Chapter 1: What happened during the Minneapolis ICE shooting?
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I hope that you're having a good morning and that you had a good evening. Let me know where you are streaming from this morning. Let me know where you are. I've had a very, very busy morning. I've repaired people over and there's a lot going on here. Okay. So I'm very concerned this morning. I don't know about you. I can't get Minneapolis out of my mind. That is a headline.
Donald Trump keeps amping things up, so to speak, throwing fuel in the fire. And can we just put this up so I can show everyone? And as you're putting up, I need everybody to hit the like and hit the thumbs up to make sure that you can help us with the algorithm. More people become aware of us. Our community grows. People know our conversation. They become aware of our conversation.
The algorithm pushes it out. So thank you for that. But let's just put this up. This is Donald Trump this morning putting this out on Truth Social. All right. And we know everything that's going on in the world. Right. Everything that is going on in the world. And now Donald Trump is saying
Do the people of Minnesota really want to live in a community in which there are thousands of already convicted murderers, drug dealers, and addicts, rapists, violent released and escaped prisoners, dangerous people from foreign mental institutions, and insane asylums. He doesn't understand what asylum is. Anyway, I'll go with it.
Insane asylums and other deadly criminals too dangerous to mention. All the patriots of ICE want to do is remove them from your neighborhood and send them back to their prisons and mental institutions from where they came. Most in foreign countries who illegally enter the United States or the USA through Sleepy Joe's horrible open borders policy, whatever, every place we go, crime comes down.
In Chicago, despite a weak and incompetent governor and mayor fighting for us all the way, a big improvement was made. Thousands of criminals were removed. Minnesota Democrats love the unrest. The anarchists and the professional agitators are causing because it gets the spotlight off of the $19 billion that was stolen. by really bad and deranged people.
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Chapter 2: How is the public reacting to the killing of Renée Nicole Good?
So glad that you are becoming a member. So he's trying to cover for the fact that it could be some of the Proud Boys, Some people who have their background checks weren't fully vetted and completed. And they could be January 6th insurrectionists. And then he goes on to say foreign mental institutions and insane asylums. He does not understand what coming here and claiming asylum means.
He thinks it's people who are from insane asylums because that's just how dumb he is. Donald Trump is not a smart man. but he knows how to co-opt the poorly educated. That's his one gift. And to try to bend reality into his belief because those poorly educated people or those people who are completely intoxicated with ideology will fall for it because they have to, they need to.
It makes them feel better about themselves. So Donald Trump is so dumb that he doesn't understand what claiming asylum or asylum means for people who are coming over as immigrants or what they're called, asylum seekers. They're not coming here to seek to go to an asylum in the United States or because they are part of an insane asylum. The president of the United States is stupid.
Thank you, Benita Yarborough. You're right. The president of the United States is stupid. All of the patriots of ICE want to do is remove them from your neighborhood. These ICE agents are not patriots, they're terrorists. If they were patriots, then they wouldn't be obeying the unlawful, illegal, and inhumane orders of Donald Trump and the Trump administration.
Because if you are working as an agent of the government or in military capacity at all, you do not have to follow illegal, unlawful orders, as those Democrats have told you, as Mark Kelly and others have told you. You don't have to do it. And so they're not patriots. They're puppets. They're fools. They're people who are probably going to end up in jail.
Their freedom taken away because they have done things that are illegal, that are unconstitutional. Rounding people up off of the streets without due process. Show me your papers. They don't have the authority to do that. And so that's where we start.
And I want to start with this by telling you about this, and then I'm going to get to Jamie Raskin and all that, because there is a very strong possibility that Jamie Raskin is right about all of this. Minneapolis, everyone, again, like, thumbs up, subscribe, become a member. That's how we stay viable out here. That's serious business, okay? Minneapolis is on edge this morning.
And I think it's fair to say that the nation is on edge this morning. There are tensions boiling all over. And it's still not even a week out from the cold-blooded murder of Renee Nicole Good. She was 37 years old. She's a mother. She's dead after an encounter with a federal ICE agent. Shot in the street. Her family shattered. You have not only her family, you have the country.
You have the city's demanding answers, but you also have the country demanding answers as well. And instead of transparency, and instead of them like trying to give information, sharing information, the FBI with local officials, sharing information with the public, instead of that, instead of restraint, instead of leadership, the response from Donald Trump is to escalate.
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Chapter 3: What are Donald Trump's latest legal challenges?
I wonder if she was a governor, if someone had overstepped her and usurped her powers, I wonder how she would have felt about that. She would be kicking and screaming, but she's not doing it now because she's a Trump puppet.
