LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR BREAKING NEWS - 1/8/26

Donald Trump was humiliated twice today. in the United States Congress. First in. the Senate, where a War Powers Act was. introduced and passed on a bipartisan. basis to prevent Trump from engaging in. further military action in Venezuela. without the approval of Congress. This. now moves on to one more vote, one more. hurdle that needs to take place at least. in the Senate. We'll break down what's. going on there. Then Donald Trump was. embarrassed in the House of.

Representatives where a vote to extend. the Affordable Care Act subsidies passed. with 17 Republicans defecting and. joining the Democrats to extend the. Affordable Care Act subsidies. It's. still expected to fail in the Senate. where MAGA Republicans do not want. Americans to have healthcare or it will. be vetoed by Donald Trump. For Trump and. the MAGA Republicans, the only subsidies. they would like to see apparently are. their billionaire oligarchs and the oil. companies getting subsidies uh in order.

to uh go into Venezuela. We will cover. that as well. For every action there are. consequences and as Donald Trump has. decided that the world should be spheres. of influence with America rejecting the. former global world order um and that. Trump will have the West and Russia. should have all of Europe and Asia. should be controlled by China. We're now. seeing Lviv under attack in Ukraine. That's the western city in Ukraine.

Russia is launching a major ballistic. missile strike all across Ukraine right. now. And I believe that that is related. to Donald Trump's invasion of Venezuela. with Putin basically saying, "All right, I guess I have the green light to. escalate now based on the United States. positions of spheres of influence and. the United States degrading NATO.". Speaking about NATO and the former. allies that the United States had, we've. now seen Greenland through Denmark and.

through its own prime minister in. Greenland issue powerful responses to. the Trump regime's uh consistent uh drum. beat of war to invade Greenland. There. was reporting earlier in the day that. now what the Trump regime is trying to. do is like a hostile shareholder. takeover of Greenland, offering to buy. secession from people who live in. Greenland for between $10,000 and. $100,000. And if ultimately they refuse. to accept the money from America, then.

all options remain on the table, including invasion. In response, France. and Germany and others in Europe have. devised potential war plans of how to. respond in the event United States. invades Greenland. What a war against. the United States would look like and. how that would be managed. We should. also talk about the murder that took. place in Minneapolis in cold blood by.

ICE agents against Renee Nicole Good. Say her name. Renee Nicole Good, a. mother of three, 37 years old. She had. stuffed animals in her glove. compartment. According to her. ex-husband, she had moved recently from. Colorado to Minneapolis because she. viewed it as a city of love. She's. described as just an incredible. all-around person, a loving mother who. just wanted to be in a city that.

embraced her love and embraced her um. decision for inclusiveness. And then ICE. invades Minneapolis. She was described. as picking up her children uh from. school when the ICE invasion took place. And then we can clearly see in the video. that it was the ICE agents terrorizing. the communities that murdered in cold. blood Renee Nicole Good. We're getting. the name of the officer as well, Jonathan Ross. And then the aftermath,

the disgusting response by the Trump. regime, calling Renee Nicole Good a. domestic terrorist, saying that she used. her car as a weapon of terror. And we. all saw the video with our own eyes. But. yet another Putin dystopian propaganda. machine tactic by this Trump regime. The. Trump regime is also now saying that. they may do renovations to the West. Wing. They have this new architect who. said now to build symmetry with the East.

Wing that's been demolished and the. 90,000 square foot ballroom there, we're. going to have to change the West Wing. So these are the priorities of the Trump. regime. There are protests breaking out. in Iran right now as well. I just want. to cover that. And we should talk about. how the Midas Touch Network has launched. a Washington DC bureau. We've got. reporters on Capitol Hill. Um Pablo. Monriquez has joined the Midas Touch. Network and has helped get us this. exclusive footage from Capitol Hill. You.

all know that this has been a major. priority of ours at the Midas Touch. Network to launch the Midas Touch DC. bureau. And I think it's off with a very. strong start, breaking a lot of. important news and asking politicians. the questions that you actually want. answered and not what the corporate news. wants to do to try to cover up or. sanitize or sane for the regime. Let's. get into it. Brett and Jordy, it's good. to see you both.

>> Good to see you too, Ben. I I think you. very astutely put it and Jordy, of. course, but Ben gave me the handoff. and. mightest mighty. Um I think you very. astutely put it on Monday's show uh that. right now we're in a battle of good. versus evil. And I think that has really. never been more clear as it has been in. these past 24 hours as we saw that. ruthless murder of Renee Good in cold. blood in Minneapolis and the lies that. ensued. not we're going to investigate.

the situation, see what happened, and. make sure that the officer faces the. appropriate consequences, but the. immediate rush to label this innocent. 37-year-old US citizen a domestic. terrorist. And it is clear to me that if. they could do that to Renee Wood, who. was simply uh had just dropped her. six-year-old off at school, was driving. around as these ICE thugs were in her. community being there to cause terror. The only reason they were there is. because they were following up on those. other disinformation videos that was put.

out by that right-wing uh quote unquote. journalist, that fake journalist. They. were there because of Twitter. essentially to try to make a scene. Then. they're there blocking the streets. It. leads to them murdering this innocent. woman. And then the government, the. federal government has the nerve to call. this innocent woman a domestic terrorist. and make up that she's part of left-wing. networks and they get Christy Gnome and. they get JD Vance and all of these. people when she is just a regular lady.

By the way, by the way, even if she were. an activist, that is not an excuse. It. is not an excuse to run people down. because of their political beliefs or if. they're protesting, even though that is. not what she is doing. But we are seeing. that this is a fundamentally evil. regime. We are in a battle right now of. good versus evil. It is not even up for. debate which side is which right now. We. are looking to the world. We are seeing. our allies in this war posture not. against our adversaries but against the. United States. Seeing Denmark say things.

like we will shoot first, ask questions. later. If the United States tries to. invade our country, we're seeing other. European countries get together and. legitimately are working up plans on. what they will do if the United States. invades Greenland or attacks Greenland. in a Pearl Harbor type sneak attack. This is where we are as we begin 2026 in. the United States of America. But we're. going to break down all the latest news.

