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EPISODE · Jan 9, 2026

Episode #428: Walz Came Tumbling Down

from Ken Rudin's Political Junkie

Kathryn Pearson of the University of Minnesota explains the scandal that may have ended Gov. Tim Walz’s political career, and the expected decision by Sen. Amy Klobuchar that she would seek to succeed him this year. And Lou Cannon, the chief White House correspondent during the Ronald Reagan presidency and a superb Reagan biographer, died last month at the age of 92.  He was last on the Political Junkie back in 2015, talking about the 1980 Republican convention and how Reagan helped his cause by picking George Bush as his running mate — and not former President Gerald Ford, who was rumored to be angling for a spot on the GOP ticket. PLUS:  The Trump administration defends the murder of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent.  And Greenland?  Seriously? Music in this Episode: When the Music’s Over by the Doors Amie by Pure Prairie League Like to Get to Know You by Spanky & Our Gang The post Episode #428: Walz Came Tumbling Down appeared first on Ken Rudin's Political Junkie.

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