But Kristi Noem said on Sunday that hundreds more federal agents are being sent to Minneapolis following the killing of 37-year-old Minnesota woman by an ICE agent last week. Noem told Fox News that the surge of federal forces are being sent in in order to allow our ICE and Border Patrol individuals working in Minneapolis to do it safely.
The additional officers are expected to arrive Sunday and Monday, Noem said. So... Here's what I want to say. The thing that everyone is forgetting, the whole point of this, and I think which should be investigated in a court of law or a lawsuit or something, is that why are they even there? Do they really have the authority to be there? Why are they there in the first place?
Why are those agents there in the first place? This is an administration, a president who sees grief And then he wants to respond with guns and masked goons. He sees protest, which is part of the First Amendment of the Constitution, which is constitutionally, excuse me, protected. He sees that as wanton violence. And it's not. People have the right to protest.
People in Minneapolis are not confused about why they are angry. They know why they're angry. They're angry because a masked federal agent, a thug, a goon, a dropout, I'm sure, Murdered a civilian in broad daylight and the federal government's instinct was not to step back.
It wasn't to explain, it wasn't to deescalate, but it was to double down and to send in reinforcements like this is a war zone and not an American city. Is this Baghdad? Kabul? Fallujah? State and local leaders are saying this plainly. Minnesota's Attorney General, the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul, they are saying this, that the federal surge is making things worse, not better.
You heard what Jacob Fry said, the mayor of Minneapolis. that this is inflaming tensions. It's not calming them. They are suing the federal government to stop it now. Keith Ellison announced that as well. We're gonna tell you about all of this. That alone should tell you how extraordinary this moment is. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.
Minnesota Twin Cities sue the Trump administration over the surge of federal forces. State Attorney General Keith Ellison called the U.S. immigration operation in which a woman was killed unlawful and unprecedented. Do they care? Probably not. They care enough to continue to do this because they're afraid if they don't
If they are not in power or in charge that they are going, they too will be prosecuted. That Donald Trump could end up in jail or in prison, which is where he should be right now. Donald Trump does not care. He doesn't give a crap about anybody but himself. The people of Minneapolis are not asking for chaos. They're asking for answers right now. They want to know why this woman died.
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Chapter 4: How is Trump responding to his critics in Congress?
We've got the National Guard. None of them are masked. Why is ICE masked? This is what we want to know. Nobody's given us a good answer for this. Now, one suggestion comes from the fact that we have multiple January 6th defendants who are working at the Department of Justice itself, including Ed Martin and Jared Wise.
So if they're hiring them at the Department of Justice, presumably they're hiring them at the Homeland Security and ICE, and maybe they don't want them to be identified. Because, of course, those people were very well video documented on the day of January 6th. There's a lot of suspicion that that's why these people are being masked, and they're not even telling us why they're being masked.
But it's precisely this episode which demonstrates why people are afraid of ICE and will try to move away from ICE rather than submit to their order, even when people need to submit to a lawful order.
You're muted, Don. Thank you, Andy. So why is that? Why are these goons masked? Are they proud boys? If they're proud, then show your face. Are they the bold and uninformed and misguided January 6th insurrectionist terrorists? If you are... Then be bold enough. You were bold enough to break into the Capitol.
You were bold enough to defecate in the open in the Capitol and smear it and spread it and urinate on the walls and on desks and all over. You were not afraid to steal things from offices, to bust windows, to beat up police officers, law enforcement. So then why are you afraid of a civilian? Most of them unarmed. What are you afraid of? Why are you afraid of showing your face?
Law enforcement officials in this country, police officers are not masked. FBI agents are not masked. Why are you masked? This is a CBS News article, and I think it poses some very interesting and serious questions here. House Democrats asked Trump administration of January 6th rioters are now working for ICE.
Nearly one year after the mass pardon of more than 1,500 Trump supporters, Capitol riot defendants, members of the House committee are investigating whether any of the pardoned rioters are now working for President Trump's administration and the fast-growing Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. Will the Trump administration answer these questions?
If they believe in transparency and they don't want felons on the streets and people who have been convicted of crime on the streets, as Donald Trump's Truth Social Post said, then they need to get rid of the people in their own ranks, perhaps, who may be criminals as well. Wouldn't that make sense? What's good for the goose is good for the gander?
In a three-page letter sent Monday to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi and obtained by CBS News, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee has requested all records, documents, memos, and internal communications regarding the solicitation and hiring of anyone charged or investigated for actions in connection to the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
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Chapter 5: What claims are being made about January 6th rioters and ICE agents?
