
Howard Paulson
Anti-ICE protester and activist from rural western Minnesota; former landscaping business owner; regular guest on the Rational Boomer Podcast known as "Protester Howard."
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Sep 29, 2026
PROTESTER HOWARD FROM MINNESOTA IS BACK - 09/29/2026 - VIDEO VERSION
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civic contract

Howard PaulsonGUEST
they they signed 75 million for five years okay it's a private owned prison Everybody was excited because they're going to get more taxes and they're going to have employment and they're going to have this.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And the next day, Cora Civic turned it around and sold the building and the land back to the federal government.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
When the federal government owns that fucking land and that building, they pay no real estate taxes.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
They'll still have to pay their water bill and their electric bill and all that.
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62:33MikeHOST
So if Republicans want to stay home because they can't vote for a Democrat, by all means, stay the fuck home.
PROTESTER HOWARD FROM MINNESOTA IS BACK - 09/29/2026 - RATIONAL BOOMER PODCAST
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44:21MikeHOST
But they don't want to do that because then it's government and then you need more taxes and they're afraid that we're going to go to the oligarchs and say, hey, maybe you should pay your fair share, you dip fucks.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
I get the VA and I will not go get any supplement insurance because even when you go to the VA, they ask you if you have any supplement insurance.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And then sometimes they'll catch the look at me and say, hey, I earned my insurance.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
Or like, well, and I shouldn't say it at the VA, but I'll go... what do they call it? Community care.
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62:42MikeHOST
So if Republicans want to stay home because they can't vote for a Democrat, by all means, stay the fuck home.
TT LIVE PODCAST - 09/17/2026 - VIDEO VERSION
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48:35MikeHOST
Yeah, I'm

Howard PaulsonGUEST
I just want to mention, because I'm sitting here in the parking lot of the dollar store waiting on my wife, but we need some help down there.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
But like I say, they're a half mile down and around the corner from the concentration camp.
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49:57MikeHOST
So, uh, And you're going to be out there fighting the good fight, I assume, all along the way.
TT LIVE PODCAST - 09/17/2026 - RATIONAL BOOMER PODCAST
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48:50MikeHOST
Yeah, I'm

Howard PaulsonGUEST
You know, I just want to mention, because I'm sitting here in the parking lot of the dollar store waiting on my wife, but we need some help down there.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
So anybody in Minnesota... um you know because they probably have 30 40 people show up but like i say they're a half mile down and around the corner from the concentration camp and myself i'm right across the driveway when they pull out they either gotta go left or right and i'm right across the driveway and tomorrow night it'll be me i've recruited one of my brothers There's going to be a lady down there that helps organize the rest of them that's just tired of being too far away.
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50:14MikeHOST
And you're going to be out there fighting the good fight, I assume, all along the way.
PROTESTER HOWARD STOPS BY - 08/14/2026 - VIDEO VERSION
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Oh.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And if they arrest me, good for them." Because they tried that same shit in New Jersey, and the governor squashed it because, you know, they...

Howard PaulsonGUEST
That one lady says, "Well, that's all private property." And I says, "That's a highway.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
We can protest on road right of way." They're trying to give us a designated fucking spot to protest.
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38:17MikeHOST
Mm-hmm.
PROTESTER HOWARD STOPS BY - 08/14/2026 - RATIONAL BOOMER PODCAST
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3:13MikeHOST
Oh.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And I says, "Next Thursday, I will be out in front of the detention center, and if they arrest me, good for them." Because they tried that same shit in New Jersey and the governor squashed it because, you know, they...

Howard PaulsonGUEST
That one lady says, "Well, that's all private property." And I says, "That's a highway.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
We can protest on road right of way." They're trying to give us a designated fucking spot to protest.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
You know, I, there, n- not only the people I was trying to prot- I even felt like my First Amendment w- right was getting squashed with them people.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And then to make it worse, the people at the other end of the crowd were Trumpers, and I didn't know that.
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38:39MikeHOST
Mm-hmm.
HOWARD THE BLUE DOT IS BACK - 06/19/2026 - VIDEO VERSION
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We're going

