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   Hippy Steve (exador23@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jan-2026 09:39:32 JST Hippy Steve

   Whoa. If I understand his words correctly, Gov Tim Walz has issued a 'warning order' which is like a 'prepare for but don't execute yet' order for the National Guard to be prepared to kick ICE agents out of Minnesota if necessary.

   um. wow.

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     Hippy Steve (exador23@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jan-2026 10:42:49 JST Hippy Steve

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     • AI6YR Ben

     @ai6yr no idea. haven't seen a potential showdown between state and federal forces since... well... about 1861.

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     Hippy Steve (exador23@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jan-2026 10:42:50 JST Hippy Steve

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     https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5677541-walz-minnesota-national-guard-ice-shooting/

     In response to the governor’s warning order, Schaefer said the agency has begun preparations in the event the guard is activated, including equipment checks and notifying service members.

     “To Minnesotans, on the National Guard, they’re there to protect you and protect your constitutional rights,” Walz said. “These are our neighbors. They don’t wear masks. They don’t bust in from somewhere else. They’re not here to cause hassles to you or what we saw today, the tragedy.”

     “From here on, I have a very simple message: We do not need any further help from the federal government,” Walz said. “To Donald Trump and [Homeland Security Secretary] Kristi Noem, you’ve done enough.”

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jan-2026 10:42:50 JST AI6YR Ben

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     @exador23 Interesting, wonder how that all works.

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     mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jan-2026 10:57:30 JST mark

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     • AI6YR Ben

     @exador23 @ai6yr I thought we would see one when Abbott was placing saw blades in the river and having cops shove people into the water to drown.

     The solution was feds enforce laws, or fascists keep killing people. As usual for the US , we sided with the fascist

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jan-2026 13:11:14 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • AI6YR Ben

     @exador23 @ai6yr

     I mean, there were some such showdowns in the Civil Rights era IIRC. But state •national guard• vs feds? Yeah, I’m not sure what the precedent for that would be.