December 4, 2025: The Truth About Somalis in Minnesota, What We Know About Hegseth's Authorization a Follow-Up Strike, Trump Voids Biden's Autopen Actions, and More.

Episode Format:

1. What We Know About the Follow-Up Strike on the Alleged Drug Boat in the Caribbean (1:12)

2. Trump Threatens to Void All Biden Actions Signed With Autopen, But Can He? (13:42)

3. ICE to Target Somali Migrants in Minnesota Amid Accusations of Fraud; Here's What We Know (~21:27)

4. White House Launches New 'Media Bias' Webpage (~44:13)

5. Quick Hitters: Dell Family Donates $6.25B to Trump Accounts, New DoD Inspector General Report on Hegseth's Signal Chat, Trump Pardons Democratic Representative (~47:29)

6. Rumor Has It: Did the DOJ Spend Nearly $1M in Overtime Pay for Agents to Redact Epstein Files? Does Kamala Harris Want the Voting Age Lowered to 16? (~50:02)

7. Critical Thinking Segment (~53:01)

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What We Know About the Follow-Up Strike on the Alleged Drug Boat in the Caribbean

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/02/politics/timeline-us-strikes-caribbean-pacific-vis 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/pete-hegseth-denies-ordering-deaths-narco-boat

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-drug-boat-investigation-b2875013.html

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5627770-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-order/

https://youtu.be/tUfW-epGIWU?si=OYYPE5n-KmR7U5_3

https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/1995643490152128919?s=20

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5628986-admiral-bradley-pentagon-directive/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-account-strike-alleged-drug-boat-odds/story?id=128006261

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47603

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2441

https://www.icrc.org/en/law-and-policy/geneva-conventions-and-their-commentaries 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/politics/rand-paul-hegseth-boat-strike

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/who-is-adm-frank-mitch-bradley-and-what-does-he-have-to-do-with-the-venezuela-boat-strikes-211126982.html 

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5631738-us-military-strikes-drug-boat/

Trump Threatens to Void All Biden Actions Signed With Autopen, But Can He?

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115629010097815862

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-cancels-biden-orders-signed-autopen

https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/democracy-governance/explainer-executive-orders-governing-tool 

https://oversight.house.gov/release/oversight-committee-releases-report-on-the-biden-autopen-presidency/

https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/The-Biden-Autopen-Presidency-Decline-Delusion-and-Deception-in-the-White-House-2025.10.24.pdf-UPDATED-Oct.-28.pdf

https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-says-he-is-canceling-all-biden-executive-orders-signed-with-autopen-00d59515?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqd86jNdhXODvKmF_lqygIma62rLMa5IiRaY93SmrMba-qfsismTXZrFce0YSQ%3D%3D&gaa_ts=692d9048&gaa_sig=Sd7XDLbnxlL2qQMuZbEMqY8fQZNl_sIVL61pxXg7fGvVkhGEstNWCDmzy5D4JiJ_QsAlbBWLEO5mFqU_1vFuiA%3D%3D

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/good-question-law-repealed/

ICE to Target Somali Migrants in Minnesota Amid Accusations of Fraud; Here's What We Know

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-hes-ending-temporary-protected-status-for-somalis-in-minnesota-11092469 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115590786862216464 

https://x.com/GovTimWalz/status/1992071357908291939 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/12/yes-theres-something-wrong-with-walz-and-it-cost-taxpayers-1-billion/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/us/ice-operation-somali-migrants-minneapolis 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/ice-somali-migrants-minneapolis-st-paul.html 

https://x.com/govtimwalz/status/1995922811299180942?s=46 

https://www.fox9.com/news/gov-walz-welcomes-federal-probe-fraud-allegations 

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/gov-tim-walz-responds-to-trumps-use-of-slur-somali-fraud-claims 

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/tim-walz-says-trump-slurs-demonize-our-children-full-interview-253308485831 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-says-he-doesnt-want-somali-migrants-in-the-u-s-calls-people-garbage 

https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/1995615377284628908 

https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/12/02/trump-immigration-somalis-minnnesota-crackdown 

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/fraud-minnesota-somali.html#:~:text=Ms.%20Hassan%20is%20of%20Somali%20ancestry%2C%20as%20are%20all%20but%20eight%20of%20the%2086%20people%20charged%20in%20the%20meals%2C%20housing%20and%20autism%20therapy%20fraud%20cases%2C%20according%20to%20prosecutors.%20A%20vast%20majority%20are%20American%20citizens%2C%20by%20birth%20or%20naturalization. 

https://sahanjournal.com/news/feeding-our-future-indictments-who-charged-food-fraud-minnesota/ 

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/11/21/trump-terminating-tps-legal-protections-somali-migrants-minnesota 

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/12/02/ilhan-omar-brother-marriage/

White House Launches New 'Media Bias' Webpage

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5626711-white-house-launches-media-bias-tracker/ 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c70j210g4e7o

https://youtu.be/Iu8Yt7qinMw?si=gmamgUWGgvpkDdz9

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-are-you-stupid-trump-rebuffs-reporters-question-on-afghan-resettlement-vetting

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-insults-another-female-reporter-time-looks-rcna246058

https://nypost.com/2025/10/20/us-news/karoline-leavitt-slams-lefty-reporters-bullst-questions-in-fiery-text-response/

https://san.com/cc/white-house-media-offender-website-escalates-trumps-attacks-on-journalists/

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5586257-trump-cbs-news-60-minutes-bari-weiss/

https://youtu.be/7EMb7zoykcw?si=FBB5D8-DPv14FfAi

Quick Hitters

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/business/trump-accounts-dell

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pentagons-signalgate-review-finds-pete-hegseth-violated-military-regul-rcna247023

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/03/congress/henry-cuellar-trump-pardon-00674210

Rumor Has It

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-overtime-redact-epstein-files/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/22/politics/fbi-redacting-epstein-files 

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-voting-age-16/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3lhrrXb4WI&t=4847s