Air Date 4/29/2025

The economic and political fallout of Trump’s misguided tariffs, exposing his self-proclaimed deal-making prowess as a fraud and his grasp of the relevant issues to be childlike at best.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: The Lost History of Trump's Tariff War Part 1 - Lever Time - Air Date 4-4-25

KP 2: What we can learn from a past tariff tiff - Make Me Smart - Air Date 2-11-25

KP 3: Who Got Rich? The Trump Tariffs, Explained by MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle - PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT- Air Date 4-11-25

KP 4: From “Liberation Day” to Chaos: Trump Pauses Most Tariffs While Escalating Trade War with China - Democracy Now! - Air Date 4-10-25

KP 5: Is Trump (Already) Giving Up On Tariffs? - TLDR News - Air Date 4-25-25

KP 6: The tariffs are just stupid. - Factually! with Adam Conover - Air Date 4-18-25

(00:48:40) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the related topics of masculinity and labor

DEEPER DIVES

(00:53:39) SECTION A: MOTIVATION

(01:17:08) SECTION B: DOMESTIC EFFECT

(01:57:28) SECTION C: INTERNATIONAL EFFECT

(02:43:36) SECTION D: HISTORY

Tariffied: Exposing Trump's Artless Deal

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Air Date: 4-28-25

Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss:

- Why the “manly” manufacturing jobs Trump and MAGA want are never coming back

- Why incels love Trump’s tariffs

- The sad flails of the “Make America Manly Again” movement

- The “Sigma grindset” guys’ obsession with - and complete misunderstanding of - disturbing fictional movie characters

- Cliffhanger! Jay explains our upcoming schedule

- SOLVED! SONG! “Blinded” (Directly inspired by this episode!)

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REFERENCES:

Manufacturing jobs are never coming back - Vox

The strange link between Trump’s tariffs and incel ideology - Vox

Trump’s Tariff Pause Sets Back the “Make Men Manly Again” Movement - The Nation

Sigma grindset: TikTok's toxic worshipping of Patrick Bateman is another sign young men are lost - GQ

SOLVED! SONG! “Blinded” - Concepts: Human Intelligence. Song: Artificial Intelligence. Based on SOLVED! Ep. #8: “Part 1: Drowning Men Will Clutch at Straws: Masculinity in a MAGA world” (April 26th)

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Air Date 4/26/2025

For those of us who knew that Trump was lawless and deeply racist in his desire for mass deportations of brown people, we're getting exactly what we expected. For others, at least the lawlessness is coming as a bit of a surprise, and yet, here we are.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Mr. Abrego Garcia - Main Justice - Air Date 4-15-25

KP 2: Dara Lind on Criminalizing Immigrants - CounterSpin - Air Date 4-11-25

KP 3: Are Trump Administration Officials in Criminal Contempt - Strict Scrutiny - Air Date 4-21-25

KP 4: Bukele Goes To Washington w. Roberto Lovato - The Majority Report - Air Date 4-20-25

KP 5: What a photojournalist saw as Venezuelan migrants arrived in El Salvador - 60 Minutes - Air Date 4-6-25

KP 6: Dictator Behind Trump's Notorious El Salvadorian Prison Deportations Wants U.S. Dissents Locked Up - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 4-16-24

KP 7: Trump's Real Plan With El Salvador Revealed - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 4-15-25

KP 8: Sen. Van Hollen on Meeting Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador & Escalating Constitutional Crisis - Democracy Now! - Air Date 4-21-25

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On finding glimmers of hope for the future

DEEPER DIVES

SECTION A: DEPORTATION PRACTICES

SECTION B: VICTIMS OF REGIME

SECTION C: VENEZUELA AND EL SALVADOR

SECTION D: RESISTANCE

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