2010. President Obama shoots down the whole "stop deportations and just let the illegal immigrants be" argument that the Democrat party is currently pushing.

As a former Special Forces Warrant Officer with multiple rotations running counterinsurgency ops—both hunting insurgents and trying to separate them from sympathetic populations—I’ve seen organized resistance up close. From Anbar to Helmand, the pattern is familiar: spotters, cutouts, dead drops (or modern equivalents), disciplined comms, role specialization, and a willingness to absorb casualties while bleeding the stronger force slowly. 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. I spent years training partner forces to dismantle exactly this kind of apparatus. Now pieces of it are standing up in American cities, enabled by elements of local government and civil society. That should keep every thinking American awake at night. Not because I want escalation. But 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. We either recognize what we’re actually looking at—or we pretend it’s still just “activism” until the structures harden and spread. Your call, America. But from where I sit, this isn’t January 2026 politics anymore. It’s phase one of something we’ve spent decades trying to keep off our own soil.

I have great respect for genuine nonviolent civil disobedience. That's not what either Good or Pretti were doing. They were both interfering in a police operation. Pretti thought it was a good idea to take a gun. Yes, he has a Second Amendment right to do so. Yes, I support that right. I also support the right of young women to walk through dangerous neighborhoods wearing binkis and high heels but it would be deeply irresponsible for me to recommend it. While Good and Pretti were responsible for their actions, as are the ICE officers and many others, it was the Left above anyone else who got Good and Pretti killed. They are victims of a culture that taught entitled Millennials to seek heroism through radical Leftism, including by entering into dangerous situations without any real sense of the risks to themselves and others. That behavior is the opposite of the thoughtfulness and care taken by those who engaged in genuine nonviolent civil disobedience in the past, whereby people risk arrest, not death — or the deaths of others around them.

This ICE situation is really complex. My take is more nuanced. I want our immigration laws to be enforced but I just want them to do it without using any force, and without anyone ever getting hurt, and without anything sad or upsetting happening ever, and if the people we’re trying to deport don’t want to be deported, or if liberal activists don’t want us to deport them, then obviously in that case we shouldn’t do it, but I’m totally a conservative on the issue, unless people get really mad at me then never mind please don’t yell I’m sorry.

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.

Only in the presence of a love that kept unfolding did I realize my old pursuits, which were once so urgent, were far too small. What I wouldn’t give to give back every wasted year open.spotify.com/track/1IM5U…

I don’t recall the bishops making any sort of video like this to condemn the Biden White House for supporting, funding, and facilitating the mass slaughter of children in the womb. I also can’t remember seeing any video with solemn condemnations of the Biden White House and its support for the castration and sexual mutilation of children. That’s in spite of the fact that Biden is actually “Catholic” and he was actively engaged in activities that are explicitly condemned as mortally sinful by the Church. Trump is neither Catholic nor is he doing anything, policy wise, that contradicts Church teaching. Deportations certainly do not. And yet the bishops suddenly find their voice and their courage for this issue. Very strange indeed.

Is this scandalous? Yes. Should this be addressed? Absolutely. But I want you to remember something; •The teachings of the Catholic Church have not changed. •Sodomy is still a sin. •Marriage is still between a man and a woman. •Receiving a sacrament in the state of mortal sin is still a mortal sin. We have had bad priests before and we will have them again. Christ, himself, had a devil among His 12. This did not change that He was the way, the truth, and the life. Scandal gets attention while good priests don’t garner enough reactions to go viral. The gates of hell will not prevail against Christ’s Church. All grace comes into the world by means of the Catholic Church. It is the only place you will have access to the sacraments and to Jesus Christ, truly present in the Eucharist. The devil wants you to be so emotional that he can convince you to abandon all of it. Do not let him. These men will have to answer for their actions, and for every soul they misled in the process. God sees it and He will render perfect justice. Pray for them. Pray for the pope. And pray for all of our priests.

Jimmy Kimmel talking about Roseanne’s cancellation..

“Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” You don’t have to agree with Kirk to mourn his death because the violence against his speech is a violence against ALL our speech. #CharlieKirk #TurningPointUSA

Jesus defeated death so you can live.

“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church” -Tertullian We serve a Lord who was crucified, died, and was raised from the dead. Death is powerless against those who have faith. What they meant for evil, we trust God will use for good. May God welcome you Charlie #turningpointusa #CharlieKirk

In another universe, Iryna would’ve stepped onto that train and made it safely to her stop, because the police and the courts would’ve actually done their job and kept the predator who killed her locked up where he belonged.

CA voted by a landslide to repeal ‘soft on crime’ policies. Now Gov Newsom is refusing to fund it. And this dude wants to be president?! You disrespect your home state, why should you get a job promotion? #CA #GavinNewsom latimes.com/politics/newslet…

BREAKING: Senator Ron Johnson is voting against Senator Hawley's proposal to ban congressional stock trading. "We make it very unattractive for people to run for office"

I don’t need to see the files. With every falsehood and obfuscation he’s showing me who’s on it. I like many things about this administration but you’ve got to call it like it is #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinList #Epstein #PamBondi #KashPatel

-12 hour warnings of flooding -3 hour flash flood warning -NOAA proposed cuts not effective until October 1, 2025. Lying about the tragedy of these little girls for your personal political points and social engagement is evil. You are evil.

Re: Birthright Citizenship. An illegal act should not confer a benefit. If parents stole a necklace and gave it to their daughter, she should not be allowed to keep it; likewise, if parents entered illegally their child should not receive the benefit of their illegal act

On June 9, 2025, Hortman was the lone DFL representative to vote with Republicans in favor of a bill that repealed eligibility for undocumented immigrants to receive state-subsidized health insurance in Minnesota. This vote broke party lines and sparked significant backlash from some Democratic supporters and activists who viewed it as a betrayal of progressive values.