1/26 Krisit Noem and Greg Bovino lied to us

Summary

Garage Logic — Ep. “Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino Lied to Us”

Date: January 26, 2026
Host: Joe Soucheray (“The Mayor”) with Chris Reivers, Kenny Olson, John Height, and Matthew

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Episode Overview

This episode of Garage Logic focuses on the aftermath of a high-profile law enforcement shooting in Minneapolis and the subsequent public and official responses. Joe Soucheray opens the discussion with strong accusations against Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino, and state authorities for making misleading public statements. The Garage Logic crew dives into the events surrounding the shooting of Alex Preddy, ICE operations in Minnesota, increasing distrust in government narratives, and the polarization of society. The show also explores broader themes around law enforcement, political leadership, civil unrest, and media coverage.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Tone: Distrust in Official Narratives

• Joe Soucheray issues a blunt opening:

  “Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino are liars. Flat out liars. And I don’t like to be lied to by the state.” (01:42)

• He draws a parallel to Orwell’s 1984, where people are told to ignore the evidence of their own eyes and ears.

2. Reconstructing the Shooting

• The sequence of events surrounding Alex Preddy’s death is broken down:
  • Preddy, legally carrying a firearm, is described as “not impeding anybody... waved a car through, had a cell phone up, as did many people on the scene.”

    “He wasn’t fighting back... The gun he had, he didn’t have when he was shot.” (07:34–08:13)

  • Discussion of cell phone videos showing a lack of resistance and an agent walking away with Preddy's gun just before he is shot.

3. Government & ICE Messaging: Contradictions & Accountability

• Soucheray criticizes Noem and Bovino’s statements branding Preddy as a terrorist and refusing to answer follow-up questions:

  “You just told me everything you want me to believe. And now when I try to follow up... you have nothing to say.” (04:37)

• Both Noem and Bovino are accused of using excessive rhetoric while hiding behind “ongoing investigation” to dodge scrutiny.

4. Minneapolis as “Ground Zero” for Civil Unrest

• The hosts reflect on how Minnesota—and Minneapolis in particular—becomes a flashpoint for national unrest:

  “It seems like twice now in the last five years... stuff that’s happening here has fomented unrest around the rest of the country.” (10:29 – Matthew)

• Discussion includes the cultural tendency in the Twin Cities to distrust law enforcement, fueled since George Floyd’s murder.

5. ICE Operations and Police Conduct

• Hostility toward ICE presence is discussed, with Joe positing a near-impossible environment for lawful, measured enforcement:

  “ICE has stepped into an environment where it's entirely expected... people will go out onto the street and complain of their presence.” (12:49)

• ICE is criticized for being “clumsy, sloppy, not professional,” and the hosts suggest they should “regroup, get a better plan... trained mightily to ignore [protesters].” (16:11)
• The lack of proper restraint in crowd control and the handling of protestors is highlighted.

6. Conspiracies, Escalation, and “Low-Level Insurgency”

• Matthew raises the idea that both political sides might be tacitly fueling unrest:

  “Do you think... we are pawns in some sort of organized low-level insurgency? And this is the fight both sides have been looking for?” (25:00)

• Soucheray reads from a Fox News investigation claiming organized agitators and sophisticated social media mobilization, expressing skepticism and wariness of outright conspiracy narratives.

7. Guns, Rights, and Civil Liberties

• The issue of legal carry at protests is debated:
  • “If you have a gun, you shouldn’t be going to a protest... But these are the same people who say, ‘I want to take my gun to church, to the movies.’” (06:46)
  • Matthew gives technical details about the Sig Sauer P320 and safety questions following eyewitness video of an agent's gun possibly discharging accidentally during the incident.

8. Community, Business, and Minnesota’s Financial Health

• The MN Chamber of Commerce and business leaders call for de-escalation and cooperative governance in light of the unrest and economic decline.
• Soucheray sharply critiques state governance and its impact on Minnesota's financial attractiveness:

  “Minnesota is in serious financial distress... this is not a place to invest.” (17:42)

9. Polarization, Media, and the Battle for Reality

• Extended reading of a social post by Dylan Allman on the collapse of shared reality and the dangers of ideological partisanship.

  “We are living through a moment where a group of people do not just disagree, they do not even acknowledge a shared fundamental reality.” (42:47)

• The hosts lament how politics has transformed knowledge into a partisan weapon and how this escalates social divisions.

10. Listener Emails: Cooperation and Disillusionment

• The lack of cooperation between law enforcement and community is highlighted by a listener drawing contrasts between successful and failed responses to local crimes.
• Disillusionment with state and national leadership is echoed, with warnings of ongoing polarization and fear of civil conflict.

11. Government, Sanctuary States, and Accountability

• Soucheray asserts:

  “There should be no such thing in this country as a sanctuary state. No... There should be no sanctuary state in the United States.” (59:34)

• John Height summarizes a major Star Tribune op-ed from former US Attorney Andrew Luger, slamming Operation Metro Surge as based on a false narrative and eroding law enforcement collaboration.

12. Gun Groups and Rights Reaction

• Gun owners’ groups and the NRA publicly criticize the government’s initial shooting narrative, emphasizing that legal carry is not criminal and that protest shouldn’t negate Second Amendment rights.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Soucheray’s opening salvo:

  “Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino are liars. Flat out liars... It’s too eerie. It’s too frightening. It’s too Orwellian.” (01:42, 04:37, 04:56)

• ICE/Police conduct:

  “Every ICE briefing should start with these three words: Don’t shoot anyone.” (08:13 – Kenny Olson)

• On witness confusion and information opacity:

  “We have cell phone videos from 45 different angles, and yet, we don’t have the facts.” (06:46 paraphrased)

• On social division:

  “They can watch the same video from multiple angles and walk away convinced they saw a completely different event.” (42:47 - Dylan Allman, read by Soucheray)

• On the economy:

  “The current political leadership has not produced any dynamics that would encourage capitalists to set up shop here... Minnesota will continue its downward spiral.” (17:42)

• On the need for leadership:

  “We will either plunge into a civil war led by ideological extremists, or we will step back from the ledge to find common ground.” (41:28 – Listener email)

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Key Timestamps

• 01:42 — Soucheray’s statement on Noem and Bovino (“liars”)
• 04:37 — Critique of officials’ evasive responses
• 08:13 — Kenny’s “Don’t shoot anyone” refrain
• 12:49–13:45 — Joe outlines Minnesota’s unique protest culture and law enforcement challenges
• 17:42 — MN Chamber of Commerce statement and state economic critique
• 25:00–25:54 — Matthew’s query on insurgency & organized agitation
• 42:47–46:54 — Dylan Allman’s social commentary on polarization and truth
• 59:34 — Soucheray’s stance on “sanctuary states”
• 66:12 — NRA and gun owners criticize initial government statements
• 69:29 — Former MN Sen. Nicole Mitchell released from jail (quick news update)

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Tone and Style

Garage Logic maintains its characteristic mix of irreverence, skepticism, and folksy common sense. The crew is blunt, skeptical about official statements, and often animated in their disagreements with government and media narratives. Humor and camaraderie are sprinkled throughout, particularly in the banter about unrelated news and advertisements.

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode is a deep dive into the aftermath of a controversial law enforcement killing in Minneapolis, exposing the deep rifts between officials’ narratives and public perception. The hosts’ frank criticism of government officials, analysis of the shooting, discussion of legal and civil rights, and exploration of Minnesota’s culture and politics make for a thought-provoking discussion. The ongoing theme: a plea for independent thought, transparency, cooperation, and a rejection of binary, hyper-partisan explanations.

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For further highlights, see:

• 01:42–10:51: Main shooting / official narrative discussion
• 17:42–21:14: Economic fallout & business reaction
• 25:00–31:27: Conspiracy theories and organized agitation
• 42:47–48:10: Guest reading on partisan reality breakdown
• 59:34–66:12: Sanctuary states, serious policy analysis, and gun owner rights

Transcript

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[Chris Reivers]

Hail the Flashlight King.

[Joe Sushere]

Hail you. And now from the mayor's office above the boathouse on the east shore of Spoon Lake, it's Garage Logic with Chris Reivers manning technology corner, Kenny Olson from the Crabby Coffee shop, John Height in the news, and of course the rookie here is your Flashlight King fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe Sushere. I'll start the show with a statement and then if you don't want to listen, I can save you a lot of time. Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino are liars. Flat out liars. And I don't like to be lied to by the state. Imagine, just as an aside, those lies that they told were so evident. Can you imagine how often we've been lied to over the years? It's hard to find Bavino and Noem are liars. Now. We can continue if you want to move on. I certainly respect that. Here's what I mean.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Sushere]

Well, again, it's the last line or it's the last command of the state in 1984. The state has asked you to. To ignore the evidence of your own eyes and ears. I will grant you this. When Alex Preddy was at the bottom of a scrum on the side of the street. You with me so far? I'll give you that. Hard to tell what happened. You can't see the movements of fingers and hands and arms. But while in the scrum, it is quite clear that his gun had been taken from his person and was being walked away by an agent. Only then was he executed with about 10 shots. And again, if you want to listen to another show, you go find one. And then Noam comes on, instantly says this was a domestic terrorist planning a massacre. Well, how did she know that? Will the conspiracy be completed by. At the moment, Our men in dark suits creating a manifesto on behalf of Alex Preddy that will be read to the country tonight. How he was part of a team that was going to kill as many people as possible with his sig.

