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John Solomon
Good evening, America. Happy Tuesday. Unless you're a Minnesota state government official who got a grand jury subpoena today, then maybe it's a nervous Tuesday. But otherwise, let's get to business. Welcome to the latest edition of JUST THE News. No noise. I'm your host John Solomon, reporting as always from the nation's capital here in Washington, D.C. big news today in the Minnesota fraud investigation. Remember Friday night we told you federal grand jury issued subpoenas in the investigation into whether state officials were obstructing ICE operations. Well, today prosecutors serve those subpoenas to at least five top Minnesota Democrats, including Governor Tim Walls and Attorney General Keith Ellison. It's all part of that Justice Department investigation into the obstruction of ICE and of the Trump administration's illegal immigration crackdown in the state. Beyond the subpoena issued to Waltz for allegedly obstructing law enforcement activities, the DOJ also subpoenaed several prosecutors, including the Hennepin County District Attorney May, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry and others over their alleged anti ice actions and obstruction activities, as well as their rhetoric, what they've encouraged people to do in the streets. Well, more on that throughout the show tonight. So make sure you stay with us now. Also today marks the one year anniversary of President Trump's second term and the president was not shy about it, holding a marathon press conference about two hours almost at the White House that my co host Amanda Head was part of earlier today. And in it he discussed some of the big wins the administration already achieved, such as getting to negative net migration in 2025, more foreigners left than came to the country this year. That almost seemed impossible during the Biden years if you were looking at the border crossing numbers, but it's been achieved. The administration also touted its progress on drug trafficking across the southern border where they cut fentanyl trafficking by a whopping 56% in one year. And how about making communities safer? The administration said they've delivered the largest one year decline in in homicides in U.S. history by launching targeted federal criminal crackdowns and ending Biden era non enforcement. In other words, focus on the bad guys and get them arrested, keep them in prison. The president also brought up the economy, especially the inflation rate which is now running at just 2.2.4% annually. My amazing COD did an amazing job this morning. A by the numbers of the Trump year, everything from egg prices to gas prices, how many illegal aliens left the country like 2.5 million. It was an amazing document. Go take a look it's at the top of just the news. Now, inevitably, the questions turn to the President's foreign policy. And he's speaking in Davos, Switzerland tomorrow about all of that, including his eye on Greenland. Amanda? Yeah, a lot more than that. Today he turned the Davos summit into the Greenland summit.
Amanda Head
He did indeed. Yes. So speaking of Greenland and the trip to Davos, he seemed pretty confident about his bid to acquire Greenland during that expansive press conference earlier today. Take a listen.
J.P. Degan
I think something's going to happen that's.
Peter Schweitzer
Going to be very good for everybody.
John Solomon
Nobody's done more for NATO than I have.
Peter Schweitzer
As I said before in every way.
John Solomon
Getting them to go up to 5% of GDP was something that nobody thought was and pay. I think that we will work something out when NATO is going to be very happy and where we're going to be very happy.
Amanda Head
So that is going to be. Must see TV tomorrow at the World Economic Forum because. Because a few of the European leaders, they don't seem outwardly on board with President Trump's plan for Greenland and security as a whole in the Western Hemisphere. And that also includes another leader in North America, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada. Take a listen to what he said earlier in Davos about a new global order.
J.P. Degan
We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition. Over the past two decades, a series of crises in finance, health, energy and geopolitics have laid bare the risks of extreme global integration. But more recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited. You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration. When integration becomes the source of your subordination.
Amanda Head
Wonder if you would like some cheese with that wine. I want to point out to Prime Minister Carney that all countries act in their own self interest. As President Trump has famously mentioned, there is a long history of foreign countries imposing tariffs on the United States. President Trump's recycle, reciprocal tariffs were aimed at creating a level playing field. So I'm looking forward to the President's remarks tomorrow, John. I'm also looking forward to late July when Vice President and Second Lady Vance are going to be welcoming their fourth baby.
John Solomon
Yeah, boy, oh boy. How about that? Big news out of the White House today. Little details I'm picking up on Greenland. Maybe The President lowers NATO's contributions by country because that's something that the Europeans are and then puts on 99 or 100 year lease on the table. So we'll have to keep an eye on that and see if that comes through. But it's one of the options, I think the president leaves on Air Force One with. We'll see. See what comes of it. And Mark Carney didn't. They have large amounts of sanctions on our banks. They don't let US Banks into Canada. So so much for not weaponizing your own trade policy. Well, many ways. That's why we crack the record. All right.
Amanda Head
I know which country Mark Carney's allegiance is to anyway. He holds like four passports.
John Solomon
He's a strange, unusual world leader.
J.P. Degan
Okay.
John Solomon
Well, earlier today, we have had a chance to question one of the members who've gonna interview Jack Smith on Thursday, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman from Wyoming. We had a great conversation about everything we just talked about. Listen to what she had to say. All right, folks. Joining us now, someone who's been on the front lines of so much of the weaponization and also mistreatment of law enforcement. She serves on the House Judiciary Committee and does such great work. She also represents the great people of Wyoming. She is Congresswoman Harriet Hackerman. Congresswoman, great to have you on the show.
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
Thanks, John. It's wonderful to see you. Happy New Year.