Howard PaulsonGUEST
Well, anyway, he calls me back the next day, and he goes, God, do you know how far that is from my house? And I said, well, Dano, I says, I think it's about four hours.
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7:40MikeHOST
yeah I doubt that's true I've never heard that in any state I know in Minnesota pedestrians always have the right of way pedestrians in the walkway you better fucking stop Minnesota you got a problem the idea that they wouldn't have the right-of-way, that sounds silly.
HOWARD THE BLUE DOT IS BACK - 06/19/2026 - RATIONAL BOOMER PODCAST
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1:42MikeHOST
Well, let's talk about what you experienced 'cause you went out to, uh, New Jersey, correct? To do a little protesting.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And I left on Friday and came home on Tuesday morning, and by Tuesday night, previous to me leaving, I quit asking for...
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8:15MikeHOST
Uh, the idea that they wouldn't have the right of way, that sounds silly.
TT LIVE PODCAST - 06/11/2026 - VIDEO VERSION
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I don't know.
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Because
TT LIVE PODCAST - 06/11/2026 - RATIONAL BOOMER PODCAST
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howard let me let me make you feel howard let me make you feel at home b 22.
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Howard, can you hear Mike?
ACTIVIST HOWARD IS BACK - 06/02/2026 - VIDEO VERSION
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17:43MikeHOST
Dragging that sorry ass back, and they're going to prosecute that motherfucker.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
You know, let's talk about that State Patrol thing where they're helping ICE.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
You know, when I was down at the Whipple building, it was a Hennepin County Sheriff's apartment.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
You know, like you say, I like our governor, Mike, but I don't think he got tough enough for the pushback on ICE.
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exactly.
ACTIVIST HOWARD IS BACK - 06/02/2026 - RATIONAL BOOMER PODCAST
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58:13MikeHOST
Yeah, exactly.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
How many farm bankruptcies did we have in the state of Minnesota in 2025? And he put his head down.
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68:32MikeHOST
Were you involved in any federal crimes?
HOWARD AND VANESS JOIN US - 05/19/2026 - RATIONAL BOOMER PODCAST
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Howard PaulsonGUEST
Which is older, but they're not probably older than me, you know, maybe a couple of years, but anyway, anyway, And I found this through my protesting, Mike.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And I, you know, I've never been into this until fucking shit for brains got into office.
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23:20MikeHOST
Go ahead, Howard.
HOWARD AND VANESS JOIN US - 05/19/2026 - VIDEO VERSION
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Howard PaulsonGUEST
Yeah, which is older, but they're not probably older than me, you know, maybe a couple years.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And I, you know, I've never been into this until fucking shit for brains got into office.
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Go ahead, Howard.
ACTIVIST HOWARD OF MINNESOTA IS WITH US - 05/05/2026 - VIDEO VERSION
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you

Howard PaulsonGUEST
know, if they're all the same, you name another president that has 34 felony convictions.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
How many presidents have been found liable for sexual abuse and defamation? One, maybe.
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ACTIVIST HOWARD OF MINNESOTA IS WITH US - 05/05/2026 - RATIONAL BOOMER PODCAST
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You