And shout out to Pablo Monriquez who is. on the hill getting all this incredible. footage for Midas Touch as part of our. DC bureau. I've seen all your comments. about Pablo. I'm so glad that everybody. is liking how Pablo is taking you. straight to the US capital asking the. questions that you want asked. And by. the way, feel free to let us know what. you want us to ask the politicians. This. network is about you and your voice. and. we are looking forward to elevating your. voice in the halls of power. Jordy, great to see you. What's the latest on.

your end? >> What's up, brothers? What's up, Midas. Mighty? It's going to be a good show. tonight. Going to be a deep show. Going. to be an informative show. Uh before we. really get going, quick housekeeping. note. We're on our way to 6 million. subscribers here on the YouTube channel. So, hit the subscribe button if you're. not subscribed. Some people think. they're subscribed and they're actually. not. So, just hit that subscribe button. Let's let's get to 6 million. And Benji, before I toss it over to you, I I really. just wanted to say something, you know, before we got going here. Here's the. thing. You know, this is what I mean. when I say I don't believe what I do.

here or what we do here is political, right? There is a six-year-old boy and. two other children going to bed tonight. without a mom. And why is that? Well, it's because Donald Trump and his thugs. murdered her yesterday. You know, these. ICE agents, they are just the lowest of. the low. I literally they lowered their. standards in recent months to accept. more applicants to quote unquote. accelerate hiring. And the way I see it, it's crystal [ __ ] clear. You are.

either for these ICE thugs terrorizing. communities and murdering our citizens, murdering mothers, or you're for. democracy. You watch that video of Renee. Good being murdered, mother of three, Renee Good. And if your reaction is not. to look at that footage and immediately. condemn the execution, you are a lost. soul and there is no saving you. Christine Gnome, you are a lost soul. Calling Renee Good a domestic terrorist.

while her body was still warm. You know, JD Vance, you are a lost soul. Donald. Trump and anyone else who doesn't have. the spine to immediately and forcefully. condemn the ICE agents for killing Renee. Good. You are a lost soul. It It's not. political to say you are against mothers. being murdered. You scumbags. Then you. think about what ICE Border Patrol are. right now. And I've called them the.

Gustapo, the SS. You have names for. them. And really what they are, they're. a paramilitary group that's an arm of. the regime, which is what we've seen in. authoritarian regimes historically and. at the present. So I'll draw a parallel. to Venezuela and the authoritarian. regime there that's now led by Deli. Rodriguez who's just the successor to. Nicholas Maduro. She was the VP and now. the president. Diodados,

one of the the enforcer of the Maduro. regime is still in power and the. chistas, the Maduro crew, the. authoritarians are still running things. So in Venezuela, their paramilitary is. called the collectivos, crime and social control. And these are. masked individuals who ride around on. motorcycles and in vans and they abduct.

people. They go through your phones to. see are you writing things that are. against the regime and then they. disappear you into prisons and to camps. Since Deli Rodriguez again, Maduro's. successor has entrenched herself in. power. she's been sworn in. In. Venezuela, contrary to what is being uh reported um. or being spread as propaganda, there. aren't really that many pro- opposition.

events taking place in Venezuela. itself. You actually have pro-govern, pro- regime protest. Now whether it's. people who are afraid actually support. it whatever the the reason is the. opposition though is still very. terrified and you have these collectivos. going around and if there is opposition. threatening killing detaining the same. tactics Maduro used so why am I bringing.

up collectivos obviously one to talk. about what's going on in Venezuela but. to talk about ICE and border patrol as a. similar concept a paramilitary ary group. military. They're really like. militarized. They wear military outfits. They carry military weapons. They invade. cities. They create checkpoints military. style. They terrorize the comm. They. scare people. And then when people are.

scared, they then harm the population. that's scared. They make propaganda. videos with Christine Noom, which is. what took place in Minneapolis, right? When this in the the latest invasion of. Minneapolis starts, right? They have. that Nick Shirley propagandist guy make. the misleading video. Then Trump regime. announces 2,000 troops invading ICE. Gustapo. Paramililitar show up, terrorize communities, and people are.

scared. They don't know how to react to. this. And one of those people who don't. know how to react to this because we're. not equipped with what do you do when. people when masked people go to grab you. is Renee Nicole Good described by her. ex-husband as picking up their child. at least described as someone who was. not really out there you know. particularly you know with a with a. strong position one way or another you. know on ICE although the story and the.

story is developing there. um but. described as picking up her child. Then. there was a kind of a checkpoint in the. South Minneapolis area and the pal the. paramilitary. of Trump stops her and we saw with our. own eyes what took place. I don't want. to play the video again. I don't think I. need to. We played the video. Here she. is. Here's a photo of her. Renee Nicole. Good. I'll repeat it over and over. again. Say her name. And the Trump.

regime says she's a domestic terrorist, that she used her vehicle as a weapon of. terror. No, we've seen the photos. We. posted one that has the arrow that shows. where the officer, this Jonathan Ross. guy, was positioned. I handled these cases as a civil rights. litigator. And I've deposed in my career. when I used to do this hundreds of. police officers. We would go through. police protocol, what they were required.

to do, not required to do, what their. obligations were. And you look at this. and these ICE Gestapo handled everything. the wrong way from positioning. themselves in front of the car, which. you never do, doing conflicting orders. You listen, one of the person said, "Get it, go. away. Go away." Like while standing in. front of the vehicle, go away. What do. you expect the person in the car to do? And the other person basically saying. the opposite, like stop and stay. So,

you're getting conflicting orders. A. masked agent is going at the window. Very slowly, you see her turning the. wheel, the tires making a complete turn. The officer immediately whips out his. gun. You see the first shot, which I. think was in the windshield. And then. you see where it took place. We see. where the officer was. The officer. wasn't hit by the vehicle. The officer. wasn't injured. The officer was standing.

on the side and at point blank range. shot Renee Nicole Good in the f in the. face multiple times. Then there was a. physician on scene who wanted to render. first aid and the Trump Gustapo refused. to allow the physician to render aid for. 10 to 15 minutes while Renee Nicole Good. bled out. Objectively, that is what. happened. That is what happened. We saw. it with our own eyes. But Donald Trump.

makes posts saying the opposite. happened. He goes, "I just viewed the. clip of the event which took place in. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Horrible thing. to watch. The woman was screaming, obviously a professional agitator. And. the woman driving the car was very. disorderly, obstructing, and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and. viciously ran over the ICE officer who. seems to have shot her in self-defense.

Based on the attached clip, it's hard to. believe he is alive, but is now. recovering in the hospital. The. situation is being studied in its. entirety. But the reason these incidents. are happening is because the radical. left is threatening, assaulting, and. targeting our law enforcement officers. and ICE agents on a daily basis. They. are just trying to do the job of making. America safe. We need to stand by and. protect our law enforcement officers.

from the radical left movement and. violence and hate. Completely detached. from reality. And I'll call Brett and. Jordy in. Completely detached from. reality. Complete propaganda. But this. is what's repeated over and over again. That officer was not run over. That. officer was not injured. that that's not. that's not what happened on the tape. But this is what the Trump regime does.

Politicize, lie, divide, spread hate. It's exactly what Putin does and it's. exactly what authoritarians did in the. past. And I'll just say this one thing. You can say Orwell, who wrote in 1984, was prophetic. Or you can say he was a student of. history. Perhaps both. But a student of history. sees. even when 1984 was written. that authoritarians behave this way.

