Minnesota: Why the Left Will Win America's 2026 Civil War – With Republicans Helping Them Do So

The United States is facing an existential threat. My guess is this summer will be the most violent, damaging domestic summer since the Civil War. And I predict the left will win and come out victorious on the other side. They will, after winning this new civil war, seek to eliminate the last vestiges of republicans.

I use a small r because while some Republicans are true republicans, most are not. And when the left wins the war, those RINOs are going to “work with” Democrats to create the illusion that America is still a republic, but it won’t be. They will use every tool available to silence dissent, take control over virtually every sector of American life, and they will implement rules so that America becomes a one-party nation.

Now I say all of this with the great hope that I am wrong, but I don’t think I will be.

The cowardly Republicans are going to cave in every conceivable manner in order to try to forestall a civil war. At every level, they are going to give in to the left, they are going to “compromise” their principles, and they are going to betray their voters and our Founding Fathers.

And I mean that at every level in every branch. There is simply no universe where Republicans have the intestinal fortitude to do what’s right in the face of withering attacks from the left.

There is literally no better example of this than election integrity. Nothing animates GOP voters like election integrity. Not abortion. Not welfare fraud. Not guns. (A majority of Democrats support it as well!) Literally nothing gets rank-and-file Republicans more animated in 2026 than elections, but still, the Republicans do nothing about it.

But the catalyst for the Summer of Love circa 2026 (which is already starting) won’t be election integrity per se, but rather immigration. The challenge is that the Democrats have spread 50 million illegal aliens across the entire country. From Maine to California and everywhere in between. This will not be like the Civil War, where the two sides were mostly geographically separated. No, this is going to be like a dozen people thrown into cage matches all around the country.

And why is this going to be the Big One? Because as we’re seeing in Minneapolis, the left has perfected the business model of professional protest movementeers. They’ve been training for more than 25 years. We saw it in the WTO protests in Seattle in 1999, the IMF protests in DC in 2000, Occupy Wall Street in 2011, and the 2020 version of the Summer of Love.

They’ve literally been perfecting it for the last quarter century, and now they are preparing to strike. They are well funded, have a millions-strong army who have been exhorted to hate and violence by a treasonous media, are highly organized, proactive, and most of all, local governments around the country, even some in red states, are on their side.

The result will be a spreading of what we’re seeing in Minnesota as the temperatures rise, and it will be a perfect storm of success for them, regardless of how it turns out. On the one hand, there are countless “observers” who are willing to risk their lives to go out and attack ICE agents because they know that, if they die, they’ll be lionized as freedom fighters who laid down their lives in the defense of innocent children, regardless of the actual facts, and the propaganda value will be immeasurable to their cause.

What’s more, on the off chance that any of the protesters actually get arrested, the local DAs will release them without bail or charges, or federal judges will refuse to sign off on the arrest warrants. None of this, of course, is speculation. It’s all real and happening right now.

Whatever the outcome, the left wins. If their troops are killed while fighting ICE, we’re told that the fascist Trump is guilty of the murder of innocents. If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, he’s a dictator. If a governor calls out the National Guard, it’s a police state. Whichever way it works, the media will spin it as David versus Goliath with the law-abiding citizens and ICE characterized as the Philistines.

Minnesota is only the beginning. It’s likely the left will pursue a multi-month strategy in which they hit multiple cities simultaneously and others in isolation to distract and fragment the administration’s attention.

But the Summer of Love is just one element of the treachery that is going to go on. To appease these leftists, the Republicans are going to bend themselves into pretzels trying to prove that they are not what they are being accused of.

We’ve already seen it. Trump promised to get rid of the Department of Education. Not only is it not gone, but Republicans fully funded it. Countless programs that fund left-wing programs have also been funded, and they’ve refunded programs that Trump cut. Over at Justice, the administration has not made a single arrest related to the theft of 2020, the persecution of the J6ers, or the travesty that was Russiagate.

The reality is, Republicans, and sadly, that includes Donald Trump, are not serious about fixing America, pulling us back from the leftist precipice we have been teetering on for twenty years. If Trump were serious,

• He would put Greenland, Europe, Venezuela, Gaza, and Iran on the back burner—that doesn’t mean ignore them—and invoke the Insurrection Act.
• He would clear out and charge the protesters in Minnesota and would nationalize the National Guard in any circumstances where ICE agents are being targeted with harassment and violence.
• He would immediately begin RICO investigations of the NGOs that are funding these protests.
• He would also investigate left-wing judges who are sometimes operating hand in hand with said NGOs.
• He would ramp up deportations and allow those deported to appeal from their home countries, while freezing all funds going to states that provide benefits to illegal aliens, as well as all states and locales that act as sanctuary cities.
• And finally, he would use every power at his disposal to convince GOP legislators to make the cuts to the budget necessary to choke off the funds going to those behind all of this.

