January 12, 2026: New ICE Footage of Minneapolis Shooting and When Deadly Force Is Justified, Two Transgender Athlete Cases Before the Supreme Court, Reality of Trump's Greenland Comments, and More.

Episode Format:

1. ICE Updates: New Footage Shows Agents Perspective in Minneapolis, Standard for Deadly Force, PLUS U.S. Citizens' Rights Against ICE Agents (0:40)

2. What We Know About Trump's Desire for Greenland (15:03)

3. Supreme Court Will Hear Two Transgender Athlete Cases Tomorrow; Here's What to Know (~25:45)

4. Quick Hitters: Fed Chair Powell Under Investigation, Machado to Meet Trump at White House, Sen. Kelly Sues Hegseth, Gallup Poll Finds Record Number Political Independents (~44:00)

5. Critical Thinking Segment (~46:35)

6. A Piece of Good News (~48:00)

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ICE Updates

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1239_onjq.pdf

https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-139/barnes-v-felix/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYnsn0KrhCw

https://www.ice.gov/about-ice

https://www.shirazilaw.com/can-ice-detain-u-s-citizens/

https://internationalservices.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6431/files/2025-04/KYR.pdf

What We Know About Trump's Desire for Greenland

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-us-greenland/story?id=129069483 

https://time.com/7344877/trump-greenland-annexation-threats-purchase-national-security-economic/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/18/trump-considering-buying-greenland

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/16/greenland-not-for-sale-trump-interest-in-purchasing

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-suggests-us-control-greenland/story?id=117057427

https://dk.usembassy.gov/ambassador/

https://www.facebook.com/mutebegede/posts/pfbid0GwwqEaTgLNJLcfqa28mcYT8PbdRLs7aPqsFUvZfUYPuoYugsHL6gNuGkuT89vNz3l?rdid=Wuhypa8WMZz2Q9m1#

https://stm.dk/statsministeriet/publikationer/faellesudtalelse-om-groenland/

https://www.ft.com/content/d2974417-172f-43f9-a5d5-9f4da48668ae

https://www.britannica.com/place/Greenland

https://theconversation.com/greenland-is-rich-in-natural-resources-a-geologist-explains-why-273022

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/china-still-dominates-critical-mineral-refining-in-2030/

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/nx-s1-5475137/china-rare-earth-elements

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/10/russia-hits-ukraine-with-oreshnik-hypersonic-missile-why-it-matters

https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/trump-military-presence-1951-agreement-greenland-denmark/

https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/04-806-Denmark-Defense.done_.pdf

https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/trump-military-presence-1951-agreement-greenland-denmark/

https://www.diis.dk/en/research/the-history-of-us-presence-in-greenland

https://thewatch-journal.com/2025/03/04/pituffik-space-base-strengthening-u-s-defense-capabilities-in-the-arctic/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-greenland-potential-challenges-129078605

https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/collective-defence-and-article-5

https://legal.un.org/repertory/art2.shtml

Supreme Court Will Hear Two Transgender Athlete Cases Tomorrow; Here's What to Know

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-43/316794/20240711112756059_7.11%20BPJ%20Petition%20final.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/01/januarys-criminal-law-arguments-and-is-party-presentation-morphing-into-a-court-controlling-rule/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/01/the-transgender-athlete-cases-an-explainer/

https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/little-v-hecox-and-west-virginia-v-b-p-j/

https://nwlc.org/resource/bpj-and-hecox-two-supreme-court-cases-impacting-transgender-student-inclusion-in-sports/

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/school-sports-case-reaches-the-supreme-court-at-a-fraught-time-for-trans-rights/2026/01

https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/backgrounder-supreme-court-to-hear-oral-arguments-for-west-virginia-v-bpj-and-little-v-hecox-key-cases-on-the-inclusion-of-transgender-youth-in-sports

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-review-state-bans-transgender-athletes-participation-school-sports

https://www.vox.com/politics/473688/supreme-court-transgender-sports-little-hecox-bpj-west-virginia

Quick Hitters

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/11/business/federal-prosecutors-criminal-investigation-federal-reserve-chair-jerome-powell

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/doj-launches-criminal-investigation-fed-chair-jerome-powell/story?id=129114228

https://thehill.com/homenews/5684856-trump-machado-venezuela-meeting/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-kelly-lawsuit-pete-hegseth-pentagon/

https://news.gallup.com/poll/700499/new-high-identify-political-independents.aspx

A Piece of Good News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZruaLxWOJLE