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CBP Shot and Killed Alex Pretti
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This week’s conversation centers around the Federal Agents in Minneapolis who shot and killed Alex Pretti. The fellas again discuss Trigger Happy Policing as they describe the Agents' actions. They discuss how the Trump Administration immediately sought to make the narrative its own. They discuss the Administration's hypocrisy on the Second Amendment and the Federal Agent’s lack of compassion.
This week's conversation centers around the federal agents in Minneapolis who shot and killed Alex Pretti. The fellas, again, talk about trigger heavily policing. In describing the agent's actions. They discuss how the Trump administration immediately sought to make the narrative its own. They discuss their administration's hypocrisy on the Second Amendment, and the federal agent's lack of compassion.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507What's going on, Keith?
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Hey. Hey, tc. What's going on? Hey, Mike.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507What's
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Hey, hey, tc. Hey Keith. Uh, one battle after another.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507It
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507One battle after another.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507That's
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507That's all I can say.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507I mean,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507And.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Prepared to talk about a ton of other things, but I mean, week goes by and we cannot. Reflect on what has happened in the past as has now been part of our future. And here we go again. Basically.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507I predicted it. It probably was the easiest thing ever to predict. I said, it is always gonna be something to talk about.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah, you
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Hey, they gonna keep us talking and try to divert our attention from some of the other things that we really want to know about. So, you
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Is the plan and they're making it work.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Last episode, trigger happy policing. And I hate the fact that we'd have to say this is part two of that because of what's happening within the last week. I don't wanna label that this episode that, I don't wanna say that because then that sets a precedent saying that this is gonna be the thing that's going on and some kind of way this has gotta get under control. I saw, a ton of videos since the incident and then I seen even more videos. Since I saw those videos. one of the things that I didn't see initially was the person that was inside of the car right in front of the incident that was happening.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507had a good view
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507her, from her perspective. And then of course the views from the other people that are standing off to the side.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507she, when they pushed the lady down, he was trying to assist the lady.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507I guess I should mention, Alex Pretti.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Say that, we're discussing what happened to him last weekend saturday.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Say
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Correct.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Say
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah. Say his name. I'm just like outdone. Here we are trying to have conversations about Pistons and University of Michigan basketball and how kids in high school are getting NIL money and find ourselves talking about current events that are just tragedies.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507taking place.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507I thought the guys who did the shooting were ice, but apparently custom border patrol, CBP,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507jurisdiction is a hundred miles of the border.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Right.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507And so being in Minnesota, yeah, they close to Canada, but they're 300 miles away from Canada,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Exactly.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507I don't understand how that reinforcement, I guess, for the federal government. I guess they didn't have enough ice agents to, complete the mission of, grabbing people off the streets, but here's the thing. My eyes saw what I saw and I was looking at something, I don't know if you guys remember George Orwell 1984.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Yes.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507100%.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507It ties back into what Mike was saying not too long ago about the deceiving, but check this out. There's a quote inside that was a line inside the book. The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and your ears. their final most essential command, and if all others accepted lie, which the party imposed, if all records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Mike Miller. Tell me it's not true. Did my eyes deceive me.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507No one plus one is still two. One plus one is still two. And know your eyes did not deceive you. The untrained savages that inhabit ice and apparently CBP now, murdered him in cold blood right in front of everybody because they're operating with impunity. Nobody is holding them accountable individually. What we have now is the reason that you have so much outrage now is because, and I'm gonna say it because it's been said before, not by me, a white male was killed in the street. It wasn't this, it was a lot of outrage when Ms. Good was killed. But this, and of course this is the second one, so I could see this taking it over the top, but it's not, it doesn't, go unnoticed that it's a male this time lawfully carrying a gun with his permit. And I guess he did plan to go to the protest. At first. I didn't know that he actually did plan to attend that protest, and he did apparently from the statements that his parents are making. So he went to the protest, but he didn't, obviously didn't pull his gun out. And so for the CBP, Savage to start yelling gun, gun, gun, if that's all it takes is for one of'em to just to yell gun, and they all start shooting. You know what's next,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507you know,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Right now they're slowly checking off the removal or treading our amendments. Our, 10 amendments of the Constitution out there, and they're slowly tr. on them. The first amendment, freedom of, speech,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Yes.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507the right to bear arms. Number two,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507two. Number two,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507and Caesar,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507I.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507just slowly checking these things off.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Well, the thing about number two is they're getting pushback on that one
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Oh, yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507and, and
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507why that's the
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507yeah. Right. Because who has the power? The NRA
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507and it wasn't until late came out and said, whoa, player, back off
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507you. You can't do that.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah. That's when he starts saying, oh, I'm gonna tone it down a little bit. Uhhuh,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Deescalate.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right? Because who makes up. NRA. Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507That's who makes it up, right?
