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American sunrise early edition on real america's voice starts now. All right. Good morning. You are looking live at the White House in our nation's capital in Washington, D.C. its federal offices are closed as a massive winter storm moves across the country. This is AMERICAN SUNRISE EARLY edition. I am Brian Glenn. Now, the headlines that matter. We'll get to that here in just a second. There's a lot going on this morning. First, nationwide weather emergency impacting nearly 250 million Americans stretching across from New Mexico to parts of New England and the Deep South. Heavy snow, sleet, freezing rain and frigid temperatures. At least 24 states have issued an emergency disaster declaration. Over a million without power, over 16,000 flights canceled. Emergency service stretched nationwide. Just a big mess. Meteorologist Tracy Anthony is here with us, joining us to give us kind of a look of what we can expect the rest of today and some of the cleanup, I guess that's happening in the Deep south right now. Yeah.
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You know, Brian, and one of the big concerns with cleanup is the temperatures are going to continue to be sub zero across most of the nation. So this winter storm is wrapping up throughout the start of the day today across New England. But the cold is going to stick around. And even if your daytime highs get above freezing, overnight lows will be dropping below freezing. So one of the big concerns, especially with power outages is going to be that refreeze. Now, daytime we are going to be chilly today. Look at the Twin Cities, 14 degrees. But a lot of us actually getting above zero. So, hey, that's a silver lining after the brutal cold here for the weekend. But we do have widespread cold weather advisories. So over 200 million people are under cold weather advisories at least for the start of the day today. And look at just how cold it is out across parts of Minnesota. We're talking 35 below Duluth, Minnesota, 41 below. That's the wind chill or the feel like temperature. Still gotta bundle up when you step outside. And we're gonna continue to feel temperatures like this through most of the week. Now, areas like the Northeast digging out from 20 inches of snow. These were some of the highest snowfall totals across the Northeast. And you know this is gonna be this is one of the biggest snowstorms we've had in several years. So historic in the amount of people that were impacted by it and could be breaking records, not just on the temperature front but also some snow, no fall records as well. So there's going to be a quieter week. But we do have one system that's going to swing through and that reinforces that cool arctic air all the way down to Texas. So that's going to kind of keep those sub zero temperatures overnight locked in. Still a few winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings in effect. Notice for the Ohio Valley, the winter storm warnings. That's not necessarily for snow that we're going to have today. It's really just for the impacts that there's still feeling on the roadways in areas like Columbus. Sub zero overnight lows all week. So power outages like you said, a million people without power. This has been a huge storm. And I just think coming out of it and getting the power back on, things like that is definitely going to be slow going.
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Brian, there you go. I know that it reminds me of the ice storm we had down in Dallas just several years ago with really millions of people out of power and just that whole area was crippled. Yep. Tracy, I know it's going to be a busy day for you. I appreciate you getting up early for.
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All right. Well, as we watch the events unfold, here's a verse that kind of sets.
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The verse is from John 16:33. It says, I have told you these so in that you may have peace in this world and you have trouble, but take heart, I have overcome the world. I think that's something right now with all the things that we're taking a look at in the world of news. And everything is so heavy. And you've often heard me say I've got kind of fatigue on chaos and violence. I think we must take some refuge in the Lord. All right, now it's time to turn into our own Terrance Bates in the real American News voice room there in Denver. Terrence, let's get the headlines. First of all, how was your morning commute coming into the studio today?
