Empire in Freefall: Minneapolis, Greenland, and the Road to World War III
We Saw the Devil: Unfiltered Political Analysis
We Saw the Devil
4.2 • 984 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
We're eleven days into 2026, and America is speedrunning authoritarianism.
On January 8th, ICE agent Jonathan Ross executed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. She was unarmed and trying to drive away when he shot her three times at point blank range, called her a "fucking bitch" as she died, then walked away while his colleagues prevented a doctor from rendering aid. Within minutes, before anyone knew her name, the President and DHS Secretary labeled her a "domestic terrorist" and declared the shooting justified. No investigation. No accountability. Just character assassination and claims of "absolute immunity."
This isn't isolated. Over 2,000 masked federal agents with no badges or identification have descended on Minneapolis, racially profiling and detaining U.S. citizens. The same day Renee was killed, ICE arrested two teenage American citizens for working at Target while Latino. This is fascism in practice.
But the chaos doesn't stop at our borders. Trump is threatening to annex Greenland by force, potentially ending the NATO alliance. The administration is simultaneously threatening Venezuela, cutting deals with Cuba, and rattling sabers at Iran as nationwide protests threaten the regime.
Are we heading into World War III? Maybe. The tinderbox is built.
In this episode, we break down the execution of Renee Nicole Good, expert analysis from a veteran defense attorney who says this shooting was unjustified, Trump's imperial ambitions in Greenland, Iran's revolution, Cuba's crisis, Venezuela's chaos, the criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, and the U Haul attack on Iranian protesters in Los Angeles.
This isn't hyperbole. This is happening right now, eleven days into the second Trump administration.
Renee Nicole Good's life mattered. Her death wasn't a tragedy. It was a murder.
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| 1:00.4 | Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Red, White, and Bruze. This is Robin. And I wish that I could say it's a |
| 1:05.8 | pleasure and great to be here, but honestly, I'm freaking exhausted. We're only 11 days into 2026, and it already, |
| 1:13.6 | I don't know about you guys, but it is already starting to feel like we've lived through a decade |
| 1:18.8 | of insanity in the last two months, let's 30 days. It's just, it's been a lot. So buckle up, |
| 1:26.1 | because today we are talking about an update on the murder, murder of Renee Wood. |
| 1:31.4 | Then we're going to talk about all of the hot news about Trump's deranged obsession with Greenland. |
| 1:36.8 | We're going to take pit stops in Iran and Cuba. |
| 1:39.4 | And then also just kind of my general musings on if we are stumbling bass acwards into World War |
| 1:46.7 | 3. But before we dive in, I just want to say this upfront. I am sure a lot of you are like me. |
| 1:54.2 | I am angry. I'm exasperated. And I'm so goddamn tired of watching this country speed run fascism and authoritarianism, |
| 2:03.9 | while half the population is treating it like a fucking game show. |
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