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Jordan Chariton
All hell continues to break loose in Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul as Donald Trump turns these peaceful cities, these inclusive cities, into an absolute war zone. It looks like you're in Fallujah during the height of the Iraq War. And here there are war crimes being committed against the people of Minneapolis and against the people of St. Paul. And we're seeing this across the country as well. I mean, the people are being gassed. There's chemical weapons of unknown origin in addition to pepper balls and pepper spray, flash grenades and other artillery being deployed on the people. People being disappeared to concentration camps, detention centers where the Trump regime is still blocking members of Congress from access, even after court orders require members of Congress to be able to see what's going on. And likely the Trump regime is covering up the torture that they are inflicting on migrants. And folks you know, been working with the fine folks over at Status Coup, there are partners on the ground who are bringing you exclusive footage that you're not seeing anywhere else. I want to show you what has happened to Minneapolis and St. Paul, which has become an absolute war zone. Remember, don't just subscribe to our YouTube channel and help us get to 6 million subscribers, but make sure you subscribe to the Status Coup YouTube channel, subscribe to their substack, become a member of their sub stack. It's like five bucks a month. They've got reporters on the ground, and they partner with the Midas Touch Network. Let me show you what's going down. Most of this footage is from Status Coup. Some of it isn't. This right here is from Status Coup. They were there at the evening hours yesterday. And you'll see ICE agents launching flash bang grenades and shooting other gaseous, noxious agents at protesters in front of the federal building in Minneapolis, causing massive explosions. It's terrorizing. This isn't the America I serve for 20 years. A US Navy vet says, amongst other tearful, peaceful protesters who come under assault, terrorizing assault by the Trump regime, watch what takes place here. Play this clip. Whoa.
Protester 1
Shooting serious munitions at us.
Protester 2
Whoa.
Protester 1
Yep, I'm right behind you. That really just came out of the blue. No one was really doing anything here.
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Protester 2
You suck my dick.
Protester 1
There is some serious tear gas already in the air. You see? Are they arresting someone there? Yeah, we got somebody. At least one person down on the ground. All of the office federal officers are wearing gas masks, prepared for, I guess, more tear gas and pepper pellets.
Jordan Chariton
They have the.
Protester 1
The guns in their hands. What is this?
Zoe
Like, I just can't believe it. Scared. It's frightening. It's terrorizing. We were just standing here. I'm just standing here talking. I mean, we were just standing here peacefully protesting.
Protester 1
Nothing. I mean, no one was going there, you know, crossing the street.
Zoe
No, we're standing on the sidewalk. Everybody was.
Protester 3
Everybody. Get the back.
Jordan Chariton
If you.
Protester 1
You're. Are you a veteran? Ma', am? Are you okay?
Zoe
The flashbangs.
Jordan Chariton
Really? Yeah.
Protester 1
No, no. Yeah. My ears are still ringing.
Zoe
I wasn't expecting that. Yeah, that they were doing to do that for no reason.
Protester 2
This is in America.
Zoe
It is in America. I know. Is that America? I served for 20 years in the US Navy.
Jordan Chariton
And then there are thousands of Trump Gestapo, ICE agents, and border Patrol dressed like this with their weapons, their automatic weapons, their semis pointed at people as well. Take a look at this photo. Here's another photo. Just imagine thousands of people going through your neighborhood pointing weapons at your face, and then launching gas attacks at you, chemical attacks at you. I'll show you what happened here. As Trump's ICE agents randomly gassed a residential Minneapolis neighborhood filled with people after taking another young, potentially teenage boy. We'll show you the teenage boy who they kidnapped to ICE and Border Patrol kidnapped. But here you'll see peaceful protesters, peaceful people on the street. And then ICE throws gas weapons at them. They throw these. Just watch for yourself. What takes place. Play this clip.
Protester 2
Hey, don't run. Don't run. Do not run. Do not run. Get the out of here. No, I don't. My car.
Protester 3
I cannot see. They don't care about safety.
Protester 2
And then they come here and they're trying to arrest them and make this seen out of it. That car to your left hit that car.
Jordan Chariton
The silver car right there.
Protester 2
Yeah, they hit that one.
Protester 1
Okay.
Protester 2
You have. Come on.
Jordan Chariton
Why?
Protester 3
Why?
Protester 2
Come on, knock it off, please. All done, all done. All done.
Jordan Chariton
And then there's more of that that was captured by our partners at Status Coup. You'll see these Minnesota residents basically get SW by the Border Patrol agents who launch tear gas, pepper balls, pepper spray, and other unknown chemical agents at them. The residents came to the aid of someone after. So one of the things that Border Patrol is doing, they're taking their cars and they're ramming into vehicles. They're hitting you with their car. They're causing people to, like, be angry because your. Your car's getting kicked, they're injuring your neck. And then they come out, they swarm you, the Border Patrol, and people like your crashing into all of our vehicles. What the hell are you doing? Then they gas the people. Then they throw gas on the people and pepper spray. And then they beat people and they try to kill them. Just watch for yourself what's taking place. Let's play.
Protester 2
Chucking that while you're running. You guys, you. Get the out of here.
Jordan Chariton
And then there. The Border Patrol age. It's why you have to document this stuff. You need the receipts because there are war crime crimes against humanity. As Trump is using this Gestapo, this ss, this paramilitary, to attack blue states and blue cities. Watch what's happening right here. You have J.T. sestowski, the reporter, and he's interviewing, like, what are ICE and Border Patrol saying to the people on the ground in Minneapolis? Here's what they're saying. You guys need to stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead. That's why she's dead. You don't learn your lessons. That's what Border Patrol and ICE are saying to the people of Minneapolis and Minnesota. Watch this.
Zoe
And then the driver of the car, the same one that sprayed the pepper spray in, proceeded to say. Proceeded to say, you guys need to stop. You need to stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead. And they were talking about Renee Nicole Goode.
Jordan Chariton
And let me show you how else these ICE Gestapo are terrorizing people over the intercom. If someone has like a flashlight, they say, we've identified you. We will come and arrest you. We are coming for you. Just watch what the ICE Gestapo do. Here, play this clip. They don't have.
Protester 2
Sorry, my bad.
Jordan Chariton
Service.
Protester 2
Okay. Violation of federal law to interfere with officers by blinding them. Strobe light of official duty. You have been identified and we will come get you and arrest you.
Protester 1
I'm not quite sure if they're responding to the woman with the flashlight again or not, but let's. There was a woman with. Who got arrested. She had a small, maybe five inch flashlight. And that's. That's possibly what they. That was enough to do it, huh?
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Jordan Chariton
Now, this one's not taken from Status Coup, but watch right here as ICE and Border Patrol agents are assaulting U.S. citizens on public sidewalks in Minneapolis. So if you're just standing on the sidewalk, these ICE and these Border patrol, they throw you on the ground. If you're not even doing anything, they take you and they body slam you and they throw you and they want a reaction so they can shoot you and kill you. That's what they're doing here. Play this clip. Now, remember I said that there was a young boy who was kidnapped. As Congress member Jimmy Gomez writes new footage from Minnesota of ICE kidnapping a child in the freezing cold. Imagine if this was your child. Play this clip. Now in this next video, masked armed border patrol agents illegally detain U.S. citizens attempting to open their doors and then threaten them for simply driving in their own Minneapolis neighborhood. Hat tip to the account at the Jesus freaking Congress for aggregating this stuff. Let's take a look at what goes down.
Protester 3
Play this clip into the grocery store. They did jumping in. We got agents out of the car, coming over to us. This is Mama Bear. We're on west side on Charlton.
Zoe
Doors are locked. Okay.
Protester 3
Not going to roll down my window. Can I help you?
Protester 2
Can I help you?
Protester 3
We're just driving around. This is our neighborhood.
Protester 2
Going to advise you that you know what you're doing.
Protester 3
Just commuting.
Protester 2
Telling you right now you need to quit. You have been officially warned and I'm recommending that you be following that. You will not get a second warning.
Protester 3
Are we under arrest or are we free to leave? Are we free to leave? So, are we under arrest? Thanks. Hope you have a good day.
Jordan Chariton
In this next video, you'll see four male ICE agents pile on top of a woman who's a United States citizen. Lift her off the ground with no concern over groping her breasts and exposing her midriff. Help me. Help me. She cries. Check my id. As they're groping her breasts and exposing her midriff. The agents then shove her into the back of an suv, hitting her head. They run away from the scene of the crime like they know what they're doing is wrong. The community's volunteers car was left abandoned on the busy multi lane road with glass shattered everywhere in St. Paul, Minnesota. Play this clip.
Protester 2
Get out. Get out. You're not a traffic cop. You're not a traffic cop.
Protester 1
Mass police.
Protester 2
You.
Jordan Chariton
You. Mass police.
Protester 2
Take your mask off. Oh, you almost hit your own guy.
Protester 1
You.
Jordan Chariton
Yep.
Protester 2
And look at that. Then they get out of dodge, y'.
Jordan Chariton
All.
Protester 2
You.
Jordan Chariton
Yep. And then just leave the carnage. Now just so you see, this isn't just taking place in Minneapolis and St. Paul. It's happening across the country. But the worst where it's happening right now is Minneapolis and St. Paul, which has 3,000 of these Gestapo, these SS, these Nazis who are involved in this invasion. But take a look at what just happened in Santa ana where these ICE Nazis brutalized this 21 year old. They shot him in the eye with the. They're called non lethal, but they can kill you. And this person basically went blind based on what the ICE Gestapo did here. Play this clip. Here's another injury. This one captured by our partners at Status Coup. A protester shows her leg oozing blood from shrapnel after being injured by flashbang grenades. That ICE fired at unarmed protesters. She says they're cowards. Cowards use weapons when they're hurt by words. This is what the power of the people looks like. Here, play this clip.
Protester 1
You're. You're getting a little retribution. You're bleeding down the leg. You show this. I've never, would never ask somebody to show their leg.
Zoe
Mr. Trump, take a look at this. Yeah, I hope the ICE officers like what they see. Modeling my leg a little bit for them.
Protester 1
Okay, well, why don't you go get some medical attention, please?
Zoe
Final words is they are cowards. Cowards use weapons. Cowards use weapons when they are hurt by words. There's power in the people. And I think the most important thing right now is to use your eyes, use your ears, like, believe what you see, believe your neighbors.
Protester 1
And what's your name?
Zoe
Zoe.
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Protester 1
Thank you so much, Zoe. Nice to meet you.
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Jordan Chariton
And here's a US veteran going absolutely nuclear on ice. This is so powerful. Play this clip.
Protester 2
Come here. Take a oath to defend the country from foreign domestic terrorism and to fight for the Constitution. And these guys are coming here and disgrace in this building. I'm a veteran of seven years. I've bled for this country. I fought for this country, for these people here of Minnesota to come and fight these. They're disgusting, this country and what it means. They hide behind their masks like we're out here in the middle of everything, showing ourselves, showing our Minnesota and our freedom. And they're here. So take that. I'm sorry.
Protester 1
They sprayed you?
Protester 2
Yes. They were following ISIS down the highway and they sprayed my daughter and my wife and they almost ran them off the road. So that's another thing. Them get them out of here. Our state representatives need to step up and fight for their people like we are fighting. But they're too coward. They stay in their mansions and don't give a about us. And all they want is these fuckers just come in here, destroy this fucking state. So fuck it. Now you protest? Fuck ICE.
Jordan Chariton
Now, in this next video, you're going to see ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detain, threaten and arrest a U.S. citizen because he refused to show his citizenship. ICE is doing citizen checks like the Nazis did. Show us your papers if you have brown skin. In the video, agents immediately escalate to physical force. A man stands with his hands up, repeatedly saying, I'm not doing anything, while agents shove him, force him against his car and begin an illegal search. No crime, no warrant, no probable cause. As the J Frequency account explains, an agent falsely claims that's assault while they are actively assaulting a US citizen who is complying and not resisting. Moments later, the agent admits the truth, saying, all we needed was your id. Openly acknowledging this was an unlawful detention based solely on a refusal to produce identification. The short agent then threatens, don't move or you will be fucking tased. The man calmly responds, I'm not moving. The short agent escalates again, snarling, you're a fucking bitch and you're going to learn the hard way. A direct threat of violence against a US citizen. They dig through his pockets anyway, repeating, I just asked you for an ID as if that excuses their constitutional violations. Then, in a moment that exposes the entire operation, the short agent announces, he has a gun on him. Wouldn't you look at that as if Minnesota is not a concealed carry state? The man immediately responds, a fully registered firearm because I'm a US Citizen. The short agent then tosses the firearm onto the car after removing the magazine, demonstrating reckless handling of a legally owned weapon. By this point, they had removed his wallet, yet still do not check his ID and still continue the arrest. The man states the obvious unlawful arrest. The short agent then says, we'll see about that. When asked what crime he committed, the short agent deflects, we're going to talk about that when you get in the car. Only then do the agents begin changing their stories, claiming that the man reached for something. The man immediately corrects them. He reached for his whistle. ICE agents already admitted the detention was because he refused to show id. This is what they're doing. It's why it's important to documenting. That was a great description there by the G's in freaking C. Here, play this clip.
