Trump’s plan to extort Minnesota, briefly explained

Attorney General Pam Bondi is seen at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on December 2, 2025. | Yuri Gripas/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Welcome to The Logoff: Minnesota’s secretary of state said over the weekend that the Trump administration is trying to “ransom” Minneapolis’s freedom from an increasingly violent federal presence.