Howard PaulsonGUEST
know, if they're all the same, you name another president that has 34 felony convictions.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
How many presidents have been found liable for sexual abuse and defamation? One, maybe.
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81:41MikeHOST
There's working people just like you and I and everybody else, and they're struggling with this.
HOWARD IS BACK FRESH OFF NO KINGS - 03/31/2026 - VIDEO VERSION
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16:52MikeHOST
So he just ends up being back to where he was when he fucking started.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And I want to bring that up quick because that one night we did the podcast and we had my sister on with me.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
You know, my sister being a liberal, she's not too fucking happy about that.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And you did ask, it probably won't affect her because she's got her shit in order.
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So just because we haven't seen anything yet doesn't mean we're not going to see anything.
HOWARD FROM MINNESOTA IS BACK - 03/26/2026 - RATIONAL BOOMER PODCAST
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6:56MikeHOST
So Donald Trump will create a problem and then he will fuck it up and then he'll spend a long time trying to walk back out of it without looking like he's dumb, and that's virtually impossible.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
He's getting ready to put boots on the ground no matter how many times he tells you that he's not.
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20:37MikeHOST
I mean, they'll be nonviolent, but it will be a lot of people.
HOWARD FROM MINNESOTA IS BACK - 03/26/2026 - VIDEO VERSION
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6:34MikeHOST
So Donald Trump will create a problem and then he will fuck it up and then he'll spend a long time trying to walk back out of it without looking like he's dumb, and that's virtually impossible.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
He's getting ready to put boots on the ground no matter how many times he tells you that he's not.
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I mean, they'll be nonviolent, but it will be a lot of people.
BLUE DOT HOWARD IS BACK - 02/24/2026 - VIDEO VERSION
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19:13MikeHOST
Yeah.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
Um, I think, you know, when they need to be their army and their federalities are, you know, awful, awful, uh, good at what they do.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
So we stayed at this motel, and I think there were 150 Federali pickups there.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And when they got them pickups, there'd be about six to a pickup because there'd be two in the front seat, and then there'd be four in the back.
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35:19MikeHOST
And when it does come out, it's going to be devastating to Donald Trump's legacy and and a lot of other motherfuckers in this country and outside this country that were part of this.
BLUE DOT HOWARD IS BACK - 02/24/2026 - RATIONAL BOOMER PODCAST
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17:16MikeHOST
You're going to get a lot of innocent people killed because that's what cartels will do.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
From what I see, Mike, you know, I got a little different opinions than a lot of people.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
But as far as the car, and they're doing a lot of burning, a lot of, you know, it's a lot of actually hints on civilians, you know, as far as cost, money.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
I think that's, as far as the cartel goes, I think that's a big mistake for them.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
Because now, you know, there's going to have to be pretty strong retribution by the government, or the cartel is going to have to try to take over the government, one of the two, you know, or it's going to, it's just, and then when you start hitting that civilian with all them losses, because I don't know how they can gain the recovery of all them vehicles that got burnt, if there's any way of doing that, you piss off the civilians.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
You're as good as caught because, you know, they see everything that you do and every place you go.
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TT LIVE PODCAST - 02/04/2026 - VIDEO VERSION
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happening

Howard PaulsonGUEST
Louis started investigation in the, in the human trafficking, uh, France rated Elon Musk's office there and Poland started, uh, uh, investigation into the Epstein, uh, Russia connection.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
So I think they're tired of, you know, the whole European nation over there is tired of Trump too.
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30:33MikeHOST
What do you guys think? What do you guys think about that premise?
TT LIVE PODCAST - 02/04/2026 - RATIONAL BOOMER PODCAST
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So, Howard, welcome to the live, and maybe you can give us a perspective of what's going on in Minneapolis from the experience in the protest you've been involved in.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
um that tom holman i think he's more dangerous than the guy that they took out of there because you know he took they they filmed him taking a fifty thousand dollar bribe and he'll look you right behind tell you that case got dropped right and and the only reason it got dropped is because of trump so yeah i think it's kind of they've gotten quieter about what they're doing I think we're going to lose another wife before, at least one more before stuff starts changing.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
But the other thing that I've seen happening today, you know, Trump just got back from Europe here a few days ago.
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What do you guys think? What do you guys think about that premise?
HOWARD AND VANESSA STOP BY - 01/11/2026 - VIDEO VERSION
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here.
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And they don't even think about that.
TT LIVE PODCAST - 12/18/2025 - VIDEO VERSION
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25:58MikeHOST
We have people that are pretty regular on the panel, but if you're out there listening, request to come up i try to get as many people up to talk to and allow you to give your questions comments or your perceptions so we want you involved and uh we we appreciate that uh when when you do that um do you have any other uh uh protests that you're headed out to howard in the near future

Howard PaulsonGUEST
well we're gonna head over to wilmer and check that out tomorrow for ice and stuff they've been kind of active over there they've stayed out of where my daughter lives but i hear that county doesn't doesn't uh endorse them candy white county is the county that the sheriffs are willing to help them you know and yeah it's kind of this county that i spent a lot of time in so if i get a little bit of trouble over there it might kind of snowball but we'll see what happens
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28:31MikeHOST
You know, we're like any other state, we have our problems, but, uh, by and large, Minnesota is a pretty safe state comparatively.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And we got a good governor in our state, you know, and I just, the way he talks about Somalians being pressed, you know, I don't know any Somalian people personally, but you know, If you come from a good Christian background, which he likes to claim, and you know, how can you talk about other people like that? Somebody asked me about that too.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And one thing about when you bring people in that your country They are different than what we are.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
And that first generation, you, you, you do rub some, you know, get some raw rubbings and, you know, because for one, they probably come out of a war torn environment.

Howard PaulsonGUEST
They don't trust anybody around them and then they're different than we are.
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