John Solomon
Happy New Year. Good to have you back on the show. Let me start with the big news that came out in Minnesota. The governor, the attorney general and the four other top Democrat state officials getting subpoenas today saying that they're under investigation for obstructing law enforcement proceedings, basically encouraging or assisting the blockage of ICE operations in that city. I'd like to get your reaction to the notion that people who are in government power may actually have been abusing that power.
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
There's no question, and you see it in spades in the state of Minnesota. I have been watching with absolute horror what has been going on with that state, first in relation to the fraud and now in relation to the efforts to stop ICE from actually enforcing the law. I think what you're seeing, and I think that the reason that they have jumped in with both feet and hands and all body and everything else, is I think they are trying to deflect attention from the fact that they have been engaging with, encouraging, at least standing by and idly watching as billions of dollars of fraud have been taking place in that state with some of their favored groups. And rather than actually follow the money and make sure that they were protecting the taxpayers of the United States of America and their own state, they were complicit in what was going on. They're now desperate to try to deflect attention and change the subject. And that's why I think that you see what we do, not only with their behavior in relation to the ICE and the law enforcement activities in the state, but with also encouraging other people to come into the state. These protests are not grassroots. This is not your, your, your mother and your grandmother and your father and, and your college buddy out there protesting. These people are paid provocateurs. They are paid protesters. And this is just one of the efforts to deflect attention from the fraud and also to try to stop the ICE from being able to enforce federal law.
John Solomon
Yeah, stunning.
Amanda Head
I have no doubt that Mayor Fry and Governor Walz were thinking when everything blew up in Minnesota that they were glad that this was shifting focus away from the investigations into the fraud. But folks like you, I know, are not going to let it go when it comes to these organized protests if there is found out that there is some overriding organization and they're operating in multiple different states. Does that to you sound like it could open up a RICO investigation?
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
I think that it could. You know, and I was reading about that today and there are some folks who are giving a variety of reasons as to why funding protests should not be considered a RICO violation. But I think that you have to look at the intent. I think that you have to look at what it is that they're doing. And I think that that is one avenue that we have because it's clear that this is a conspiracy. It's clear that there are a variety of organizations that are not only working together, but they also have individuals within those organizations that are working together to stop our law enforcement and our ICE from being able to enforce the law. I'm going to keep coming back to that. I think one other thing, and you're showing the video from the church on Sunday, which I find to be absolutely reprehensible. But the other thing that we need to do is we need to prosecute every single one of those folks who went into that church to protest. We need to prosecute them under the FACE Act. If you remember, under the Biden administration, they were dragging people out of their homes at six o' clock in the morning at gunpoint, dragging fathers out of their homes in front of their children because they allegedly violated the FACE act by praying in front of an abortion clinic. Well, keep in mind, the FACE act not only applies to an abortion clinic, but it also applies to places of worship. Every single one of the people, including Don Lamont, who went into that church and were Protesting the way that they were. In my opinion, they violated the Face act and they need to be prosecuted for it.
John Solomon
Yeah. Fascinating. Going to be a history to outplay. To see where the Justice Department comes down, where grand jurors ultimately come down, I want to turn to something that has always mystified me as a reporter. If you and I had a friend and they robbed a bank and then they hid out at our house, we would be charged, if we were aware of that, with harboring a fugitive in Minnesota. According to the Homeland Security Department, there are hundreds of illegal aliens in the custody of the state and they will not turn them over to ICE under the detainers. Is it time to start looking at state and state prisons and county sheriffs who are do that as harboring fugitives is. Is there enough elasticity into the fugitive law to make that a crime?
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
Well, I think that there's the elasticity, but I also think that we need to remember our history. And what was the Civil War fought over in the 1860s? And that was that you had folks, leaders in the southern states who were defying federal law in order so that they could. The Democrats in order so that they could keep slavery. That was what the Civil War was fought over, was whether the states in the south could defy federal law. That's what we're seeing in these jurisdictions that will not comply with, will not cooperate with ice, Homeland Security, these other agencies, they are defying federal law. Sanctuary cities, in my opinion, are absolutely illegal for that reason. And this is why I think that this is so dangerous. And why I think that these people are working closely together and coordinating is the fact that if these offices, if the sheriff's office, if the police departments, if the cities and the counties and the state where it would actually cooperate with ice, this would not be the kind of situation we're seeing in Minnesota on the streets. If they picked up an illegal alien for domestic violence, for rape, for dui, for whatever crime it might be, and realized that they had and had a detainer on them, they would just simply turn them over to ice. That's what's happening in red states. That's what conservative governors and sheriffs and police officers do. They work with ICE to make sure that we are removing the criminals from among us, that we are protecting our citizens, that we are protecting our communities. These sanctuary jurisdictions are saying, oh, no, we're going to let them out the back door. Not only are they saying, we're going to let them out the back door, like you saw with the Judge in Wisconsin. But they're actually either undercharging them or dismissing the charges entirely on very, very serious crimes because they do not want these folks deported. They do not want to give ICE or the federal government the ability to. To deport these criminal illegals. So you hear these statistics where they'll come out and they'll say, well, the majority of the people that ICE is going after are not criminals. They do not have criminal charges. They have not been charged or convictions. Well, number one, that's not true. Over 70% of them are criminal illegal aliens. That does not count the charges that they were, the crimes that they were charged with in their native countries. So if they have warrants for their arrest out of Mexico or Honduras or Venezuela, that isn't even included in what we're talking about here. But what I see is that it's these sanctuary jurisdictions that are actually putting their own citizens and their own communities at risk because they are releasing criminal illegal aliens into their midst to avoid allowing ICE to be able to properly process and deport them.