[Kenny Olson]

Nope.

[Chris Reivers]

He was not going to do.

[Joe Sushere]

Bavino said the same thing. This was a guy impeding and causing terrible disturbance. And in both cases, when Noam and Bevino are then asked questions, they say, well, we can't comment on anything because it's under investigation. Well, which is it?

[Chris Reivers]

Which one is it?

[Joe Sushere]

You just told me everything you want me to believe. And now when I try to follow up with questions, you have nothing to say. I don't like being lied to by the state. It's too eerie. It's too frightening. It's too Orwellian. It's just. Oh, it just should give you the shivers. It's just terrible.

[Matthew]

Did the mayor and the governor clear up any mysteries for us today? Did they help?

[Joe Sushere]

No. No, no.

[Matthew]

Yeah, I. I'm. I'm with you. I feel like I'm being lied to by everyone.

[Joe Sushere]

Being lied to all around me.

[Matthew]

Everybody's lying to me.

[Joe Sushere]

He wasn't. Now, by the logic, which is illogic, of Gnome and Bovino, by their thinking, then everyone present should have been shot to death.

[Chris Reivers]

What do you mean?

[Joe Sushere]

Well, because they're saying if you're there, you're impeding us. Well, there were lots of people there. All of them doing nothing more than Preddy was doing. Although Preddy, he reminds me of a guy we have at our church who just occasionally makes himself kind of the de facto leader. He'll direct traffic and stuff. There's no need to, but he just likes doing it. That was the same thing Preddy was Doing? He was just. He waved a car through, and he had a cell phone up, as did many people on the scene, all of whom apparently should have been shot to death because that's all he was doing. And then he's told to get out of the. I don't need to go through it again. You all saw it. There's 45 videos. He's told to move. He gets off. You know, they push him along. Come on, come on. Get off the street. And he. They shove a woman down, and he bends to help her, and then they. They don't like that, so they spray him in the face with their stuff. And then he's taken to the ground. And the next thing you know, his gun, which legally carries, is withdrawn from either his waistband or a holster. I don't know. I'm granting you that. When you're down in the scrum, I can't see.

[Kenny Olson]

I'd like to know how they got the gun.

[Joe Sushere]

I don't know what's happening in the scrum, but he clearly didn't shoot anybody. He didn't have the gun. A nice guy had the gun. Is force three, four steps away. And then the rest of them kill him. He was a legal conceal and carry permit. Now people are saying, well, if you have a gun, you shouldn't be going to a protest. Well, these are the same people that say, I want to take my gun to church. I want to take a gun to the fast food restaurant or movie theater.

[John Height]

Well, what.

[Joe Sushere]

Where do you want to be? You can't have it both ways.

[Chris Reivers]

Because we're not able to see in the scrum the gun being taken from Mr. Preddy. What are we to assume that he pulled it on them?

[Joe Sushere]

I'm not assuming that.

[Chris Reivers]

I'm not either. I'm just saying. What are we to assume?

[Joe Sushere]

I can't. I can't tell you what happened in the scrum. All I know is he wasn't impeding anybody. He wasn't fighting back. He wasn't resisting violently. He wasn't doing anything. Now, I suppose the human body reacts in a scrum, and you're pushing and, hey, I'm trying to breathe. On and on and on. They're beating the crap out of him. But he didn't do anything that wasn't being done by everyone else, who apparently, according to Vivino and Nome, should have been shot to death.

[Kenny Olson]

Every ICE briefing daily should start with these three words. Don't shoot anyone. Don't shoot anyone.

[Joe Sushere]

We're in a difficult situation. Now, it is noted that Trump and Walz talked on the phone today. Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

We've been set up by the president with his latest tweet saying that they had an okay chat.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, he tends to qualify as phone calls, and some are good. This was a good one. Now, I don't know if Trump's backing off or not. He has pulled Noem off the case because she failed miserably. Just failed miserably. And he's sending Holman back in. Wasn't Holman Obama's guy?

[Chris Reivers]

Sure was.

[Matthew]

When did that happen?

[Joe Sushere]

2014.

[Matthew]

Today.

[Joe Sushere]

Okay.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah. Well, last night or this morning. Nome is no longer heading up this surge. It's gonna be Holman. But Holman, apparently, he.

[Chris Reivers]

You're not above the rules.

[Joe Sushere]

I understand.

[John Height]

I'm sorry.

[Joe Sushere]

We hold you stand. You know, Obama got rid of what, three million illegals?

[Chris Reivers]

Three and a half.

[Joe Sushere]

And we never knew it. So Holman is taking over for Noem, who's a liar. Just a flat out liar. Yes. John. I thought you said something.

[John Height]

No.

[Joe Sushere]

Oh, and Bovino's a liar. They're liars. I don't like being lied to by the government. I'm sure I'm lied to by the government every single day. But about many things that I haven't seen, when I see that it's irritating to be lied to.

[Chris Reivers]

Is ICE conducting operations in other areas to the extent that they are here, there's a reason I'm asking why I'm.

[Joe Sushere]

Of the opinion that they are not.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay. Well, the only reason is it seems as though Kenny mentioned this earlier, but we're ground zero for a lot of.

[John Height]

This.

[Chris Reivers]

Protests and whatnot. Is this happening elsewhere or are we just ground zero for all this?

[John Height]

It's happening in Maine. That's the only other place I've seen.

[Joe Sushere]

Okay.

[John Height]

They have some issues there, too.

[Joe Sushere]

Maine also didn't vote for Trump. I don't think.

[Chris Reivers]

I don't know.

[Matthew]

My ground zero reference was. It seems like twice now in the last five years where stuff that's happening here has fomented unrest around the rest of the country. And then we're seeing that in a lot of cities. People like in Los Angeles are protesting what's happening in Minneapolis. And that's. That's what that reference meant.

[Joe Sushere]

Chris.

[Matthew]

It was off the air before the show.

[Chris Reivers]

I'm sorry.

[Matthew]

That's all right.

[Joe Sushere]

It's a really, really. It's a real dilemma. I said it. We in the metro area, there appears to be an ideological predisposition to having it your way instead of law enforcement's way. That is an attitude corroborated by the mayors and the governor and the city councils. When that asking people to understand that here doesn't work because the murder of Preddy is so visceral that that will take precedent in people's minds over the reality of the uniqueness of our bent to resist law enforcement. It started with George Floyd. It's continued. The elected leaders say resist. Now they are saying protest peacefully. Don't get yourself in a jam, but you must resist. So you've got that.

[Kenny Olson]

Is that with the wink and a nudge?

[Joe Sushere]

I personally don't think ice, the way they're behaving here deserves any respect. But that doesn't weaken my point. ICE has stepped into an environment where it's entirely expected and natural that people will go out onto the street and complain of their presence. So far. Is anybody with me here? That's entirely what takes place here now. Probably takes place in other cities, too. That has to be weighed in our thinking. It doesn't absolve what to me was just merely the execution of this pretty fellow. And I still believe that Renee Good wasn't intending to kill people with their car. So there I am, as I told you five minutes ago, find another show. That's where I am on this. But the difficulty we're all having is trying to balance these two truths. One truth is that ICE is behaving poorly and unprofessionally. The other truth is they're up against a citizenry that will not tolerate their presence. Now another interesting question would be would their presence be tolerated if they were behaving differently?

[Kenny Olson]

What do you mean? If they were polished or.

[Joe Sushere]

Yes, I have to figure that out. If they were be. Well, ideally, for example, Homan and Obama must have deported a lot of people. And I never knew they were doing.

[Chris Reivers]

Wasn'T as big of, you know, it wasn't as big.

[Joe Sushere]

I never knew what they were doing.

[Chris Reivers]

In fact, I saw something over the weekend where it showed a clip of I think it was CNN reporting on this back in 2014, whatever year this particular video was. And it was. It's just a difference in how things are reported now than they were back then.

[Joe Sushere]

I'm sure with Obama, things were reported in Obama's favor. The news gathering institutions in the country tend to lean that way. But I don't see any reason to cut Trump any slack whatsoever and I don't see any reason to cut Nome and Bovino. They're despicable liars. But I was losing my My train of thought.

[Kenny Olson]

If ICE cleaned up their.

[Joe Sushere]

I don't even know how this current band of ICE could clean up their act other than what I've said now 15 times. Start over, go home, start over.

[Chris Reivers]

Regroup.

[Joe Sushere]

Regroup. Get a better plan in force. Come back knowing what you're going to deal with. And you'll have to be trained mightily to ignore it. Because just because you're met by the housewives on the street doesn't mean you get to shoot them. So you got to work around that.

[Kenny Olson]

Or really violently push them down the way that lady was just.

[Joe Sushere]

I don't. I saw an original reason for the treatment of that woman.

[Kenny Olson]

Sure, we're out of the way. She, she did not pose a threat.

