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Say, friend, I realize that there's this streak of magical thinking a mile wide through American culture. It's rampant in our stories. The kicker can make a 60-yard field goal, if he Wants It Badly Enough. Some dude can levitate his spacecraft out of the swamp, if he Wants It Badly Enough. A couple of local boys can jump their car over the river, if they Want It Badly Enough. The bumbling sheriff cannot, because he doesn't Want It Badly Enough.
So is the idea here is that Tim Walz could do something about it, if he only Wanted It Badly Enough? Unfortunately, this is not a movie. He can't drive them off by sheer force of will. What should he do about it? Grab Paul Bunyon's axe from the state warehouse where it's stored, and charge through the streets of Minneapolis brandishing it? Anything he could do boils down to one of two things: Talk (executive orders, legislation, telephone calls to [REDACTED]), or direct, physical action. The former, you dismiss as finger wagging, and the latter would be met with overwhelming retaliation, getting a lot of people hurt or killed.
In his place, what "something" would you do, that would actually work and not make things worse?
Call them pedophiles. Charge the ICE shooters with murder immediately. Deploy the national guard with the directive to protect citizens from ICE. And harass the administration with lawsuits.
All of these actions would be effective. All of these actions would be supported by the people he represents. This would, unironically, catapult him into international stardom.
Minnesota prosecutors would like to press charges, but the regime is protecting Ross; it hasn't identified the agents who shot Pretti, and is obstructing MN investigators. Over here in Wisconsin, we have John Doe proceedings for starting a case without knowing the identity of the defendant, but the reason that's useful is to use the court's powers to investigate. In this instance if Minnesota has a similar law, it'd just get a case on the books which couldn't go anywhere because investigation already is stymied.
Walz has mobilized the National Guard to protect Minnestotans from ICE. However, it's a fine line, because the NG can be federalized, and anything too aggressive he might do would just see them taken out of his control. Nevermind possibly kicking off the second civil war.
And, Minnesota has filed lawsuits. So that's three out of four of those things that Walz has already done, to the extent possible. Calling them pedophiles sounds like finger wagging. But maybe it'd all work if he Wanted It Badly Enough?
Jonathan Ross should have been captured as soon as he was identified. Yeah, no shit it's difficult to get him now.
Wow. The regime hasn't done that? That's crazy.
You know, just taking this at face value, I would rather the case be on the books. Getting Democrats to put anything on the books is the first goddamn hurdle, so I'd like to get that out of the way right now.
He has mobilized them to be nearby. Granted, better than nothing, but this is no aura-farming moment. He is not mounting a resistance.
With how often Walz insists the protests must remain peaceful, and with no indication that he understands the implicit threat of a protest nor where things are going if ICE keeps agitating, my bet, honestly, is that the NG will be utilized to suppress civilian rowdiness, not to protect them. And no, no federalization will be necessary, he will do this himself.
Such as?
Bear in mind, if I were in Walz' position, I would be screaming in press conferences about every lawsuit I was filing every second of every day, but please, inform me.
Yeah, so it's weird that he's not doing it, huh? Actually, it's weird the DNC as a whole doesn't say anything about it. It's not a lie, after all. The American people has a burning, ferocious, violent, seething hatred for Trump—I for one call him a fat fucking pedophile every time I wake up; it's the first thing I say to my wife—and yet that's somehow not reflected in their representatives. Representatives who would rather say things like "let's abolish this version of ICE."
I don't think you have to worry about a civil war, man. The DNC will roll over and 'stay' for their little dog treats no matter how many of us are abducted into Alligator Alcatraz.
Ross was spirited away from the scene and hidden away immediately, like before his gun cooled down. There was no opportunity for any MN officials to act.
As for lawsuits, a news search for "Minnesota lawsuit" turns up lots of stories, like this one which talks about the one Ellison filed on the 12th to end the invasion. Courts are slow; they can't keep up with events on the ground.
Lastly, the DNC is pretty much irrelevant these days. It's not a surprise; folks here on the Threadiverse have told me that the Democrats aren't there to fight for us, and we have to make them do what we want. It's a fascinating and weird mindset, but does appear to be accurate these days. Anyway, this isn't two teams facing off anymore, and the regime is attacking people directly. It doesn't matter if the DNC rolls over, the people of Minneapolis aren't.
Cool post, dork.
Cool enough to make the troll delete their account immediately after this comment...
Amazing work! Another notch in the... computer... desk? Phone case?