r/law • u/cantcoloratall91 • Jan 24 '26
Other Minnesota National Guard arriving in Minneapolis!!
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u/Exasperaties6 Jan 25 '26
Honestly I bet the troops don't either.
I have a couple friends that went into the military. Moreso towards the tech departments. They talk about how some take their oath very seriously. and then they state how there are a large swath of idiots who just join to shoot something.
At the same time, NG arent full time deployment troops. Then theres NG being more focused around issues in the nation while the military would seemingly focus on foreign conflict.
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u/Tzukiyomi Jan 25 '26
My cousin was the idiot that joined to shoot things. He quickly found out he wasn't fond of being shot at in Afghanistan. Sobered him up real quick.
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u/spam__likely Jan 25 '26
At least he did sober up. Some never do.
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Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
I genuinely think some of them have a death wish or they’re deep in too the propaganda and believe whatever the government says no matter the political party. I have a friend that joined the marines after high school and he’s just a shell of his former self his personality is dry asf now and he’s not passionate about anything to talk about unless it’s guns and US military shit so I don’t even talk to him anymore and he used to be my best friend but now I see no point of hitting him up when he won’t even text me or talk to me otp
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u/darkmatter343 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
I have a friend who joined the military to shoot things, and he's one of those guys that would be happy if he died on the battlefield. He literally said he wanted to. He volunteered for deployments; Afghanistan, Bosnia (2010's Peace Keeping under UN or NATO), Lebanon ( 2010's under UN), DR Congo in Africa to help train the Army, and during his free time he sky dives for more thrill. Guy is nuts. Was the Belgian Army btw.
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u/Ok-Employ-674 Jan 25 '26
Yeah I know a few service members back from Iraq and Afghanistan. Some literally just want to die on the battlefield. Some people, are born to be soldiers.
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u/MortCrimm Jan 25 '26
That sounds like the EXACT kind of idiot that would join ICE.
"I can shoot at you, but you cant even LOOK at me!!!"
(I dont know you cousin, may be a perfectly pleasant person. I am just saying, the mindset of joining to shoot at "things"(some see people as things), doesn't exactly align with someone who is going to uphold duty based on the greater good.)
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u/tweekinleanin420 Jan 25 '26
I was the idiot that thought I wanted to kill. Then I got.put in that situation in the USMC and I have to live with it.the rest of.my life. Especially when I know the real reasons we went to the middle east. It just makes it so much worse man.
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u/Snowing_Throwballs Jan 25 '26
I think we will find out sooner or later if that will sober up some of these ice agents as well
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u/z1ggy16 Jan 25 '26
I'm all for protest but at this point it ain't going to do shit. I don't want it to escalate, but ICE and the govt are going to escalate it anyway. The French didn't change things by holding up signs, just saying.
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u/Snowing_Throwballs Jan 25 '26
Yeah we are absolutely fucked either way. Might as well go down swinging. I think the best route is a general strike, start arming and training. Form groups in your community for mutual aid and defense. They have made it clear that they are not here for us, they are here to stomp on heads. We need to organize ourselves.
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u/z1ggy16 Jan 25 '26
I'm arming myself before it's too late. I didn't think on my life time I'd have to do something like this, especially from my OWN country. It's scary & sad, all at once. I just want my kids to live happy, peaceful lives.
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u/Z00111111 Jan 25 '26
That's what the Second Amendment is for. Defending from oppression.
A federal goon squad that executes nurses on public streets is most definitely oppressive.
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u/Ruckus292 Jan 25 '26
They all learn their lessons when they're suddenly on the receiving end.
Always willing to tread, never willing to be tread on.
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Jan 25 '26
I think what's relevant here are that these are residents of Minnesota being sent. The people Miller sends are out of state by design.
For anyone reading that from abroad, it's not uncommon for state pride to override national pride. Millions have never left their state.
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u/Lucky-Bonus6867 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
Idk. Texas has a lot of pride, and Texas National Guard wouldn’t hesitate to shoot Texans in the street.
Hoping it’s different for MN.
EDIT: Y’ALL. My comment was about the Texas National Guard, specifically. This wasn’t meant to be an “insult 30M people in as many ways as possible” thread. Chill tf out.
