Minneapolis is a Turning Point
Pod Save America
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🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 124 minutes
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Summary
Outrage over the killing of Alex Pretti spreads to nonpolitical and Trump-friendly spaces, even as Border Czar Tom Homan promises to "draw down" the DHS presence in Minneapolis and the White House caves to Democrats' demands on debating DHS funding. Could this be a turning point in the Trump presidency? Jon and Dan discuss all the latest, including Anderson Cooper's extraordinary conversation with Stella Carlson, the woman who filmed the crucial angle of the shooting. Then they turn to the FBI's deeply troubling raid on the election headquarters in Fulton County, Georgia, and the premiere of "Melania," a multi-million dollar bribe from Jeff Bezos to the first family disguised as a documentary. Then, Jon sits down with MSNOW's Joe Scarborough to talk about why Republicans in Congress still put up with Trump, and why he hopes the next Democratic nominee returns to the party's organizing roots. Plus: a special preview of our new subscriber-only show, Pod Save America: OnlyFriends.
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| 1:31.0 | Thank you. like SimplySafe. Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm John Favro. |
| 1:31.8 | I'm Dan Fifer. |
| 1:39.4 | On today's show, we'll talk about how the White House may actually be willing to negotiate with Democrats on reforms to rain and ice as a way to avoid a shutdown. |
| 1:49.8 | We'll also talk about the FBI's extremely concerning raid on the elections headquarters in Fulton County, Georgia, and Trump's latest posting spree about the 2020 election. |
| 2:01.1 | That's right. I didn't misspeak. The 2020 election. He's still posting about it. We also got the new Melania documentary that Dan has to get to right after we finish recording, so I'll try not to be too long. |
| 2:06.5 | And then MS Now's Joe Scarborough stops by to catch up about the news. And finally, |
| 2:15.1 | we got a special preview for you of our new bi-weekly subscribers-only episode of Pod Save America called Pod Save America Only Friends. |
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