And the fact of the matter is Minnesota has rejected him at the polls three times, which seems to be part of what's motivating him. So when it comes to retribution and revenge, you could put him at the top of the list.
So Donald Trump is upset because Minnesota did not vote for him. Donald Trump is upset because he doesn't like Tim Walz, who's a governor who ran against him and J.D. Vance. They were on the Democratic ticket or Walz was. He doesn't like that Ilhan Omar has a connection there. He doesn't like the Somalian immigrants there.
He wants to try to turn all Somalians or create a narrative that all Somalians there are criminals or they're part of some fraudulent behavior that's happening in Minnesota, none of which is true. Is there an investigation there? Yes. Should it play out? Yes. Should the people who are, if you're involved and found guilty in that, should they face the consequences? Absolutely, 100%.
But let's remember, Minneapolis and Minnesota is not the only state where people have done fraudulent things. All you have to do is take a look. Take a cursory internet search and you'll see that there are many, there are a number of red states, probably all of them, where there have been fraud that have been committed Fraud that's been committed by citizens of those states, of those red states.
And Donald Trump is not targeting them. He is a very, very sick man. Donald Trump, as Keith Ellison just mentioned, he goes after his political rivals. Well, he's going after one political rival that could hurt him more than it hurts the political rival. And it could hurt you as well and your pocketbook. That after a word from our sponsors.
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Chapter 6: What evidence suggests January 6th insurrectionists might work for ICE?
decided not to investigate the ICE officer's fatal shooting of Renee Good last week. The criminal section of the division would normally investigate any fatal shooting by a law enforcement officer and specializes in probing potential or alleged abuse of improper use of force by law enforcement. Thank you, Charlene Cooper, 5217. You took the words right out of my mouth. This reeks of a cover-up.
I think it's fair to say that it is a coverup. If you're not investigating, what are you doing? The departures, including that of the chief of the section, as well as the principal deputy chief, deputy chief and acting deputy chief, represent the most significant mass resignation at the Justice Department since February.
At that time, five leaders and supervisors of the department's public integrity section, which investigates public officials for possible corruption, resigned rather than comply with an appointee of President Donald Trump's order to dismiss the bribery case against then mayor, New York Mayor Eric Adams. I don't think there's any question about the corruption of this administration.
One source briefed on the reasoning for the resignations said that the handling of the ice shooting was not the only concern for the unit leaders and that some were concerned about other decisions by division leadership. Investigating officials
to determine if they broke the law, defied policy, failed to deescalate and resorted to deadly force without basis is one of the Civil Rights Division's most solemn duties, says Christian Clark, who led the division in the Biden administration. Prosecutors of the Civil Rights Division have for decades been the nation's leading experts in this work.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. I don't really know what to do or say at this point concerning this administration. Do you guys understand how serious this is? What a break from norms and diplomacy in the Constitution these actions are? This is serious stuff. We're now living in a country where it feels like there are Gestapos and secret police.
And I think Jesse Ventura is right. This is like we're living in a dictatorship in a third world country. I keep saying that. I don't know if you guys are listening. I don't know if people believe me. This isn't Trump derangement syndrome. This is true. If a Democratic president did that, the Democratic president would have to declare martial law because there would be fighting in the streets.
There would be rioting in the streets. How dare you do this? Don't tread on me. This is our constitutional right. Second Amendment. This is what the Second Amendment was written for. A tyrannical government. This is what it was written for. But I don't see those people out there fighting for their rights over this. Because regardless of you, if you are, here's the weird thing.
If you're a Trump supporter, you're a MAGA supporter or not, you say, well, wait, this is government control. I don't care if it's for my side. This is against the constitution. This is what the second amendment was about. So where are you second amendmenters? Constitutional original originalists. Where are you? And where are you freedom of speech absolutists? Where are you?
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Chapter 7: How are state officials reacting to the federal response in Minnesota?
citizen. All right, can we see an ID, please? I am a U.S. citizen. I don't need to carry around an ID in my home. This is my home. Where were you born? This is my home. Where were you born? Minneapolis is my home. Ma'am, we're doing an immigration check. We're doing a citizen check. And we're asking you where you were born. This is where I belong.
This is illegal. This is illegal. This is illegal. She doesn't have to even stand there for it. She doesn't even have to open the door for it. This is illegal. Can you please, lawmakers, Democrats, citizens of America, can you please do something about this? Imagine if this were you.
