2/2 What will this country look like in three years?

Summary

Garage Logic – “What Will This Country Look Like in Three Years?”

Episode Date: February 2, 2026 | Podcast #1707
Host: Joe Soucheray ("The Mayor") with Chris Reavers, Kenny Olson, John Height, and “The Rookie” (Matthew)
Network: Gamut Podcast Network

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Episode Overview

This episode finds the Garage Logic crew gathered to wrestle with a central and increasingly pressing question: “What will this country look like in three years?” Against a backdrop of political turbulence—especially around immigration enforcement, ICE protests, ongoing fraud investigations in Minnesota, and new cultural tensions—the crew delivers classic, gumption-fueled analysis, blended with pointed humor and a dose of resignation. The banter weaves through current events, listener mail, Minnesota weather trivia, and the group’s familiar skepticism about both political parties and the fate of common sense in America.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The State of the Nation – Stupidity, Tribalism, and Political Gridlock

[03:14-10:00]

• Stupidity Problem: Joe begins with an anecdote illustrating everyday absurdity: a man berating a liquor store for being open…after making a big purchase. “Here’s this who just bought his stuff. How do you deal with this? This world is nuts.” (Joe Soucheray, 04:46)
• “Stolen Land” Talk: Joe muses about property claims and hypocrisy, suggesting those who bemoan stolen land should “research their property and return it.” “Here are the keys. Call them up, have them over and say, here. Here are the keys…” (Joe Soucheray, 06:03)
• Minnesota Identity and Winter: Side banter on space management (snow) and Groundhog Day roots the conversation in Minnesota’s own quirks.

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2. Minneapolis Teachers Union, ICE, and Elected Officials – The Protest Industrial Complex

[11:40-19:00]

• The group discusses Marsha Howard (head of the Minneapolis Teachers Union), who gave an interview suggesting elected officials and teachers are actively participating in anti-ICE agitation—monitoring, patrolling, using Signal chat groups.
• Joe follows up with journalistic background, describing Howard’s transformation from teacher to activist and her stewardship of George Floyd Square. “She’s kind of running it.” (Joe Soucheray, 14:48)
• Discussion turns to the protest culture: Are these events peaceful? Are they really about ICE, or something deeper? “You’re trying to apply logic to people that can’t apply logic, rookie.” (Chris Reavers, 19:11)

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3. Political Prognostication – Can the Country Endure 3 More Years of This?

[20:02-30:00]

• The big question: Whether the U.S. can “survive three years of this.” Most of the crew voices pessimism.
• Tangents include ongoing “Epstein files” and the spectacle of endless but inconclusive scandal: “Either do something about this or forever shut up about it.” (Joe Soucheray, 22:13)
• Frustration mounts as the panel notes the lack of clarity over who’s on which “side,” with Matt joking, “That’s what I always said about a civil war, Matt. I won’t know who to shoot at.” (Joe Soucheray, 23:03)

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4. Minnesota’s Problems – Fraud, ICE, and Assimilation

[35:00-45:03]

• Joe references an op-ed by Ayaan Hirsi Ali on “Minnesota’s Post-Assimilation Reality,” dissecting clan-based loyalty among the Somali community and drawing parallels to U.S.-wide tribalism.
• “Where it persists, institutions decay… that’s happening to just the United States in general.” (Joe Soucheray, 39:12)
• The lesson: Modern society is threatened when tribal or kin-based loyalty takes precedence over civic trust and legal institutions.
• The group considers how assimilation happens and why some break away from tribal traditions while others don’t: “Why was she able to shrug off these shackles and become her own woman?” (Joe Soucheray, 42:54)

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5. Minnesota-Specific News & Daily Life

[50:53-59:44]

• ICE Operation Metro Surge: Federal judge denies Minnesota’s request to halt ICE raids, citing state sovereignty.
• Poll shows: 72% of Minnesotans want state investigation of ICE-involved shootings (56:07).
• Winter weather and local humor:
  • Multiple vehicles fall through the ice near a power plant outlet: “How dumb are you? … This is a classic example of man losing sight of nature.” (Joe Soucheray, 58:06)
  • Dog sled race postponed for lack of snow; duck calling contests; iguanas freezing in Florida—classic regional sidetracks.

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6. Cultural/Pop Media Musings

[09:47-10:15, 70:15-74:55]

• Dissecting the Grammy Awards, “protest music,” and Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” (which none of the crew likes):
  • “Are we just going to gloss over the fact that Bruce Springsteen’s Minneapolis song is a turd?” (Chris Reavers, 72:36)
  • Debate over the relevance and longevity of protest music.
• Anecdotes about obscure duck calling events, German traditions, and backstage musician stories keep the conversation locally flavored and lighthearted.

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7. Listener Feedback and Calls to Civic Action

[83:18-85:54]

• Listener “Ingy” writes in urging participation in Minnesota’s precinct caucuses as a way for “everyday people” to truly influence party endorsements.
• The group acknowledges the point, encouraging more civic engagement at the local, grassroots level.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Everyday Absurdity
  • “Here’s this who just bought his stuff. How do you deal with this? This world is nuts.” — Joe Soucheray [04:46]
• On Systemic Issues & Decline
  • “The country is haunted by the absence of reason and wisdom… there isn’t any, no matter where you look.” — Joe Soucheray [29:04]
• On Modern Tribalism
  • “Where [tribalism] persists, institutions decay… authority is fragmented. Shared obligations are fragmented.” — Quoting Ayaan Hirsi Ali, discussed by Joe [39:12]
• On Political Cynicism
  • “Either do something about [the Epstein files] or forever shut up about it.” — Joe Soucheray [22:13]
  • “That’s what I always said about a civil war, Matt. I won’t know who to shoot at.” — Joe Soucheray [23:03]
• On Political Prognostication
  • “We will continue living like this until Trump’s last day in office. That this is just how it’s going to be.” — Kenny Olson [19:52]
• On Springsteen’s Protest Song:
  • “Are we just going to gloss over the fact that Bruce Springsteen’s Minneapolis song is a turd?” — Chris Reavers [72:36]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:14] — The Stupidity Problem & Liquor Store Anecdote
• [05:08] — Satirical Fix for “Stolen Land” Issues
• [11:40] — Teachers’ Union, Elected Officials, and ICE Protest Coordination
• [14:48] — Marsha Howard’s Transformation & George Floyd Square
• [20:02] — Can the Country Survive Three More Years?
• [22:13] — Epstein Files Frustration
• [39:12] — Minnesota’s Clan Loyalty, Assimilation, and Worries on Tribalism
• [50:53] — Local News: ICE, Polling, and Approval Ratings
• [56:07] — Minnesota Poll Results on ICE Shootings
• [58:06] — Vehicles on Unstable Ice: “Classic Example of Man Losing Sight of Nature”
• [83:18] — Listener Letter Urges Local Political Engagement

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Tone and Style

• Lighthearted, bantering, and at times cranky.
• Blends practical skepticism with sardonic humor and regional warmth.
• Language is colloquial, occasionally biting or resigned, and colored by a Minnesota sensibility.

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode is a microcosm of Garage Logic: acerbic, common-sense commentary from Minnesota’s “mayor’s office,” with Joe Soucheray and crew poking holes in national absurdities, local policies, and the failures of both political parties. The central question—whether American civic life and reason can survive further years of division and tribalism—anchors the show’s blend of local specificity, national angst, gallows humor, and genuine concern for the erosion of wisdom in public life. If you missed the episode, consider it a crash course in how gumption, skepticism, and humor can illuminate even the country’s darkest corners.

Transcript

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[Chris Reavers]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Kenny Olson]

Joe, I think Gabriel shot that photo. Our own Gabe.

[Joe Soucheray]

It might have been. Yeah, I think so.

[Matthew]

Back from Hawaii soon.

[John Height]

Here.

[Joe Soucheray]

I have some things I have to get off my chest. Number one, I think we might have a real stupidity problem.

[Kenny Olson]

Hi, I'm Kenny on the show, or.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm not gonna name the store and I'm not gonna name the owner of the store who I know. Well, he was telling me that on the Friday all the stores were supposed to close. Let's just put it this way, as a liquor store where I still go, I just don't buy liquor, right?

[Kenny Olson]

Well, you just go in there to say hi to remember the good old days.

[Matthew]

Do I still have all my points?

[Kenny Olson]

Going to a car show and look at the cars.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right. And Eric still come around here?

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

And he was telling me about a guy who was in the store, bought, you know, many dollars worth of things and then read the owner of the riot act for being open. So now think about that for a minute.

[Chris Reavers]

How dare you be open. Bring up my 150 bucks worth of hooch.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here's a guy buying 100 bucks worth of boosh.

[Matthew]

Get that angel's envy ready.

[Joe Soucheray]

And not only that. This was after he paid for it. I said, kick him out of the store. He said, no, no. This was after he bought it.

[John Height]

Oh, my God.

[Joe Soucheray]

He said, what are you, an evil capitalist? And the guy said, yeah, I am. I got employees to pay and a.

[Chris Reavers]

Store to run and lights to keep on.

[Joe Soucheray]

Lights to keep on. And we got the furnace going. And. And here's this. Who just bought his stuff. How do you deal with this? This world is nuts.

[Kenny Olson]

It would have been fun if he would have told that guy what his daily overhead is. It cost me $6,000 a day to have this store open.

[Joe Soucheray]

Second thing I want to get off my chest, there ought to be a law. If we had a functioning congress that could write a law. But we no longer have a congress. If we had a congress, I would love to see a law passed that says anybod claims were living on stolen land must research their property and return it to whatever tribal nation happened to be living there years ago. Here are the keys. Call them up, have them over and say, here. Here are the keys to this property.

[Kenny Olson]

Even that, though, I love that. But that Too. Is tricky because there was a migration of natives. As soon as the white people hit the shore on the Atlantic Ocean, the natives started getting pushed west. So you have to pick your favorite tribe.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. Pick. Pick who?

[Kenny Olson]

Is it the Ojibwe? Or is it the Lakota?

[Joe Soucheray]

You're in Arizona. You could go with the Apache. You could go with the Cherokee. You know, you could do whatever you want. But if you utter those words in public, you must turn over your property. Including the University of Minnesota. They must give it back to. I think in this case it would be the Dakota.

