Minnesota sues the federal government after a fatal ICE shooting, escalating the case nationwide.
The lawsuit directly challenges Donald Trump and federal immigration enforcement tactics.
Legal expert and Minnesotan June Carbone joins to discuss this and more. 
Pulitzer Prize winning author and Investigative journalist David Cay Johnston will be in to talk politics and the state of the world. 
The Mark Thompson Show 
1/13/26
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Trump is going after Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Trump’s Department of Justice is opening a criminal investigation involving Powell — an unprecedented move threatening the Fed’s independence.
The issue concerns Powell’s congressional testimony and a Federal Reserve renovation project, but critics say the bigger problem is political pressure on an institution designed to operate free from partisan control.
On The Mark Thompson Show, we break down what this investigation really means — for markets, for the economy, and for the future of independent governance in the United States.
iHeart radio and television political analyst Gary Dietrich will join to talk politics.
The brilliant scholar and author Sarah Kendzior will stop by to look deeper into Trump’s actions. 
…and Mo Kelly is in the Captain’s Chair.
The Mark Thompson Show 
1/12/26
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If you’re wondering how far Trump will go when it comes to taking over other states and countries with a military show of power, he’s laid it out in a New York Times interview. Trump told the NYT the only constraint to his power as president of the US is “my own morality, my own mind”…“It’s the only thing that can stop me,” “I’m not looking to hurt people.” As far as following International Law, Trump said, “It depends on what your definition of international law is.” With the recent takeover of Venezuela and threats he’s made against Cuba, Columbia, Mexico, and Greenland, his moral compass is already in question. We welcome LA Times columnist Gustavo Arellano to the show. This week in politics brings Michael Shure and Mo Kelly back to the Mark Thompson show to talk about the biggest stories of the week. It would not be Friday in Mark Thompson land without a stop by Florida and a look at the best movies and streaming entertainment with The Culture Blaster, Michael Snyder.

America is seeing the video from different angles of a woman getting shot to death by ICE. That means people know that Trump, Kristi Noem and others in the administration are not being truthful. On Truth Social, Trump wrote that the woman was being “disorderly”: “The woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense.” That is contrary to video evidence. If Americans realize that Trump is lying about what happened in Minnesota, perhaps people will start asking what other lies he is telling. We’ll bring you the latest developments on the Minnesota case and discuss the legality of an ICE agent opening fire. Former federal prosecutor and now defense attorney David Katz will join. We will dig deeper into a series of cash infusions into some big banks. Economic and legal expert professor Bill Black will join us live.

Trump will not be waiting around to collect the Venezuelan oil to which he feels entitled. Effective immediately, Trump is directing the energy secretary to execute a plan for Venezuela to surrender as much as 50-million barrels of oil. Trump posted on social media the spoils of his takeover "will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!" We welcome Mr. Global aka Matt Randolph to explain. He is the principal partner of Sentinel Energy and an oil and gas expert. John Rothmann, our presidential historian and political analyst will join to talk politics. On Sunday evening the New York Federal Reserve made another gigantic infusion of cash into one or more Wall Street banks. Our friends at DCreport.org, co-founded by David Cay Johnston, have been reporting on cash infusions into big Wall Street Banks. First it was 17 billion the day after Christmas and this week, DCReport found that after “more than five years with little to no cash infusions from the New York Fed, one or more of the big Wall Street banks has been requiring gigantic infusions of cash since Halloween.” We will get all the details on what could possibly be happening in the banking industry and how it could affect you. Economic expert, legal scholar and whistleblower on the Keating Five, Professor, Bill Black will join us. Then, we will save the planet with Eco-journalist, Belinda Waymouth. She has new details on ways to reduce microplastic ingestion and a heartwarming story of humans going to great lengths to help bears survive. “It’s The Planet, Stupid!” Is back.

It has been five years since insurrectionists rushed the Capitol building in an effort to stop a presidential election from being certified. Five years and nothing has been done to protect America from clear lapses in policy and security. 
All of those arrested and convicted were recipients of a blanket pardon by Trump. ABC News details two new reports from Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee looking at the aftermath of the attack. We will examine the reports along with the latest details on the U.S. takeover over of Venezuela. Pulitzer Prize winning author and investigative journalist David Cay Johnston will stop by to discuss it all.
The Mark Thompson Show 
1/6/26
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After being snatched from his home country, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appeared in a New York courtroom today. He says he is still the leader of Venezuela, that he was kidnapped in a military incursion and he pleaded not guilty to charges involving "narco-terrorism."  We will talk about all of it with iHeart political and radio political analyst Gary Dietrich.  We keep the political conversation going with author and scholar Sarah Kendzior.  Former federal prosecutor David Katz will join us to talk about his time in Venezuela.  Karen Dawn of Dawn Watch will swing by to talk about animals.  
The Mark Thompson Show 
1/5/26
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The Mark Thompson Show 
12/31/25
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As Elon Musk checked out of DOGE and left government service, he promised he would be starting his own political party: the America party. 
Now, it appears he is back in the fickle embrace of MAGA… and it’s no accident. According to the Washington Post, Vice President JD Vance spent much of the summer and fall working to bring Musk back into the good graces of Donald Trump.
Despite disagreements on the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” and the Epstein files, Musk really wanted his associate Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. After Trump pulled the nomination, Vance reportedly paved the way for Isaacman to be re-nominated and then confirmed. The Trump-Musk truce is in place, but for how long?
We welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author and investigative journalist David Cay Johnston to the show to talk politics.
It’s Tech Tuesday on The Mark Thompson Show. Jefferson Graham will swing by to talk gadgets. 
The Mark Thompson Show 
12/30/25
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Presidential pardons for sale? The Wall Street Journal is reporting that lobbyists "close to Trump" are charging $1m and up, one went for $6m, to get presidential pardons for their clients. The Wall Street Journal says in the case of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, Binance paid $800,000 to lobby for the pardon along with added "success fees of as much as $5 million."  Is anyone surprised?  We will talk about it with iHeart TV and radio political analyst Gary Dietrich. 
We’ll keep the political conversation rolling with the brilliant author and scholar Sarah Kendzior.
The Mark Thompson Show 
12/29/25
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