More ICE agents on their way to Minneapolis.

Summary

Garage Logic Podcast #1692 Summary

Episode Title: More ICE agents on their way to Minneapolis
Date: January 12, 2026
Host: Joe Soucheray (“The Mayor”)
Panel: Chris Reavers, Kenny Olson, John Haidt, John Randall, The Rookie
Theme: Analysis and local reaction to the growing federal ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) presence in Minneapolis, broader concerns about state and federal governance, and the ongoing divisive political climate in Minnesota.

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Episode Overview

This episode of Garage Logic delves into Minneapolis’s status as the epicenter of the country’s largest current immigration enforcement operation, spotlighting the arrival of hundreds of additional federal ICE agents. The panel explores the legal, political, and community implications of the operation, critiques the optics and tactics of law enforcement, and examines Minnesota’s deepening political and social divides. The hosts also address related issues—fraud scandals, political stunts, and a general distrust in institutions—while maintaining the show's signature “common sense” tone and camaraderie.

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Major Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fakery, Social Media & AI Skepticism

• Opening banter addressed frustration with fake restoration videos online and general distrust of online content.
• Soucheray: “It's breaking my heart to discover that some of this stuff I watch is fake...I wanted to believe that the kid was actually doing it.” (01:54)
• Kenny Olson: “A lot of these shysters, they're greasy. They don't tell us it's AI generated…” (02:46)

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2. Community Divide on High-Profile Police Cases

• The panel revisits contentious police incidents, including lesbians (Kristi Norman) and recalls Justine Damond’s killing (no major protest, attributed to pre-Trump era attitudes).
• Soucheray notes that now, “all public actions decided by political allegiance.” (06:01)
• Discussion of whether police actions and community responses are now solely based on "political fealty" (07:29).

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3. Political Performances, Congressional Oversight, and Whipple Building Incident

• The hosts discuss attempts by politicians (Tina Smith, Amy Klobuchar, Ilhan Omar) to access ICE facilities and the new requirement for a week’s notice, invented by federal officials.
• Soucheray: “That's an anticipated political mechanical operation...” (07:54)
• John Randall: “And what were they looking for?” (08:50)
• Hosts question the sincerity of political stunts and the optics of these oversight visits.

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4. ICE Operations: Tactics, Legality, and Civil Liberties

• Main segment: Analysis of the new ICE operation—dubbed “Operation Metro Surge”—and the accompanying surge of federal officers (over 2400 federal agents, more than double local police).
• Soucheray expresses personal discomfort with the sight of “armed federal troops wandering around our city streets" (21:43), contrasting this with listener support for ICE's presence.

Key Concerns Raised:

• Limits on local law enforcement cooperation due to Minnesota’s “sanctuary” status (20:08)
• Reports of ICE agents entering homes without proper warrants (22:14), and legal ambiguity regarding warrants signed by immigration officers for public, not private, areas.
• Whether ICE agents should be able to stop random people and ask for ID/papers, and the chilling effect this could create:
  • “Can they say, do you have your papers? ... That's the part I don't understand.” – John Randall (25:38)
  • Soucheray: “That makes a lot of GL listeners...that doesn’t bother them. That bothers me.” (26:08)
• Tension between targeting actual criminals versus hassling innocents—“You can’t go into Target and just get Miguel because he doesn’t have his passport...” (42:17)
• Optics: The panel criticizes how ICE’s visible, large-scale actions prompt fear, escalate protests, and damage public trust.

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5. Minnesota’s Political Climate, Fraud, and Distrust in Government

• The ongoing fraud scandal in state agencies (notably in education and social assistance) is discussed—with allegations of contracts awarded fraudulently to companies that performed little to no work (69:54).
• Soucheray draws a line between Minnesota’s progressive “sanctuary” policies and susceptibility to fraud and mismanagement:
  • “This state, following its progressive nose, couldn’t wait to make this a sanctuary state...” (42:49)
• A deeply cynical attitude about all government—federal, state, and local—is voiced. Soucheray: “I don’t believe in the federal government. I don’t believe in the state government. I don’t believe in the city government. I don’t believe in anybody right now.” (31:01)

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6. Broader Social Commentary:

• The panel expresses concern about America’s loss of moral clarity as law, facts, and right/wrong are refracted through ideological divisions.
• Soucheray: “The country has lost its ability to reason…to fact-check everything.” (28:17)
• Fears about “political alignment” trumping competence are aired—the risk of electing poor leaders just to oppose a figure like Trump (39:41).
• Light-hearted asides about everyday life in Minnesota (walking on icy streets, snowmobiles, practice freeways) maintain the show’s local color.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On ICE presence:

  • “So that leaves us with the presence of armed federal troops wandering around our city streets, which...I’m not [comfortable with], but I’m just an odd duck.” – Joe Soucheray (21:43)
  • “If you need protection for what you’re doing, you’re doing it wrong…if you’re gonna tell me that 2,500 ICE agents need protection for themselves? You’re doing it wrong.” – Joe Soucheray (46:14)

• On Minnesota politics:

  • “Progressive Minnesota have crossed a line from ideology to mental illness… Progressive policies have, as you regularly point out, destroyed this state. Yet our leaders...brazenly double down…” – Listener email, read by Soucheray (35:42)
  • “I would take Governor Ventura at this 100%...Amy Klobuchar seems to be, if I had to guess, she’s the one in charge of shuffling the deck.” – Soucheray (39:47, 40:14)

• On skepticism of authority:

  • “I don’t believe in the federal government. I don’t believe in the state government. I don’t believe in the city government. I don’t believe in anybody right now.” – Joe Soucheray (31:01)
  • “The experiment didn’t work. Can we start over?” – Joe Soucheray (32:19)

• On the surge of ICE agents:

  • “This is the largest immigration operation ever in Minnesota...The Minneapolis area now has one of the largest concentration of Department of Homeland Security agents in any American city in recent years. There are more than 2,400 federal agents, more than double the number of local coppers.” – Joe Soucheray (24:03)

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Important Timestamps

• Fakery & Social Media Disillusionment: 01:02–03:02
• Police-Involved Shooting Debate & Political Change Since 2017: 03:02–07:29
• Congressional Oversight, Political Optics at ICE Facilities: 07:29–10:00
• ICE Tactics, Local Law Enforcement, and Civil Liberties: 20:08–27:35
• Concerns About Random Stops and Overreach: 25:38, 42:17–43:50
• Debate Over Sanctuary State Policy & Fraud: 42:49–43:50, 69:54–73:01
• Listener Letter — Minnesota’s Downward Spiral: 35:42–39:41
• General Distrust in Government: 31:01
• Nationwide Political Division & Moral Clarity: 73:04–74:57

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Tone & Style

The mood is conversational, laced with sarcasm, overt skepticism, and moments of humor. The hosts express exasperation at government dysfunction, frustration with community polarization, and concern at the erosion of civil norms, yet regularly return to practical concerns (“common sense”) and Minnesota’s daily realities. Listener emails are thoughtfully read and discussed.

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Additional Noteworthy Segments

• Warm listener shout-outs (notably to a cancer survivor), maintaining the show’s tradition of personal engagement and camaraderie. (34:21–35:16)
• News and local history after the main discussion (49:07 onwards), including coverage of fraud in school districts, the ICE shooting, congressional visit rules, and lighter notes on pop culture and Minnesota sports.

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Conclusion

This Garage Logic episode offers an in-depth, commonsense exploration of the ICE situation in Minneapolis, the fraught intersection of immigration enforcement, state politics, and public perception. The hosts dissect both legal technicalities and the larger, unsettling trends in Minnesota and American society: ideological polarization, the sidelining of fact, institutional distrust, and leadership failures. The show’s blend of skepticism, nostalgia, humor, and neighborly advice continues to underpin the enduring appeal of Garage Logic.

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For listeners seeking detailed context, debate, and local insight—plus offbeat moments about snowmobiles, classic comic books, and Powerball politics—#1692 is a representative episode of Minnesota’s most downloaded podcast.

Transcript

[John Randall]

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[Joe Sushere]

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[John Haidt]

Hail the Flashlight King.

[Joe Sushere]

And now, from the mayor's office above the boathouse on the east shore of Spoon Lake, it's Garage Logic, with Chris Reavers manning technology corner, Kenny Olson from the crabby coffee shop, John Height in the newsroom, and of course, the rookie here is your Flashlight King fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe Sushere. We've often talked about so much fakery on the social medias. It's breaking my heart to discover that some of this stuff I watch is fake. For example, even car restorations or old watch restorations or old gun restorations. You ever seen any of those videos?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, all of the above.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, A lot of them are fake. How can kill it? It's killing me. There was one of a kid who claims, you know, the film shows him finding a. He's going through junk piles in some third world country and he finds a Rolex watch that's just in an indescribably bad condition. Okay. And then the, the video is over him restoring it to its glory. And then all these commenters are pointing out that it's fake and they point out the reasons why. And I, I was a little crestfallen. Yeah, I wanted to believe that the kid was actually doing it.

[Kenny Olson]

You were fooled.

[Joe Sushere]

I was. I was.

[John Randall]

You don't like to be fooled.

[Joe Sushere]

And then there was a guy that he rescued, a Bugatti, you know, brought it out of the rainforest or something. And it turns out that it was all bs. Just kind of breaks my heart, you.

