30 JAN 2026: Shutdown Averted // Dems Promise to Hunt ICE // Civil War Is Coming // Trump Raid in Georgia // Global: U.S. Meets Canadian Separatists, Venezuela Turbulence, Hope for Diego Garcia, Quantum Leap, Q&A!
The Wright Report
Bryan Dean Wright
4.9 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Friday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan explains the fragile deal to avoid a U.S. government shutdown and why Democrats are still pressing demands that could effectively cripple ICE operations within weeks.
He then turns to Minnesota, where Governor Tim Walz escalates rhetoric toward civil war even as the Justice Department launches a new fraud enforcement unit aimed squarely at his state. Bryan also covers growing threats against federal law enforcement, internal Democratic fights over how to handle crime, and a major tax battle unfolding in New York City under its new socialist mayor.
The episode pivots globally with sharp updates on Canada's separatist movement, rising tensions with Venezuela and Cuba over oil and sanctions, renewed disputes over the Diego Garcia base, and a startling look at Israel's race to master quantum computing, where today's encrypted secrets may soon be laid bare.
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32
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| 0:00.0 | It's January 30th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report. |
| 0:16.3 | Hey, good day to you, ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to The Right Report, Your Daily News, podcast. |
| 0:22.2 | It's Friday's headline brief, heavy on news, lighter on analysis, launching us into the weekend with events that, as ever, are shaping America and the world. |
| 0:31.8 | We begin with domestic news this morning, starting with the maybe possible deal to a U.S. government shutdown. |
| 0:39.5 | Reuters and other outlets reported as of this recording, there is an uneasy, unhappy compromise |
| 0:45.5 | between the Senate Republicans and the Senate Democrats to avoid a U.S. government shutdown. |
| 0:50.8 | So here's the idea of the six pending bills to fund the government. |
| 0:55.1 | Five will be absolutely passed today. And one will be, well, something. The something bill, of course, is for the |
| 1:01.5 | funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its various border and immigration operations. |
| 1:07.4 | As we have been covering this week, Democrats call that the stuff of the Nazis and the fascists. |
| 1:13.1 | But as of this recording, it looks like Democrats have agreed to fund the Nazis, so they say. |
| 1:18.9 | At least for a few more weeks. |
| 1:20.3 | In other words, giving DHS their funding through most of February, that will allow for further debate about DHS and their tactics. |
| 1:28.2 | Now, lest anybody think the Democrats aren't serious about this Nazi talk, they continue to |
| 1:33.4 | repeat it and in not so veiled ways. |
| 1:36.1 | So, for example, in our popular culture, the far left Democrat and the comedian Stephen |
| 1:41.1 | Colbert of CBS said this week that, quote, |
| 1:47.1 | do not compare ICE or Border Patrol agents to the Nazis. |
| 1:48.4 | That is an unfair comparison. |
| 1:51.8 | The Nazis were willing to show their faces, end quote. |
| 1:57.9 | Okay, well, that is clearly a part of the Democrat anger about the ICE and Border Patrol officers out there, |
| 1:59.4 | the tactic of wearing masks. But as I noted yesterday, the LA Times has reported |
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