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The #Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to #Minnesota, #defense officials told WaPo late Saturday, after #Trump threatened to invoke the #InsurrectionAct in response to “unrest” [dissent] there.
The soldiers are assigned to 2 #infantry #battalions with the #Army’s #11thAirborne Division, which is based in Alaska & specializes in #ColdWeather operations.

#NationalSecurity #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #AbuseOfPower

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@Nonilex@masto.ai · 5 days ago

This is actually what #CivilWar looks like. #Trump is pitting #USsoldiers against #US soldiers on #domestic soil.
#Pentagon readies 1,500 #soldiers to possibly deploy to #Minnesota
Troops with the #Army’s #11thAirborne Division in Alaska are preparing after Trump’s #InsurrectionAct threat, according to defense officials.

#NationalSecurity #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #Constitution #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower #autocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/18/trump-minnesota-insurrection-act/

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 5 days ago

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@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 5 days ago

#NationalSecurity #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #AbuseOfPower

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@Nonilex@masto.ai · 5 days ago

1,500 #soldiers on standby for possible #Minnesota deployment, reports say, as #state mobilizes #NationalGuard

The soldiers are on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence escalates in Minnesota, according to the Washington Post. It is typical for the #Pentagon “to be prepared for any decision #Trump may or may not make,” the White House said in a statement to CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/us/minnesota-protests-national-guard-immigration-hnk?cid=ios_app

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1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, reports say, as state mobilizes National Guard | CNN

The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for deployment to Minnesota, according to defense officials cited by The Washington Post and ABC News, as Minnesota officials have also mobilized the National Guard.

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@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 5 days ago