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Simulation Found Civil War Could Be Triggered by Exactly What ICE Is Doing Right Now

Joe Wilkins

created: Jan. 22, 2026, noon | updated: Feb. 1, 2026, 11:37 a.m.

According to one wild simulation, it’s exactly what’s happening right now in Minneapolis. To carry out the operation, the simulated president tried to federalize the Pennsylvania national guard, which the governor resisted. National guard troops who sided with the state followed suit, prompting the fictional president to order acting US military troops to march on Philly. Minnesota governor Tim Walz has likewise urged protestors not to engage in acts of civil disobedience as he moved to mobilize the Minnesota National Guard. In reality, state power remains pointed in the same place since the start of the ICE crackdown: at protesters, not at the federal agents brutalizing their communities.

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