Foreword
I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have … The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of The Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first. Thomas Jefferson
Minnesota Sedition
Grok and other AI platforms are great tools. But don’t believe everything you read. After all, AI is not the originator of facts. AI’s capability relies on swiftly checking dozens of online sources to summarize its replies — and if you want to chat, Grok will offer opinions no better than your own. So you don’t bother asking Grok the sticky question — how many adults in America truly favor a Marxist form of government? You could easily ask the same question and replace “adults” with Democrats, Republicans, Women, Men, Blacks, Gen Z’s, College Professors, etc. You can even drill down to other individual identities. Even so, you must take into consideration that millions of people would never admit to communist ideology, while routinely voting that way. These are the people who prefer to benefit from America’s freedom for themselves while denying freedom to despicable “conservatives” and religious types who still believe in cornball concepts like family, decency, morality and accountability. On second thought, the Marxist question for Grok should be aimed at Minneapolis. Excluding left-leaning Manhattan, D.C., Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, etc., the rest of America wonders what percentage of the Minneapolis/St.Paul population favors open borders, illegal immigration and Marxism autocracy. Your first guess is that 70 percent of Minnesota supports breaking Federal law and committing whatever acts of violence are necessary to run ICE (Immigration and Custom Enforcement)officials out of town. That percentage seems high until you discover that the twin cities are home to 60 percent of the entire state population. But, then, Matilda, guess what? In 2024, over 1,519,000 voters chose the Trump/Vance ticket compared to approximately 1,657,000 for Harris/Walz. The differential is 138,000, but those numbers don’t suggest that Minnesota is in love with Somali fraud gangs and Venezuela criminals. What it does suggest is that major cities tend to harbor corruption. As usual, in keeping with its deceit, legacy media puts ICE and Trump on public trial. Simultaneously, Minnesota government officials rattle their civil disobedience sabers and flaunt their lawsuits. They have reason to be confident since all seven members of the Minnesota Supreme Court are left wing female jurists, all appointed by democrat Governors. Word has it that before their meetings, the judges often gather to watch episodes of ABC’s The View for encouragement and guidance. Against the media backdrop of a city under siege, you would never know that dozens of Minnesota’s top drawer businesses and many law enforcement agencies are cooperating with ICE to uphold the law. Meanwhile, Trump will do what he must do. Constitutionally, as chief executive, he not only has the duty to enforce laws, but also the authority to decide how to do so.** What he sees is nothing less than an insurrection, sanctioned by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, his city council and Governor Tim Walz. Backing up a bit, you persistently have denounced Federal meddling in domestic affairs, arguing that Washington has vastly overreached its enumerated powers — that America’s massive debt and tyrannical abuses are the direct result of desecrating The Constitution of the United States. However, in this case, Trump stands on solid ground. And his Justice Department should now begin serving warrants on every Minneapolis official complicit in breaking Federal law. What many people will overlook in this political soap opera is the “what if” question. What if Governor Tim Walz had been on the winning ticket in 2024? Imagine that. Imagine him in action right now as Vice President. And BTW, never forget. People who voted for him will be on the 2026 midterm ballot.
Epilogue
While you’re on the subject of Federal jurisdiction, you should revisit how the Supreme Court, with the aiding and abetting of Congress, screwed over the U.S. Constitution.
The 1787 Constitution . . . created a stronger federal system with supremacy over the States in specific areas. However, the States did not cease to be sovereign; they retained substantial residual sovereignty. The key principle is Limited Federal Authority. The federal government could only exercise powers expressly delegated to it by the Constitution, detailed in Article 1, Section 8). Check it out. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/us_constitution_0.pdf
The original Constitution did not grant the federal government general regulatory authority over citizens within the states (e.g., no power over health, education, welfare, criminal law, property, police or most other everyday matters), Those areas were left entirely to the States.
** https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/president-legal-authority-2014-08-20.pdf
www.conventionofstates.com