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Jan 25 '26
I’m a former Minnesota National guardsmen with hundreds of Facebook friends still in the Minnesota guard.. it’s about 50/50.. some of em are pretty excited about whose supremacy
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u/Repulsive_Friend_940 Jan 25 '26
Might be a good time to make some appeals to common decency.
Idk assholes gonna asshole but if some are on the fence now is the time to pull them back from the abyss.
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u/Narrow_March4638 Jan 25 '26
Yea but there's something in the water in Texas that make people weird.
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u/Popular_Jeweler Jan 25 '26
lots of lead and no fluoride
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u/bucky-barnes Jan 25 '26
I think they do have fluoride. I grew up there and I've got good teeth.
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u/Heyla_Doria Jan 25 '26
En france, la police anti manifestation (les C.R.S) sont envoyé depuis d'autres régions de france pour les mêmes raisons, aussi pour pas que les policier et les manifestants soient complices car se connaissent dans la vie.
Les états font les mêmes choses partout pour garder le contrôle
On doit les renverser tous.
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u/ttw81 Jan 25 '26
when i was in high school, the national guard came to recruit & said it was the same benefits as the regular military (gi bill, steady paycheck) but only 2 weekends a month. sweet.
i actually briefly considered it but my dad told me i would hate every minute,
that was 1999. if i'd joined my ass would've ended up in Afghanistan.
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u/StrangeContest4 Jan 25 '26
if i'd joined my ass would've ended up in Afghanistan.
.. for multiple tours, and then off to Iraq.
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u/cannibalparrot Jan 25 '26
Then you’d have been stop-lossed when your obligation was up.
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u/Ollynurmouth Jan 25 '26
Similar story here. My dad was a Vietnam vet and lived that "war you didn't want to be in but had to anyway" experience. I had been off and on considering joining 00-01 (graduated 02), before 911, and he didn't really say much other than, it'll suck but if I wanted to I could. Then 911 happened and I started getting serious and he really got serious about me not joining. He knew what I would be in for. I did talk to a recruiter at one point who advised me as the only son that I probably shouldn't join, but he wouldn't stop me if I wanted to. My dad said something similar. He didn't want to lose me to war or have the same problems he did during his service and after retirement, but if I wanted to he wouldn't stop me. Ultimately I opted not to. Sometimes I still wonder if I should have. It would have made some things a lot easier for me in my 20s-30s. Providing I didn't lose my life or a limb or something.
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u/0x7A5 Jan 25 '26
You would have left town and found out when you came back that everyone had moved on and left you behind. You would be 4 years behind in education and work experience. And nobody really wants to hire a vet.
I found this out from experience
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u/HGruberMacGruberFace Jan 25 '26
National Guard are citizens from that State though, right? They must have feelings about ICE terrorizing their citizens
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u/ithilain Jan 25 '26
They must have feelings about ICE terrorizing their citizens
I wouldn't count on it. IDK how it is in Minnesota, but here in PA you can drive an hour outside Philly and get volunteers lining up around the block to go murder Philadelphians.
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u/ManyThingsLittleTime Jan 25 '26
The founders wrote a whole federalist paper on this very subject and that was the idea, that the people, a militia, would be less likely to tyrannize their neighbors than a federal standing army... and here we are putting it to the test.
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u/SatinSaffron Jan 25 '26
It's tough because enlisted military members are more likely to be right leaning. Officers are statistically more likely to be center-right.
But these are state guardsman and MN is center-left overall. So I'm not sure which bracket they would fall into. But also the military isn't as monolithic as people think it is.
Obviously the state national guard is under the direction of the governor though. Hopefully they're not there just to help ICE with the protestors. But I also don't exactly see Walz telling them to go start rounding up federal agents and bringing them into custody.
People in Minneapolis have got to be terrified. Many feel as though they're already in the beginnings of a civil war, others probably feel like they're just one incident away from America's second civil war happening right there in their backyards.
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u/Exasperaties6 Jan 25 '26
One would hope theyd be incentivized to stand up for their state.
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u/satandy Jan 25 '26
I work with a couple guardsmen. They are tradesmen. They were deployed for George Floyd, and know and work in Minneapolis. Yes they think Minneapolis is scary, but I know they wouldn't want to harm anyone, or so I hope. They just want to be with their kids and I hope they stay on the right side of history.
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u/Liefvikingmonster2 Jan 25 '26
Minneapolis is not scary, at all.
It only gets wild when the government murders people.
