Democracy Now! 2026-01-28 Wednesday
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🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Headlines for January 28, 2026; ICE “Wartime” Recruiting Effort Targets Gun & Military Lovers Using White Nationalist Messaging; Rep. Ilhan Omar Attacked by Man at Minneapolis Town Hall After She Called for Noem’s Impeachment; “The Border Is the Entire Country”: How Trump Brought Borderland Violence into U.S. Cities; Abolish ICE: Rep. Delia Ramirez Calls for Defunding DHS & Defends Rep. Ilhan Omar After Attack
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| 0:00.0 | From New York, this is Democracy Now. |
| 0:17.0 | And DHS Secretary Kristy Nem must resign or face impeachment. |
| 0:27.0 | During a town hall in Minneapolis, Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is attacked by a man who sprayed a foul-smelling substance |
| 0:41.1 | at her. The man was arrested and Omar insisted on continuing the event. We'll hear the |
| 0:49.1 | Congress member in her own words and get response from her colleague, Democratic Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, |
| 0:57.1 | who's leading the push to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem. |
| 1:03.7 | Bottom line, you lie with impunity. You reject checks and balances and you ignore Congress |
| 1:09.3 | in the courts. Your options are limited. |
| 1:11.5 | Either you're going to resign, Trump's going to fire you, or you will be impeached. |
| 1:15.5 | But first, we look at ISIS plans for the $100 million wartime recruitment campaign |
| 1:24.1 | to hire thousands of more agents by recruiting gun rights supporters and military enthusiasts. |
| 1:32.3 | Plus, we talked to a former senior Border Patrol agent who now speaks out against the agency's abuses. |
| 1:41.3 | Americans need to be concerned about the U.S. Border Patrol being involved in this crackdown |
| 1:48.0 | because they are some of the least accountable agents in the federal immigration enforcement |
| 1:56.0 | agencies. |
| 1:57.0 | And they have run secret and illegal cover-up teams since 1987, and they continue today under CBP. |
| 2:07.9 | All that and more coming up. |
| 2:13.0 | Welcome to Democracy Now. |
| 2:15.3 | Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman. |
| 2:19.7 | Democratic Congressmember Ilhan Omar was attacked at a town hall in Minneapolis Tuesday night. |
| 2:25.9 | A man who'd been sitting in the front row rushed at Congressmember Omar and sprayed her with a strong smelling liquid. This is Congress |
| 2:35.5 | Member Omar just before she was attacked. And DHS Secretary Kristy Noem must resign or face |
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