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‘The Kylee Cast’ feat. Breccan Thies, Ep. 28: Everything I Saw On My ICE Ride-Along In Minneapolis

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4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of “The Kylee Cast,” Federalist White House Correspondent Breccan Thies joins Managing Editor Kylee Griswold to share everything he saw on the ground in sanctuary city Minneapolis during his day among the agitators and then a ride-along with ICE. Plus, Kylee and Breccan bust some of the most popular media myths about immigration enforcement.

Read Breccan’s dispatch from Minneapolis here: https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/06/checkpoints-and-street-corner-sentries-in-minneapolis-ice-hating-anarchists-are-an-occupying-force/

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0:00.0

Hi, everybody, and welcome to the Kyliecast. I'm Kylie Griswold, managing editor at The Federalist.

0:05.5

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on Rumble. And then, of course, like and subscribe there too. If you'd like to email the show,

0:44.2

you can do so at Radio at the Federalist.com. I would love to hear from you as always. Today, I'm so

0:50.0

excited to welcome to the show, Brecken Theese. He's my colleague here at The Federalist and our White

0:54.9

House correspondent. And Brecken recently made a trek to Minneapolis where he went on an ice

1:00.6

ride along. And needless to say, his experience on the ground was a little bit different than what

1:06.1

you may have heard from the corporate propaganda media. It's definitely an episode you won't want to miss

1:11.4

if you want the real story about what's going on in Minneapolis. So without further ado,

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please welcome to the show, Brecken These.

1:33.8

Brecken, thank you so much for joining me today on the Kyliecast. It's great to have you.

1:35.3

Thanks for having me.

1:36.3

Yeah, it's always my favorite thing actually to host my coworkers because we all work remotely.

1:41.8

And so, you know, we chat with each other on the regular

1:44.3

over email and chat, but it's so fun to do a face-to-face interview or as close to face as we

1:49.6

can get. So so fun having you. Brecken, you were recently in Minneapolis and you got to do an

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