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Trump Orders 11th Airborne To Prep For Possible MN Employment … from Crooks & Liars Susie Madrak

The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, defense officials told The Washington Post late Saturday. This came after Yambo once again threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act.

The infantry battalions include paratroopers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division are based in Alaska and specializes in cold-weather operations. (Seems to me they’re more likely trained for Russia than urban deployment, but what do I know?)

The Army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in Minnesota escalates and God knows, MAGAts are praying that happens.

Even the threat of sending in the 11th Airborne Division arguably constitutes a form of domestic state terrorism.

Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social) 2026-01-18T05:00:17.714Z

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