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507I
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Uhhuh.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Before this, I mean they, in their protests were, their. Rebellion against our protests. They were carrying open arms,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507open
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Exactly right. And being applauded for it. Yet when, Pretti shows up, didn't even pull his arm out. Oh, he had magazines. He went there to kill the agents. He went there to cause a, a, a, a chaos
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Caught him.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507lock. Yeah. Domestic terrorists. Right. You know, lies just started flying outta their mouths.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507that's the way that fascists operate.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507What about that young man from Wisconsin? Was Tyler something? What was
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507The black guy.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507the white kid with the AK or whatever rifle
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right. Oh, the rifle. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Right. Exactly.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507people.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Yes. Right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507for
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right. Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507of the movement, of the Republican Party as it stands today. I mean, they will try to, set a narrative that. Makes us believe that we are seeing something that we didn't see, or even more importantly, that we didn't see something that we did see, everybody who has eyes, hell, Stevie Wonder could tell you that this was just blatantly wrong. That the way they did, Mr. Pretti, Alex Pretti, in terms of him trying to. Defend a woman, and first and foremost, I just think that, and I know you have a job to do, but these guys are so weak that they think nothing of pushing down. Women,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507men, men, old
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507children,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507have no humility. They have
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507no compassion. For humans, or anybody who's not a part of their movement. And so the hypocrisy that's coming out of the movement when you have, the president and the vice president and the leader, Kristi Noems, coming out and painting a false narrative before. Investigations are held before anybody can come with any verifiable data to suggest otherwise, basically what they're saying is don't believe what you see.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507the fact that you saw those guys push a woman down. You saw Mr. Pretti come to her, aid you to then saw them. Pepper, spray, pepper, spray both. The woman, I can't, I don't know the woman's name, but,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm. Yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507then they tackled him and they're saying that he resisted, but you got four or five guys tackling you. Are you supposed to just. Just lay down on the ground and take the hit. they tackled him and then they grabbed him and his arms were out front, so you could clearly see that he wasn't
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507a gun, nor did he have a gun. He had his phone in his hand and shortly thereafter, I don't even think I saw his phone. It probably dropped or they knocked it out of his hand. But one of the guys is, you know, pepper spraying him and then hitting him in the face with the can.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah, with the can. Yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507clearly see where. He did have a gun holstered, and they were able to grab his gun and pull it out. And then the guy behind him, the guy who initiated all of this in the first place, he came out with his weapon and clearly shot, Pretti in the back a couple of times. And then there was another, there were two, officers, who, Who dislodged their guns. And in totality there were 10 shots fired.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507this one defenseless man.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Um, so I mean, how many shots does it take really to kill a person? one, but were they ever at risk, were they ever in jeopardy to the point where they felt like they needed to fire a second shot, let alone nine more shots? And so it's just really. Hypocrisy that suggests that here's a man who came within his rights, to carry. He had his CPL he wasn't brand it as they suggested, yet felt to kill this man, to murder this man in cold blood, even though he was, in effect defenseless. Yes, he had a gun, but after you took that gun from him and had him on the ground, was defenseless at that point. And I don't care how many people, are yelled, gun, gun, gun, gun, uh protocol doesn't call for you to just start haphazardly firing shots into somebody's body.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507That's the shame of it. And Mike, you make a good point. You hate to always make this about race. But I just really, sometimes I flip the script and I try to think of if either of those two, individuals who were murdered in all due respect, not minimizing the fact that they were murdered and they should not have been, but if they were brown-skinned, whether it be Mexican, black, uh, whatever, Indian, whatever, would there have been such a human cry? As it stands. But the beauty of it is. The beauty of it is that, that the people of Minneapolis are coming out in full force. They didn't know that these, incidents were going to occur, so they came out to, defend their city and state