John Solomon
Unbelievable.
Amanda Head
There's another strange dichotomy between a few different scenarios. I think back to 2020, when Mark and Patricia McCloskey were arrested, I think on felony weapons charges for defending their home against antifa. They were standing outside. Patricia had a handgun and he was carrying, I think it was a rifle. I saw a guy in Minnesota with a rifle outside of his home doing the same thing. Why did Mark and Patricia get charged? Their firearms got confiscated. I think that's still in litigation to get their firearms back. And yet nothing is happening with this guy in Minnesota.
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
So just as a side note, Patricia's gun did not work. It was not operable. When they confiscated that gun, they actually retrofitted it to make it so that it was operable so that they could charge her with the crime that they did. So you make a very, very good point. But this is an example of why equal protection, the equal protection clause in the US Constitution, as well as in most state constitution is so critically important. If you're going to maintain law and order, you cannot treat similarly situated people differently. Because if you do, pretty soon you lose all law and order. You lose the contract that we have among our fellow man. If I get picked up for speeding, I am going to get a speeding ticket. If you get picked up for speeding, you should get a speeding ticket. They shouldn't treat us differently depending upon our skin color or where we came from or whether we're a boy or a girl. That's why I'M always coming back to why we don't talk about the equal protection clause enough. But I think it's incredibly important because it's where you really, truly see a breakdown in society if you start treating people differently. And this is the entire DEI concept, this entire woke theory that has come out of our universities. When you treat similarly situated people differently, you are undermining the very foundation of a civilized society. And you ask a very good question, which is, why did they charge them but not somebody in Minnesota? And the reality is, because it comes down to politics, it comes down to optics. That is not what the rule of law is. That's why lady justice is blind. Justice is blind. If you are charged with a crime. If I'm charged with a crime and John is charged with the same crime, we should be treated the same way. But we're not. And that's why I think that you're seeing this kind of breakdown in the fabric of who and what we are as a country, because the equal protection concept, theory, philosophy and constitutional protections are so critically important to keeping civil order.
John Solomon
Yeah. So very true. Congressman, before we let you go, got about a minute left. President Trump, as he often does, has transformed the Davos Summit into the Greenland summit. What are the sentiments in Congress on the President's efforts to secure Greenland and put it into America's backyard?
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
I think we need to just watch this play out. I think that what people have to understand about the President is he plays the long game and he finds the best way to get with a path forward. He finds the best way for a path forward. I represent the least populated state in the nation. I always want to make sure that I am protecting Wyoming and protecting what we have. And our role in our place is one of the 50 states in the United States. But at the same time, I can understand that there are a lot of benefits associated with working closely with Greenland and making sure that we can protect the free world and the western world, which is really what he's talking about.
John Solomon
Yeah, 100 year lease, maybe as an alternative to statehood or some other option.
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
I think that there are many options. In fact, the federal government enters into 99 year leases all the time. So I think that that's exactly right. We also have territorial relationships with five different territories.
John Solomon
That's a great point, Congresswoman. It's such a great honor to always have you on the show. I can't wait to watch you on Thursday. I know Jack Smith will be testifying. I know he'll be getting some good questions from you. Great honor to have you on the show, though. Thanks so much for joining us.
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
Thanks to both of you.
John Solomon
Yeah. Always enjoy having the other show. All right, folks, we got a treat for you. I've been bragging about this book for a couple weeks now, the Invisible Cool, Peter Schweitzer. It is an amazing story about how Mexico and China are intentionally weaponizing illegal immigration to harm the United States, including an anchor baby strategy for foreigners. Peter Schweitzer is going to join us and break that all down right after these mess.
Peter Schweitzer
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J.P. Degan
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Amanda Head
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J.P. Degan
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Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
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Amanda Head
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John Solomon
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John Solomon
All right. Joining us now, one of the greatest investigative journalists I've ever met that this country has ever produced. He writes books, he writes columns, he educates the American public, and he has a blockbuster new book. Everybody needs to read this. If you don't think the immigration assault on America was directed by foreigners, you're going to learn very quickly. Joining us right now, the one and only Peter Schweitzer. Peter, great to have you here.
Peter Schweitzer
Great to be with you guys. Thanks so much for having me.
John Solomon
Congrats on the book. Tell us what you found. I just finished reading this. I am literally numb by the facts you have found.
Peter Schweitzer
Well, thank you, John.
J.P. Degan
Really.
Peter Schweitzer
The book is about weaponized immigration. And I think a lot of people assume that the border is sealed. We've got ICE removing violent, you know, people from the United States. So the problem solved. The reality is that a lot of these foreign entities, including China and Mexico and actually have vast political networks inside the United States. They are designed to undermine us, advance their political interests, sow chaos in our country. And it's something that I think has largely been ignored. I think the tremendous success that Donald Trump has had sealing the border is I think the first step in what need to be a series of steps to secure the interior of our country.
Amanda Head
Peter, I think a lot of people think, all right, well, how far back do they this go? Does this go? It started, you know, in your book, you talk about in the 1970s, the Algerian president speaking before the UN General assembly talking exactly about this, about weaponizing it. Is that when it started in our country or does it go back even Further.