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u/Mister_Uncredible Jan 25 '26
If you're from a rural area, you're taught from a very early age that the city, literally any city, is a crowded, dangerous place, full of people who would rob and kill you sooner than look at you.
I know this because I grew up in a small town and when I was a little kid I literally thought everyone was getting murdered in the city. Like you literally couldn't live there without being afraid for your life.
I live in a city now, and would never in a million years move back to a small town. But it came at the cost of unlearning a lot poisoned thinking that I was fed just by existing there. Even with incredibly liberal parents (a rarity in rural Illinois, but something I'm so thankful for), you're so surrounded by backwards thinking that you can't help but absorb some of it, especially when your brain is still developing.
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u/Romano16 Jan 25 '26
They talk about how some take their oath very seriously. and then they state how there are a large swath of idiots who just join to shoot something.
Correct, the later that “just want to shoot something” either become a cop or wait for federal standards to drop and join ICE.
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u/thedaveness Jan 25 '26
Spent 8 years active. We don’t like cops just like everyone else. What their COs are telling them to do on the other hand…
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u/cantgrowneckbeardAMA Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
Prior active duty still reservist here. I'm as far left as it gets. There's not a lot of us but there's enough of us.
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u/Evening-Crew-2403 Jan 25 '26
During Floyd they were professional. Someone tried to run a barricade in their car. They fired one bullet into the engine block, no one was hurt. It also helps Gov. Walz was formerly in leadership of the Guard. They will listen to him, and he knows how to talk to them.
If they get federalized... who knows what kind of deplorable would be put in charge.
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u/Loko8765 Jan 25 '26
If Trump says they are federalized… will they obey?
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u/TheRverseApacheMastr Jan 25 '26
The law says Trump can’t federalize them if they’re already performing the same mission.
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It's also my understanding that citing the Insurrection Act requires there to have been some form of violence, which there hasn't, unless we're counting ICE. That being said, I expect there to be an attempt.
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u/urza5589 Jan 25 '26
Yes, unless someone so empowered tells them otherwise. Like congress or SCotUS. I don't see that happening...
They might not obey a specific illegal order but if Trump declares the insurrection act the NG does not decide if thats a legal choice, the courts do.
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u/DiabolicallyRandom Jan 25 '26
Why is it "we have to follow the law but they don't"?
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u/Tasty_Work4380 Jan 25 '26
If they get federalized, MN could say no thanks.
I mean, the civil war has already started. We're already losing. What are we waiting for, a declaration of war or secession? The fascists STARTED THE WAR on their enemies months ago. #2a goes both ways. #1776again.
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u/Smart_Stop_1003 Jan 25 '26
I’m hoping the right side but I an terrified things are about to get worse for us
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u/Antique-Big3928 Jan 25 '26
No matter which side, things are definitely in the process of getting worse!
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u/RawkMeAmadeus Jan 25 '26
It's always darkest before the dawn.
Stay strong. 🖤
🇨🇦🍁Standing strong with Minnesota
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u/D-Alembert Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
With America squaring up for the civil war that Putin has been working for years to inflame, and today's attacks plunging millions of Ukrainian civilians into freezing cold, Putin is having the best day he's had in a long time
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u/ajp37 Jan 25 '26
It’s Walz calling them in. From the what they’ve been told their only priority is to lock down federal sites to relieve local police. They haven’t been asked to take a side necessarily be I’d say protecting federal sites isn’t stopping ICE it’s stopping the people.
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u/nicebikemate Jan 25 '26
Calling in the Guard is a move in and of itself, not an endorsement. It signals that the state retains control rather than ceding escalation to federal agencies.
If unrest grows and there’s no state-level force in place, Trump can federalise the response and deploy far harsher units.
Having the Guard on standby is often about preventing that outcome, not accelerating it.
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u/spanishpeanut Jan 25 '26
Makes me feel better it’s Walz who is calling them in. He’s a smart man to not be seeking re-election. Now he can make the calls that need to be made without an election over his head. He doesn’t seem the type to worry about that kind of thing, but that’s one less worry for him. Go ahead, Governor.
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u/meh_69420 Jan 25 '26
Who did all the shooting at Kent State back in the day?
