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The Great America Show

Mid-Day Update: January 8, 2026

The Great America Show

Fawcett Strategies

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

John Fawcett breaks down the biggest stories of the day, including the escalating unrest in Minneapolis, Vice President J.D. Vance's fiery press conference, potential legal troubles facing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison over alleged fraud, as well as the Senate's recent vote on a war powers resolution concerning President Trump's military actions in Venezuela.

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody. I'm John Foss with this Great America Show, midday update for Thursday,

0:03.5

January 8th. Happy Thursday, folks. As chaos is unwinding in Minnesota, Minnesota's Marxist

0:10.2

damn governor, Tim Walts, has activated the National Guard as the unrest spreads across Minneapolis

0:15.4

following the shooting of the lady who decided to block the road from ice agents and then

0:20.6

proceeded to try to run over that ice agent.

0:23.4

She was shot in the head three times by the agent who's now been named while inside of her vehicle,

0:29.1

sparking massive protests in the streets and outrage from Minnesota lawmakers.

0:33.9

The governor signed the executive order to activate the National Guard in the city,

0:37.2

saying that Minnesotans are feeling scared, angry, and disillusioned.

0:41.9

Now, it's all thanks to Tim Walsh and his cronies, Keith Ellison or Mayor Fry in Minneapolis,

0:49.1

who have stoked his hatred and fear in everybody's blood for the last few months since President Trump came

0:56.7

back to the White House. And Vice President J.D. Vance has had enough of the fake news media's

1:01.2

attempt to demonize law enforcement and coddle the radical left-wing extremists across this country

1:08.0

during a heated press conference this afternoon following the

1:11.1

incident in Minneapolis. Vance delivered a masterclass in holding the propaganda machines accountable.

1:17.3

Take a listen to J.D. Vance, giving these Marxist Dems a lesson. Somebody sent me a photo of a CNN

1:24.4

headline about what happened in Minneapolis. And this is the headline. I'm just going to read it.

1:29.8

Outrage after ICE officer kills U.S. citizen in Minneapolis.

1:34.4

Well, that's one way to put it, and that is the way that many people in the corporate media

1:39.4

have put this attack over the last 24 hours.

1:42.1

And I say attack very, very intentionally because this was an

1:45.9

attack on federal law enforcement. This was an attack on law and order. This was an attack on the

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