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Well, Brian, you know me all as well. It ends well. I made it. So I'm not going to complain about the commute. It was a little icy, a little, a little slick, but I made it. Fortunately, I leave a little bit earlier than most. The bad part of that is I've got to make my own tracks in the snow and it did snow here. The good part is I don't have to contend with a lot of other cars. So even if I do make a mistake or skid a little bit or something like that, I'm typically not putting anyone else in danger. But I made it here. So that's really the big story. Brian. Uh, obviously this morning we're focusing a lot on, excuse me, the other big story outside of the national deep freeze and that would be the latest developments in Minneapolis. It is a story that I think a lot of people are talking to as it relates to that deadly ice involved shooting there. Brian. Uh, there are many headlines and I've been going through them on newspaper and other publications, but this one caught my eye. It's from the New York Times and it reads, man killed by federal agents in Minneapolis was holding a phone, not a gun. Again, this is the New York Times headlines right now. There are some dueling narratives, one from the feds, the other from local and state officials in Minnesota as to what happened. But video shows the 37 year old man who was killed holding a cell phone in one hand and nothing in the other. Now, this morning we do know from investigators that the guy did have a concealed 9 millimeter on him during this confrontation with the agents. You can see it all happen here. President Trump also responding on social media. Brian. Blaming Democrats. The big, I think, Brian, that most people are asking is how is all of this going to end? We heard that initially the governor Tim Walls there in Minneapolis or Minnesota called in some added troops, some National Guardsmen to help out. Is President Trump going to invoke the Insurrection act and call in full time soldiers to kind of help get the situation under control? There are lots of question marks, Brian, I think at this moment, and it's unsettling for many Americans.
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Your take it is, and I said this earlier, I have chaos fatigue. I don't want to get up every morning, Terrence, and talk about the next. The day of violence that we just saw the previous day, it is out of control. And you know, we can cross examine that shooting six ways a Sunday and whether or not it was justified and whether or not the man posed no threat. The officers, we can discuss all of that. But what I'm finding is it's just incredible is that the news cycle that we're in on so far, the first month of 2026 and Terrence, whether it's foreign events overseas with Greenland and Iran, things like that, or it's at home, it's just a lot for our viewers to process. So I don't know how this thing ends, but I do hope that civility is brought to the streets of Minnesota.
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And Brian, I will say one of the things that I noticed overnight, President Trump posting on Truth Social. And while, yes, he did go on to blame Democrats for kind of creating this environment in which people feel emboldened to push back against law enforcement, kind of part B of his message was calling on local law enforcement to really support those federal agents who were there working, that they turn over illegal immigrants, that they try not to interfere with federal agents, and more importantly, that they work hand in hand with federal agents, which felt a lot like an olive branch. It felt like President Trump was trying to de escalate the situation. Hopefully he's successful in it, because the reality is, Brian, and again, like you said, we can talk about the justification of the shooting or not, okay, that's fine. But Americans are being killed. That's the end game. That's what's happening. And none of us want that. I think any reasonable American doesn't want that.
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And I think it's interesting how the NRA has weighed in on this as well about the man's right. He had a permit to carry that gun. Now, whether or not you can question whether that was a smart idea to bring a gun to if you're going to attend such a protest like that, that's probably not a smart idea. But it's, it's also, it just, it just tells that America is, they're, they're tired of this. And I say this is constant. It's just constant clash between the government and the people. And the messaging on this is what's really critical. Terrence, if ICE would have put out a statement saying that they were in the area to pick up a child sex predator or whatever the case may be, it explains why they're there instead of just trying to pick up someone that's on their list. And I think the messaging on this will be studied in colleges for years of how, what not to do. And I truly, I don't want to be overly critical, but the messaging of why they're there and who they're looking for would justify their presence in these neighborhoods.
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I hear you, Brian, and I agree with you in principle. But at the same time, I think there's some culpability on the part of the public. When you see law enforcement, I don't care if they're local police officers or federal agents. When you see law enforcement doing their job, yes, you can videotape if you choose, go across the street, stand back, give them the distance, give them the opportunity to do their job. But when you get involved, when you get in between law enforcement, enforcement agents doing their job, things can, can get out of out of whack. Things can go left really quickly. And the reality is these are people just like us. They're trying to do their job. They're doing their job in an environment that's contentious. And so when you add extra stressors to that, they're making, they're making decisions quite literally at the drop of a hat. And unfortunately, sometimes those decisions turn out to be deadly. But the reality is you're putting them in a situation in which they're having to make a determination of whether their life, whether their safety, whether their colleague safety is being jeopardized and they have to make a decision in a split second on how to respond. So if you want to, if you want to be there, if you want to protest their actions, do so from across the street. Video if you feel like yelling, that is your right. If you feel like cursing, mouth, that is your right. But don't get involved because when you get involved as a civilian, you just never know how your involvement is perceived and the reaction to that involvement. BRIAN I just think that's a reasonable perspective.
