This week’s Friday conversation with journalist/podcaster Grant Hermes (“Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes”) focuses on Minneapolis and the ICE shooting that has ignited protests and political fallout. We talk about who controls the investigation, why transparency gaps fuel distrust, how enforcement tactics can escalate risk, and what this moment could mean heading into the 2026 midterms. We also zoom out to foreign-policy escalation signals — including Greenland — and why “chaos on multiple fronts” might be the actual strategy.

1. Why the investigation process itself has become a credibility battle
2. The implications of state/local investigators saying they’ve been cut out
3. Unmarked vehicles, unclear identification, and why that escalates fear fast
4. The politics of 2026 vs. 2028 — and who can actually harness public anger
5. The “snowball” moment: how small sparks can become historic flashpoints
6. Door-to-door operations and why volatile encounters may rise
7. Greenland/Venezuela/Mexico: what escalation talk signals abroad
8. A bigger theme: trust collapse and polarization hardening into “sides”

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