[Matthew]

It appears that the Minneapolis, or excuse me, the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, along with 60 CEOs of Minnesota based companies agree with what you have to say, Joe. They released a statement yesterday. I'll read part of it. With yesterday's tragic news, we are calling for an immediate date de escalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions. We've been working for generations to build a strong and vibrant state here and we will do so in the months and years ahead. In this difficult moment for our community. We call for peace and focused cooperation among local, state and federal leaders to achieve a swift and durable solution that enables families, businesses, our employees and communities across Minnesota to resume our work to build a bright and prosperous Future. And there's 60 signatures on that.

[Joe Sushere]

Let's address that for a moment. Minnesota is in serious financial distress. Through the incompetent governing of walls, a surplus has been blown and billions of dollars have been stolen. Taxes are on increase. But more importantly, the people who found who create companies, hire employees will be taking a hard look at Minnesota and coming to the conclusion that this is not a place to invest. We said Friday and that was before we knew of this execution. We said Friday the current political leadership has not produced any dynamics that would encourage capitalists to set up shop here if they think they're moving to an area where law and order are not considered a top priority by the people who run the state and run the cities. They will have nothing to do with Minnesota and Minnesota will continue its downward spiral. Financially, That has nothing. Well, it has everything to do with pretty and good and everything else. But the larger point is A, I'm surprised it took so long for these chamber people to say something and B they had better be paid attention to because this state will not Have a dime to work with if it just completely falls apart financially. Is that clear?

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah, I couldn't agree more.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

And I. I don't see this. You know how cynical I am. I'm always willing to look for a different reason. But I don't see this as being a cynical statement. When they address federal, state and local officials, they're addressing everybody. Both sides of the trenches right now. Will it work or not? You know, who knows, you know. And I have another question. I don't even know if I should address this, but I'm interested in your opinion.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, hold it. All right, Formulate it better. Let me do this and then ask me. Have you seen the forecast? It's not getting any better in the short term.

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[Joe Sushere]

Kenny, you had a question?

[Matthew]

Do you think you know how I am with conspiracies? So forgive me. Do you think Minnesota, we all of us are pawns in some sort of organized low level insurgency. And this is the fight that both sides have been looking for. Do you think what's happening now is exactly what both sides want?

[Joe Sushere]

No, I don't. Although I must admit there is. I was reading today, of course, it's in Fox. Oh, that's the home I wanted to talk about that I had a story about. I can't find it now.

[Matthew]

Well, let me tell you what I've read that, that has me asking this question. I. I've read something from a former Green Beret.

[Joe Sushere]

Joe, go ahead.

[Matthew]

Who's worked for both in the service and out of the service. And he's saying that he recognizes this as low level insurgency. And then I see tweets and social media posts by some psycho in south Minneapolis that's calling on people to arm themselves and go do killing. And it just, it's got me really worried that this is exactly what both sides are looking for.

[Chris Reivers]

Vigilante justice. Is that what you're saying?

[Matthew]

Yeah, but this guy, this protester is anti ice, so he wants ICE people to die, you know, and we see the same thing coming from the pro ICE people.

[Joe Sushere]

This is by somebody named Azra Nomani. The skirmish that led to Saturday's fatal shooting by border patrol in Minneapolis and the response that followed were driven by a complex network of far left organizations with a wide range of causes, a Fox News Digital investigation found. Okay. A coordinated web of encrypted chats, street alerts and tracking of ICE abductors in a sophisticated database reviewed by Fox News Digital shows that agitators were already mobilized at the scene where 37 year old Alex Preddy was killed minutes before any shots were fired. Well, if there were agitators already mobilized at the scene, they didn't do anything. What was their point of being there? There's the famous lady in the pink jacket. Her video, the lady in pink, she was called. She had a great video of what went down. It didn't occur to me that she was there as a professional agitator, part of a deep dark web chat room group of tyrants. ICE and border agents were there to arrest an illegal immigrant criminal. Why were they out on the street then? Why didn't they go in the. If he was in the donut shop, why didn't they just go get him and go home? And Preddy and others were there outside a donut shop to meet them as part of a strategic pattern of organized interference. I'm not buying it.

[Matthew]

That's what I'm reading too.

[Joe Sushere]

I'm not buying it that they have.

[Matthew]

Dedicated roles, mobile chasers, plate checkers and all Sorts of people operating like cheap ass military.

[Joe Sushere]

If that was the case, the Whipped together manifesto purportedly written by Preddy would also would already have been available to us the illicitly that the spies would have got into his apartment and planted it and then it would have been found and we would be saying, oh my God. He was part of a group that was here, apparently. Lifelong resident of IC unit, nurse in VA hospital, no criminal record whatsoever. Carried legally. I don't know if I want to give this much attention. John, where are you on this?

[John Height]

On the conspiracy?

[Joe Sushere]

Yes.

[John Height]

Well, I think there were people there already. There is an organization, loosely based that notifies people wherever ICE agents are and they're not, you know, hired.

[Joe Sushere]

Well that. That's Tim Walls's daughter, but yeah, God love her. I don't think she's part of a underground dark web chat situation.

[John Height]

Yeah, I don't think it's underground if you go on Facebook. Anyway, maybe it's my friends. I have friends who immediately people when they see ice. So I don't think it's an organized underground.

[Joe Sushere]

Listen to this. I'm trying to get myself to stop reading this, but it's so out there. ICE and border patrol agents were there to arrest an illegal immigrant. And Preddy and others were there outside a donut shop to meet them. As part of a strategic pattern of organized interference with law enforcement operations over the following hours, a national network of socialist, communist and Marxist Lenin cells in the U.S. anything's believable, by the way. Just like everything's unbelievable. We're there. Leverage the tragic fatality into a nationwide protest operation. While grief and outrage over Preddy's death is genuine. The network's real time rapid response using short sensational video clips and emojis as weapons of propaganda offers a window into the the disciplined logistics messaging coordination of far left warriors fomenting the insurgency like confrontation with authorities. That's. I didn't see that Saturday. I didn't see that Saturday.

[Kenny Olson]

It's. It just seems too random. I don't see any organized again, why.

[Joe Sushere]

Don'T you show me the manifesto this guy left behind. Right?

[Kenny Olson]

Because usually if they do that now.

[Joe Sushere]

Gun owners are even gun owners are saying, well, do you have a gun gun for. Well, I. All I ever hear is that gun owners want to have their gun with them at all times. Kenny. I don't know. Maybe. I don't think you'd probably. You probably wouldn't pack at a protest. Or maybe you would. I don't know. He's got it right now in his hand. Never mind, never mind. It's gotta.

[Matthew]

I make. You know, I've been to all the classes.

[Joe Sushere]

I know it sounds like this guy might have been too. I don't know.

[Matthew]

Yeah, I don't carry when I go drinking or even when I'm gonna have one drink. And, well, you know me. I would never go to a protest anyway.

[Joe Sushere]

Right.

[Kenny Olson]

But do you. Do you think you have to make a decision at that point and you're legally caring. You are entitled to that. But if you are gonna get out on the street, that's where I might think twice about leaving.

[Matthew]

I would not put myself in because every time I've been pulled over, I always tell the officer, and I've gotten all sorts of different reactions from, oh, okay. Thanks. No problem. You know, to guys getting pissed off at me. Why'd you tell me that? So I. I guess I know enough not to put myself in that kind of situation where I'm going to encounter law enforcement people and be carrying a firearm.

[Joe Sushere]

But that's me. I don't.

[Matthew]

I don't make decisions for anybody else.

[Joe Sushere]

But Kenny in the scrum, to which we're not privy. For all we know, he's saying, I have a gun. I have a gun. And that could have been wildly misinterpreted or whatever, but it doesn't erase the fact that the gun he had, he didn't have when he was shot 15,000 times. Now, there's another wrinkle in this. I've read numerous sites and have seen numerous videos, and I can't be certain of it, where the gun the agent has retrieved from Freddy and is removing from the scene appears to accidentally discharge. And that that particular model of Sig Sauer has been prone to do that. Like a car that has a recoil on apparently has done that before. So now in the scrum, if that's the case, if that gun and you can see it hitting the pavement, the bullet hitting the pavement, if that happened, because my own eyes were not clear enough on that to know what I saw, if that happened. Maybe the fellows in the scrum thought they were being shot. I have no idea.

[Matthew]

I can tell you it was a sig Sauer P320. It has an internal safety. It does not have a physical safety, which means if you have a round in the chamber, it can. If the trigger is pushed back, it can go off.

[Joe Sushere]

Can it go off? Maybe the trigger is not pushed back.

[Matthew]

Maybe it was mishandled, it was bumped. Something like that.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, did you see the reaction of Six of the guys that were in this scrum, it scared the crap out of them when their gun went off. They were not waiting for that. They physically jumped as if somebody popped a balloon.

[Joe Sushere]

No, I just saw them firing into his back, his head, his neck, I mean and then walked away in the middle of the street.

[Kenny Olson]

I'm saying they were surprised that there was a gun that was discharged.