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It is. Even his own mom had mentioned to him days prior to this that please do not get involved. Don't go down there and get in the way. And that's the sad part of all of this, is we do have a family along with Renee Good. And we can examine all that as well. Always something in the news, Terrence, for all of us. Terrence, thank you so much. I appreciate it.
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All right, live images from Minnesota where developments continue to unfold this morning. We'll have the very latest on that and much more on this early edition of American Sunrise. Stick around. All right. Good morning. Here's a live look at Minnesota, cold and as we said, chaotic. Welcome back. America Sunrise EARLY edition. I am Brian Glenn. Let's get get caught up on all the news with Terrance Bates in Denver. Lots to talk about. Terrence, take it away.
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Yeah, Brian, we want to continue our coverage about the happenings in Minneapolis over the weekend. The headlines are pretty clear in reaction to the events of this weekend continuing to come in online. For instance, Cam Higby posted this on X writing training manual for domestic terrorist patrols chasing ICE agents in Minneapolis. Habee posted about signal groups that are tracking and even impeding ICE agents. These group chats supposedly operate daily and even monitor federal vehicles and locations. Signal groups, by the way, also said to coordinate protester Response to ICE activity. These claims haven't been independently verified, Brian, but they are spreading pretty fast online. And the fear is that when you've got more of these demonstrators getting in the way of these ICE agents, Brian, that it's going to lead to more confrontations that not only put civilians lives in danger, but also potentially the lives of these ICE agents, but even more on that, it's going to create an environment longer term, Brian, in which people feel emboldened to push back against law enforcement, to impede law enforcement. And that's just not the American way, Brian. I'm sorry, and it's not funny, but that's not America.
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It's not. And if you remember, CNN and other outlets were promoting an app when the California things were developing that people could go on this app and track ICE in their state, in their neighborhood. So this is just the very latest of what has been an organized attack on this. And I, I think that, you know, this just shows, like, who is behind this, who creates these, these chat rooms, who's gathering all this information up to push it out and to, you know, to bring these people together. It's scary is what it is. And it's just another way that law enforcement has to deal with stuff, just another element of what they have to battle.
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And Brian, just to be clear, I support people's right to protest. I fully support that, whether I agree with what they're protesting or not. You definitely have the right, but you don't have a right to interfere with the police investigation that's technically criminal. You don't have a right to, to interfere with law enforcement trying to do their job. And you absolutely don't have the right to put the lies or to threaten the lives of law enforcement. And for me, that's where I draw the line. If you want to stand across the street, video and yell and scream and hiss, have at it.
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Yeah, especially how. You know what?
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I had a, I had an example I thought of yesterday. Imagine if Biden's DOJ FBI was rounding up J6ers in the street. They were going to people's houses, they were going through neighborhoods and rounding them up. And then you had independent journalists, let's just say, like our own Ben Berkhom, who often gets on the streets, Nick Shirley, or any one of these independent journalists that goes out there to get video, to kind of capture what they're doing, and they end up in a predicament where they get shot. Terrence, I guarantee you we would be, we would be so upset. We would be screaming from the rooftops right now of how our government would shoot an innocent bystander that was just trying to document what was going on. So I'm trying to put myself in the other shoe. Now, granted, I don't think Ben Barkham or anybody else would be. Would be attending one of these protests with, you know, a gun. I don't think that's a logical thing to do. Or I don't think they would actually get in the way of an investigation or some type of, you know, proceed police procedure. But I just know how we react. I know how MAGA reacted. If Joe Biden's DOJ and FBI would have rounded up J6ers and one of our independent journalists got in the middle of it and they got shot, we would be pissed off.