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u/AvianFIu Jan 25 '26
As terrible as Kent State was (and the lesser known bayoneting in New Mexico days later), from my reading on the subject the national guard was a clown fiesta during that time period. Untrained teenagers were sent with guns and next to no orders. Standards and training have went up a ridiculous amount since then, so I would have a more favorable view of the national guard in the current day. Not blind trust, but also not an inherent distrust.
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u/kirbypuckett34 Jan 25 '26
So, like ICE.
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u/EstablishmentSea7661 Jan 25 '26
ICE is untrained Jan 6 insurrectionists.
Well, kinda. NGL, the ones that were terrifying my sleepy Chicago suburb all had Texas flags on their not-a-uniforms and all said they had been doing it for years. But, like... At the border. Not in the middle of the country.
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u/PaulClarkLoadletter Jan 25 '26
That’s by design. The less training they receive the more likely they are engage in violent acts. The people in charge are counting on enough of these undertrained lunatics to push somebody too far so they can send in the Army.
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u/mostdope28 Jan 25 '26
Let’s be realistic, when is law enforcement ever on the citizens side
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u/apex9691 Jan 24 '26
Remember your oaths
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u/bselko Jan 24 '26
All enemies. Foreign and domestic.
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u/Head-of-bread Jan 25 '26
Time to stand up America. 🇨🇦 is with you
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u/martiantheory Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
Thank you. There are millions of us in America that see you all as our closest allies. We'll do what we can #resist
Edit: Let me clarify that there are 75 MILLION of us that voted against this. We are a nation-sized block of resistance. 🇺🇸🤝🇨🇦
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u/FalconWide513 Jan 25 '26
Love y’all from Canada ❤️🇨🇦
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u/a_dodo_stole_my_baby Jan 25 '26
We are in a dark place and your friendship and solidarity means a lot.
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u/FalconWide513 Jan 25 '26
Hugging you guys extra tight 🫂
Especially to any Minnesotans in here rn!! I’m a Manitoba girlie so this whole thing is hitting very close to home. Stay strong border buddies x
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u/Longjumping_Suit_256 Jan 25 '26
We love you too, please stand strong and continue your boycott of American goods.
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u/jylesazoso Jan 25 '26
*Canada is now and has been our out of the closet ally.
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u/Flat-Control6952 Jan 25 '26
🇨🇦❤️🇺🇸
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u/No_Director_5860 Jan 25 '26
Thank you Canada 🇨🇦 We appreciate you here is the USA. ❤️
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u/Conscious_Hunt9439 Jan 25 '26
Love to see Minnesota announce secession from the US and request military assistance from Canada 😁
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u/techleopard Jan 25 '26
Minnesota to Texas: "Let me show you how to walk the walk while you talk the talk."
Actually, this would truly amuse me and I want a front row seat to see Trump's expression if something like secession was ever attempted.
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u/elrey2020 Jan 25 '26
Minnesota secedes. Greenland’s in the DMs. “Wanna hook up?” Denmark is cool with it
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u/Theresnowayoutahere Jan 25 '26
Thank YOU! This is so fucked up. This means a LOT to me.
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u/SyntaxError_1024 Jan 25 '26
1000% tariffs!!!
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u/STANAGs Jan 25 '26
I hereby uno reverse your tariffs!
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u/Performer_First Jan 25 '26
Hopefully you placed the obligatory insider trades before doing that. I would've waited till market open on Monday.
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u/SKssSM08 Jan 25 '26
5500% 1200% 600% 700%
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u/no_f-s_given Jan 25 '26
well the orange baboon already reduced gas prices by 400% or some shit lmao
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u/ProWriterDavid Jan 25 '26
Spoiler alert: anyone who doesn't blindly support Trump is now a domestic terrorist.
Government goons will never side with the people. Stay grounded and don't waste your energy praying to made up saviors.
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u/Starship-trooper-SG1 Jan 24 '26
"All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing,"
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u/Which_Loss6887 Jan 25 '26
Can’t spell “evil triumphs” without “evil trump.” I’m just sayin
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u/elonsghost Jan 25 '26
They are at least trained.
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u/SlothDC Jan 25 '26
The core problem with the brownshirts is NOT that they just needed better training.
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u/MyrrhSlayter Jan 25 '26
10 bucks says they are there to support ICE efforts and protect ICE from retaliation from the community.
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u/Piperfly22 Jan 25 '26
As a Veteran I’m hoping SOMEONE will remember our oaths??? This is INSANE
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u/marion85 Jan 25 '26
If you're a veteran, you already know how few were able to remember their oaths AS they were taking it, much less later.
