold his phone,

and see ICE agents shoot him in the back.

Can truth unmask this rogue Gestapo force—

this lawless gang of federal bounty hunters?

Video clips alone won’t rein in ICE.

Right wing sheep must open eyes and minds,

demand that no one is above the law,

that government does not make war on states.

Minnesota shows our nation’s soul. 

Copyright 1/2026                  Patricia Doyne