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Oh, agreed, Agreed. Want to bring your attention to this New York Post headline, Brian, as well? It caught my attention. It reads, house GOP preparing for Court showdown to unravel why Ilhan Omar's net worth skyrocketed up to $30 million. She of course, also represents parts of Minneapolis. And so that's why it makes this particular story even that much more unique and pertinent today. Obviously, red flags were raised after the Minnesota Democrat had a modest income last year and now is reporting about $30 million in assets. Representative James Comer is digging in for a long legal battle in order to get to the bottom of all of this. Two companies of. Representative Omar's husband has a stake in or specific concern here after they both posted sudden surges in assets for the couple. Brian, something just doesn't smell right here on its face. Uh, in general question for you, you have a little bit more expertise, but is being a lawmaker on Capitol Hill these days also just a good business move, not a good political move?
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Well, you know, they always talk about insider trading and the wealth that's accumulated from people in a government position. Let me tell you where that a lot of that insider trading would happen. It wouldn't be from a congressional standpoint because a lot of times those individuals like Ilhan Omar aren't involved in contracts that the government might pick up or give out to the public sector. Now, people that are on committees, people that are in appropriations or any other high ranking chairman, those are the guys that know the contracts that are going out for in particular industries. Now, Ilhan Omar, I don't really know much about how she gained her wealth, but I do know we've seen this, the fraud that has taken place in her within her community and without a doubt. I would imagine some of that money has been funneled through just like we saw Terence on usaid. Same thing. A lot of this money that was going to these NGOs were going back into Democrat pockets, Brian.
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Going from little income to 30 million. I'm sorry, I have to give that the Vulcan eyebrow, kind of put the eyebrow.
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I agree.
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It definitely raises questions and it's a story we'll continue to monitor. Those are just some of the big headlines that I've been keeping an eye out for this morning, Brian. We'll of course have more for you tomorrow.
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Yeah. Thank you, Terrence. I love the fact that we're having this dialogue and letting our viewers really get an understanding of what's going down not only in Minnesota, but what's going down on Capitol Hill as well. Thank you so much. All right, another headline, a positive headline. Old Glory bank is expected to go public in just a few months. That's right. Old Glory bank expects to be listed on the Nasdaq. And this means that everyday Americans who love this country will be able to own stock in a bank that actually stands for them, the freedom economy. The defi economy is traditional values. It's a win for all of us. Old Glory bank offers everything you need, but more importantly, they're run by patriots who share the values that matter. Go to the website oldglorybank.com rav to learn more. That's oldglorybank.com rav. And to learn more about that when we come back, an ex Minnesota Vikings captain Jack Brewer is here to talk about his thoughts on what's going down. Don't go anywhere on this early edition of American Sunrise. Welcome back American Sunrise EARLY edition. I am Brian Glenn. That is a live look, Times Square in New York City. They've got a lot of snow. Not as much as some of the places in the Deep south, but they surely are shoveling their way out. I would imagine some people's gotta maybe shovel the way to work this morning. Before we get started, a quick word for one of our sponsors. I love these guys. Artillery Tea Company. That's the veteran owned patriotic tea brand, delivering premium whole leaf tea and biodegradable that is brewed twice as strong. Patriots, if you love great tea, you can get this on your terms as well. Check out Patriots Brew Club for automatic shipments that control. You can cancel. You can swap out flavors at any time. No commitments on this. You also get free shipping on every order tiered discounts up to 20% off plus free milestone rewards along the way. Brew strong brew patriotic. Head to artilleryteacon co.com right now. Click join Patriots Brew Club to get started on that. Good stuff there. All right. Turning our attention back to Minneapolis images overnight as protesters clash continues across the city. National Guard and federal agents are still active and ICE operations continue. Even anti ICE protesters target agents, impending enforcement. Former Vikings captain Jack Brewer, who has been vocal about this and a whole lot more, what he sees playing out is joining us live. Jack, welcome to the show. As we watch these images on screen right now, what was the first thing that was going through your mind in terms of all this anti ICE activity?
