🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 73: The Murder of Alex Pretti and the Cowardice of our Democratic Partywith Guest: Chase Franklin (North Carolina Activist)📅 January 25, 2026 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from North Carolina👨‍⚕️His Name: Alex Jeffrey Pretti 💔-Saturday, Jan 24. Minneapolis. 37-year-old ICU nurse at VA hospital. U.S. citizen. Legal gun owner. NO criminal record.-Shot and killed by Border Patrol.-Border Patrol Commander: agents are "the victims."-SECOND fatal shooting in Minneapolis in 3 weeks.🗳️ Will Democrats find their spine?- What are NC Dems saying about ICE/CBP and Alex Pretti?- Don Davis voted YES for ICE funding—any backlash?- Are NC Dems organizing anything?- Could Minnesota's shutdown happen in NC?📢 Join the Movement:💬 Drop your thoughts below 📲 Follow: @RadicalRootsPodcast on IG, Threads, Bluesky 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell 📩 [email protected] 🌐 https://radicalroots.us and DONATE#RadicalRootsPodcast #blackandbrown #solidarity #coalition #RadicalRoots #KiethPorter #SilverioVillegasGarcia #AlexPretti #ReneeGood #DonDavis #ChaseRanklin #NCDemocrats #Obama

🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 72: 5-Year-Old as Bait—Minnesota Shuts Down Today📅 January 23, 2026 | 🕗 11:30 AM ET | 📍 Live from North Carolina👶 They used a 5-year-old as bait.Liam Ramos, age 5, taken from his car. ICE told him to knock on door. Using a child as bait. Now detained in Texas. Family came legally, active asylum case.⚖️ Nekima Levy Armstrong arrested for protesting at church whose pastor runs ICE field office.🗳️ 7 Democrats voted to give ICE $10 billion AFTER Renee Good murdered, AFTER Liam detained.🚨 Minnesota shutting down TODAY. No work. No school. No shopping. Largest economic action in state history.📋 Jack Smith: "Trump caused Jan 6." 1,600 insurrectionists pardoned.✊ This is what resistance looks like.📢 Join the Movement:💬 Drop your thoughts below 📲 Follow: @RadicalRootsPodcast on IG, Threads, Bluesky 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell 📩 [email protected] 🌐 https://radicalroots.us and DONATE#RadicalRootsPodcast #blackandbrown #solidarity #coalition #liamramos #YouthOrganizing #MinnesotaOccupation #ICEResistance #BuildThePower

🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 71: From Monroe to Minneapolis: Building Community Defense in Trump's America📅 Jan 19 2026 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from Union County, NCThey brought ICE/CBP terror to our doorstep. Monroe fought back.Tonight, local Union County activist Kara Ordonez joins us to talk about the incredible organizing work happening right here in Monroe and Union County—from the November courthouse protests to student walkouts, from challenging Mayor Burns to building community defense networks that protect our neighbors.Plus: Minnesota under federal occupation—2,000+ ICE agents deployed, 1,000 more arriving today, second shooting by federal agents, and Trump threatening the Insurrection Act.🔥 What We're Covering:✊ Operation Charlotte's Web & Monroe's ResponseNovember protests at Union County Courthouse. Student walkouts at Monroe High and CATA. What organizing in the immediate aftermath looked like when ICE terror hit Charlotte—just 30 minutes from Monroe.🏛️ Mayor Burns & Local Government ComplicityMonroe City Council's position statements supporting ICE cooperation. Union County Sheriff's voluntary 287(g) agreement. Challenging local officials who welcome federal enforcement into our communities.🛡️ Building Community Defense NetworksHow Monroe Immigrants and local activists are creating safety systems, rapid response protocols, and mutual aid networks for vulnerable families. Real organizing infrastructure being built right now.👊 Youth Leadership & Student OrganizingThe power of young people walking out and taking action. Monroe High and CATA students leading the resistance. How we support the next generation of activists who refuse to be silent.🌐 North Carolina's Immigration Organizing LandscapeConnecting Monroe's work to statewide resistance efforts. Building coalition power across red counties. What it means to organize in hostile territory and win anyway.🚨 Minnesota's Federal Occupation & Second Shooting2,000+ ICE agents deployed to Minneapolis with 1,000 more arriving today. Second shooting by federal agents last night. Minnesota filing state lawsuit calling it a "federal invasion." Trump threatening to invoke Insurrection Act against protests. This is what occupation looks like.✊ The Real Question:When ICE comes to your city, will you be ready? Monroe is showing us how to organize, how to fight back, and how to protect each other.📢 From Charlotte to Minneapolis—The Pattern is Clear:Federal terror. Local complicity. Community resistance. This is happening everywhere. Monroe is building the model.📢 Join the Movement:💬 Drop your thoughts below 📲 Follow: @RadicalRootsPodcast on IG, Threads, Bluesky 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell 📩 [email protected] 🌐 https://radicalroots.us and DONATE#RadicalRootsPodcast #KaraOrdonez #MonroeNC #UnionCountyNC #OperationCharlottesWeb #CommunityDefense #StudentWalkouts #MayorBurns #287g #MonroeImmigrants #YouthOrganizing #MinnesotaOccupation #ICEResistance #BuildThePower