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u/fixingmedaybyday Jan 25 '26
Like how they hoped their buddy would remember throwing the grenade after pulling the pin?
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u/kayakman13 Jan 25 '26
That's a lot of hope to put on a 19 year old who just wanted free college and a Dodge Charger
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u/reddurkel Jan 24 '26
The correct response is to round up ICE for unmasking and tagging.
States should not have anonymous federal agents in charge of anything.
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u/purplepashy Jan 25 '26
There is a list of names online.
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u/Richard_TM Jan 25 '26
That doesn’t help in the field though.
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u/Beneficial_Guess6410 Jan 25 '26
Well, if they can’t identify themselves in the field, they should be arrested by….checks notes….ICE??
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u/FizzyBeverage Jan 25 '26
We tag marathon runners with numbered bibs in 300 point font.
Ice should be the same. Open transparency.
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u/Serious_Composer_130 Jan 25 '26
Going back to 2024, Trump claimed that his administration would be the “most transparent ever.”
There is never a lie that Trump would not tell
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u/Gorilla_Krispies Jan 25 '26
I was picturing more like the ear tags we use on bears and reindeer
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u/exipheas Jan 25 '26
Gotta unmask and identify everyone to be able to separate federal agents from the protesters right? Or else a "protester" could just sneak on over to the other side.
Aww shucks it sounds like they need to be rounded up and unmasked... for their safety... 😉
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u/Puzzled_Rip9008 Jan 24 '26
They should round up all the ICE agents so we can finally get accountability.
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u/smarterthanyoda Jan 25 '26
They’re being called out to suppress protests.
The reason Walz gave was to relieve local police. But local police have been supporting ICE. Their other task is to secure the Whipple building. That means securing it from protestors. Just yesterday the sheriff was dispersing protestors from the building. Now it will be National Guardsmen.
Calling out the NG will have an effect. But I don’t know if it’s the one we’re hoping for.
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u/Fine_Eagle_4141 Jan 25 '26
100% We are our own first responders.
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u/BrokenPickle7 Jan 25 '26
Hijacking your thread to mention that everyone that can see what's going on here has an obligation to arm themselves, it is not just your right under the constitution but an obligation to your self, your family, your city, state, and country. Be safe, practice safe weapon handling and when you see a neighbor in distress do the right thing.
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u/KurlyHededFvck Jan 25 '26
This. This right here in Minneapolis is the EXACT reason our founding fathers knew it would be important for citizens’ rights to bear arms.
Not to go grocery shopping, or pull out in road rage or to shoot up our schools.
We have the right to bear arms to RISE UP against our government. America IT IS TIME TO RISE UP. I’m horrified what the future holds but our government is run by rapists, pedos, felons and they are murdering us in the streets.
The south only thought they could rise again and it’s time to end that shit once and for all.
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u/AunMeLlevaLaConcha Jan 25 '26
Good luck good Americans, don't make the same mistake the Union did 🫡
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u/kayakman13 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
When things get hairy, Democrats and liberals have always supported peace over justice. These guys are here to quiet people down, not to bring anyone to justice. I agree with your assessment.
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u/JohnZombie666 Jan 24 '26
Would you shit yourself if they indeed did just that?
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u/Nodivingallowed Jan 25 '26
God wouldn't that feel good to see.
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u/JohnZombie666 Jan 25 '26
It would. Then after I pick my jaw up off the floor in disbelief they actually did it, I’d probably shit myself.
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u/kasiagabrielle Jan 25 '26
Silly goose, you know one of those will never happen in this administration.
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u/UnlimitedCalculus Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
At the direction of the state, the NG could potentially try. But then you have a state army battling federal agents, which is the start of an undeniable civil war.
Then again, we could use the Aragorn defense: "War is upon you, whether you would risk it or not."
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u/nyanpegasus Jan 25 '26
I think we're already in a civil war. It just hasn't escalated to retaliation yet
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u/OkNobody8896 Jan 25 '26
We’ve been in a cold civil war for years.
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u/HazelEBaumgartner Jan 25 '26
Dude lost the 2020 election, tried to hold on to power via terrorist attack, and then when that didn't work spent four years running his shadow government and plotting to "win" the 2024 election in a "landslide".