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Well, first of all, you know, I lived in Minneapolis for many, many years. My family's still there. I went to college there, played for the Vikings, started my businesses there. So I know the people and I know the situation on the ground. I understand it. And it's sickening, to be honest with you. You know, the fact, it's the audacity, you know, same thing you saw during George Floyd, the audacity, the lawlessness. You know, people that don't respect law enforcement, they believe that a citizen has authority over law enforcement. So they totally disrespect order. And it comes from a spirit that's in that city, man. It comes from a spirit of, I mean, these people are sick minded. When you start to look, I mean, it's, you want to talk about the transgender movement. Minnesota was the state suing President Trump to keep boys playing against girls. It's the mentality of them, this freedom at all costs. You can do whatever you want. Well, freedom is not free. And you don't get, you don't get to attack our law enforcement officers and not pay a grim price for it. And so they've lost that, that basic reality. You see them marching the streets. I mean, it's freezing cold in Minnesota. Can you imagine going outside all day in marching outside when it's under, you know, negative 10 and negative 20. That's the conditions there. And so it just tells you the mindset of these people. You know, they, they have full fledged technology going into orchestrating all this. I mean, there is, there's millions of dollars being put in it. People are orchestrating, they're following these, these ICE agents and it's just wrong, man. I mean, a lot of folks need to go to jail, but you, it's to be expected in a state, in a city that has stole over $9 billion from the American people. Enough is enough.
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Yeah, there's even on that story, that was Kim Higbee Broke that there was a signal chat or there was a group chat, that brawl those people. And you had government officials that were included in this group chat telling people how to organize, where to protest, how to do it, what to wear, what noisemakers are more effective. I mean, you've got government officials that are complicit to what's going on right now.
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No question. We got 2 million people in our country that are in prisons and jails. We've got almost 5 million people that are on supervision and folks that are serving real time. Fathers ripped from their families, you know, families ripped apart. People committing much less crimes than all of these politicians and these folks in Minnesota are doing right now. This is real criminality, man. You're talking about going in and orchestrating attacks on, on, on law enforcement officers. I mean, those things will get you 30, 40, even life sentences. And so these are serious crimes that we're talking about and it needs to be addressed. And so the people of Minnesota, I said it in my, when I was interviewed, they need behavioral health checks. I mean, something mentally is not right in a place like this. I mean, you're talking about trying to run over a law enforcement officers with your car. You just had a man run in to fight law enforcement officers with a gun in his pocket. I mean, that's just common sense. Basic things that no sane human being would, would do is being done right now in Minneapolis.
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You know, it's interesting you bring that up, Jack, because just last night I was having a conversation about the brokenness in the American family that allows an individual to be raised or not raised in a family and think that they, that all of this is justified in their mind. I, I think these people, odd, obviously are not grounded in any type of religion or grounded in Christ. So there's no higher belief in anything. They feel like the government or the, in that case, the Democrat government is where they get their rights from. And they view people like you and I and really just law enforcement as the enemy. So this all starts the family or the lack of a family.
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Exactly. These people are soulless, to put it to. Let's just be frank. They're walking around in the flesh, no thought of the spirit. You know, the word says let this mind be in you. That's also in Christ Jesus. And so you really can't sympathize too much for people who are doing lawless things, that are doing things. You know, the wages of sin is death. And that's what you're seeing happen on the streets. You know, these people don't have a foundation of the Ten Commandments. They don't have a foundation of the gospel. I read an article, even the gentleman who just got shot, his father told him, do not go and engage with law enforcement officers. And so you know what, you disrespect your fathers and your days will be shortened. Honor thy mother and thy father. And that's what you see. You see a lot of lawlessness. The young lady that got that tried to run over the ice official, you know, she was married to a, to a man, he passed away and then she, she got into a homosexual relationship and her father in law came out and spoke against it, against the choices that she makes, the lifestyle that she lives. And so listen, it is what it is. This is, this is pure and simple. We're seeing display before us what happens when debauchery and sin takes over a city just like Sodom and Gomorrah. I've said it for many, many years. I went to the University of Minnesota. I've been there for almost over 30 years. Almost 30 years now. It's been 28 years since I got to Minnesota. And so I've seen this whole thing grow in the thought of these politicians. I mean, think about who they voted for. Tim Walls, we've seen Tim Walls and how he acts and what he says and his perspective. If that's the man that got the popular vote in the state of Minnesota, it tells you just how deranged many of those people are.
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Yeah, I did see a congressional map of kind of Democrat, Republican. It does look like there is some large areas of Republican. But you don't see there's a lot of races going on in Minnesota. You don't see any of those Democrats seeing being flipped to Republicans due to all of this chaos, do you? Or may perhaps?
