20 JAN 2026: One Year of Trump: Promises Made, Promises Kept? // A.I. Revolution: New A.I. Tool Is Bad News for Key Workers // Global Updates: China’s Babies, Taiwan’s Drones, Iran’s Protestors, CIA’s Secret Trip
Release Date: 01/20/2026
The Wright Report
| Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today’s top stories shaping America and the world. In this Thursday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan leads with good news as President Trump’s Five Bucket Strategy gains momentum, including a major international minerals pact designed to break China’s grip on critical resources and early signs of a new rent-to-own housing pathway for young and middle-income Americans. He then explains why the AI Revolution is rattling markets and jobs alike, as new tools automate white-collar work faster than...
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| Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today’s top stories shaping America and the world. In this Listener Question episode of The Wright Report, Bryan shares good news for Texas farmers as Mexico finally agrees to deliver long-owed water under a decades-old treaty, then breaks down the high-stakes fight ahead over ICE funding, voter ID laws, and the risk of another government shutdown. Bryan also answers pointed questions about foreign-backed activism tied to Minneapolis protests, why the CIA cannot simply target an American billionaire...
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| Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today’s top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks down President Trump’s major move in the Mineral Wars with a new multi-billion-dollar stockpile aimed at countering China’s grip on critical resources, plus why a high-level global meeting this week could shake commodity markets. He then reveals how Chinese drone makers appear to be sneaking banned technology back into the United States under new brand names, raising fresh national security alarms. The...
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| Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today’s top stories shaping America and the world. In this Monday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan explains why Washington is once again on the brink of a government shutdown, with Democrats demanding cuts to ICE funding and Republicans pushing a bill to block non-citizens from voting in federal elections. He then unpacks the escalating political and cultural backlash to immigration enforcement, from mayors openly defying federal law to judges issuing error-filled rulings against ICE. Bryan also...
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| Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today’s top stories shaping America and the world. In this Friday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan explains the fragile deal to avoid a U.S. government shutdown and why Democrats are still pressing demands that could effectively cripple ICE operations within weeks. He then turns to Minnesota, where Governor Tim Walz escalates rhetoric toward civil war even as the Justice Department launches a new fraud enforcement unit aimed squarely at his state. Bryan also covers growing threats against federal...
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| Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today’s top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan reveals newly uncovered video of protestor Alex Pretti engaging in violent confrontations with federal officers days before his death, raising serious questions about how his story has been portrayed and who may have shaped that narrative. Bryan then explains why Democrats are willing to shut down the federal government over sweeping new immigration demands that would sharply limit arrests and deportations...
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| Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today’s top stories shaping America and the world. In this Listener Q&A episode of The Wright Report, Bryan answers sharp questions about who is really driving the Minneapolis protests, why some activists openly admit they do not care about criminal backgrounds, and how ideology has turned tragedy into something resembling a cult movement. He then tackles major concerns about ICE body cameras, the risks and realities of Kill Switch technology in modern cars, and President Trump’s lawsuit against...
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| Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today’s top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan unpacks a sudden shift in Minnesota as President Trump says he is now aligned with Governor Tim Walz, raising questions about strategy, optics, and what comes next. He then turns global, revealing growing resistance inside Venezuela to U.S.-backed reforms, new efforts to dismantle Iran and Hezbollah networks in South America, and a shocking report of mass killings during Iran’s latest crackdown on protesters....
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| Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today’s top stories shaping America and the world. In this Monday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan details a shocking weekend in Minnesota that left one activist dead, a federal officer permanently injured, and the state spiraling toward open defiance of federal law. Bryan walks listeners through the fatal shooting of activist Alex Pretti during an ICE and Border Patrol arrest, the discovery that Democrat-linked activists are organizing surveillance cells to track federal officers, and the...
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| Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today’s top stories shaping America and the world. In this Friday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan delivers a mix of strong domestic economic news and mounting national security concerns as the country heads into the weekend. He begins with good news at home, as murder rates fall to their lowest level on record, American-born truckers see rising wages after foreign drivers are removed from U.S. highways, and major manufacturers like GM shift production back from China and Mexico to the United...
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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today’s top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan marks President Trump’s one year back in office, examining the progress and limits of Trump’s Five Bucket Strategy on the economy, energy, industry, and global power. He breaks down rising political radicalism on the Left, new polling showing growing tolerance for violence, and why immigration enforcement has become the flashpoint.
Bryan then turns to the accelerating AI Revolution, explaining which jobs are disappearing, why even high-skill workers are now vulnerable, and what advice he would give young Americans navigating an AI-driven future. The episode closes with global updates on China’s demographic collapse, a first-ever Chinese drone incursion into Taiwan’s airspace, Iran’s crackdown on protestors, and a revealing meeting between the CIA Director and Venezuela’s new leadership that appears to be restoring order in Caracas.
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32
Keywords: January 20 2026 Wright Report, Trump one year back in office, Five Bucket Strategy assessment, anti-ICE protests violence polling, Democrat radicalization Axios, AI Revolution job losses Stanford study, Claude AI labor disruption, China population decline birthrate, Taiwan Chinese drone incursion, Iran protest crackdown ultimatum, CIA Director Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez