ICE murder terrifies country as Trump defends, Natl Guard prepared
Release Date: 01/08/2026
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ICE murder terrifies country as Trump defends, Natl Guard prepared
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-- On the Show -- Caleb Ragland, Chairman of the American Soybean Association, joins us to discuss how Trump’s tariffs are reshaping the soybean industry and the economic future of rural America -- An ICE agent shoots and kills U.S. citizen during a federal immigration operation in Minneapolis as Trump falsely claims self defense and blames the radical left -- Governor Tim Walz prepares the Minnesota National Guard after uncoordinated ICE raids kill a resident and escalate tensions between state authorities and federal agents -- A confrontation between Minnesota state power and federal ICE...
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-- Caleb Ragland, Chairman of the American Soybean Association, joins us to discuss how Trump’s tariffs are reshaping the soybean industry and the economic future of rural America
-- An ICE agent shoots and kills U.S. citizen during a federal immigration operation in Minneapolis as Trump falsely claims self defense and blames the radical left
-- Governor Tim Walz prepares the Minnesota National Guard after uncoordinated ICE raids kill a resident and escalate tensions between state authorities and federal agents
-- A confrontation between Minnesota state power and federal ICE operations raises concerns about institutional breakdown as courts and political norms face direct strain
-- Trump proposes raising the U.S. military budget to 1.5 trillion dollars while falsely claiming tariffs will pay for it and contradicting years of anti Pentagon rhetoric
-- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt makes incoherent and contradictory claims about U.S. control over Venezuela and openly entertains buying Greenland
-- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Donald Trump has ordered obesity to end as new federal dietary guidelines reshape school meals military food and assistance programs
-- On the Bonus Show: New reporting shows many patients regain weight after stopping GLP-1 drugs, raising questions about whether medical weight loss now requires lifelong treatment. Plus, Donald Trump says the United States could effectively run Venezuela for years, signaling an extraordinary expansion of U.S. control over another country’s government and oil industry
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(00:00) Start
(01:41) ICE raid kills U.S. citizen
(11:38) Walz readies guard after deadly raids
(20:18) Minnesota-ICE clash strains institutions
(26:45) Trump floats $1.5T military budget
(34:39) Soybean chair on tariffs’ rural toll
(55:24) Leavitt riffs on Venezuela, Greenland
(01:01:44) RFK Jr claims order to end obesity