Protester 2
Get the on the car arrested.
Jordan Chariton
I'm not on.
Protester 2
Get the. Get the on the car now. That assault. Don't move or you're gonna get tased because you want to be an idiot. I'm not moving because you want to be a. You're a. You're a. And you're gonna learn the hard way. I just asked you for an ID that was. I don't give a what you asked me for.
Protester 3
Shut up.
Protester 2
You shut up.
Jordan Chariton
Shut up.
Protester 2
Wrong with you? What is wrong with you? He has a gun on him.
Jordan Chariton
Look at that.
Protester 2
A fully registered firearm. Cuz I'm a US citizen. What's wrong with you? Wow. Whoa.
Protester 1
Let's go.
Protester 2
Get him in the car. Y' all are some real scumbags, you know. I'm a scumbag? You're a scumbag. You're a US Citizen. You shouldn't have done that. What made you get into this profession? Why are you so mad? Why are you so mad at immigrants? What did they do to you?
Jordan Chariton
Next, ICE detains a US citizen teacher at a special education school deploying tear gas at a student drop off. This happened right in front of a student at a special education school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Play this clip.
Protester 3
There are children here. This is a school. This is a school. You are at a school.
Jordan Chariton
On.
Protester 3
There are children at school arresting a teacher at a school. Yes. Christina, we'll call your mom.
Protester 2
Christina, we got. We'll call your mom.
Protester 3
This has all been documented. Christina.
Jordan Chariton
Why? Why.
Protester 1
Not after not just going after brown people now white people.
Protester 3
They hate everyone.
Zoe
This is.
Protester 3
They hate everyone. They hate freedom.
Jordan Chariton
And as I showed you something that happened in Santa Ana in California. I'll show you right here what's going down in West Virginia. Were there. The West Virginia fire department was working with ICE to detain roofers. The homeowner says they had work permits but ICE pulled eight workers down from a multi story house roof using a tower ladder. Truck reversed for emergency rescue. And doing this to people who were working to build a freaking roof. Here, play this clip. Well, there you have it folks. Let me know what you think hit subscribe and let's get to 6 million subscribers and make sure you subscribe to Status Coup. Subscribe to their YouTube page. Subscribe to Status Coup Substack. They do the most incredible work.
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Date: January 14, 2026
Host: MeidasTouch Network (Jordan Chariton filling in)
Special Focus: On-the-ground reporting—Minneapolis & St. Paul under Trump-era ICE/Border Patrol crackdown
In this explosive episode, MeidasTouch features Status Coup journalist Jordan Chariton, reporting firsthand from Minneapolis and St. Paul as the cities endure a military-style ICE and Border Patrol crackdown ordered by the Trump regime. The episode paints a harrowing picture: peaceful protests and residential neighborhoods are besieged by federal agents wielding chemical weapons, flashbang grenades, and brute force. Chariton and local voices document alleged war crimes and human rights violations, highlighting the chilling normalization of authoritarian tactics in America’s heartland. The hosts urge viewers to support independent media and keep eyes on the ground.
On Shock at New Reality:
ICE/Border Patrol Brutal Language:
Militarized Threats Over Loudspeaker:
On Human Rights & Resistance:
Veteran Outcry:
ICE Escalation Over ID Refusal:
This episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast, as guest-hosted by Jordan Chariton, is a clarion call against burgeoning authoritarianism in America. Through Status Coup’s visceral reporting, the show documents war zone conditions in Minnesota and a national pattern of ICE/Border Patrol excesses—from physical violence and chemical attacks to open bigotry and constitutional violations. The message: Believe your eyes, document everything, resist normalization, and support independent journalism.