The standoff between ICE and protesters in Minneapolis didn’t just escalate. It drew blood. A U.S. citizen is dead, shot by federal agents in the middle of an immigration crackdown that has reached the boiling point in the dead of winter.

Recorded before the second killing on Jan. 24, the gang digs into what happens when an agency built for enforcement starts acting like it’s above the public, above the courts, above accountability, and what that kind of power does to a democracy.

(0:02:35) Meredith’s Sophie’s choice predicament (concert edition)

(0:07:20) 2026 bingo card updates

(0:12:50) Ty’s new tattoo

(0:20:16) Sounds of the Week: Joe Rogan splits from MAGA on ICE … or did he?

(0:28:52) Sounds of the Week: Unlikely Minneapolis protester tells it like it is

(0:37:21) ICE

Songs:

“Cold as Ice” by Foreigner

“Trapped Under Ice” by Metallica

“Ice Cold Ice” by Hüsker Dü

Notes:

Since the recording, Trump has walked back Greenland-linked tariffs on eight European countries (10:28)
Official Aurora, Colo., city government statements about Tren de Aragua (before Donald Trump was even elected in 2024) can be found here and here (25:55)
ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires (41:52)
DHS deploys white nationalist, anti-immigrant graphics to recruit (41:52)