[Joe Sushere]

Well then that, that, that must be true then that the agent carrying the gun away from the scrum it. That gun may in fact have accidentally fired. Although I haven't heard that on any videos I saw. I'm going to stick to what I saw. I didn't see a guy who was hassling them.

[Kenny Olson]

No, I saw a guy that was easily removed.

[Joe Sushere]

I didn't see a guy who was planning a mass massacre.

[Kenny Olson]

Agreed.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, show me your can. Show me this manifesto. I'll change my mind.

[Chris Reivers]

This might open up a massive can of worms, but would that have been avoidable and Renee Good have been avoidable if there was any type of assistance whatsoever locally?

[Joe Sushere]

I think much of this could have been avoidable.

[Chris Reivers]

Just from a crowd control aspect. There's nobody wants anybody to get shot.

[Joe Sushere]

Once again we're in this really delicate realization. Somebody help me. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. We have in the metro area a political ideology that predisposes people to not trust law enforcement. So far so good. Staff, anyone? Anyone?

[Kenny Olson]

Yep.

[Joe Sushere]

Now entering the scene is ICE in the guise of law enforcement. So here comes ICE up against a predisposed ideology to resist them. I don't know. Given these two truths, I don't know what would calm things down, which is my only thought. When would be start over. Come back. You're not going to get every house cleaner. I'm sorry. Just don't worry about her. Get the rapists and the murderers. Don't tell us you're here. Get them and leave. That's the only thing I can come up with. The only thing I can come up.

[Kenny Olson]

With is ICE being a little more stealth about their day to day.

[Joe Sushere]

No, these people currently among us are the antithesis of stealth. They're clumsy, they're sloppy, they're not professional.

[Kenny Olson]

That's your point. Your point is take a 15 minute break and when you come back, be stealth or be.

[Matthew]

But their every move is being followed.

[Joe Sushere]

Right. And I'm asking a lot of them. I'm asking them. You're going to have to put up with the fact that you're in Minneapolis and people don't like you if they.

[Chris Reivers]

Do Withdraw their presence here and they obviously aren't going to announce when they're going to come back.

[Joe Sushere]

In your scenario, that's fine with me.

[Chris Reivers]

Don't tell me, doesn't that then give every bad guy that should be apprehended the opportunity to get the hell out of here?

[Joe Sushere]

Maybe. So they're out of here.

[Chris Reivers]

But they should be behind bars.

[Joe Sushere]

They're now in Omaha. That's Omaha's problem. No, I don't have no answer to your.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, if they leave and they can't come back, I mean yes, they, yes, they should be behind bars. But aren't they behind bars in other. Aren't they deported or are they put in jail?

[Chris Reivers]

No, I'm saying in Joe's scenario, if ice's presence is no longer here and the bad guys know that that's gonna give them an opportunity to flee.

[Joe Sushere]

Ah, they probably just stay here. Seriously, if they have roots here, a bed or a roof over their head, why start over for them? They'd probably just stay here. Here. You know what? I don't have any answers. Yeah, I've got some wonderful emails. However, this is an interesting.

[Kenny Olson]

Taking you to task or agree?

[Joe Sushere]

Well, no, I mean I got all the, the ones that hate me. Those are fine. But I also got, I got some really a couple stacks here folks. I got some really, really good, good ones. This is from Rick Lorenz. Doesn't anyone see the irony? Last week a young girl was abducted by a stranger near her home in Zimmerman. I remember that I got the notice on my phone 7 year old girl with that case. The 7 year old girl in Zimmerman. The crime was solved very quickly. I believe it was the Sherburne County Sheriff who attributed the quick caption pressure of the perpetrator of this crime to community involvement and cooperation and the inter law enforcement agency cooperation within the state of Minnesota. Why can't the citizens and law enforcement of the city of Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota cooperate in the same manner with our border patrol and ICE law enforcement? It's very sad that obviously it is not happening. I believe we would not be having any trouble of the terrible outcomes that have transpired if much greater community and law enforcement cooperation was present. Best regards, Rick Ham. How do you find fault with that email? You can't.

[Kenny Olson]

I would agree with that.

[Joe Sushere]

This is from Jerick. I've struggled with processing the last few weeks of chaos in my home state which no longer feels like home after 40 years. Excuse me. Thanks Pat. A multi Royce like gas attack after 40 years living in Minnesota. I realized just how toxic and divided our state has become. There is an uneasy tension always lurking that now erupts every few years, which is kept alive by vacant, selfish state politicians who only care about winning elections and profiting from the taxpayers. On the other side, we are witnessing the worst presidency of my lifetime. A foolish man who does not realize or care about the consequences of his actions. He has turned federal forces against his own citizens, demanding to see papers pulled out of homes at gunpoint without warrants, killing citizens who interfere with their actions, and most disturbing of all, instantly lying and telling us to disbelieve our own eyes and trust their version of the truth to escape any consequences. I believe we are at the tipping point. We will either plunge into a civil war led by ideological extremists, or we will step back from the ledge to find common ground. It is up to the few remaining adults in power to do the latter. Please do not stop calling out abuse of power, either on the left or the right. It is important that we keep our eyes clear and mind sharp. Lastly, I will copy below an outstanding short observation of our current times from someone named Dylan Allman on X. Well, I don't like Twitter, but let's see where he's going with this. He appears to be a libertarian political philosopher, but I'm not of fond familiar with his background. For all I know these days this could be AI Regardless, it perfectly captures our current condition. Well, John, real quickly before I read it, look up. It's D Y A L N. Yep. AL Alman A L L M A N any.

[John Height]

I have found a few things about him, but nothing.

[Joe Sushere]

Do you think it's AI?

[John Height]

No, it's a real person.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, let's read it. I haven't read it. I'm reading it cold. We are living through a moment where a group of people do not just disagree, they do not even acknowledge a shared fundamental reality. I buy that. There is no common frame of reference, no mutual set of facts from which discourse can even begin. They can watch the same video from multiple angles and walk away convinced they saw a completely different event. They exist inside a narrative so deeply entrenched that to question it, to even acknowledge a contradiction, is to commit some sort of ideological treason. This is a deliberate, conditioned immunity to contradiction. It is a cultivated resistance to evidence. They have developed a mind so thoroughly welded to its chosen reality that it will alter, discard, or fabricate whatever it must to maintain coherence. They can be shown in real time the unraveling of their worldview, and they will Patch over the holes with fantasy rather than face any doubt whatsoever. Politics has turned knowledge into a partisan weapon. The expectation is no longer to seek truth, but to defend your team at all costs. There is a lingering obligation to have an opinion on everything, to be informed at all times, to adopt the correct stance. And so they improvise. They adopt prefabricated opinions handed down by their faction. They fill in the gaps with instinctive loyalty rather than demonstrating any semblance of independent thought. The game is rigged and they know it. Two parties, two choices. Two sides that everyone has herded in do, and neither is worth the loyalty demanded of them. But to acknowledge this would be to admit powerlessness, to admit that they are trapped in an illusion of choice. So they cope. They retroactively justify their allegiance by turning their side into something righteous, infallible and necessary. The alternative is too terrifying. It is a coping mechanism turned mass psychosis, and it is escalating. When reality itself is dictated by allegiance, when loyalty outranks reason, when every fact must be bent into submission to fit the tribe's chosen narrative, the outcome is inevitable. War. I think he has one more sentence here. Just a minute, a few more. When factors exist in separate realities, they cannot coexist. Mother of God, we're seeing that. They cannot negotiate. They cannot reason. They cannot even comprehend. The other side is anything but a threat. This is irreconcilable. We cannot function like this. A society cannot sustain itself when its people are no longer individuals, but ideological husks possessed by abstractions fighting battles for masters who do not even know their names. You are not your faction. You are not your party. You are not an extension of a collective mind. The moment you outsource your thinking, the moment you allow yourself to believe that your side must be right because the alternative is unbearable, you have ceased to be an individual. You have become another interchangeable pawn in a game that does not yield. We need you to think, only obey. Wake up. This war for reality is not one you want to be drafted into.

[Matthew]

His name again.

[Joe Sushere]

Wow. Dylan Allman, as in the Brothers, he.

[John Height]

Is described by himself, apparently as a philosopher, anarchist, political commentator and conscientious objector. That's basically what I can find about him. Some long stories exist about him online, but you'd have to read them in depth to really get into him.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, for an anarchist, he's a pretty sharp guy. I think he's describing a great deal of wisdom there. People are loyal to their sides. They're not loyal to themselves. I see it in the I Just.

[Kenny Olson]

Why do we have to be that aggressive?

[Joe Sushere]

Why?

[Kenny Olson]

Why can't we.

[Joe Sushere]

Because everyone's not you. Everyone's not happy. Serious. Everyone's. Everyone has not got your worldview of goodness. I'm being very serious. You have a worldview of goodness and charity and kindness. That is your gift in life. You are a happy human being.

[Kenny Olson]

Are you flirting with me?

[Chris Reivers]

I knew it was gonna go.

[Joe Sushere]

I can't. I can't, I can't.

[Kenny Olson]

I know what you're saying, because I.

[Joe Sushere]

Do have a happy human being.

[Matthew]

Matthew, you have a special way of thinking that makes people appreciate your silence.