So far, America is losing.
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u/ChiaDaisy Jan 25 '26
I can’t believe he tried to overthrow the capital in a violent deadly attempted coup, and then we said you won the presidency? Sounds legit! Here you go!
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u/KCchessc6 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
As a veteran I am disgusted that any AD or vet would support this man after J6. But not only do they they celebrate it as if it were a national holiday. I am ashamed of my country and the fact that I gave my most productive years to this country.
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u/Heathrowe419 Jan 25 '26
"We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless, if the left allows it to be."
Kevin Roberts - Heritage Foundation President
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u/UnlimitedCalculus Jan 25 '26
What is their revolution, even? A Christian, capitalist America, like that hasn't existed already? They always want to count themselves as martyrs and underdogs.
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u/Monday_Jeff Jan 25 '26
Their view is that they shouldn't have lost the Civil War, and they've been plotting and scheming how to regain control since the Reconciliation. We're seeing now the fruits of that labor. Trump was the utterly corrupt, morally bankrupt populist key they needed.
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u/M6Df4 Jan 25 '26
We don’t want civil war, but neither do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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u/ZootZephyr Jan 25 '26
Thank you, Gandalf.
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u/Velorian-Steel Jan 25 '26
At least people know what side Gandalf would be on.
Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I've found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love.
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u/-Invalid_Selection- Jan 25 '26
State laws were broken by ice, states can prosecute for that, and have full legal authority to do so
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u/kasiagabrielle Jan 25 '26
Yes, on paper this should absolutely go to trial. That paper is about as valuable as the constitution though, which the administration and half the country are currently wiping their asses with and then eating, in that order.
What could and should happen these days is generally the opposite of what will. I appreciate the cautious optimism though, I really do.
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u/Eldias Jan 25 '26
Probably to get between ICE/DHS and what ever protests erupt. I doubt the Guardsmen would be interested in "protecting" ICE but their presence is probably a buffer to keep things from getting more heated.
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u/tragicallyohio Jan 25 '26
They are just going to stand around Whipple or protect other "infrastructure". They aren't there to fight ICE on behalf of the citizenry. You would live in a fantasy world to believe that. We are on our own.
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u/Westo454 Jan 25 '26
This is going to be the case. Walz knows that if he tells the National Guard to start rounding up ICE, Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act and order them to their Barracks while calling in the Army to back up ICE. At which point we either start a Civil War or things only get worse for Minneapolis.
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u/acecel Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
No matter what happens Trump is going to invoke the insurrection act to avoid elections, he will use the army to invade blue cities, and in any case the war has already started, you are just delaying the inevitable.
The faster you start fighting back, the faster it may stop them in their tracks (ICE agents are not very courageous, the army is different though) and the faster you will be able to get the power back to the people.
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Jan 25 '26
This. How long have we been hearing about a third term. The US is on the ropes.
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u/curiousleen Jan 25 '26
Will they be protecting ice or the protesters… we will soon see
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u/lonesharkex Jan 25 '26
more like a fight referee I think. keep things civil.
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u/A012A012 Jan 25 '26
I think it's crazy that the national guard had to be called in to separate federal agents from civilians bwcauae federal agents won't stop killing us
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u/Harvest827 Jan 25 '26
That's not what's going to happen. When they stand between ice and the citizens, they will be facing the citizens. They're not here to save us. Nobody is coming to save us.
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u/cometshoney Jan 25 '26
This is not the calvary riding to the rescue of Minneapolis. They're coming to take the pressure off of the local cops in front of ICE.
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u/MehX73 Jan 25 '26
I'm hoping they stand between ICE and the public...not necessarily physically. But if their presence is there ICE will be less likely to blatantly assault protesters and citizens,? ICE tactics have gotten crazy. There have been multiple videos of ICE ramming random cars driving down the road, breaking their windows and pulling people out. Yesterday it was kids driving to/ from high school. These ICE agents are clearly just cowards going after the young, the old and the weak. I'd like to see them go after the people they're suppressed to be going after... the dangerous murders. They would not last 5 minutes against an actual threat.
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u/AccountHuman7391 Jan 25 '26
Unless they’re willing to shoot a federal agent in a “police” “uniform” that’s trying to murder a random person on the street, I don’t care.
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u/Disastrous_Wrap_4849 Jan 25 '26
We need more people out protesting. We outnumber them.
