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riversedge

(79,730 posts)
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 02:11 PM 7 hrs ago

ICE Stooges Target Toy Store After Owner Was Mean to Them on TV

Source: daily beast


CAUSING MISCHIEF
A St. Paul shop says it was targeted within hours of an interview about federal agents having “terrorized” the community.

Tom Latchem Published Jan. 21 2026 12:46PM EST

Demonstrators march during the nationwide "Stop ICE Terror" rally through downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 20, 2026 in protest against US President Donald Trump's policies.
ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images


A family-run toy store got hit with a federal audit notice just hours after one of its owners went on TV to condemn ICE’s tactics.

Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul, Minnesota, has openly criticized the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps in the state, having painted “ICE OUT” on the store’s window.....................









Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stooges-target-minnesota-st-paul-toy-store-after-owner-was-mean-to-them-on-tv/?utm_sf_post_ref=656733942&utm_sf_cserv_ref=did%3Aplc%3Axzlvsk4ty7ecwigbjpxah6yb



And MAGA folks argue Trump is not into retaliation. ha ha.
I fear for these owners as Trump can cause them lots of trouble.



The family-run toy store got hit with a federal audit notice just hours after one of its owners went on TV to condemn ICE’s tactics.

The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) 2026-01-21T18:31:00.686326Z






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ICE Stooges Target Toy Store After Owner Was Mean to Them on TV (Original Post) riversedge 7 hrs ago OP
DOGE has fired so many auditors the statute of limitations will run out before they can get to it. n/t TygrBright 6 hrs ago #1
I don't know Chrysanthemum 6 hrs ago #3
Seriously, getting a federal investigation from these clowns is nuisance lawsuit only... Moostache 6 hrs ago #2

TygrBright

(21,315 posts)
1. DOGE has fired so many auditors the statute of limitations will run out before they can get to it. n/t
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 02:43 PM
6 hrs ago

Chrysanthemum

(225 posts)
3. I don't know
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 03:00 PM
6 hrs ago

I fear the administration will put this toy store at the top of the auditors' list.

Moostache

(11,033 posts)
2. Seriously, getting a federal investigation from these clowns is nuisance lawsuit only...
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 02:58 PM
6 hrs ago

The people in charge are too stupid to bring effective charges, in fact many are so bad that I would bet a citizen representing themselves in court would actually challenge the axiom that a person defending themself has a fool for a lawyer...

Everyone participating in this entire mess needs to be eventually prosecuted and pay the price for their complicity in this nightmare. Down to the very last paralegal fetching coffee for these sons of bitches.

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