[Joe Sushere]

I like that. Let me think. You just keep thinking about it.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, I'll be quiet over here and just soak it all up.

[Joe Sushere]

You're not aggressive. You're not an aggressive person. Well.

[Chris Reivers]

And it's why, Joe.

[Kenny Olson]

But. But I don't want. I don't want that guy to be shot. I don't want Renee Good to be.

[Joe Sushere]

Of course you don't, because you're a kind person. You're a sensible person, even though you're a. Yep. I can't go too far.

[Kenny Olson]

I'll take it. I'll take it.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, well.

[Chris Reivers]

And Joe, you've always said, I'm not happy.

[Joe Sushere]

Which one are you?

[Chris Reivers]

Which one are you?

[Kenny Olson]

What the hell?

[Chris Reivers]

The guy that came to complete little guy.

[Joe Sushere]

I could barely see his head. I looked down the door when he hit me, and he said, I'm not happy. I said, which one are you? Can we have John Hight take over?

[Chris Reivers]

Not until I welcome back Linda Keller.

[John Randall]

Wow.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Sushere]

That's a nice photo of her.

[Chris Reivers]

I spent some time on the phone with Linda this morning. You know what she said?

[Joe Sushere]

I don't.

[Chris Reivers]

To remind all the Glers pay your taxes. No. In honor of rookie. It's tax season.

[Matthew]

Hey.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Matthew]

Okay, I'm gonna bite on the bite on that hook. This is the sound of Kenny taking the bait and taking it hard. Even though I've been using seafoam motor treatment for years, and I actually have video evidence of how seafoam cleared up a gunky carb while the engine was running, I've decided I'm going to respond to the loser trolls that hang out on the Internet spreading misery, misinformation and negative nonsense. So I went ahead and I googled. Is seafoam snake oil? The Internet answered. And this is the Internet. Oh, no. Basically, yeah. Seafoam is not considered snake oil by McCann. It's a legitimate, effective solvent based blend of petroleum, naphtha, pale oil and alcohol used for cleaning engine carbon deposits, stabilizing fuel and dissolving sludge. It's been used for decades. It's been proven safe for gasoline and diesel engines, though it is not. And we already knew this. This is not a repair for broken mechanical parts. Yet another victory for our little miracle in a can. Plus, like I said, said, I've got evidence. I sat and watched my nephews clean out a car while this thing was sputtering. It went from spewing and sputtering to purring like a kitty. It was amazing. Seafoam. Since the late 30s, they've been around solving rotten gas and carbon deposit issues like a true champ. Don't believe the Internet trolls who never let evidence interfere with their opinions. A true warrior in a world of bad gas. Seafoam.

[Joe Sushere]

I have a new product. Seafoam should have. Maybe they have. It is our spray seafoam. Because here's why.

[Matthew]

Here's what I've done. I've. Yeah, go ahead.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, let's say you have a weed whip that doesn't start. Yeah, just spray seafoam into the air cleaner. Boom. It'll fire right up, up. I've done it.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Could you just put seafoam In a spray bottle.

[Joe Sushere]

Yes, you could. And then you probably blow up your house, knowing you. But other people could do it.

[Matthew]

I have done that. I put it in a little spray bottle. And that's how my nephew solved this piece of crap lawnmower. They pulled off the curb and the thing wouldn't run and they just took the air cleaner off and kept spraying it in there. And finally that thing ended up purring and I think they sold it for a couple hundred bucks. There you go.

[Joe Sushere]

Here's John Height.

[John Height]

Thank you, Joe. This news brought to you by North American Banking Company. Kenny, I must compliment you. After you said solvent based blend, I tried to say it to myself and I couldn't.

[Joe Sushere]

Without solvent based blend.

[John Height]

Well, I couldn't do solving solvent blaze.

[Matthew]

Now. I keep saying. Why did you bring that up?

[John Height]

I'm sorry. Well, I just wanted to compliment you, Karma. Thank you.

[Joe Sushere]

I thank you in news.

[John Height]

I'm sorry, but every story here basically is, you know, related to the weekend news. I can't help it because that's what's in the news. Okay, okay. Republican Chris Madle made a stunning exit from the Minnesota governor's race this morning, saying he can't support the national GOP's stated retribution on the citizens of our state. Nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.

[Joe Sushere]

Now. He's just the. Now that I know this about him, he's just the guy we needed to stay and run, you know.

[John Height]

In a surprise video announcement, the Minneapolis attorney said he supported the originally stated goals of U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcements in operation in Minnesota, including the deportation of undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records. But he said the effort has, in his words, expanded far beyond its stated focus on true public safety threats. United States citizens, he said, particularly those of color, live in fear. United States citizens are carrying papers to prove their citizenship, and that's wrong. Mattle, who launched his campaign on December 1, quickly rose from a relative political unknown to one of the top contenders for the GOP nomination. He won over many GOP activists with the communication skills he developed as a trial attorney. He was constantly finishing in the top three in straw polls of GOP activists in a crowded field of about a dozen candidates for governor. His comments came as some other Republicans, Minnesota and Washington, have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Mattle said ISIS Operation Metro Surge will be a political liability for any candidate running statewide this fall. He said national Republicans have made it nearly impossible for a Republican to win a statewide election in Minnesota Matl said it's unconstitutional to weaponize criminal investigations against political opponents and for ICE to raid homes with only civil warrants. He launched his campaign for governor as a staunch defender of law enforcement and had recently provided legal counsel to Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis on January 7. He said in the video this morning, I do this because I believe the constitutional right to counsel is sacrosanct. He said that ICE is stopping people in Minnesota due to the color of their skin, including he pointed out several law enforcement officers who had been pulled over. He said, I can't look my daughters in the eye and say I'm running as a Republican when they're pulling over Hispanics and Asians because of the color of their skin. He told that to the Wall Street Journal. He said, I did not sign up for that. He said, driving while Hispanic is not a crime and neither is driving while Asian.

[Joe Sushere]

John Let me say it again and I'll keep saying it. The only Republican who could possibly have a chance in this state is a Republic Republican who wants to zero in on the complete financial disaster this state has become. We need a competent fiduciary responsibility who wants to clean up a horribly confused bureaucracy created by the Walz administration. Other than that, no chance. If you go with Trump and you want to seek his endorsement or whatever, you have no chance. Present yourself as someone who wants to clean up this state's financial mess so people can afford to live here and won't leave the state and you want to attract more businesses here, period.

[John Height]

President Trump announcing this morning he is sending another official to Minnesota as federal immigration enforcement ops continue in the state. As you said earlier, Joe, the president said border czar Tom Holland is being sent to Minnesota and he will report back directly to President Trump. Meanwhile, President Trump revealed he had a very good call with Governor Tim Walls this morning, praising the governor just days after accusing him of inciting insurrection, Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. Governor Tim Walls called me with a request to work together with respect to Minnesota. It was a very good call and we actually seem to be on a similar wavelength length at least according to the president. Walls was reportedly happy that Homan would be soon visiting the state. He said Walls was happy Tom Holman was coming to Minnesota and so am I. We've had such tremendous successes in Washington, Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans and virtually every other place that we've touched. And even in Minnesota, crime is way down. Both Governor Walls and I want to make it better.

[Joe Sushere]

I'm glad it was a good call because you know the op, the alternative is it would have been a bad call. I'm glad it was a good call.

[Chris Reivers]

You would have called him every day.

[John Height]

I am.

[Joe Sushere]

I'm glad it was a good call. Let's go here.

[John Height]

Meanwhile, the president declining to say whether the federal officer had acted. These are his words. Appropriately do that said the administration is reviewing the shooting incident from Saturday in Minneapolis. In a five minute telephone interview with the Wall Street Journal Sunday after afternoon, the president didn't directly answer, would ask twice whether the officer who shot Alex Brady had done the right thing. Pressed further, President Trump said, we're looking, we're reviewing everything and we'll come out with a determination. Administration officials have publicly defended the officer. Of course, the president saying they're reviewing the shooting doesn't give a lot of hope to some folks in Minnesota. In the aftermath of the shooting, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian o' Hara said he was told over the radio his local officers weren't needed. He didn't listen to that and ordered his officers not to leave the crime scene. He then requested the state's top criminal investigators take the case. But when the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension arrived, they were blocked by federal Homeland Security officers. State crime investigators then took the unusual step of securing a search warrant signed by a judge, a rare move for a shooting in public. But even with the warrant, they were still blocked by federal officers, according to Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans.

[Joe Sushere]

May I say something else? There should be no such thing in this country as a sanctuary state. No, we have a country. There should be no sanctuary. You don't get as a state to say, well, we ignore the laws of the country. No, there should be no sanctuary state in the United States. Legal immigration, of course, but no sanctuary state. Go ahead, John.

