On today’s Radio Ranch we ranged from Capitol Hill to Davos and back to your kitchen table. I opened with the morning’s congressional fireworks — frustration at Rep. Jamie Raskin’s lines of attack and a welcome for tough questioning from Rep. Jim Jordan — and the broader debate over Special Counsel Jack Smith. From there we shifted to the global stage and the World Economic Forum meetings, reacting to high‑profile remarks from U.S. business and policy figures and what those signals might mean for trade, tariffs, and America’s posture abroad. Along the way: a cold‑snap weather check‑in, a few Alaska stories from the 1960s, and an open invite to new listeners to pull up a chair and join the conversation live. Hour two became a deep‑dive clinic on status, taxes, and paperwork: affidavits, passports, W‑4s, W‑8BEN vs. 1040‑NR, lock‑in letters, and the all‑too‑familiar dance with state and federal revenue offices. Callers shared real cases; we compared notes on strategy, statutes, and plain‑English next steps. If you’re new, this episode is a good primer on how we think about jurisdiction, consent, and practical remedies — with plenty of phone‑lines, camaraderie, and the usual Radio Ranch raspberries for bureaucracy — all while keeping sponsors and distractions out of the way so we can focus on substance.'Radio Soapbox (live relay)': https://radiosoapbox.com/'Paul English Live (show hub)': https://paulenglishlive.com/'Paul English Live on Apple Podcasts': https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-english-live/id1753277151'Euro Folk Radio (anchor platform mentioned)': https://eurofolkradio.com/'Global Voice Radio Network (GVR)': https://www.globalvoiceradio.net/'106.9 FM Chicago (WBOU) station site': https://www.1069radiochicago.com/'HomeNetwork.tv (distribution partner mentioned)': https://homenetwork.tv/terms/about-us'StreamLife (platform mentioned)': https://streamlife.tube/about/'World Economic Forum (Davos) – official site': https://www.weforum.org/'Larry Fink – BlackRock leadership bio': https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/about-us/leadership/larry-fink'Howard Lutnick – background (Wikipedia summary)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Lutnick'Rep. Jim Jordan – official House page': https://jordan.house.gov/'Rep. Jamie Raskin – official House page': https://raskin.house.gov/'O’Keefe Media Group (James O’Keefe)': https://okeefemediagroup.com/'Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley (overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_and_Hope'26 U.S. Code § 3402 – Income tax collected at source (withholding)': https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/3402'IRS Instructions for Form W‑8BEN (official)': https://www.irs.gov/instructions/iw8ben