The Department of Justice investigates one of the president's favorite political punching bags. This time it's the head of the Federal Reserve. While the president says he doesn't have any involvement, he's been targeting

Grant explains what the Fed actually is, what the investigation is about, and what Trump's fight with the Fed is about...and why it matters for you.

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Grant talks to Mike Madrid, the former GOP operative, consultant, and now the mind behind The Great Transformation Substack, about the bombing and capture mission in Venezuela, what it means for Latin America, Latino voters in the US, and the US's new position on the global stage.

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An ICE officer shot and killed a 37-year-old US Citizen, wife, and mother named Renee Good on a neighborhood street in Minneapolis, MN. All of it was caught on video from multiple angles.

Grant explains what the videos actually show, how the Trump Administration is attempting to protect the officer, defame the victim, turn up the heat on anti-ICE protesters, and why it's part of a predictable pattern of ICE's aggressive tactics.

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