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Heads up! 11th Airbornes preparing for Insurrection Act deployment to Minnesota: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/18/trump-minnesota-insurrection-act/ Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials. January 18, 2026 at 12:02 a.m. EST19 minutes ago Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outside the Pentagon on Thursday. (Kevin Wolf/AP) By Dan Lamothe 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, after President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to unrest there. #Trump #ICE #Minneapolis #Minnesota #Insurrectionact #Civilwar