The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trump Flips the Bird & Minnesota Tells ICE to F**k Off with Pickle Rick and Bologna | Langhorne Slim

Episode Date: January 15, 2026

Donald Trump gives a Ford factory worker the middle finger and delivers a message of “keep protesting” but only for Iranians, immigration raids escalate in Minnesota, ICE engages in blatant racial and accent profiling, and Jordan Klepper highlights the Minnesotans fighting back with music, costumes, and bologna. Musician Langhorne Slim joins Jordan Klepper to talk about his new album, “The Dreamin’ Kind.” They discuss the importance of dreamers and creativity, especially during uncertain times, how politics have changed the way his older music resonates, collaborating with Greta Van Fleet, and his mission to make joyful music that'll have you wanting to “shake it.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Karens are on the right side of history, and Donald Trump, fingers a factory. worker. Probably a better way of saying that. Regardless, let's get into the headlines. Yesterday, our beloved President Trump visited real Americans, working real jobs at a real factory. And you know, these are his people, so I'm sure he got a much-needed boost of support. As the president toured a Ford manufacturing factory, this moment caught on camera and video obtained by TMZ. One man shouting at the president, pedophile protector. President Trump

Mouthing an expletive in response and appearing to give the man the middle finger. Whoa. Whoa, Mr. President, you can't flip off a citizen that way. Not with your delicate hands. They'll be bruised for weeks. I don't know why Trump's so upset. I mean, he could have called you a pedophile,

but he kept it to pedophile protector out of respect for the office. And for all we know, that guy could have been a pedophile requesting pedophile protection. Help me, help me, I know that's your thing. Redact me the f*** out of here, Mr. President, please. But Trump wasn't just there to do hand stuff, no. He also gave a speech where he had a message

for all the people who have been out on the streets for the last few days. Keep protesting and save the name of the killers and the abusers that are abusing you. You're being very badly abused. One death is too much. Wow. Wow. Standing up for the protesters in Minnesota, you know,

people call this guy a dictator, a fascist, a pedophile protector. But here he is with a full-throated defense of Americans' right to protest their government. I've canceled all meetings with the Iranian officials until the senseless killing of protesters stops. Ah, he's talking about Iran. Okay, my mistake. Yes. Okay. But you know what? You know what? It doesn't matter. Because President Trump is nothing, if not consistent in his beliefs, an ironclad in his principles. And I know that his police force will treat Americans with the same empathy and restraint when they... Oh, fuck you know where this is going.

Overnight, flashbanks lighting up the Minneapolis skies. Agent scene descending on protesters. Earlier Tuesday, federal agents seen dragging people out of their cars and spraying others directly in the face with chemicals. Holy shit. I mean, I don't know what's more terrifying. Them hitting that guy point blank with pepper balls or him not even flinching at them.

Although, to be fair, it's like nine degrees out there. The pepper spray is only warming him up. Now, the administration wants you to believe that these protesters are the ones out of line here because ICE agents are just a group of well-trained, methodical police officers carrying out their duties, taking out the worst of the worst. But in reality, this is what Minnesotans are seeing.

The Trump administration has only double or tripled down on these ice raids, leading to more instances of racial profiling. The ICE agents asked to see the IDs of the three non-white employees and didn't even bother to ask the white employee for the identification. Stops at highway exits where people are being pulled out of their cars and asked to show identification. An American citizen named Christian Molina was driving. down the road when ICE knocked on his door and asked for him to show him his identification.

Agents arresting two workers outside of Minnesota Target. A state lawmaker says they're both U.S. citizens. I'm living here. U.S. agents demanding that an Uber driver show them ID. I'm working. If you were from this country, what do you mean if I'm from this country? I can hear you don't have the same accent as me.

That's why I'm asking. Oh, so you're going by accents now? I want to know where you were born. Where were you born? This is outrageous. Are you seriously trying to question a person's citizenship because they have an accent in Minnesota? Where people sound like this?

So where are you girls from? Chaska, lussure. But I went to high school in White Bear Lake. Go bears. Okay. Speak American. Come on. And if you're wondering just how off-target ice is getting

in their supposed focus on illegal immigrants? The answer is... Very. Tribal leaders confirm that four Native American men have been detained by ICE in Minneapolis. Native Americans. Americans is right in the name. Sir, how long have you lived here?