[Matthew]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. Yeah. See you in the back.

[Chris Reavers]

I can't get the picture out of my head of Mr. Man Bun Walking away with his paper bag full of hooch. And how many stops do you think that this. This Man Bun wearing doofus made before he finally found a liquor store that was actually open?

[Matthew]

He was checking every store he went just to make sure that.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, my guy said. My guy said every store up and down. The oven is open. He said we can't afford to close.

[Chris Reavers]

Wow. I gotta pay my property taxes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Joe.

[Kenny Olson]

Is your stolen land thing from Billy Eilish.

[Joe Soucheray]

I heard that. She said that last night.

[Kenny Olson]

No one is illegal on stolen land.

[John Height]

Right.

[Matthew]

There was a couple ice outs. I did watch the Grammys. It was.

[Joe Soucheray]

I heard about that. And then I watched at the end. There was a tribute to dead people. I like that. There's a lot of good musicians.

[Matthew]

The Ozzy one was okay. I thought.

[Chris Reavers]

I thought the Ozzy one was sweet.

[Joe Soucheray]

Was that what Chad Smith was playing?

[Chris Reavers]

Chad Smith. Post Malone and I can't remember that. I'll look up the two guitarists that were. They did War Pigs Slash. Thank you, Johnny. Thank you.

[Matthew]

I thought Lauryn Hill did a great job with Wyclef Jean and Roberta Flack.

[Joe Soucheray]

One of the gals really had quite the outfit on.

[Matthew]

That is. What's her name? Shoppel.

[Joe Soucheray]

No. Yeah. Roan.

[Matthew]

And they were attached to the Something that rhymes with Chapel.

[Joe Soucheray]

Was that one of those. You know how guys. Guys have those T shirts that make it look like they're. They have a tie on and a.

[John Height]

Yes.

[Matthew]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Was that one of those?

[Matthew]

No, that. That was the real deal. I think she was. I think she was pinching.

[Joe Soucheray]

Boy. She's.

[Matthew]

If you know what I'm saying.

[Kenny Olson]

She ample or.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, they're very nice.

[Matthew]

She wasn't.

[Joe Soucheray]

I can't comment. Of course.

[Matthew]

The other guy. Who was the other gal? She was a Latino guy. She came out as somebody G. Were.

[Kenny Olson]

They bigger than mine?

[Joe Soucheray]

Matthew.

[Matthew]

She should be sharing Double D before.

[Joe Soucheray]

I could breathe last night.

[Matthew]

Pause.

[Joe Soucheray]

The. All the heathens over there at my place. Where? Had the red carpet thing on.

[John Height]

Yeah, same.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that's where I saw this outfit.

[Matthew]

Yes. And she changed.

[Joe Soucheray]

She didn't change to present the hell of an outfit.

[Matthew]

I mean, not a lot of. I couldn't pull it off.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, you don't think so?

[John Height]

No.

[Joe Soucheray]

Then I got another thing I want to say.

[Matthew]

I got moobs, too.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I got another thing. Punxsutawney Phil and all those drunks that get together every year for that thing. It's like the winter carnival. He saw his shadow. So there's six more weeks of winter?

[Chris Reavers]

Sure.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay. More space management was practiced yesterday in North Carolina than in Minnesota. Sure. Isn't that something?

[Chris Reavers]

And probably Florida. Than in Minnesota.

[Joe Soucheray]

Kelly Mickelson from North Carolina wrote, hail the Flashlight King. Hail you, Joe. I moved from Hibbing to North Carolina to get away from the snow. The last time there was a storm like this was in 1989. Looks like we got around a foot. I might as well take advantage of the snow to practice space management since I don't know when. I don't know the next time we'll get a storm like this, maybe I'll have some snow chunks to kick. Enjoy the show. From Newport, North Carolina. Yeah, they got. They got nailed. We don't have that here.

[Kenny Olson]

It didn't snow in the Twin Cities on Saturday.

[Joe Soucheray]

Certainly not a foot.

[Chris Reavers]

I mean, I.

[Matthew]

You know, you. You mentioned the. The Winter Carnival, and I did attend the Torchlight Parade and watched it go by. And I was met with some of the 20202004 crew. That's for you, by the way, from Jim Heinz. But do you see who's on there? And you think they're giving him a shot?

[Joe Soucheray]

Barrett.

[Matthew]

Barrett is riding the Boreal.

[Kenny Olson]

He doesn't know who that is.

[Matthew]

Yeah, he's the guy that calls in as the Vulcan.

[Chris Reavers]

Hail the Vulcan.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hail the Vulcan guy, Tom Barrett.

[Matthew]

But he switched sides, Kenny. He went from the Vulcan side.

[Joe Soucheray]

He could have to the.

[Matthew]

Yeah, he's so.

[Chris Reavers]

He's a heel.

[Matthew]

He switched.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's a traitor, this guy says.

[Matthew]

Say it ain't so, Volk.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's tr. That's horrible.

[Matthew]

You can't go to the other side. It's like Darth Vader saying.

[John Height]

Oh, wait, he did.

[Chris Reavers]

It's like Hulk Hogan joined the.

[Kenny Olson]

What if he's a double agent?

[Matthew]

He is. He should be shunned. He's a former Mr. Pat.

[Kenny Olson]

Do you not know what a double agent is?

[Matthew]

Oh, I see.

[Kenny Olson]

You say you're really working.

[Matthew]

Got it, got it. It's not that smart.

[Joe Soucheray]

Speaking of double agents.

[Chris Reavers]

Well attended, by the way, Matthew.

[Matthew]

Yes.

[Chris Reavers]

Was it well attended?

[Matthew]

We were outside truck park and it wasn't.

[Joe Soucheray]

What's it down to? About two blocks?

[Matthew]

Yeah, it wasn't shoulder to shoulder, but it was still pretty fun.

[Kenny Olson]

Were you in your vehicle or standing on the curb?

[Matthew]

I was standing on the curb.

[Kenny Olson]

And when you're. When they're going by, do you wave and say, I'm the rook here?

[Matthew]

I did that to Mayor her who said she would love to come on the show at any time you want.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm already mad at her.

[Matthew]

Well, you know what? She can take it.

[Kenny Olson]

The streets are horrible. Don't burn the bridge.

[Matthew]

She said, I will. I reintroduced myself. I did say that, Kenny, but I. I said, we'd love to have you back on the show just for an update. She said, I will. Come on no matter what.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know what that tells me?

[Matthew]

What?

[Joe Soucheray]

You're always working.

[Matthew]

See, I'm gonna put in for that.

[Kenny Olson]

We should pay.

[Matthew]

For 37 seconds.

[Joe Soucheray]

Speaking of double agents, came across this today on Fox because I guess, who else would print it? The head of the Minneapolis Teachers Union said in a recent interview that elected officials are involved in anti ICE agitation in Minneapolis. The notion that people are actively engaged in ICE watch, in being vigilant and protecting our neighbors in signal chat groups, running plates in their cars, doing patrols, that somehow we're ashamed of that activity. That somehow you can call out bosses and show our faces and then we would be shunned by our community. I don't know.

[Chris Reavers]

That's gotta get the.

[Joe Soucheray]

That didn't even make sense, did it? This is Marsha Howard, who's the head of the Minneapolis Teachers Union, speaking to Al Jazeera. Howard is the president of the Federation of Educators and perhaps best known for her role in championing the 2020 riots in the city over the death of George Floyd. She was an English teacher for 25 years, including during the George Floyd Rio. She has been described as a steward of George Floyd Square. All right, our bosses are in the signal chats with us, she said. Our elected officials are in the chats with us. Howard also said that local nanas, hockey coaches and soccer moms are participating in the pushback against federal immigration enforcement as ICE and Border Patrol attempt to arrest illegal aliens, many of whom have further criminal histories in the United States. Everybody that's anybody is doing the work of protecting our neighbors because that's how we show up in Minneapolis and St. Paul, she said. She also said teachers are involved in the attempts to subvert federal law enforcement. We're armed with whistles and our phones, making sure that students are safe going to class, she said. And then they escalated the brutality. Every single day. They taunted us from their rental trucks. They would do things like, excuse me, the agents that they brought to the Twin Cities, these hapless, untrained, overly militarized agents were in hotel rooms where they did not detain the workers in those hotel rooms because they wanted to be served by immigrants. She also said federal immigration officers have declared war on my state. They have declared war on my city. She compared them to the slave catchers in the Ku Klux Klan. Oh, wow. Then I did some further homework on Marsha Howard. This is a Sahan Journal piece from May last year. May of 2025. She is the de facto steward of George Floyd Square. Did you know that?

[Matthew]

No, I didn't.

[Joe Soucheray]

She's kind of running it.

[Matthew]

Okay.

[John Height]

Not doing much.

[Joe Soucheray]

I might. I think she's there every day.

[Matthew]

What is she doing?

[Chris Reavers]

You clock in for that, Right.

[Matthew]

How do you. What's the changes from yesterday?

[Chris Reavers]

I'm on break.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

From what?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it says the lead of the story is it's 8am as usual, Marcia Howard is at George Floyd Square for the morning meeting.

[Kenny Olson]

Board a meeting.

[Chris Reavers]

What are you gonna do today?

[Matthew]

Nothing.

[Chris Reavers]

Who's got the budget report?

[Matthew]

Yeah, right.

[Joe Soucheray]

A group of eight neighbors has gathered at the People's Way, a one time Speedway gas station where they sip coffee on benches around empty gas pump is Howard delivers updates.

[Kenny Olson]

Hell hole.

[Joe Soucheray]

Updates on what? Labor unions are planning rallies for Mayday. A neighbor needs help moving bins out of her house and the group will be repainting. I'm sorry. Yeah. Will be repainting the long list of names of people around the country who were killed by police. The list is known as the Morning Passage. M O U R Morning Passage. Painted down the middle of Chicago Avenue South. And the weather takes a toll on that so they have to repaint it every year.

[Matthew]

Do you think that bathroom is functioning at that gas station?

[Kenny Olson]

No.

