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Sunday, January 18, 2026

"The Department of War is always prepared to execute the orders of the Commander-in-Chief if called upon," Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said.

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Breaking: per @abcnews Trump readies 1500 paratroops at Alaska base for possible deployment to Minnesota

Reminder to commanders and troops: you are OBLIGATED by your oaths to disobey illegal orders abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda ... [image or embed]

-- Keith Olbermann (@olbermann.bsky.social) Jan 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM

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Donald Trump is a dictator. In deed and in word.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-18 09:41 AM | Reply

This what you voted for Trumpers?

I bet it is.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-18 09:45 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Trump the Dictator wants to send paratroopers into Minnesota, in order to cow the United States.

Trump the Coward is frightened that sending those troops will make the United States ready to depose him.

Donald is a frightened, sick, and angry man.

So I expect the worst.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-18 09:46 AM | Reply

When Federal troops occupied the South after the Civil War, it created an insurgency that lasted for decades.

Right now, Americans are only demonstrating in the streets.

God save us from the war that might follow.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-18 09:50 AM | Reply

FTA: "Two battalions from the Alaska-based 11th Airborne Division are on prepare-to-deploy orders in Minnesota, according to a US defense official. It is unclear what tasks they would take on, though the official said it could include crowd control or support for law enforcement, similar to the role active-duty forces played in Los Angeles last summer."

In 2022, this unit was stood up under the Biden administration as a counter to Russian threats in the Arctic.

Now the "Law of Unintended Consequences" rears its ugly head.

The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels") would be the lead unit (along with the 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum, NY) to invade and occupy the populated regions of Greenland.

Minnesota may be the test grounds for the "Arctic Angels" to see how they do occupying territory and dealing with an angry white population. Neighboring Canada is no doubt monitoring this potential Alaska to Minnesota US troop movement.


#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-18 10:05 AM | Reply

These are not the droids we are looking for..

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-18 10:08 AM | Reply

God save us from the war that might follow.

#4 | POSTED BY ZED

No one is coming to save us from ourselves.

No one came to save us from the civil war. We saved ourselves. Barely.

The only out is through.

But back then we had Abraham Lincoln.

We don't have no stinkin Lincoln's anymore.

So buckle up buttercups!

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-18 10:44 AM | Reply

This will be the baseline precedent when AOC or some other leftist comes to power. Any sane person would be worried about this.

(And before anyone states the obvious, it goes without saying.)

#8 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-01-18 10:49 AM | Reply

War Again.

This time against our Own People.

Trump is ILLEGITIMATE.

Congress needs to Assert it's Authority.

Republicans put Trump before the Country...This Won't Last.

Who will bomb the US if Trump's Goons kill Thousands of Americans?

Anyone?

Donnerboy is Right,we Will have to Fight this out Ourselves.

Do we have the Fortitude, the Staying Power?

We are Sailing into An Unknown Ocean.

#9 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-18 10:51 AM | Reply

Sentinel, you are an Idiot.

When has ANY AMERICAN "leftist" done anything remotely like this EVER.

AOC isn't Trump...that's your Sad Delusional View.

What reason Do you have to assert this?

Whattaboutism is Laughable in the face of Events.

Fool.

#10 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-18 10:55 AM | Reply

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