Oh, I don't know, since Pangaea? I mean, look, let's... Let's not beat around the bush here. What the government is doing right now in Minnesota is blatantly un-American. But the response to it is as American as can be. Some community members are not only protesting, they're also looking out for their neighbors. Volunteers delivering groceries to immigrant families.

All around the Twin Cities, you hear these ear-piercing whistles. Activists blow the whistles when they see agents to alert the anti-ice network. Agents drive in and out all day, greeted by protesters with profanity, and occasional slices of bologna thrown at their vehicles. Wow. I mean, that is solid aim. I think the Vikings have finally found their quarterback. I mean, that's right. The protesters are fighting back, and their weapons are launchable. Sorry, I read that wrong.

Lunchable. Their weapons are lunchables. I have to say, this is not only rude to ice, it is disrespectful to the dog who gave his life to become that baloney. A lot of baloney fans here, I say? Read the ingredients, folks. In fact, the downside is you did just give those guys free lunch because you know those ice agents aren't letting a perfectly good slice of car door baloney go to waste.

But the people of Minnesota, they got to be careful. As we've seen, some of these ice agents are poorly trained and hot-tempered. If you're going to confront them, you have to do it with courage, conviction, and the finest, most luxurious outerware you can afford. A bunch of bitches, if I've ever seen a bunch. And I'm telling you to your face.

And if you don't like it, fuck you. Can this guy be my dad? I mean, God damn. I can't believe this dude is from Minnesota and not from a Quentin Tarantino movie. The depravity of the police state is so deep that people are time traveling from a boxing match in the 1970s just to call out their bullshit.

Now, the protesters aren't just confronting ICE. Right-wing media has been on the ground in Minneapolis trying to make the case that the situation is justified. And the residents are giving those right-wing outlets the respect that their reporting deserves. We're just trying to have an intelligent conversation.

I'm a big and tall man. I don't act this way. I'm a big and tall man. You want to engage an intelligent conversation? Do you think U.S. taxpayers should be funding housing for illegals and medical care? What a smart man. I get the feeling that she didn't actually think he was

smart. But see, that is how you turn your weaknesses into strengths. You know, she brings that energy to her daughter's high school graduation party that she swore she'd be cool at. That's a nightmare. She brings it to a fascist takeover. Let this lady

cook. Now, obviously, not all the protesters are talking to the media in such a ridiculous way. Some of them are offering very serious, impassioned arguments while dressed in a ridiculous way. Why are you out here today, Pickle Rick?

I'm out here tonight because they are terrorizing Minnesota. They are terrorizing my friends, neighbors, and my clients. Hold on. Hold on. Your clients? I didn't realize it was Pickle Rick Esquire over here. That explains the billboards I keep seeing on the highway. Bottom line, what's happening in Minnesota is dark. But the community response is inspiring.

These brutal and authoritarian police tactics have brought together a coalition of Midwesterners that spans from pickles to wine moms to Vietnam veterans with incredible drip. And none of this had to happen if Donald Trump treated Americans with respect for their inherent rights. But if you're going to come at Americans with this attitude, don't be surprised when they come right back at you twice as hard.

Now, resistance. That resistance is going to be able to be. be a big problem for ICE agents, although there's something else that's also tripping them up. Ah, you hate to see it. The Coalition Against Ice is so broad, it even includes ICE.

And if you enjoy seeing fascists fall on their fannies, there's a new show you're really going to love. This week on America's fascist home videos. It's a massive invasion of hilarious ice videos. Apparently, ice training doesn't include

walking. Some liberals want to abolish ice. Well, apparently so does mother nature. Here's a video for anyone looking for a good icebreaker. Ooh, I want to see that one again from another angle. Nailed the dismount. Turns out migrants aren't the only ones running from ice. So are their cars. It's always good to make a splash, but not at the porta potty. Apparently this officer isn't potty trained. That's all for this week, but keep submitting those videos. It's honestly the

only funny thing about any of this. Musician whose new album is called The Dream and Kind. Please welcome Langhorne Slim. Let me start by saying thank you. Means a lot. And I want to tell you, I'm keenly aware that you could have

had anybody that you wanted on the show tonight. You could have had Elton John. Yes, we were out to him. And I was thinking, Elton John, and Bono covering geese. And you chose me. I did. And that's a beautiful thing, and I love you for it. Well, this is what is always, yes.