[Joe Soucheray]

Howard was a neighborhood high school teacher turned organizer. She facilitates the meetings but the group has no leader and Howard resists any attempt to paint her as one. I'm just Ms. Howard the teacher, she said. Since Floyd Howard, who's now president of the Minneapolis Teachers Union has been thrust activism. She was a teacher, a sophomore English teacher at Roosevelt High School at the time she was the social distancing and running a Cottage core Instagram account perfecting a gluten and dairy free tart. What am I reading?

[Matthew]

I don't know. But you know what intrigues me about it?

[Joe Soucheray]

What the hell is this? In trying to capture the perfect photo.

[Matthew]

Of lilacs, that must be in her.

[Joe Soucheray]

Spirit before the lynching of George Floyd. While he wasn't lynched, my social media was just me exercising or wearing a line skirts and kitchen heels. Never mind, I won't read this.

[Matthew]

But you know what intrigues me about her?

[Joe Soucheray]

She's 51 years old. She grew up in Chicago and Little Rock. She joined the Marine Corps during the Gulf War. I saw South Carolina and North Carolina. She thought she was gonna see the world. She met her first husband, a Minnesotan through the Marine corps and at 20 moved to Minnesota. She enrolled at the U of M to study English and landed a teaching job at Roosevelt High School. She and her husband bought a house about two miles from the high school, just a block away from 38th in Chicago. And she's been doing her work ever, ever since.

[Matthew]

Wouldn't you love to talk to her about teaching sophomore English and the state of the majority of the students at Roosevelt High School?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, you know, God love. More interestingly is what does this mean that our elected officials are informing us they're engaged in this signal chatting, which we briefly alluded to that late last week. I don't blame the likes of Howard for wanting to know where these screwballs are.

[Kenny Olson]

And does some of the signal chatting lead to violence? Violent protests or is it all peaceful protest?

[Joe Soucheray]

I, I haven't seen, correct me if anything, these protests have been getting more.

[Kenny Olson]

Peaceful right over the weekend. I believe they were peaceful. I'm wondering prior to that, what do you mean I don't lead to violent protests.

[Matthew]

What do you make of an ICE protest being somewhere downtown Minneapolis at a construction site where they busted 70 windows of Teamsters that were working on the construction site.

[Joe Soucheray]

Who busted the windows?

[Chris Reavers]

The protesters did.

[Kenny Olson]

That is not a peace.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's not peaceful protest. No.

[Matthew]

Also the Teamsters wanna make the Teamsters mad.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, you're trying to apply logic to people that can't apply logic, rookie.

[Kenny Olson]

It's okay if they do it, but it's not okay if others.

[Joe Soucheray]

A lot of rules. I got so much on my mind.

[Kenny Olson]

I should write a book.

[Matthew]

A lot of my minds.

[Joe Soucheray]

Can the country continue this way?

[Matthew]

Oh, we were talking about the Grammys.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't care about the Grammys.

[Matthew]

Well, no, I'm just going to say what they said. They. They people said, let's all figure out how to live together, but then they say ice out, and they're not willing to live together.

[Kenny Olson]

I can answer your question, Joe, without you going any further. We will continue living like this until Trump's last day in office. That this is just how it's going to be.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know that.

[Kenny Olson]

And I'm not blaming Trump. I'm just saying I would.

[Joe Soucheray]

I would definitely blame him. I. That's three years.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. John, can the country survive three years of this?

[John Height]

No.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I don't think so either, but it's not going. I don't think it will keep going.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, okay. Tell me why.

[Joe Soucheray]

I think.

[Chris Reavers]

I think you got a date in mind.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, something has to happen. This can't continue.

[Matthew]

Do you mean regardless of what. Who replaces President Trump as president, regardless of the party?

[John Height]

No, you mean for the next three years, right?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, we mean in the next three years.

[Matthew]

I mean after. But if. When Trump is complete, depending on where America votes, do you think it will continue or does it stop? If Nikkimi Levy Pounds runs for president and she's a Democrat and I don't know.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here, here, here. If you say, look here, why is this country tortured every five weeks or so with another flurry of Epstein material? Oh, my God, what is the point of this? Why is this country being degraded that way? There's 3 million more pages. This could go on the rest of our lives. What is the point of having. Who generated 3 million pages? What. What is going on here? And is everything Trump do. Is everything Trump does to thwart the latest flurry of Epstein stuff? Now he's threatening, which I would happen to enjoy, by the way, he's threatening to release the UFO stuff.

[Chris Reavers]

Now we're talking.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, we got UFO stuff.

[Matthew]

Pushback.

[Kenny Olson]

Wait, what are you really saying here?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't even know anymore what I'm saying.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, because I don't get why you brought up Epstein.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, because. What? Over the weekend, that was the only thing talked about, right? We got more Epstein files.

[Kenny Olson]

I was living in snowmobile world.

[Joe Soucheray]

I said before in the show, either do something about this or forever shut up about it. Who. Who keeps compelling the release of the files? The Justice Department. Stay silent. Who keeps compelling the release of these files? And to what purpose? Is it the Department of Justice? I don't think we can count on them right now to do anything, not if their guy's going to be in trouble. Plus, I don't think anything. You could release whatever it is, and I don't think that would Make a difference. I think the cult would support him.

[Matthew]

But what makes it confusing is I don't know who's on what side with the Epstein stuff.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's what I always said about a civil war, Matt. I won't know who to shoot at.

[Matthew]

That's why you shouldn't silence me.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know who to shoot at if we're having a civil war. I don't even know who to shoot at for real.

[Chris Reavers]

Epstein.

[Matthew]

Who was on whose side? What?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, the KGB was running him as an agent of Israel. And what the hell is.

[Matthew]

Well, we know they were all hounds, but the bad thing is, if they were underage girls, that's what they need to get to the bottom of. I don't care.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't think you're going to, so long as this guy's the president.

[Chris Reavers]

All right. Welcome to Monday.

[Joe Soucheray]

Where was it?

[Chris Reavers]

I don't know.

[Matthew]

Prince Andrew.

[Chris Reavers]

They just say shopee.

[Kenny Olson]

Three years.

[Chris Reavers]

I think you were right here. I think you were right here. Before you get out. No, you.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh.

[Matthew]

I'm gonna stay silent.

[Chris Reavers]

Glad we don't take breaks anymore.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

Lark de Trump.

[Joe Soucheray]

Do you think there's somebody in charge of detecting when he loads one up in his diapers? And they have to warn the Oval Office? Did you ever see that video? There's a lady that's a new one. Yeah, yeah. And then she gives the sign and then the press people come in and usher people out before they catch a whiff of it. Oh, yeah, it's bad. It's bad. Do you think that's true or is that just AI getting up there in age? I don't know. Could be. AI. I don't know. What? Oh, yeah, there's a woman, and then she goes like this. And then the staff comes out and hustles everybody out of the room.

[Chris Reavers]

Is that on par then with the previous.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's just what I saw. I don't know if it's true or not.

[Chris Reavers]

Having the Easter Bunny, that has to point him in the right direction and.

[Matthew]

Hope that an ice cream truck doesn't go by in the background.

[Chris Reavers]

Right this way, sir.

[John Height]

Yep.

[Matthew]

Get you back to the group.

[Chris Reavers]

Three years, huh? When do I get to stop paying my mortgage?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, here's the problem. There's nothing fun about it, is there? Help me understand. There's something fun or interesting about this? I don't think so. I mean, are we headed in a better direction?

[Kenny Olson]

If you're completely absorbed in politics like you are on the job and at home, there's nothing fun about life at all.

[John Height]

What if. I have a question.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Oh, what if in Texas this weekend? I'll have it in my news. I'm sure you've all seen the Democrats got a victory that was.

[Joe Soucheray]

They did. I mean, in a strong Republican area.

[John Height]

Near Fort Worth, Trump won it by 17 points last election. What if in the midterms here, what will happen to the country if the Democrats take control of the Senate and the House, which, you know, there's a chance that could happen, and then they try to impeach Trump, what will happen then?

[Joe Soucheray]

That's a great question, John. World War Three, I don't think Trump would allow it to happen.

[Kenny Olson]

Happen.

[John Height]

So he'd force himself to stay in power?

[Joe Soucheray]

I think so.

[Matthew]

Another January 6th.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, but Johnny, would there be enough.

[Chris Reavers]

Time for that to take place? Because it would be less than two years to go in his term, correct?

[John Height]

Well, sure.

[Chris Reavers]

So by the time that would happen with all the proceedings, they wouldn't be able to have any type of resolution before he was going to be out of office anyway.

[John Height]

I think it only last time around, took about two months to get to the actual vote.

[Joe Soucheray]

May I remind you. May I remind you that by no mean. Am I suggesting. I would have preferred. Who was that fruitcake that ran against him? What's her name? No, I mean, I think the country would just be facing a completely different set of problems.

[Matthew]

Oh, my God, with walls as vp.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I just. I don't think I had nobody to vote for the parties. I think everyone here recognized. No, I don't want to hear this.

[Chris Reavers]

Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

The parties failed the country miserably. Both parties. Ye. And by God help us, there's not a chance in hell. She would have been. The set of problems would be completely different, but they'd be problems.

[Chris Reavers]

What if you had President AOC take over?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, no. I mean, if that's the direction we're heading. The country is haunted by the absence of reason and wisdom. The country is reason, wisdom, and intelligence. There isn't any, no matter where you look.

[Chris Reavers]

You know, I don't know if you saw this. I think it was maybe a week or so ago, but AOC made headlines because she was filling up her SUV and she said, you know, under President.

[Joe Soucheray]

From a store where she was bitching that they were open, probably.

[Chris Reavers]

But she had said, you know, under President Biden, my SUV held $100 worth of gas. And now under Trump, it only holds $60 worth of gas. She was very upset about that. That, of course, is satire, ladies and gentlemen.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know how cold it was in Florida?

[Chris Reavers]

How cold was it?

[Joe Soucheray]

I would have gone out and have been among the people trying to restore the iguanas.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

I would pick up the iguanas and say, come on, come on, shake off the. See, as a survival mechanism, iguanas just fall out of the trees because their heartbeat stops. Or they kind of go into a temporary hibernation to survive the cold weather. And then the minute it gets warm again, they're okay. I think I would have been on the iguana patrol, like walking around with a stadium. I pick one up and say, you know, let's just warm you up here. And then, you know, they're taking baseball bats to the. To the. I don't. What the hell crop was it? I don't know.

