Are Democrats Trying to Start a Civil War?

Ruthless Podcast

News, Politics

4.7 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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🎙️ We dig into the Minneapolis ICE shooting video that’s lighting up social media, focusing on what the footage shows: officers identify themselves, a “get out of the car” command, the vehicle surging forward, and shots fired as an officer is put in immediate danger. We talk about how the clips are getting spun into a partisan Rorschach test—and why Minnesota’s leadership jumps straight to blaming the feds instead of dealing with the events that brought federal agents into the state in the first place. ⚡ From there, we connect the flashpoint to the bigger story: massive fraud allegations in Minnesota and the claim that officials looked the other way until it blew up. We react to legislative testimony about whistleblowers facing retaliation and intimidation, and we walkthrough audit findings that allege sloppy oversight and even backdated paperwork meant to cover tracks. Then we hit the Keith Ellison audio that sounds like politics and protection money getting way too close for comfort. 👑 King of the Hill returns with reigning champion Steve Schmidt facing off against congressional candidate George Conway, in a battle of pure derangement.️ 00:00- Minneapolis ICE shooting sets the week on fire 01:55 - Why Minnesota leadership keeps humiliating itself 03:29 - Fraud pipeline through programs and the state looking away 05:44 - Agitators, street pressure, and why the story doesn’t stay local 16:01 - Video angle one 17:19 - Video angle two 19:42 - Walz rhetoric heats up the confrontation 27:05 - House testimony: whistleblowers and intimidation claims 37:48 - Ellison tape revelations 39:32 -Backdated docs and covering tracks 51:30 - Dem counter: “look at white men” instead of the spreadsheet 01:03:09 - King of the Hill: Schmidt vs Conway Our Sponsors: ➢We need to stand with President Trump in his fight against big insurance companies. Learn more: https://www.americansforopengovernment.com/ ➢Unleash American energy to be bigger and better than ever before, because when America builds, America wins. https://permittingreformnow.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	a officer involved shooting by ICE in Minneapolis.
0:05.9	Like, that's how you poison the minds of the woman who's driving that car and thinks she's
0:09.1	going to speed off into a law enforcement officer.
0:11.6	That's what happens, folks.
0:12.8	If you attempt to murder a federal officer, they're going to act in self-defense.
0:16.5	I hope any reasonable person can understand this.
0:19.2	Again, officers who clearly identified themselves
0:21.2	and said, get out of the car, the woman hits the gas and gets shot. You've got streets full of
0:25.5	people who are not local. This is not people who are on their lunch break. This is people who are
0:30.4	coming in from out-of-state to cause problems. For decades, the rising cost of health insurance has been a contentious issue, one that affects
0:40.8	every single American.
0:43.3	Big health insurance companies who have been paid trillions in U.S. taxpayer money are raising
0:48.3	health insurance prices historically high on Americans.
0:52.4	At the same time, it was reported that major health insurance
0:55.4	companies were funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund Gavin Newsom's redistricting
1:00.3	effort in California, designed to undermine President Trump and congressional Republicans. Just the other
1:07.0	day, President Trump announced something historic. He's going to haul in the heads of
1:11.8	the largest U.S. health insurance companies with the goal of saving Americans money by lowering
1:16.7	the outrageous price of health insurance. The president has been crystal clear. Big insurance companies
1:23.0	have been, quote, ripping off the public for years. Now he's taking the bold step of holding those big insurance companies accountable.
1:32.1	It's about time, and we should all thank President Trump.
1:36.2	Learn more at Americans for Open Government.com.
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