The Devil's Advocates Radio

01/11/2026

January 6th opinion:

Dave Zweifel: On Tuesday, the White House added a website page claiming that Mike Pence, Nancy Pelosi and Democrats in general who fueled the violence.

01/11/2026

President Donald Trump offered support for the protesters on Saturday, writing on Truth Social that "Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before. The USA stands ready to help!!!"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke as Israel goes on high alert and Iran faces mounting anti-regime protests.

01/11/2026

"It's time for the American people to organize and to utilize their Second Amendment right to protect themselves from what is clearly become an unaccountable and lawless agency that's killing Americans," Fanone told host Maya May on the podcast.

Fanone also said he didn't need to hear calls from police to protest peacefully and added, "F--- you and f--- that."

"Well, violence is inappropriate in all of these situations," Pritzker said. "And indeed, I've told the protesters — who are, in fact, the vast majority are peaceful protesters — keep the violence out of it. Make sure you‘re peacefully protesting, be loud for America, but make sure you’re not providing any excuse for the administration to try to send in National Guard."

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker rejected ex-D.C. police officer Michael Fanone's suggestion that citizens should use their Second Amendment right to protect themselves against ICE.

01/11/2026

Defund ICE??

The growing uproar over Wednesday’s fatal shooting by a U.S. immigration officer in Minneapolis is spreading quickly on Capitol Hill, where a chorus of Democrats in both chambers are launching a bl…

01/11/2026

Eighties pop legends Duran Duran paid their respects to 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good during a concert in Sacramento, California, on Friday. Frontman Simon Le Bon took a moment to dedicate the band’s 1993 hit “Ordinary World” to Good, who was shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Amid the Trump Administration’s repeated insults toward Good, her widow, Becca Good, has shared that “kindness radiated out of” her late wife. A video of Duran Duran’s tribute to Good was uploaded to Threads. In it, Le Bon is shown addressing the ICE killing before beginning the song. “This song is dedicated to the memory of Renee Good,” he began, to audience applause. “We believe that people in this world have a right to live their lives in peace and lives of freedom and happiness in their own country,” Le Bon told the crowd. “For all the ordinary people in this world, we wish upon you an ordinary world.”

Duran Duran dedicated their song “Ordinary World” to Renee Nicole Good on Friday.

01/08/2026

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ICE, get the f**k out of Minneapolis.

Mayor Jacob Frey

01/04/2026

"I think it would be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support within or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman, but she doesn't have the respect," Trump said.

Venezuelans are reacting to the U.S. operation early Saturday that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

01/04/2026

“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition,” Trump said during a news conference from his Mar-a-Lago resort.

President Trump said Saturday that the U.S. will “run” Venezuela until a transition takes place following the capture of the country’s President Nicholas Maduro.  “We’re going to r…

01/04/2026

The “corrupt, illegitimate government” overseen by Maduro has for decades promoted illegal activity like drug trafficking to enrich Venezuela’s political and military elite and concentrated power and wealth in the hands of the Maduro family, the indictment alleges.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, face cocaine importation conspiracy charges and other counts in an indictment newly unse…

01/04/2026

“All of these actions were in gross violation of the core principles of American foreign policy, dating back more than two centuries, and not anymore,” Trump said. “All the way back, it dated to the Monroe Doctrine. And the Monroe Doctrine is a big deal, but we’ve superseded it by a lot, by a real lot. They now call it the ‘Don-roe Doctrine.”

President Trump on Saturday said the operation in Venezuela, which culminated with strikes on the capital and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, were part of what he coined the & #8…

01/04/2026

“They just broke in, and they broke into places that were not really able to be broke into, you know, steel doors that were put there for just this reason,” Trump said. “They got taken out in a matter of seconds.”

At 10:46 p.m. EST on Friday, President Trump pulled the trigger on a plan to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, following months of rising tensions and failed diplomacy.  The mission, k…

01/04/2026

“In terms of other countries that want oil, we’re in the oil business. We’re going to sell it … in other words, we’ll be selling oil … . We’ll be selling large amounts of oil to other countries, many of whom are using it now,” the president said.

President Trump sent shockwaves throughout the world when the U.S. successfully carried out an operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.   The large scale o…