The Matt McNeil Show

Another day of tragic shootings with conservative activist Charlie Kirk and a Colorado high school; Russian drones shot down in Polish airspace; Jeff Stein joins Matt to talk about the Kirk shooting; Tim Walz signals run for re-election; Mayo closing a number of climics.

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How many military personnel would it take to occupy a city like Chicago; Trump’s Epstein birthday card released; the disastrous Trump economy begins to come into focus; recapping the Vikings game; state Democrats select Zack Stephenson as leader; Patrick Coolican returns; Minnesota GOP readies another offensive against the metro.

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Weelend recap; hikers under influence of mushrooms rescued; China is not buying any American soybeans; Trump goes after Tom Hanks to try to get the North Korea invastion off the headlines; today’s Supreme Court rulings; Australian mushroom murderer given life in prison; thousands honor Annunciation student at funeral; man charged in felony theft from a…

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Movie prop auction; this month’s jobs report is full of bad news; 2019 American incursion into North Korea revealed; it’s the guns; TV roundup; man wrongfully convicted of murder released; mandatory anti-union meeting bans upheld; Michael Brodkorb joins to discuss the upcoming Vikings season.

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Congress pushes to end-around the Epstein files; RFK Jr. on Capitol Hill; possible alligator spotted near Floodwood; exotic animals seized in Deer River; fleeing suspect kills innocents in crash; man arrested for threatening Peggy Flanagan; state audtor Julue Blaha joins to discuss her decision not to run for the office again.

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Cliff Schecter joins Matt to begin the show; Epstein survivors have a press conference; Florida ends vaccine requirements; Minnesota ranks above average nationally in 8 categories; four injured children released; Duluth hazardous materials evacuation; Everson Griffen arrested again; MN rural gun culture.

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Recapping the holiday weekend; Trump health rumors; first day of school for most students; best and worst cities to retire; Max Nesterak of the Minnesota Reformer returns this week; special session for gun violence imminent.

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On today’s show: — Reaction from RFK and other far right figures are responding to the Minneapolis church shooting. — Why isn’t the stock market reacting to bad economic news. — Some major warnings signs flashing in the AG sector. — Why thoughts and prayers are useless without action. — Updates on the Minneapolis church…

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On today’s show: — Yet another mass shooting, this time at a Minneapolis church/school. Matt provides updates and has reactions. — Jeff Stein has his weekly Wednesday visit. — Matt revisits when his son was only blocks away from the Highland Park, Ill 2022 shooting. — Why do people buy guns that were recently used…

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Taylor Swift engaged; Matt in Madison; Trump says maybe Americans want a dictator; Kat Abughazaleh joins Matt for a discussion; five things every Democrat should be for; Max Nesterak is in for Patrick Coolican as Brett’s Tuesday interview; Rochester will charge woman who racially abused boy; Matt at the fair; DFL Senate race.

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Mike McIntee fills in for Matt. Nekima Levy Armstrong discusses the ongoing Target boycott; Mary Hartnett of Clean Elections discuss Trump’s threats to mail-in voting; Alee Schmirer of AFSCME joins the show; Tim Wals’s appearance at the DNC summit; Elizabeth Glidden of Minnesota Housing Partnership talks about how budget cuts will hurt housing stability; Florida…

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On today’s show: — Trump wants to expand his federal takeover to other cities like Chicago and New York. — The FBI has searched the home and office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton. — Police investigate a Kansas city council member’s citizenship after a complaint left via voicemail. — What happened to home…

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Matt talks with the crew out at the fair; Republicans attacking cities as usual; Trump will attend police patrols in DC; Trump civil judgement vacated; State Fair opens; Matt opens up about becoming an empty nester; some GOPers still want to “secede” to South Dakota; Georgia service industry inferior to ours.

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Ag secretary claims Minnesota is swamped in solar panels; people’s use of credit reacing unstable levels; Jeff Stein makes his appearance; please consider blood donation; Mille Lacs walleye limit raised; another GOP candidate for governor; more on the Minneapolis DFL convention; arrests made in local crimes; Aisha Chughtai attacks Jacob Frey publicly.

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Media bias and double standards; Trump just does not sound mentally fit; Ellie Krug stops in studio to talk about her new memoir; Patrick Coolican makes his Tuesday visit; Minneapolis DFL chaos.

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Democrats not fighting back; Zelensky visits the White House; where hate groups are thriving unchecked; state fair week has arrived; Lake Superior rescue; Taco John’s relocates its HQ to Minneapolis; Democrats can be too idealistic sometimes; Metro Transit’s problems.