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507All right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507to get ice the hell outta Minneapolis. And as a consequence of that, these row. Non-trained officers, as you stated, Mike, are in bulldogging and just running rough shot over the city. just taking advantage and brutalizing people have murdered two innocent people and it's just a, it is really a shame. It's a shame.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507There's a third person, you brought it up, Keith. There's a third person, Keith Porter Jr.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Okay.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507A 43-year-old father of two was shot by an off-duty ICE officer. Ice agent, I'm sorry.'cause ICE does not have officers. They have agents. Let's be very clear. Yeah. Let's be very clear. Right. There are no officers, they're agents.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507true.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507And this happened in California on New Year's Eve. Okay. He was shooting a gun into the air, you know, new Year's Eve,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507And, this ice guy saw, heard the shots, saw him, ran over there, told him to put his gun down. He didn't, and he just opened fire on him and shot him. And he has no jurisdiction. You know, he should have called the police if that, but because people were shooting guns all over. They're, so what, yeah. If you wanna call the police on'em, that's what you do. You do not have authority to open fire on people. You know that you don't have a warrant to go and arrest a judicial warrant to go and arrest. So, um, yeah. That bring, that was in, north Ridge, Los Angeles. After, this guy shot him, but any, at any rate, yeah. A black guy has been shot and killed by an ICE officer. I said it again, I'm sorry, by an ICE agent.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507And that was New Year's Eve. It's not getting a lot of press. It's not getting, in fact, I didn't know anything about it until earlier today.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507I,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Yep.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507I did, now that you mentioned it, I did hear about it, but I heard about it in conjunction with the two, deaths in, Minneapolis.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Okay. All right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507as kind of an aside, you
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507mention that.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507And in total, I think there's been at least six because there, there are deaths that we're not hearing about.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right, right,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507who are in custody
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507no explanation to how they're meeting their demise. And
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right. Right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507these guys have carte blanche do whatever it is they want to do. And the president of the United States, the fascist in chief, looking the other way. In fact, he is the one who's giving them that authority to be able to operate above the law.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507gonna be an investigation or is this one being swept under the table also and then there is there accountability?
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507accountability and swept under the table. It's already started with a gun that was used. Do you know what they did with that gun?
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507I hadn't heard.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507They threw the gun in the back of one of the cars. They unloaded it, you know, cleared it. They didn't put it in the evidence bag. They didn't date it, they didn't say what it was. They, there was no chain of custody.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Hmm.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507So already this reeks this re wow.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507is at? Where was his
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm. Yeah. Where is his phone again? No chain of custody,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right? These, no, no, no. Securing of the crime scene.'cause it's a crime.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507securing of the scene. No chain of custody of evidence. Just they don't care. They don't care. So, yes.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507they're protecting their own.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Correct. So yeah, they'll cover it up. They'll do anything they want to. They don't care. Right. They don't care. That's why they cover their faces, a bunch of cowards. That's why they cover their faces.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Now the, commander Gregory Bovino,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507he's been re relocated and
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507you think it'll reach, Kristie Noem? No. For accountability?
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507I don't.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507no, because, uh, uh, uh, the fascist in chief was interviewed and I like that term. I'm gonna keep using it. Mike, you
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Yes, sir,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507I'm focusing in on that, that fascist in chief has gone on the record as saying she's doing a good job. So, do you get it? Do you get rid of anybody, Tom, who's doing a good job?
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507No, you don't. No.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right?
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507now there have been, some Democrats and Republicans who are calling for her,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507impeachment.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507her impeachment.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507strongly that she should one, either resign or two be fired, but she's already suggested that's not gonna happen. And of course, again, as I stated, the fascist and chief has clearly said that he thinks she's doing a good job. So if she's doing a good job, I can't see where he would initiate firing. or even asking for her resignation. The third option, I guess, is impeachment that could in effect lead to her, of being. Fired, formally or replaced?