Peter Schweitzer
Well, it's really interesting if you look at American history and there have been government studies done on this, there have been three major attacks on the United States. One, of course, was Pearl Harbor. The second was 9 11. The third one, according to this government study, was the Marielle boat lift, where Fidel Castro weaponized mass migration into the United States. And to your point, there have been thugs in the developing world who have threatened, any time that they feel like they need to, that they're going to export their people into the United States. China has threatened it. Other foreign countries have as well. So it's been something that's happened, but it really took off beginning in the Biden administration because Joe Biden opened up the. The floodgates, the foreign nationals flooded in, and that created the situation. The problem that we have now, I think if we look at the standoff with where the Mexican government is right now, I think they are trying to lay low because, you know, Donald Trump has sort of put them on notice. But they have had these ambitions for a while called Reconquista, which is an idea that seems kind of crazy, the idea that they are going to reassert or reconquer territories that they lost from us in the 19th century. That's California, Texas, Utah, Arizona, etc. But they actually believe this, and they believe that mass migration will allow them to do it. And there have been government reports in Mexico saying that, that there are now 40 million Mexicans in the United States and we are reconquering the territories that were taken from us.
John Solomon
You have political leaders, government documents from Mexico literally asserting this as basically a policy strategy. Right?
Peter Schweitzer
Yeah, yeah, That's. That was one of the most stunning things, I think, in the book, is when you have prominent senators in Mexico, you have presidents of the country, you have government reports, you have elites from the world of literature, from the worlds of science in Mexico literally saying, we are slowly retaking the United States through mass migration. And it's not just rhetoric, John. They back it up with a vast political infrastructure in the United States that a lot of people are not aware of. One, they've got an incredible 53 consulates in the United States. China and the UK have six and seven, respectively. So it's a massive number of consulates. And as I document in the book, these consulate officials, they are involved in domestic politics, largely supporting Democrats and trying to fight Trump politically, which is a massive violation of their diplomatic status. But in addition to these, these 53 consulates, they also have this sort of bizarre system where There are Mexican senators and members of parliament that live in the United States and they actually represent Mexicans living in the United States before the Mexican government, which is a massive intrusion in our sovereignty. Those individuals were involved in organizing the Los Angeles riots. They've been involved in a lot of the anti ICE protests. So I think we really need to look at trying to deal with this political challenge from Mexico within our own borders.
Amanda Head
So are Democrats, I mean, their participation in this, are they just unwitting idiots or are they a part of the con?
Peter Schweitzer
Well, they're part of the deal. One of the things that we uncovered was a meeting that took place In May of 2024, an election year, obviously, in the Oklahoma City consulate of Mexico. They brought together consular officials. These are diplomats from Los Angeles to Orlando, Florida. They all met there. They were addressed by the Foreign Minister of Mexico via video. But there was another group of people there, Democrat Party political organizers. These are people that are working at the local level to activate Democratic votes. And part of the conversation there literally was we turned. We turned California from red to blue. We turned to Arizona from red to blue. We are now going to work to turn the rest of the country from red to blue. So you've got Mexican diplomatic officials who are directly involved in partisan politics in the United States, which I think is.
John Solomon
Unacceptable foreign interference in our political system. It's remarkable. Funny from a party that tried to fool us into thinking it happened from Russia. I want to turn to something because I think this book is going to be one of the most impactful books from a foreign policy and a legal standpoint. It seems to me you have new evidence that the United States Supreme Court should be aware of before they make their birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship is at the heart of this Mexican strategy, correct?
Peter Schweitzer
Yes, it is. Mexico strategy and China strategy.
J.P. Degan
Exactly.
Peter Schweitzer
And what's what I think people don't get right about birthright citizenship is how and why it's happening. The assumption is, you know, people are kind of sneaking across the board border and then they get pregnant, they happen to have a child, and it's sort of something just happens. It's actually highly organized, particularly by the Chinese government. The Chinese government has created a system whereby it's happening on an industrial scale. Now, our federal government does not keep track of birthright citizenship numbers. So we literally have no idea how many people are doing this. But the Chinese government has looked at this and, and come to their own estimates. And their. Their belief is over the last 13 years, every year, roughly 100,000 Chinese nationals have done this, which means you're looking at more than a million. And think about this, more than a million American citizens, I'm going to put that in air quotes. These are children that are born in the United States primarily to the Chinese elite. They then go back to China where they're raised, they go to Chinese schools. They're part of the CCP establishment. When they turn 18, they can now vote, they can now get government jobs. It's a massive national security issue. So that I think is what has to be understood by the Supreme Court. This is not an issue of individuals kind of trapped by circumstance. This is a massive organized effort by a foreign government to manipulate our immigration law laws for their benefit and our.
Amanda Head
Detriment and the burden on us economically because despite our government's lack of recordkeeping, I think it was fair who put out a study a few years years ago that found that $2.4 billion, that's what is spent every single year on anchor babies who are born here. So it's a burden to the taxpayers beyond all of the other nefarious stuff.