The moment he does the above, he will be labeled a Nazi, a fascist, a tyrant, and more. But the reality is, he’s already being called that, so it doesn’t really matter.

Republicans have been living in a fantasy land where Democrats are honorable people. They’re not. Democrats are in a knife fight, and they know it. They’ve taken to heart Sean Connery’s lines from The Untouchables: “He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago way!” The only difference is that Elliott Ness was on the side of the good guys; Democrats are not.

Democrats are prepared and are willing to burn down the country to maintain their power. The Republicans need to understand that and decide to stop them, using every tool available. But sadly, Republicans are too worried about being called bad names or having their sensibilities bruised to suit up and man the barricades against the wretched hordes that are the Democrats.

We are at war. The Democrats showed us their playbook in 2020, and they’re rolling it out now. I’d like to think the GOP has the stones to fight that war before it becomes an all-out, hot civil war, but I’ve not seen any proof that such intestinal fortitude exists. I hope I’m wrong.

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Braveheart Circa 2026, This Time In The United States Congress

Braveheart is great entertainment, if less than perfect history. Mel Gibson plays the hero, William Wallace, who battles to deliver the Scots from the hated English, who had brutally murdered his father, brother, and wife. Wallace attracts a growing following as he begins to defeat the English in several skirmishes and battles. Following the Battle of Stirling Bridge, where his heavily outmatched and outnumbered troops defeat the English, Wallace becomes something of a legend and demands that the nobility join him in the fight.

The nobles, who have holdings in both Scotland and England, while not enthusiastic about English occupation, want nothing to do with the peasant rebellion. After a tense meeting, Wallace gains a promise of noble support for the upcoming battle from their ostensible leader, Robert the Bruce.

Wallace carefully plans the battle (the Battle of Falkirk) but is dispirited when he calls for the noble cavalry to take the field, only to watch as they turn and abandon the fight. Betrayed, the English are victorious. An injured Wallace goes after the English King, only to have one of the king’s defenders intercept him. The defender unhorses Wallace, but when he approaches the Scotsman, Wallace disarms him and discovers that his opponent is none other than Robert the Bruce.

A conflicted Bruce then helps Wallace escape, and the now-mythic figure takes a cathartic vengeance on the nobles. He is then betrayed a second time and ends up dying on the rack with “Freedom” his final utterance.

Anyone who’s ever seen the movie can remember the visceral reaction they had when the nobles turn and leave Wallace in the lurch. It’s been thirty years, but I remember it as if was yesterday. But the funny thing is, the reason I even thought of it is that I feel the exact same way today, but towards a different set of nobles.

What nobles, you ask? Why congressional Republicans, of course.

The GOP in Congress has left Donald Trump and America out to dry just as much as the nobles did to Wallace and the Scots. And the betrayals aren’t just one battle; there are countless ways the GOP is shivving the American people.

First and foremost is the lack of election reform. The argument that the 2020 election was a coup is now an established fact. From Georgia to Arizona to Minnesota and beyond, election fraud seems to have been the norm rather than the exception. Add to that the simple existence of a lack of voter ID in so many blue states, and it makes one wonder when America’s last honest election was.

Yet somehow, the Republicans in the Senate have refused to pass the SAVE Act. Ensuring honest elections is the single most important thing on their plate, but somehow they can’t seem to get it done.

Another thing the Senate GOP can’t seem to get done is abolishing the filibuster. We constantly hear that it’s a check on the other party if they return to power, but the reality is, it’s not, as Harry Reid demonstrated in 2013.

Having failed to eliminate it in 2024 because of holdouts by “independents” Manchin and Sinema, you can be certain that Democrats will eliminate the 60-vote threshold the next time they can muster 51 votes. So, instead of eliminating it now and doing good things for the American people while the GOP holds both chambers and the White House, the eunuch John Thune and the rest of the RINO grifters in the upper chamber apparently have better things to do, like give $5.7 billion to immigrants.

But of course, it’s not just voting. Across the country, activist, traitorous federal judges are seeking to usurp President Trump’s powers, yet Congress does nothing about it. Congress literally controls the federal judiciary; it’s right there in the Constitution, yet the GOP’s elected members do nothing and allow judges to exercise a stranglehold over the Executive Branch.

