BOMBSHELL: Minnesota Politicians Conspired with ICE Protesters!  

We will open this story with the preface word “allegedly,” but if this pans out, man oh man… this could be the beginning of the end of the Democrat’s Party in the U.S.

For background, there was a story last year about a report which found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. service members at risk by using the “Signal” messaging application to discuss sensitive military strikes in Yemen. Hegseth used this app to supposedly share operational details, including targets and timing, which were classified as “secret”. That incident was exposed when a journalist was accidentally added to that group chat. Of course the Democrats pounced on this and wanted Hegseth to step down labeling the incident “Signalgate”.

Many of us prior to this story never heard of the phone/computer messaging application “Signal” prior to that news story.

The use of this app is back in the news and it is earth shaking. Unverified claims of a hacker of chat messages on Signal now allegedly link Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to Anti-ICE Signal chat groups directly as a page administrator!

Since early January of 2026, ICE’s ‘Operation Metro Surge’ has targeted criminal illegal alien arrests in Minneapolis, sparking violent protests, a statewide strike on January 23, and fatal shootings by ICE of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Many Minnesota Democrat politicians have been ratcheting up the rhetoric seeming to take the focus off the missing $10 billion dollars in taxpayer dollars in their state.  

“Their PRIVATE CHAT Just Leaked & Now it’s TOO LATE for Dems to FIX THIS…”- LV Nation

Lou Valentino of LV Nation does a good job of telling Cam Higby’s story. He received over 300,000 views in 12 hours!

Signal groups used to track ICE agents listed a ‘Flan Southside’ as a page admin, fueling speculation this is the screenname of Peggy Flanagan whose office has publicly criticized federal ICE tactics. Independent journalist Cam Higby has called this development “SignalGate” and this chat Signal group leak a bombshell. While skeptics say his Signal screen captures are not absolute proof, State officials have yet to confirm or deny Flanagan’s direct involvement as tensions in the city escalate. She could be damned however as the FBI and Space Force can track the identity of the computer and user behind the screenname “Flan Southside” right down to the person and physical address.

The X social media platform has absolutely exploded in the last 24 hours with this news and the implication that Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is “Flan Southside” on a Signal account page as a page “admin” of an anti-ICE Signal chat group tracking agents and coordinating chaos is absolutely unbelievable! 

One chat member of this group yesterday seemed to be in panic mode noting: “FLAN HAS BEEN EXPOSED… WE’RE ALL SCREWED. I need to leave this state.” 

I’ve taken legal observer training, and I hope you will too.

If this comes to pass as true it means Minnesota State government is directly linked to obstructing ICE and the chaos that has resulted thereafter. One synopsis of what has transpired was phrased like this:

“Encrypted Signal groups involving Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, Walz aides, and Antifa members were tracking license plates and coordinating rapid response to BLOCK ICE deportations.”

Another prominent name to come out of this scandal was Amanda Koehler. Koehler was the campaign strategist for Tim Walz and part of Minnesota ICE Watch which has been involved in doxxing and harassing ICE law enforcement officers.

It has been noted that foreign news sources have taken up this story faster than our own legacy news media as seen here:

“Amanda Koehler, Peggy Flanagan, Anita Smithson part of Minneapolis ‘Anti‑ICE’ Signal group? Claims surface online: Several social media posts have circulated alleging the existence of a Signal group coordinating activities against federal agents.” – Hindustan Times

Local Minnesota politicians also named include David Snyder, listed as an admin, and Minnesota State Senate candidate Anita Smithson, listed as a “dispatcher” of protesters to ICE agent locations. The leaked chats also referenced a “home base” for the anti-ICE agitators but the physical address of that building has yet to be identified. It is expected to be identified by the end of today. Also on the page was an instruction manual of how to react to ICE agents. We located that manual in total here:

CONCLUSION:

Also very disturbing with this story was the amount of donors involved including foreign donors. Attorney General Pam Bondi should be revoking passports and issuing emergency arrest warrants immediately! If true, this is treason and people in these anti-ICE chat groups are already stating they want to flee the country!

The reason why we can now officially use the term treason is there is evidence provided that foreign participants or players were involved as noted in this X post with links to an Excel spreadsheet with donors:

President Donald Trump announced he is dispatching border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota now.

“Trump says he is sending border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota” – LiveNOW from FOX

This is a developing story that is set to explode in the next 24 hours. Next moves by the Trump administration could prove most interesting. Stay tuned!

© 2026 by Mark S. Schwendau

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