They are malignant narcissists who live. in their own reality that they create to. justify the atrocities and to thrust. their own reality which is not the. reality and bend the reality to fit an. authoritarian narrative. And populations. who live in a normal world, who get. exhausted, are often illequipped.

sometimes to defend against the ex the. exhaustion that needs to be exerted. against the deluge of lies. Right? Trump. says it's Gavin Newsome's fault why the. fire started because he was helping the. smelt fish and there was no water. Just. entirely false. And you're like, smelt. fish? What are you talk? I Donald had to. go up to Canada and turn on the faucet. and I saved all of Los Angeles which.

would have been burned down if I didn't. turn on the giant golden faucet. And. you're like, what the hell are you. talking about? Everything he does is. that. And the question is, how do we respond. to it? Brett and Jordy. >> Yeah. I mean, this is the kind of stuff. that you would see in North Korea. This. is the kind of stuff you would see in. Putin's Russia. This is the kind of. stuff you would see coming from Hitler's. Germany. These are propaganda lies. In.

every situation, you see that this. regime is doing whatever it can to make. the situations worse. And I think when. you look at everything in its totality, like the alarm bells could not be. ringing any louder. When you see the. deployment of these Gestapo style forces. to our streets to cause terror, shooting. innocent people and then the government. calling them domestic terrorists. When. you see this massive expansion of the. military that we're seeing right now.

with Donald Trump now asking for not. just $1 trillion for the military. budget, $1.5 trillion. The $1 trillion. was already a bloated budget as is now. $1.5 trillion. for the military. when you see all this. money flowing into ICE and now. Republicans want to give even more money. to ICE to continue to build this. paramilitary police force that goes. around and terrorizes people throughout. the United States. When you see the. threats that this government is making.

against other countries, threats of. annexation, these sneak attacks against. Venezuela, these bombings, these threats. against Greenland and our other allies. like Canada. when you see everything. kind of together and they've created. this entire doctrine that basically says. you see Trump saying the Donro doctrine. the Donro doctrine what Trump is saying. and what their philosophy is and Steven. Miller made this abundantly clear when. he was on CNN the other night their. philosophy is the United States of. America is the strongest country in the.

world and therefore we will inflict pain. and devastation on any weaker country. unless they do exactly what We say the. United States in the postw World War II. era especially has been known to be or. at least has strived to be and we. certainly have many many flaws but we've. strived to use our strength in order to. try to restore stability around the. world. Donald Trump is trying to use our. strength to cause terror around the.

world and to try to unleash hell on all. of these countries. And they're that's. their kind of whole doctrine right now. We're stronger than you. we're going to. crush you. Do exactly what we say or. else. I think on the last episode I said. it's like a a mafia regime. Uh which I. which I stand by. But it's also exactly. the kind of language, rhetoric, actions, you name it, that we've seen out of all. of these dictatorships um over the past, you know, century plus. And so the alarm.

bells are sounding um and now it's I. guess up to the people to try to fight. back. We see these um these corporate. news stations unfortunately which have. totally bent the knee while all of this. is going on. We see CBS News uh doing. segments. That's literally finished up. the segment on CBS Evening News the. other day. I cannot believe it. I made a. video about this where they finish their. segment going, "Marco Rubio, we salute. you." You say that right after we attack. Venezuela and there were all these.

questions about an illegal attack. We. salute you. What news organization says, "We salute." What are they going to say. next? "We salute you, Christy Gnome. We. salute you, JD Vance, for lying to the. public and calling this lady a. terrorist." Like, "We salute you." That. is not the language of a legitimate news. organization. So, I think that makes, you know, our voices more important. I. think people are seeing the truth, thankfully. So, I think it's on us to. continue to share the truth about what's. going on. Uh the realities on the. ground. Uh, I want to thank, you know, all the people who are on the ground in.

Minneapolis recording everything, getting this on tape. Imagine if this. was not recorded, by the way, what the. government would be saying and getting. away with. Imagine that. I want to give. a shout out to Status Coup, who we've. been working with, who's been on the. ground getting this firsthand footage of. all the protests of of everything that's. going on in Minneapolis. It's going to. take all of us coming together right now. to get out the truth. And we need to be. exa aware exactly of what this regime is. doing, what their plans are, and. understand that this is a five alarm.

fire moment. So perfectly said, Brett, uh, if you can, can you pull up the. photo of the Donald Trump response. again? I'm not going to read it again, but I just want our viewers to just just. look at it because I just can't get it. out of my head. You know, his his. immediate reaction here was a it was a. cosign. There's no other way you could. look at this this statement other than. it's a it's a cosign by Donald Trump. allowing ICE agents to continue to kill. with impunity saying, "Hey, I got your. back." That that that's how I read it. I.

think that's how a lot of people read. it. I don't think this statement is. getting enough criticism countrywide or. nationwide or at least I know we're. we've been talking about it here and. independent media has been talking about. it. But really, just what a horrific. statement for the president of the. United States to to to to come out with. And. >> by the way, Jordy, another reporter. ended up showing him the footage, I. think like this morning or there there. was a story uh about it, I think, in the. Washington Post. And it turned out that. Trump actually hadn't when he wrote that. tweet hadn't actually seen the the real.

footage of what happened. He either they. showed him something else or or uh they. or he was just repeating what he was. told. And today they showed him and he. was like uh uh uh oh I don't know uh you. know it's just a bad situation a bad. situation. But you see how their first. instinct is always to lie. And then you. know if you think back to these stories. about Christy Gnome and you know her. killing her dog you know and cold blood. and things like that. There's a reason. why Donald Trump elevated people like. that to these positions of power because.

he wants coldblooded killers. He wants. people who, like you said, Jordy, have. no soul and are willing to do this and. are willing to do this to the American. people. I. >> it goes back to what we say, if if they. if the Trump regime, if their lips are. moving, they are lying. The fact that. Christy Gnome's first reaction, right, we're about 30 minutes in. Her first. reaction was to label Renee Good a. domestic terrorist. What what a. psychopath. Like what a like just a evil.

vile and this is why I've been calling. them this creatures. This Trump regime. is a bunch of creatures. They're they're. not even humans at this point because. humans have a soul. Humans have. feelings. Humans are able to objectively. look at something and be able to say, "Hey, this is a good thing. This is a. bad thing. This is a horrific thing.". Not just blanketly label folks domestic. terrorists because you don't think it. aligns with your political ideology. Like it it is so maniacal, man. It's. just it's evil. It's evil stuff that. we're all witnessing with our eyes. And.

then don't be gaslit by the CBS newses. or or these main corporate entities out. there trying to downplay what's. happening. Trying to lie to you about. the footage that you've seen with your. own eyes. It's it it really is beyond. anything. It is so sick what is. happening right now. And just double. down in in your convictions. That's. that's what I want to tell our audience. here is you are right. What you are what. you are witnessing. Believe it. believe. what you are witnessing with your own. eyes. I mean, it is really just just. sick sick stuff. And and Brett pulled up.

the correct photo now of the initial. Trump statement here. I mean, it's it's. so evil. >> Well, I I think ask yourself this. What is the purpose of government? like what what is the purp I mean let's. pull back because I think one of the big. problems is the way politics is reported. is in a gamified way this team that team. this personality on this team versus. that personality on this team versus.

