The general theme here was addressed not so long ago in the ‘…there can only be one rule. I didn’t want this to be the rule, but they overruled us. So they can choke on their new rule…’ post back in November. Of course, the whole point of existing under the anti-intellectual cover provided by the progressive left is that they get to play by different rules. I do, however, suspect that a broader swath of American society now with their eyes wide open to the game (ala Minnesota) will not be so effortlessly eased back into the mindless slumber of those feel-good days when they entered undefined “Hope and Change”.
As for today’s issue, I will just point out that most of those who are so vocally butt-hurt about ICE enforcing federal immigration laws (and the lawful methods they are driven to in so-called sanctuary states and cities) were thrilled to masturbatory ecstasy a few years back at the very thought of 80,000 new IRS agents (most of them armed under the Biden Politburo) free to wreak havoc on the American middle-class (i.e. those who actually work to pay the bills). And don’t think for a second that federal judges would have supported every use of every “law enforcement style” tactic and armament that this militarized revenuer army would have used in the homes and streets of red cities and towns from sea to shining sea.
But if the progressive forces in the streets, newsrooms, and courts overrule us on such state and local declarations of “sanctuary” status…so be it. Let them then choke on it.
I wonder how those same unthinking dolts will react when, upon the election of the next progressive-friendly president (or puppet), many red states and cities across this land declare themselves to be Second Amendment Sanctuaries and refuse to enforce federal gun control laws. (Even the “common sense ones” <<spit>>.) Furthermore, the elected leaders of these 2A sanctuaries may refuse to cooperate with (or provide assistance to) federal entities sent to their locale to attempt to enforce those laws. They may also even incite their citizenry and any imported “rent a mob of peaceful protesters” to obstruct those federal entities in their assigned unconstitutional duties. I look forward to all the support those 2A sanctuaries will get from those who cheer on, enable, and assist the Governor of Minnesota, Mayor of Minneapolis, and this lawless movement today.
As much as the typical braindead modern leftists may not like to recognize it or want it to be, such consistency is required for an informed and aware society based on liberty and the rule of law to continue to be just that. Whether through something like the example discussed here or something completely different, I believe there is more than enough of that old rugged American Individualism – of both the long vigilant and the lately reawakened varieties – to insist on it.
The coming days in and around Minneapolis, MN will do much to define the importance of enforcing federal laws under the American compact and the seriousness which we will all uniformly apply to state and local declarations of “sanctuary status” going forward. It is time to settle on the rules now, folks…
…choose unwisely and I will gladly watch you choke of your own rules later.
“You know, you hear about the 3,000 federal law enforcement officers and special agents that are deployed to Minneapolis. Majority of those, if not most, are to protect the men and women that are out there trying to make those arrests, and that has definitely changed our tactics. Where we would go and have five to six officers on an arrest team, now you have to go with 10 to 15, just to protect those individuals that are trying to arrest the bad guy. In my 30 years of law enforcement I never thought we would have to send law enforcement to protect law enforcement. But I don’t think you’d see as many issues, if political leaders would allow their local and state law enforcement to work with us. It’s never a public safety issue to pit law enforcement against each other.”
ICE Director Todd Lyons explains how Minnesota leaders are responsible for the ICE surge, by refusing to cooperate:
"In my 30 years of law enforcement, I never thought we would have to send law enforcement to protect law enforcement." pic.twitter.com/cdBFOtw26N
[Ward Clark, RedState]: There are federal laws involved, which state and local governments are either ignoring or openly defying. The logical process would be for local law enforcement, once an arrestee is identified as being in the country illegally, to notify ICE and turn him or her over to the federal authorities for deportation. But instead, too many of these goblins are simply turned back out into the community.
This isn’t a matter of justice, no matter how the Democrat jurisdictions try to claim it is. It’s about the woke horse squeeze that “no person is illegal,” not even murderers and sex offenders, leavened with a big dose of Trump Derangement Syndrome. …
We may well be in a doom spiral in this affair. Local vs. federal, rule of law vs. an attempted mob veto. And it’s likely to get worse before it gets better.
For the record, as far as I am concerned, anything short of complete capitulation by the progressive left (to include all forces in the streets, newsrooms, and courts) to proper constitutional order (i.e., federal supremacy) leaves the option for state and/or local sanctuary exceptions on the table for the next cycle through the White House. I urge them to choose quickly…this will likely get irreversibly messy if President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act – as he would be completely justified in doing at this point – before they choose sanity and adulthood.
