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The LOOPcast

Trump's MN Reset: Noem & Bovino Out, Tom Homan In, TikTok Addiction Lawsuit, And New Reading List

The LOOPcast

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4.7 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

President Trump makes a major reset in Minnesota, putting Tom Homan in charge. We walk through the timeline, what triggered the shake-up, and what it signals about the administration’s next phase on immigration enforcement. Meanwhile, a landmark TikTok addiction lawsuit moves forward, making major threats to Big Tech’s business model. And finally, there's a new reading list for Texas, sparking debate and discussion online. All this and more on the LOOPcast!

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00:00 Welcome to the LOOPcast
10:00 Timeline of Trump’s MN Reset
32:05 Landmark TikTok Addiction Case
39:50 Good News
58:44 Twilight Zone
1:19:05 Closing Prayer

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0:00.0

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1:07.8

We are covering the pivot. So there's been a lot of insider reporting

1:12.3

of strategy at the White House as they're approaching Operation Metro Surge. It seems like

1:17.0

someone got the proverbial call of, you know, the backup quarterback has been activated.

1:23.8

We've made a change of personnel. So we're going to get into all the back end details there. There was a meeting. I believe actually this morning or yesterday with Tom Holman. He was on the ground in Minnesota, met with Governor Walsh. And actually, as a couple hours ago, there's a bit of sparring going on on Twitter between Trump and Jacob Fry. So anyway, I'm going to try to give the most up-to-date mayor. So I'm going to try

1:45.2

to give the most up-to-date information there. Also, we had a pretty landmark lawsuit as a civil

1:50.2

suit implicating all of the CEOs. The CEOs are being called in to testify for addiction to

1:58.8

social media platforms. So as whether these platforms knew that they were addictive and they were being pushed on children, there's a lot of really interesting documents that have been produced as a result of this civil suit. It's spicy. Yeah. So I'm excited. Erica went in deep on that. It's going to be awesome. And then we have good news. We have Twilight Zone. Everything you should expect from a good loopcast. We're just so happy to be joined by you guys today. But before we get into that, I've been thinking a lot about this. I have sponsors that I'm really proud to present. Like the show's over when I start presenting like gambling ads or something like that. So you can just take that as time to go. But we have fantastic sponsors. I'm so proud that they,

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