[Kenny Olson]

Know, And a lot of these shysters, they're greasy. They don't, they don't tell us that it's AI generated. I mean, if you make an announcement and saying, this is AI generated and I'm using this to prove a point.

[Joe Sushere]

Point.

[Kenny Olson]

Fine. But don't try to pass it off as reality.

[Joe Sushere]

Where are we after the weekend, boys? The 72 hour rule has come and gone. We are clear to say whatever. Whatever we want. I continue to not believe what Kristi Norman tells me to believe, and that will result in another rash of emails from people who will never listen again because they think mouthy lesbians deserve to be shot. Well, I don't. You get to be a lesbian, you get to be mouthy. Oh, well, then why was she in the middle of that? I don't know and I don't care. So she wasn't.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, that's what led to her getting shot.

[Joe Sushere]

No, I understand, but her car was not weaponized in my eyes. I realized that in the eyes of many people who've contacted me, many of whom have law enforcement experience, they believe her car was weaponized. To me, she was trying to leave. And then I said, well, if I give you the front window shot, will you give me the. Will you trade me for the two through the side window? And then I get a lot of the vets contacting me and say, no, you have to finish the job. You got to keep going. Your adrenaline's on fire. Okay, I get all that, but I just don't buy in this case. Sorry, sorry. Don't listen again.

[John Randall]

Okay, but let's not canonize her.

[Joe Sushere]

I'm not canonizing anybody.

[John Randall]

You're not? You're not, but others are. And she's not ready for sainthood. She did not deserve to be shot. I completely agree with that.

[Joe Sushere]

In fact, that's neither here nor there. It's not apropos to what happened as.

[John Randall]

A result of her being shot. I don't think she needs to be canonized or celebrated.

[Kenny Olson]

Wait, pause. Matt. What is an apropos?

[Joe Sushere]

Joe? Her canonization.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

Say, who was the gal that Neur shot? The Somali police officer in Australia. She was from Australia, living in South Minneapolis. She went out to investigate a noise at night, and then she was shot in a very controversial manner that resulted in the trial of newer.

[John Haidt]

Justine Demand.

[John Randall]

Thank you.

[Joe Sushere]

There was not one single protest of that.

[John Randall]

There was not. They were not walking in the streets.

[Joe Sushere]

Whoa. Okay. I guess. Was that because. I think I know why. There was no single protest, and it wasn't because she was white.

[John Randall]

Why do you believe?

[Joe Sushere]

I. John, do you have the year on that? Was it 2017?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, 2017.

[Joe Sushere]

We were on the path to, but had not yet reached. All public actions decided by political allegiance.

[John Randall]

Say that again. That was.

[Joe Sushere]

We were on the path to. Trump was a year into his presidency or what, a half a year into his presidency and we were on the path to. But not yet consumed by political fealty. In other words. Okay, can he help me?

[Kenny Olson]

Just a few facts here. There was vigils where she was shot. And then several days after the killing, hundreds marched to the Beards Palisades park in Minneapolis. I should know how to say that. I don't.

[John Randall]

But still not in her citywide.

[Joe Sushere]

But in her memory.

[Kenny Olson]

Correct. No violent protest.

[Joe Sushere]

Right, right. In her memory.

[Kenny Olson]

Vigils.

[Joe Sushere]

Okay. We were on the path to. But had not yet reached the point where we are today, where these public actions, whether it's a shooting or a tariff or whatever, they're decided on who you're politically loyal to. And back then that, that wasn't the, that wasn't the vibe of the. Of Minnesota, which has adopted that political ideology choice as, as more. More or as most. As any state population has. I believe things now in Minnesota will only be judged by the, the political, the politics of it. I can't say that word.

[John Randall]

Politic, politicalization, but politicizing that word. Okay, that being said, I hate that term.

[Joe Sushere]

I don't like that term.

[John Randall]

I don't wanna jump around, but how do we address Tina Smith, Klobuchar Ilhan Omar trying to get into the Whipple Building. Is that a big political stunt? Knowing full well they.

[Joe Sushere]

That's an anticipated political mechanical operation that they would, would, would do. But what's interesting about that is that because they're congresspeople, they have what's called congressional oversight. In theory, they're supposed to be allowed there. There's no time limit. But Kristi Noem decided no, you need a week's advance. You have to tell me a week in advance if you want to go there. That's new and apparently invented out of holy law. Made up fan of Tina Smith, Ilhan Omar and I don't mind Amy, I've known her too long. But they, they let him in. You're saying prior to Kristi Noem, prior to political fealty, they would have been let in. In 2017, they would have been let in.

[John Randall]

And what were they looking for?

[Joe Sushere]

Oh, they give you that song and dance about we want to see how the detained are being held. And, and you know, they wanted to make sure they weren't being given bread and water or whatever. I don't know.

[John Randall]

Okay.

[Joe Sushere]

But that's what Congress people, do they enjoy that privilege of being in Congress? Congressional oversight.

[John Randall]

Do you think the Angie Craig, Tom Emmer argument on the floor was a stunt? Or do you think that was passionate? Or was that one or the other Angie trying to get in Emmer's face to knowing the cameras are rolling?

[Joe Sushere]

Again, to me, it was an example of your side.

[John Randall]

Okay.

[Joe Sushere]

She was attacking Emmer because he's a Trumper and he was attacking her because.

[John Randall]

She isn't anti ice.

[Joe Sushere]

So we're at a foul away here.

[John Randall]

Let's take Greenland and move over there.

[Joe Sushere]

I don't want to do that either. Under what possible right do we have have to say we're taking over Greenland?

[John Randall]

I don't think we need Greenland. We got our own problems here.

[Joe Sushere]

The Danes invested their time in human capital in Greenland. We didn't, when people got on those leaky boats, come over here and have that fake Thanksgiving with the Indians. They, they, they didn't go to Greenland. They came here. Plus, Greenland already lets us do whatever we want in terms of it being a military outpost to keep that hawkeye on Russia. You want to go up there and throw another satellite tower up? Greenland won't mind, right?

[John Randall]

That's enough for us.

[Joe Sushere]

There's 56,000 people there. I don't think we need to take over Greenland.

[Kenny Olson]

There's more people in an Eden Prairie church.

[Joe Sushere]

If you take over Cuba, aren't you begging a war with Russia?

[John Randall]

Yes. Why do we want to take over Cuba, though?

[Joe Sushere]

I didn't know Claudia Sheinbaum, the president of Mexico, was such a Marxist. I had no idea that she was so far left. But she is. And the Trumper's got his sight set on Mexico. That's a big chump, that chew here.

[Kenny Olson]

What I brought up comically last week.

[Joe Sushere]

Oh, yeah, Old Mexico.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, I had no idea that was a real thing.

[Joe Sushere]

Yes, Kenny would call it Old Mexico because we already have a New Mexico.

[Kenny Olson]

I was just trying to be ridiculous because it seemed like a ridiculous notion. I had no idea it was a thing.

[John Randall]

Stop being so real.

[Joe Sushere]

Did you see Christy Noeman, Jake Tapper get into it?

[John Randall]

I missed that.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, it's pretty interesting.

[John Randall]

Is he now cnn?

[Joe Sushere]

Christie frightens me in the sense that she is really devoted to her own version of an event. And she doesn't care what I saw. She's gonna tell you what you saw.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

No, Christie, you're not telling me what I saw.

[Kenny Olson]

But I mean that. That's an individual thing. I think what you and I saw are two different things. On that on Portland Avenue?

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah.

[John Randall]

Meaning what?

[Joe Sushere]

You know, I don't.

[John Randall]

She softens it up.

[Kenny Olson]

I don't necessarily agree with Joe.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, that's fine.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, that's fine. I mean, I'm not. We're not going to argue about it.

[Joe Sushere]

No. I'll just tell you why you're wrong.

[Kenny Olson]

And I'll do the same, and we'll get nowhere. Right. And then we'll go back to talking about things we do agree on. Cars and motorcycles.

[Joe Sushere]

I can tell you I'd like to talk about ice. Ice. In the smaller case. Ice. The ice we have on the streets and sidewalks.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, you and I both went down.

[Joe Sushere]

I went down hard Saturday, and I think I dodged a bullet. I don't think anything broke, but, boy, I was. I had to crawl across an expanse to grab a fence in order to stand back up.

[Kenny Olson]

Seriously, that's not good.

[Joe Sushere]

I'll tell you where it happened. Right in front of Mike Fratelloni's father's house.

[John Randall]

Okay, I know where that is. Right over there on Main.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, I should sue him.

[Kenny Olson]

Don't talk like that. Was there a dusting of light snow.

[Joe Sushere]

On top of the ice where I went down? There was. Yes, there was.

[Kenny Olson]

That's. That's what did me in.

[John Randall]

So let me ask you. Did a. Did a casual passing Garrison Keiller pick you up off your.

[Joe Sushere]

You know, it's funny you say that, though. There was a guy who witnessed the whole thing walking towards me. Never said a word. Just went. Got in his car.

[Kenny Olson]

I would have walked by his man. I would have walked by and said, break time's over. Yeah, let's go here.

[Joe Sushere]

So now I. My new till April, apparently, because we're not. People in St. Paul don't buy salt. I think from now on, I'm only walking in streets. And Kenny hates time out. Kenny hates time out.

[John Randall]

You know why that's bad?

