The mass mobilization agitation now unfolding in Minneapolis and St. Paul by far-left, open-border extremists bears the hallmarks of a coordinated and professional operation designed to obstruct federal law enforcement. None of this should come as a surprise. These tactics are an evolution of methods tested during the deadly 2020 BLM–Antifa riots, which were centered largely in the Twin Cities.

In recent weeks, numerous Antifa-linked revolutionary anarchist collectives have promoted organizing guides that explicitly instruct extremists on how to carry out obstructionist campaigns. These materials consistently recommend the encrypted messaging app Signal as the primary tool for coordination. Alex Pretti and Renee Good, two militant leftist activists shot dead this month, may have been part of these groups.

What are militants saying to one another inside these chats?

As journalist Cam Higby and others have documented, Signal has become the preferred platform for mass coordination — used to share real-time locations, vehicle descriptions, and individual targets, as well as tips for minimizing legal accountability. Several high-level Democrat politicians and operatives were allegedly present in some of these groups, though this has not been independently confirmed.

There are dozens of Signal chats currently active among far-left extremists in Minnesota. Many are ad hoc, short-lived, and frequently deleted — an effort to destroy evidence. I was able to access several chats. What follows is a snapshot of what participants are saying.

The prevailing mood inside these groups is one of distrust and paranoia. Public scrutiny, particularly from users on X, has focused increasing attention on the role these Signal chats play in coordinating obstructionist conspiracies. Nearly all users operate under aliases. Administrators are actively purging participants they suspect to be "right-wingers" or federal agents. Auto-deleting messages are enabled by default to destroy evidence.

"Right wingers are trying to get into many chats right now," warned an administrator using the moniker "Moss." "Never put anything in Signal you would not want read back in court. No Signal group can fully protect you from unfriendly eyes."

A nearly identical warning appeared in another chat from an administrator named "Graxis."