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RacketCast, Ep. 45: Covering the ICE Invasion Feat. MN Reformer Reporters Madison McVan & Max Nesterak

Talking Operation Metro Surge through a media lens.

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Small but mighty, the Minnesota Reformer continues to deliver some of the best Operation Metro Surge coverage in the state. We're fans, we suspect you're fans, so we figured: Let's get reporters Madison McVan and Max Nesterak on the pod to discuss their ongoing coverage of the federal invasion. Here's a link to Max's big feature story; here's a link to Madison's piece about ICE resistance going mainstream.

But before any of that, our own small/mighty crew engaged in a spirited round of What I Learned in Racket. Here's what we learned...


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