As expected, chaos is erupting in Minneapolis.
Just as the left wants.
Mark Bray states in an interview: “we need to escalate our forms of resistance”
and
“violence is in the toolbox” in regards to antifa tacticsThis domestic terrorist not only is advocating for violence, but an uprising in the government. pic.twitter.com/S9mCu2r0G6
— megyndoyle (@megyndoyle1) October 27, 2025
I continue to insist that there are a lot of good and decent liberals who oppose the violence; they just believe that the violence could be avoided if only we gave leftists exactly what they want. If only conservatives were nicer, kinder, allowed the left to loot the treasury, open the borders, and defy the will of the electorate, everything would be fine.
Yesterday, Tim Walz declared Minnesota is at “war against the federal government.”
Again today, he called it “war with our federal government.”
This lunatic is SICK and DANGEROUS! pic.twitter.com/1WRBs1pBxI
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 7, 2026
That belief is a fantasy. The reality is far darker. Leftists want confrontations. That is the entire point of their tactics. For instance, Minneapolis ICE Watch, the group to which Renee Good belonged, “educated” people to confront police to “dearrest” detainees by physically taking them out of vehicles after blocking them, which is exactly what Renee Good was doing along with her wife. The goal is to spark confrontations that can be filmed and catch on camera any use of force that can be used for propaganda purposes.
THIS is how you provoke confrontations that are bound to eventually turn violent pic.twitter.com/0OnUJBcHEA
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) January 9, 2026
Renee dropped her wife off to film the confrontation, which she dutifully did, and when federal agents demanded she exit the vehicle blocking the road, Good’s wife shouted “Drive, baby, Drive.” Good hit an officer and got herself killed.
Scott Jennings hits a former NYPD Lieutenant with a BRUTAL dose of common sense about the shooting in Minneapolis.
As Darrin Porcher attempted use his law enforcement background to question the ICE officer’s actions, @ScottJenningsKY delivered the kind of plainspoken truth the… pic.twitter.com/BUORJikcRI
— Overton (@overton_news) January 10, 2026
This shooting was entirely predictable. You don’t get to aim your car at a law enforcement agent and hit him. Officers have been killed in such incidents, and despite what liberals think, officers do not have a responsibility to die or to wait until they are fatally injured before they can defend themselves.
🚨 NOW: Somalis waving SOMALI FLAGS have shown up to the Downtown Minneapolis riots and are TAUNTING POLICE
They have ZERO RESPECT for American law enforcement
EVERY SINGLE ONE HAS TO GO BACK pic.twitter.com/Jv1ZzCSaLn
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 10, 2026
Minnesota government officials are encouraging this behavior and have refused to even do crowd control until violence occurs. They don’t even show up sometimes when their aid is requested to help prevent violence.
🚨🚨 Minneapolis rioters wave SOMALI FLAG outside of suspected ICE hotel pic.twitter.com/zbLvIP9zun
— Cam Higby 🇺🇸 (@camhigby) January 10, 2026
Well, the violence is here, and the riots have started.
Yeah, Minneapolis is going to burn.
They’ve breached the doors and are destroying the lobby of a hotel they believe ICE is in. pic.twitter.com/HVxDAXqiR4
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) January 10, 2026
That is not a legal activity, and the police are letting it happen. Multiple hotels have been broken into, and the police are finally showing up.
🚨 BREAKING: THOUSANDS of leftist degenerates are making endless EARDRUM-SHATTERING NOISE outside a hotel in Downtown Minneapolis thinking they’re keeping ICE awake
But I have bad news for them…
ICE IS NOT STAYING HERE 🤣
Great job, idiots! A for effort! 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/l3OQV42w7C
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 10, 2026
Only to be chased away. (NSFW)
🚨BREAKING: Independent Journalist @NickSortor just EXPOSED Minneapolis Police for SURRENDERING to anti-ICE rioters.
It’s time for the Insurrection Act.
God bless Nick for risking his life to cover this.
Follow: @BoLoudon
pic.twitter.com/FvCjtHfLo4— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) January 10, 2026
Yes, as “protesters” break into occupied hotels hunting for ICE agents, the police are retreating and allowing the chaos to escalate.
Chief Brian O’Hara and Minneapolis police that defended anti-ICE rioters get chased down by the same people they defended pic.twitter.com/k1D0YLqONX
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) January 10, 2026
Protesters are literally holding signs saying they will repeat the George Floyd riots that burned down parts of my city as they storm into hotels searching for ICE agents who have been threatened with death. This is “de-escalation” as it plays out in the real world—throwing people to the wolves for the sake of peace.
BREAKING: Anti-ICE agitators have now surrounded a Marriott hotel in Minneapolis where they believe ICE are staying
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) January 10, 2026
As in 2020, Governor Walz, after declaring that he was at war with the federal government and encouraging citizens to confront ICE agents, is kinda sorta reversing course rhetorically and calling for “peace.” Only this is what “peace” means in practice, where it actually matters.
‘Protesters’ breached a second hotel overnight after thinking ICE agents were staying there.
These people want ICE dead.
Where are the police?pic.twitter.com/UzUzhlyFFz— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) January 10, 2026
People think I am being hyperbolic when I point out that these confrontations are being driven by revolutionary communists, but the fact is that these confrontations are being coordinated by communist revolutionaries, many of whom are the recipients of government grant monies through NGOs. Good’s child was going to a charter school that teaches protest and revolutionary politics, and which was an organizing center for ICE Watch.
COPAL had a budget of $4 million in 2024, about half of which comes from government grants.
In 2023, federal funding totaled $1 million. This included a 2022 earmark of $1 million over the course of 2 years, thanks to Ilhan Omar and Amy Klobaucher.
The state of Minnesota’s… pic.twitter.com/36oCLwhPN4
— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) January 9, 2026
ICE Watch is funded by major nonprofits such as the Tides Foundation, which got government grants through USAID.
Spotted organizing tonight’s protests in Minneapolis: the literal Communist Party.
Here’s the pin they’re handing out to match the flags they’re waving. @realDailyWire pic.twitter.com/AWM0lPf8Yl
— Brecca Stoll (@breccastoll) January 10, 2026
Minneapolis may be ground zero for the moment, but the chaos will spread to other cities.
They are now calling for open insurrection against law enforcement just enforcing duly-enacted laws.
Wild. https://t.co/dNvXnFy6dr
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) January 9, 2026
The one saving grace, perhaps, is that it is winter. If we get a nasty cold snap, the appetite for riots will diminish, but the confrontations will continue.
UPDATE: Ilhan Omar has entered the room, along with Congresswoman Angie Craig, a candidate for US Senate here in Minnesota. She is looking to get more progressive cred as she is running against our radical Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, who has called for protesters to “put their bodies on the line:”
🚨 BREAKING: Somali Rep. Ilhan Omar is JOINING leftist agitators in Minneapolis outside the ICE center
She’s about to be part of a RIOT and actively inciting violence against ICE!
Send her back to Somalia NOW!
pic.twitter.com/8pOxAu6F5r— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 10, 2026
BREAKING – It’s been revealed that Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan told constituents to “put their bodies on the line” to protect illegals from being “kidnapped” by ICE, weeks before a woman who did just that was shot while trying to ram an ICE agent in Minneapolis. pic.twitter.com/b3LWp4T4Q0
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) January 8, 2026
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