this personality or that personality on. other team and who's up and who's down. in a horse race and it's reported that. way. So pull back and just ask, well, what's the purpose of government? And how is any of this stuff that we've. been discussing so far that the Trump. regime is inflicting upon the people, how is that supposed to be the purpose. of government? Like, shouldn't.

government be focused on governing? Shouldn't it be focused on delivering. things to the people? Shouldn't it be. focused on ensuring that the people who. live in the country can be able to live. and thrive and survive? And so when the. Trump regime's focus is on all of this. cruelty and these sociopaths who looks. like cartoonishly evil bad guys from the.

superhero movies I used to watch growing. up as a kid like what shouldn't it be. about are we making sure that every. American has health care and education. and if they're working a job they can be. paid a wage with dignity and if they're. not working a job we can work to help. these individuals uh you know live. thriving lives. I mean shouldn't we be. working to help persons who have. disabilities you know and have thriving.

lives? Shouldn't we be working to uplift. marginalized communities? Shouldn't we. be focused on making sure that people. can afford shelter? They can afford. homes? Like shouldn't this be the focus? And the Trump regime is not focused on. any of that. They're focused on this. imperialistic adventurerism. uh uh to create a a a Trump everything.

dominate the Western Hemisphere, which. is ultimately going to be resulting in a. much weaker, less safe country and less safe world. Again, look at Russia's ballistic. missile attacks tonight that went into. the morning as well in Lviv. The. ballistic missiles striking western. Ukraine very close to the border where. NATO countries sit. I mean, think about. the escalation that Russia takes. Think.

about the escalation China takes. Think. about the escalation that we see in a. less stabilized world where a world. order has been torn down. That's what I. want to talk about when we come back as. well. I mean, when you see France at the. United Nations condemning the United. States for engaging in an unlawful. invasion, did you ever think that you'd. expect to see something like that? And. with what a dramatic shift that is where. you talk about our former allies working. on potential war plans against the.

United States if the US invades part of. the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland. I. mean, what? Um, you know, and the Trump. regime continuing to threaten Greenland. So, I want to talk about that. I want to. talk about what's going on in Congress. with the War Powers vote, the Affordable. Care Act subsidy vote, and more. Let's. take our first quick break of the show. And a reminder, if you like the. expansion of the Midas Touch Network, like what we're doing with our DC bureau. expansion, and you want to support our.

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>> Why don't we check in with our. Washington DC bureau Pablo Monriquez who. captured uh some real important. statements on the Hill. He was asking. the questions that you wanted to have. answered. Let me show you how and I'll. show you the contrast between the. responses you'll hear from Democrats and. the responses you'll hear from Trump. regime officials at press conferences. um that were uh taking place today. So, first Pablo spoke with AOC and she talks.

about how ICE has less accountability. than basically anything right now in the. government. Here, play this clip. Congresswoman, can I uh real quick get. your reaction to the shooting death in. Minnesota of the woman by the the ICE. agent? No, >> this is what um it's a nightmare. It's a. nightmare. Um this is what we've been. warning about for a very long time. And. it is for me I'm just um it's tragic to.

say but from the moment that I mean from. from the moment that this Congress. decided to authorize and explode ISIS. budget they are accountable to no one. It's important that people know that ICE. has less has less accountability than. virtually any law enforcement agency in. the United States. And yet they are some. of the most wellunded. They are. operating with impunity and we just saw. them murder an American citizen in cold. blood in the street and despite whatever.

lies that the president wants to say. about what was happening in this there. is you can see what happened for for. yourselves. They shot a woman in the. head in cold blood on the street. I hope. that this incident is prosecuted to the. fullest extent of the law and this is an. agency that must be reigned in. >> Thank you Harris. We heard from Democratic Congress member. Johnson who says this was a homicide. Let's play that clip next.

>> All right, Mr. Johnson, can I get any. reaction to the shooting death in. Minnesota by the ICE agent of the lady. in the car? >> Like a homicide for which there should. be criminal charges. >> Shooting into a moving vehicle four. times, traffic stop, murder. Then Pablo asked Democratic. Congresswoman Dean, "Is it time to start. looking at the Homeland Security. budget?" Let's play this clip. >> Is it time to start looking at the. Homeland Security budget? Uh, maybe. >> Yes. And of course, the Homeland. Security officer, whatever the heck her.

name is, the woman in the cowboy hat and. many outfits. >> Christine, >> it's time for her to leave. Time for her. to go. >> And one more clip from Congresswoman. Dean here. Let's play it. Uh, Congresswoman, any reaction to the. shooting of the uh the woman in. Minneapolis by the ICE agent? >> Sadly, it's um we don't know the details. yet. Uh but it was predictable that uh. this administration would unleash. unmarked and marked ICE agents. terrorizing communities. It looks like.

somebody has lost her life. Uh and and it's horrible. It's. absolutely horrible. But what's really. unbelievable is this administration and. the things they're willing to say. immediately as a result of this claiming. that this woman is a terrorist. What's. wrong with just saying we're going to. investigate and find out exactly what. happened here? What went wrong? Why. can't they do that? Also, Pablo, who joined the Midas Touch DC bureau to.

report on all of this, he caught when. Jesse Waters, very creepy reporter, was. like challenging AOC to go on the Jesse. Waters show. And she's like, "The guy. sexually harasses me. Why Why would I. want to go on the show of someone who. sexually harasses me? Watch this. exchange that has since gone mega. viral." And our DC reporter captured it. here. Play this clip. Excuse. us. >> Would you join him? >> Um, he's accused me of um.

>> he has sexualized me on his show. He has. sexually harassed me on his show. He has. engaged in horrific, sexually exploitative. >> It is true. It is true cuz he accused me. of sleeping of wanting to quote unquote. sleep with Steven Miller. So, why don't. you tell me what you think is acceptable. to tell a woman. Thank you. And let's take a look at what Democratic. Congress member Moscowitz had to say. Let's play this clip.

>> This is This is the person This is the. person who within minutes of the. shooting. Within minutes of the shooting. went on TV and called it domestic. terrorism. What is she hiding her face like her ICE. agents now? She can't show her face. either. By the way, is this what the. $800 billion dollars went went to? Every. day we see her after there's some new. tragedy in Homeland, she's wearing a. different outfit with a different hat. I.

mean, come on, guys. She looks. ridiculous. She's not just an. embarrassment to the country. She's an. embarrassment to you and the president, okay? She deserves to be removed from. her job by the president or and if not. impeached, not just for her complete. failures in Homeland, but her. destruction of FEMA. She's not even. running the department. You guys know this. You guys know she's. not running Homeland. Your governors and.

you all when you need your FEMA money, you don't call Gnome. You call Corey. You know she's not running the place. She's a complete and utter. embarrassment. By the way, every. Homeland Secretary has come in front of. this committee. >> once a Congress. I'd like to know the. date she's coming. When is she coming? >> When is she coming? >> When is she coming? >> When is she coming? >> By the way, do you know Pam Bondi has. not come in front of this committee? Do. you know she's the only secretary.