[John Height]

It was oranges. It's. Yeah, it was all kinds of crops. They did. It just apparently creates a protective layer and holds heat in.

[Joe Soucheray]

See, they. Here's something for you. Here's something to dwell on.

[Matthew]

Buckle up, kids want something to worry about?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, not worrying. You puzzle over this. They freeze the crops to protect the crops against freezing.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

Huh.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[Matthew]

I don't get that.

[Joe Soucheray]

They run the sprinklers till everything's coated in ice, and then you get this stretch of cold weather, and apparently that saves the crops because they're already coated in ice.

[Chris Reavers]

So it's almost like an igloo theory, you know? The Eskimos build the igloo. You got to get inside and stay warm. Kind of the same deal, I guess.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's, like, pretty deep.

[John Height]

I tell you what I did this morning when I saw the picture, I went. Went to try to figure out why this happened, and I wrote it down. It said, as the water turns to ice, it releases latent heat, which keeps the plant tissue at or near a constant 32 degrees, preventing the internal temp from dropping to lethal.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'll be damned.

[John Height]

And then they have to break the ice off like they were doing with baseball bats.

[Joe Soucheray]

And then. But sometimes the ice is so thick that they damage the plant that they're banging with the bat.

[Kenny Olson]

So did they turn the water off or do they keep it on?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, they turn it off after they've succeeded in their mission, which is to freeze their fields.

[Kenny Olson]

I see.

[Chris Reavers]

So once again, in the state of Florida, ice has been very helpful.

[Joe Soucheray]

He thinks that's not on a Monday.

[Matthew]

I'm not ready for that yet.

[Kenny Olson]

Your internal editor said that one was a go, huh?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

You got to get. Neither of them have an internal view that out asap.

[Joe Soucheray]

I have some more news on that, on that weather. See, the iguanas are tumbling from trees now. This has been the coldest since 1966. See, I know that. Boy, this has really wiped that BS climate change off the map, hasn't it? Thank God. Freezes during years of freezing helped transform and shift the Florida groves that were introduced in the 1500s and then expanded for commercial purposes in the 1800s. The freeze scheduled through early this week will be damaging to the citrus injury. There's low temperatures in the mid-20s across Orlando, sunny Sunday morning, and are forecast to dip into the 20s this morning. They haven't seen this since 1895. And let's see here. Green iguanas are sensitive and can become stunned when temperatures fall into the 40s. When that happens, they may lose their grip and fall from the trees. And also, they had the wind, had the big wind. You have to go anywhere but Minnesota for exciting weather. We don't have any exciting weather.

[Matthew]

No, we had a little cold.

[Joe Soucheray]

Not this year we haven't. The temperature range, the temperature, wind and other factors will cause accuweather real feel to dip by 15 to 30 degrees below the actual temperature. Up here, we call that wind chill. Heating systems are struggling in the South. People don't have the equipment to get rid of the snow. Damage to fruit begins at 28 degrees and is dependent on the duration of the cold and the thickness of the rind. See, you learn more here by accident than elsewhere by design. Light frost or short freezes can help boost the fruit's sugar content. I'll be damned. That's, you know, you gotta know this stuff.

[Matthew]

Are you learning more here by.

[Joe Soucheray]

I have no idea why you have to know it, but you have to know it. And that's the story. It's. She's pretty chilly. If you took your vacation in Miami today, I think the high's 59.

[Matthew]

It's a little chilly down there. They're bringing their pets in.

[Joe Soucheray]

59 is better than here.

[Matthew]

Yes. Unless you live in Miami and you complain about it and then your father has absolutely no sympathy for you.

[Joe Soucheray]

So I don't have anymore. I, I, I, I think that you're.

[Chris Reavers]

Not gonna do it.

[Joe Soucheray]

I just, I just think for the week. I just think that we're in a very untidy way in the country. I.

[Chris Reavers]

But I don't think we're going to be able to win with either side. Is the, to answer your earlier question.

[Joe Soucheray]

Either, I think the country is very seriously damaged.

[Chris Reavers]

I mean, when Walls has to, when he, I don't know why he thinks this is such a great idea, but to continue to issue tweets that stir up the pot when Friday was, for the most part, pretty peaceful. And I think he's doing this all by design, by the way. I think he's doing it because he wants the commotion to continue, because once that dies down, people will focus again on the fraud.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, but I think we're in trouble there, too. I was reading about that over the weekend, and apparently the, you know, the Federal Attorney's office with those resignations is understaffed. It's not expected that there will be the push like the push that Joe Thompson engineered, and we have no idea how. And whether you like it or not, what's true is that Trump has caused Minnesotans to not give a bleep about fraud.

[Chris Reavers]

True.

[Joe Soucheray]

The focus right now is on the presence of ICE agents who aren't behaving, in many cases, just not behaving professionally. And the longer that keeps up, the more you can kiss the whole fraud goodbye. It won't be solved. And I, I really would like to get her on the air. I gave you guys a homework assignment. John, Read it. I don't know if anybody else did. It was a piece that Ayaan Hersi Ali wrote last week for the American mind. She is a Somali American. She's an American citizen, but somehow she has broken the mold of her ethnicity. Which she's writing about in a piece called Minnesota's Post Assimilation Reality. And it's just a fascinating piece. She wrote this on January 27, was what, last Thursday or so last. I don't know when it was last Wednesday. And her lead is what is unfolding in Minnesota cannot be understood without first confronting a difficult truth. Some cultures arrive intact. They do not dissolve or contact. They do not dissolve on contact with modern society, nor do they gently adapt. They replicate. And she's talking about Somalis. And if she's not the expert, I don't know who is. She writes that Somali society is organized around the clan. Loyalty is not abstract, nor is it civic. It is biological and binding. The individual exists only insofar as he serves the group. Protection, marriage, honor, silence and punishment are governed by this code. Obligations flow inward, sanctions flow downward. The clan precedes the individual and outlives him. The structure is pre modern, but it is also anti modern. It resists the very conditions that make liberal societies function. Individual accountability, transparency, impersonal law and trust beyond kin. Ernest Gellner warned that a modern nation state cannot be built on tribal loyalty. Tribalism fragments authority and dissol shared obligation. Where it persists, institutions decay. Now take it away from the Somali question for a moment. That's happening to just the United States in general with its move to tribalism. There is the Trump Tribe and there's the not Trump Tribe. And what is happening? Well, authority is fragmented. Shared obligations are fragmented. Institutions decay like ice. I would, I would suggest that as an institution, it is decaying and, and not behaving as professionally, for example, as your local police department. Well, I, I'll stop with. With I. Hirsi Ali. It's just a brilliant piece. It tells you what we're dealing with here. I don't think she's engaged in any hyperbole. You'll recall that Ilhan Omar made some reference to Klan following the election. Following the defeat of Omar Fateh, she made reference to clans and how she was disappointed because they didn't vote for. Because he didn't win.

[Matthew]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

Now, the one thing I would like to ask this woman and every effort is underway to book her as a guest. She's quite known as a pundit. What's in it for someone to follow the path of the tribe? What's in it for them? Because individuality is erased and laws are looked at as a personal affront. So you're loyal to the clan. What do you get in return? Does that question make sense? What. What's in it for you?

[Chris Reavers]

Well, you have a sense of place. Isn't that. Wasn't that your line?

[Joe Soucheray]

When you're. When you're loyal to the United States, a functioning United States, you adhere to the laws, you pay your taxes, you own property. Ideally, what's in it for you? What's in it for you is your. The proprietary sense about you you have about your piece of the country, the proprietary fact you have about ownership, raising families, participating in a larger community. What's in it for you was quite clear as an American citizen. What's in it for you is true wonder and grace and achievement and comfort. And. And what's in it for you? If you read this piece by her, by. By Ali, what's in it for you? To be a subservient woman in a tribal Somali clan, What's in it for you? I'm afraid the answer is not very much.

[Matthew]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

What do you think, John? You read the piece?

[John Height]

Yeah. Nothing. I don't know compared to what if United States. If you assimilated into that, obviously, that would be much more advantageous to an individual.

[Joe Soucheray]

And why did Hersey assimilate? Why. Why was she able to. To shrug off these shackles and become her own woman? That's another reason I want to talk to her.

[Matthew]

Meaning drop all Somali traditions of, yes, you can shake somebody's hand, you can say hello, it's okay to. To greet someone of the opposite sex.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. It's just absolutely fascinating what she wrote.

[John Height]

She has a very interesting background, too. When I read this, I went into her background, and part of what you're saying, why did she kind of throw that off, was after 2001, after September 11th.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

She became disenchanted, shall we say, with the Muslim faith and the Quran. And that helped her. It sounds like, from what I read, that helped her to.

[Joe Soucheray]

She can't be alone in that. It doesn't stand to reason that it was just her who became disenchanted. So where are the other Ayaan Hirsi Alis? Where are they? Are they here among us? And if so, why aren't they speaking up? Why aren't they condemning the behavior of the fraudsters?

[Matthew]

Why aren't they fear, family fear. You might have the hubby.

[Joe Soucheray]

Because that's who we're going to have to count on. Because the longer Trump blusters his way through Minnesota with ice, the long. The chances of fraud being solved are nil. They're nil. It'll be a continuing way of life with every agency in the state the state does not have competent people. The people are afraid to be calling to be called racist. They're afraid they have turned the Somalis into the biggest group of less thans, which plays right into the hands of the Somalis. Plays right into their hands. So there you have it.

[Matthew]

There you go.

[Chris Reavers]

So we got that going for us.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I want to. I'm going to hang on to this. I. I wouldn't get rid of it. It's not. It's not. I shouldn't read the whole thing without having her explain it because it's. It's truly, truly interesting. What do you want?

[Chris Reavers]

If you'd like to do an ad, he wants out.

[Joe Soucheray]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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[Joe Soucheray]

Here's Mr. John Height.

[John Height]

Thank you, Joe. And this news brought to you by North American Baking Company. A judge in the US Federal court has denied an effort by some Minnesota officials to temporarily end Operation Metro Surge. I get to say Surge because that's the name of the operation.

