On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Harry Fones, who serves as the principal deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to give an update on federal law enforcement's efforts in Minneapolis and Portland and dissect the connection between Democrats' inciteful rhetoric and uptick in death threats and violence against immigration agents.
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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Is This The End of the Iranian Regime?
Eli Lake joins us to go through the history of the resistance to the Iranian regime, what makes this moment so different, and what the United States has to do to ensure the kind of outcome that will make the world a better place.
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The Daily - Can Trump Make Venezuelan Oil Great Again?
In the days since deposing Nicolás Maduro, President Trump has given several justifications for his dramatic actions in Venezuela. But perhaps most central to his ambitions is opening Venezuela’s oil fields to American companies.
Anatoly Kurmanaev, who covers Venezuela, explains the history behind Mr. Trump’s claims of ownership and what it would really take to get the oil back.
Guest: Anatoly Kurmanaev, a reporter for The New York Times who covers Venezuela.
Background reading:
- The United States detailed a plan for Venezuela’s oil sales after Mr. Trump claimed millions of barrels.
- Mr. Trump’s goals for reviving Venezuela’s oil industry will not come easily or cheaply.
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The Ezra Klein Show - Can James Talarico Reclaim Christianity for the Left?
State Representative James Talarico of Texas might have been our most requested guest last year. And he seemed to come out of nowhere.
Talarico started breaking through with viral videos on TikTok and Instagram. And in those videos, he didn’t sound like your typical Democrat. He’s forthrightly Christian, quoting Scripture to defend progressive positions and challenging Christian nationalism on Christian grounds. And he is now running for Senate in Texas — in a primary field that includes U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett — in what will be one of the most important Senate races this year.
So I wanted to have Talarico on the show to talk about his faith, his politics and the way those two have come together in this attentional moment. Because he’s clearly saying things that people are hungry to hear.
Mentioned:
The Sabbath by Rabbi Heschel
“#2352 James Talarico”, The Joe Rogan Experience
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Book Recommendations:
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
The Upswing by Robert D. Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett
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Pod Save America - Trump Targets Minneapolis, the Fed, and Greenland
As protests break out around the country over the killing of Renee Good, the administration sends even more agents to commit even more violence in Minnesota. The Justice Department launches an unprecedented criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell because he won't do what Trump wants on interest rates, a move so brazen that even congressional Republicans are denouncing it. And Trump again threatens to take over Greenland "whether they like it or not.” Jon, Lovett, and Tommy discuss all the latest, including Trump's suggestion that he's the "acting president" of Venezuela, and his musings about striking Iran as the anti-government protests there heat up. Then, former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard stops by to talk to Tommy about the investigation into Powell, and why an independent Fed is so crucial to America's economy.
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Chapo Trap House - 1001 – The Midwest Bank feat. Maryam Mohamad (1/12/26)
Minnesotan community member Maryam Mohamad joins us to talk about the killing of Renee Nicole Good and the siege of Minneapolis by ICE and the DHS. We talk about the events and prosecutions that put the Somali community in the crosshairs, the regime’s attempt to spin this execution as self-defense, Border Patrol and ICE’s recent history of excessive force, and the predictably weak response from Democratic electeds. Maryam also talks about the Minneapolis and Somali community’s reactions to these horrors and their unwillingness to take this lying down.
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The Source - Mayor Jones and Pride SA to discuss rainbow crosswalk
What's the future of San Antonio's Rainbow Crosswalk and the proposal for a rainbow sidewalk? San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and Pride San Antonio join "The Source" to explain the politics of expressions of inclusion.array(3) {
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1A - ‘If You Can Keep It’: American Intervention Abroad
In the space of just one week, President Donald Trump ordered the seizure and arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, asserted control over the country’s government, and took over its crude oil industry.
According to Venezuela’s interior minister, 100 people died during the U.S. abduction of Maduro. Since September, the administration has killed at least 115 people in 30 boat strikes in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
These military actions in the region are raising questions about the nature of U.S. intervention abroad. Last week, the Senate advanced a measure limiting Trump’s power to take further military action in Venezuela.
Now, the president is threatening intervention in Iran amid crackdowns on protests across the country. And here in the U.S., federal agents shot three civilians last week, injuring a man and woman in Portland and killing a woman in Minneapolis.
What does President Trump’s military intervention abroad mean for issues at home? And for our allies and enemies abroad?
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According to Venezuela’s interior minister, 100 people died during the U.S. abduction of Maduro. Since September, the administration has killed at least 115 people in 30 boat strikes in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
These military actions in the region are raising questions about the nature of U.S. intervention abroad. Last week, the Senate advanced a measure limiting Trump’s power to take further military action in Venezuela.
Now, the president is threatening intervention in Iran amid crackdowns on protests across the country. And here in the U.S., federal agents shot three civilians last week, injuring a man and woman in Portland and killing a woman in Minneapolis.
What does President Trump’s military intervention abroad mean for issues at home? And for our allies and enemies abroad?
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The Gist - Séamus McElearney on the End of Omertà as a Business Model
Former FBI agent Séamus McElearney, author of Flipping Capo: How the FBI Dismantled the Real Sopranos, walks through the case that shattered the DeCavalcante crime family. He explains the mob's quiet tax on regular people via unions—no-show jobs, pension skims, and an asbestos local run by guys who couldn't pass the test (so they had someone take it for them). He also gets into the overlap with The Sopranos and contrasts real life with the one premise he says flatly wouldn't happen: a boss talking mob business to a shrink. Plus, the Renee Good shooting and the way "objectively reasonable" ends up riding on an officer's story; and in the Spiel, Iran's protests and "semi-official" media; and how the fake Fed investigation is Trump's own attempt at an autocrat-like crackdown.
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The Bulwark Podcast - Bill Kristol: This Is Accelerationist Authoritarianism
Grandpa Trump looked like he was losing the pep in his step at the end of the year. But with him threatening the independence of the Fed, justifying the killing of an American in cold blood for teasing a federal agent, and toying with the idea of taking an ownership stake in oil companies, he's now dramatically ratcheting up his authoritarian tendencies. At the same time, he's losing sight of America First through his Venezuela distraction—and opening the door to challenges from MAGA true believers like Steve Bannon. Plus, Dems are playing a good hand in Alaska with Mary Peltola, Bill is a resist lib, and the heartwarming desire for freedom from the Iranian people.
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.
show notes
- Monday's "Morning Shots," including Mark Hertling's contribution
- Mary Peltola's Senate campaign launch