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UNBIASED Politics

January 12, 2026: New ICE Footage of Minneapolis Shooting and When Deadly Force Is Justified, Two Transgender Athlete Cases Before the Supreme Court, Reality of Trump's Greenland Comments, and More.

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

Education

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S ⁠SUBSTACK⁠. Get the facts, without the spin. UNBIASED offers a clear, impartial recap of US news, including politics, elections, legal news, and more. Hosted by lawyer Jordan Berman, each episode provides a recap of current political events plus breakdowns of complex concepts—like constitutional rights, recent Supreme Court rulings, and new legislation—in an easy-to-understand way. No personal opinions, just the facts you need to stay informed on the daily news that matters. If you miss how journalism used to be, you're in the right place. In today's episode: ICE Updates: New Footage Shows Agents Perspective in Minneapolis, Standard for Deadly Force, PLUS U.S. Citizens' Rights Against ICE Agents (0:40) What We Know About Trump's Desire for Greenland (15:03) Supreme Court Will Hear Two Transgender Athlete Cases Tomorrow; Here's What to Know (~25:45) Quick Hitters: Fed Chair Powell Under Investigation, Machado to Meet Trump at White House, Sen. Kelly Sues Hegseth, Gallup Poll Finds Record Number Political Independents (~44:00) Critical Thinking Segment (~46:35) A Piece of Good News (~48:00) SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S ⁠FREE NEWSLETTER⁠. ⁠Watch⁠ this episode on YouTube. Follow Jordan on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠TikTok⁠. All sources for this episode can be found ⁠here.⁠  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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welcome back to unbiased politics.

0:38.8

Today is Monday, January 12th.

0:40.4

Let's talk about some news.

0:42.1

Quick note first about Iran.

0:44.2

I know it's a highly requested topic.

0:46.6

But just as a reminder, my general rule here is that I do not dive into international

0:52.5

matters until the United States takes some form of,

0:57.8

you know, action. So when and if the United States does do that and does get involved,

1:03.7

I will certainly talk about it then. But for now, we are going to stick to domestic affairs.

1:14.1

Starting with some updates to the ICE shooting in Minneapolis, since we last talked, there have been some updates, and I do want to cover those

1:20.4

updates. I also want to clear up something that I said in last week's episode and answer some

1:26.0

of your questions about what kind of jurisdiction

1:29.0

ICE agents have over U.S. citizens. So let's start with clearing up some precedent first.

1:37.3

In last week's episode, I highlighted the fact that ICE agents cannot fire at the driver of a moving vehicle unless they have the reasonable

1:47.9

belief that the driver poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury.

1:54.4

That per the DHS use of force policy to justify the use of deadly force. An agent has to have the reasonable

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