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Best of the Program | Guest: Rep. Chip Roy | 1/28/26

45 min episode · 2 min read
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45 min

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2 min

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Relationships, Science & Discovery

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Key Takeaways

  • Citizen Investigation Success: Independent researchers Cam Higbee and Data Republican identified 184 national provider identifier numbers operating from a single 1,100 square foot building in Minneapolis where a shooting occurred, revealing potential fraud networks that federal agencies failed to detect despite extensive surveillance capabilities and resources.
  • State Cooperation Requirements: Trump administration demands Minnesota officials turn over criminal aliens already under removal orders from judges, with approximately 1.5 million people nationwide currently under such orders. Federal law requires state cooperation on immigration enforcement, creating constitutional crisis when governors refuse to share information about arrested or convicted individuals.
  • Insurrection Act Consideration: House Freedom Caucus supports potential presidential invocation of the 200-year-old insurrection act to address Minnesota's obstruction of federal law enforcement. Rep. Roy argues states refusing to enforce immigration law threaten national sovereignty and may force other states like Texas to implement border controls against domestic travelers.
  • Funding Leverage Strategy: Congress must use appropriations power to defund sanctuary cities and non-cooperative law enforcement agencies. Roy attempted to defund 20% of DC Circuit Courts budget but only received support from 54% of Republican colleagues, revealing internal party divisions on enforcement priorities.
  • NSA Surveillance Gap: Despite NSA recording every keystroke and possessing comprehensive surveillance capabilities through systems like the Patriot Act infrastructure, federal agencies rely on civilian researchers to trace insurrection funding and overseas connections. This reveals either capability failures or unwillingness to deploy existing surveillance tools against domestic threats.

What It Covers

Glenn Beck and Rep. Chip Roy examine Minnesota's resistance to federal immigration enforcement following recent unrest. The episode covers citizen investigators uncovering fraud networks, NSA surveillance capabilities, potential insurrection act invocation, and state sovereignty conflicts. Beck also reflects on his 27-year partnership with departing co-host Stu Burguiere.

Key Questions Answered

  • Citizen Investigation Success: Independent researchers Cam Higbee and Data Republican identified 184 national provider identifier numbers operating from a single 1,100 square foot building in Minneapolis where a shooting occurred, revealing potential fraud networks that federal agencies failed to detect despite extensive surveillance capabilities and resources.
  • State Cooperation Requirements: Trump administration demands Minnesota officials turn over criminal aliens already under removal orders from judges, with approximately 1.5 million people nationwide currently under such orders. Federal law requires state cooperation on immigration enforcement, creating constitutional crisis when governors refuse to share information about arrested or convicted individuals.
  • Insurrection Act Consideration: House Freedom Caucus supports potential presidential invocation of the 200-year-old insurrection act to address Minnesota's obstruction of federal law enforcement. Rep. Roy argues states refusing to enforce immigration law threaten national sovereignty and may force other states like Texas to implement border controls against domestic travelers.
  • Funding Leverage Strategy: Congress must use appropriations power to defund sanctuary cities and non-cooperative law enforcement agencies. Roy attempted to defund 20% of DC Circuit Courts budget but only received support from 54% of Republican colleagues, revealing internal party divisions on enforcement priorities.
  • NSA Surveillance Gap: Despite NSA recording every keystroke and possessing comprehensive surveillance capabilities through systems like the Patriot Act infrastructure, federal agencies rely on civilian researchers to trace insurrection funding and overseas connections. This reveals either capability failures or unwillingness to deploy existing surveillance tools against domestic threats.

Notable Moment

Beck questions why the NSA, which allegedly records every American keystroke, cannot track insurrection funding and overseas connections that civilian researchers are uncovering. He challenges the justification for Patriot Act surveillance powers if agencies cannot identify and prosecute organizers receiving foreign money to fund domestic unrest and obstruction of federal law enforcement operations.

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Episode Transcript

Why are we getting more data and more information from people like, you know, Cam Higbee or Data Republican than we are from, I don't know, our own federal government? I've heard tell of this NSA thing that that that records every keystroke you've ever made. Why are they not a part of this to find out and separate the protesters from the insurrectionists, especially since it looks like money is coming in from overseas. Also, Stu and I look back on our time together, time that well, one of the times when we weren't sure that if what we talked about with the president in a, you know, set up an interview, a very important interview right after, 09:11 was even being recorded. And we told the president it was. Was it? Find out. Also, Chip Roy is on. He you know, he's running for, the attorney general of the state of Texas, and I think he'd make a great attorney general in Texas. But one of the things and the first time I've heard him not be very, very clear, and I think it's because it's almost unspeakable. He's talking about what's happening in Minnesota, and now states have decisions to make. And we are looking if this doesn't stop in Minnesota, I think we are looking at the end of the republic. We are starting to shape apart. You don't wanna miss this interview with Chip Roy, all on today's program. First, let me tell you about Patriot Mobile. What if you could wake up tomorrow just and just do one thing better than, you know, you're doing today with your money? Just one simple change that puts your dollars to work in a way that actually lines up with what you believe. Start with a cell phone service. Good place to start. You you're something you're already paying for every month, something you need. You're not adding a new expense. You're just deciding where that money goes. By switching to Patriot Mobile, it gives you that option. They offer reliable nationwide coverage, competitive plans, and they are a company that is built around Christian conservative values instead of your money disappearing into the corporate void and maybe ending up, helping people get an abortion, like it does with the planned parenthood and Verizon's, stuff. May maybe instead, you know, you're a member of, Patriot Mobile, and yours is going to help, you know, strengthen the first amendment or religious liberty or or fight the good fight. Patriotmobile.com/bec. Call 972 Switch today. You're gonna save money, and you're gonna get great service. In fact, the same exact cell coverage that you have everywhere else. It's patriotmobile.com/bec972patriot. Hello, America. You know we've been fighting every single day. We push back against the lies, the censorship, the nonsense of the mainstream media that they're trying to feed you. We work tirelessly to bring you the unfiltered truth because you deserve it. But to keep this fight going, we need …

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