Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan on ICE in Minnesota

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🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

As tensions escalate in Minnesota and Donald Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act, ICE’s brutality continues. We are joined by the current Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota and candidate for the U.S. Senate, Peggy Flanagan, to discuss the crisis in her and Al's home state.

Flanagan details the cover-up and lies surrounding the Renee Good investigation. The DOJ has withheld evidence and prohibited the state from investigating the case, while lying about how the officer who shot Good has “absolute immunity.” It is clear Trump, Kristi Noem, JD Vance, and the administration have no interest in justice.

Flanagan also shares stories of the vibrant Somali community who have contributed so much to the state, despite the attempts to malign them. She also shares stories of talking to constituents around the state and how she's finding common ground with rural farmers over the cost of healthcare and tariffs.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. We got a tough one today, you know, as usual. My friend Peggy Flanagan,
0:12.2	the lieutenant governor of Minnesota and candidate for U.S. Senate joins me today to discuss
0:17.9	the tragic shooting of Renee Good and the unconscionable brutality that ICE
0:24.7	is visiting upon our home state. Of course, Christy Noem's response to the shooting was to send
0:33.4	in another thousand ICE and border security officers the very opposite of what is needed.
0:42.2	Ice agents have continued to terrorize Minnesotans, yanking them from cars, dragging them,
0:49.0	wrestling them to the ground, beating them using pepper spray and rubber bullets for crowd control. Americans don't
0:57.2	like what they're seeing. For the first time ever, more Americans want to see ICE abolished
1:03.4	than not. 46% compared to 43% abolished. That's amazing. Minnesotans bravely continue to stand up to ICE
1:15.5	and Border Patrol, blowing their whistles and documenting the abuse on video and helping
1:22.8	their undocumented neighbors and friends.
1:29.9	That's what Minnesotans are doing.
1:35.8	Now, after I recorded my conversation with Peggy on Thursday,
1:40.1	President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and send the military into the state to put down the folks he's calling insurrectionists.
1:48.2	Remember, this is a guy who pardoned almost 1,600 actual insurrectionists on his first day in office.
1:57.3	On Friday, Governor Walls called on Trump to turn the temperature down and urged Minnesotans to do the same.
2:05.6	Now, before we go to my conversation with Peggy, I wanted to talk about the criminal investigation into federal chair Jerome Powell, which, according to Donald Trump Trump did not come from Donald Trump.
2:19.3	It came from, said from Janine Perrault, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
2:25.2	I wonder if they ever talk.
2:29.1	This is supposedly an investigation into whether Powell is personally responsible for the cost overruns
2:36.7	in the renovation of the Fed's headquarters. Of course, it's not about that. It's about Trump
2:43.3	wanting the Fed to lower interest rates to juice the economy. Well, Jamie Diamond, head of
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