As tensions ramp up in Minneapolis, Trump refuses to deescalate. In fact, he’s going out of his way to fan the flames even more by threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act, illegally cut off funding for blue states, and possibly even cancel the upcoming midterm elections. This volatile climate is totally unsustainable. Populations will only tolerate fear and intimidation for so long before society starts to break down. In this video we’ll talk about why Trump might actually be bringing about the beginning of the end of The United States of America.
Related Off-site Links:
“Autocratic Power Grab”: Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act, Deploy Troops to Minnesota – Democracy Now! (January 16, 2026).
Minneapolis Is Becoming a Critical Testing Ground for Trump’s Strongman Project – Stephen Collinson (CNN, January 16, 2026).
We Are Not Powerless to Stop ICE – But We Must Act Now – Sarah van Gelder (Common Dreams, January 16, 2026).
ICE Arresting U.S. Citizens and Using Banned Chokeholds Says ProPublica Report – Democracy Now! (January 16, 2026).
Three Children Hospitalized in Minneapolis After Family Van Hit With ICE Flash-Bangs – Brett Wilkins (Common Dreams, January 15, 2026).
“Get ICE Out!” Protests Intensify After Another Shooting by Federal Agent in Minneapolis – Brad Reed (Common Dreams, January 15, 2026).
Trump Threatens to Use the Insurrection Act to “Put an End” to Protests in Minneapolis – MPR News (January 15, 2026).
“Minneapolis Is the Test Case”: Trump Threatens Insurrection Act to Put Down Protests – Brad Reed (Common Dreams, January 15, 2026).
“Federal Invasion”: Minnesota Officials Condemn Violent ICE Raids and Arrests – Democracy Now! (January 14, 2026).
“ICE Is Okay with Renee Good’s Killing”: Journalist Ken Klippenstein on ICE Tactics and Recruitment – Democracy Now! (January 14, 2026).
ICE Agents Appear at Twin Cities Hospitals, Alarming Health Care Workers – Erica Zurek (MPR News, January 14, 2026).
“ICE Has Gone Rogue”: Rep. Ro Khanna Demands Accountability As New Videos Show Minneapolis Chaos – Brad Reed (Common Dreams, January 13, 2026).
“Where Were You Born?”: ICE Demanding Citizens Show Their Papers in Minneapolis – Stephen Prager (Common Dreams, January 13, 2026).
ICE Using Private Data to Intimidate Observers and Activists – Jon Collins (MPR News, January 13, 2026).
Trump Vows “Reckoning and Retribution is Coming” to Minnesota as ICE Brutality Mounts – Brad Reed (Common Dreams, January 13, 2026).
Rep. Ilhan Omar Warns That Trump Aims to Provoke Enough Agitation in Minnesota So He Can Declare “Martial Law” – Jon Queally (Common Dreams, January 11, 2026). More Americans Support Abolishing ICE Than Ever Before, Polling Data Shows – Chris Walker (Truthout, January 12, 2026).
The Playbook of Every Successful Nonviolent Struggle – Jamila Raqib (Waging Nonviolence, November 21, 2025).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Susie Hayward on What’s Happening in Minneapolis
• Omar Fateh: “Folks Are Waking Up”
• Why Minnesota?
• Knowing Our Rights
• Steven Donziger: “Let’s Get Real . . . ICE Is a Domestic Terrorist Organization”
• Chris Hedges on ICE: “I Have Seen These Masked Goons Before”
• Doing What We Can to Stop Unjust Arrests of Immigrants
• “It Was Murder”: 12 Powerful Responses to the Death of Renée Nicole Good
• “This Is What Fascism Looks Like”
• Derek Johnson on the “Courage to Call Fascism by Its Name”
• An Incident That Feels “Ripped from a Dystopian Novel”
• James Greenberg: “I Am in Mourning for America”
• Karen Salmansohn on the “Duel Citizenship of Being Alive”
• “Most Revolutions Succeed Not Through Violence But Through National Strikes”
• Chris Hedges on the End of the American Empire
• Brent Molnar on the MAGA Cult and Its Intentions
• Garrett Graff: “America Tips Into Fascism”
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