Thursday, January 15, 2026

Joe Rogan Criticizes ICE Tactics

The influential podcaster, who endorsed Donald Trump in 2024, has been increasingly critical of the president's mass deportation strategy.

Posted by LampLighter at 03:31 PM | 35 COMMENTS | permalink

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More than half of U.S. adults believe President Donald Trump has "gone too far" in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries, according to a new AP-NORC poll. https://to.pbs.org/4pDLVqG

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-- PBS News (@pbsnews.org) Jan 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM

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... Joe Rogan compared Immigration and Customs Enforcement to "the Gestapo" in the latest episode of his popular podcast Tuesday, openly breaking with President Donald Trump on his administration's immigration enforcement tactics. ...

Rogan, one of the biggest podcasters in the world, had endorsed Trump in the 2024 election just days after holding a three-hour interview with him on "The Joe Rogan Experience." The show, which has consistently retained its No. 1 spot on the Spotify podcast charts, has more than 20.6 million subscribers on YouTube.

But on Tuesday, Rogan, who has been increasingly critical of Trump's mass deportation agenda in recent months, expressed concern over ICE's activities in an episode featuring Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. He said that "most people" believe law enforcement should arrest criminals, but that many of the same people also believe ICE is "operating illegally." ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-14 09:24 PM

Why has Pres Trump apparently declared war on America?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-14 10:11 PM

Apparently so he can impose Marshall Law and run the mid-terms and his election himself.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-14 10:18 PM

As an avid listener of his. I am grateful that he is condemning this.

#4 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-01-14 10:26 PM

@#4 ... As an avid listener of his. ...

I've always enjoyed Mr Rogan's performance as the IT-guy character in the TV series, NewsRadio.

He nailed it.


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-14 10:30 PM

@#3 ... Apparently so he can impose Marshall Law ...

Pres Trump, with his ICE militia, does seem to be trying to provoke unrest.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-14 10:33 PM

Rogan was playing himself. A short dumb jock conspiracy theorist.

#7 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-14 10:59 PM

Hearing that ICE just shot a kid.

#8 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-14 11:00 PM

ICE is in Wichita Kansas as we speak. From a reliable source.

#9 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-01-14 11:13 PM

Why is Pres Trump using ICE to stoke this apparent violence?

Asked differently... how is ICE protecting the safety of the great citizens of Minnesota by shooting at them?

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-14 11:22 PM

Why is Pres Trump using ICE to stoke this apparent violence?
Asked differently... how is ICE protecting the safety of the great citizens of Minnesota by shooting at them?
Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-14 11:22 PM | Reply

He's a racist bigot through and through. That's my gut feeling on the matter.

#11 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-01-14 11:23 PM

@#7 ... Rogan was playing himself. A short dumb jock conspiracy theorist. ...

On NewsRadio, the character he played was quite smart.

And sarcastic.

Bitingly sarcastic.

#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-14 11:40 PM

@#11 ... He's a racist bigot through and through. ...

I wish I could disagree.

But as I have mentioned a few times previously, living in the YC media area, I have known of then citizen Trump since the late 80's and early 90's. Back then, he always seemed to be trying to get on the news, or in the various columns of the newspapers.

So, racist bigot?

I wish I could disagree.

#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-14 11:44 PM

Marshall Law
how cute is that?
#14 | Posted by john_savage1

Because someone failed to run over a cop?
Very cute.

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-15 03:50 PM

F--k Joe Rogan. He's a huge part of the reason we're in this mess. His show is training wheels for people on the path to far-right radicalization.

#17 | Posted by qcp at 2026-01-15 03:52 PM

-ICE is in Wichita Kansas as we speak. From a reliable source.

You're a Kansan. Where would you look for illegals?

Wichita? Nope....you know where they are...

#20 | Posted by eberly at 2026-01-15 03:58 PM

What does the horse paste taster know about ICE?

#21 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-15 04:10 PM

you as soon ---- but miss the cute ambiguation, homophone
#18 | Posted by john_savage1

No idea what that means.
Anyone speak MAGA?

#22 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-15 04:14 PM

What does the horse paste taster know about ICE?

#21 | Posted by visitor_

As much as he knew about covid. Or geopolitics. Or any other thing besides getting hit in the head as a hobby. Yet he is who young rightwingers get their "news" from.

#23 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-01-15 04:29 PM

What does the horse paste taster know about ICE?
#21 | Posted by visitor_

Exactly.

Even a smoothbrain like Joe Rogan can figure out this is fascism!

Why can't you?

Here's why. It's not that you can't figure out it's fascism.

It's that you're too puny a man to acknowledge you like fascism.

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-15 04:32 PM

F--k Joe Rogan. He's a huge part of the reason we're in this mess. His show is training wheels for people on the path to far-right radicalization.

#17 | Posted by qcp at 2026-01-15 03:52 PM | Reply | Flag: And Bill Maher too.

These two TV tumors made fortunes for themselves pretending to be on the side of Joe Sixpack and the masses, but they are ingenious defenders of the status quo using deflection, distraction, and faux issues (UFOs, UFC, "Saudi women can't drive" blah-blah-blah) like carnival barkers.

Comedian/writer Larry David called out Bill Maher on this issue last year.

These two multi-millionaire merdivores are doing quite well for themselves and they are on the side of the oligarchs, not our side, because they are oligarchs.

Links:

www.celebritynetworth.com

www.celebritynetworth.com

#27 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-15 04:45 PM

Is like knowbody here no it should be martial law?

Not a lot of spelling or grammar Nazis here these days.

#28 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-01-15 04:55 PM

It's actually "marital law", as in MAGA lips are married to Trump's butt.

#30 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-01-15 09:14 PM

---- MAGA

#31 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-16 08:33 PM


@#24 .. Even a smoothbrain like Joe Rogan can figure out this is fascism! ...

Yup.

That is why I posted this link.

Mr Rogan, whose podcast has is popular ...

From the article ...

... Rogan, one of the biggest podcasters in the world, had endorsed Trump in the 2024 election just days after holding a three-hour interview with him on "The Joe Rogan Experience."

The show, which has consistently retained its No. 1 spot on the Spotify podcast charts, has more than 20.6 million subscribers on YouTube. ...


... and had been quite supportive of Pres trump, seems to have changed his opinion.


#32 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-16 08:47 PM

#32

I'm guessing he isn't the only one with buyer's remorse.

#33 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-01-17 05:49 AM

More like Kingmaker's remorse. Rogan helped put trump there.

#34 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-17 08:55 AM

Rogan can go f^*% himself. They're turning out to be exactly what we said they would be.

He supported it anyway.

F*+^ him.

#35 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-17 01:46 PM

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