[Chris Reavers]

It's not. So we don't fog.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, you can fog horn.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm confused.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay.

[John Height]

On Saturday, U.S. district Judge Kate Menendez denied a preliminary injunction sought in a lawsuit filed earlier this month by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul. In the ruling, the judge said the state failed to prove that Minnesota's sovereignty was infringed upon by immigration enforcement operations within the state. The judge also noted that while the plaintiffs presented a robust evidentiary record of how Operation Metro Serge has unfolded.

[Matthew]

No, I don't.

[Chris Reavers]

Don't need to do it again.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, one was okay.

[John Height]

That's failed to show the likelihood of success necessary for what she called an extraordinary remedy. The judge added, the court pauses to observe what it is not deciding at this state. The at this stage. Excuse me. The court makes no final determination on the merits of any claims asserted by the plaintiffs. Also in her order judgment endeavors noted the profound and even heartbreaking consequences she said said reported since the operation began in December, including the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Preddy. A judge adding, it would be difficult to overstate the effect this operation is having on the citizens of Minnesota and the court must acknowledge that reality here. However, Judgmentendez said that while there is evidence to support the plaintiff's theory that the operation is being used to coerce the state. There is also support that cuts the other way.

[Joe Soucheray]

I have a question.

[Matthew]

You.

[John Height]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

God almighty.

[Chris Reavers]

Do you have a lozenge?

[Joe Soucheray]

If you could poll the protesters, Are they protesting the behavior of ICE or do they believe we should not have borders? B. Hmm.

[Chris Reavers]

I think it's B.

[Kenny Olson]

They're protesting Trump.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I think that's accurate. But I would imagine many of the protesters would still believe in borders.

[Kenny Olson]

I don't know. I think they're there for one purpose.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, I'm with Kenny.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's just purely anti Trump.

[Chris Reavers]

If Trump all of a sudden came out and said, I don't think we should have any borders, all of a sudden, they would say we need to have borders.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I don't disagree.

[Kenny Olson]

If I could poll them, I would ask them, are you on vacation from your job or is it a leave of absence?

[Chris Reavers]

Since family leave act? Damn dirty.

[Matthew]

How do you get off work so much?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, how do you hippies get so much time off?

[John Height]

5 year old boy and his father who were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota have returned home. Texas. Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro, a Democrat, announced yesterday that Liam Canejo Ramos and his dad, Alec Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, had been released from a detention center in Dilly, Texas, and traveled back to Minneapolis. The detainment of the pair sparked protests outside the detention facility where they were being held and led to a national outcry. The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. ICE did not target or arrest a child. Their return home came after U.S. district Judge Fred Beery granted an emergency request from the family's lawyer and ordered their release on Saturday. The judge condemning their detention is driven by a perfidious lust for unbridled power. I had to look that word up.

[Chris Reavers]

What is that?

[John Height]

It means untrustworthy.

[Chris Reavers]

Gotcha.

[John Height]

Untrust.

[Chris Reavers]

Is that a bleep that word? Rook.

[Matthew]

Yeah, Got it.

[John Height]

The judge writing the case has its genesis in the ill conceived and incompetently implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently, even if it requires traumatizing children.

[Chris Reavers]

Johnny, this family resided, it was at Columbia, Columbia Heights. Columbia Heights. Is that in District 5.

[Joe Soucheray]

Columbia?

[Chris Reavers]

Well, the reason I ask is I, I, I did see that Ilhan made an effort to pose for a photo with this family, which I thought, well, thank God she's here.

[Joe Soucheray]

All right.

[Chris Reavers]

That's nice.

[John Height]

A Texas representative, Chris, I mean, well.

[Chris Reavers]

I'm just saying, I'm just glad that she was able to find the time. I mean, she's been fighting for US so much.

[Joe Soucheray]

It was good for business to pose with him.

[John Height]

You think?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

It is the 5th congressional district.

[Chris Reavers]

Thank you, Matthew.

[John Height]

Yes. Meanwhile, President Trump said Saturday he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to not intervene in protests occurring in cities led by Democrats unless local authorities ask for federal help. He provided no further details, though, on how his order might affect ongoing operations by U.S. immigration and Customs and DHS personnel, like in cities like Minneapolis and St. Paul. He did add, we will, however, guard, and very powerfully so, any and all federal buildings that are being attacked by these highly paid lunatics, agitators and insurrectionists.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know that they're highly paid. That seems a bit.

[Matthew]

Shouldn't he just say the protest? He doesn't have to say lunatics. That's just pouring gas.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, that's just him. That's what he does.

[John Height]

The results from the KSTP survey USA polling show that Minnesota voters don't think the shootings by ICE were justified. They're in a good case. 61% of voters say the shooting was unjustified. 27% say it was justified. The shoot of Alex Preddy, 65% say the shooting was not justified. 16% say it was. As previously reported, the Department of Homeland Security blocked state investigators from the scene of the Preddy shooting and shut them out of the investigation of the good shooting. Poll results show that 72% of voters think the state should be allowed to investigate both shootings. The survey also said President Trump's approval rating in Minnesota has hit a new record low at 39%. 59% disapproving of the job he's doing and just 2% not sure. As for Governor Walls, his approval rating hit a new low at 45% with 51% disapproving and 3% not sure.

[Joe Soucheray]

Were you not sure?

[Matthew]

I'm not sure. I have no opinion.

[Kenny Olson]

All right.

[Chris Reavers]

Wall still has a 45%.

[John Height]

Yeah. Washington County Sheriff's Office.

[Chris Reavers]

Who are those?

[Matthew]

Are you sure that's not a.45%.

[Joe Soucheray]

And you do it, two months from now it'll be higher.

[Chris Reavers]

He's going to reenter the race, isn't he?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't. I don't know that. He claims he's not ever running for another office.

[Matthew]

Office unless he's forced into it.

[Chris Reavers]

45% of people think Walls is doing a bang up job.

[Joe Soucheray]

Huh. Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Those are Trump haters, Chris.

[Chris Reavers]

That's true. Yep. Kenny's right.

[John Height]

The Washington County Sheriff's Office is warning about ice fishing on the St. Croix river after they responded to multiple incidents of vehicles falling through the ice. Within a 12 hour period, deputies responded to three separate incidents in which vehicles fell through the ice on the St. Croix River. Luckily, nobody was hurt. Part of the problem here. According to the sheriff's office, the Allen S. King plant in Oak Park Heights is back in operation. That means ice conditions on the St. Croix might change because warmer water from plant operations can weaken the ice.

[Joe Soucheray]

How dumb are you? Yep. You take your. You go down there.

[Matthew]

What are you driving? F150.

[Joe Soucheray]

You damn near run into the smokestack of this power plant to get on the ice. And it doesn't occur to these idiots that maybe some. There's some warmth is being generated here. And this is a classic example of man losing sight of nature. Yeah. You know, pay no attention to that smokestack the size of the Eiffel tower. We're gonna just drive on the ice here. And three go down. Three. Maybe the first one should have worn the other two. That this isn't safe.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, but the fish is good.

[Kenny Olson]

It's obvious you don't know what you're talking about, Joe. When you see a submerged truck, you roll down your window and you go faster.

[Chris Reavers]

Yes. That's how hammer it.

[Kenny Olson]

That's how real men have situations.

[Joe Soucheray]

Until. Until you plunk in yourself.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, make sure you jump out as you're.

[Joe Soucheray]

And then the water's almost bath water.

[Chris Reavers]

Or maybe they want the second guy said, man, I really could get out of this truck payment if I just roll onto the old sign.

[Matthew]

Do you think they'll find it?

[Kenny Olson]

I wonder what my INS insurance policy says about going through the ice.

[Chris Reavers]

My truck drowned.

[John Height]

Lake Minnetonka dog derby isn't officially off yet, but it will be delayed. Organizers of the eight dog forty mile sled dog race announced today that the popular winter event is being pushed from February 13th through the 14th back to March 6th through the 7th. Three week delay is due to a lack of snow.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, there's plenty of snow, for God's sake.

[Chris Reavers]

Joe's outrage rage.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Klondike dog derby co founder, vice president and race director Bethany Hui said, we have wonderfully thick ice. It's hw h w a y. So I went with Hawaii.

[Matthew]

I wonder. Hui.

[Chris Reavers]

I've never heard of this event before. Have you guys?

[Kenny Olson]

Hawaii?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I haven't.

[Chris Reavers]

I'd never heard I heard of that.

[Kenny Olson]

Lapit out of my Hawaii.

[John Height]

Also noted anyone with sled ride tickets or volunteer shifts will have those honored at their respective tickets dates. The derby which runs around Lake Minnetonka in Excelsior has been cancelled in each of the past two years because of a lack of snow.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, you get snow now.

[John Height]

Organizers are hoping to end that streak this year, but warmer weather on the horizon. Supposed to get up into the 30s for the next couple weeks.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know what? Over the weekend, 15° felt like it was about 7.

[Chris Reavers]

It really did.

[Matthew]

Wasn't that nice? That was nice.

[Chris Reavers]

You know, speaking of events that I've never heard of, did you guys see the news footage over the weekend of. Of the German duck calling contest?

[Joe Soucheray]

No. That would have been fun.

[Chris Reavers]

It was packed. There were hundreds and hundreds of people at.

[Joe Soucheray]

The Germans do it differently than other.

[Chris Reavers]

Well, that's what I was going to ask because I don't know anything about the regular duck. I don't know if it's different or not. I have no idea.

[Joe Soucheray]

But it was quack, schnell. Quack, quack, schnell.

[Chris Reavers]

I had the coast guard audio in the back of my head, but I, I. It was, it was standing room only. Oh, this was the German coast guard.

[Kenny Olson]

What are you thinking about?

[Chris Reavers]

Is that this one right here?

[Joe Soucheray]

A German. I need a few more volunteers.

[Chris Reavers]

No, that's not it.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't want to hear it, Chris.

[Chris Reavers]

I know you don't.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'd like to know why the Germans.

[Chris Reavers]

I'll look it up.

[Joe Soucheray]

Look it up. Why do the Germans have a unique approach to duck calling?