This is, it is a testament to always checking their availability before you, for you booked the show, but I'm glad that you said yes, Langhorne. When Klepper calls, I answer and I say yes. So I've known Langhorne for a little while. I am a huge fan and can call him a friend as well, and you have this beautiful album, The Dreaming Kind. Who is The Dreaming Kind? Are you the dreaming kind?

It's an ode to the dreaming kind in that, to me, where I once thought dreaming was perhaps silly. I think it is the most beautiful thing to be, is a dreamer. I think that we are inundated and conditioned and taught to use more logic than creativity. And I think that it in some ways

makes our souls a bit sick. And so the dreaming kind is like, Love over gold. Curiosity over certainty. Connection over separation. And I think that's a groovy way to roll. That's a groovy way to roll. I mean, it does feel, I think you hit the nail in the head with certainty. It feels like the time that we're in right now is so based around certainty.

Everybody knows what they believe. They aren't open to change. I don't like that, George. You don't like that. Why don't you go to politics? Why do you stay in this music business? So, you know, AI is going to be doing this two, three years from now? I've been told that's why I'm glad I got the opportunity to come here tonight.

You're a soulful man. What I love about you, you're a soulful man. You play all types of venues, something that I know last year you got to play some of your music in venues across America. But you also got to play it at your grandmother's assisted living home. Is that correct? It was my last show of 2025. And my grandmother, my mom recently moved to Nashville where my partner and our kids and I live. and she's in an assisted living.

And one day they needed somebody to fill in. And I said, I play some music. And I'm like, okay. And so one day they needed somebody, so I got the call. And it was beautiful. And I think just what we were just talking about, it's a reminder of that the connection

is like the divine medicine. That's why I play music. That's why I love art. That's why I love what you do. And that's what I want. I want. I'm a slut for the connection. Yeah. Also, it's important. You know, we're cutting all of this Medicare, so... So, Divine Medicine is great and it's cheap because you can stream it on Spotify for peanuts, right?

Another thing, it's so interesting, we were on tour a little bit this year together, where we got to perform in front of the same audiences, and it was fascinating because a lot of people who came out to see the shows were really politically minded. And the time that we're in, you almost can't divorce politics from the conversation that's happening in the room. And I got to watch you perform songs that you had written years ago. Life is confusing, changes. And there was a point on tour you had to tell the audience that you had written these songs 10 years ago and not a week ago.

That essentially the songs you had written 10 years had become political songs. Well, at that, I remember that specifically, and there's a line to the song, Changes, that just said, things could be stranger, but I don't know how. And the crowd went wild for that. And I was like, yeah, as true then as it is today. As it is now.

Do you ever want worry as Langhorne Slim, that as you age, that you'll become Langhorne Dadbod? Is that something? Is that ever a fear? Yeah, it wasn't a fear until I became Langhorne Slim with a Dadbot. Yeah, yeah. So what do you do with something like that? The depths of my vanity.

The beauty of calling myself Langhorne Slim is that if I become very large, it's just sort of a ironic name. Because ironic. A joke in and of itself. Yeah, it's great. Yeah. On this album, you're somewhat known for folk Americana stylings, but you collaborated some guys from Greta Van Fleet to produce essentially a much more, a newer sound, a more rock and roll forward sound? What was the impetus behind that?

The impetus is just to keep changing and growing, and I love music of all sorts. So I think something that happens is you, at least for me, as a musician, start writing some songs, some people, if you're lucky, they become to know some of those songs. And then before you know it, you're writing more songs maybe like that. And I believe that a creative soul has so many different, you know, places to go with it. And so I just want to keep...

As I get older, I want to keep ripping it open and just having fun. Find that new space. Find that new space that makes me want to just shake it. Yeah. Just get... Find something new... Like, yeah, if you're that guy who just finds himself

going to Trump rally after Trump rally after Trump rally. And if that's where you find that, fair enough. Fair. But it's not where I find it. Yeah. I find it in... Like, I just, I need, even, like, to be in the studio and the cameras and stuff, and then I can look out and I see real people here, and that feels good

because there's a real live connection. And so when I'm on stage, I just want to make music that feels joyful, that maybe, even if it's from a painful place still, can make people want to shake it and dance. Shake it and dance. You're going to give us some of that divine medicine today. I'm going to try. The Dream and Kind comes out January 16th. to check out Langhorstimmusic.com for two days.

Langhorstim. So milk would help your cognitive ability. Absolutely. You can tell who's been doing. Take a cognitive test. I've taken a lot of them. I've ate every one of them because I drink milk. It's good for it.

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