2449 – Trump’s Tariffs Tantrum & Musk On The Outs? w/ Ryan Grim

Happy Friday! Sam and Emma chat with Ryan Grim, reporter at and co-founder of Drop Site News, co-host of Counter Points, to round up the week. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Trump’s tariff flip-flops, Elon Musk’s role in the Trump Administration, government job creation, the NLRB, Trump’s federal fund freeze, GOP’s surveilance state, US consulate shutdowns, the DOD’s segregationist move, Elon’s rocket fiascos, the CDC’s measles rehires, TSA labor rights, and Democratic Leadership’s anger over… protests against Trump? They also touch on Trump’s complete confusion over fundamental immigration law amid another authoritarian power trip. Ryan Grim then joins, as he, Sam, and Emma first attempt to tackle the insanity of Trump’s nonsensical economic agenda grounded in… repeated but (so far) brief stints of tariffs against our closest trade partners, looking to Greek Economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis’ attempt to define Trump’s economic ideology by its desire to spur US exports via economic turmoil and dollar depreciation, with this ongoing tariff war against Canada and Mexico supposedly serving to show Europe we mean business… despite it obviously making the agenda (and the man pushing it) look unserious, weak, and ineffective. After briefly touching on the possibility of this tariff scheme to serve as an repeatable pump-and-dump scam, Grim and the MR Crew dive deep into Joe Rogan’s Billionaire Experience podcast, as they assess the ridiculousness of the blatant lies and wild conspiracy spread by Joe’s Big Tech buddies, attacking everything from the CFPB to Frank Zappa, before shifting to some hope-inspiring GOP infighting as Elon Musk’s path-of-destruction begins to haunt the cabinet faithful carrying out his orders. Wrapping up, Ryan, Sam, and Emma look to the ongoing struggle of Democratic leadership to act like an opposition party, and explore the potential of an actual challenge to the Democratic establishment.

And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma tackle Al Green’s killer appearance on Democracy Now! in the wake of his across-the-aisle censuring over his protest of Trump’s speech to a joint Congress, and parse through the stupidity of right-wing grifters who still can’t grasp the concept of taxation. Mr. Flamboyant from Sonoma County unpacks Dem messaging, Rusty from Sacramento on Rep. Ami Bera’s vote to censure Al Green, Patricia from Central Coast discusses the GOP’s commitment to Musk’s money, and Owen, the final California caller of the day, explores pressuring progressive Dems on challenging leadership. Ben Shapiro tries to find an expired culture war to revamp his relevancy, Caleb from Arkansas touches on community gardening and mutual aid, and Misty from Washington talks about Bernie’s online influence and that pesky issue of Dem messaging, plus, your calls and IMs!

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