The Wire - January 27, 2026

//The Wire//2300Z January 27, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: UNREST CONTINUES IN MINNESOTA. FEDERAL AGENTS CONDUCT WIDESPREAD RAIDS IN ARIZONA. ANTI-ICE ACTIVISTS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTELLIGENCE NETWORKS IN MAINE, AS DIRECTED BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -HomeFront- Minnesota: Riots continued overnight as activists remained steady in the targeting of Minneapolis hotels suspected of hosting ICE agents. Last night, the SpringHill Suites in Maple Grove was targeted due to suspicions that senior Border Patrol leadership was staying at the location. At this hotel, rioters gathered at the main entrance and attempted to breach the facility, however the state of unrest was quickly put down by Maple Grove Police who turned out in force. Analyst Comment: Maple Grove is technically not within the City Limits of Minneapolis, and therefore has a different Mayor. The Minneapolis Police Department was not involved in this crowd control effort whatsoever, as it fell outside of their jurisdiction. Most of the officers who responded were from the Maple Grove Police Department and supplemented by State Police. As such, this particular response is very likely not correlated with any change in policy within the city of Minneapolis itself. Maine: Anti-ICE demonstrations continue as before, as local government officials begin entrenching resistance measures. Attorney General Aaron Frey has established a state-sponsored informant tipline for the purposes of tracking ICE agents, which coordinates intelligence reports regarding the activities of ICE agents throughout the state. Residents of Maine can email in reports of ICE sightings, and other intelligence reports directly to the Attorney General's office. Arizona: Yesterday afternoon, multiple sites throughout the state were raided by Homeland Security investigators, and most of the targeted sites were Zipp's Sports Grill establishments. At the time of the raids (which targeted about 15x sites around the state) the reason for the raids was not known. However ICEWatch spotters, seeing green uniforms, assumed this was some sort of immigration policing effort. However, this appears to pertain to a different investigation concerning a large-scale criminal enterprise involving drugs, identity theft, fraud, and other crimes. Analyst Comment: Activist intelligence networks still showed up suspiciously quickly to the scene of all raids, turning out in numbers to carry out disruption operations for what they thought was an immigration enforcement operation. ICE personnel were observed on scene at a few sites to arrest any illegals that were incidentally discovered during the raids, and they were harassed by the mob as the operation was ongoing. -----END TEARLINE----- Analyst Comments: On the political front in Minneapolis, several developments are underway, which will affect the situation on the ground. Following President Trump's phone call with Gov. Walz yesterday afternoon, rumors have been circulating widely regarding what the next steps are in this campaign. Whispers of everything from an abandonment of the mission, to key personnel shifts circulated yesterday evening, most of which have been hard to verify and probably mostly false. However, based on President Trumps verbatim statements, the general atmospherics are a de-escalation from the Federal side, while no similar de-escalation has been given in return amongst activist groups that are openly being run by government officials personally. When it comes to civil unrest, perception is reality, and if these moves are perceived (by the rioters) as being a capitulation, this will embolden resistance within the city. Far-left groups do not care about 4D chess; they see a *perceived* weakness (regardless of if it's a true weakness), and they will double-down to target it. Failing to arrest and charge every single activist who raided Cities Church will also have a similar effect...others now know where the line is, namely that Christian Churches are not defended to the fullest extent of the law by federal authorities. This is why the same playbook is being used everywhere from Portland, Maine to Phoenix, Arizona...it apparently works quite effectively. However, it will be especially important to recognize where these tactics are being used, but are not receiving the spotlight like Minneapolis has. Resistance is growing in Maine, and Arizona has been a hotbed of anti-ICE sentiment for a while. Around-the-clock protests are constant in Los Angeles, and major intelligence networks (such as Migra Watch) have tens of thousands of members and informants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Moving forward, similar efforts should be expected to continue in most other states, as localized groups continue to organize anti-ICE efforts freely and openly, many of which are being directly organized by elected officials. Analyst: S2A1 Research: https://publish.obsidian.md/s2underground Disclaimer: No LLMs were used in the writing of this report. //END REPORT// Bibliography, Sources, and Research - Maple Grove: https://x.com/MapleGrovePD1/status/2016010730806407200 Maple Grove 2: https://x.com/trendingblog247/status/2016080890833567786 Minneapolis 1: https://x.com/officer_Lew/status/2016220833870426602 Arizona 1: https://x.com/FordHatchett/status/2015957912989139248 Minneapolis 2: https://x.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/2016207299832922404 Minneapolis 3: https://x.com/AFpost/status/2016204034416488598 Virginia 1: https://x.com/RT_com/status/2016202024992317644 Arizona 2: https://x.com/KimKatieUSA/status/2016197656515928436 Arizona 3: https://x.com/EvanAKilgore/status/2016176865031930112 Maple Grove 3: https://x.com/GrageDustin/status/2015990879224320501 North Carolina 1: https://x.com/TonySeruga/status/2016131973522374967 Maple Grove 4: https://x.com/ericmmatheny/status/2016107759213617259 Utah 1: https://x.com/MarinasHammer/status/2016021947696501245 Maple Grove 5: https://x.com/MJones4Liberty/status/2016007375057228005 Maine 1: https://x.com/SteveRob/status/2015936431454089340 Maine 2: https://www.maine.gov/ag/news/article.shtml?id=13341312 Obsidian Internal Links: [[The Wire - January 1, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 2, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 3, 2026 - Priority]] [[The Wire - January 5, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 6, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 7, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 8, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 9, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 12, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 13, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 14, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 15, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 16, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 19, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 20, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 21, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 22, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 24, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 26, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 27, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 28, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 29, 2026]] [[The Wire - January 30, 2026]] Tags: #Maine #ICE #Immigration #Terrorism #MinneapolisRiots