[Kenny Olson]

Remember that year at the state fair you had the duck calling champion on? Remember just a few years ago he handed me one of his calls and I was actually better than him.

[Joe Soucheray]

You remember that?

[Kenny Olson]

I remember that clearly. Every duck Sibley county coming your way.

[Joe Soucheray]

No.

[John Height]

Was he German? Why don't we.

[Chris Reavers]

I think he was.

[Joe Soucheray]

Where was the German duck?

[Chris Reavers]

I'll look this up while Kenny does look at me. Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Where was the German duck?

[Chris Reavers]

Looks like it was at the Armstrong ranch in Anoka, Minnesota.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'll be dinged.

[Chris Reavers]

Wow.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, they have a lot of outdoor style events there.

[Chris Reavers]

Kenny, I'm not joking. The video of this news story, I think it was yesterday, but morning. There had to have been hundreds and hundreds.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it sounds like a big deal.

[Matthew]

Traditional German garb or like lederhosen and stuff like that.

[Chris Reavers]

I think so.

[Matthew]

Ingot was there.

[Kenny Olson]

Stein.

[Joe Soucheray]

So I wonder why it was only German.

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Look it up, Reavers. While Kenny talks.

[Kenny Olson]

While I. When you bring up ducks, I think of water. When I think of water, I think of ice. When I think of ice, I think about that sad old one. Lunger. Ice auger. You've been running, running. If you use it daily, it's probably okay. If you toss in a shot from Seafoam with every fill up, it's going to be okay. But in my opinion, just my opinion, the worst single cylinder tool ever made is that one longer gas ice auger. I guess they're all one wonder. It's not like you can buy a V8 ice auger. They're hard to start, they're hard to keep running. You're always too rich. You have to run them on a high idle. They smoke out the fish.

[Joe Soucheray]

The fish.

[Kenny Olson]

If you still have problem and you still want to use it, here's what you're going to have to do. Tip it upside down, drain all that gas. Just put it right in the driveway, right where it belongs. That's what Joe would do. Pull the spark plug, throw it away. Don't try cleaning it, throw it away. Put in a new one. Spray a little bit of sea foam through the carburetor. You have to take off the air cleaner cover and then put in brand new gas with a little seafoam. Pull it over a few times, times, and that thing should spring to life and should treat you, you know, like the hero you are, the ice fishing hero you are. But you got to run them. You got to run them a lot to keep them healthy. And you have to run seafoam. It's the cylinder's best friend for everything cylinder related. Small cars, big cars, trucks, tractors, go karts, ice augers. If it's fossil fuel fired gas or diesel, Seafoam is the ticket. It cleans, it rejuvenates and makes everything fantastic. A wonderful product in a world of bad gas, Seafoam.

[Matthew]

Kenny, I do have a question. Is there a.

[Kenny Olson]

No further question.

[Matthew]

Is there a river version of Seafoam for the Augers or is that distinct or not distinct?

[Kenny Olson]

That is a rhetorical style question. Okay, John, back to you, my friend.

[Joe Soucheray]

Got it.

[John Height]

Thanks, Kenny. As Joe talked about earlier, the Justice Department over the weekend releasing many more records from its investigative files. When Jeffrey Epstein resuming, we're getting to.

[Matthew]

The bottom about it.

[John Height]

Resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about Epstein, sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with rich and powerful people. Folks mentioned in there that you might know the name of include President Trump, Bill Clinton, Elon Musk, Steve Tish, Prince Andrew, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the director of the new film about the first lady, Brett Ratner, among many others. Meanwhile, meanwhile, dozens of the Victims had their names and nude photos published by the DOJ despite orders from them to be redacted. At least 40 explicit images and the names of 47 victims were published as part of the latest release. They were not supposed to be. The people in the unredacted explicit photos appeared to be young, although it was unclear whether they were underage. Some of the women trafficked by the late financier are believed to have been minors when they were abused. Some of the images were taken on Epstein's private island, including some on a beach. Others taken in bedrooms or other private spaces. Meanwhile, documents detailing alleged sexual assault allegations against President Trump, which he denies and have not been proven, disappeared within hours after the government released the files. At first glance, 5,300 mentions of Donald Trump in the release of the files.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, let's say you get invited to the aisle, right? Okay. You're good. You're gonna get on Lolita and head out there?

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why? Why would you allow your picture to be taken?

[Chris Reavers]

I don't think you had a choice.

[Kenny Olson]

I don't think they knew their pictures were being taken.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, I got a question. If these photos were published, the lawyers are gonna start lining up now, right? I mean, we're talking massive lawsuits.

[John Height]

The DOJ is saying we're going as fast as we can to get rid of.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't believe anything the DOJ says.

[John Height]

I don't either, but that's a whole nother story.

[Matthew]

But here's my question. Who at the doj was it his or her job to say delete all the Trump stuff?

[Joe Soucheray]

Pam Bundy.

[Matthew]

But no, somebody's sitting down in an office somewhere, what do you think it is? And they gotta cross it off.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right.

[Matthew]

But if they're telling you that you're gonna go bs, I'm going to the press, I'm not gonna take out Trump.

[Chris Reavers]

And then you're gonna be unemployed the most. Five minutes.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, that's not gonna. These are people that are sworn their fealty to Trump. So Pam Bond. He's not going to let Trump go fry it in the air.

[Matthew]

Yeah, but a low level DOJ person, There aren't any.

[Joe Soucheray]

This whole thing is a Trump doj.

[Matthew]

Bring me the Department of War.

[John Height]

Some Republicans are warning the party that they'd better start paying attention after Democrats notched another victory Saturday in a special election during President Trump's second term, flipping a seat in the the Texas Senate that Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Taylor Raymond, a union president and Air Force veteran Democrat, defeating Trump backed Lee Wamgness in a runoff for the Fort Worth Area 9th District. It was a 26 point total turnaround, counting the 9 point victory of margin of victory. The victory Saturday marks the latest success for Democrats ahead of this year's midterms. The president had made a late push for Wampco guns, posting on social media in support of her campaign three times in the last two days up to the race. A Texas seat had been vacant since last summer when Republican Kelly Hancock resigned to become the state's acting comptroller. During a brief Q and a with the press at Mar? A Lago yesterday, a reporter asked the president for his reaction to the Democratic victory in the Texas race. He appeared to pretend he didn't know anything about it. He answered, I don't know. I didn't hear anything about it. Did somebody ran one where reminded of the details? He said, I don't know. I'm not involved with that. That's a local Texas race. Deny everything President Trump said Sunday he will move to close Washington's Kennedy Center Performing Arts for two years starting in July.

[Chris Reavers]

John yes, the Kennedy Trump Center.

[John Height]

I'm sorry, it's the Kennedy center for Performing Arts and it's.

[Joe Soucheray]

Can't we.

[John Height]

He's closing it for construction.

[Kenny Olson]

Can't we just change it to the.

[Joe Soucheray]

Trump no, that bumps his name.

[Kenny Olson]

Bump. Bump Kennedy off to there.

[John Height]

Trump's announcement on social media follows a wave of cancellations by leading performers and groups since the president ousted the previous leadership added his name to the building. Neither Trump nor Kennedy Center President Rick Grenell, a Trump ally, have provided evidence to back up the claims about the building being in disrepair. Leading performing arts groups have pulled out of appearances, most recently last year. Last week, composer Philip Glass, who announced his decision to withdraw his Symphony number 15, named Lincoln because he said there were values at the center that are in direct conflict with the message of the piece. Last month, the Washington National Opera announced it'll move performances away from the Kennedy center in another high profile departure following Trump's takeover. Dozens of other performers have canceled appearances there since Trump took control of the center.

[Matthew]

Is this the place where they give all the Kennedy Awards and things like that? Correct.

[John Height]

That's correct.

[Matthew]

Is the only person in line that annually gets a necklace is Mike Lindell from Because nobody else will show up.

[Joe Soucheray]

Maybe not.

[John Height]

Well this year they just did it two weeks ago because.

[Matthew]

Because people aren't going to show up because it's Trump. So they're going to just.

[John Height]

No, these are performers. These aren't the people who would get awards work? They see they have performances there year round.

[Matthew]

I'm not.

[Chris Reavers]

A couple years ago they did Z Political. The Zeppelin thing was cool.

[John Height]

They're two different things.

[Chris Reavers]

No, that's. They did it there though, right?

[John Height]

Yeah. Those are the awards. Those are once a year, like the Grammys. Once a year. And then all year long there's performances. The people that are canceling are people who are supposed to be performing there, say tomorrow or March 15 or April 2 or July 3 or whatever. Those are the ones.

[Matthew]

I thought art knows no politics and you just show up and do your.

[Joe Soucheray]

Not anymore.

[Chris Reavers]

Matt, any reviews from first Friday at the.

[John Height]

You know what? Yeah, I was going to say as long as we just mentioned that art knows no politics. I'll read my next story. I was going to skip it, but I'm going with it.

[Chris Reavers]

How did Bruce do?

[John Height]

One of the first bands to cancel at the Kennedy center was Low Cut Connie. Remember them well?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

They released a press statement about their whole new record today. It's called Living in the usa. And lead singer keyboardist Adam Wehner said the statement, the album's a reaction to what he called an authoritarian hell and a moral vacuum in the country. An album is just the latest in a string of rock and rollers in the last week putting out music condemning actions of the administration. Billy Bragg, the Dropkick Murphy's have recently put out material deriding the administration. Lucinda Williams says her new album World Gone Wrong was written as a reaction to the Trump administration. My Morning Jacket just released Peacelands, a benefit album featuring acoustic protest songs with proceeds going to American Civil Liberties Union, Doctors Without Borders and the International Rescue Commission Committee. Their press releases, they stand in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis. And of course, it's just noted there was Bruce Springsteen streets of Minneapolis, who.

[Joe Soucheray]

Who did the World's Gone Wrong. Lynn? Lucinda. I'm working on my Lucinda Williams impression. Oh, she says smiles like smile smiles.

[Chris Reavers]

You know, as an artist because, you know, we, we talked to Jeff Dayton about. So when you're an artist, you try to pretty much stay down the middle of the road, right? Because you don't want to alienate half your audience. If you're Bruce, you can get away with it because you're worth billions of dollars. But when you're one of these lower tier acts, aren't you committing career suicide by doing this?