[John Height]

Meanwhile, Andrew Luger, former U.S. attorney for Minnesota from 2014 to 2017 and then 2022 to 2025, says the federal government has done pretty much everything wrong with what's going on in Minnesota. In an editorial he wrote in the Star Tribune today, he says illegal immigration not a problem in the state. And in his words, the failure of Operation Metro surge to meet the exacting standards of professional law enforcement is evident on television and computer screens on a daily basis, Lugar wrote when he returned to office in 2022 law enforcement. This is his writing. And I concluded that Minnesota faced three overreaching challenges, unprecedented levels of violent crime, rampant fentanyl trafficking, and a massive scheme to defraud state government programs. Luger then pointed out the cooperation between state, federal and local law enforcement was able to prosecute those criminal, addressed those challenges because they had a plan and work together. In the editorial, he wrote today, all of that has changed. Operation Metro Surge, conceived by officials in Washington, not Minnesota, has pitted federal law enforcement against our neighbors and torn apart the one solid local federal collaboration, jettisoning the priorities, he said, that were built on local consensus. The D.C. creators of Operation Metro Surge have sold a false narrative that Minnesota is suffering from a violent illegal immigrant crime wave. We are not, he added. He continued, while we do not face a crisis of violent crime from illegal immigrants, we are in a crisis, one created by the very surge that was supposed to make us safe. The results, he said, are palpable. The crown jewel of our legal system, the U.S. attorney's Office, is in meltdown. Leaders who executed on the strategies that made us safe have resigned, walking away from the coveted positions rather than than succumbed to orders from Washington, D.C. that violated their integrity, including all of the prosecutors on the successful feeding our future cases.

[Joe Sushere]

Thank you, Mr. Luger.

[John Height]

Why don't we take a quick break here and let's see Mr. Re yes.

[Chris Reivers]

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[John Height]

In some other news, the ICE shooting in Minneapolis caused some political fallout. The risk of a partial government shutdown at the end of January grew more likely Saturday after Senate Democrats vowed to block a funding package over a fatal Minneapolis shooting involving the federal law enforcement authorities. Chuck Schumer said Democrats will block the major government funding package if it includes money, money for the Department of Homeland Security. Meanwhile, a growing number of Republicans are now pressing for a deeper investigation into the tactics of ice. Here in Minneapolis, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Republican Andrew Garbarino sought testimony from leaders at ICE, Customs and Border Protection and U.S. citizenship and Immigration Services. A host of other congressional Republicans, including Representative Michael McCall of Texas, Senator Senators Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a frequent critic of President Trump Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Sue Collins of Maine, Lisa McCursky of Alaska, all Republicans pressed for more information. And Senator Pete Ricketts, a staunch ally of President Trump, called for a prioritized, transparent investigation.

[Joe Sushere]

You know what else ICE has to realize? We're a state of people who like to look at stuff.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes.

[Joe Sushere]

You know, you got a tree falls down, you got 15 people standing there wondering what happened. We like to look at stuff.

[Kenny Olson]

We gather.

[Joe Sushere]

So you see a big gathering of coppers, you're going to stand around and look soul asylum.

[John Height]

Nothing draws a crowd like a crowd.

[Joe Sushere]

That's right.

[John Height]

The shooting also caused some gun affiliated groups to question the government's take on it. Rob Doer is president of the Minnesota Gun Owners Law center and general counsel for Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus. He said he noticed he called suspiciously caged language in the initial statements from the Department of Homeland Security. First language I saw from DHS was that Mr. Preddy approached them with a firearm. That gave me pause because it didn't say he had a firearm pointed at.

[Joe Sushere]

Them as a despicable liar.

[John Height]

Door also noted that permit to carry holders are allowed to carry in public. There's nothing inherently criminal about that activity. So you don't have to choose between exercising your First Amendment rights or your Second Amendment rights. Doar said it's important to calm the ongoing rhetoric around the federal operation in Minnesota and protest in response with joint responsibility for people on both sides. But he added, that becomes more difficult when the government and agents of our governments are not engaging in good faith with what we're seeing with our own eyes. Hours after the fatal shooting, Assistant U.S. attorney Bill Asali in Southern California took to X and said, if you approach law enforcement with a gun, there's a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting. You don't do it well. Several prominent gun rights groups, even the NRA National Rifle association, took after him for that. He said that sentiment is dangerous and wrong. And the Gun Owners of America said in the statements its leaders condemn what they call the untoward comments from SLI.

[Joe Sushere]

He didn't approach anybody with a gun other than technically he had a gun on his person.

[John Height]

And one other note, this room and more protests last night. You've probably seen video of this at the hotel, the University of Minnesota campus. Group of protesters showed up outside the home, two suites by Hilton Hotel along University, apparently thinking ICE agents were staying there. There vandalism, broken windows. Minnesota State Patrol and Department of Natural Resource officers responded to help Minneapolis police get the situation under control. Police were seen taking several people into custody. However, the situation then got more chaotic and it appears it's because law enforcement were not cooperating with each other. The Department of Public Safety says that as state and city police were working to encircle the protesters, federal agents arrived without communicating and deployed chemical irritants clearing the group. No injuries initially reported. Minneapolis police and Homeland Security had no more information on any of that. This morning, President Trump said the U. S Used a weapon he referred to as a discombobulator to capture then Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro this month.

[Joe Sushere]

A discombobulator.

[John Height]

That's right. Right.

[Joe Sushere]

What was that?

[Chris Reivers]

What do it do?

[Joe Sushere]

What do it do?

[John Height]

Well, this is odd because Trump told the New York Post the discombobulator. I'm not allowed to talk about it.

[Joe Sushere]

Oh, sure.

[Matthew]

As.

[John Height]

As he talked about it with the Post.

[Chris Reivers]

That's classified. It's classified, right.

[John Height]

A senior U.S. official said he's likely talking about. He thinks anyway, not a single weapon that exists, but perhaps cyber tools that they were able to disable early warning and other Venezuelan defense systems during the operation. The US Military also for years has had a heat ray weapon called the active denial system, which uses direct pulsed energy. It's not clear if the discombobulator remark was related to that as well.

[Joe Sushere]

What is a discombobulator, sir?

[Matthew]

If you mount that discombobulator on the thingamajig.

[Joe Sushere]

That's right.

[Matthew]

It's sure to do maximum damage.

[Kenny Olson]

Has to have something to do with Bob, but I don't know what it is. It's confusing. Discombobulated. What is a.

[Joe Sushere]

You lated.

[Kenny Olson]

You're late, Bob. You're confusing me.

[John Height]

Nearly 200 million people across 40 states under winter alerts this weekend as a massive winter storm hit the continental US more than 800,000 customers losing power with Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas hardest hit. At least four men, one, two in Louisiana, excuse me, one in Texas and one in Kansas died. The storm caused more than 10,000 flight cancellations, the most in a single day since the COVID 19 pandemic. Millions of drivers encouraged to stay off the roads and schools have been closed in New York, Georgia and North Carolina. Temps fell 10 to 40 degrees below average in much of the central US with wind chills as low as 30 below storms. Conditions are expected to continue in the Northeast today with New England predicted to see up to 18 inches of snow. Former Minnesota Senator Nicole Mitchell released from jail yesterday after serving the nearly four months of her sentence.

[Chris Reivers]

It's already been that long.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

I thought she never went to jail. Yeah.

[John Height]

Remember, she went to let out for work. Right. Mitchell was sentenced to 180 days in jail and five years of supervised probation after being found guilty of first degree burglary in her July trial. She was convicted, you'll remember, of breaking into her stepmother's home in Detroit Lakes. The former DFL senator from Woodbury began serving her sentence on October 1st. When she reported to Ramsey county, the judge allowed her to be eligible for a work release program during her incarceration. Mitchell officially resigned from the State Senate on July 21, 5th, 2025, shortly after her conviction. She had originally planned to step down August 4th. Big a need to finish up legislative projects, transition staff and secure health benefits for her son, but then tendered her resignation early.

[Joe Sushere]

Godspeed.

[Chris Reivers]

Tourney. I don't know if you had this. I had to step out for a minute, but Hauser was in touch with Governor Walls today and he confirms that he had a productive conversation.

[Joe Sushere]

It was a good one, huh?

[Chris Reivers]

With President Trump. Among other things, he says the president told him he would talk to the Department of Homeland Security about allowing state investigation of recent shootings. I'm just reading Hauser's text. On his X account, the governor reminded President Trump that the Minnesota Department of Corrections already honors federal detainers by notifying Immigration and Custom Enforcement. When a person committed to Witt's custody isn't a US Citizen. There is not a single documented case of the departments releasing someone from state prison without offering to ensure a smooth transfer of custody.

[John Height]

The head of the Department of Corrections, Paul Schnell, actually had two different press conferences saying that last week.

[Chris Reivers]

Okay.

[John Height]

Because the national government kept saying they weren't cooperating. He said, no, it's not true. And space debris poses a risk to, to humans when it falls to the ground, Right?

[Joe Sushere]

And there's debris. There's debris.

[John Height]

There's thousands, thousands of pieces right now up in space. And more going up every day to locate possible crash sites. A Johns Hopkins University scientist has helped devise a way to track falling debris using existing networks of Earthquake detecting seismometers. The new tracking method generates more detailed info in near range real time. When authorities have today information that would help to quickly locate and retrieve the charred remains, that's important because some of those remains are toxic. Benjamin Fernando is the lead author. He said re entries are happening more frequently. He said, last year we had multiple satellites entering the atmosphere every day. We don't have independent verification of where they entered, whether they broke up into pieces, if they burned up in the atmosphere, or if they made it to the ground. This is a growing problem. It's going to keep getting worse. And using the cymometers will help us locate them. Those findings published today in the journal Science.