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Who would most excite you if they liked your social media posts?; DOD uses fake images to celebrate women recruits chatbots exploiting children; relative of slain UHC CEO harassed; sports report; arrest made in St. Anthony Cub shooting; appliance salesman takes plea deal on swindling customers; new evidence may clear man of 1998 murder conviction;…

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Rep. Luma makes bizarre claims about interdimensional beings; Kansas lawmaker’s citizenship investigated; economics news; Caleb McEwen of Brave New Workshop joins the show to discuss their new show; border patrol tries to intimidate Newsom; former KSTP meteorologist files discrmination suit; Target,

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On today’s show: – Trump says he will host the Kennedy Center honors himself – A Minnesota teen says a Buffalo Wild Wings server forced her to prove her gender in the restaurant. — Warning signs flashing in the AG economy. – Jeff Stein’s weekly Wednesday visit. – The Pohlads make a mess of trying…

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New Taylor Swift album; troops arrive in DC; misinformation pours out; Bill Corbett joins the show; Patrick Coolican returns this week for his weekly conversation with Brett; updates on Albert Lea cannabis store fiasco; soybean prices.

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Matt runs into a couple listeners on the street; Wallethub best states to live; Trump orders feds to occupy DC to try to get away from Epstein issues; sports update; shooting incident at St. Anthony grocery store; St. Anthony Falls history lesson; Lake Alice flows out; Pete Stauber and Sean Duffy visit Duluth.

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On today’s show: – Matt becomes an empty nester in a couple weeks. – Crypto currency rears its ugly head with stunts throwing sex toys at WNBA games. – Could Trump invade Mexico to distract from Epstein? – Pete Hegseth attended a church with a Christian nationalist pastor who doesn’t think women should vote and…

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Kelly Clarkson cancels residency after ex-husband’s passing; Democrats struggling; prices being driven further upward; Minnesota wins best state fair from readers; assassin likely won’t go to trial for a year; Sen. Hoffman’s statement; Mary Moriarty will not seek re-election; Wisconsin measles report; motorcyclist keeps going after his sister was thrown off.

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You don’t find out what kind of person you are when things are easy; Jeff Stein makes his Wednesday appearance; local lawmaker pleads for protesters to not protest at private homes.

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Republican power grab; agriculture secretary floats dumb ideas for saving ag sector; people carrying more and more personal debt; overzealous policing; Matthew Blake of MinnPost talks with Brett; mineral surveying flights; law enforcement recruitment funding controversy.

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Greg Bakun from GhostBox Radio with Greg Bakun fills in for Matt McNeil for today’s show. Greg welcomes Butch Patrick from the Munster’s TV series The Summer Scream Series hosted by Butch Patrick coming to Illinois and Indiana Drive ins. John from 300 Clifton and the Minneapolis Trolly Tours is a guest for today’s show…

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Radioactive wasps in South Carolina; Democrats sabotaging each other; video analysis from the night of Epstein’s death; Dr. Joe joins the show; Twins selling off assets; Minnesota Orchestra’s Manny Laureano retiring; private security officer arrested for impsersonating a police officer; Republican voters don’t really seem to grasp what’s being done to them; Walz endorses Jacob…

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Dr. Joe Eastman is an expert disease modeler who frequently provides updates on COVID, avian flu, and other diseases.

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Immigration authorities use Thomas Kinkade paintings in propaganda; Powell declines to change interest rates; Jeff Stein makes his weekly appearance; bad air quality; best scenic overlooks in Minnesota; Democrats can’t get themselves on the same page; Albert Lea denies cannabis shop license; Democrats need to fight.

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Oklahoma state superintendent caught watching porn; Texas senator’s long-term extramartital affair; Israel starving Gaza to death; right-wingers feel increasingly emboldened to go further and further; Matt outlines what all Democrats need to be for; Patrick Coolican joins the show; Park Tavern drunk driver sentenced; St. Paul cyberattack.

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Weekend recap; Trump’s trip to Scotland; some red states roll back child labor laws; Matt sees Cabaret and realizes the trouble we’re in is deeper than he thought; Gen Z baby names; naked man found inside State Capitol; devastating financial effect on rural hospitals; state denies DOJ access to voter rools.

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On today’s show: – Bear attack training at Japanese police departments! – Is Trump trying to cut a deal with Ghislaine Maxwell? – The Guardian reports ICE agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ – ICE moves to shackle nearly 200,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors – A band that was supposed…

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Jack Rice joins the show; Trump and Vance not on the same page right now as the administration struggles to deal with Epstein; Chuck Mangione and Hulk Hogan pass away; Mike Lindell will not have to pay out to man who disproved him; Derrick Thompson sentenced to 59 years for quintuple car crash deaths; the…

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French president suing right-wing pundit Candace Owens; Matt blasts a blatantly-pro-Trump Axios article; Japanese trade agreement; Jeff Stein makes his Wednesday appearance; Pam Bondi allegedly told Trump he is in the files; tropical rainstorm hits the metro; rich people want to be cool; Democratic naivety; Amir Locke’s killer still employed at MPD.

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Ozzy Osbourne passes away; Congress continues to battle over the Epstein files; Israel/Gaza conflict; Midway Cub closing; K-Pop convention comes in September; Patrick Coolican makes his Tuesday visit; crisis facing rural America’s ag sector; Amir Locke lawsuit against officer can proceed.

