When people used to speak of America’s Marxist drift, they pointed their fingers at New York City, Portland, San Francisco, maybe Los Angeles. Today, however, one state—and one city within it—outflanks them all in ideological extremism: Minnesota, and its capital of chaos, Minneapolis.
What was once the image of quiet Midwestern moderation has become the epicenter of a radically left-wing, grievance-driven, soft-authoritarian culture, anchored not in reason or responsibility, but in resentment and pseudo-revolution.
The political and cultural degeneration of Minnesota isn’t an isolated phenomenon—it’s a cautionary tale of how quickly a seemingly well-meaning state can descend into institutional capture by the radical Left, the bureaucratic Marxists masquerading as “progressives,” and their coalition of street agitators, racial entrepreneurs, and NGO-dependent “activists.”
The eruption of violence in Minneapolis in 2020 following the death of George Floyd was not an “uprising,” as revisionist politicians later branded it—it was an abdication of governance. What began as legitimate outrage over perceived police use of force spiraled, within hours, into an urban warzone. Police precincts were torched. Small businesses—many minority-owned—were looted and burned to ashes. Residents were terrorized. And in the backdrop, Mayor Jacob Frey and Governor Tim Walz watched with deer-in-headlights paralysis, delivering press conferences filled with hollow rhetoric about “listening” and “healing” while their city spiraled into anarchy.
Rather than enforce order, these leaders appeared more afraid of offending the mob than of failing their citizens. Their capitulation wasn’t just cowardice—it was the ideological decay of postmodern Marxism at work. The revolutionary Left thrives on chaos; order and law are “instruments of oppression.” In Minneapolis, for the first time in modern American history, we saw local government essentially side with the forces of disorder, under the guise of “justice.”
Fast-forward and you find another scandal, one quieter but every bit as grotesque: the massive theft of public funds under the watch of Minnesota’s political leaders—particularly Tim Walz and Jacob Frey.
The Feeding Our Future scandal is only the surface of this crime. State agencies allowed (and, by some accounts, even facilitated) massive fraud schemes by politically connected groups—some composed of recently arrived Somali-instituted “nonprofits” and others by “indigenous” organizations—who exploited federal COVID relief and welfare contracts. The eventual revelation that hundreds of millions of dollars had been siphoned off for luxury purchases, property empires, and overseas transfers–potentially to terror organizations–barely dented the political shield protecting these scam artists.
The Walz administration, rather than aggressively pursuing accountability, downplayed and deflected. The rhetoric was predictable: any attempt to investigate was painted as “Islamophobic” or “racist.” In other words: identity politics as cover for criminal corruption.
Yet the scale dwarfs even that understatement—when you add up unrelated fraud streams across child care, food programs, and COVID relief distribution, some have estimated that the state may have lost tens if not hundreds of billions in cumulative graft over the last decade. That’s not mere incompetence; it is systemic decay reinforced by arrogant and ignorant ideology.
Then came the shocking recent attack on ICE officers by an anti-ICE activist—a woman radicalized by her “wife,” who–by all accounts, and validated by video–goaded her into action. Video evidence, from a variety of angles, shows that she used her car as a weapon, nearly dragging an officer and striking another. The federal agents, representing national law enforcement, were villainized; the attacker, lionized.
What followed was a grotesque display of moral inversion: protesters flooded Minneapolis streets, chanting slogans defending the perpetrator and casting federal immigration enforcement as the villain. And Walz and Frey? Instead of condemning a violent attack against federal officers, they mouthed sympathetic talking points about “intense community emotion” and “federal overreach.”
Make no mistake: this is the logical endpoint of Marxist moral arithmetic. To the far-Left, federal law enforcement represents “the system.” Anyone who opposes it, regardless of violence or criminality, becomes a “freedom fighter.” Minneapolis now serves as a test case for the nullification of federal authority, conducted not by states’ rights conservatives but by radical progressives seeking a sanctuary for dysfunction.
What’s perhaps most galling is the industrialization of protest in Minnesota (of course, this isn’t exclusive to Minnesota or Minneapolis, but they are potent spots in the rash). The so-called “activist community” in Minneapolis operates like a permanent class—a rent-seeking caste that thrives on perpetual grievance. Their protest infrastructure is not grassroots; it is NGO-funded, philanthropic-elite-backed social engineering, monetizing victimhood under the banner of “justice.”
The same pattern repeats: orchestrated street protests are followed by fundraising drives and “training” sessions for new offense-oriented activist groups, bankrolled by shadowy donors, some local, others filtered through national organizations. Protest becomes a career, a racket built on chaos. And the politicians, rather than governing, pander to their noise, terrified to cross the new priesthood of perpetual outrage.
Meanwhile, the citizens of Minnesota—the ones who keep the lights on, pay taxes, and simply want peace and fairness—are left completely abandoned. Bureaucrats siphon billions, criminals are coddled, and anyone challenging the machine is vilified as “far-right.”
At some point, a nation must ask whether “no one is above the law” genuinely applies to all. Because in Minnesota, it seems “justice” depends on your skin tone, your ideology, or whether your activism advances the Marxist-Progressive Democrat Party line.
If a conservative had weaponized her car to assault federal agents, she’d be in solitary confinement with her face plastered across every network. But when a Marxist-aligned activist does it—she’s described as “struggling” or “misunderstood” or a “good mother,” and crowds demand her release. Walz and Frey, the two figureheads presiding over this ideological nursery of decline, act not as executives enforcing law, but as spokesmen for the anti-law cult their cowardice and inaction enabled.
Enough is enough. Minnesotans—and Americans more broadly—must stop tolerating this unmitigated bullshit. The grievance-industrial complex that claims permanent moral high ground while breaking laws, destroying communities, and siphoning public funds must face accountability—the same as anyone else. That includes the deep-pocket funders who bankroll “civil disobedience” campaigns that morph into violent chaos. It includes the state and city officials who turn a blind eye to corruption because the perpetrators belong to “protected” groups and write campaign checks. And it includes the voters who keep rewarding the same ideological arsonists with reelection.
Minnesota once called itself the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” Today, it risks becoming the land of 10,000 excuses—a state where failed ideology is never blamed, only expanded. It’s time for Minnesotans to reclaim their government from the Marxist clique that’s hollowed it out. True equality before the law means law and order without political exemptions.
America doesn’t need another Portland or another San Francisco. It needs responsible governance, accountable leadership, and moral courage. So, the people of Minnesota must decide: will they remain captives of the protest mob—or restore their state as part of the Republic it once proudly belonged to?
Because the truth is: Minnesota hasn’t just drifted left. It’s drifted into absurdity. And the only thing more dangerous than chaos in the streets is cowardice in office that enables the Marxist march.
When we come back, I talk with Kyle Warren, host of America’s Third Watch, broadcast nationally from flagship station WGUL, AM860 and FM93.7 in Tampa, Florida.
In Closing…
Minnesota stands at a crossroads—once admired for its balance, now symbolizing the dangers of ideological capture.
Minneapolis became the proving ground where chaos replaced order, and politics replaced principle. From the riots to the billion-dollar frauds to open defiance of federal law, the pattern is crystal clear: leadership surrendered to radicalism.
The real question isn’t how far left Minnesota has gone—it’s whether its people still have the courage to bring it back. Because when accountability vanishes, injustice thrives.
The North Star can still shine—but only if its citizens decide they’ve had enough of the darkness.
Until next time…