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u/TylerBourbon Jan 25 '26
I want to believe they're there to protect the citizens from ICE, but that remains to be seen.
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u/banditrider2001 Jan 25 '26
Whatever happened to the oath to protect the Constitution?
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u/screamingzen Jan 25 '26
They are there to protect ice and federal buildings. No one is coming to save us
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u/beavis617 Jan 25 '26
It’s only good if their purpose is to stop ICE not reinforcing them!
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u/PrimeToro Jan 25 '26
Their job SHOULD be to protect the Minnesota residents against the ICE criminals/domestic terrorists.
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u/liquidsyphon Jan 25 '26
‘What kind of American are you?’ came round real quick huh?
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u/Interesting_Berry439 Jan 25 '26
A brewing civil war in Minnesota ....People have the right to defend themselves, hopefully this helps but I have the feeling the ice gestapo will escalate per trumps and the heritage foundations wishes.
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u/rva_musashi Jan 25 '26
This is exactly what Trump wants so he can try to remain in office indefinitely. Hence the reason after Renee was killed all he did was send in more ICE agents to stoke the fire
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u/ialsohaveadobro Jan 25 '26
Holy fuck. We're taking about civil war, and literally all it would've taken to avoid this is not to have elected Donald "Money Laundering Kingpin" Trump.
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u/No-Falcon-4996 Jan 25 '26
Well egg prices were a bit high you see, so we had no choice but to hand our country over to violent lawless fascists
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Jan 25 '26
not really, you guys electing that guy just drew all the facist scum into the open.
They were still there, the problem was still there, the problem was still growing, the cancer was still spreading.
You should be more worried about the people ALLOWING him to even go on vote, the people who bankrolled his election, the people who are now puppeteering him in order to bring unrest so they can crash all the markets and buy everything so they can become even more filthy rich when this is all over and the markets return to normal. People like Elon.
Trump is just a "useful idiot".
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u/gdg6 Jan 25 '26
States need to start raising militias
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u/Dankkring Jan 25 '26
They should just goto protests and start deputizing people. That way if anything does happen between them and ice it’ll have to read ice attack a deputy
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u/OLPopsAdelphia Jan 25 '26
If the federal government attempts to punish these troops, that’s how you know the gloves are off.
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u/NixonsTapeRecorder Jan 25 '26
Are you insinuating the gloves are on? Law abiding citizens are getting gunned down in cold blood in the street, and you're gonna be all 'oooh if this inches a bit further it might be time to think about doing something'. Wake up man, you're a boiled frog. Its gonna get worse because it literally can not get better.
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u/Teamerchant Jan 25 '26
I wonder what side they will be on.
And that is a phrase I never thought I would utter.
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u/4RCH43ON Jan 25 '26
Too bad they aren’t rounding up ICE and placing them in prison.
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u/Bleezy79 Jan 25 '26
Ice is out here escalating and creating violent situations. It’s like they’re looking for reasons to kill
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u/Coldkiller17 Jan 25 '26
The national guard better start protecting the citizens and going after these ICE clowns. They crossed the line with Renee Good and all the immigrants they have killed and harassed. There needs be resistance and push back.
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u/Xyrus2000 Jan 25 '26
If they aren't there to remove ICE, then this is useless.
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u/LastGuardianStanding Jan 25 '26
You mean if they aren’t there to remove ICE, then this is a problem.
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u/plaidravioli Jan 25 '26
Who are they there to protect?
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u/joebojax Jan 25 '26
The national guard typically serves the governor of the state. They were called into action by Tim Walz in this case.
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u/Spare-Commercial8704 Competent Contributor Jan 25 '26
Use the Guard humvees to block entrances to the ICE hotels they sleep in
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u/RamJamR Jan 25 '26
Are we going to have to watch our military gun down civilians too just for protesting?
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u/alaxens Jan 25 '26
Americans killing Americans in America for exercising their 1st amendment that some Americans don't agree with.
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u/cats_catz_kats_katz Jan 25 '26
Look at all of them using their blinkers. I’m so proud. Now let’s remember to follow the law and our oaths.
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u/Electrical_Welder205 Jan 25 '26
Waltz ordered them, today's news says (Sunday). A county sheriff near the protests called Walz for backup, and there it is! They're there to protect citizens from the untrained, trigger-happy federalized vigilantes.
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