Monthly Archives: January 2026

In Minnesota, Are Democrats Flirting with Insurrection?

By J Robert Smith

  • Jan. 16, 2026
  • 3-min read

Minnesota governor Tim Walz made a speech the other night claiming that ICE was brutalizing Minnesotans and occupying Minneapolis. He said he wants both to end. Democrats are all about narratives. In other words, concocting self-serving versions of events for highly personal or partisan reasons.

Walz has plenty to worry about. Not only is the massive Somali fraud that’s resulted in billions of federal taxpayer money stolen costing him his reelection bid, but the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Walz and other Minnesota Democrat officials to determine if they’re culpable in any way.

Walz is trying to distract from his troubles. Moreover, immigrant populations – illegal or legal – have become the lifeblood of the Democrat Party. Though Minnesota is a Democrat state, it’s lighter blue. Republicans control the state house. A capable GOP candidate for statewide office can usually count on a vote tally in the high 40-percent range. That makes Republicans competitive. Democrats need the Somali voting bloc to help keep their grip on statewide offices. Walz is protecting an important bloc in his party’s voting base. He’s happy to overlook crime among Somalis.

Then there’s Jacob Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis, who famously told ICE to get the f**k out of Minneapolis. Understand that ICE isn’t causing any problems in Frey’s city. They’re rooting out and arresting Somali criminals, among others.

In Florida, for example, ICE is working closely with state and local law enforcement to quietly and successfully roundup hardcore criminals among illegals – and, yes, arrest and deport those who are in the U.S. illegally. Florida governor Ron DeSantis is seeing to it.

Per a Grok (X platform) search and analysis:

ICE’s Operation Metro Surge, launched in late 2025 in Minneapolis, has resulted in over 2,000 arrests nationwide, with a focus on the Twin Cities area due to its sanctuary policies. Among those arrested are individuals from various countries, including Somalia, prioritized for criminal convictions or outstanding deportation orders. DHS and ICE have publicly highlighted the “worst of the worst” cases, emphasizing arrests of those convicted of serious crimes like homicide, sexual assault, child abuse, drug trafficking, and fraud. Of the 212 individuals classified as the most dangerous in Minnesota operations, 20 are from Somalia (about 10%), behind Mexico (91) and Honduras (22). Nationwide, 117 people with Somali citizenship were arrested in the initial phase, with 28 in Minnesota.

Walz, Frey, and Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison have been careful about not calling for outright resistance to federal law enforcement. That would be insurrection. Though they couch their words, their actions indicate attempts at public incitement. They’ve withheld not only state and local law enforcement cooperation with ICE, but have allowed rabble to run Minneapolis’ streets – as in individuals who are committing acts of violence toward federal law enforcement and property destruction. We’re not talking about peaceful, lawful protests, which are a 1st Amendment right.

President Trump is walking a tightrope. Lately, polling suggests that independent voters and moderates are backing off supporting his immigration enforcement efforts. Republicans aren’t, however. The midterm elections are critically important. Republicans holding Congress matters to the final two years of Trump’s term. If enough independents are motivated to vote against Republican House and Senate candidates this autumn, that makes Trump a 24-month lame duck.

Yet, upholding the law matters greatly. Somalis shouldn’t be given passes, having committed fraud on an historic scale. Drug dealers, gangbangers, rapists, child sex traffickers, fraudsters, and thieves, among others, need to be brought to justice. Those here illegally need to be deported.

Perhaps Trump’s solution is to pursue justice and work like hell to get Republicans to the polls this autumn? Perhaps, leadership, resolve, and fighting for a safer America and justice wins votes?

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Our Civilization is At Risk. Are You Up for the Fight?

By Rob Meyne

  • Jan. 2, 2026
  • 5-min read

Every generation, back to the days when we celebrated holidays with families over a slice of roasted mammoth, had concerns about the future of our families, friends, and communities. It is human nature to be concerned, even when communities consisted of only a dozen people.

It is also normal to think the problems we are facing are the worst ever. Every generation has faced its challenges, and they were all important, immediate, and impactful.

It is nonetheless true that the problems and opportunities we face are unprecedented or, at best, more pervasive and potentially impactful than ever before.

If mankind survives another couple of centuries (not a certainty) it will be largely because we figured out how to handle bigger challenges. Only the most optimistic of use think we are on track to do so.

Some of the issues that will determine our future, and which we still have a chance to affect, include:

• Education – Our system is failing, despite some good people and good intentions. It would not be an overreaction to scrap the whole thing and start from scratch, emphasizing basics until they are mastered. There is no evidence we have the will to do that.

• Freedom – Free speech, capitalism (which has lifted billions out of poverty in the past half century) and self-government are under attack. The last administration had extensive efforts to censor legacy and social media. President Trump has ended the biggest digital censorship programs from Obama and Biden, and our law enforcement agencies are no longer pressuring social and legacy media to spike stories that go against the “narrative.”

Astonishingly, millions of average voters and Dem leaders think we have too much free speech. Freedom is being restricted in much of Europe, too, especially Germany and the U. K. Donald Trump is constantly accused of being a fascist. Yet the evidence proves otherwise. He has pushed to enforce immigration laws – federal law – and that is offered as proof he is a dictator. A president supporting the law is the opposite of dictatorship. A president ignoring law, as did Biden, is more fascist by far. Bottom line: President Trump publicly advocates for more freedom. Not a single leading Democrat does. Just the facts, ma’am!

• Political Parties – Both major parties have evolved, but the Democrats have changed more than the Republicans. Although a lot of former GOPs don’t like Trump, his policies are generally conservative with some being surprisingly moderate. For the Democrats, the nascent cohort is socialist/communist candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and a majority of their actual voters, who favor socialism over capitalism, according to their own responses to national surveys.

• AI – Artificial Intelligence has gotten so good that it is now very difficult to determine whether a picture or video is real. And it controls a lot of our basic organizational and governmental processes.

AI makes us question every story or message from the media. And, rather than being objective, we have seen that AI bears the same prejudices and political leanings as the people and information that inform it. AI is also, sadly, the go-to way for students to get through school, getting passing grades without earning them. A famous article the past year, written by a student, outlined how most Yale Undergrads relied on AI to do most of their work. And their average grade is an A. We are in trouble.

• Demographics – Our population is growing older, and we are not having children at even a replacement rate. Younger women are abstaining from marriage or being mothers, while a ton of young men are sequestered in their parent’s home or behind a video game console in their own place.

Astounding numbers of people don’t even have social lives, and perhaps most surprising, are giving up entirely on sex. This is not a positive comment on our nation or our future. Our founders expected us to be informed, engaged, social, collegial, and active in politics. Manifestly, today, we are not.

• Media – Mainstream media continue to be overwhelmingly leftist, as do our major universities. Perfectly factual stories like Hunter’s laptop got intentionally killed, or spiked, by a combination of pressure from the FBI and other governmental agencies. There are a handful of moderate or conservative outlets, but most corporate media don’t even pretend to be objective anymore.

• Illegal Immigration – We have also seen an unimaginable influx of foreigners into our nation, which creates pressure on housing, jobs, social services, schools, and more. This was the result of a conscious decision by the previous president to ignore our laws. For today, President Trump has secured our borders, but many others support the influx of non-citizens. Either way, it will have an impact on our nation for centuries to come.

So, what is the path forward? It is up to us.

The people who define our future will be the ones who make the effort to be well—informed, care enough to do something about it, and realize we are in a fight for our civilization. If you don’t get that, by now, you probably never will. As for me? I’m going down swinging. If we lose the fight for freedom, self-government, and western values it will not be because I sat this one out. How about you?

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