Anti-ICE protesters storm a worship service because an ICE official is also one of the pastors. Don Lemon live streams it. We reveal the legal, moral, and spiritual stakes. Along the way, Jim Babka shares his unique experience with Freedom of the Press at the Supreme Court, and his experience having someone maliciously interrupt a service while he was an "accidental pastor." We explain and defend press freedom, Jim confesses personal mistakes, and analyze whether or not the protest was wise or effective.

With a commitment to context, fairness, and grace, we do a reaction video to Nick Freitas’s take on the Minneapolis-ICE shooting of Renee Good. We acknowledge Freitas’s experience and his concern about municipal riots. But we confront a troubling pattern: empathy flows toward institutions and agents of the State, while the person killed fades into an ideological abstraction called “The Left.” The episode dismantles the justifications including the myth of training and the constitutionality of ICE. We show you how collective judgment becomes a political weapon, and we ask hard questions about what gets lost when politics becomes war. How do narratives operate on both Left and Right?

Renee Good is shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Back in 1963, Abraham Zapruder filmed the Kennedy assassination. It is still endlessly analyzed. We provide four simultaneous angles of Good's vehicle, consider the question of whether or not the shooting is justified, and then... We go beyond the camera to the realm of causes and effects, the role of empathy, and sweeping solutions - a package you'll get nowhere else.

You're being invited to a conspiracy. Civil disobedience is a tradition for free people resisting crimes by unaccountable State actors. Jimmy Lai and millions (literally) of Hong Kongers used protests and vigils to call attention to the deeds of the Chinese Communist Party. Unfortunately, Jimmy was imprisoned in 2020, and in December 2025 he was finally convicted under the National Security Law - essentially, an accusation of sedition. This Hong Kong "law" is so sweeping that YOU are violating it if you share this episode with others, even though you don't live in Hong Kong or China. Watch. Learn. Then... Please join the conspiracy by sharing.

It's already happening! We told you, in Episode 146, the attacks on Tom Massie and Rand Paul were going to be epic as we approach the Kentucky primary in May.

Rob Reiner is most remembered for iconic films that defined genres, including the beloved fantasy-comedy The Princess Bride, the groundbreaking romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally..., the hilarious mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, the poignant coming-of-age drama Stand By Me, the thrilling Stephen King adaptation Misery, and the powerful courtroom drama A Few Good Men, showcasing his versatility across comedy, fantasy, and drama.

Bill tells Jim about a show that's been removed from the "Tube of You." Then, they take you "behind the scenes" about how difficult it is to run a show on that platform. But if there's that much friction, then why do they do it? Jim explains why they believed they should, why they might be making real changes, and why this state of affairs is unlikely to last.

Jim received this question from Sebastián in Colombia... "I'm contacting you because I'm conducting research that seeks to reconcile gun liberalization with social peace, and I believe the key lies precisely in the principles of Human Respect. The idea is that a truly peaceful society is not one that cannot use violence, but one that, having the lethal means to do so, chooses not to, out of profound respect for others. I'd like to ask you: Do you think Human Respect can be interpreted as the necessary virtue for an armed society to function? My argument is that, under this principle, weapons cease to be tools of coercion and become symbols of self-restraint and mutual trust. The ultimate proof that we have replaced force with persuasion and voluntary respect. Do you think it's viable that this intersection exists where the capacity for self-defense reinforces human dignity rather than destroying it?"

This episode was Recorded Dec 5 2025. That's important because we make a prediction that covers roughly the first half of 2026. We also explain that... Conservatism isn't real, and it's about to turn on a man who stuck by the alleged Tea Party principles. I bring the overwhelming evidence for that case. And we explain how to make this better.

Donald Trump proposes 50-year mortgages. Which sounds more liberating: Debt free or 50 years as a bank serf?