Peter Schweitzer
That's a brilliant point because one of the things that these companies do, these Chinese companies that bring the birth mothers here and do the birthright citizenship, is they train them. They train them in a couple of ways. One of the things they do is they say when you come to the United States customs, if your wife is pregnant, have or loose fit fitting clothing so they don't appear to be pregnant and on the visa form, lie, don't say you're here for medical procedures, say you're here as a tourist. The second thing they do is once they are here and in place is they go to local hospitals and say this woman is about to give birth, she's indigenous. Now these are elites from the ccp, but they say they're indigent, they can't afford to pay, so they're paying maybe $3,000 for a birth procedure that's costing the hospital 35, 40, $50,000. So this is a massive detriment not only to our government programs but to our hospitals. This crisis being perpetuated by the Chinese government.
John Solomon
Unbelievable. When you hear the word conquistador in the 21st century thing, it makes us wonder if Mexico is some way at war with us. It's a soft war, not sending our soldiers over. But if you drain our money, you drain our resources. You intentionally game the system because at one point you want to influence our leaders in the future. So elections. You've written some pretty darn impactful books over the last few decades. I think of Clinton Cash with the most fondly because I think it's one of the greatest investigative books. But I'm going to make a prediction. I think this be may be the most impactful book to hit the American bookstore maybe in a century. You are going to impact foreign policy and the Supreme Court with what you found. Great work, folks. Everybody get the Invisible. It's an amazing book. I couldn't put it down the second I picked it up. Thanks, Peter.
Peter Schweitzer
Thanks guys. Appreciate it very much.
J.P. Degan
Thank you, brother.
John Solomon
We'll be back with more right after these messages.
J.P. Degan
Foreign.
Amanda Head
Welcome back everybody. A little bit of breaking news from my co host and our reporter extraordinaire, John Solomon that the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, James Comer, has rejected a proposal from the Clintons regarding an interview. So this process is going to continue. Any other details that we need to add?
John Solomon
Is it just in Clinton's wanted no transcript?
Amanda Head
Yep.
John Solomon
So you can't be charged with perjury. No other members, just the chairman and the ranking member. Epstein is too big a story. All members of Congress want a question. Comer said no deal. Which means tomorrow the House Oversight Committee votes for contempt and then Thursday goes to the floor. As you know, James Comer said here Thursday they got the votes for this. So you could have for the first time in American history, a president found in contempt for not agreeing to testify.
Amanda Head
As Washington, D.C. is staring down the business end of a snow rifle. We will also be having some flames up on Capitol Hill. The Clintons, you never know. Fire and ice at the same time. All right everybody, now let's step aside and move on to our next guest. As many of us watched in horror as you had a lot of these protesters move into a church in Minneapolis, it was absolutely heartbreaking to see those parishioners just not knowing what was going on, sitting there absolutely stunned along with their pastor. So we want to talk about that. But I also want to talk about the fact that today it is the one in the it is President Trump's one year anniversary in office. And I think that he has done some pretty great things for the faith community. But I'm looking forward to getting our guests opinion on that. Joining us now is the founder and president at Communio National Ministry, J.P. degan. J.P. welcome back.
J.P. Degan
Hey, thanks so much for having me. Great to be back with you.
Amanda Head
Absolutely. You know, as I look back at this past year and President Trump had his first term and it was the same scenario there, but it seems like President Trump has made a concerted effort to, to support the faith community this time around. Talk to us about what that has looked like the last 365 days.
J.P. Degan
Well, it's been a night and day contrast from the last administration. I mean, you look at the Biden administration, the last Easter message had instead of celebrating Easter, the Biden administration issued a proclamation on transgender awareness. You have had under the last administration a variety of persecutions and prosecutions of pro life Christian activists. The list could go on. In this administration, though, it's just a completely different, a different story. You have perhaps the most clear articulation of the gospel message that's ever been given by a policymaker was by the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, at Charlie Kirk's funeral. You have an administration that's now created the White House faith office. You have other administration officials boldly talking about their Christian faith at this time. You know, an important thing for us to remember is that politics influences culture probably, or at least as much as culture influences politics. So when the head of state and his administration weighs in and is very positive about Christian faith, I think that sends a powerful cultural message and can, can help what I think is a powerful movement that's already starting in so many ways to grow. I mean, you had religious non affiliation, non affiliation stopped growing for the first time about four years ago. And there's a buzz in a lot of churches that we work with of increases increasing numbers of members in their new member classes, both on the Protestant and Catholic sides. We're seeing more folks showing up into church plants, small church settings, interested in expository teaching, sound doctrine. We're seeing Catholic parishes with all time highs in their new member the OCIA classes. So on a lot of levels, there's a lot of good stuff going on on the culture side. And I think this administration is leaning into that and helping to push or move the needle as well.
John Solomon
Pretty remarkable, J.P. back in the 60s, when the Ku Klux Klan attacked or thwarted African Americans from worshiping in church, they were prosecuted. Recently, the Biden administration prosecuted Christians who prayed outside of abortion clinics. This weekend we saw a mob storm a Christian church and prevented from having its worship service. Is this a case where prosecution is warranted?