Someone just walks up to your door or to you on the street or wherever you are, you're shopping, you're whatever, you're on the city bus, whatever. Show me your papers. Or we're going to take you away. This is, no, you can't do that here. That's not what we're supposed to do. Is it America? I guess it is now. So Democrats, rational, objectively thinking Republicans, like do something.
This should not be happening on the streets of America. Listen to what they're saying to this woman. She's saying, I'm a citizen. I do not have to show you. She knows her rights. And they're saying, we're going to put it away. Are you an American citizen? I've answered your question. Get the fuck away from me. And then I would just walk away. I don't have to answer your questions.
I would just close the door. She does not have to answer their questions. She does not have to show them any sort of papers or citizenship or identification at all. Where is your signed warrant from a federal judge? Where is it? Keep going. Ma'am, you can belong here, but where were you born?
And I am not going to give you an ID. Then we're going to put you in the vehicle. I belong here. I should be walking around here free. I shouldn't be afraid in my life at this point. Ma'am, do you have an ID to give us? Yes, you're correct. You're making me a skirt. You're making me a paddock. Do you have an ID? This is my home. Ma'am, where were you born? I am a U.S. citizen. I am US citizen.
I don't think so. You have a right to picture me while I am in my home and walking around in my home. This is not acceptable. You guys, you terrorize the people and it's not acceptable. Where were you born? It doesn't matter where I was born. I belong here. I am US citizen. What else can I say? I am citizen. This is my home.
You realize that if you lie that you're a US citizen, then you can get a federal charges. I belong here. I'm sorry. Now, here's what I want you guys to know.
Every time you see that shit and people stand up and they just say, I don't have to do it. I don't have to do it. I don't have to do it. I don't have to do it. Leave me alone. Eventually they walk away because they know that she doesn't have to show them anything. They're just trying to scare her. They're just trying to make numbers. Guys, this is – I mean, come on.
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Chapter 8: What does the future hold for immigration policy under Trump?
I've seen them drag people out of their homes. I've seen I've seen them drag people out of cars. I've seen them threaten violence, and none of that is helping us working class folks. None of that is making safer streets for us. None of that is in the best interest of working class people. When is it going to be enough for y'all to realize that harming others is not helping you?
We could have universal health care if we weren't bombing Venezuela. We could have retirement at age 50 if we weren't sending billions of dollars to Israel. We could have universal education if it wasn't for you hating black and brown people. We could have better transportation if it wasn't for big oil buying politicians. We could have these things.
We could have a greener society if it wasn't for oil and gas giants buying the government. And then the government sending that money to Israel. And then Israel buying our politicians. And it's almost like a pyramid scheme at the end of the day. And none of it involves us, the workers. Your job is to keep your nose down, keep your nose on the grindstone, and get after it 8, 10, 12 hours a day.
Be out here on Sunday. Whatever it takes to make sure that you survive and never thrive. And I just feel like if we collectively decide that this system no longer serves the working class, which it never has, then we could put it in a system that is revolutionary to where it takes care of all of us, not just a privileged few.
You're muted, Don. Every single time, because I don't want you... to interfere with what they're saying. But that is what rational people are thinking. That's a common sense, very smart approach. But that guy is not all hopped up on hate and retribution. And so those things will never happen because Donald Trump is just an angry, old, decrepit, fat, out of shape, unhealthy, sick man.
And the fish rots from the head. And so America, which is the fish, is rotting from the head because Donald Trump is the leader right now. So think about all the things that are happening. Renee Good just was shot, assassinated on the streets of her own city where she is a lawful taxpaying person. And the Department of Homeland Security is putting out videos like this. Watch.
This is the video that happened just before the shooting. Now, the Department of Homeland Security put out this video taken by a citizen. But it is bizarre to me that just when the situation is happening, the video stops. And here it is. This is where it's about to happen. She backs up. She gets ready. She's letting cars go by her. And then you'll see. Right? Letting people go by.
She's not blocking. There she is. She's trying to leave. And then that's when Ice shows up. And then all of a sudden, you see Ice showing up. And then you see the part where she backs up and she tries to leave. And then boom. Why does it end right there? Now, does that look to you like someone clicked off of it? I don't know. It could be. Maybe she just stopped it right there.
But this is a video that they're showing on conservative channels. Is that fishy for you? Is that weird? I mean, just before it happens, maybe because it's an angle that will show exactly where the agent allegedly was. But we have the other angles. We'll see it. Is this part of the cover-up as well? Look, it could be that the citizen, whoever shot it,
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