[Joe Sushere]

Of course I know why it's bad.

[John Randall]

I had to make a delivery to the William Marvy Company on St. Clair and Brimhall. Know it well, that's where McLaren's learned to learn businesses. I had to drop off a shelf. I pulled in with the Volkswagen right by the garage. I got stuck. I got stuck on. Just on clear ice on Brimhall. I had to have Mick push me out.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, Matt, for example. Matt, let me straighten you out.

[Kenny Olson]

You guys. Neither one of you two are GL ers, are you?

[Joe Sushere]

No, he isn't. And I'll tell you why he isn't. When I say I walk in a street, Matt, that doesn't mean I'm walking on a street like Brimhall, which is still ice covered. I walk in streets that where the pavement is visible and dry.

[John Randall]

So you would choose not to make your delivery on Brimhall?

[Joe Sushere]

Right. Can I.

[John Randall]

Sinclair?

[Kenny Olson]

I maybe might have a worthy suggestion. Things may have changed since I moved away, but I always used to be blown away and amazed when I would drive into work at five in the morning and see that the walking paths and the bike paths were better plowed than the streets.

[Joe Sushere]

That's still true.

[Kenny Olson]

So just cross over the river, park right there at the Lock and Dam on the other side of the Ford Bridge and walk from there.

[Joe Sushere]

You do what you want to do. I'm walking. I have some streets that I've scouted out and they're not that heavily trafficked, although they were. They are heavily trafficked enough that there are no, there's no ice on them.

[Kenny Olson]

If you want to do what real g l ers do, like me, you ride your snowmobile out to the middle of the woods, you strap on your snowshoes, put your rifle on your shoulder and you go for a walk.

[Joe Sushere]

Has there been a lot of snowmobiling up up your way?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, quite a bit.

[Joe Sushere]

Because you got snow.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, we've got about as much as you.

[John Randall]

Well, you gotta have more. We're almost gone, aren't we?

[John Haidt]

If you walk in the street.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

Do you walk toward traffic that's coming at you or on the side that traffic is on?

[Kenny Olson]

Good one, John.

[John Haidt]

Well, I don't have sidewalks up here and I walk a lot in summer. I walk against traffic so they can see good.

[Joe Sushere]

So I will walk. Yeah, it varies. I will switch during the course of a walk. I might tack back and forth depending where the sun has been most effective in drying the pavement.

[John Haidt]

Got it.

[Joe Sushere]

I can't go down again. If I go back down on my right shoulder, it's over.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, you're break a hip age, it's over. Yeah. The city it's that have moved to the country and they bring.

[Joe Sushere]

Excuse me, I would like to think I'm not at break a hip age.

[Kenny Olson]

I guess I wasn't talking there yet. You are actually though knee replacement age. Break a hip age, you city it's that have moved to the country. You like to go for a walk, but all you have is a 55, 60 mile an hour highway nearby. They always walk against the flow.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, for God's sakes, I'm not walking on a highway. I walk on a city street.

[Kenny Olson]

You know, one thing leads to another.

[Joe Sushere]

No, I'm not gonna.

[Kenny Olson]

You know, you'll be on the 5E practice freeway shaking your fist at people doing 45.

[John Randall]

What's going on here?

[Joe Sushere]

Hey, slow it down, pal. Boy, that's still cheap. Entertain, though, to drive on the practice freeway at precisely the speed limit and watch people become infuriated.

[Kenny Olson]

Joe, I. I watch it in the morning and I become inferior. I know we're close to it. What are you doing going 45 during rush hour?

[Joe Sushere]

The whole war that took place to build the practice freeway because the. The. The hoi polloi know that. What does hoi polloi mean? I don't think it means what I think it means. No, I don't think it means that. That's.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, polloi means the upper crust, doesn't it?

[Joe Sushere]

Well, the upper crust above the practice.

[John Haidt]

Freeway means the masses, the common people.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, see, I've been using common, man. What is the Hawaii polloi that's using the practice freeway? The upper crust.

[Kenny Olson]

The Aristocrats.

[Joe Sushere]

The Aristocrats fought it because they didn't want the noise. Well, the compromise was to make it a practice freeway. It's called a parkway.

[John Randall]

Pf.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, it's called a parkway, but it's got real freeway hunks at either end. So it's a practice. You can practice on it. Then when you get to the real part of the freeway, you can step on the accelerator.

[Kenny Olson]

But I love such is. Even Joe Suchere haters call it the practice freeway. And they have no idea that you originated the term. It's so fun.

[Joe Sushere]

I know. Anyway, the Aristocrats fought. The bumper sticker was RIP35E. See, I'm old enough to remember that. You're not.

[John Randall]

I remember when Aid Mill Road went to nothing.

[Joe Sushere]

This is the practice freeway.

[Kenny Olson]

I'd.

[John Randall]

I'd.

[Joe Sushere]

I'm sorry, RIP35E. And the settlement was. Okay, let's compromise. 45 miles an hour, no semis and no. No clover leaves and all this highway stuff.

[Kenny Olson]

Question for Gabe. Gabe, can you give me the time and temp prevent common engine problems. Run better, last longer, even on the practice freeway. Seafoam will do all of that for you and more. It's safe, it's proven effective, and it's been helping us with our engines since 1942. It started in the late 30s when. Well, you know how it is. You're a gler. A guy got fed up. I'm sick of fighting this outboard motor. He went to work, he figured out a solution. His buddies found out, then more buddies found out. Next thing you know, it's the mid-40s. He's in business. It's now one of the best selling automotive additives in North America. Everybody uses it on everything. It's because it's proven it fixes the top end problems. Fossil fuel fired cylinders, gas and diesel. You put it in the crankcase and it works all that gunk loose and the next time you have an oil change, it just magically flushes right out. It's available, available all over, everywhere and it's truly a wonderful product. In a world of bad gas, it's GL's favorite, it's seafoam.

[Joe Sushere]

There seems to be a lot of confusion about the role of local law enforcement with these ICE people in town. And correct me if I'm wrong, but Walls and the mayors of both towns, Minneapolis and St. Paul, it's different in various cities outstate. But they have ordered that their law enforcement is not to be made available to help ice. Technically, local law enforcement is available to help in the event of traffic problems. And right so far I'm on the right track.

[John Randall]

Crowd control, not interacting, but crowd control.

[Joe Sushere]

Crowd control. So to say that ICE is being deprived of help, for example, that's because A, Minnesota is a sanctuary state, which is not helpful in the sense of having ICE here. Well, they're probably not going to spend a lot of time in a state that's not a sanctuary state. They also seem to spend time in states that are blue as opposed to Trump states. So A, it's very understandable why they're here. B, it's very understandable why local police seem to be always standing down. They've been forbidden to do anything.

[John Randall]

Right.

[Joe Sushere]

So that leaves us with the presence of armed federal troops wandering around our city streets, which, and we have a lot of listeners who are really, really comfortable with that. I'm not, but I'm just an odd duck.

[John Randall]

No, that should raise your, your, your ire to see that. To see federal agents walking around on a Cleveland avenue or a 44th Avenue South.

[Joe Sushere]

And I think it's still holding until Christy writes another letter. I think it's still holding that the ICE agents cannot enter a private home. They can knock on the door, but they can't enter the home without a warrant.

[John Haidt]

They did do that yesterday and say did do it.

[Joe Sushere]

They're not supposed to, with my understanding.

[John Haidt]

Yeah, they had a warrant apparently to arrest a person and it was signed by an immigration officer, but it only authorized arrest in a public area. But they broke down the door and went into the House and grabbed the person, apparently.

[Joe Sushere]

I wonder if it was a drag of society, someone that committed murder or rape.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, if they have a warrant for arrest, obviously they didn't. Yeah, they had. John just said that.

[Joe Sushere]

In a public place. Right. Why didn't they lure the guy into the front yard then?

[Kenny Olson]

He wasn't a rando, Joe. They knew who they were looking for the law if they broke one was entering the house.

[Joe Sushere]

All right, I'll accept that.

[John Randall]

I know of an example at the.

[Joe Sushere]

Airport where.

[John Randall]

A plane was full and not full. A plane was boarded and there were ICE agents there that wanted access to the jet bridge and were told because they wanted to verify that someone was on board the aircraft. And they were told they didn't have clearance to board the aircraft so they had to wait at the gate in the airport. So they don't have full access to everything. They're not law enforcement. They're federal government guys, but they're not law enforcement where they have access to every place they want to go.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, we have more on the way. Are you aware of that?

[John Randall]

I am, unfortunately.

[Joe Sushere]

Christy announced yesterday that hundreds more federal agents are coming to Minneapolis as the Department of Homeland Security carries out what officials are calling. This is the largest immigration operation ever in Minnesota, is the largest one. Just like we have the largest fraud. This is the largest immigration operation. Agents will arrive in the metro yesterday and today. The Minneapolis area now has one of the largest concentration of Department of Homeland Security agents in any American city in recent years. There are more than 2400 federal agents. More than doubled the number of local coppers. Homeland Security kicked off Operation Metro Surge. That's what this one's called.

[John Randall]

That's a tidal wave of ice.