[John Height]

I don't think you are. And I don't believe rock and roll fits the same category as not alienating half your audience. It never has since 1960.

[Joe Soucheray]

I will say, this Low Cut Connie is one of the great band names I've heard in a long time.

[Chris Reavers]

Time.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Low Cut Connie.

[John Height]

Low Cut County.

[Joe Soucheray]

I have no idea what it refers.

[Kenny Olson]

To or I don't know, but it.

[Matthew]

Was a great tune.

[John Height]

Remember the song we used to play? Mine?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

I like the name Wet Leg.

[Joe Soucheray]

I. I don't like that one.

[John Height]

They were up for a Grammy, Kenny. Did you see that? They didn't win it, but they were up for a Grammy.

[Kenny Olson]

Was her leg wet?

[John Height]

Right?

[Joe Soucheray]

No one. No one. No one.

[Chris Reavers]

Are we just going to gloss over the fact that that Bruce Springsteen Minneapolis song is a turd? It's not even a good song, but.

[Joe Soucheray]

At number one streaming song.

[Chris Reavers]

Oh, I get it.

[Joe Soucheray]

In the world. Not just here, but in the world.

[Chris Reavers]

Not a good song.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's up there with.

[John Height]

How should we talk about protest music in general? We're going to turn this into a music show.

[Chris Reavers]

I don't know.

[John Height]

Protest songs in general, Chris, are for the moment. They're not to last. In general. The great ones last.

[Matthew]

Yeah, but I was going to put the streets of Minneapolis right up there with the Prince Viking song.

[Chris Reavers]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

That was just.

[Chris Reavers]

They're both terrible.

[John Height]

Yeah, whatever.

[Chris Reavers]

Good artists. But the songs are terrible.

[Matthew]

It's not a home run every time, guys.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, shouldn't it tell us something is number one in the world.

[John Height]

Yeah, in the world. About opinions. Right, fellas?

[Joe Soucheray]

Huh?

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah.

[John Height]

There's no opinions. Right, fellas?

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Rook, you hated Ghost of Tom Joe, didn't you? I don't think.

[Matthew]

But I don't think I like Bruce Springsteen.

[John Height]

Yeah, well, I mean, I love his music.

[Matthew]

You know, the Tom Joad guy, You know?

[Kenny Olson]

Who is Tom Joad?

[Matthew]

He's a ghost.

[John Height]

Yeah. Who was Tom Joe Rook?

[Matthew]

He ran down the streets of Philadelphia.

[John Height]

You don't even know, do you?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. No.

[John Height]

That makes me very sad.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Matthew]

He was a protester.

[Kenny Olson]

The less you know, the more you talk.

[Matthew]

Won the war, but he was mute after, so he couldn't sing. But he wrote music like he was, you know, Mozart.

[Kenny Olson]

The less you understand, the more you talk. The less you know, the more you talk.

[Matthew]

Appreciate that.

[John Height]

Thank you.

[Matthew]

Sounds like a good lyric I'm gonna use.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you.

[Matthew]

Yeah, that's good. They're not thinking about you.

[Chris Reavers]

They're not thinking the streets of Minneapolis. We're at First Avenue, right next to his new records.

[John Height]

Let's. Let's talk about earthquakes.

[Matthew]

We gotta keep going.

[John Height]

Tom Joad.

[Joe Soucheray]

I used to run into Bruce all the time in Durham, North Carolina. Carolina.

[Chris Reavers]

Really?

[Joe Soucheray]

I think I never did But I heard he was there.

[Matthew]

Oh, I think his daughter wrote.

[Joe Soucheray]

His daughter went to Duke.

[John Height]

My wife met him in the 80s at Dayton's when she worked there.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hey, now, was he buying something?

[John Height]

He was buying something, yes.

[Chris Reavers]

And she's just kind of walking.

[Matthew]

We got Colombo today. He's on his game. He's on his game.

[Chris Reavers]

What else?

[Joe Soucheray]

What else?

[Matthew]

He wanted all the folks. You have to see something or buy something. I don't know.

[John Height]

A 4.2 earthquake hit near San Ramon, California this morning following a 3.8 quake amid a string of 30 different quakes.

[Matthew]

No, I'm just looking for Psalm lyrics.

[Joe Soucheray]

What do you got here? Shirt.

[John Height]

The 4.2 quake hit at 701 this morning following a string of quakes that began with a 3.8 at 620. Seven dozen of earthquakes have followed. USGS said the 4.2 quake was about 9.4 kilometers in depth.

[Joe Soucheray]

Maybe that's what's going to happen.

[Chris Reavers]

Yeah, the big earthquake's going to take us all out.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, you know, California could have quite an event.

[Chris Reavers]

You know, I'm just. It's unfortunate Patrick's not sitting in the other room yet because that's on par with when you asked how many other semifinal games are there? Yeah, well, Joe, there's two that we just played.

[Joe Soucheray]

What? Can I.

[Kenny Olson]

Can I leave now?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[John Height]

Bugs. Donnie. Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather this morning. We hate that, don't we?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, well, I don't know, but that's worth Only the middle of March to a 21st. You're like me. It's over anyway.

[Chris Reavers]

It's going to be light till 5:30 now. Come on.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's over.

[John Height]

His annual prediction and announcement that he had seen his shadow was translated by his top hat wearing handlers in the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club at Gobbler's Knob in Western Pennsylvania. The new is greeted with a mix of cheers and boos. Do you think they ever changed a copy for this story?

[Matthew]

No, I don't have an opinion.

[John Height]

Usually, usually guests can come up on stage and take pictures of Phil after his prediction. But this year the announcer said it was too cold for that and Phil's handlers were afraid to keep him out for too long. Instead, the audience was asked to come to the stage, turn around and do a selfie. Everyone at the same time. In New York, the ceremony for Staten Island Chuck was streamed live but closed to the public because of the cold instead.

[Joe Soucheray]

Island Chuck ever catch on? Apparently he has. He's in the news.

[Matthew]

Be A great name for a band, wouldn't it?

[Joe Soucheray]

How cold was it, John?

[Kenny Olson]

How cold was it that we had that?

[John Height]

I don't know. That's a good question.

[Kenny Olson]

Like 40 or 50 below single digits.

[John Height]

For Fahrenheit, it says.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh my God, that's. You can't live in that kind of weather.

[John Height]

Chuck also, by the way, predicted six more weeks of winter.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, Chuck seems kind of like a low rent woodchuck.

[Matthew]

Yeah, right.

[Joe Soucheray]

What animal is filling in? It's a groundhog.

[Matthew]

Yeah, yeah.

[Chris Reavers]

Do you think that they have a podcast associated with this unveiling every year?

[Joe Soucheray]

Absolutely.

[Chris Reavers]

To break it down.

[Matthew]

Imagine how precious those guys are to deal with during that weak.

[Chris Reavers]

Yes, sir.

[John Height]

Did you want some more, Joe?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes.

[John Height]

Okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

Sounding pretty exciting. No, I don't, John. I gotta move on.

[Chris Reavers]

Hey, can I mention one thing from loyal town council member Stephanie, speaking of the streets of Minneapolis, this is a video from yesterday outside of the Quality Leering Center.

[Joe Soucheray]

Learning.

[Chris Reavers]

Well remember they svelted learning. Oh yeah. Big U Haul truck. All the signage has been removed. It says they're loading up the U Haul. But what about all the children? Where will they go now? Boy, they cleaned that place out awfully quick, didn't they?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes they did.

[John Height]

I do have one question about protesting. Yes, there's a. Today there's at Target Center a drum protest in the Target center and includes some pretty famous drummers which they expect about 60 drummers. And I've seen guys like Chad Wackerman who's played with Zappa and Alan Holdsworth who are going to be there and they call it a noise protect test.

[Joe Soucheray]

Huh?

[John Height]

What?

[Joe Soucheray]

What you won't hear because it's indoors, it's indoor.

[John Height]

Unless you're there. Yeah, right. It's at 3:30 at the target Center. I don't know. Well, why would you.

[Matthew]

So they just, seriously, they would just set up a bunch of drum sets on the stage and drum off.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's what they do.

[John Height]

Yeah, and they did that on the bridge the first night of protest. But There was like 13 drummers. It wasn't 60. And there were. The only famous one was Noah Levy, who's the guy who put it together the first. First night. So I don't know.

[Chris Reavers]

Gotcha.

[John Height]

I thought it was a little odd.

[Matthew]

Got him.

[Chris Reavers]

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[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, let's go here. Here's a man who spends hours in hardware stores sifting through the nuts and bolts of life. Joe Sushere. At least $241 million in taxpayer money, those of us who pay taxes, was spent on transgender surgeries and animal experience experiments. Hey, wow. Prompting a congressional lawmaker to question the rationale. Eli Crane, a Republican from Arizona. Why wouldn't a Democrat ask to about it? Ask about it, he said. This is insane. During a February 6 House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing titled Transgender Lab Rats and Poison Puppies Oversight of taxpayer funded animal cruelty, Justin Goodman of the White Coat Waste Project watchdog group said the federal government spent millions on transgender animal testing. Do we need to do this?

[Chris Reavers]

Well, obviously.

[Joe Soucheray]

Do I have to pay for this?

[Chris Reavers]

Yes, obviously. This is a need to serve the American public.

[Joe Soucheray]

This involves mice, rats, monkeys who are being surgically mutilated and subjected to hormone therapies to mimic female to male or male to female gender transitions, gender affirming hormone therapies, and then looking at the biological, psychological and physiological effects of the gender transition. In one instance, $1.1 million grant was handed out to give female lab rats testosterone to mimic transgender male humans. And then they wanted to determine if they were likely to overdose on rape drugs. Do we need to do this?

[Matthew]

I don't think so. He's not ready. Give him another one. What does that mean?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't want to read the story. It's his. It's just crazy. And John mentioned the earthquakes. It's a 4.2 near San Ramon, but there's been a swarm. I Think John said of over 30 quakes and who knows?

[Kenny Olson]

Have you heard from Stacy?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, Nor have I.

[Matthew]

She on vacation? What's going on days.