[Matthew]

That's interesting, John. I have a question though, for Joe. I have actually a question for all of you. When Trump and Walls were speaking to each other, do you think their wives were in the background shouting questions like, you know, Joe, when you're talking to a friend. Friend that your wife knows and she'll be. Tell his wife that I'm gonna bring the carrot and she should bring the. Do you think that. What's going on?

[Joe Sushere]

I think barking at him. What's. I think Gwen might have been in the room.

[Kenny Olson]

Gwen was probably.

[Joe Sushere]

Melania was probably getting taken care of somewhere.

[Matthew]

Ask him what's wrong with his right hand. What's going on there like that?

[Joe Sushere]

Why's he got that spot? Ask him what that spot.

[Matthew]

I don't know. When I hear those two talked on the phone, it. To me, it's like opposing wrestlers that show up for a match in the same car.

[Joe Sushere]

You know what I mean?

[Kenny Olson]

Smooth, right?

[Joe Sushere]

You know, oh, it's your turn. Go ahead. Maybe they're good call.

[Kenny Olson]

Tremendous.

[Chris Reivers]

Kenny, you know, you raise an interesting topic because there's been a lot of phone conversations amongst my family recently with health issues. And the worst thing that ever happened to my parents was speakerphone because my mom will put me on speaker so that my dad and then he'll tell her what to tell me, even though he doesn't realize, Dad, I. I can hear you.

[John Height]

That's the worst when you're in the car too. If you put on speaker, your wife's sitting there with you. You can't have a conversation with whoever's.

[Matthew]

On the other end and tell them.

[Chris Reivers]

To come around more often.

[Matthew]

I have to ask my parent, are you alone?

[Chris Reivers]

Right?

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

Are you alone? It's a sure sign of spring.

[Chris Reivers]

What's that?

[Joe Sushere]

Golf show. The 2026 North American Banking Company Minnesota Golf Show Friday, February 13th through Sunday, February 15th at the convention center. We'll be there once on Friday.

[Chris Reivers]

I always get clothes when I go to the golf show.

[Joe Sushere]

They have shirts. Well, yeah. Well, take a shot at a hundred grand prize package. Thanks to Minneapolis Plumbing, Heating and air. You can try equipment, get deals on clothes, attend a game improvement clinic, watch the Pebble Beach Pro am on the 19th hole. Lounge with your buddies. Each ticket purchase comes with access to 15 free greens passes this year. That's amazing.

[Chris Reivers]

Wait, 15, 15. Holy cow.

[Joe Sushere]

You know who else is going to be there? John Randall.

[Chris Reivers]

That was fun last year. Yeah, that was fun.

[Joe Sushere]

To purchase tickets, visit MinnesotaGolfShow.com men. That's Min though. MN Min Golf Show. One word. Min Golf Show.

[Chris Reivers]

How about MN Golf Show?

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah man, do that too. Mangolfshow.com yeah.

[Matthew]

It's the end of the world as we know it and he feels fine.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Sushere]

The mink has a good observation. Now signing himself as fossil fuel mink, he's wondering how EVs have been performing in this weather. He thinks we should be asking EV owners. That's a good observation. As much as I loathe EVs, it would never want to own one. I certainly have seen plenty of them out and about during this cold match.

[Chris Reivers]

I watched a guy stall in a Tesla on Saturday afternoon.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, you know why he stalled.

[Chris Reivers]

I would only assume he ran out of juice, but otherwise, because he turned on his four ways. It was just a city street. It wasn't a big busy highway or anything.

[Joe Sushere]

I've seen plenty of EVs out and about.

[Chris Reivers]

Me too.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, they must be able to handle it.

[Matthew]

How do they generate heat?

[Joe Sushere]

I. Cab heat. I don't know. Well, that Groffalo, he drives about a 40 year old one, doesn't he? Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Turn the heat on.

[Joe Sushere]

Turn the heat on.

[Kenny Olson]

Simple.

[Joe Sushere]

That's what I do. That's a good question. Fossil. Fossil fuel, Matthew. But I've seen plenty of them weren't running.

[Matthew]

I can see why that makes sense to you, Matthew.

[Joe Sushere]

I've had this story because it's simple. Man. I. I'm very disturbed by this. Let's go. There's a persistent low frequency hum invading the West Haven, Connecticut area. It could be the discombobulator.

[Kenny Olson]

We get that every once in a while and we had that in St. Paul.

[Joe Sushere]

I don't like humps. Hey, for some time.

[Kenny Olson]

Not for everybody.

[Joe Sushere]

Joe, I'm trying to. To do this.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes, please. Thank you.

[Joe Sushere]

For some time. Residents of this city on the coast of Long Island Sound have believed the source of the hum to be local industry. And they're demanding a resolution. After circulating a petition and obtaining over 140 signatures, a group convinced the city council to spend 16 grand to hire an acoustic firm to find the humor. I think it's the discombobulator.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

For years, our community has been plagued by a constant intermittent hum, humming noise and low frequency vibrations affecting multiple areas of town. I don't want any humming. It would drive me crazy.

[Kenny Olson]

You're just listening to it?

[Joe Sushere]

That's right. This disturbing phenomenon occurs at all hours, disrupting our ability to sleep, sleep, concentrate and enjoy life. Many residents have reported increased levels of stress, anxiety and physical discomfort due to the incessant hum.

[Kenny Olson]

That might be a little extreme.

[Matthew]

Is it a low pitch, 60 cycle hum? What is it?

[Joe Sushere]

Well, I don't know. They hired an acoustic firm. They're going to end up with that knowledge. Kenny.

[Matthew]

Well, you don't need an acoustic. You could have John go down there with a guitar and an amp and John can play an A note. And if it matches the tone, that's what you got. John would say, yeah, you've got an A. There is what you have.

[Joe Sushere]

Let's see.

[Matthew]

You neither tune up or tune down.

[Joe Sushere]

Bennett Brooks, president of Brooks Acoustics Corporation, said it's a problem that should be rectified. Lower frequencies are much harder to block than higher frequencies. It can be very annoying. It's as if it shakes dishes and windows in your kitchen.

[Matthew]

Oh, wow. It's not the brown tone. Is it the one that acts as a.

[Joe Sushere]

It's the discombobulator tone.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, that would drive me nuts if my windows were rattling.

[Joe Sushere]

Similar hums have been reported around the world, including in taos, new mexico. Auckland, new zealand. Hey, traveling limas, Are you getting a hum over there? In kwauaki, windsor, ontario. The hums are often but not always traced to power plants.

[Matthew]

Does it make them want to go number two? It could be that brown laxative tone.

[Joe Sushere]

A high pressure gas pipeline.

[Matthew]

Hello.

[Joe Sushere]

Or mechanical device can sometimes be to blame. Yeah, well, okay, you go ahead. Hang on.

[Kenny Olson]

I'm trying to get closer.

[Joe Sushere]

Do it again, Kenny, you go ahead and joke about it until there's a hum in your life. Huh?

[Matthew]

If I put my ear up to the microphone, Will you be able to hear the ringing in my ear?

[Joe Sushere]

You hear that? I actually turn my ear to the microphone.

[Chris Reivers]

I actually have another one.

[Joe Sushere]

Hello, Hello. Hello.

[John Height]

Hello.

[Chris Reivers]

Hello.

[Joe Sushere]

Hello.

[John Height]

Hello.

[Joe Sushere]

Hello. Only because they come to us all the way from kioka, new zealand. The traveling lymans@worldwide waftage.com it was on this day, Joe, today is January 26th in 1836. Did you ever notice in this day in history that everyone who has a race role in the state of some prominence has always come from somewhere else? When you're this early in the state's history, sure. For example, on this day, 1836.

[Chris Reivers]

Chicken or the egg.

[Joe Sushere]

Lucius f. Hubbard was born in troy, new york. See, they're always coming from someplace else. After arriving in Minnesota in 1857, he established and edited the newspaper the red wing republican and served as a general in the civil war and in the spanish american war. He was the the ninth governor of the state serving from 1882 to 1887. The second term lasted three years to cover the legislature's change to biennial sessions. During his tenure, the railroad and warehouse commission was established. He died February 5, 1913. Hubbard county is in his honor. Hennepin, houston, Hubbard are your h counties.

[Kenny Olson]

So many people always think it's the local broadcaster that it was named after.

[Joe Sushere]

But it could be related because I think the original hubbards are from new york. Might be related. Who knows?

[Kenny Olson]

They're from out east.

[Joe Sushere]

1861 on this date, January 26th. Frank O. Loudon was born near sunrise city, later sunrise. Boy, that's a small town right up here. And later moved to Illinois where he became a lawyer and married Florence, daughter of George M. Pullman, the wealthy inventor of the railway sleeping car. After Pullman's death, Loudon managed some of the car king's enterprises, served in congress, became governor of Illinois, lost a nomination for president and declined a vice presidential nomination. Wow.