[Joe Sushere]

They kicked it off last month, which officials say led to more than a thousand arrests. A week ago, the department announced the funneling of about 2,000 more federal agents into the Twin Cities area and a month long surge amid the state's widening fraud scandal. All right, but the fraud might be very well. Walz is a citizen, isn't he? And Keith Ellison is a citizen. And the people Walz put in charge of his state agencies are citizens. So what does that have to. I mean, they're the fraudsters plus the Somalis who are stealing the money. A lot of them are citizens.

[John Randall]

So let me. So with them bringing more people into town. Let me ask you this question. If they're looking for Matthew Mikulski, who is illegal and has committed crimes and he works at Hubbard and they come to get me, I understand that if they're trying to get the bad guys. Why is it that if you're walking on Summit Avenue or you're walking on Plymouth Avenue north, can they say, do you have your papers? That's what I. That's the part I don't understand.

[Joe Sushere]

And that makes a lot of GL listeners. That doesn't bother them.

[John Randall]

I'm upset by that.

[Joe Sushere]

That doesn't bother them. That bothers me.

[John Randall]

If you're looking for the guy, go get him.

[Kenny Olson]

But proven factors out of social media.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, it's been seen, done.

[John Randall]

I have never seen it.

[Joe Sushere]

Look at the guy. Look at the guy waiting in the Uber line at the airport with the wonderful video of the back and forth he has with the ICE agents. He just sitting there in his car, and they want to see his passport, and he said, why? Let me see yours?

[John Randall]

That's the part I don't get. Are they allowed to. No, I, I, I don't want them to be.

[John Haidt]

I, I didn't understand yesterday, too. You probably saw the video of the group of agents going through the midway target. Yeah. Yes, I didn't. With Bovino or Bonino, whatever.

[Joe Sushere]

The.

[John Haidt]

Greg was leading them through there, and there was maybe 10 of them, and I thought, well, what. What are they gonna do?

[John Randall]

Is that when the guy's aggressively walking after the guy in the vest that works at Target, and he tries to go back and okay, okay, yes, I did.

[Kenny Olson]

Are they looking for a criminal?

[John Randall]

I, I don't know, but that's what I mean. He can't ask the guy at Target with the vest to say, jose, can I see your papers? Because they're not after that guy. They're trying to get Jim Toro over there, wherever it is, and he's got a record. So I take him away. He's a bad guy. But don't go after the guy in the vest saying, let me check your paperwork. That's BS.

[Joe Sushere]

Someone very close to me was hassled very close to me. Not by ice, by protesters, the counter protesters who were in favor of ice. Okay.

[John Randall]

Going up to somebody. Hey, what are you doing here? Why are you.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, really interesting. Really got me to the point where I, I think if I had been there, I might have done something rash involving a firearm.

[John Randall]

That's the problem. But that's. Is that what both sides are looking for to get into a fight?

[Joe Sushere]

Because we don't. We don't what? The country has lost its ability to reason. The country has lost its ability to slow down and fact check everything. The fact checking will probably result in the exoneration of this ICE agent. But the problem is. Well, I'll just leave it at that. We're having many more of the fellows arrive and they're here, and they're on the way. And we have another large footprint coming here to ensure that we get that mission under control and that we conduct very effective unabated. Immigration Enforcement. U.S. customs and Border protection Commander Gregory Bevino told CBS News, he's the. He's the little guy that's in charge. Got the crew cut. So.

[John Randall]

But is again, are we trying to get Mexicans? Are we trying to get Somalis? Who are we.

[Kenny Olson]

They're trying to get criminal histories, national security risks.

[John Randall]

But that.

[Kenny Olson]

I understand.

[Joe Sushere]

But that. You don't do that in the aisles at Target.

[Kenny Olson]

Right. Do you have proof? I mean, I read a lot of nonsense on social media on both sides, obviously.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, then in theory, shouldn't we all be carrying our passport? Because apparently my license isn't good enough.

[John Randall]

My wife is carrying hers because she looks like she's Mexican.

[Joe Sushere]

I always thought she was.

[John Randall]

Everybody goes and talks. She's like, no, I'm. But I said, if she does present her passport, tell them half your family has lived here since the beginning of time in America. The other half came in 1630 with the Fairbanks.

[Kenny Olson]

I mean, I'm just asking for proof here. There's a really interesting story in today's Star Tribune about an alleged doctor that allegedly offered his services to an alleged agent on Portland Avenue. And the alleged agent allegedly said no. And they admitted the writer of the story. Admittedly, they have neither names or any proof that this happened, yet it was printed in the Star as it was. As it was fact. And so now people are going around saying it as it was fact, when in fact, it was hearsay.

[John Haidt]

If.

[Kenny Olson]

And it could be completely contrived nonsense. All I'm asking for is proof of all this stuff that you guys are saying. I'm not saying it's not true. I just want proof.

[John Haidt]

I don't know what the story says, Kenny, but there was video of that exchange out literally the day after the shooting.

[Kenny Olson]

Literally.

[John Haidt]

Literally. Of the. The guy?

[Joe Sushere]

No. The day of the shooting, yes.

[Kenny Olson]

So there is actual evidence.

[Joe Sushere]

Let's break it down further. There is evidence of that exchange, But I suppose. I suppose you could argue. Well, was he really a doctor? That's the part you don't know. He said he was a doctor. I probably would have believed him at the time. Okay, you're a doctor. And the other guy said, no. We have our own medical people Correct.

[John Haidt]

Yes.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. I guess my point is I don't know who to believe.

[Joe Sushere]

And that's the problem.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. And I think we need to be very careful about saying that ICE is doing things when we don't know.

[Joe Sushere]

I don't believe in the federal government. I don't believe in the state government. I don't believe in the city government. I, I, I don't believe in anybody right now.

[Kenny Olson]

So it's the only thing I did show related over the weekend was read Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

[John Haidt]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

And I came to the conclusion that we'd be better off under British control.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

The experiment didn't work. Can we start over?

[Kenny Olson]

We need to abolish.

[John Randall]

We made it to 250 and that and imploded.

[John Haidt]

It was a nice run.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

That's an interesting bit of writing if you can get past all the fu.

[Joe Sushere]

Okay. I. Just bring it back.

[Kenny Olson]

It's the end of the world as we know it.

[Joe Sushere]

And he feels fine. Joe Succiare. I have a nice note here. Hail the Flashlight King. Hail you, you. My daughter and I had just pulled into the drive and were enjoying the last of our Jimmy Johns without interruption when a UPS man strode by and sent a package to the door. As I walked by, I swore I saw the Masters Maples logo on the box. Having just returned from an oncology appointment, I have to admit, my dauber was down a bit. When I saw that, I immediately perked up. I practically ran into the house and greeted the G L er of the Week news with the same enthusiasm as the father for A Christmas Story movie. As I used my Ken Onion hootenanny pocket knife to carefully open the package, I tried to explain to my wife that I too, had won a major award. She rolled her eyes, of course, but I was undaunted. I took my time to carefully open the package and just take it all in. Thank you so much for the gift. My taste buds are pretty much a wreck at the moment from chemo treatments, but the smell of the bourbon Barrel Age maple syrup was intoxicating. Damn, it's been a tough couple of weeks around here, but you made my month. Thanks again. Happy New Year and good luck, Paul. Paul Is Paul Hanson Walleye on a stick?

[John Randall]

Oh, sure.

[Joe Sushere]

From the fair.

[John Randall]

So basically that syrup is curing cancer.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, he says. P.S. i have been given a tough cancer diagnosis recently, but I am marking goals on my calendar, including making it back to the state fair this year.

[John Randall]

Yes. Paul, come on.

[Joe Sushere]

I know Joe has said he was done, but we would Love to see him there so we can sponsor the show like we did last year. You know, if a guy fighting cancer can make it back, I probably would have to.

[John Randall]

Yep, I think so. Paul, Godspeed. You got it, baby. You got this.

[Joe Sushere]

It was a blast and one of the highlights of our season. As for me, the Lord has given me great peace in the midst of this storm and I have been overwhelmed with gratitude for life I have had and life I have today and whatever life I may have left. I may have cancer, but God is good. Well, good luck, Paul. Best of luck. I'm glad you were the gler of the week.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

Although I suppose people suspect, you know, foul play there because he was one of the guys favoritism.

[John Randall]

And that's okay. We will do that. Grab a rosary and pray to Padre Pio or Papa.

[Kenny Olson]

My mouth is watering now for walleye and a stick.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

So good.

[Joe Sushere]

Let's see if I'm being told not to read this. I am not being told that.

[John Randall]

You know, you've been trained pretty well.

[Joe Sushere]

I'm learning.

[John Randall]

And then at the end, I'm learning.