There’s Obamacare, too, which has been a disaster from day one but has been a fundraising bonanza for Republicans. Not only can’t Republicans repeal it, but they also can’t even keep their members in line, as 17 Republicans in the House just voted to extend the subsidies for the hated program.

Then there’s fraud. Last year, in the wake of the hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud identified by DOGE, the Senate voted not to codify the DOGE cuts, with three Republicans joining Democrats to help protect the waste.

But honestly, it’s not just Congress, it’s the White House as well. The reality is, the FBI and the Justice Department have yet to indict anyone for practically anything. 2020 election fraud? J6 persecutions? Russiagate? COVID? And more. This is in stark contrast to the Biden administration arresting practically everyone associated with Donald Trump, up to and including Trump himself.

Also at the top of the list of GOP failures is immigration. Across the country, we have states, cities, and citizens actively, sometimes violently, seeking to thwart the federal government from executing its immigration powers, to the point where governors, mayors, and police are threatening to arrest ICE personnel for simply doing their constitutional duty.

The reality is, every one of those officials is obstructing justice and should be arrested. And the professional activists who are assaulting ICE agents across the country should be as well. As America learned in 1968 and 2020, if you allow leftist mobs to obstruct lawful business or commit crimes, you get more of both.

With at least 10% of the population made up of illegal aliens and a cabal of billionaire leftists funding the protests and violence, this problem is not going away. Indeed, if Republicans don’t do something soon, the summer of ‘26 is going to make the 2020’s summer of love look like a little girl’s tea party.

But somehow, the people funding the insurrection haven’t been arrested, and few people on the ground have been arrested. Congress and the White House shirk their responsibility here at their own peril. They could easily utilize National Guard troops to control the violence. They could cut off all monies going to states, cities, or NGOs that are assisting illegals or obstructing ICE. They could cut every single dollar going to illegal immigrants via any program. But thus far, they haven’t.

The GOP is flirting with disaster, at Donald Trump’s, and ultimately America’s expense. While they’re busy faking vacations and being confused about what war is, the clock is ticking to the midterms, and much hinges on that outcome. This is particularly true as it relates to voting integrity.

Congressional Republicans see Democrats trying to destroy the country, and yet they do nothing to stop it. At some point, voters will tell themselves, what’s the point of voting for Republicans if they never fix anything?

They think they’ll be safe when the left comes back to power because they see themselves as modern-day Mr. Smith Goes to Washington characters in an Americana that is long past. Besides, they’re above power politics. They clearly haven’t been paying attention. Power politics is all the left does, and they’re willing to lie, cheat, and steal their way to victory in their goal to destroy America. Everyone sees that. But the swamp weasel RINOs pretend it’s beneath them.

The reality is, America is the last best hope for Western civilization, and voters gave Republicans the opportunity to protect it, but the Republicans are too busy doing interviews and trading stocks to bother. Their treachery is just as vile as that of the nobles who betrayed William Wallace, only worse. Voters see that and will likely respond accordingly at the polls in November.

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From Carthage To Berlin, A Modest Proposal

The First Punic War began in 264 BC, lasted 25 years, and was fought between the Romans and the Carthaginians, a civilization in what is today modern Tunisia. The Carthaginians were the most powerful and prosperous force in the Western Mediterranean and North Africa, while the Romans were a growing power on the Italian peninsula. After two decades, with both sides financially and demographically exhausted, Rome prevailed. Carthage ceded Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica, and paid substantial reparations.

The Second Punic War lasted from 218 to 201 BC. This is the war that saw Hannibal attack from the north, taking his war elephants across the Mediterranean, then down over the Alps, becoming the scourge of the Italian Peninsula for more than a decade. Across the Italian mainland, Hannibal would go from city to city, winning virtually every engagement, including Cannae, which almost ended Rome. Rome recovered, however, and pursued a cat-and-mouse strategy with the goal of tiring Hannibal’s army.

In one of history’s great mysteries, after a decade of winning almost every encounter and with virtual free rein over most of the Italian mainland, for some reason, Hannibal never attacked Rome to deliver the death blow that kept the Romans awake at night. Eventually, Publius Scipio, known to history as Scipio Africanus, would bring the war to Carthage itself, which would lead to Hannibal being recalled.

Unable to overcome the Roman cavalry advantage, Hannibal would be defeated, and Carthage would sue for peace. Again, Carthage would pay substantial reparations, concede wide swaths of land, and this time lose much of its autonomy.