Minneapolis appears to be ground zero of the revolution fomented by the radical left and its shock troops among the Antifa/Black Lives Matter gang. They are idiot Marxists […] in the service of the revolution.
Their local supporters are already embedded in our political institutions. Fifth District Rep. Ilhan Omar sits in Congress and comes to town occasionally to rouse the rabble. Former Nation of Islam hustler Keith Ellison burrows from the inside as Minnesota Attorney General. Tim Walz mouths the obligatory platitudes and shibboleths as nominal leader of the state. Amy Klobuchar — the most popular Democrat in the state — has gone along for the ride. From Minneapolis Mayor Hubert Humphrey to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, what a falling off was there!
We are witness to some highly illuminating revolutionary theater. It is sound and fury signifying something. Which side are you on?
From the comments:
Minnesota Dems/Commies have no regard for life. Not for the victims of criminal illegals. Not for the kids who never received meals under Feeding Our Future. Not for Renee Good or Alex Pretti, useful idiots. Not the law-abiding citizens of Minnesota who would prefer their cities not be No-Go zones.
They only desire chaos and death. As such, they are incapable or unwilling to insure the safety or lawfulness of their citizens. Also, it is 100% unfair to expect ICE and Border Patrol to do their lawful job while having to defend themselves from rioters at the same time.
The US military needs to put a stop to this craziness, now.
URGENT UPDATE: I’ve never experienced anything quite like today in my life. I’ve interacted with the Cartel and have witnessed some crazy things in the desert in ‘24. But what strikes me is how organized these agitators in Minneapolis are. They have spotters everywhere in the city and suburbs, on street corners, even 30 minutes away from downtown. They have people at hotels that work with them and signal to them which made it making it difficult for us to lose our tail once my cover was blown. Usually I lose a tail. Not this time. We switched locations THREE times. I recorded and posted this while leaving Wayzata, while they were STILL surveilling. We all agreed we must make the threats public ASAP, even if we had people still in the field with the hidden cams. Earlier around noon, while
@camhigby released his report on the Signal threads, I was inside what appeared to be a fully autonomous Zone. No police presence. The police were told to leave. I identified myself as Press and they said they will kill Press and will not let me leave. My skin was fully covered because it was so cold. But because they couldn’t verify who I was, they screamed and started throwing ice bottles at us. One hit,
@SKRUCHTENMMA , a marine who was with me. They patted him down like THEY were the authorities, attempting to confiscate any weapons. They were set to destroy our vehicle before we even got to it. I will have a full video report shortly. But the bigger picture here is more important. I am angry. But not at the agitators. I find myself already angry at the people who don’t understand what we’re dealing with and will do nothing about it. When I got to the suburbs I felt like I was in a simulation. I believe the American people need to wake up. This moment is a warning about where we’re headed. Fear pushes people to care only about their money and their families—I get it. But when fear turns inward, when self-preservation and greed replace moral courage, evil goes unchallenged. And history shows that what we ignore today will come for all of us tomorrow. Ironically and incredibly, I see that these Communists do not fear death in the same way most good people seem to. The only thing the Communists fear is exposure itself. And that’s good news because it may be our only option. I’m dead serious about investigating the prosecutors themselves if they don’t hold these Minnesota fraudsters and violent mobsters accountable for what they’re doing. Stay tuned for the videos.
URGENT UPDATE: I’ve never experienced anything quite like today in my life. I’ve interacted with the Cartel and have witnessed some crazy things in the desert in ‘24. But what strikes me is how organized these agitators in Minneapolis are. They have spotters everywhere in the… https://t.co/ZgzURncHu6
Stress this again from O’Keefe: “I believe the American people need to wake up. This moment is a warning about where we’re headed. Fear pushes people to care only about their money and their families—I get it. But when fear turns inward, when self-preservation and greed replace moral courage, evil goes unchallenged. And history shows that what we ignore today will come for all of us tomorrow.“
Spot on.
One wonders how many have been woken up by this spectacle already. (Is this still a purely a 50/50 split based on politics? Is the charade being pushed by corporate media types winning or flopping at kitchen tables and in living rooms across the country? Will enough of We the People see the evil in and of the anti-American forces on the streets of Minneapolis before President Trump does what needs to be done with the Constitutional power available to him alone?) Larger lessons must be learned…but at what cost?
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