New Year's Resolutions plus Minnesota Shooting, Riots & Fraud
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Welcome, it is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. It's so nice to have you with us on the radio wherever you are around the country. And as a reminder, if you like the show, you'll love the podcast that we do three days a week, and you can grab it wherever you get your podcast. Senator, it's a new year, and this is our first show in the new year for many on the radio that are listening. And Senator, so let's have a little fun with New Year's resolutions. You've got three, and I've got a few as well. I don't know if I have three, but we're gonna have those for you in a minute. But before we get to that, I wanna tell you about our great friends over at Compassion International. Right now, somewhere in the world, a kid you've never met is writing you a letter.
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What New Year's resolutions are shared by Ted Cruz and Ben Ferguson?
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So give me your top one for the year. I'm ready.
All right, so number one in 2026, I'm going to lose some weight. I am too damn fat. I weighed in this week at 236. That is too damn fat. When I graduated from college, I was a buck 35, 135 pounds. I was skinny as a rail. And my target for 2026 is to drop 30 pounds. I want to clock in next January. I like it. at 206. I'm at 236 right now. Ben and I are in a weight loss group. We've got several guys that are trying to lose weight together. And so my objective over the next 12 months is drop those 30 pounds and be at 206 one year from now.
Now, my question is, hold on. What's your plan for this? Is this going to be like water polo? Are you going to get a trainer? I got to give you a little hard time here. I want to know.
Look, it's kind of all of that. It's diet and exercise at the end of the day. And you know what? We're going to talk over the course of the year about how to do that and what's working and what's not. We're going to have some of those conversations over the course of the year on the podcast. The objective, which I've decided on, is to drop 30. And so we'll see if we can do that and get to that point.
I love it.
My second resolution is actually related to my first, which is that I am doing a dry January. Love it. As you know, Ben, I enjoy red wine with dinner. It makes for a fun dinner. The problem is it's like injecting calories straight in your gut. And so if you want to drop some weight, having wine with dinner is not conducive to that. So I've decided for the month of January, I'm going to go dry. And I'll tell you just a few days into it, I'm already feeling I'm sleeping better and feeling better. I think that's just a good it's healthier. I mean, at the end of the day, it's a lot healthier way to live. And so that is resolution number two. And then resolution number three is I am committing to myself that I am going to read the Bible every day in 2026.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:11
2
What New Year's resolutions are shared by Ted Cruz and Ben Ferguson?
1:11–30:29
3
How do the hosts connect personal resolutions to broader societal issues?
30:29–32:32
4
What are the details of the Minnesota shooting incident involving an ICE agent?
32:32–34:09
Speakers
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