The Third Punic War, begun in 149 BC, would be the shortest and the last. Using a Carthaginian response to an attack by the Numidian king and Roman ally Massinissa as a pretense, Rome declared war. Three years later, the city of Carthage lay in ruins as the Romans destroyed virtually every structure.

This would be final. Tired of having to fight the Carthaginians, Rome would obliterate them. They subsumed everything the Carthaginians had, declared it illegal to rebuild the city, and sold off its remaining population into slavery. As intended, Carthage would never again pose a problem for the Romans.

Fast forward two millennia, and you see echoes of one of the greatest conflicts in history. In 1914, the Germans launched Europe into World War I. For three years, the sides would largely battle over inches as soldiers looked at one another across the hundreds of miles of trenches dug on front lines that rarely moved. By 1918, the Germans were defeated and the allies—mainly France & the UK—imposed the draconian Treaty of Versailles, which included staggering reparations and strict military limitations.

Two decades later, Germany, once crippled by reparations and limitations on industry and its military, would launch a second world war. For the previous decade, it had slowly but consistently pushed the limits of what it was allowed to do under the Treaty of Versailles, and usually found little or no resistance. As such, Germany kept pushing until it was strong enough that the allies could do little to prevent its expansive designs. And thus began a true world war that would fully engulf half the planet, and it would take half a decade for victory to come.

Fast forward another eighty years, and the world once again finds itself in a crisis. A different crisis, to be sure, but one that threatens civilization every bit as much as the two world wars.

What crisis? Why the immigration crisis, of course. And why is it an existential threat to civilization? Because the West has been the primary driver of the advance of civilization around the world for the last 500 years.

The list of things Western civilization is responsible for that are central to the world today, while not endless, is very long. Flight, telephony, harnessing electricity, nuclear power, plastic, television, air conditioning, automobiles, the best of modern medicine, space travel, MRI machines, advanced agriculture, and much more, not the least of which was virtually ending slavery worldwide.

This Western civilization was built on Christianity, individual freedom, freedom of speech, religion, and the press, capitalism, liberal democracy, and relatively free markets. Other than that first foundation (Christianity), most of those elements developed into keystones over the last three centuries.

Today, all are at risk, and once again, the catalyst is Germany. In particular, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. In 2015, as the leader of what was then the most economically powerful nation in Europe, she essentially dictated that the continent open its borders to “migrants” from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq. While ostensibly humanitarian, this policy was suicidal. Europe had been failing to integrate immigrants for decades, and now Merkel had opened the door to the entire Third World.

The consequences have been extraordinary. Thirty million, mostly undocumented male, military-aged “migrants” from the third world have inundated Europe over the last decade, overwhelming services, straining budgets, and committing crimes.

Today, across the West, there is a growing ideology that is anathema to free speech, freedom of religion, free press, women’s rights, and more. And it’s violently so. At the current rate of demographic change, native Europeans will be a minority in Europe soon after the middle of the century, and Western civilization will not be far behind, if it survives that long.

If it were just Angela Merkel, we might be able to give Germany a pass, but it’s not. The EU’s Ursula von der Leyen and the WEF’s Klaus Schwab are both also spawn of Germany and were Merkel’s fellow travelers when she was in power—and maintained her cancerous ideas once she left.

At the end of the day, from giving us Karl Marx to facilitating the Bolshevik revolution by returning Lenin to Russia, to beginning two world wars and shepherding the current collapse of the West, Germany has been the fount of more strife and more bloodshed over the last 200 years than any nation on the planet. And it’s not even close.

It’s likely too late for Europe to save itself, although it’s possible that Western civilization could survive the collapse of the place of its origin. Nonetheless, while the odds are against it, there is hope, but it will take drastic measures.

The West should do to Germany what the Romans did to Carthage. Not in the literal sense of razing it to the ground, of course. Instead, it should split it into a dozen or more autonomous nations. Separately, these tiny states would spend so much time trying to survive that they couldn’t lead the world off another cliff.

Sure, you can say this proposal is insane, and maybe it is, but so too is leading the charge to destroy the most successful civilization in history. In thrall to the climate change hoax, Germany recently shuttered the last of its nuclear power plants and is well on its way to collapsing its economy.

It’s a statecraft version of someone who wants to commit suicide and decides to take as many others with him as he can. The West should not allow it. We know what the collapse of Western civilization looks like: It’s somewhere between Afghanistan and Communist China. Both spell the end of freedom and prosperity. If the West wants to avoid that fate, the first step is to eliminate the führer / Pied Piper leading the way. Maybe then it will be possible to focus on saving what’s left...

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