J.P. Degan
Absolutely no. There needs to be swift and decisive action. I think what happened at the city's church in Minneapolis is a new front, a new escalation of the last war on Christianity. I mean, we've had more than 500 church burnings since the year 2000 across our country, let alone what's going on in Canada and Western Europe. You've had quite a number of church shootings over the years. And now it's normal at my church there's an organized group of men who, who are there in a volunteer capacity to provide some security. And I think that's normal in a lot of churches. Unfortunately, this idea of having a group of angry protesters coming in to instigate, really they're there to instigate a violent reaction. Let's face it, they were trying to get Christians reacting violently on camera to the disruption of their worship service. And there's a lot of young children. I'm a dad. I'm blessed to have eight kids. And one of the most personally fulfilling moments of my week is being there in worship at church on Sunday mornings. And it is really a terrifying experience as a parent to be in a situation where you lose control of what's going on around you and you're trying to protect your kids, you're trying to help them understand what's happening. So I expect swift and decisive action. I think the administration has spoken out about martyrs in Nigeria. It's spoken out so well, so eloquently in so many ways in defense of Christians. And I would expect the DOJ to follow through with its, with indications that they intend to prosecute those so called protesters. You know, when you protest, you protest a redress of grievances and there was no one there to redress your grievances in that house of worship.
John Solomon
Should you take. Let me just follow up. Sure. It doesn't seem like this is a hard case to make. It's all captured on video. The mass was, or the service was interrupted. The people actually came out and said that they thought these were white bigots. They were actually using race as a possible justification for what they did. Is this something that Pam Bondi needs to take five or seven days for? Should, should this be something that could be. This should be pretty clear.
J.P. Degan
This is a pretty open and shut. Right, John? And let's remember the other side. You know, Biden. I think in so many ways the Biden DOJ understood that the process was the punishment. You know, in so many ways you had no knock raids. You had guys with guns showing up in the middle of the night, persecuting and then prosecuting their political opponents. Okay, this is a clear, this is clear cut. This is a violation of the KKK act of the Face Act. I expect, I would expect the administration to step in decisively here. If we don't see that you would Expect to see this spread to continue where you see copycat situations. And we can't have this. This is religious liberty is the. Is in that first. Is our first liberty. And the idea that I can show up to church and worship in peace on a Sunday morning should be sacrosanct. Okay. And we need the administration to step in and protect Christians in this way.
John Solomon
Yeah, it's legally protected.
Amanda Head
Absolutely. J.P. before we let you go, I want to ask you about one thing, because this pastor, I'm sure that he was fully aware that if he called the police, nothing was going to happen. We've seen enough instances of the police just standing there and not helping out everyday citizens. So he was kind of stuck in a really, really difficult situation. The impetus to protect his flock, but also at the same time, not being able to call for reinforcements. What do pastors need to do in this country to support someone like him and to, you know, support freedom of speech and freedom of religion and shut this down.
J.P. Degan
I think we need to talk to our elected officials and say, what are you going to do to prevent this from happening in my community? Certainly we need to be speaking up as pastors, churchgoing Christians, and asking our own elected officials, are you going to allow this to happen in our area? I think you raised a really important point. Look, this happened in a Minneapolis area where the police department was going to probably agree politically with the views of the protesters. You probably also have that problem in many ways in terms of the circuit court level. Although I defer to others in terms of their expertise there. I think this is also why I think the process also has to be part of the punishment. How we think about advancing this and bringing. I would hope to see the DOJ act decisively brings charges and brings. Brings folks. Brings folks into. Into jail for. For them to have to post bail. You know, that, that in of itself is a process. You know, we have to make people think twice about this. And you got to engage in. In. In legal defense. Okay. This is these folks. In many ways, this, this sort of behavior needs to be shamed and. And then it needs to be punished, and it needs to be punished decisively and with the full force of law.
Amanda Head
As Congresswoman Hageman said, we have an equal protection clause for a reason. So it seems like this is an open and shut case. Founder and president of Communio National Ministry, JP Degance. Wonderful to have you again. Hope to see you soon.
J.P. Degan
Hey, thanks so much for having me. Really great to be here with you.
Amanda Head
Absolutely. Likewise. All right, everybody coming up next, our weekly Just the News health update. Welcome back, everybody. We've heard a lot of talk since the pandemic ended on immunity. The debate between natural immunity versus immunity from things like vaccines has not stopped, especially when it comes to Covid. However, there's one thing that nobody can deny, and it definitely isn't a bad thing to boost your immune system. So how can you do that? Joining us now to discuss more about it, the director of product development at Native Path, Elijah Magrain. Elijah, thanks so much for being here.
Elijah Magrain
My pleasure. Thanks for having me.
Amanda Head
Absolutely. So we heard a lot during COVID that, you know, vitamin D, zinc, vitamin C, those were some good ways to boost our immune system. Would you agree with that?
Elijah Magrain
Yes, definitely. And I would also add protein to that as well. So we know that we need antibodies to fight infection, and in order to create antibodies, we need protein.
John Solomon
Yeah. One of the things I hear a lot is we've raised a new generation of children. They're video gamers and they're social media tiktokers and they don't get out in the sun and play outside anymore. Sunlight is also a pretty important part of our immune defense system, isn't is.
Elijah Magrain
It'S actually incredibly so. And just just to add onto that, so approximately about 90% of people, I'm sorry, people stay indoors about 90% of the time. Right. So that just shows you that, that people are staying indoors. And to your point, sunlight is incredibly important for just number one for vitamin D synthesis. Right. So that's, that's we, we absorb sunlight and that it's also called, you know, the sunlight vitamin, referring to vitamin D and vitamin D has a wide role in the immune system. Everything from actual, you know, making of different immune components such as T cells and B cells, and then even another interesting relationship is that we know that sunlight, especially early morning exposure, it doesn't have to be a lot, just like 10 to 30 minutes is usually the optimal dose. Is that that's enough time to kind of get your hit of vitamin D and then also reset your circadian rhythm or help you kind of have that kind of day, night cycle and to ensure that you get high quality sleep, because sleep is another really big component of immune health.