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Yeah, I think it's possible. Listen, when I'm talking, I'm talking about Minneapolis and St. Paul. I'm not talking about outside. You go out, you have some strong conservative minded people, a lot of strong Christians in the outskirts of Minnesota. You start to drive up north, you start to drive out west and you go up to those northern cities in those communities, those people love Jesus Christ and they love this country. But when you talk about in the city, the city has been completely tainted. Most of those folks don't, don't live there anymore. They've moved out to the suburbs because they don't want to be around that chaos. You got to understand, man, Somalians have taken over the city of Minneapolis. I mean, I have watched it happen over the last two decades. It's been at an alarming, alarming rate. You hear the sirens going off in the city when they call to prayers. That entire culture have, have shifted. And so it's just, it doesn't look like America. When you go there, go to the mall. He goes to. Mall of America is right there. If you go take a picture of the Mall of America, you wouldn't think you were in the United States. That's what's happening to that city. And it's a sad thing to see.
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Jack Brewer, it's always a pleasure. You're a good man, good football player, good father. Thanks for joining us. I appreciate your time.
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Praise God. Thank you so much, man. God bless you.
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Thank you. All right. Government shutdown looms once again. This time the DHS is funding is right front and center. You're not going to believe some of the things that they're funding that comes your way here in a few minutes. Stick around. All right. It's a live look at the White House. Little snowy action there. I'm not sure how many press gaggles will take place outside the West Wing. Little too cold, little too snowy for that. Welcome back America Sunrise EARLY edition. I am Brian Glenn. Thanks for joining us. Federal officers offices rather are closed today as Washington digs out from a major winter storm. Right now, another standoff, this one is in Washington. Democrats threatening a government shutdown. Nearly 6 billion in refugee benefits. DHS is funding. It's under fire. Border and national security implications, basically. Senator Angus King, a key shutdown negotiator, says, quote, he cannot vote for any bill that includes ICE funding under these circumstances. Now, this is ironic because when you take a look at what they're funding right now and what is in all of the, the, the Department of Homeland Security and the funding a part of it, funding for refugee camps is included in the DHS budget. Now, wait a minute. What would you say, Brian, roll that back for me. You mean to tell me that Republicans voted to approve a budget for DHS that includes funding for refugee camps? Yes, bro. Yes, that's what I'm telling you. Well, how does that happen? Well, you've got Speaker Johnson, who is primarily responsible for everything that gets voted on into any kind of package. So you have, you have Hawking Jeffries, you have Mike Johnson, you have Thune. They all get together and they come up on what can they do to get this thing passed through the Senate. What can they negotiate? Well, guess what? The very thing that right now, ice, our national Homeland Security. All of us are trying to clean up the streets of all the Somalian fraud, all of the chaos that's going on in Minnesota right now. Your elected officials in D.C. just funded to continue these refugee camps at the tune of about $5.6 billion. All of this is under big time scrutiny and it should be be scrutinized because this is something that none of us voted for. And one of my biggest problems right now and my biggest issues with the Republican Party is who is messaging on this type of stuff, who is telling their constituents, who is telling the nation that, hey, we've got this vote coming up. And although 90% of it is really good stuff and we need it, we need to inject it into policy. We need to make sure we fund these things to secure our border, to secure our streets, to make sure our military has all the necessary weapons and funding they need. We need to make sure we get rid of these refugee camps. Oh, wait, we can't do that. We got to keep funding that. Oh, okay. That's not what you voted for. That's not what I voted for. And I guarantee you Republicans are going to be in some hot water come the midterms if this stuff doesn't get corrected. If we don't start standing up and passing policy that reflects the people's views, we are done. We're done as Republicans and we're done as a country. And that's why these first two years were so critical going in under this second term for President Trump. Now he can executive order all day long. And he's done a fantastic job doing that. He has, he has absolutely passed or signed some executive orders. Now, what we haven't done is codified a lot of those executive orders into policy or into law. I should say so that when, if one day Democrats take over, then they can't reverse something that's in law, that's codified into law. We are not keeping up with the rate of codification on these executive orders as we have in prior administrations. We're far behind on that stuff. And these are the things that affect you and I every day. So when you see that we're up against a government shutdown, and I truly believe that