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Pentagon places 1,500 troops on standby amid escalating unrest in Minnesota

Pentagon to deploy National Guard to Minnesota
National Guard troops. Image – @MNNationalGuard, X.

The Pentagon has placed roughly 1,500 active-duty US troops on standby for a potential deployment to Minnesota as unrest linked to immigration enforcement intensifies, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing defense officials.

Demonstrations opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations have persisted for months across the state, with tensions surging in early January following the fatal shooting of a woman during an incident in Minneapolis. According to the report, units from the Alaska-based 11th Airborne Division have been directed to prepare in case the situation deteriorates further. A US defense official told the outlet that no decision on deployment has yet been made.

A White House spokesperson said the Pentagon routinely prepares for contingencies that the president may consider.

President Donald Trump has warned he could invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act if what he described as “corrupt politicians” fail to curb “professional agitators and insurrectionists” targeting federal immigration agents. The law would permit the use of federal troops to suppress domestic unrest or rebellion.

Trump has repeatedly criticised Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over their opposition to his immigration crackdown. Multiple outlets reported on Friday that the US Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into both officials, examining allegations of a conspiracy to obstruct federal immigration enforcement, a probe expected to involve subpoenas.

Walz and Frey have condemned the deployment of nearly 3,000 federal agents to the Twin Cities earlier this month. Following the fatal shooting of local resident Renee Good by an ICE agent, Frey publicly demanded that federal agents leave the city.



The killing intensified protests and led to several confrontations between demonstrators and ICE personnel. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has accused the governor and mayor of endangering federal officials by encouraging protesters to interfere with and assault agents.

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8 COMMENTS

  1. Let’s see how this plays-out regarding ‘Posse Comatatus’…
    I doubt that anyone in Minnesota has looked into the Mossad, FBI, MI-6 and the WEF agitators working and getting paid as ‘riot actors’ …
    ICE is trained and indoctrinated by the IDF and Israeli Police which has used the Palestinians as scapegoats to the point of Holocaust, Holodomor and criminal War Crimes against the Holy Bloodlines!

    “Hell is empty, and all the devils are all here!”
    – William Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest”

    • What holocaust are You referring to?
      There is no such place as hell
      There is only one Holy Blood Line White Adamic Semitic Genesis 2:7 a- RH Negative?
      If any hell exists You are in it now
      Called the world
      Or a sea of corruption
      But Yes there are Devils two legged snakes masquerading as Israel

  2. Basically the constitution can be circumvented if the desire and urge is strong enough
    Emergency powers by decree
    It comes down to what the the Congress – the House and the Senate – will allow or tolerate as perception
    Which is a AIPAC Controlled bought and paid for manifested and manipulated Zionist entity front
    All must swear allegiance
    Will Trump install Himself as dictator after the perceived attack on Iran which will go horribly wrong and askew?
    And quickly develop into a greater regional possibly world war where old scores are settled
    Time will tell
    All the indications are that this has been a long time in the planning now entering its initiation phase

  3. Did William Shakespeare shape the perception of the Battle of Agincourt?
    Shakespeare didn’t just shape the modern perception of Agincourt, he cemented it in the English imagination more powerfully than any chronicle or military account ever did
    Agincourt a bit like Hannibaal at Cannae
    Collapsing the centre nothing new
    Guderian

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