>> to not appear in front of a committee. yet? >> When is she coming? What's the date on. the calendar that she's coming? >> You know what? Let's make it easy. I. want to make a motion to subpoena Pam. Bondi. >> Second to this committee. >> Third, fourth, fifth. >> How much are we going to. >> The gentleman is not recognized for that. motion. Uh, however, the uh the chair. will advise as to the attorney general. coming for as they do routinely. >> Mr. Chairman, thank you. But where is.

the attorney general the only secretary. to not appear, okay, in front of a. committee? the only one. >> We're we're into year two of this. Congress and we've not had the attorney. general in front of this committee. How. much are we going to weaken Article One. of the Constitution while you guys. remain in power? I watch you twist. yourself into pretzels trying to defend. this, running away from previous. statements, disagreeing with yourself,

>> trying to defend the crap that's. happening. It's really well said by Congress member. Moscowitz there. what Christine is doing. as she wears her different dress up. outfits. She goes on state regime media. which calls itself Fox. and. she's asked questions during press. conferences and some of the questions. that she's asked is so where. why are you not allowing state.

investigators. to be involved at any level of the. shooting death of Renee Nicole Good. Why. aren't you letting the state be. involved? And you have Christine Gnome. playing cosplay. She's willing to do all. these press conferences to spread lies. Here she is uh responding and saying. there's there's never been jurisdiction. by state authorities over a shooting in. the state. What are you talking about. here? Play this clip.

>> Secretary [clears throat]. ago, the uh the head of Minnesota State. Investigations Agency said that they had. been [snorts]. cut out of the investigation into the. fatal shooting in Minneapolis. Um, can. you explain that reversal? >> I'd like to know where they've been and. why they're not out on the streets. investigating all of these people that. are harassing and inciting violence on. law enforcement officers right now. They're allowing this situation to be. volatile. They're not doing their work. They haven't for years. and maybe they. should get to work a little bit on the. unprecedented fraud that we've seen in.

Minnesota and in Minneapolis by people. that stole from American citizens and. diverted funds away from vulnerable. people and programs and services that. they needed and put it into their own. pockets. Minnesota is a train wreck. It. is corrupt and it was under the. leadership of Governor Walls and this. mayor that they allowed it to happen and. they let criminals and illegals and. people abuse programs and steal the. money and now they're allowing violence. to go forward on the streets as well. >> This also apply to the Minneapolis. Police Department, county sheriffs, the.

federal authorities at this point, they. don't want. >> I won't put a blanket statement out like. those other individuals will. What I. would say is I welcome them to come and. help us. come help us make sure that the. streets are safe, that laws are. enforced, and that we can do the right. thing to make sure that American. citizens come first. >> Yes, sir. >> They've been cut out, that they've been. >> They have not been cut out. They don't. have any jurisdiction in this. investigation. >> Brett Jordy, they've not been cut out, she said, but we've cut them out because. we've never even included them in the. first place. After she then says before.

that, we invite them to be involved, but. we've not included you. They don't have. jurisdiction. So, I just want to be very. clear. They're covering up a child sex. trafficking ring. They're covering up. war crimes. They're covering up Donald. Trump's medical records. Now, they're. covering up the investigation by the. state into a murder of somebody in the. state because by not allowing them to. have any jurisdiction over the evidence,

then the state is unable to determine if. there are charges to be brought. Horrific. Yeah. Yeah. And they also want. to protect the ICE agent from all. possible crimes. Right. If there was. anything that would ever be charged. federally and in this department of. justice that's not going to happen. They. would pardon the individual uh Jonathan. Ross. Um and they are I think very aware. that Minnesota if their state. investigators are able to get the. evidence and if they are able to. prosecute this case that they would. likely go to a grand jury and try to.

bring charges against this individual. Because I think when you speak to all. experts about this case, when you speak. to law enforcement, when you speak to. people who are trained in these sorts of. situations, they are all saying. overwhelmingly that the officer acted in. the wrong here, that the officer. escalated the situation, that the. officer committed a murder. And so they. are well aware of that fact. And like. Ben said, the same way they are covering. up for a child sex trafficking ring, they are now covering up for this. murder. There is no low that is too low. uh for this regime. And every single day.

we continue to see the depths of this. regime sink lower and lower. >> Exactly. And you watch that footage of. Christine Gnome right there and that's. what I mean when I say soulless like. absolutely like there's no there's just. no other way I could describe it other. than that. And the amount of double. speak and it's intentional and Ben you. called it out perfectly you know uh that. that we see from this regime. Uh we we. invite them to help. They do not have. any jurisdiction. What do you want. Christie? What do you I I know what you.

want. You want to run your own. investigation and conclude whatever best. fits your agenda. This is why I say too, you know, this Trump regime, they don't. have the best interests of the American. people in mind. They they simply don't. they they don't care about you. Like I I. just need to be super clear. They don't. care about you. They care about Donald. Trump and pushing forward whatever the. hell shape his agenda is continuing to. take and covering up everything along.

the way. And that's why again I look I I. know our personal audience doesn't need. to hear that because they're very well. aware and everyone here has been. shouting from the rooftops about how. ridiculous and how just evil this whole. situation has been. And I'm really proud. of the mightest might. I'm really proud. of this community to continue to do. that. And it's just when I just watch. clips like that, like I just want to. throw my laptop because again, Ben, it. goes back to your point. What do you. want government to do? Like at its best, what do we collectively want the. government to do for its citizens, for.

its people? I I just I sincerely ask. you, I look at that Christy Gnome clip. and I say, well, I know I I I know it's. not that. I know it's not whatever the. hell that is, Christine Gnome. It's. unbelievable. Well, that's why when I. interviewed New York City Mayor Zoron. Mamdani and we talked about what he and. Governor Hokll of New York were focused. on today, it was child care services and. expanding child care, moving closer to. universal child care in the first eight.

days of Mam Donniey's administration. Right now, the Trump regime. has suspended federal funding or is. trying to suspend the federal funding. that's required to go to child care. services in states like New York, California, Minnesota, etc. Colorado. because they're blue states and they're. trying to screw them over. rather than you're going after the. children. Doesn't it also seem that the.

Trump regime, one of their first targets. that they go after are kids, right? Amongst the some of the most vulnerable, whether it's covering up ch child sex. trafficking rings, right? Whether it is. starving children to death by taking. away SNAP benefits, whether it's taking. away child services, kids are the pawns of these disgusting. authority. They go after kids. It's. like, you know, they talk about it's. like stealing candy from a baby, right?

