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Krystal, Ryan and Emily discuss China calling Trump's bluff on tariffs, stock market reacts, and a lawyer for a wrongly deported man responds to JD Vance.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/5aaiNVuR134

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(00:00)Introduction and Overview of Liberation Day
(2:25)Jobs Report Analysis and Economic Implications
(14:58)The Impact of Tariffs on Domestic Economy
(26:15)Trump's Economic Strategy and Its Consequences
(40:55)The Autocratic Leadership Style of Trump
(42:19)The Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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Once again, Sagaar has lied/mislead his audience when it comes to cash bail.

1) To the best of my knowledge there has been one study of the impacts on cash bail reforms across the country. The Brennan Center looked at 33 jurisdictions with various levels of cash bail reform and found NO statistically significant impact on crime rates.

(Here's the study: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/bail-reform-and-public-safety )

2) The first state to implement no cash bail was New Jersey under GOP Governor Chris Christie. Every year, it has been one of the safest states in America. It has some of the best data on the impacts of the Abolition of cash bail. Compare them to Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi where people are routinely held for the entirety of their pre trial because of high cash bail, and you tell me which system seems to be working. You can do the same for NY and IL.

3) The story that Sagaar cited was an objective mistatement of what happened. The man who drove into a crowd was...

Does anyone want to have a poll for what guests BP should try to get on the show?

Reading through the feed, I see a lot of suggestions for interviews. Maybe we could poll the subscriber base, see who floats to the top, and get some quality guests on the show that introduce the community to public intellectuals that others of us are already listening to.

People tune into BP from all different backgrounds and with all kinds of perspectives. An interview with an expert whose expertise can be interrogated by Krystal and Saager and Ryan and Emily could go a long way towards helping listeners find points of commonality on difficult topics that the BP team, for all their talent and dedication, haven't made a career out of researching.

Locals.com supports this sort of function. This would be a good way to put it to use. Or else, I'm sure the production team can figure it out if the locals functionality isn't sophisticated enough.

I, for one, would love to see Michael Hudson or Richard Wolff...