[Joe Sushere]

I'm learning. Yes, the title of Friday's podcast Does Anyone Even like this State Anymore? Resonated just last week. After over three decades in Minnesota, I used the word hate for the first time in relation to the state where I spent over half my life. I moved to Minnesota from Nebraska just after you started your radio show. Back then I truly loved this state. Even the Twin Cities. Despite rolling my eyes at the politics. As a heartland conservative, I viewed Uptown City Pages and the Twin Cities Reader as progressive wildlife preserves of a sort, an opportunity to observe and occasionally experience the other side, even as the craziness remained contained. If I'd known at the time the lunatics would escape the asylum, I would have taken them more seriously. My opinion as a three decade observer is that progressive Minnesota have crossed a line from ideology to mental illness. I don't know how else to explain it. Progressive policies have, as you regularly point out, destroyed this state. Yet our leaders in Minneapolis, St. Paul and the State House brazenly doubled down with the full endorsement of the blue splotches representing major population centers. This is particularly ironic since the policies negatively impact them more than anyone. This is sociopathic behavior. If you saw a family member exhibiting similar self destructive tendencies, you would have them committed. When I observe the chaos unfolding on Twin City streets, I see people who have been taught more about pronouns than about how revolutions like the one they're engaged in will not end well for no One, at least of all them. Since they have no survival skills, they will learn soon enough who has been shouldering the financial burden. And after things inevitably collapse, the producers will not be inclined toward generosity. The center of the American experiment offered a T shirt that said stay and fight, encouraging some Minnesotans to resist the temptation to flee. I'm in a class of people who have no choice but to stay. I'm trapped by home prices and interest rates. And while it's the best possible way to be trapped, it puts me in an untenable position. Rest assured, I would escape this soon to be hellhole in a heartbeat if I could afford to. The biblical admonition comes to mind. Shaking the dust from your feet and departing, allowing the foolish to suffer the consequences of their behavior. Incapable of grasping wisdom. You know things are bad when Jesse Ventura seems like the sane gubernatorial choice. Good luck, Tom from St. Paul. I think that Jesse, I wish he'd run because here's another thing that's going to happen. Here's another thing that could happen. The political alignment with your choice is so strong and so impenetrable that particularly in this state, the people opposed to the very existence of Trump will choose anyone in place of Trump. Most particularly, of course, they will choose a Democrat. But in this state, we could end up with the worst possible Democrat for governor, for example, and that person would be voted in because that person would be. Represents their political loyalty. So we could end up with God knows who. As, as governor of this state.

[John Randall]

I'm, I'm gonna.

[Joe Sushere]

Peggy Flanagan, who would be just horrid, just a terrible, terrible mistake. We don't know yet.

[John Randall]

I would take Governor ventura at this 100% somewhat middle of the road.

[Joe Sushere]

Amy Klobuchar seems to be, if I had to guess, she's the one in charge of shuffling the deck. She's the one who had a little come to Jesus meeting with walls. And I don't know what Amy has up her sleeve. The people Amy might appoint to fill a Senate seat, for example, would pass Amy's muster. It would not pass the muster probably of G. Ellers.

[Kenny Olson]

Wouldn't it be Amy, along with party donors? I mean, party donors are the ones that really control things.

[Joe Sushere]

And the party donors will exist until they too run out of money because the state is on a trajectory downward and becoming too terribly expensive and too foolishly and incompetently run. And this action right now, this ICE action is only exacerbating. It's going to re. Here's my fear. It's going to Re elevate walls the fraud will send. To the people who are opposing ice, the fraud right now seems like small potatoes. It's been thrown. They don't care about it. It's been tossed aside. It's not part of their conversation. Their conversation in Minnesota right now is to rid the state of ice. And if that means welcoming every possible illegal who can fit here, they're all for that, that's fine. Just so ICE isn't here. ICE has eliminated fraud from the talking points in Minnesota. It has not eliminated fraud from the talking points nationally. It's still a breaking point national news story. The incredible amounts of money taken, the incredible amounts of money still to be discovered, that is a national story now. But in Minnesota, the average prematurely gray haired 42 year old woman is way concerned more about ice than she is about fraud. And it's almost giving Walz a pass on this.

[Kenny Olson]

What are you concerned about?

[Joe Sushere]

I'm concerned about both. Both. I'm concerned. I understand. They're completely separate issues. I want them both handled.

[Kenny Olson]

What would you do about ice?

[Joe Sushere]

Well, my one plan is highly mocked, but my one plan is to withdraw them and send them back only after the worst of the worst. You can't go into Target and just get Miguel because he doesn't have his passport with him. Come back, get every bad guy and woman you can find. So don't announce your presence. That way nobody will be protesting.

[Kenny Olson]

So you agree that we do have an illegal immigrant problem?

[Joe Sushere]

Yes.

[John Randall]

They've been coming in for the last.

[Joe Sushere]

They'Ve been coming in for years and years and years. And this state, following its progressive nose, couldn't wait to make this a sanctuary state. Which was to say to the feds, we don't believe in you, we don't want you. And so we're a progressive state. We're going to hell. But our hand basket's gonna be full of illegals and we don't want you here. No, there are bad illegals here. They need to be removed. And I would summon all ICE agents back to their, wherever their headquarters is and I would say in one month we'll be returning to the Twin Cities. But you have, you're going to have 14 people that you're looking for and here's all the dope we can come up with on those people.

[Kenny Olson]

The problem with that 14 is there's actually 1400.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, I don't know that there's 1400. Well, we know, okay, if there's 1400, then we're going to cite those. We're going after those 1400.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, it's this word. I think we have this conversation off here, this word that I hate so much. Optics.

[Joe Sushere]

Right.

[Kenny Olson]

It's not making the effort look good.

[Joe Sushere]

No, it's not.

[Kenny Olson]

And part of the problem, like you brought up earlier, is Minneapolis and St. Paul will not provide officers at all. So now they're doing their own crowd control. And then when you see these guys with masks on and then dark sunglasses, that's an optic situation. And for a lot of you, that's unnerving. I don't live there anymore, so I don't see it. So it's not unnerving to me at all.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, I really think outstate people have no feel for what this is.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, I heard they were in Alexandria over the weekend and I just kind of.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

You know.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah. Because you're. You're remote or wherever you are, you won't tell people where you are.

[Kenny Olson]

What's that, Old John? You and I talked about this off the air last week. That old bromide. When they came for so and so, I said nothing. And it goes on and on until they finally come for me, and there was nobody left to say anything. I don't know that that fits in this situation.

[John Haidt]

Might be a little too harsh for the situation.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, it might be too much. But I certainly. I certainly understand, I guess.

[Joe Sushere]

Would you agree that the way ICE is currently operating is not only a bad optic, but is it efficient?

[Kenny Olson]

This is back to our CIA snatch job.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, it's a horrible optic the way it's taking place.

[John Randall]

You mean? It just seems like they're random.

[Joe Sushere]

It just seems too hit and miss. It's just whack a mole. I would rather have ICE come back here unannounced with 1400 names in there.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, they're not announcing things, but they've got this whole very organized protest system where they follow their every move and they even know what hotels they're staying at. And it just. I think it. It requires ICE to have more and more officers on any given situation just to protect themselves. I don't know. That's my speculation.

[John Randall]

They. Here's. They don't seem organized now.

[Kenny Olson]

They're very organized.

[John Randall]

They may, but I'm just saying. As far as the but, is that.

[Kenny Olson]

For us to judge?

[John Randall]

But 4, 5, 9, and 11, when they show this and they show them going down 35th Avenue.

[Joe Sushere]

Let me. Let me zero in on something that Kenny just said. If you need protection for what you're doing, you're doing it wrong. If you're Gonna tell me that 2500 ICE agents need protection for themselves? You're doing it wrong.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, I think I disagree with that.

[Joe Sushere]

I don't care if you do. I'm just telling you why you're wrong.

[John Randall]

Okay, wait. Okay, wait though.

[Joe Sushere]

So does a cop make. Does a cop need no protection to do what he does?

[Kenny Olson]

No. Yeah, definitely.

[John Randall]

What?

[Joe Sushere]

Well, no, no.

[John Randall]

They're regular patrol.

[Joe Sushere]

Every time they stop a car, they don't have 14 other cars watching them. So the ICE people need to do what they're doing.

[Kenny Olson]

But there's not a concerted effort for Minneapolis. There's not bands and bands of protesters following squads around in Minneapolis or patrol or county.

[John Randall]

But they are ice.

[Joe Sushere]

They're.

[John Randall]

They're.

[Joe Sushere]

Therefore, I would conduct my ICE operations differently. I'd start over. I'd come back into town, don't tell anybody you're here. You know, maybe. Maybe ditch the masks that I don't like.

[John Randall]

But. Okay, so they're going after the baddest of the bad criminals that are gang guys. So.

[Joe Sushere]

But see, I can't. I believe that they obviously would take a bad guy when they find him, but they're also. They're also hassling too many innocent people.

[John Randall]

I agree with that 100%. There's no reason to go up to Myrtle, the 75 year old Mexican lady.

[Kenny Olson]

Do we have proof of Myrtle or are we just reciting something?

[Joe Sushere]

No, there's too much video of that. When you walk through a Target store. What are you doing? They didn't walk through the Target store because they had word that three rapists were in there. They walked through a Target store. Let's see what you got. Let me see your papers. Go bleep yourself.

[John Randall]

That's what I would say.

[Joe Sushere]

As for mine, well then, then we'd be in jail. Okay.

[John Randall]

Okay, but that's.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, you know what we're learning. Okay, but that's just it.

[Kenny Olson]

I'm gonna pick on you on every level today.

[John Randall]

Happy Monday.

[Joe Sushere]

Just. I can't win.

[Kenny Olson]

Not with me in the room. No.

[Joe Sushere]

Let's go to Johnny Haidt. He might have some interesting things to say.

[John Randall]

Can you clear this up for us?

[John Haidt]

Probably be a lot of stuff we've already talked about.

[Joe Sushere]

That's fine. And you know, let's continue to try to put everything in context.