Amanda Head
Elijah, I want to ask you about the relationship between circadian rhythm and a lot of the products that you guys offer, but also sleep. So I found that if I go to bed earlier and I wake up earlier, even if I get more sleep, I'm still more tired than I am. If I go to bed late and Wake up with a few hours less sleep, but wake up later in the day. What does that have to do with circadian rhythm? And should I fight the instinct to go to bed late?
Elijah Magrain
Yeah, no, that's a great question. And sleep is so kind of. We can bring that back to also the sunlight. So the sun actually regulates our circadian rhythm.
John Solomon
Right.
Elijah Magrain
So when people spend more time indoors, unfortunately, it can disrupt it. And even during that point in time, like you said, you're going to bed earlier, but then, you know, kind of even waking up at a decent time, but not feeling, you know, well rested. And that really has to do with sleep quality. And as we know, is that artificial light, lack of sunlight, all of those things can affect sleep quality. We've all had those. Another good point is that if you've ever felt, if you've ever been ill, that also can affect your sleep quality. We've always had times we haven't. We may have slept 10 or 12 hours, but we wake up and we just don't feel well. That's because our sleep quality suffered because we're fighting an important infection. Similarly, if we're. If we're getting all of this artificial light, we're not going outdoors, we're not having a chance to kind of optimize our circadian rhythms or basically our biological clock, then our sleep quality is going to suffer as well.
John Solomon
Yeah. So important for people to get educated. We're all focusing on our health more. I think that's a great thing about Maha. In addition to sun inefficiency or sun deficiency, a lot of things have been missing from our diet. I think nutritional deficiencies also have a real big impact on our immune response. Where are some of the big nutrition weaknesses that we've not been focusing on? And it comes at the expense of our immunity. Sure.
Elijah Magrain
So I think, as I mentioned at the top of the segment, definitely protein. Right. So protein is really, really important for immune system. It's how we kind of create.
John Solomon
All.
Elijah Magrain
Of the stuff that we need to fight infections. And similarly, also water or hydration, just in general, that's really important for your immune system. It helps especially as soon as we wake up, even after we sleep, we're technically mildly dehydrated. We haven't had anything to drink in seven, eight hours. So consuming water, um, right when we wake up, ideally also having a diet high in protein and then, you know, vitamin D and then another. Another little micronutrient that is always worth making sure that you have enough of a zinc, which can be found in you know, pro animal proteins and other, you know, vegetables and things along that nature. Interestingly, collagen itself, just to kind of tie this in, about 80% of the immune system is in or around the gut. So in collagen itself, we know, kind of maximizes the gut lining and make sure that your gut is healthy, but also has specific amino acids such as glycine and glutamine that have been shown to fight infections as well.
Amanda Head
I love that. All right, so if we're trying to get some major bang for buck, is there a daily habit out there that gives us an immune boost without a ton of effort? I know everybody has busy lives. What should families do to start doing or to start strengthening their immunity?
Elijah Magrain
Yeah. So a daily habit would, I think would be a great thing, would be ensuring that you're trying to get some early day sunlight, if possible.
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
Right.
Elijah Magrain
I think it has a huge impact for mood as well as we already talked about for your immune system, as well as just you're kind of betting for a better sleep quality. And then to kind of tie one other little thing in there, it would definitely be diet. So high protein. And keep in mind collagen has protein in it. We've already kind of, I suppose, the benefits of collagen as it relates to both immunity because it is, like I said, it's a protein and it also has a lot of other things that can help your immune response as well. And then to kind of cap that off would also just ensuring that you're well hydrated too.
John Solomon
I have a routine. I do it every day. I go for a morning walk every time. And then when I come back, I have my coffee. I put my collagen in the coffee. So that's sort of become my thing. And it does make a big difference. You act, I go to work.
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
Chipper.
John Solomon
More chipper. It just really is true.
Amanda Head
Director of product development at Native Path, Elijah Magrain. Always a pleasure having you with us tonight. And to our viewers. You can go right now to getnativepath.com justnews. You're going to get a special bundle deal at a fraction fraction of the normal price plus free shipping. That's getnativepath.com just news. Welcome back, everybody. It is our final segment and we have a little surprise for you. We've got a RAV team down in Miami, Florida for Angel Studios world premiere of the film Solo Mio St, starring Kevin James. And our friend and RAV host Bo Davidson is on the ground with the latest updates. Bo, can you give us A rundown of what is happening down there in Miami.