We both hopped on Thursday morning to discuss and dissect clips from Democratic leaders.

When those who are supposed to protect the people forgo that responsibility by offering up nothing more than hollow words. What then?

🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 70: The Rule of Law is Dead, The Gestapo is Here, and Democrats are Hiding📅 January 11, 2026 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from Union County, NC⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses state violence, murder, and systemic terror.Renee Good is dead. ICE Agent Jonathan Ross killed her January 7th. No charges. The FBI is covering it up. Democrats refuse to say "abolish ICE."This is righteous rage. Are you ready to fight or still waiting?🔥 What We're Covering:💔 Say Her Name — Renee GoodJanuary 7, 2026. U.S. citizen, poet, mother of three. Just dropped her 6-year-old at school. ICE Agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed her. Minneapolis' first homicide of 2026. FBI blocked Minnesota BCA investigation. Governor Walz: "pessimistic about fair outcome." Jonathan Ross walks free.🚨 The Pattern — This Is Systematic TerrorPortland (Jan 8): CBP shoots 2 people—Silverio Villegas Gonzalez and Marimar Martinez. Same "weaponized vehicle" excuse. Roosevelt High School (Jan 7): ICE raids school SAME DAY as Renee's murder. 9 ICE shootings since September 2025. 5 people dead. Keith Porter Jr. killed by off-duty ICE officer one week before Renee. Silverio Villegas Gonzalez died from his injuries. Marimar Martinez survived. This isn't isolated—this is systematic terror.🕵️ Investigation Cover-Up in Real TimeMinnesota BCA BLOCKED from investigation by FBI. Ken Martin (DNC Chair): This is a "cover-up." FBI = sole investigator (Kash Patel's FBI). Ilhan Omar, Kelly Morrison, Angie Craig kicked out of ICE facility after 10 minutes. They're covering it up AS IT HAPPENS.👮 ICE as Gestapo — The Pattern is Clear9 shootings since September 2025. 5 dead. Roosevelt High School raided SAME DAY Renee died. Minneapolis schools CLOSED due to ICE terror. 2,000 agents deployed to Minneapolis. Operation Salvo announced AFTER killing Renee. Using fraud allegations to justify ethnic targeting of Somali community.🗳️ Democratic Cowardice — Names and ReceiptsWHO IS CALLING FOR ABOLISH ICE: Shri Thanedar, Ayanna Pressley, AOC, Rashida Tlaib, Graham Platner, Patty Garcia.WHO'S HIDING: Chuck Schumer ("I have lots of problems with ICE" - REFUSED to make it a red line). Hakeem Jeffries (redirected to "Affordable Care Act" - AVOIDING the issue). Democratic leadership opposes using Jan 30 funding deadline as leverage. Even Mayor Frey and Senator Elissa Slotkin are failing to meet the moment in their own backyard.THE POLLING: 69% of Democrats support abolishing ICE. 85% disapprove of ICE. But leadership won't act.⚖️ Rule of Law is Dead — The Numbers1,600 Jan 6 insurrectionists pardoned. Trump waived $1.3 billion in restitution. Stewart Rhodes, Enrique Tarrio sentences commuted. 77 fake electors pardoned. Jake Lang (assaulted officers with bat) now running for US Senate, wants to "deputize Proud Boys." Ashley Babbitt's family paid $5M. Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Good—no charges, FBI covering up. The rule of law only punishes the vulnerable and "the left"✊ It's Time to Fight — 5 Fronts1. LEGAL: Demand Minnesota prosecute Jonathan Ross. Push for state prosecutions of federal agents.2. POLITICAL: January 30 funding deadline—make it a red line. Primary EVERY Democrat who won't say "abolish ICE."3. COMMUNITY DEFENSE: 1,000+ protests nationwide. Rapid response networks. Know Your Rights. School protection.4. ECONOMIC: Hotels canceling ICE reservations. Boycotts. Cut revenue streams funding ICE.5. PHYSICAL DEFENSE: Self-defense training. Mutual aid. Power brought the violence—we didn't choose this.💔 Say Their Names:Renee Nicole GoodKeith Porter Jr.Silverio Villegas GonzalezThose that have died in custody✊ The Call:Demand Minnesota prosecute Ross. Demand FBI work with Minnesota or be removed from investigation. Primary Democrats who won't abolish ICE. Build community defense NOW. 📢 They Brought the Gestapo to Our Doors:If you're not ready to fight, get out of the way.

🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 69: “ICE Shot Renee Good” — The Domestic Front of Empire (ft. Kristie Puckett)📅 January 8, 2026 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from Union County, NC📺 Streaming LIVE on YouTube, Instagram, and FacebookA 37-year-old mother of three, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis—caught in the same U.S. “security” machine that claims it’s protecting us while it escalates violence everywhere it touches. The official story is already being contested, and the propaganda cycle is moving faster than the facts. 🔥 Main Topics:🧨 The Killing of Renee Good: White Supremacy With a Badge and a Press ReleaseWhat happened in Minneapolis, what video and witnesses suggest, and how the state manufactures consent when it spills blood. 🧭 What Does Opposition Look Like (Beyond Posting)?We’re reviewing the infrastructure of reactionary policy—think: proposal websites, “model bills,” personnel pipelines, and the paper trail that turns cruelty into “governance.” 🧊 North Carolina: Fight / Flight / Freeze / FaintNC isn’t “watching from afar.” Cooperation mechanisms like 287(g) and new state-level mandates pull local sheriffs, jails, and county politics directly into federal immigration enforcement. 🌍 From ICE Raids to Global Violence: Same Logic, Different BattlefieldWe connect the throughline: dehumanization, “law-and-order” framing, and empire doing what it does—then asking you to call it safety.✊ Call to ActionIf they can kill someone and rewrite the story in real time, then “wait for the next election” is not a plan. Build leverage where you live: show up locally, protect targeted communities, pressure county officials, and stop repeating state propaganda like it’s neutral.

🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 68: “We’re Going to Run the Country” — Regime Change Without the Mask📅 January 4, 2026 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from North CarolinaA U.S. strike in Caracas. Maduro captured and removed. Venezuelans feel freed in the aftermath. Trump says the quiet part out loud: “We’re going to run the country," "we have to do it again" and "No one can stop us."👊🏾 Main Topics:🧭 Caracas + The Veil LiftedThe operation, the line-crossing, and why “ends justify means” is how people get trained to accept anything. 🔥 Trump’s Words As Policy (Spectacle-as-Governance)When governance becomes a dominance performance—“we’ll run it,” “we can do it again,” “don’t talk constitutionality”—the mask isn’t coming back. 🛢️ Oil, Control, and the Real MotiveNot “democracy,” not “freedom,” not “humanitarian concern.” The pitch is control: oil, infrastructure, contracts, leverage—wrapped in a narco/security story for domestic consent. 🌎 What This Authorizes Next (The 2026 Menu)International precedent, regional destabilization, and the breadcrumb trail toward Greenland, Cuba, Mexico, and more as the next pretext—same playbook, new target. 🧨 Epstein Files + Domestic Impunity (Same Ecosystem)Not just scandal: how selective disclosure, secrecy, and elite protection function as power—at home and abroad.✊ Call to ActionIf the rules are optional for them, we don’t win by begging for norms. We win by matching their energy and building leverage: organized communities, economic pressure, local action, and refusing propaganda language—even when it’s convenient.📢 Join the Movement:💬 Drop your thoughts 📲 Follow: @RadicalRootsPodcast on IG, Threads, Bluesky 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell 📩 [email protected] 🌐 https://radicalroots.us and DONATE#EpsteinFiles #RadicalRootsPodcast #Venezuela #RegimeChange #MonroeDoctrine #OilPolitics #Trump #MAGA #Empire#UnionCountyNC