[Kenny Olson]

Full life, huh?

[Joe Sushere]

On this day, Jan.26, in 1924, Minneapolis policeman George Kramer fatally shot Peter C. Johnson with a sawed off shotgun in a dark basement. Johnson had been attempting to crack open a safe he and his assistant William Carson stole during a robbery.

[Matthew]

Wow.

[Joe Sushere]

On this day in 1942, Private Milburn Hanke of Hutchinson, serving with the American Expeditionary force, was the first enlisted man deployed to Europe in World War II. On this day, January 26th in 1949, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. We know it as 3M, announced the invention of a machine for the mass recording of magnetic audio tape. On this day in Minnesota, sports disappointment history. Who would we lose? On this day in 1986, defensive former defensive line coach Buddy Ryan won Super Bowl 20 as defensive coordinator of the Bears.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes, sir.

[Joe Sushere]

On this day, Jan.26, in 2003, former Vikes quarterback quarterbacks Brad Johnson and Rich Cannon.

[Kenny Olson]

How about Gannon?

[Joe Sushere]

Gannon competed in Super Bowl 37.

[Chris Reivers]

You know what that Super Bowl's famous for?

[Joe Sushere]

I don't.

[Chris Reivers]

The wardrobe malfunction of young Janet Jackson.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, it was.

[Joe Sushere]

Oh, for Pete's sake. She had the nipple.

[Kenny Olson]

Oakland won that, right?

[Chris Reivers]

No, Tampa Bay did.

[Joe Sushere]

Oh, who did Brad Johnson play for?

[Chris Reivers]

Tampa Bay.

[Joe Sushere]

Who did Rich Gannon play for?

[Chris Reivers]

The Raiders.

[Kenny Olson]

But Gannon did win a Super bowl, didn't he?

[Chris Reivers]

No.

[Joe Sushere]

Thank you. G. Ellers, Can I comment? Think for yourself. Look who's here.

[John Randall]

Comment?

[Joe Sushere]

Yes, you. You cannot put the invention of the railroad car with like, electricity or something. You just take a. You just take a car that's already built and put six bedrooms in it. It's not an invention, Pat. What? That was the invention of Frank O. Louden.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, he. He married Florence Pman I just degree and he was the wealthy inventor of the Pullman.

[Kenny Olson]

How arrogant that he names it after.

[Joe Sushere]

Himself car that you put six bedrooms in. Well, Pat. Pat, it went down in railroad lore.

[Chris Reivers]

I, I. Pat says that's the chair box of all inventions.

[Matthew]

Ask him what he thinks about the first guy that put a bed in the back of a Chevy van.

[Chris Reivers]

Kenny wants to know what you think of the first guy the pe put a bed in the back of a Chevy van.

[Joe Sushere]

He didn't invent anything, did he? No, he didn't. Really?

[Kenny Olson]

I think Pat said that's all right with me.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

Thank you. G. Van thank you.

[Chris Reivers]

Do us a favor if you have not done so already and hit the subscribe button on the Garage Logic YouTube channel. That's right. Garage Logic has a YouTube channel and you can watch the show each and every and every single day starting right around noon. You can also see full segments, video shorts, behind the scenes footage. It's all there for you. Excuse me. Just search Garagelogic on YouTube along with all of our social media channels that includes Facebook, Instagram and X. And also sign up for the Daily Logician. That's an email that comes right to your inbox each and every single day and it includes the most recent an episode of the podcast. Find out more and sign up [e-mail] it is time once again that we check in with our guy, Mr. Money Talk. Josh Arnold is with us once again right here in garagelogic. And now is the time for you to do the same. So do not delay, do exactly what I did and pick up that phone and dial 952-925-5608. That number once again is 952-925-5608. When you call number you're going to get Josh and he is there for you for that. Free. Yes, I use the word free 48 minute financial consultation with absolutely zero obligation. And he will always give you the straight talk. He will never give you the sugar coated advice. And he is on the line with us once again right here in garagelogic. And boy, Josh, it's a big week, isn't it?

[Josh Arnold]

A big, big week. Kind of, kind of like yesterday's football watching both on Fox and and CBS are now down to two teams for the super bowl coming in a couple weeks. Prediction markets are going to be hot, hot, hot both this week and also in predicting the outcome of the super bowl and outcomes within the super bowl that could be and I emphasize it could be very interesting for both FanDuel and DraftKings, both of which entertain predictions market. Recently in addition to doing their for setting, both stocks have seen some sell offs from recent highs and their earnings will be coming next next month. But that's just people betting on what could happen not only in the super bowl, but betting on different outcomes of various we'll say from what the Fed is going to do, what interest rates are going to do, what what mortgages could be doing, what the color of my tie is going to be today to what is going to happen or what could happen with earnings coming out from several large companies tomorrow. Earnings coming from from the likes of of Boeing on Wednesday. Big big day with Microsoft Meta or Facebook and Tesla all reporting plus the Fed completing their meeting and having their press conference which has always been market moving. Much has been said about the direction of interest rate. I'm of the point of the belief that the Fed is not going to cut interest rate this this meeting but we'll probably make some comments that the economy is still strong, inflation is still sticky and still at least several points above their 2% target. We've talked about sticky inflation inflation just by looking at the CPI where housing is still built up and insurance costs are still rising and just those two components are going to keep inflation above the Fed's 2% target rate. And you know cutting cutting interest rates or raising interest rates are not going to do much to alleviate the rise in insurance costs or the rise of in housing price. Still is a shortage in housing and insurance costs. Well they do keep going up for a variety of reasons. The Fed only recourse to say reduce interest rate or at the very least cut out their quantitative tightening policy of selling bonds into the marketplace or reducing the Fed reducing their restrictions stance could be weakness in the employment market with unemployment rising. Indeed it has been reported that Amazon is going to be cutting another 14,000 white collar jobs sometime over the next week or right before they announce their earnings report next week. Tesla's earnings focus is not going to be on the car so much as it's going to be on robots, robo taxis and batteries. And maybe people trying to ascertain if a separate company privately held SpaceX is going to do an IPO. Microsoft Focus is going to be on AI spending and what their cloud is doing and meta focus on advertising and AI spend. Thursday brings Caterpillar focus on construction and data center build out and after the market close, my largest position and favorite food company Apple reports Apple did get a price target increase from JP Morgan ahead of ahead of their numbers on Thursday to $315 a share. My price target is much higher than that. Analysts are looking for 10% or at least 10 to 12% growth from Apple and some positive comments coming on their AI initiatives. From my understanding, sometime in the next few weeks Apple will be rolling out a theory update and with using Gemini and then at their Worldwide Developers conference in June there'll be more of that to come and on Friday let's hope the government stays open. But after last week's events or last this past weekend's events in Minneapolis, Senators have been talking that unless DHS Department of Homeland Security funding is cut. They're not going to vote to extend a continuing resolution and that could produce a government shutdown or partial government shutdown next week. That's going to be very interesting. Meantime, Nvidia announced that it is now the largest customer of Taiwan Semiconductor, supplanting Apple as Taiwan Semi's largest largest customer. And CEO did say we're still in the early part of a massive infrastructure buildout relating to AI. Nvidia also announced adding to their stake in 4Weave they're going to be investing another $2 billion into that data center operator. And then speaking of investments, the administration, the Trump administration announced that they were to going going to be investing in.

[Joe Sushere]

Another.

[Josh Arnold]

Rare earth miner. This one USA Rare Earth company with no revenues at this this point and it's just starting their operations. Very very expensive stock. It got a huge boost on this announcement. The company is going to be issuing additional shares and warrants to the government as part of this purchase. Company's issuing additional shares and warrants. Now that is not accretive, that is dilutive but the company definitely needs more money. The leading rare earth company, MP Minerals initially was up on the news but has since sold off. MP also had had US Government investment as well as a pretty significant investment by my fruit company Apple. A lot to look at this week and a lot to we'll say digest. So do pay attention. Oh one other thing. I am not a gold investor or silver investor, but gold has been on.

[Matthew]

A high.

[Josh Arnold]

Recently and that has affected both the miners and the metals. If you were to invest even now in gold, I tended to look at some of the ETFs that actually own gold market ticker, IAU or glass. Do be prepared for some volatility particularly as these companies are or these commodities are at highs. What is interesting however is that Bitcoin had been billed as liquid gold. Well if bitcoin is liquid gold, bitcoin trading at $87,000 down from a high of $125 or excuse me, $125,000. Bitcoin does not sound like much of a hedge. More of a speculation where gold is a hedge. One other issue with another metal, silver has gone parabolic. Maybe time to at least take some significant profits off of that.

[Chris Reivers]

A big week indeed, Mr. MoneyTalk. You heard him G E Lears. Now is the time for you to pick up the phone and make the call for that free 48 minute financial consultation again with zero obligation. And you do that just like I did by dialing 952-925-5608 where you always get straight talk and never ever sugar coated advice. Josh, once again, thank you so much for the time and the chat. Enjoy the rest of your day and we'll talk to you again tomorrow.

[Josh Arnold]

Thank you very much.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Sushere]

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