Culture, Faith and Politics with Pat Kahnke

Pat Kahnke

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ESSAY: The Missing Story Behind the Don Lemon Arrest
31/1/2026 | 12 mins.
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has just been arrested—not for protesting, but for covering a protest inside Cities Church in St. Paul. I’m a retired pastor who planted a church just down the road, and I’ve got serious concerns. In this episode, I lay out the disturbing connections between ICE enforcement and church leadership, the chilling implications for press freedom, and the biblical challenge facing Cities Church right now.
ESSAY: The Big Lie at the Core of 5-year-old Liam Ramos' Case
30/1/2026 | 14 mins.
What if the government lied about a 5-year-old boy just to justify a deportation? In this episode, I break down the disturbing truth behind Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota — a Trump immigration crackdown propped up by misinformation, racial scapegoating, and failed political promises.
LIVE, Episode 9: The Damage Is Done, and Minnesotans Won't Stop Until Everyone Is Held Accountable
28/1/2026 | 1h 7 mins.
The resistance of Minnesotans and the rest of the country has begun to push back the Trump Administration's ICE operations in Minnesota, but the fight is still ongoing. Pat goes live to discuss the situation.
ESSAY: Gregory Bovino Removed from Twin Cities After Public Pressure | What It Means for ICE, DHS & the Fight for Truth
27/1/2026 | 8 mins.
Gregory Bovino, a high-profile DHS official tied to brutal immigration enforcement and the recent killing of Alex Pretti, has just been removed from the Twin Cities by the Trump administration. While he's being replaced by longtime ICE figure Tom Homan, this development shows one important thing: public protest, grassroots organizing, and truth-telling still work.
ESSAY: They Said It Couldn’t Happen Here. It Just Did.
26/1/2026 | 10 mins.
Federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in broad daylight in Minneapolis. Bystanders captured it all on video. And yet, in the face of clear, public evidence, the U.S. government immediately began lying — again.

This episode is not a full breakdown of the lies. That proof is everywhere already. This is a moral reckoning. Because this is happening in my city — to people I love — and it’s part of a much darker pattern. A year of state violence. A year of slander. A year of lies.

What happens when a government kills its own citizens… and then lies to cover it up? What happens when truth no longer matters — only power? This is the moment we’ve been warning about. And we have to decide who we are.

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About Culture, Faith and Politics with Pat Kahnke

Pat Kahnke has written two books, from a pastoral perspective, to reject Donald Trump and his MAGA movement: A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (2024) MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience (2020) He was an evangelical church planter and pastor for twenty years before retiring from church ministry in 2016. Planted a church in the inner city of St. Paul, MN - part of the Baptist General Conference (Converge) and Alliance for Renewal Churches. A lifelong conservative Republican until the party left him in 2016. Now a political independent, he has written off the Republican party until it completes 40 years in the wilderness for its capitulation to the MAGA movement.This podcast contains political and social commentary related to issues at the intersection of culture, faith, and politics.

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