
ICE Retreat, Tariff Pushback, DOJ Under Trump
Published: February 13, 2026
Duration: 1:04:27
Mike and Ken open with the end of ICE’s “Operation Metro Surge” in Minneapolis, a federal judge’s masking ruling, and a looming DHS shutdown, framing the debate over whether the administration’s hardline immigration tactics are enforcement or political theater. Mike argues the surge squandered a politically strong issue by embracing heavy-handed tactics that hurt Trump in the polls and likely achieved little lasting cooperation, while Ken contends the real aim was to intimidate blue-state critics and that, on that metric, the operation failed.
Next, the guys turn to the House vote rebuking Trump’s Canada tarif...