Posted on 01/09/2026 5:13:45 AM PST by MtnClimber
On Wednesday, Renee Nicole Good died in Minneapolis after being shot in a defensive shooting by an ICE agent who had previously been hit by a car in a similar situation. Almost everyone is focused on the specific events of that day rather than what is clearly an escalatory spiral with no endpoint in sight.
Andrea Widburg wrote an excellent post the other day that correctly redirected us to the growing schism between leftists’ grasp on reality and their actions. Not highlighted in this article are the special circumstances that the left has cultivated over the last generation, which have set the country up for an eventual reckoning that increasingly looks like a war between the states.
The Founders always understood that regional differences in taste, culture, society, economics, and more would continue under the framework of a united country. That is one of the principal reasons we have independent states, governed by a system of governors and individual legislatures, rather than an all-powerful federal system. It was believed that common interests would ensure harmonious relations between the states, as their basic proclivities would always align. The Founders never foresaw that artificial constructs would change that commonality of interests. But it has happened!
Democrats can be very crafty. The history of sanctuary cities shows that, while they began in the 80s, it was only in this century that the movement grew and became radicalized, eventually thwarting federal laws and enforcement efforts.
Americans, even law-and-order Americans, don’t like heavy-handed enforcement against citizens. Additionally, America has a history of diverse political thought, giving rise to the current schism between the left and the right.
While the right has generally been more law-abiding, especially in the last fifty years, the left has become more activist. Bolstered by left-leaning politicians, attorneys general and district
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Sad to say that nothing in American politics ‘shocks’ me, anymore.
The federal march across Minnesota to Lake Superior.
Wrong premise.
Americans don't like it when NON-citizens who have come here to steal BILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS, FORCE the heavy hand of law enforcement.
NO DOUBT most of the po'testors on that street THEN and NOW are on the GOVERNMENT TEAT as well!
You want to stop this? You are arrested in a protest against Federal law enforcement, you LOSE your SSI, your SNAP, your WIC, your housing voucher, your charter school access, and oh btw your SUV is now the proprerty of ICE.
Had the interfering little Karen been black there would already be riots. Plus, don’t expect carcams to sort things. GFloyd became famous even tho the videos clearly showed the knee was on his back, not his neck, and this was testified to by medical examiner at trial.
Don’t expect either facts or truth to stop commie trash.
Lincoln would send in troops to stop the insurrection, but that’s not enough for this situation. Lincoln^10 would arrest the legislators and governor and aides of the corrupt state government, arrest the Soros-type financiers who back them, arrest and shut down the “non-profits” that launder money from taxpayers to corrupt officials, remove the colonizers trained to launder taxpayer money, eliminate Antifa, and arrest any judges or sympathizers who try to stop these actions. If Trump doesn’t have Lincoln^10 in him, we are done. Last call at the Last Chance saloon.
Various Trump admin officials are now saying there is up to a trillion dollars worth of fraud that they will go after. Mossy of it is in blue states,
Democrats won’t survive the defunding and bad publicity. This coming November will be a blow out.
Plus the work in Venezuela will bring down gas prices by .50-1.00 a gallon all over the country from already low prices. (Except for California)
ICE waited too long to shoot those who physically assaulted them. The first individual who threw a rock or a bottle should have been dropped by multiple rounds; the first car that charged at an ICE agent or vehicle should have been riddled with gunfire.
That cartoon should be plastered all over blue zones!
“The lie of ‘sanctuary cities’ should never have lasted a single day.”
Correct.
The Mayors and City Councils should have been arrested for insurrection from day one.
That was an error—that can be fixed.
That’s what I thought.
500million guns say otherwise.
Different situation. No matter what truly happened that looked awful. People of color aren’t going to riot over an Awful.
Especially a lesbo. Black people aren’t down with that.
Blame that on the enemedia. They lie (or fail to report truthfully or at all) without consequences.
Yes, but it happened in a prior confrontation and no commies died, so (except maybe locally) it went unreported.
No, to Mexico. Most of them transited Mexico on their way here, without opposition. Dump them off there and they're Mexico's problem.
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