we will have a government shutdown, the Democrats will absolutely do it. And it will be in the name of ICE funding. And they're going to stand up there and posture that, hey, we got to get these. We got to, you know, we can't have the ICE roaming the streets of America causing chaos. That's their messaging and on the messaging from the I side, it needs to be, I think, and this is my opinion, we need to really specify and communicate to the American people of who we're going after at that particular time. We're in this neighborhood today because we are going after someone that sexually molested a 12 year old or whatever the case would be, killed three people, drug dealer, gang banger, whatever it is. If we don't tell people why we're in their neighborhoods, they're reacting like they are right now. Maybe they would not react as strongly if they knew that agents are in their neighborhoods conducting ICE raids and you know, making sure that law abiding citizens, we're not going after law abiding citizens. Matter of fact, if you follow the law, chances are you're in the clear. But what we're seeing now is just total chaos. And it's chaos from, from, from the state level into the, into Congress. And you know, you take a look at the filibuster and if, and if you don't know this, the filibuster is something, it was not passed into law. This is something that the Senate themselves agreed upon that we're going to keep this, this, this filibuster role so that, you know, we're going to keep this, this 60 plus the filibuster. They're going to get rid of this filibuster if they ever take control of the Senate. And they are going to, they're going to, and they have to take care of the White House. They're going to get rid of it and they're going to fundamentally change America through this. In other words, we're playing defense in regards to the Senate in regards to a lot of the procedural votes that we could be doing. We need to be on the offense. We've, we've got one chance to turn things around here. And quite honestly, I think we're, we're not maximizing the majority that we have. We just aren't. So when you look at a government shutdown, I do think that will take place. It will be on the hands of the Democrats. It will be in the name of taking ICE out of there and that will not be removed. The funding of ICE must continue. Then if you take a look at, you know, what does the 2026 elections look like in terms of congressional seats? Could we lose? We already got a very slim majority right now and in certain states in just a couple of weeks is early voting for their primary. So you've got, you know, we're less than maybe 3045 days away from some of these early votings taking place. So you're going to start to see, you know, what these candidates potentially want a message on. And I just really want to emphasize here that someone may claim to be America first, someone may claim that they support President Trump. They may even be in this classic commercial where they're walking on a farm, there's a horse nearby, their family's right there, he's even wearing a MAGA hat. But you got to look at how these people voted when they were in office. And I often have said on this network, through every broadcast almost, I do. You got to look up their voting record. Don't look up how they message on social media. Don't look at that, look at how they vote and go and pay attention to who makes the loudest noise on issues that are kind of controversial, but they shouldn't be. They shouldn't be. And check out. And one of this, one of the websites is Liberty Scorecard. You can Google Liberty Scorecard. Put, go to Google, put that in there. You can, you can click on your favorite representative or you know, senator, anybody, Governor. You can look up how they traditionally have voted or leaned. And you would be so surprised of how many MAGA Republicans have an F, a D or a C voting record. Now why is that? It's because they message on one thing to get you to go to the ballot box and vote for them so they can get another two years in Congress or eight years in the Senate. Then they get into office and the first thing they do is how do I stay in office? What do I need to do to stay in office, what the messaging needs to be so that I can retain my position. Now, they might occasionally vote for these no brainer votes that are, you know, doesn't take any spine to vote for or vote against. But a lot of the times they don't vote for the things that you and I put them in office to do. They just don't. So I think this year is pivotal that you make sure whoever is sending that, that flyer, that direct mailer to your house, or perhaps who has sent you 47,000 emails to vote for them or to donate for them, make sure their voting record reflects what you want. Because that is really important. Because that is why that's how we take back this country. We cannot keep putting people in office. That message, red meat. They go on Fox News and they red meat rant, but they don't deliver their votes. That's not what we want. All right, before we go to Break. We'll do a quick word from one of our sponsors. Now this is pretty timing right now that we're in the middle of a winter storm, basically. But we're gonna, it's gonna be cold for a while. Brutal, brutally cold in most places. And what are you gonna do if you lose power? Now think about this. If the power goes out and there's millions right now that are sitting in the cold, in the dark, I can promise you that. I know a few myself. 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B
All right.
