The Minnesota Insurrection

The State of Minnesota, alone (so far) among the fifty States, is making insurrection and rebellion against the United States. Evidence for this abounds and is conclusive. Astonishingly, no other State in the Union is playing nearly so active a role against the enforcement, deferred and hence long overdue, of American immigration law. So two questions present themselves. First, why did Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), various State officials, and at least one U.S. Senator “do it”? Second, will any other State governor follow Gov. Walz’ lead? If not, what are they waiting for?

State of affairs in Minnesota

Minnesota first exploded onto the nationwide consciousness when the Trump administration discovered massive fraud in that State. Did President Joe Biden lay the groundwork by planting a squatter colony of Somalis in Minnesota’s largest city? (Never mind the dubious legitimacy of the Biden presidency; what is at issue here are his acts regarding immigration.) To say that would be too easy – because the existence of that squatter colony predates Biden. That squatter colony prevailed on the Governor to alter the State flag to resemble that of the Somali “Republic.”

CNAV has taken note of the fraud before. At the time (January 4), reliable estimates put the total fraud at $8 billion. Fresh estimates put the total at $20 billion. In fact, President Trump now estimates that the fraud amounts to $100 billion – from Minnesota alone. He further estimates that he’ll find higher numbers of such fraud in California and “other Democrat-run States.”

At first Gov. Walz chose not to run for reelection again. But that did not mean he was standing down, Incredibly, evidence has now surfaced that he is running an insurrection against the federal presence in his State’s largest city. In this, Walz has the apparent support of Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis.

Evidence for the Minnesota insurrection

Toward the end of last week and over the weekend, the most shocking evidence to date began to emerge. This evidence shows – conclusively – that government employees, in key positions, are actively supporting criminal behavior. This demonstrably includes:

1. Obstruction of justice,
2. Stalking and attempted murder of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and even
3. Stalking and attempted murder of journalists sympathetic to the rule of law.

CNAV obtained this evidence largely from The Gateway Pundit. Among other things, James O’Keefe, head of O’Keefe Media Group, and some of his associates barely escaped with their lives after an incident that included stalking and pelting with “ice bottles”: literally, bottles that someone filled with tap water, then froze.

(Note: PV means Project Veritas, the outfit O’Keefe founded, the board of which later expelled him.)

On Saturday, O’Keefe released this update:

Furthermore:

Elements of the Minnesota National Guard appeared at a federal facility – to distribute snacks and hot drinks to anti-ICE demonstrators. They even donned bright reflective vests to distinguish themselves from ICE agents. Recall that Gov. Walz activated the Guard a few weeks ago. He said then, “These are our soldiers!” That implied that he was ready to order them into direct military action against federal officers – or, if need be, troops. That, mercifully, has not happened yet. But until now Guard elements have literally parked their fighting vehicles here and there and done – nothing.

The Signal Chats

Journalist Cam Higby successfully infiltrated several chat threads on the secure small-message-service app called Signal. These threads speak of driver’s license checks – which only employees of or connected to Divisions of Motor Vehicles can run. Here is the thread (odd numbers only):

The thread contains screenshots and screen recordings of dialogue, maps, and even a manual for license place checking. Tellingly, Mr. Higby flatly accuses “local police” of “cooperating” with this highly organized group.

Perhaps worst of all, Higby discovered a “mutual aid” chat, the administrator of which said “it was a vetted chat for teachers.” To join, he would have had to specify his real name and relationship to a school.

What, CNAV would like to know, does the National Education Association have to say about this? If the President General of NEA does not sanction the Minnesota chapter, then the NEA is compromised.

Members of these chats delete all messages every twenty-four hours, in an attempt to avoid tracing. But Higby and others have managed to identify some of the administrators, despite their use of code names.

A former Special Forces warrant officer (ranking higher than a sergeant major but lower than a second lieutenant) weighed in. Here is the relevant excerpt:

What’s unfolding in Minneapolis right now isn’t “protest.” It’s low-level insurgency infrastructure, built by people who’ve clearly studied the playbook.

Signal groups at 1,000-member cap per zone. Dedicated roles: mobile chasers, plate checkers logging vehicle data into shared databases, 24/7 dispatch nodes vectoring assets, SALUTE-style reporting (Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, Equipment) on suspected federal vehicles. Daily chat rotations and timed deletions to frustrate forensic recovery. Vetting processes for new joiners. Mutual aid from sympathetic locals (teachers providing cover, possible PD tip-offs on license plate lookups). Home-base coordination points. Rapid escalation from observation to physical obstruction—or worse.

This isn’t spontaneous outrage. This is C2 (command and control) with redundancy, OPSEC hygiene, and task organization that would make a SF team sergeant nod in recognition. Replace “ICE agents” with “occupying coalition forces” and the structure maps almost 1:1 to early-stage urban cells we hunted in the mid-2000s.

The most sobering part? It’s domestic. Funded, trained (somewhere), and directed by people who live in the same country they’re trying to paralyze law enforcement in. When your own citizens build and operate this level of parallel intelligence and rapid-response network against federal officers—complete with doxxing, vehicle pursuits, and harassment that’s already turned lethal—you’re no longer dealing with civil disobedience. You’re facing a distributed resistance that’s learned the lessons of successful insurgencies: stay below the kinetic threshold most of the time, force over-reaction when possible, maintain popular support through narrative, and never present a single center of gravity.