[John Haidt]

This news, by the way, as always, thankfully brought to us by North American Banking Company. In local news, concrete barriers are being installed outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building today as tensions continue to rise between protesters and federal immigration agents. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday. As Joe already told you that hundreds more federal agents are coming to Minnesota, joining The more than 2,000 U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the state. Noem said the extra agents will help federal officers conduct their work more safely. The announcement comes as more community members demonstrate and demand ICE leave the state. Protests have steadily grown since an ICE agent shot and killed 37 year old Renee Good last week in Minneapolis. In another clash between the sides. Last night, tear gas apparently deployed that at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building. And meanwhile, we touched on this There are new questions about the legality of a new policy to restrict Congress members access to federal buildings. On Saturday, Angie Craig Ilhan Omar and Kelly Morrison conducted an oversight visit at the Whipple Federal Building, Representative Morris said, we were briefly allowed entry into a holding area and then very abruptly removed. We were not able to meet with any of the detainees. The Trump administration had filed a list letter in court Saturday which issued a new policy. It's dated January 8th. Signed by Noam, it said facility visit requests must be made a minimum of seven calendar days in advance. Any request to shorten that time must be approved by me, she wrote. The basis for this policy is that advance notice is necessary to ensure adequate protections for members of Congress, congressional staff, detainees and ICE employees alike. Unannounced visits require pulling ICE officers away from their normal duties. Moreover, she added, there's an increasing trend of replacing legitimate oversight activities with circus like publicity stunts. The filing is part of an ongoing court case about oversight visit access. A dozen members of Congress sued Homeland Security, ICE and Nome and acting director of ICE Todd Lyons after a seven day waiting period and other restrictions were imposed back in June, Minneapolis police said an individual accused of spray painting messages on multiple businesses during a protest on Lake street has been arrest, according to police. The suspected vandal, later identified as 24 year old Francis Steinhauer, was seen by officers spray painting on a Metro Transit bus that had been stopped in traffic along lake street around 7 o' clock Friday night, police said. As the march continued down Lake street, he was seen spray painting on multiple businesses, including a theater, a church, a Minneapolis school building, a Hennepin county healthcare building and a target. When officers went to arrest Steinhauer, he ran from the area but was taken into custody a short time later. The arrest came less than 24 hours after Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O' Hara and Mayor Jacob Fry called for protest to remain peaceful and warned that any destructive behavior would lead to an arrest. Meanwhile, two of Minnesota's top prosecutors have announced an independent investigation into the fatal shooting of good by the ICE agents. During a news conference on Friday, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty the Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison revealed that their offices will work together to collect and preserve evidence which it will share with the BCA in an effort to support a state level investigation into the shooting. The BCA announcing in a press release it will collect any evidence submitted. Moriarty's office has launched an evidence submission portal where people can upload photos and videos. Another Republican candidate for Minnesota governor has announced his running mate on Monday. This morning, Scott Jensen named put Ivan Wilkerson as his choice for lieutenant governor, selecting a law enforcement veteran and first generation immigrant for his ticket. Wilkerson has spent 30 years in law enforcement, according to Jensen's campaign, including time with the Dakota County Sheriff's Office and now with the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office where she is a sergeant focused on recruitment and public engagement. She's previously worked in patrol, court security and as a crisis negotiator. The announcement from Jensen's campaign says Wilkerson's family fled Laos in early in the early 70s in search of freedom when she was a child. Her father was executed and Wilkerson and her family spent time at a refugee camp in Thailand before resettling here in Minnesota. Jensen says with Wilkerson, his ticket presents a clear choice for voters. So stark contrast from Jensen's last bid for governor. Remember, he picked former Minnesota Viking Matt Burke as his partner in a campaign that earned the GOP nomination but fell short. The governor Walls Jensen is the second Minnesota gubernatorial candidate to announce a running mate after Speaker Lisa Davis selection of Ryan Wilson.

[Kenny Olson]

I would vote for Deputy Wilkerson before I'd vote for.

[John Randall]

Dr. Jensen.

[Kenny Olson]

Come on man.

[John Randall]

Really, why is he running?

[Kenny Olson]

Do the Republican Party a favor just be done.

[John Randall]

He's a nice guy. I just don't think he's got the oh what it takes to be to overcome the overwhelming odds to beat a Democrat in Minnesota.

[John Haidt]

Minneapolis based Sun Country Airlines is being acquired by Allegiant Air in a deal valued at about one and a half billion dollars the companies announced yesterday. The airline says the merger will create a leading leisure focused US Airline and bring more travel destinations to their service. Combined, the two airlines transport about 22 million passengers every year.

[Joe Sushere]

I don't know if I trust an airline based in Las Vegas. It's just me.

[John Randall]

Well, Allegiant has upped their game over the years since their 60 minutes.

[Joe Sushere]

Does anybody work on the planes?

[John Randall]

Well during that if you go back and watch the 60 Minutes interview on Allegiant. The guy said, don't ever fly Allegiant. But they have up their game a bit. And what this means for sun country.

[Joe Sushere]

Is probably, I'd rather land in that plane than landed upside down.

[John Randall]

This probably means some layoffs for sun country nights.

[Joe Sushere]

I guess we're not gonna get there to count, are we? Probably not.

[John Randall]

Probably not.

[Joe Sushere]

Will it be called. Will sun country still be called Sun Country?

[John Randall]

Yes, they'll still run as Allegiant and Sun country, but under their Allegiant umbrella.

[Joe Sushere]

I'm sure they're fine. I'm just having a bit of sport.

[John Randall]

I'm sure the Jude Bricker, the CEO of sun country, will land on his feet.

[Joe Sushere]

I think so.

[John Haidt]

It's too late now, Joe. You're not going to get the account. I'm sorry.

[John Randall]

I'm still working on it, though.

[Joe Sushere]

In national, that's better than the name Value.

[John Haidt]

Yeah.

[John Randall]

I don't want value or not flying.

[Joe Sushere]

Any airline says value or world. I want it to be airplane, very expensive.

[Kenny Olson]

I see value. It's just a bunch of benches up against the windows and a whole bunch of strappings.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

There's litter on the floor.

[John Haidt]

The old military planes where they're just sitting, waiting to jump out.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, they're all jumper seats or jump seats. Excuse me.

[John Haidt]

National and international news. The Federal Reserve received grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department Friday stemming from a criminal investigation into its chair, Jerome Powell. Paul said in a statement Sunday. The subpoenas threatened a criminal indictment related to Powell's testimony before the Senate banking committee in June 2025. The that Powell's testimony came under scrutiny by the Trump administration, with Office of Management and Budget Chair Russell Voight accusing Powell of leading an ostentatious office renovation project that may be violating the law. In his testimony to the Senate, Powell called some descriptions of the renovation project misleading and inaccurate. He told lawmakers there isn't any new marble aside from what's necessary to replace broken old marble, and said there are no special elevators, as was reported. There's no new water features or rooftop gardens, disputing claims made by the Trump administration.

[Kenny Olson]

Does he have a ballroom, John?

[John Haidt]

Not that I'm aware of. Reviving a campaign pledge. Pledge, pledge. President Trump wants a 1 year 10% cap on credit card interest rates, a move that would save Americans tens of billions of dollars, but drew immediate opposition from an industry that has been in the president's corner. Trump was not clear in his social media post Friday night whether a cap might take effect through executive action or legislation. Although one Republican senator said he had spoken with the president and would work on a bill with his full support, the president said he hoped it would take place January 20, one year after he took office. Strong opposition is certain from Wall Street. In addition to the credit card companies which donated heavily to Trump's 2024 campaign, banks are making the argument that such a plan would most hurt people at a time of by curtailing or eliminating credit lines, driving them to high cost alternatives like payday loans or pawn shops. Widespread protests across Iran entered their third week yesterday, a continuation of the largest anti government demonstrations in the country since 2022. Human rights groups relying on activists report Networks estimate roughly 540 people have been killed, at least 10,000 others arrested amid the crackdown. The unrest began Dec. 28, sparked by a plunge in the value of the Iranian real and surging prices for food and goods. Accurate reports of the scale of protests have been limited by a near total Internet shutdown by the government. Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, whose rhythm guitar work songwriting and touring helped push traditional American blues and folk music into the modern era, has died. He was 78 years old, the statement said. He had been diagnosed with cancer in July, beat the cancer, but quote, succumbed to underlying lung issues. Across more than six decades, Weir was one of the music's true road warriors, performing thousands of shows with almost a dozen bands. And though he often stood figuratively and sometimes literally in Jerry Garcia's shadow, we're eventually assumed the status of elder statesman of the band. The elder statesman status saw him play with dozens of other well known musicians from pretty much every genre of music. Tributes poured into social media all weekend from those musicians who had played with Weir and who were good friends of his. Again, those tributes coming from the whole spectrum, rock, jazz, R B, soul, country, bluegrass and everything in between. Bob weir dead at 78.

[Joe Sushere]

Did you ever see him live? The Grateful Dead never saw him live.

[Kenny Olson]

I did twice.

[Joe Sushere]

I just did once.

[Kenny Olson]

That's what turned me against them.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, I must admit I did reach a point where I said, I'm leaving.

[Kenny Olson]

Their customers do not know how to handle drugs. They're all amateurs. It was just despicable watching these losers try to handle drugs. I saw a really fun social media post from the past over the weekend, John, where one of these burnouts said, how many Dead shows have you been to? And Bob Weir himself answered all of them.