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Trump’s fight against the Epstein files; Tulsi Gabbard calls for Obama’s arrest; Trump threatens to intervene in Washington Commanders’ stadium deal; Democrats don’t seem to be doing much right now; Michael Brodkorb joins the show to discuss his firebombing of his garbage can; finding the individual who attacked Michael’s house; Sen. Nicole Michell trial fallout;…

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On today’s show: – A kiss cam scene at a Coldplay concert goes wrong. – Concern’s about Trump’s health, with Matt making a personal connection as top what might be happening. – Republicans successfully cut federal funding to NPR and PBS. – CBS cancels Colbert…did politics play a role in the decision? – Reaction to …

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Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden picks a fight with Matt; Trump unable to shake criticism of mishandling Epstein files; Trump push for real sugar in Coke; tiger passes away at the Minnesota Zoo; Steve Miller Band cancels tour due to weather concerns; Nicole Mitchell trial continues; Republicans destroying education; Sen. Tina Smith hospitalized overnight and…

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Matt calls out detractors of Jennifer Love Hewitt; the two great Republican lies; Jeff Stein makes his weekly appearance; Target sued for gift card scammers; Sen. Nicole Mitchell trial.

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Epstein files fallout continues; inflation rises for first time in a few months; Trump economy begins to show its true colors; return to the Gilded Age; Supreme Court greenlights gutting Dept. of Education; abortion pill showdown; Patrick Coolican makes his Tuesday appearance; federal indictment against assassin; Rep. Fischbach helps block release of Epstein files; outrageous…

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Weekend recap; people giving Trump passes for his being out of touch; reactive vs. proactive political decisions; why flood warning systems were never installed in Kerr County; major electricity price hikes are coming; tomato prices will increase; boil water order continues in three inner-ring suburbs; state flag debate restarts because the state GOP has nothing…

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On today’s show: – Canada has a fun tourism ad to attract Americans. – Laura Loomer gets blocked from seeing Trump at the Kennedy Center. – How the Epstein list has become a headache for Trump. – The Star Tribune reports  an ex-sheriff’s deputy in northwest Minnesota and his wife were charged with human trafficking…

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Paul McCartney going on tour; markets rattled by Trump copper tariff comment; ongoing Texas flooding fallout; rare heat event in northwestern Minnesota; Michele Tafoya accused of engagement farming; DOJ demands Minnesota voter rolls; mining; Robert Baril returns to the show; black bus riders ordered to back of bus.

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Who paused weapons shipments to Ukraine? Dr. Joe joins the show today; new state fair food; opponents lying about how few new state flags are flying in rural Minnesota.

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Dr. Joe Eastman is an expert disease modeler who provides regular updates on COVID, measles, and flu on the Matt McNeil Show.

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Chris Kluwe returns to the show; Matt’s disgust at the GOP’s brazen lack of empathy and emboldening of losers; government takes a 180 on Epstein; how the GOP will affect your health care; Patrick Coolican joins the show; Angie Craig drawing large donatiosn for Senate.

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Tragic Texas flooding and discussion of the related political and social climate; Trump announces more tariffs; recapping the holiday weekend; big awful bill signed; Australian mushroom murderer guilty.

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Matt relflects on this particular Independence Day weekend; news roundup; Jeff Stein makes his weekly visit; local fireworks displays this week; the right-s obsessive pursuit of deportatiions; man deported before he could be convicted of drunk driving death he caused; some MN counties announce agreements with ICE; online threats against the governor; how federal budget…

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Trump’s musing about reopening Alcatraz; big ugly bill passes Senate; new Minnesota laws; Patrick Coolican’s Tuesday interview; cabin culture; a plea from Matt to congressional conservatives.

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Matt is back from vacation; JB Pritzker, the NYC mayoral race, and moderate Democrats; federal budget discussions ongoing; $100B in tariffs and duties collected; Pride weekend recap; Deephaven man arrested for threats; prepper background of assassin; Gov. Walz’s visit to Bemidji.

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Bruce Klopfleisch fills in for Matt today. Ellie Krug joins Bruce to discuss today’s Supreme Court decision about Tennessee’s ban on trans youth care; Pema Levy of Mother Jones joins the show; gun study shows gun-permissive states with excess youth deaths; Bruce answers listener questions; Trump administration sues Minnesota over undocumented immigrants paying lower tuition;…

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Bruce Klopfleisch fills in for Matt. Media Matters Senior Rapid Response Writer John Knefel joins Bruce; NYC mayoral race; ICE budget is running out as they pursue non-crimimal offenders; Chris Rubesch of the Minnesota Nurses’ Association; big horrific bill.

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Ellie Krug fills in for Matt today. Ellie’s Big Interview with Prof. Jesse Rhodes of UMass; discussing the NYC mayoral race upset; Generation Z has never known this America; political violence and safety.

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