CW4 Schwalm called for an active, frontal, in-their-faces response, because

history shows these things don’t de-escalate on their own once the infrastructure exists and the cadre believe they’re winning the information war.

Ah – ahem – about those casualties

A few words are in order about the “casualties” that the insurrectionists seem willing to “absorb.” Renee Good, of course, tried to ram an ICE agent with her vehicle. For that, per his training, he fired his service weapon, wounding her fatally.

Alex Pretti, for his part, started an altercation with ICE agents, then whipped out a pistol.And the gun went off.

The agents opened fire, killing him then and there.

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2015118344421060849

A search of his person revealed two oversized magazines, fully loaded.

Bodycam footage is available and will no doubt prove probative in the agents’ favor.

If CW4 Schwalm is correct in his metaphor, then those two more than deserved what they got. They deliberately committed “suicide by Fed” to make martyrs of themselves. (Did Alex Pretti fire his gun on purpose, perhaps?)

Of further interest is the case of ChongLy Thao. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) has accused ICE of “drag[ging] this “citizen in the snow in his underwear.” Gateway Pundit fact-checker Antonio Graceffo has the straight scoop. To summarize:

1. The total elapsed time, from entry into the Thao home to his eventual return to the home, was two hours.
2. Thao resembles an illegal alien convicted as a sex offender. Had Thao cooperated and submitted to a biometric check, ICE could have cleared him instantly. But he refused to cooperate. Result: a brief trip “downtown,” a fingerprint check – and eventual exoneration. Also of note: the actual suspect once boarded in the Thao home.

The Feds are on top of it

Happily, this federal government is anything but lazy. As soon as Higby dropped his seventeen-part thread, the FBI opened an investigation. From other influencers, CNAV learns that the members of the Signal chat panicked.

SIGNAL IS NOT SECURE. I worked in communications. Once they figured out where we were, it’s only a matter of time. Flan has been exposed. We’re all [obscenity]. I need to leave this state… I have contacts in Cuba.

“Flan” would be Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D-Minn.).

The Feds are in the chat! The Feds are in the chat!

What followed that breathless chant was an equally breathless discussion on:’

1. How quickly everyone could get out of the country, and
2. Where they could go.

The chat members mentioned a network of safe houses in Canada.

On the afternoon of January 25, President Trump posted a message. In six paragraphs (over two Truths!), plus an ordered list of four entries, he laid down a set of expectations. He addressed this to “Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and EVERY Democratic Governor and Mayor in the United States of America.”

1. Governor Walz and Mayor Frey should turn over all Criminal Illegal Aliens that are currently incarcerated in their State Prisons and Jails to Federal Authorities, along with all Illegal Criminals with an active warrant or known Criminal History, for Immediate Deportation.

2. State and Local Law Enforcement must agree to turn over all Illegal Aliens arrested by Local Police.

3. Local Police must assist Federal Law Enforcement in apprehending and detaining Illegal Aliens who are wanted for Crimes.

4. Democrat Politicians must partner with the Federal Government to protect American Citizens in the rapid removal of all Criminal Illegal Aliens in our Country. Some Democrats, in places like Memphis, Tennessee, or Washington, D.C., have done so, resulting in safer streets for ALL.

A middle-school teacher or principal couldn’t have done better. Early the next morning he announced sending his border czar, Tom Homan, to Minneapolis to take personal command. He also announced investigations into:

• The Somali fraud, and
• Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and how she got so rich so quickly in office.

Three hours later, Trump apparently received a contrite telephone call from Walz, who spoke of “work[ing] together” with Trump.

Six hours later, Trump announced a similar call with Mayor Frey.

But are the Minnesota authorities sincere?

Lay aside for a moment that Lt. Gov. Flanagan might be directly involved. When will Gov. Walz withdraw certain pending complaints from the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota? The ranking judge of that court is ordering the acting head of ICE to appear before him, per Associated Press.

However, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Judicial Circuit has stayed earlier orders restricting ICE activities in Minneapolis.

More to the point, Rogan “DC Draino” O’Handley published this pithy analysis of the Signal chats from Cam Highby. He reached the same conclusions others have – that access to license-plate databases proves the involvement of Minnesota DMV employees. Then he alleged something further:

Their Signal chats have elected leaders and exposed money trails from Canada – this proves foreign involvement.

The last twenty-four hours (since the alleged Walz call) have seen some remarkable shifts in attitude. Now Minnesota State Police are moving in to arrest those involved in riots and other altercations.

If this isn’t a “Potemkin display,” Gov. Walz might have saved his skin. But what about Lt. Gov. Flanagan? She deserves investigation – along with Minnesota DVS (Driver and Vehicle Services). The Signal chats provide probable cause for such investigations.

Furthermore, the Trump administration should keep its Argus eyes on every other:

• Large city in a blue State (like New York City and Richmond, Virginia), and
• City, in a red or blue State, having blue governance (like Dallas, Houston, and especially Austin, Texas).

The Minnesota insurrection might – or might not – be over. America doesn’t need another.