[Joe Sushere]

That's pretty good.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, that was a good one.

[Joe Sushere]

I loved a lot of their stuff.

[John Haidt]

I liked. I liked everything but the psychedelic stuff. That was 20 minutes long.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

I don't need a guitar solo, a drum solo, a fiddle. So I don't need those long, boring, trippy, stupid solos. And I don't need you stinky, burnt out hippies tripping all over yourself and slipping on your own vomit.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, that's a nice way to send Bob.

[John Randall]

Weird. Nice. Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, thanks for the worst memories.

[John Haidt]

There's a perfect. I saw a perfect clip this weekend. It was him and Garcia alone with acoustic guitars on Letterman show.

[John Randall]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

Two songs and it was.

[John Randall]

Was I Will Get By.

[John Haidt]

It was wonderful. No, it was two blues.

[Kenny Olson]

Please. Yuck.

[John Haidt]

Two. Two blues songs.

[John Randall]

Ripple.

[Joe Sushere]

What was Garcia's girlfriend? Mountain Girl. Was it Mountain Girl?

[John Haidt]

Something like that?

[Joe Sushere]

Something like that.

[John Haidt]

He had a lot of girlfriends.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

Yeah, but. Well, you said Garcia, right? Not weird.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, Garcia.

[John Haidt]

Garcia's girlfriend.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah. Watch this sign. Hey.

[John Haidt]

Yeah, same to you, buddy.

[Joe Sushere]

Right. Did that work out for a kid?

[Kenny Olson]

This is what I saw.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah. Well, I can do two. I can't do.

[John Randall]

You can't make a three.

[Joe Sushere]

My threes are tough.

[John Randall]

With his fingers or with the pencil?

[Joe Sushere]

You're still doing the nose. Oh, I am.

[John Haidt]

Okay.

[Kenny Olson]

My message to Deadheads, Learn how to handle your drugs, losers.

[Joe Sushere]

Deadheads are now all about 80. So if they're around now, they've got it figured out out trying to get.

[John Randall]

That horrible music out of their eyes. It's a great line.

[John Haidt]

Our buddy Mr. Mishke following him around.

[Joe Sushere]

You know, for a long time now. That explains a lot.

[Kenny Olson]

No, it doesn't.

[Joe Sushere]

It.

[Kenny Olson]

That's actually a mystery to me because Tom is smarter than all of those.

[John Haidt]

People, but he loves roots music. And yeah, when they were the dead, I like they did roots music.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah.

[John Haidt]

You know, so I mean, it made sense to me. And he liked. I've talked to him about this many times. He just liked the whole community aspect of it. It.

[John Randall]

So.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. Gross. Take a shower.

[John Haidt]

In other news, Muhammad Ali once joked that he should be a postage stamp because quote, that's the only way I'll ever get licked. Well, he now is becoming.

[Joe Sushere]

Boy, I'll get a couple sheets, John.

[John Haidt]

Yep, me too. Widely regarded as.

[John Randall]

You're a little eager there, Joe. Slow down.

[John Haidt]

Widely regarded as the most famous and influential boxer of all time and a cultural force who. Who fused athletic brilliance with political conviction and showmanship. He's being honored with a commemorative US postage stamp. Is the champ's wife of nearly 30 years, Lonnie Ali said as sort of the guardian of his legacy. I'm thrilled. I'm excited. I'm ecstatic. Ali became a lightning rod in culture wars that erupted in the 60s and 1970s. It was outspoken about his beliefs when many black Americans were still fighting for their rights. Born Cassius Clay Jr. He changed his name after converting to Islam in the 1960s. Spoke openly about race, religion and war. In 1967, he refused to be inducted into the US army, citing his religious beliefs.

[Joe Sushere]

What did he say on that occasion, John, when he refused to be inducted?

[John Haidt]

I don't know.

[Joe Sushere]

I ain't got nothing against no Viet Cong.

[John Haidt]

That's right. I got nothing against no Vietcong. That stance cost Ali his heavyweight championship title and barred him from boxing for more than three years. Was convicted of draft evasion. He was sentenced to five years in prison, but remained free while appealing the conviction overturned by the US Supreme Court in 1971. Later in life, Ali emerged as a global humanitarian. Used his fame to promote peace, religious understanding and charitable causes. Even as Parkinson's disease limited his speech and movement. He became a beloved figure to many, in contrast to the vitriol he had encountered from his various political stances earlier in his life.

[Joe Sushere]

Hands down, the most interesting sports figure I ever met.

[John Randall]

And he just. He got it. Especially when toward the end of his life, when he did that 60 Minutes interview with Ed Bradley.

[Joe Sushere]

He faked like he was going to.

[John Randall]

Hit him and he faked like he was going to hit him. That was so beautiful. And he told Honda the magician, I don't know how you do this, but you are the devil.

[Joe Sushere]

He had what a lot of big time athletes don't have. Have vulnerability in his eyes. He was. There was. There was somebody in there.

[John Randall]

Okay.

[John Haidt]

Yeah. A rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world, Superman.

[Joe Sushere]

This one.

[John Randall]

I was waiting for your sign. Waiting for your.

[Joe Sushere]

No, no. I saw this story. When we hear the number that John's gonna give you it.

[John Haidt]

Also. This particular comic was one stolen from the home of actor Nicholas Cage. It was recovered and now has been sold for a record $15 million.

[John Randall]

Sounds like a national treasure.

[John Haidt]

The private deal for Action Comics number one was announced Friday at Eclipses. The previous record price for a comic book set last November when a copy of Superman number one was sold at auction for $9.12 billion. The action comic sale was negotiated by Manhattan based Metropolis Collectibles Comic Connect, which said the comic books owner and the buyer wished to remain anonymous. The comic, which sold for a dime when it came out in 1938, was an anthology of tales about mostly now little known characters. But over a few panels, it told the origin story of Superman's birth on a dying planet, his journey to Earth, and his decision as an adult to turn his titanic strength into channels that would benefit mankind. Its publication marked the beginning of the superhero genre. About 100 copies of Action Comics number one are known to exist. According to Metropolis Collectibles. The president of Metropolis, Vincent Zurzolo, said, this is among the holy grail of comic books. Without Superman and his popularity, there'd be no Batman or any other superhero. Comic book legends. Its importance in the comic book community shows with his deal as it obliterates any previous records.

[Joe Sushere]

You have a question that you might have just answered?

[John Haidt]

Yes, sir.

[Joe Sushere]

Called it. You called it. What now? Action Number one.

[John Haidt]

Action Comics Number one.

[Joe Sushere]

Does that mean it was the first ever one printed or just part of a series that was considered series number one? Get what I mean?

[John Haidt]

I don't get what you.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, in other words, if you had a Sports Illustrated from the first year of its publication. But would you have. You wouldn't have number one. You would just have one from the first year.

[John Haidt]

I see what you're saying. No, it just means. I mean, there were.

[Joe Sushere]

I think this means one from the.

[John Haidt]

First year, from the first run of books. Think of a book. If it's a first edition, right? It's just from that first printing. So there's however many they printed in that first printing. And there are only a hundred left.

[Joe Sushere]

Okay, but let's say they printed a thousand, okay? And there's a hundred left. What this guy paid 15 mil for was one of the 100.

[John Haidt]

Correct.

[Joe Sushere]

Not the first one of the 100. No, he just got one of the 100 that are left.

[John Haidt]

Correct. One of the first editions.

[Joe Sushere]

I would remain anonymous, too, for fear of being thought a fool rather than say my name and have it become true.

[John Haidt]

He's probably some. Well, I shouldn't say he. That's assuming, but whoever it is is probably very rich, Joe, don't you?

[Joe Sushere]

I would think so, John. I doubt if he went to the bank and got a loan for this.

[John Haidt]

He's doing quite well.

[John Randall]

Yeah, well, it's got to be a guy, because a woman would never pay that much for a item like that.

[Joe Sushere]

Neither would I.

[John Randall]

Well, you kind of.

[Joe Sushere]

What do you do with it? Your buddies come over, you put it behind glass, look at it.

[John Randall]

Hey, there it is.

[John Haidt]

I don't think you let your fingers touch it, Joe. Seriously. And there's plenty of reprints of that comic. Yeah, so if you want to read it, just buy a reprint and put this one behind glass.

[Joe Sushere]

That's amazing. That is truly amazing.

[John Randall]

Serious question. Were the Superman things serious and not funny? Just. They were a series of. Of Superman fighting crime.

[John Haidt]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

He saw crimes change his outfit.

[John Randall]

And was this prior to the Superman. Superman movies were made as a result. The Superman comic.

[Joe Sushere]

Sure.

[John Randall]

That's where Superman was invented.

[Joe Sushere]

That's right, man.

[John Randall]

Got it.

[John Haidt]

I read Superman comics in the 60s. Well before the movies.

[Joe Sushere]

Superman was a TV show in the 50s. Yeah. Faster than a speeding bullet.

[John Randall]

You were doing that while I was hanging out with the Herb Alpert whipped cream lady, huh?

[John Haidt]

I told you. You know, got it 50th.

[John Randall]

It wasn't any racy Superman stuff or anything like that.

[Joe Sushere]

Probably why Lois was a looker.

