Minnesota National Guard Hand Out Donuts and Coffee to Anti-ICE Protesters
Source: Yahoo! News
Mon, January 26, 2026 at 3:18 AM EST
Members of the Minnesota National Guard were seen handing out donuts and coffee to protesters in St Paul on Sunday, January 25.
This footage was captured by Anthony Cabassa, who said that National Guard members “were given reflective vests” so protesters wouldn’t “confuse them with federal agents.”
A member of the National Guard told WCCO that the interaction was a “demonstration of safety and security.”
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/minnesota-national-guard-hand-donuts-081800834.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
This is what they don't want you to see.
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Handing out coffee & donuts where there are no ICE agents is nice, but do they go where the "action" is?
Stop ICE from getting overzealous in their tasks? ICE might think twice if there was a National Guardsman
carrying a sidearm watching them. 
These protestors ARE protesting where ICE IS per the video news report. 
Per the video, they were there at the "Whipple Federal Building" where protestors regularly gather near the Minneapolis/St. Paul border.
Here's a story about that (and info/the history of the building) -
Updated Jan 23, 2026, 8:52 AM ET
PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2026, 5:00 AM ET
By Elise Hammond
Federal officers in tactical gear line up at the driveway of a large block-shaped building wedged between the city limits of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Across from them, a crowd of protesters yell at the officers and sometimes try to block cars driving in and out. The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building has served as the backdrop for the ongoing tense dance in the Twin Cities since federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis resident Renee Good earlier this month.
Its stark brick structure is home base for the immigration proceedings at the heart of the crackdown in the state, prompting fear and anger. The man behind the name — Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple — would be standing outside with protesters if he were still alive, one historian and scholar said.
Whipple, Minnesota’s first Protestant Episcopal bishop, was known for advocating for the welfare of Native Americans and was a well-connected leader who stood up to government officials on their behalf throughout the mid-to-late 1800s, according to historians. While his legacy reflects his advocacy for those in the minority, it falls short of altruism and the building bearing his name perches on sacred land also known for its traumatic and violent history toward Indigenous peoples.
Now, the Whipple Federal Building is where many people are temporarily detained after being swept up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Others are called to appear there for asylum and deportation hearings and other proceedings that have become increasingly confusing for migrants in the second Trump administration.
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so they might either be "trapped" in there or can't get in! 
This is how we are going to win: by being kind and generous.