That's what the Trump regime does, you. know, over and over again. They go into. the most vulnerable and that's who they. inflict harm on. So, let me just show. you. This was when I had the opportunity. to interview New York City Mayor. It was. Mam Dani earlier today. And here's what. he told me. Let's play this clip. you. are keeping your word and you are doing. things for the people of New York City. and joining forces with the governor and. you know it's an interesting thing. pulling people from different sides of. this of the left and progressives. joining forces for something that.

benefits the people. Tell us about it, mayor. >> Well, it's truly lovely to be back on. here with you and what I would say is. that it is, as you've said, today's an. incredible win for working people. We're. talking about a $1.2 2 billion. commitment from the state of New York to. the city of New York to make universal. child care a reality. This is money that. will mean that we can fix child care for. three-year-olds across the city and we. can start to deliver child care for. every 2-year-old across this city. And. after housing, child care is the number. one crisis facing working families in.

this city. It's the number one reason. that they're leaving this city. And. that's because the average cost of child. care is $22,500 a year. And so what. today's commitment and today's. partnership between the governor and. myself shows is that working families. are not going to have to make the choice. any longer between the city they love. and the family they want to actually. raise. >> I just want you to think about that. The. average child care cost is about. $22,000. Without the Affordable Care Act. subsidies, the average health care plans.

are going to be between what 15,000 to. $30,000 as well. So between your health. and child care, that right there would. equal right around $50,000. a year just on those two things. That's. before going into food. That's before. going into rent. That's before going. into, you know, other dayto-day stuff. Just think about that right there. That's what we should be focused on. not.

sending ice gestapo or as Trump says. being predators of the western. hemisphere. How about we do some. governing in the United States first? When we come back, I want to talk about. Donald Trump getting humiliated in the. Congress twice. Once in the Senate with. a war powers resolution, another time in. the House with affordable care act. subsidies. We'll talk about that. We. should talk about Democratic Congress. member Ro Kana and Republican Thomas. Massie going to court filing an amicus.

brief in federal court uh requesting. that Judge Angel Meer appoint an. independent monitor uh to demand the. release of the Epstein files. He was the. judge in the Gileain Maxwell case and. the Trump regime promised that judge. they were going to produce certain. categories of documents. I really like. that strategy. people talk about that. and let's talk about what's going on. internationally as well. Let's take our. last quick break of the show.

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them know we sent you. Benji, where to. next? You know, obviously we're. gathering more information on this, but. uh the police in Portland have confirmed. that federal agents had been involved in. a shooting uh with two people in the. hospital who seemed to have been shot by. ICE agents um or federal agents will be. reporting. It's customs and border. protection. They're saying not mask. >> And and the reality is though with their. masks, >> it's hard to tell the difference between.

the ICE agent and the Customs and Border. Patrol. You often know when it is Bevino. who runs Customs and Border Patrol. rolling in versus, you know, ICE where. you usually see Christine, by the way, who oversees both. But with the masked. agents, it's it's it's kind of difficult. to to tell. >> Real quick. Yeah. And re real quick, this is what I was alluding to to. earlier in the show here. You know, this. is why the statements from the highest. levels of governments after what. transpired in Minneapolis are are are so.

important. That's why I was talking. about Donald Trump's statement being a. co-sign for ICE agents, for federal, for. law enforcement to to just go out and. commit murder. Like Donald Trump did not. condemn what happened by any stretch of. the imagination. Absolutely not. you. read his statement, it's a cosign of the. behavior saying, "You know what? I'll. allow it." And lo and behold, a day. later. >> Yeah. But, you know, I I'll I'll say. this though. You know, we we don't know. the details yet. And so, in in.

situations like this, in situations when. there are shootings on college campuses. or or or you name it, sometimes the best. thing you could do is sit back. You. know, you don't have to say anything. like like Christine coming out and. automatically rushing to judgment and. and saying things. And so, you know, I. know there I've seen comments of people. while we're live saying, "Cover this, cover this, cover this." Sometimes you. just need to wait and gather the data. and we need to do our own internal, you. know, investigation into things. I think. that's the responsible, uh, thing to do. here.

>> Yeah. So, uh, let's talk about Thomas. Massie Roana. Uh, they wrote a letter. brief to federal judge Angel Meer in the. Southern District of New York, who's the. judge presiding over the Gilane Maxwell. case. notably, Judge Angelmeer had uh. previously, you know, put the Trump. regime on notice. Um Brett, take it over. for a quick second if you kind of got. I've got the little one right here by. the by the uh by the camera right now.

[laughter]. >> I I don't know, Ben, you might have you. might have to take her out. This is part. of the show now, you know. Maybe he meant on the show. No, but so I. mean, what happened is obviously jump I. I I could jump into the letter. I just. wanted to make sure she was okay. Um, Judge Angle Meyer previously requested. of the DOJ, um, tell me the categories of documents. that you're going to, um, that you're. going to be producing. And they listed. all the categories because they were. requesting that Judge Angel Meer release.

the grand jury testimony. So, Angle Meer. was like, I'll release the grand jury. testimony, but you're promising me. you're going to be releasing all of. these records, and I want you to make. reports to this court. And so last at. the end of last week, the Trump regime. did a report to Angle Meyer and said. they've only produced about 12,350. documents, which equals 125,000 pages. So about 10 pages per document and they. claim they're reviewing about 2 million.

additional documents. So if you go by 10. pages per documents, that means it could. be 20 million pages. I still, if you go. back to all of our reporting here, I. still think it's more than that because. I've dealt with big document production. cases. I think the financial records. alone are probably in the tens of. millions of pages before you get into. all of the other emails and all of the. other electronically stored information. But at any event, you had look Thomas. Massie and Kana are not parties to the.

case. The parties to the case are the. DOJ, who's supposed to be the good guy, right? Or at least pretending to be the. good guy, and Gileain Maxwell, but the. DOJ and Gileain are basically on the. same team in this one of cover up, right? So, it's not an adversarial. process before Judge Angle Meyer. So, the question is is like, well, what do. you do when what do you do when the DOJ. is the criminal racketeering enterprise?

They're supposed to be the ones going. after the criminals. What do you do when. they are the gangsters? When they are. covering up a child sex trafficking, when they're quite literally a. racketeering organization covering up. child sex trafficking with Donald Trump. and with MAGA Republicans. So, I think. Massie and Connor did the best move, which was to write what's called an. amicus brief, a letter, what's called a. friends of the court brief to Judge. Angle Memire and said, "Look, we're both.

the main sponsors of the Epstein. Transparency Act. We believe that crimes. are taking place right now within the. DOJ and there needs to be accountability. for that. But what we suggest this court. do is appoint an independent monitor or. a special master or somebody who can go. through and get these records public. because the DOJ can't be dependent on to. actually do this the right way. They are. covering this all up. Now, who knows.

ultimately what the judge is going to. do, but I don't know what else you I. mean, what else can you do in a. situation like this where you have the. DOJ as the criminals, not prosecuting. the criminals, helping the criminals. So, that was a letter that was sent. We'll keep you updated on that. But for. those, >> by the way, Ben, while we're on while. we're on Epstein, too, and we're talking. about Epstein, we're talking about. Venezuela, we're talking about ICE, we're talking about just the whole host. of things. I I want to also make a. couple connections and I'm curious to. get your thoughts on on this. You know,

you think about the whole deal they. worked out with with Galileain Maxwell. where Todd Blanch went to the prison, they did that ridiculous interview with. Galain Maxwell where he was like where. she was like, "Oh, Trump, yeah, he's. such a gentleman. What a gentleman. He. was always so gentlemanly." All of a. sudden, boom, like basically the next. day she's moved into this cushy clubfed. prison. Now, you know, with that in mind. and the way that we know Donald Trump. works and this transactional nature in. which Trump works and this Department of. Justice works, I think we're start. starting to see kind of the beginning.

