DSR Weekly Wrap-up: Minnesota Officials Face-off with Trump Admin

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

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🗓️ 11 January 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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On the DSR Weekly Wrap-up for January 9th, we discuss the showdown between Minnesota officials and the Trump administration, the House passing a 3-year extension of ObamaCare subsidies, the administration considering a plan to pay Greenlanders, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.7	Hello and welcome to the DSR Daily. I'm David Rothkopf. I'm joined by our friends Riley Fessler and Minna Stein. How are you guys doing?
1:00.9	Not too bad. Good. It's good to have you back. Thank you very much. I was away for a couple weeks, as those of you who didn't notice, may not have noticed.
1:13.6	And then I got back yesterday just in time to get the flu.
1:17.7	And let me give you some advice, some breaking news from us to you.
1:19.2	Don't get the flu.
1:21.2	It's horrible.
1:24.3	Anyway, I am trying to recover.
1:32.3	I am hydrating, and I think I can make it for 15 minutes here. So why don't we kick it off, wherever you want to kick it up?
1:47.5	All right. Minnesota officials and the Trump administration are clashing over the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis after federal authorities excluded state investigators from the FBI-led probe.
1:53.8	State and local leaders argue the move undermines transparency and fairness while the administration insists the officer acted in self-defense and that the case is solely a federal manner.
1:59.9	The killing has sparked wide's red protests, intensified scrutiny of federal immigration enforcement, and renewed tensions from innocent of the aftermath of George Floyd's murder.
2:11.1	Yeah, except, you know, this has got some other subtext to it, like the president instantly defended it.
2:17.2	The Secretary of Homeland president instantly defended it. The Secretary of Homeland
2:19.4	Security instantly defended it. There was a whole group of people out there who were saying,
2:24.7	you know, including, by the way, you know, weirdly some Democrats who are saying, well, you know,
2:30.1	you have to, you know, expect this kind of thing when people stand up to the police.
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