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These segments were scheduled a few days ago but were postponed due to Trump's actions in Venezuela. Enjoy some late extra content starting with Emily going deep on Ryan's socialist past, career in journalism, and the infamous time he got in a fist fight with Jesse Watters.

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Ryan and Emily interview Christian Parenti on Trump, Venezuela and his life story!

YouTube: https://youtu.be/td2tvKEpe3o

Krystal, Ryan and Emily discuss China calling Trump's bluff on tariffs, stock market reacts, and a lawyer for a wrongly deported man responds to JD Vance.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/5aaiNVuR134

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/2togMvVQ0F4mXQmbwuFs4K?si=wEARUQEoSR2o4KFxn-wR4w

Timestamps:
(00:00)Introduction and Overview of Liberation Day
(2:25)Jobs Report Analysis and Economic Implications
(14:58)The Impact of Tariffs on Domestic Economy
(26:15)Trump's Economic Strategy and Its Consequences
(40:55)The Autocratic Leadership Style of Trump
(42:19)The Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
(1:12:02)The Shift in Democratic Leadership Dynamics
(1:17:53)Upcoming Nationwide Protests Against Trump
(1:33:45)End Of Show

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I was feeling a little discouraged with the Greenland stuff, thinking perhaps there's truly no red line for Republicans, but conservative reddit surprised me today with their top comments on this issue https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/1qfihey/trump_announces_escalating_tariffs_on_denmark_and/ There's even someone supporting impeachment that hasn't been downvoted out of the top comments. Maybe it's still too much to hope that this will translate into actual political pressure, as I've seen way too many Republican voters talk to people from other countries with zero sense of shame (or even acknowledgement) that the guy they voted for is threatening their allies. It's completely disorienting to hear "but Kamala was worse!" in a conversation with EU or Canadian citizens. Some of the most unhinged authoritarian leaders in history wouldn't even make some of the threats that Fox news is treating as regular everyday behavior, not worthy of 25th amendment discussion

https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/s/Ycz16YkwsN

From the Minneapolis subreddit. Video is claiming to show an ICE insurgent into the protesters being evacuated by ice agents into a white van.

There is another video from a few days ago in MN of a protester who burns an American flag while wearing a mask then immediately dips out and refuses to engage with his “fellow protesters” or answer any questions.

Would love to head BPs take on this and about the legality of having feds infiltrating protests to incite more violence or to be accelerationist. We know there were many Feds in the crowd during J6 and in the “plot” to kidnap gov Whitmer.

This Guardian article reminded me of my feelings towards Breaking Points.

While I have people around me etc, few would be interested in the deep dive BP takes. All the crew have become so familiar, I feel like something is missing, when Breaking Points isn't 'on'. Maybe that's sad, but it's true. My other guilty pleasure is the geeky 'Big Bang theory'.

What is yours?

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jan/16/i-have-rewatched-the-show-more-than-60-times-your-favourite-comfort-tv