[Joe Soucheray]

The. The other one that's worth watching is the one off Seattle. On Friday, the area saw its first earthquake in several weeks, but there have been dozens since November. And bart, the Bay Area Rapid Transit, had to slow down trains to inspect the tracks because the tracks can get all gummed up during earthquakes. Did you know that?

[Matthew]

That makes sense.

[Joe Soucheray]

What's this, Jim? Oh, this is Ingy. I would strongly encourage GL ers to attend their precinct caucuses this Tuesday evening. Tomorrow. Although Minnesota does have primaries, candidates seek the endorsement of their party, which in most cases. You know what? I'm gonna tip my hat here to Ingy. He's offering some wise advice that Minnesotans don't pay any attention to.

[Matthew]

So get into it on the grassroots.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, he said although Minnesota does have primaries, candidates seek the endorsement of their party, which in most cases carries enough weight to be successful in the fall's general elections. Choosing to be elected a delegate or an alternate. Alternate gives us everyday people the chance to help decide who gets endorsed. I've been a delegate for many years and attended numerous conventions. There's a lot of time to commit to this process, but the experience that's INGI is well worth it. This is everyone's chance to have a say in who we want to choose to represent us in these elections. Four years ago, Scott Jensen won the endorsement at the state convention for governor. Your choice. He's referring to us. Kendall Quals, a Hale fellow and well met, abided by that endorsement and didn't challenge him in the press. The endorsement is meant to unify the party and voters. You and your crew spent the entire election season griping about the GOP not picking Kendall and the GOP not getting behind Kendall Jensen. While not the perfect candidate was on the ballot, Kendall was not. That decision was made at the convention. Regular people who months prior attended their caucuses and got elected to be delegates and alternates did the GOP contextual here as those who get involved. While Angie's right, can't argue with that. You have a powerful voice with your long running GL show and successful podcast. While I'm not suggesting GL had anything to do with Governor Elmer Fudd being reelected, it certainly didn't help. By all the constant bitching about the wrong guy. You want to have a say? Show up if you can. Tuesday night.

[Matthew]

Even though it's Ingy, Ingy does hit a home run Every once in a while. But then he always goes one step too further.

[Joe Soucheray]

So I hope he signed respectfully. The experience. Okay. Because Ingy's an experience, isn't he?

[Matthew]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Do you guys get his Christmas card every year?

[Joe Soucheray]

I can't tell if it's one sheet of paper or two. Well, we got thick paper.

[Matthew]

You do have really thick paper, though. I can tell it's high quality.

[Joe Soucheray]

Only because they come to us all.

[Matthew]

Let's go.

[Kenny Olson]

19 degrees, 11 degrees in the Twin.

[Joe Soucheray]

Cities, all the way from Kush. They come to us from the traveling lymans in Ka, New Zealand. It was on this day, February 2nd. Newt Nelson was born in Evanger in the Voss district of Western Norway. He moved to Alexandria, Minnesota in 1871, and from 1893 to 1895, he held the state's highest office, serving as the first Scandinavian born governor in U.S. history. After his stint as governor, Nelson served in the US Senate, where he wrote the bills creating the Departments of Commerce and Labor. He died on April 28, 1923. Kenny, were you familiar with Newt Nelson?

[Kenny Olson]

You can't swing a dead cat without running into something referenced Newt Newton else on this day.

[Chris Reavers]

Fab 2.

[Joe Soucheray]

In 1846, Stillwater replaced Dakota as the county seat of St. Croix County, Wisconsin territory later annexed by Stillwater. Dakota has been the county seat for six years. So if you're in Stillwater and you utter this preposterous nonsense about your own stolen land, give your property back to the Dakota. On this day.

[Chris Reavers]

Groundhog Day still at number two.

[Joe Soucheray]

In 1920, in an important act of historical presentation, the Daughters of the American Revolution bought the Henry H. Sibley House of Mendota and converted it into a museum, which they maintained for over 80 years before transferring the title to the Minnesota Historical Society.

[Matthew]

Wait, is that the one on right by the old axles?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes. On this day. Second in 1996, residents the small Vermilion iron Range town of Tower shivered as the thermometer dropped to 60 below Minnesota's lowest recorded temperature to date. Didn't embarrass and Tower get into a squabble about who had the lowest on this day?

[Chris Reavers]

Feb. 2nd.

[Joe Soucheray]

Same year, 1996, Minnesota's coldest temperature was recorded at Tower, a minimum extreme of 60 below zero Fahrenheit. That beat by one degree the previous scientifically measured low established in 1899. On this day in sports disappointment history.

[Chris Reavers]

Who would we lose to on February 2nd?

[Joe Soucheray]

On this day in 1967, the Muskies and the ABA were born. George Mikin was the commissioner on this day, Feb 2nd in 1976, the Fighting Saints were sold for a dollar because.

[Matthew]

That'S all that Wayne Belial had in.

[Joe Soucheray]

His money bag on this day. Fab 2 In 1984, the Yankees signed Tim Belcher. I don't know why that's in here.

[Chris Reavers]

Because the Twins drafted him first overall and he didn't.

[Joe Soucheray]

They signed him in the secondary. Yeah, they got him on this day number two.

[Chris Reavers]

Can he say that again?

[Kenny Olson]

Let's just go here.

[Joe Soucheray]

February 2, 2008, Johan Santana was traded. And on this day, finally on this day, Feb. Second, former Viking defensive backs coach Pete Carroll won Super Bowl XLV3. That'd be 8:58 as head coach of the Seahawks. Thank you, G. Ellers.

[John Height]

Yes, very much.

[Chris Reavers]

Do us a favor if you have not done so already and hit the subscribe button. It's right there on the Garage Logic YouTube channel where you can watch the show each and every single day starting right around noon. And you can also also see full segments, video shorts, behind the scenes footage. It's all there for you. Just search Garagelogic on YouTube along with all of our social media channels. That includes Facebook, Instagram and X and also center for the Daily Logician. That's an email that comes right to your inbox each and every single day. And it also includes the most recent episode of the podcast. Find out more and send 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 Garage Logic. 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. When you call that 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, Disney beat the streak cruise line. Surprised. And boy, oh boy, the market sure does like President Trump's pick, don't they?

[Josh Arnold]

The market. I'll say to me, the market. Like President Trump from Trump's pick of Kevin Warsh to be the next Fed chief. Now of course there are those people in the in the Senate who may make it difficult for him to be confirmed because several of those in the Senate think that Kevin Wash is going to be a toady for the President when it comes to interest rates. The market has seen Kevin Wash more as a on inflation than a in the past he has called for both rising rates and being against as I was quantitative easing that the policy that the Fed instituted after they cut interest rates to0 in 2009 and 2010. The quantitative easing was a way to keep interest rates low by buying bonds on the market. Worse was also one of individuals left the Fed in 2011 but had recently said Chairman Powell was late in raising interest rates in 2021 and into 2022. He should have been cutting rate due to economic softness, primarily in the employment market earlier. The market likes his views on interest rates and views him as a stabilizing force and definitely a force for continued Fed independence. That those views, among other reasons, helped to knock down the speculative fervor in the metals market last last Friday, which sent silver down 30% and sent gold down about 7%. Very quickly. Copper as well fell. Silver has got I'll say had gone very much parabolic over the course of January and that had started we'll say, just after Thanksgiving. I am not, as I have said for decades, I am not a gold bug or a silver bug or a bitcoin bug. I'd sooner own again companies that have what's called growth characteristics and are focused in on the Internet, leisure related businesses, China related businesses because that's still a faster growing part of the world and real assets such as real estate in that case real assets that have the ability to not only grow but become income producing. Disney reported earnings today day before the market opened. They beat on the both the top line and the bottom line. They did not come out with any any guidance and there is some issues relating to the succession of Bob Iger said that he is going to be stepping down soon. The leader of the leisure business within Disney, which comprises Parks Cruises which have been doing exceedingly well, is consistent and this part of Disney's business generates about 80% of the profits. He is considered the leader. The leader of the streaming business is also considered to be a frontrunner to replace Bob Iger. So there are some questions relating to succession around this Disney but Disney does suffer as do the other media companies more from I'll say the more from fear of what may not happen or rather the opportunity of what could happen in the in the media space. Meantime, there is still questions relating to the merger or the acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery either by by Netflix and that has helped to hold back Netflix's stock price. Should Netflix be able to or be approved to merge with Warner Brothers Discovery they would definitely be a huge huge media power powerhouse that that deal could take several months until it's resolved. While that is being resolved a new leader could be emerging in media and that is good. Google with their YouTube division and Google reports their earnings tomorrow after the close. I think a lot is expected not only from YouTube but but from Google cloud business and how that is dealing with I'll say implementing or integrating artificial intelligence and how ad revenues are going with their search business. Small part of Google Google's business is Waymo, the self driving car and cab business and Waymo currently is seeking additional fund fundraising that would put Waymo's valuation at $110 billion. Waymo would then be the leader. We'll call it in Robo Taxis over over Tesla's Robo Taxi at Amazon and Amazon by the way reports Thursday after after the close I will be watching also reports coming from AMD this week and tonight the defense contractor Palantir which is a stock that is down 30% from its highs some on the backs of the movement away from software or software services companies which has knocked down everything from Palantir which I don't consider a software as a service company but knocked out Palantir, Salesforce, ServiceNow and even to some extent Microsoft among others as money has flowed out of those names yet on fears that artificial intelligence companies are going to plant software which I find very curious given that Palantir had been seen as one of the few companies that was actually implementing artificial intelligence in their data analytics and has been doing that quite successfully for some time. Palantir is on a growth tear should be considered but on a long term basis will eventually settle settle out. I'm still I'll say in the full care was Palantir but this is not a position that I'd want to have we'll say dominating my portfolio but still I want it as part of my portfolio given the success it has had. We'll say as a defense contractor and utilizing AI in battle tested environment. More on that tomorrow.

[Chris Reavers]

Excellent advice as always Mr. Money Talk. You heard him G. Ellers. Now is the time for you to pick up the phone and make the call for that phone call 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 sugarcoated advice. Josh, as always 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]

Look forward to it. Thanks, Chris.

[Chris Reavers]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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