stages of that same twisted kind of. Donald Trump extracting favors from bad. people in order to benefit himself in. the case of Nicholas Maduro um with the. Venezuela thing because we're already. seeing now people talk about how oh, he's going to get this person who's. going to say that actually Hugo Chavez. says, "And Maduro did rig the election. against Donald Trump in 2020. So, if you. just say this little thing, then you. could get some, you know, good good. benefits out of it." I'm starting to see. personally, I'm making the connection in.

my head between the treatment, the cushy. treatment that they gave Galain Maxwell. and the things we're already starting to. read right now about the prosecution of. Nicolas Maduro um in the United States. By the way, a prosecution that they're. already like bungling horribly. First. off, Donald Trump comes out there and. immediately undercuts the entire. prosecution of Maduro. He comes out. there first, he calls him the leader of. Venezuela. He calls him President. Maduro. There's something where heads of. state have immunity for prosecution.

He's widely viewed as an illegitimate. leader, not the legitimate president of. Venezuela because he lost the election. That's the position of many countries. around the world. But Donald Trump. calling him president, calling him the. leader of Venezuela, completely. undercuts that argument and help. bolsters Nicholas Maduro's defense. Then. you have all these people around him. pushing this notion of the 2020 election. being stolen with those ridiculous. theories about Hugo Chavez, who's been. dead for a long time, rigging the. election to help Donald Trump. I mean, I'm I'm putting it together in my head.

and I'm going I kind of am seeing the. future here. >> Well, look also this way. Okay. So, if. you're Maduro and you file what's called. a 12B6 motion to dismiss for failure to. state a claim, you assert as an. affirmative defense head of state. immunity and you say, "Look at Donald. Trump's post where he said whatever. Trump said. I kidnapped or we captured. the president of Venezuela, the leader. of Venezuela, Maduro." So, Trump in his.

post says Maduro is the leader of. Venezuela. So there's that. And then. Trump is now recognizing Maduro's. successor, who only becomes the. successor if Maduro was legitimately the. leader and removed under the Venezuela. constitution. So by working with and. recognizing the Delci Rodriguez regime, by recognizing the Deli Rodriguez. machine, you are also recognizing a plan.

of succession that inherently states. that Maduro was the leader. Do you get. what I'm saying? So like there's there. there's that argument as well. Now, for. Judge Helerstein or any of these federal. judges, you know, to to to in making. these rulings that are the right. rulings, like we don't want to see. Maduro get off because of head of state. immunity. The same way we definitely. don't want to see Gileain Maxwell um get.

off from her sentence um because of the. things that Donald Trump said. I just. want you to think about it like this. the federal judges have to discount the. words of the president of the United. States as though they mean nothing. Like, could you imagine in another. criminal prosecution if former President. Obama regarding a case involving a. criminal defendant who was sentenced to. 20 years, Obama put out a message, I.

have just uncovered that the case. involving that criminal defendant is a. hoax. The FBI has informed me, in fact, I've learned that the main prosecutor on. that case, that she and her dad are in. on it, and that the dad of the. prosecutor tampered with the case. Think. about that. In the Obama administration, would we all agree that that criminal. defendant would have a good argument to. get a new trial? we would say, "Oh my.

gosh, the president of the United States. said that the prosecution is a hoax and. that there was a setup and the criminal. defendant, the convicted person would. cite that as evidence." Right? I just. want you to think about it. Gilain. Maxwell has that argument that she could. make. Donald Trump said my whole. prosecution's a hoax. The federal judges. are going to say he's a dumb [ __ ] He. doesn't what he says doesn't matter. It's it's it's meaningless. He just. rants and raves. His words don't matter.

And as a result, she's not going to be. able to get her habius petition granted. You know, similarly, Judge Hellerstein. looking at this case, the question is is. are the words of the president of the. United States meaningful? Like I and if. they were, then Donald Trump saying that. Maduro is the leader should end the. inquiry. But you could say, "But the. indictment used the right words. The.

indictment says de facto leader and not. the real one." And so the indict but. again we're saying that the president's. posts are meaningless and not official. statements. And I agree they are mean he. he he rants and raves like a lunatic, but that's got to be the analysis to get. to the conclusion. So So Brett, I'm with. you. And I also think at some point. we'll hear about a deal where Maduro. will go to Russia or Qatar and there'll.

be a trade for something. I wouldn't be. shocked if it's it could happen. tomorrow. It could happen in a week. It. could happen in a year. I think the. operating assumption is this case. doesn't go to trial. And let me also. explain why it doesn't go to trial, too. The CIA has operated in Venezuela for a. long period of time. Even you know. before this. Okay. Um a lot of the drug. operations as well historically.

the CIA have h have had informants who. have been involved in this region. generally. And although Venezuela is. actually not really a narco state, that's not what they're known for. They. have a corrupt dictatorship right now in. place. But they're not the ones sending. the fentinyl. They're not the ones. sending the cocaine that's coming from. other areas. But the CIA's involvement. there, just think about what that trial. would look like if it were actually to. go down. There'll be some deal cut.

He'll end up in Russia or Qatar or. Turkey. Brett, you're right. He will say. the 2020 election was stolen or come up. with some statement like that. There'll. be some deal there. And it's possible, you know, Deli has freed. some um political prisoners. Uh and you read between the lines, they. said it was a unilateral act that they. freed political prisoners. You think it was a unilateral act? Do.

you think that there are things going on. behind? Just watch what's happening. there. And then as we see these protests. in Iran take shape and form, you know, already the question is is well I is is. Trump going to do regime change there? Trump already says that he doesn't. support the successor of the sha he's. been putting out statements or he's been. basically saying that ah the same types. of statements he put out about Machado. he's putting out against the the family. of the sha. Um and the question.

ultimately is well what's what's the. plan? And overall you have the world as. this powder keg right now. Never been. more unstable in an international order. It's untethered right now. The world is. untethered and unglued right now. And. anything can set it's already set off. but anything can set this off. I mean. look. Do we have the clip of the. ambassador to the United Nations from. France? Let's play this clip right here. of the ambassador from the United.

