Today, Minnesota governor Tim Walz asked Minnesotans to bear witness: “You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct these activities…. President DJT.”Legal analyst Asha Rangappa points out that invoking the Insurrection Act is not the same as declaring martial law. The Insurrection Act overrides the Posse Comitatus Act to permit troops to enforce federal laws or state laws protecting constitutional rights. “We were just trying to go home.”The administration has now openly shifted from using federal agents to round up undocumented immigrants to using federal power to suppress political opponents. Rather than simply ignoring the heckler, as politicians usually do, Trump gave him the middle finger and said, “F*ck you.

Source: CNN January 16, 2026 12:58 UTC