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A
Welcome back, America's Sunrise early edition. I can promise you that the press is inside the briefing room right now. They're not outside in the tents. They're going to be out there for a few minutes. They're going to go back inside. It's too coat. Joining us now to wrap up today's show, American Sunrise host, David Brody. Did you get a lot of snow at your house this storm?
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B
You know, I was ready for the snow apocalypse or whatever they want to call us. And we thought we were going to get 20 inches. We got like eight inches. It's like womp, womp. It's fine. Eight inches. Okay, so look, listen, Brian, at my age, I ain't going out there, okay? I know I should get the Cardio in. I got it. Don't want to really risk some heart issues, so to speak. Not that I have heart issues, but here's my point. Here's my point. Here's a couple hundred dollars. I got a long driveway. Go do what you need to do. And I'm going to be at home eating pretzels and watching season four episode Something of Something. That's my deal. So that's how I spent the snowstorm.
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Yeah. Well, a lot of people are definitely digging out. I know places in the south, they don't normally get this stuff. They don't have the equipment to do the roads and spray it with magnesium and snow plows and all that stuff. So they are. Yeah, they're under the gun there.
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D
I tell you what.
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A
Under the gun. No. No pun intended. This mess up in Minnesota, David, I. I said this at the top of the show. I have chaos fatigue. I have conflict fatigue. And I'm getting to the point. And I put this on my Instagram that. And I don't. Please don't take this in the wrong way. I don't care anymore. I don't care. I care about my immediate circle in my community and my government, but I can't care about a foreign conflict anymore. I'm more worried about what's in my neighborhood. What's in you on that?
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B
You know, it's a really good point, actually. And I've always said, and there's a pastor friend of mine who always says, take care of your own bean patch right in front of your house, you know, because sometimes we get so caught up in all of the minutiae of national politics and everything going on in the world, and it can be downright frustrating, depressing, angry. I mean, cue the emotion. Whatever you want it to be, and it'll be there. But if you just take care of what's inside your own front yard, if you will. And once again, I'm not saying just be ignorant of everything else, okay? And that's not what I'm saying. But we can make a difference where we live, what's going on at the local PTA and just on down city council and all of that. That's where all this stuff nationally comes from anyhow. It all starts and starts to permeate at the local level and then gets national, whether it be the transgender stuff or ICE or what, starting there in your local neighborhood. So be kind of cognizant, if you will, of what's happening and be active. I think that's the key. And I think this way you can feel like you're doing something rather than sitting back watching X or YouTube and just saying, well, it's the end of that.
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A
Well, you can doom scroll. And a lot of studies say once you start doom scrolling, every headline, every video is chaos and negative. I think certain to young people. It really can bring them down. And I just don't think. I just don't think it's healthy. You nailed it on the head, David, about keeping it local.
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B
Well, talk about scrolling, right? I mean, if you just for like an hour, go through social media this Saturday with the whole shooting situation in Minneapolis. Was it a gun? Was it a phone? Was it a phone? Was it a gun? Was it a gun? Was it a phone? I mean, you just go on and on. Look, we know he had a gun. He legally was allowed to have a gun. But maybe this just in, don't bring a gun to a protest. And by the way, maybe don't get involved with ICE officials when you are carrying a loaded gun, number one. But beyond all of that, there are some questions and I wanna see what happens when the dust clears. I mean, I'm just channeling President Trump, who also says, let's let the investigation play out. Why were there multiple shots fired? We need some answers. Look, this doesn't seem clean cut or clear cut at this point. We have to find out what's exactly going on.
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Yeah, we need some answers. We also need more David Brody. You'll do that here in about 16 seconds. David Brody.
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B
More cowbell. That's me.
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We need more cowbell. More David Brody. Hey. That wraps up today's Monday edition of American Sunrise. Early edition. We'll see you back here tomorrow. Goodbye and God bless. We'll see you. This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.