Iran, Greenland, And Trump's Ego

What A Day

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4.6 • 12K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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In Iran, weeks of protests against the ruling regime have resulted in the deaths of thousands of protestors at the hands of the government. The Trump Administration has voiced its full-throated support for the protestors, with President Trump even claiming, “help is on its way.” Meanwhile, in Greenland, Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen joined Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in a joint news conference to say, again, Greenland does not want to be a part of the United States. But, of course, the President wants to annex Greenland anyway. So to talk more about President Trump’s continued desire to stick his nose in other countries’ business, we talked to Ben Rhodes. He’s the former U.S. deputy national security advisor under the Obama Administration and the co-host of Crooked Media’s Pod Save the World. And in headlines, federal data shows roughly 800,000 fewer people have signed up for ACA individual health plans than at this time last year, net migration in the U.S. likely hit close to zero in 2025, and Elon Musk’s controversial AI bot, Grok, finds a new home inside… the Pentagon?

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0:00.0	It's Wednesday, January 14th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day.
0:07.1	The show that wishes every Republican rose.
0:09.9	Fourth right as North Dakota Senator Kevin Kramer.
0:13.1	Here he is on Fox Business Tuesday.
0:15.3	Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Paul and you want to avoid an indictment,
0:23.7	how about you go to Jean Peerone and say, I'll make a deal?
0:28.7	I'll step down today if you'll drop the investigation today.
0:30.9	To me, that would be a win-win for everybody.
0:35.5	Congratulations, Senator Kramer for approving Jerome Powell's point.
0:49.2	On today's show, net migration in the U.S. likely reaches levels of zero or even less than zero.
0:52.3	So much for that shining city on a hill thing.
0:58.0	And Elon Musk's controversial AI bot, Grock, finds a new home inside the Pentagon.
1:00.9	But let's start with Iran and Greenland.
1:05.1	Two places that under normal circumstances would literally never come up in the same sentence.
1:07.8	But this is 2026, so sure.
1:12.8	In Iran, weeks of protests against the ruling regime have resulted in the deaths of thousands of protesters at the hands of the government. The exact numbers are difficult to determine
1:17.6	because of a near total blackout on internet access in the country. For example, the New York
1:22.3	Times has estimated that nearly 3,000 people have been killed during the unrest, while a source
1:27.0	told CBS News on Tuesday that at least 12,000 people have been killed during the unrest, while a source told CBS News on Tuesday
1:28.5	that at least 12,000 people have died. But as PBS News Hour reports here, the protesters keep coming.
1:35.5	In Iran, the street demands the end of the regime.
1:41.6	Spews contempt for their leaders and declares this the final battle.
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