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507I'm not 100% sure of how that process goes, but I think at her level, if she's impeached, she will no longer hold that position. But, it's a political football now, you know, will there be enough people, who show up to, in fact make sure that happens? Everything has been politicized, so I'm not confident that they would have enough, bodies to, to have a formal impeachment.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Well, the two, uh, republican senators came out today,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Okay.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507um, you know, against, against her, against, no,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Okay.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507and of course the fascists in chief called them terrible. And losers,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507He went right to his bag. They're terrible. They're losers. You know, what he does. And so there is, say it went to a vote today. Yeah, she would be impeached because all the democratic, senators would vote against her. And if, well, how many Republicans do we need? Just two or three
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507That's a
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507for it to happen? I'm not positive of that number, but at any rate, like you said, the fascist in chief is not gonna have her removed. As long as she keeps, spreading lies that he likes, she's doing a great job. You know, no, no evidence of anything. She came out and called him, like you said, domestic terrorists, that he went there to do this, that and the other. And man, that's, that, that's the reality. Just like you said, Keith, up is down, down is up, left is right. You know, diagonal is a square. Now, I don't know anymore. I don't know.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Oh, I do know. That's,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507yeah. Yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507haven't lost sight of reality. That's their reality. And anybody
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507willing to embrace it, and oddly enough, there are a lot of people who's, who are still embracing that reality. It's just, I don't, you know, I don't get. How people can see things with their own eyes and be influenced to the point that somebody tell you to see or believe is what you believe.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507in a sense, have given up our independence to follow, one man. And it's, it's a scary time that we are in gas.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507I appreciate the fact that people are fighting back or pushing back, I should say.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507All right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507and Minneapolis is certainly doing all they can to set the pace. And so the blueprint has been established that when he goes into other cities and states that people should show up the same way
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right. Yes. Thank you.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507are clearly in indicating that.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Uh
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507of folks are unhappy with how he's handling,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507The economy, how he's handling, the issue with ice. And,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Uhhuh.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507you know, he's just, you know, he's just sinking fast.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Is funny how they put the spin on, the people want get rid of the criminals. The criminal undocumented workers immigrants. But the thing is that yeah, everyone agrees to that, but that's not what they're doing.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507No. Correct,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507up grandmothers, babies
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507toddlers
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right, right,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507um, people who are here. They have
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507So that is not what they voted for. Those who voted for that. That party
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Right. Right.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507put them in place.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Well, is.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507But now they're in Maine. I didn't know there was, I knew Minnesota has a very large population of Somalians,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Uh huh.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507some in Maine also, so now they're in the
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah. They gonna, you know, lighten up this country. That's what's going to happen. There's no,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507up. What do you mean by lighten up, boo?
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507you know, no.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507not by, not by gunfire. Not by gunfire,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507meant what he said.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Hue.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Off, they cut off all immigration from Africa.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Cut off all immigrants, didn't you? You, I think I went over the new numbers, a few shows ago we talked about that.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507That takes effect now.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Yes.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507So and now he's canceling work visas nothing. He don't want nothing coming over here
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Right.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507from basically from any African country. No. Just know
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507No.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507you.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507it, was south Africa.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Oh yeah. South Africa. Yeah. If you are an African, you can come on over. Right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507He'll send a plane for you, give you some money, Yeah. Get you started, right. Oh, yeah.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507I was listening to, my public radio station. And they were talking about, they were talking to Secretary Jeh Johnson, who was the former. Homeland Security secretary,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507he, of course, like all Americans is appalled about the situation. But one of his things was, he was saying that the, and which goes back to what Mike was saying about not being trained, he was saying that, the ice. And, CBP not trained for crowd control. That was not their thing. And my, and in my understanding or what I've heard that the, administration or the entities that are running, probably, secretary Nome didn't want the police or the state troopers involved to help police I don't know of the governor of. Minnesota said, no, we're not gonna police this. So I don't know where that, go ahead guys.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Able to, Mike. They're not able to. When you look at the number of. Ice agents within that state
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507and the ratio between the number of cops that are on that Minneapolis has against the ice agents that are in the state, they, it would pull them from. From doing the major work that they do around real crime. Okay? So if you're asking them to support you in your endeavor, now you're looking away from what's going on day to day in the city,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507just an agent of the agents. I mean, you're working in tandem with them, which would prevent you from doing your day-to-day job. And
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507so the governor is saying that's not something that one want to do or that we're able to do, it's, we just can't support that. and so
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507I guess I'm talking about not just the daily operations of, picking up people off the street, but as far as the protests,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507again,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507The demonstrations. The demonstrations,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507is right,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507you're pulling, that's manpower,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507every police on the force, but you're talking about manpower
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507and if they resort to, the operation, the way it was done in the past. You don't have the same amount of chaos that, that you have now. You have them on purpose looking for the worst of the worst
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507setting up operations so that they can, you know, so that they can get to the worst of the worst. But in this case, they're just running rough shot. They're
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right, right,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507said, after kids, after
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507elderly people, after people at Home Depot, or
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507if you go to eat some Mexican food.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Maria.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507it is, you know, it's just their, the whole way they're going about their operation, causing chaos has led to the situation that we're currently in. so they're saying that. The people of Minnesota should refrain and should pull back, they're not willing to change their tactics. They've replaced, what's the guy's name you mentioned earlier at time?