[John Randall]

Oh yeah, that's right. Lois Lane.

[John Haidt]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

Got it. He was something else. John, thank you very much. Oh, couldn't keep going.

[Kenny Olson]

I'm almost done with this International Harvester documentary.

[Joe Sushere]

You need another one of those.

[John Randall]

I love that.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, what are you gonna do here?

[John Randall]

It's Monday.

[Joe Sushere]

I've been trying to not talk about fraud every day, but there's one that really, really interests me.

[John Randall]

What do you got?

[Joe Sushere]

That school bus fraud out in Roseville where they had the parking lot and a little shack and they weren't doing anything. According to Alpha News, the guy who signed the contract on behalf of the public schools in Minneapolis, Ibrahim Ibrahima Diop, the finance boss at the Minneapolis public schools had been placed on administrative leave. He's the one that. Which means he still gets paid, right? Which means he. He's the one who apparently extended the contracts to Frontier Transportation. And they were supposed to haul around homeless and highly mobile students. Yeah, and we can find no evidence that they really ever picked one up.

[Kenny Olson]

So if you're going to follow the money on this, you would go. It would go from the school district, right?

[Joe Sushere]

Yep.

[Kenny Olson]

To the bus company, right back to this guy.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, that's the.

[Kenny Olson]

And then off to Somalia.

[Joe Sushere]

Right, the. Well, that's. That's the theory. Yeah. They. Their bookkeeping was misleading, it says here. And purposefully opaque. I imagine it was. According TO records, D op signed off on a contract increases of 1 million, 1.5 million. It kept going up and I guess. I guess D op was making 240 grand a year. No. Well, local media in. See, he let. He got. He left here and he got a job in Milwaukee public schools. And that was for 240 grand a year. But see, it's an Alpha News story. So it didn't print all I needed margins.

[John Haidt]

I can give you the info that.

[Joe Sushere]

I wish you would, Jeff, if you'd like.

[John Haidt]

It says local media in Milwaukee reported the Milwaukee Public Schools hired Diop as its new deputy superintendent at a salary of 240 grand a year.

[Joe Sushere]

When he moved up to the super club job.

[John Haidt]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But apparently he was hired on December 18 before he was placed on administratively in Minneapolis, allegedly failing to submit the paperwork. Etc and however, once it was publicly revealed that Diap was placed on leave in Minneapolis, Milwaukee Public Schools said he would not be joining the district, citing new information, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, it sounds like he's as crooked as an old shepherd stick.

[John Randall]

I never tell you that reference. Yeah, I don't even know what it means, but I never tired of it.

[Joe Sushere]

This whole transportation thing was a scam. So there you have it. Very interesting, isn't it, folks?

[John Randall]

Yeah, it is.

[Joe Sushere]

Now I have another example. I keep saying the country's so divided, it's. It's based on. Americans now judge things based on their ideology. I can give you an example that doesn't involve Trump.

[John Randall]

Trump, please.

[Joe Sushere]

This Chuck Mangione guy who shot the health insurance guy. Eyebrow man, what's his name?

[John Haidt]

Luigi.

[Joe Sushere]

Luigi Mangione.

[John Haidt]

Yep.

[Joe Sushere]

You've got. You've got fan clubs for him.

[John Randall]

I hate that.

[Joe Sushere]

But the ideology is anti capitalism. Healthcare rips you off, bing, bang, boom, on and on and on. So they don't see the murder. They see the ideology of a hero who went after health insurance.

[John Randall]

That's tough to get.

[Joe Sushere]

So that. So this country is losing its sense of the law. Right and wrong, moral, moral clarity, ethical behavior. This guy, we saw him, we all saw him on film. Shoot the guy.

[John Randall]

He gunned him down.

[Joe Sushere]

Gunned him down from behind like a coward. And he has, you know, his fan. He has fans. He has fans.

[John Randall]

But the fact that the media keeps reporting on that, that he has fan clubs and that kind of stuff. Stuff is really. They shouldn't. They should leave that alone.

[Joe Sushere]

Now. Where ideology might not be in play, but something else is, would be the. The I. What's his name? Einstein. Einstein.

[John Randall]

Epstein.

[Joe Sushere]

Epstein. Epstein. The Epstein files, you know. Well, in other words, those aren't. Those aren't being taken care of either. Those aren't being. We're not clearing that up.

[John Randall]

Okay.

[Joe Sushere]

Because we keep inventing new legal tricks to avoid having to reveal what those things were really about. Those Epstein files.

[John Haidt]

Right.

[Joe Sushere]

So I don't know where that lies in the adherence to ideology theory, I suppose. I suppose people who are opposed to Trump Trump would like the Epstein files revealed because they believe that that might catch Trump in something untoward. And those who like Trump believe that the Epstein files are meaningless and fake.

[John Randall]

But if you throw.

[Joe Sushere]

What are they?

[John Randall]

If you throw the net over all that, you might get Trump here or there. But you're going to catch a bunch of Democrats as well.

[Joe Sushere]

Well, you're going to catch too many important people. People. So somebody's exerting a lot of power to keep this. This just a. It's just a. It's a pea under a cup that keeps being moved around and you're never gonna.

[John Randall]

And you really give a rants behind.

[Kenny Olson]

Did Bill Clinton have his own suite there or is that just a rumor?

[Joe Sushere]

No, I think he had his own. He had his own cottage.

[John Randall]

I think a little pool in the indoor pool on the side there with.

[Kenny Olson]

The white building sweep. It was just a big room full of small closets, right?

[John Haidt]

Yeah.

[Joe Sushere]

I think so.

[Kenny Olson]

Then there were doors between the closets.

[Joe Sushere]

Yes.

[John Randall]

So you escape pods in case you need quick one kink exit, if you know what I mean.

[Joe Sushere]

You know who's making his debut shortly? His debut of his new knee. Oh, Patrick's gonna try to make it.

[John Randall]

I did not know him.

[Joe Sushere]

He's gonna try to make it here in purpose, in person, on purpose. You out there. He's here.

[John Randall]

I can hear him.

[Joe Sushere]

He's here.

[John Randall]

He sounds great with the new knee.

[Joe Sushere]

It's amazing.

[John Randall]

His vocals.

[Joe Sushere]

Everyone's fulfilled their obligations, Gabe. So we can just tell you that they come to us all the way from.

[John Randall]

Where are they now?

[Joe Sushere]

K Walk in New Zealand.

[John Randall]

That's where I knew it was over there.

[Joe Sushere]

The Traveling Lineman's Worldwide Waftage. Do you want to hear a weird stat? Hey, Patrick, you want to hear a weird stat that I heard on the radio in the Vikings. Four Super Bowls. They never scored a point in the first half. Isn't that a beauty?

[John Randall]

I think Pat knew that already.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, he probably did. Only because they. Okay, okay.

[John Randall]

Now he's doing the show.

[Joe Sushere]

Yeah, just hold on there, fellas. Only because they come to us all the way from Kaiwaka, New Zealand, the home of the Traveling Lymans. Yes, they're on land for a while. You can see them and visit them@worldwide waftage.com on this day, January 12, 1816.

[John Randall]

Excuse me.

[Joe Sushere]

Willis A. Gorman was born in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. He was appointed second territorial governor of Minnesota in 1853 and later served in the legislature. He commanded the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil war, and was St. Paul's city attorney from 1869 until his death on May 20, 1976.

[John Randall]

Wow. Pretty long life.

[Joe Sushere]

Not really. 60 on this day.

[John Randall]

Okay, the 60 back.

[Joe Sushere]

January 12, 1840, Governor James D. Doty of Wisconsin Territory, which included part of the future state of Minnesota, wrote to the US Secretary of War protesting an extension of the Fort Snelling military reservation and asking how the federal government can take land by the simple declaration that it is necessary for military purposes. Oh, we got a guy doing that now. And without consent of the territorial legislature, the protest was in vain, and military authorities eventually expelled squatters living in the Fort area, causing many of them to move to the site that would become St. Paul. So we're a bit like Australia. We were just kind of the castoffs. St. Paul was founded by the cast offs that were out at Fort Snelling. On this day, 1876, the Minnesota Forestry association was formed to work for the passage of conservation laws to protect the state's forests. At one time boasting 10,000 members, the association proved so successful. How successful was it that state agencies and civic took on its activities, and in 1948, the group voted itself out of existence. On this day, January 12, in 1888, a major blizzard struck the state, hitting western Minnesota especially hard and causing the deaths of between 100 and 150 people, many of them children, on their way home from school. We had a bad blizzard on this day in history last week that killed many people. And on this day, January 12th in 1913, in a milestone of Minnesota's transportation history, Alexander T. Heine flew the first airplane over Minneapolis. Huh? Yeah. On this day in sports, the plane.

[John Randall]

The plane.

[Joe Sushere]

On this day in sports, disappointment history.

[John Randall]

Thank you, Mr. Rourke.

[Joe Sushere]

On this day in Minnesota, sports disappointment history. January 12th, on this day in 1975, the Vikings lost one of those super bowls, Super Bowl 4 to Pittsburgh. In New Orleans, the guy in the other room and me were in the building. I believe it was played at Tulane Stadium.

[John Randall]

Yes, it is.

[Joe Sushere]

Thank you, G. Ellers.

[John Haidt]

Yes.

[John Randall]

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