(sorry for late publish)🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – 2025 Year in Review: What the Hell Just Happened?📅 December 21, 2025 | 🕗 8:00 PM ET | 📍 Live from Union County, NCWe made it. Barely.2025 was a year. From government shutdowns to ICE raids in Charlotte, from the Epstein files exposing MAGA's hypocrisy to Nicki Minaj praising "assassin" JD Vance, and transitioning from a democracy to authoritarianism —this year tested everything.Tonight we're keeping it light(ish). Just looking back at the absolute chaos of 2025, laughing to keep from crying, and talking about what the hell comes next.🔥 What We're Touching on Tonight:📁 The Epstein Files: MAGA's Hypocrisy EvolutionRemember when MAGA demanded "Release the Epstein Files"? 🎪 Turning Point USA Conference: The Grift on Full DisplayCharlie Kirk's annual gathering of the MAGA faithful. 🎤 Nicki Minaj Praises Trump and "Assassin" JD VanceNicki Minaj praising Trump is one thing. But calling JD Vance an "assassin"? 📅 All the moments that defined 2025. How did we survive 2025? And what are we taking into 2026?🔮 What's Coming in 2026Spoiler: It's not getting easier. It's going to get worse. But we're not stopping. What are we building? What fights are ahead?Thanks for being with us this year. Let's finish strong.📢 Join the Movement:💬 Drop your thoughts—what was YOUR 2025 moment? 📲 Follow: @RadicalRootsPodcast on IG, Threads, Bluesky 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell 📩 [email protected] 🌐 https://radicalroots.us and DONATE#RadicalRootsPodcast #2025YearInReview #EpsteinFiles #TurningPointUSA #CharlieKirk #NickiMinaj #JDVance #WhatTheHell #WeMadeIt #2025Finale #KeepingItABuck #UnionCountyNC

🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 66: JD Mazuera Arias and the Future of Charlotte Politics📅 November 30, 2025 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from Union County, NCFresh off his Charlotte City Council appointment, JD Mazuera Arias joins us to again discuss Charlotte's response to Operation Charlotte's Web, economic boycotts, and what progressive local leadership looks like.Plus: DC National Guard shooting, Hegseth's war crimes, Trump's violence against women, and a drug lord pardon that exposes everything.When federal terror hits your city, what does local resistance look like?PLUS: ⚔️ Hegseth ordered "kill everybody"—war crimes in the Caribbean🎖️ DC National Guard member killed by Afghan who worked WITH the CIA⛓️‍💥 Trump Pardons Honduran Ex-President & Drug Trafficker👺 Trump's Continued Abuse Against Women#RadicalRoots #JDMazueraArias #Charlotte #LocalPower #CharlottesWeb #Hegseth #WarCrimes #DCNationalGuard #LocalPower #ProgressivePolitics

🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 64 The Assault and Gaslighting of America📅 November 14, 2025 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from Union County, NC🔥 What We're Covering:🏛️ Government ReopensWhat happened? Who won? What did we give up to get here?📁 Epstein & TrumpThe documents. The connections. The silence from those who claim to care about protecting children.🚨 ICE & CBP Come to CharlotteFederal immigration enforcement is here. What does that mean for our communities? How do we respond?📢 Join the Movement:💬 Drop your thoughts below 📲 Follow: @RadicalRootsPodcast on IG, Threads, Bluesky 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell 📩 [email protected] 🌐 https://radicalroots.us and DONATE#RadicalRootsPodcast #GovernmentReopens #EpsteinTrump #ICEinCharlotte #Charlotte #UnionCountyNC #Immigration #CBP