Nations from France. what he had to say. about the US invasion. Let's play it. >> Mr. President, the military operation which has led to. the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs. counter to the principle of peaceful. dispute resolution and runs counter to. the principle of non-use of force. the. proliferation of violations of the. charter of the United Nations and the. violations of international law by. states vested with responsibility as. permanent members of the security.

council chips away at the very. foundation of the international order. Contravening the principles of the. charter, including the principle of. respect for independence and territorial. and territory of states, undermines the. foundation of the United Nations and. weakens international peace and. security. France remains faithful and committed to. respect for the charter of the United. Nations and of the principle of peaceful. dispute resolution. We have an.

obligation to uphold these principles at. all times and in all places. Respect for these principles is. indispensable. >> That's from France. That's from France. as there are reports. that France and Germany are preparing. potential war plans in the event of the. United States invasion of Greenland. The. United States has repeated over and over. again in statements they're not ruling. out military options. You have both.

Caroline Levit and JD Vance lump. Greenland with Venezuela and Iran. saying, "Well, they didn't listen to us, so we had to do military operations, so. maybe they should take our offer or. else." Then the Trump regime's offer, according to Reuters, is to pay the. individual citizens of Greenland $10,000. to $100,000 to become American and. secede from Greenland and Denmark. Or.

else that's the that's the plan. What are we talking about here? What are. we talking about here? Brett and Jordy, want to comment on that and then I'll. just talk briefly about what's going on. in the House and in the Senate. Well, I'll just go back quickly to what you. were saying before about uh when you're. hinting at the CIA and operations that. the United States did in Venezuela. because one of the things that the Trump. regime did with this uh indictment. against Maduro is they actually removed.

references uh to cartel de las soles, the cartel of of the sun, I believe it. means. And that's because that was. actually a group that the CIA. collaborated with back in 1990 to show. you how far this goes back. and the CIA. literally brought in 3,000 pounds of. cocaine into Caracus uh Venezuela. So, as you have the Trump regime now trying. to, you know, uh press these charges. against uh or or prosecute these charges.

rather against Maduro, uh the US isn't. quite clean in this entire process of of. of the drug trade and uh you know. obviously and takes on responsibility. for this. This is information that has. been declassified that the United States. government has been involved in going. back decades through the CIA. So, this. is a a very messy situation. Um, I could. not agree with you more about what the. future holds um, you know, for for this. trial and and and things there. And I. just think it says a lot right now that.

the entire world remains on edge. As I. said in the very beginning of this. episode, uh could you ever have imagined. uh you know at this point in time in in. 2026 right now that we would have uh our. once closest allies, countries like. France and Denmark and the United. Kingdom and and all these countries. throughout Europe right now essentially. convening in secret um trying to figure. out how they are going to handle a. United States Pearl Harbor style sneak.

attack against Greenland. I mean, the. whole thing is just totally uh. completely sick. Um, on a on a side note. and maybe a slightly efficacious or or. or humorous note, I don't think Trump. realizes that Greenland isn't as big as. it appears on maps because maps are. curved and Greenland looks gigantic on a. map. But Greenland actually isn't as big. or as large as it actually appears on a. globe. And I think if Donald Trump. actually knew the actual true size of. Greenland, I don't think he'd be as. excited about Greenland is the only.

other thing I'm I'm going to add here. I. I I'm I'm sure that he doesn't. understand the actual size of the. country. I think you're probably on to. something. [clears throat] We did not. get a weekly cognitive update or. cognitive flex brag, unless I missed it, that he passed his uh dementia test. I. mean, cognitive test, whatever the heck. he wants to claim it is. Uh so, who who. knows? I think you're on to something. you know, listening to that clip that we. played, it it goes back to another theme. that I hit on a lot, um, especially. recently, is it's just it I'm always.

worried about where the United States. now falls, uh, as far as how the rest of. the world is going to view us going. forward, 5 years, 10 years, 15 years. You know, what are their thoughts on us? Can they ever sort of get over it is. what they're seeing now? just because if. I was them, I I would feel betrayed is. is one word that certainly comes to. mind. Disgusted, uh, confused, appalled. Not words that you really want to. describe your allies, right? Those. aren't great words to describe someone.

who you want to be in the same sandbox. with you. So, you know, there's going to. be a lot of work that this country is. going to have to do, assuming that we. can have a pro-democracy government, you. know, in the future here and try and. reestablish our relationships with these. countries. I'm hopeful uh I'm hopeful of. communities like this, the mightest. mighty and pro-democracy independent. media using your voices here uh to. continue to get out the truth, to. continue to show receipts and and facts. and data and actual footage here and. believing that the audience and knowing.

that the audience is smart enough to. believe what they're witnessing with. their own eyes and not to be gaslit by. these corporate entities out there that. are uh actively bending the knee to. Donald Trump and this regime. So, anytime we play a clip like that, that's. just immediately what comes to my mind. is, man, they they really don't trust. us. Like, they really don't trust the. United States. They being our our former. allies here. And we've given them no. reason to be able to. The behavior has. been erratic to say the least. And it's.

going to take some work. I'm hopeful, but hoping and just waiting isn't. enough. like there's going to have to be. real work that's going to need to be. done in order to, you know, get people. to really believe in the United States. Again, >> talk about uh very quickly what happened. in the House and the Senate. On the. House side, Affordable Care Act. subsidies were put up for a vote. Remember, a discharge petition was put. forward by Congress member Jeff,

Democratic leader. It ripened into uh. this legislation that now was for a. vote. 17 Republicans join with the. Democrats to extend the Affordable Care. Act subsidies. So now that would have to. be passed in the Senate and signed by. Donald Trump into law. It's expected. that this will be blocked in the Senate. or vetoed by Donald Trump if it passes. in the Senate, but it we don't expect it. to pass in the Senate. But the House at. least made a statement that it was. supporting the Affordable Care Act.

subsidies. But the reality is is that. there are millions of Americans who have. lost their healthcare now. Can't afford. their health care or they chose health. care and no longer can afford food for. their children or can no longer afford. education for their children. So a. decision had to be made there. This was. a direct result of Donald Trump and MAGA. focusing on being predators in the. Western Hemisphere and helping oil.

companies and building golden ballrooms. or now what? The West Wing. They want to. build a two-story West Wing. architect, the new architect, because the old. architect got fired by Donald Trump or. quit McCreary, but the new architect is. out there saying, "We have to now build. the West Wing bigger because it'll look. silly if the West Wing is small and the. ballroom is big." So, they're basically. playing Legos uh with the White House. right now, plastering Trump's name on.

it, vandalizing the Kennedy Center. You. know, this is what they're focused on. while the American people suffer. Contrast that to what's going on in New. York City. Then there was the War Powers. Resolution. I interviewed Senator Schiff. about this. We had a good interview. um. the war powers resolution where 5742. was five Republican senators joined. forces with Democrats and including. Senator Young of Indiana um and Senator. Howley. um of Missouri and they joined forces.

with the Democrats and voted to at least. in the Senate to clear the path to at. least in the Senate vote to block Donald. Trump's ability to engage in further. military action in Venezuela. without. the authority of Congress. It's not like. Donald Trump will listen to it though. Um because and Trump put out a statement. saying War Powers Act is. unconstitutional under Article 2. I can. do whatever I want. That's where they're. going with this. So that's where we're. at right now. We will uh continue to.

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