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Gregory Bovino.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Bovino.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507they've replaced him or,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Or Tom, Tom Holman.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Which six or one half dozen of the
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Tom
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507is worse.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507He actually was under the Obama administration in that, department.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah. Well, president Obama did, deport a lot of people.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507They said
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507A lot. Yeah, a lot. And that's where most of the criminals went.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507But
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507about it?
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507No,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507I knew about it.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507it was done in a
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507wait. Yeah,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507chaotic.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Oh, oh, oh, I see what you mean. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507killed in the
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507No, no, no,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507no.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507no.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Yes. And I don't think that anybody would argue that. I've said it myself during one of the podcasts. If you're here illegally, there's an argument to be made. Legal illegal.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507break the law,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507right,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right, right. Right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507to do what it is we want to do.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yep.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507I don't think anybody would argue the fact that if you're here illegally, then you know you have to do the right thing. And whether. it's self deport or get your paperwork in line, then do it, or be allowed the opportunity to do it instead of being shipped to someplace that you're not even familiar with. You're not
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507back to where you're from.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Right.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507To places unknown. And so there's a way. To go about doing these things that are more peaceful. There's ways that would be supported by, whether it be Republicans or Democrats. I think, like I said, if you really were to take a poll, I think when you talk about legal and illegal, most people are against illegal acts. And so
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Oh
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507support something that's illegal. Uh, and so if you do the right thing and do it the right way, you'll have the support that you need. But to say that you're going after the worst of the worst, and
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right. And then, right,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507that,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507right?
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right, right,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507that's where the issue is.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Exactly. Yeah, that's
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Everybody in the country is in agreement. Get rid of the bad guys.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah. Exactly. Exactly.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Well,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Absolutely. Um.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507I.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Well, you know, it is what it is. That's the world we live in. I was watching JD the other day on TV saying, that this was right after the Pretti shooting. He was saying, they need to work with us. They're making it hard for us to do our job. And what you were saying about the police support, like Keith said, they. If the police don't have, it's not enough of them to support that operation. But he was saying, they need to support us. If the police would work with us, if the local officials would support us some more and work with us some more. This wouldn't be happening, blah, blah, blah. Dude, when a fascist regime tries to operate in a democracy, it's supposed to be difficult,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507period.'cause you're not supposed to be operating here. You're not supposed to be here. So, yeah, a fascist, if you're gonna operate in that manner, yeah, they're gonna make it difficult for you.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Like you, like we said, president Obama didn't have this issue.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Right.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507They certainly cooperated with him when, he coordinated. I say he coordinated, the department, coordinated,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Uh, with the local people, let'em know what's happening. They had their judicial warrants, not, administrative warrants. Real judicial warrants to go in and remove these people, and he removed them by the millions
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Right.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Bottom line, it didn't get the press, but like, you know, we didn't, people weren't being killed in the streets, but the fascist needs press it gotta have some press. And when stuff like this, it just feeds his ego. And he just wants more.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507wants more. That's all. That's what's happening.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507The press part for me is okay. I think we have to have a free press so that we can
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507times what's going on. The problem for me with. Them using the press Fox being a perfect example, is the amount of misinformation
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right. That's what mean. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507And for him to say that the states, in this case, Minneapolis or Minnesota's not working with them, according to the mayor, that's a complete fallacy
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507They have somebody in custody they release that person, the first thing they do is let Homeland Security know. They let them know so that they can do what they need to do. To, you know, to arrest,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507or,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Uh uh,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507person, whatever it be
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Uhhuh
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507may,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Uhhuh.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507The communication part, to the mayor, I'm not a part of the government, of Minnesota or Minneapolis, is that they are working intently. However, too much like Wright, that's not getting to the numbers that. That he promised. And I think that's the gist of it, maybe there are not as, as many illegals as they supposed there were. And as a consequence, he's all about looking good in the numbers.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507so when you start to ship out people indiscriminately, you
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507of errors, there's a lot of mishaps. There are deaths
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Uh
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507to happen. And to your point, that's how fascists operate.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507and misinformation.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Uh.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Chaos and misinformation.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507funny, I've heard this phrase before, but I actually had to look it up the day'cause they started using it here. On the news I was watching, ghosting.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507And ghosting is basically, the George Orwell thing, you know, telling you that, um, like you say Keith, all the time up is down and down is up. You know?
