The Democrats are firing the opening shots

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The Democrats are firing the opening shots

After Renee Nicole Good died trying to kill an ICE agent, the left is lusting after a blood-and-thunder civil war, but it doesn’t have to end this way.

Allan J. Feifer | January 9, 2026

On Wednesday, Renee Nicole Good died in Minneapolis after being shot in a defensive shooting by an ICE agent who had previously been hit by a car in a similar situation. Almost everyone is focused on the specific events of that day rather than what is clearly an escalatory spiral with no endpoint in sight.

Andrea Widburg wrote an excellent post the other day that correctly redirected us to the growing schism between leftists’ grasp on reality and their actions. Not highlighted in this article are the special circumstances that the left has cultivated over the last generation, which have set the country up for an eventual reckoning that increasingly looks like a war between the states.

The Founders always understood that regional differences in taste, culture, society, economics, and more would continue under the framework of a united country. That is one of the principal reasons we have independent states, governed by a system of governors and individual legislatures, rather than an all-powerful federal system. It was believed that common interests would ensure harmonious relations between the states, as their basic proclivities would always align. The Founders never foresaw that artificial constructs would change that commonality of interests. But it has happened!

Democrats can be very crafty. The history of sanctuary cities shows that, while they began in the 80s, it was only in this century that the movement grew and became radicalized, eventually thwarting federal laws and enforcement efforts.

Americans, even law-and-order Americans, don’t like heavy-handed enforcement against citizens. Additionally, America has a history of diverse political thought, giving rise to the current schism between the left and the right.

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[DefiantMassRINO]

Again, stop all Federal funds from being distributed to Minnesota.  Move as many Federal employee positions out of Minnesota as you can.

Stop giving the petulant children of Minnesota their Federal allowance money.

[Cyber Liberty]

In the 1860's a number of states seceded from the Union, so the front lines were easy to see.  In a Civil War of the 2020's, urban areas will split from the rurals, meaning no clear fronts.  The warfare would be asymmetric.  Terrorism will be the tactic of choice for both sides.

Kurt Schlichter has a recent book on the subject.