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4/4/25: China Calls Trump's Bluff, Stocks Plummet, Lawyer Responds To JD Vance

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.

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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
(1:12:02)The Shift in Democratic Leadership Dynamics
(1:17:53)Upcoming Nationwide Protests Against Trump
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4/4/25: China Calls Trump's Bluff, Stocks Plummet, Lawyer Responds To JD Vance
August 22, 2025

The segment on DC crime was full of just outright lies by Sagaar.

1) There's never been a policy in DC to not prosecute all kids. Kids under 15 can't be prosecuted as adults, but there is NO age limit for prosecution in DC (along with 45 other states) in youth court. Rehabilitation is the focus of youth court, but thats decades old Supreme Court precedent.

2) Kids who are 15 can be prosecuted as an adult with judicial waiver, and kids 16 and up can be prosecuted as an adult on a prosecutors prerogative. Any time a child, or an adult, is given a non prosecution offer, we have to look at the specifics of the case! The case could be weak (Constitutional problems, witness problems, evidence problems), the kid/adults could be a first Offender, or the judge could just be feeling generous.

3) While there have been several pieces of youth justice reform that do favor rehabilitation over incarceration, that is explicitly what the youth system is, by law, supposed to focus on. What Sagaar, and most ...

August 22, 2025

I’m glad Saager covered the most recent pushes to abolish the property tax. My position is that property taxes should stay but should be changed so as to minimize their distortionary effects. Would love for yall to have on Lars Doucet or another proponent of the Land Value Tax/Georgism.

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