FBI, Pentagon Surge for ICE? Minneapolis Says 'Welcome Back to 2020'
Bloomberg breathlessly reports that the FBI and Pentagon are considering a 'surge' to Minneapolis to back ICE, citing 'residents protesting their tactics.' (/news/articles/2026-01-18/us-readies-fbi-troops-for-possible-minnesota-surge-to-back-ice) Oh, 'tactics,' is that what we're calling federal agents snatching people off the streets in unmarked vans now? It's almost as if Bloomberg missed 2020,
when federal troops deployed to cities like Portland turned 'protests' into battlegrounds, tear-gassing mayors and unleashing chaos against citizens exercising constitutionally protected rights. One might wonder why the apparatus of federal power is so swift to mobilize against its own citizens expressing dissent, yet struggles to investigate, say, financial crimes that gut communities. But then,
'residents protesting their tactics' doesn't quite capture the spirit of a community pushing back against immigration policies that tear families apart. It seems the federal response is consistently disproportionate: military-grade hardware for citizens, kid gloves for corporations.