Mid-Day Update: January 13, 2026
The Great America Show
Fawcett Strategies
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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John Fawcett breaks down the biggest stories of the day, including the passing of legendary cartoonist Scott Adams, known for his iconic comic strip Dilbert and his insightful political commentary, the latest in Minnesota, and the ongoing legal battle involving former President Bill Clinton and the House Oversight Committee regarding the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawson with this Great America Show, Midday Update for Tuesday, |
| 0:04.2 | January 13th. Happy Tuesday, folks. The legendary cartoonist Scott Adams has passed away |
| 0:10.6 | early this morning at the age of 68. He passed away following a prolonged battle with prostate |
| 0:16.1 | cancer. His death was announced during a live stream hosted by his ex-wife. |
| 0:21.7 | After achieving global fame in the 1990s for scuring corporate absurdity with his cartoon |
| 0:27.4 | Dilbert, which we all remember, Adams became one of the country's most influential political |
| 0:32.4 | commentators. As a trained hypnotist, Adams famously predicted Donald Trump's victory, |
| 0:38.2 | shortly after announced his 2015 campaign, |
| 0:41.2 | describing him as a master of persuasion. |
| 0:45.3 | In recent years, he hosted a daily podcast coffee with Scott Adams, |
| 0:48.8 | in which he offered as interesting and innovative takes on the news. |
| 0:52.3 | He was a friend of many, including President Trump. |
| 0:55.8 | And speaking of President Trump, President Trump firing some severe warnings to the Minnesota |
| 1:00.5 | Marxist Dems. |
| 1:01.7 | It all comes after the Minnesota Democrats announced they were suing his administration |
| 1:05.5 | to kick ICE agents out of the state. |
| 1:08.7 | Attorney General Keith Ellison, who's just about as corrupt as they come, |
| 1:12.2 | and Mayor Jacob Fry of Minneapolis, suing the Trump administration over the DOJ agents |
| 1:17.0 | enforcing immigration laws in the Twin Cities. The lawsuit was filed to completely end the |
| 1:22.9 | so-called unprecedented surge of more than 2,000 federal agents deployed by the DHS. |
| 1:29.0 | The following also alleges that the federal government has violated the 10th Amendment |
| 1:31.9 | of the Constitution by removing Minnesota's right to police itself. |
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