Bo Davidson
Well, hey, John and Amanda. Yes, I'm in Miami on the red carpet of Solo Mio, which is Angel Studios latest film just in time for Valentine's Day, will be coming out on February 6th. And this tells the story of Matt, and that's played by Kevin James. You all know who he is, amazing comedic actor. He's left at the altar in every Italy. And so he's about to go on his honeymoon, but because of his despondency and obviously his heartache, what does he do? Well, he decides to go on his honeymoon solo. He goes alone and through the process of finding himself again, he also finds new love and he discovers what it means to experience the simple pleasures of life. So this is a really, really great story. It's a ROM combo with a lot of heart, honestly. And it's kind of a different character for Kevin James. It's comedic, but at the same time it has a lot of heart and lot of emotional depth. The cast includes Allison Hannigan, Jonathan Roumie, whom you all know from the Chosen, and Kim Coates. And it's written and directed and edited by the Kinane brothers, who've done some amazing work with Kevin James back in the pandemic with a series of digital shorts. But this is just the latest in a series and a run of wonderful films by Angel Studios. You probably remember David, the animation that came out in December, just continuing to put out stories that amplify light. And I think in this culture and the time time that we're in and dark days, having stories that amplify light is important. It's what you want your family to be able to go to see. And one way that our folks can do that that are watching is by joining the Angel Guild. You'll see a QR code that's on your screen right now. Make sure you scan that and go over to the Angel Guild where you can get tickets to actually see Solo, Me and a lot of the other great content that angel has to offer. So we're really excited to be here with Real America's Voice in our exclusive partnership with Angel Studios.
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
And.
Bo Davidson
And another just incredible story from the heart Solo Mio. Make sure you catch it on February 6th. Back to you, John and Amanda.
Amanda Head
Beautiful. Thank you, Beau. I know our audience is going to be looking forward to seeing that and to our viewers. If you would like to support stories that amplify light and bring more goodness into the world, join the Angel Studios guild by visiting angel.com rav. Or you can scan that QR code on your screen. All right, let's bring my esteemed co host back in.
John Solomon
By the way, I love Kevin Jones.
Amanda Head
Me too.
John Solomon
Oh, the guy's so funny. I'm a sucker for the grown up movies. I'm sorry. That cast is amazing.
Amanda Head
Absolutely. And I have a feeling that he's going to lend himself very well to a rom com type.
John Solomon
It's gonna be great. He's just so funny.
Amanda Head
Okay, so I want to hit this topic right here on the screen because I was reading into what she said and it's actually pretty disgusting. Some of you might know who Billie Eilish is. She is a singer and she says that protesters are being assaulted and murdered during an award speech. The award that she was given was the 2026 MLK Jr. Beloved Community Environmental Justice Award. That's what she was given. But she said that people were being kidnapped and assaulted and murdered, obviously talking about the folks who are protesting in Minneapolis. And John, I kept seeing this meme recurring across my social media and. And it was to the effect of basically, I've never seen a time in history where people who stormed churches ended up being the good guys.
John Solomon
Yeah, no. You know, Martin Luther King, apparently she's getting an award in conjunction with that day. He advocated for peaceful protests. He advocated for justice in the law. There are people on our soil who by the law are supposed to be removed and arrested. And these people are preventing that from happening. It's not peaceful, nor is it safe.
Amanda Head
No. And it's unfortunate to see. And it is destroying communities. That's the thing, is that Minneapolis, you know, part of me wants to save that city and see it get back to its former vibrant self. But part of me says let it burn. It feels like there's so little there that is redeemable. But I tell you what, seeing that church audience or that congregation that. That restored my faith, that they to are going good people in that city. And it is.
John Solomon
I'd watch Kevin James and not listen to Billie Eilish. Any day.
Amanda Head
Any day. Any day. All right, everybody, thanks for joining us tonight. We'll be back here tomorrow.
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman
This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.
Episode Date: January 21, 2026
Guests: Rep. Harriet Hageman, Peter Schweizer, J.P. DeGance, Elijah Magrain
Notable Topics: Minnesota ICE subpoenas, Trump’s first year of second term, Greenland, weaponization of immigration, religious liberty, immune health
This episode dives deep into a breaking investigation in Minnesota over alleged obstruction of ICE operations by top state Democrats, weighs the major milestones of President Trump’s second term, analyzes growing foreign interference through “weaponized” immigration, and spotlights rising religious activism and threats against faith communities. John Solomon and Amanda Head host expert guests, discuss international policy shifts (Greenland, NATO), and address health tips for a resilient America.
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John Solomon [00:27]:
“Happy Tuesday … Unless you're a Minnesota state government official who got a grand jury subpoena today, then maybe it's a nervous Tuesday.”
Rep. Hageman [07:33]:
“These protests are not grassroots … These people are paid provocateurs. This is just one of the efforts to deflect attention from the fraud and to try to stop ICE...”
Peter Schweizer [19:18]:
“Foreign entities, including China and Mexico, have vast political networks in the United States… designed to undermine us, advance their political interests, sow chaos...”
J.P. DeGance [35:09]:
“This is a clear cut... violation of the KKK act, of the FACE act. I would expect the administration to step in decisively here.”
Elijah Magrain [40:12]:
“Sunlight is incredibly important for ... vitamin D synthesis, but also, interestingly, for resetting your circadian rhythm.... 10–30 minutes is usually the optimal dose.”
Amanda Head [49:34]:
“I've never seen a time in history where people who stormed churches ended up being the good guys.”
The hosts employ a direct, sometimes irreverent tone anchored in skepticism of mainstream narratives; guests range from deeply analytical (Schweizer) to impassioned advocates (Hageman, DeGance). The language is punchy, occasionally humorous, and explicitly patriotic, with calls for accountability and restoration of “American values.”
For listeners invested in law and order, border security, religious rights, and socially conservative commentary, this episode delivers both breaking news and deep-dive analysis with a blend of policy, political strategy, and practical advice.