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Um, but I was like, oh, okay. This is what ghosting is all about.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It'll be a great day when it when we can look past this and it's just in our rear view mirror.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507that's what I have to say. I know that a lot of pressure is being put on, the fascist in chief and his minions, and they're starting to speak in a way that would lead you to believe that things might change. De-escalate is the catchphrase now for the fascist in chief pulling back or minimizing, using words like that. But until they do something, until they take action. It's only words, I just cringe at a thought of, somebody who's doing whatever they're doing at this moment that we're having this podcast, to them joining the movement, the protestors and not realizing that, they could in fact lose their life because it could happen again.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507I mean, it happened so quick on the heels of, Renee Good's, murder. It's just frightening to think that it one happened so quickly, we can't take it for granted because it could happen again soon. And
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507part. We have to continue to, to talk about it. We have to continue to, speak the truth because, like I said, the misinformation, if you really, if you don't check in into it for yourself. Or if you embrace what they say being a de maga loyalist, it'll be hard for you to recognize what's true.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507We have to, we really have to stay in the game and be aware of what's going on. And a lot of people, I don't like to watch the news or it's too depressing, or, you know what, it's reality. It's our reality.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Uh.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507The more you know, the better off you are. so, you know, for me, you know, not to prolong it, but for me, it'll be a good day when we can put this in our rear view mirror. And it's just, us looking back and saying, remember when,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507May.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507When we have a conversation, you
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm-hmm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507forward about how bad it was then
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Right. Yeah.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507right now.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah. We'll be all
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507in our rocking chairs
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507With our tablets in front of us doing FaceTime to each other.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507But what we
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right, right,
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507good old days or just the old days,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507just the old days. Can't call it good. Can't call it
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507right. No, no. Right.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507good.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Not at all. Not at all. Um, the MAGA Make America Go away. That's what apparently that stands for now. So, in closing, gentlemen, I'd like to change the subject real quick. There's a terrible ice storm going on across the country.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Yes, there
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507freezing here. The wind chill on, Friday is gonna be around negative 20 or so.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Or 30 I heard.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Oh, man. Whoa. And did you know that the administration. Didn't want the weather service and the, weather reporters using the term ice so much
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Yes.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507and talking about this storm
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Yes.
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507because of the negative connotation that ice, you know, if they say, oh, a ice storm is coming, they'd be, oh, we're afraid ice is, you know, you just, it's, it's, it's too much. It's too much. It's just too much, man. It's too much.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Just to add a little bit of humor to that. I saw something, I don't know how true it was. It was, it was on Facebook, so you had to take it with a grain of salt,
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Mm.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Was somebody who was an avid MAGA supporter. They said they would be glad to see when the name is officially changed, and they put a N in front of ice so that when people speak about ice instead of saying ice, they'll say.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Nice.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507Nice. So,
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right.
keith-b--pickens-_1_01-28-2026_161507oh yeah, semantics is important.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Oh
mike-miller_1_01-28-2026_161507Right, right, right.
thomas-corley_1_01-28-2026_161507Absolutely. All right guys.
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