Welcome to your Breaking Points Premium subscription!

With your support you'll get access to our AMAs, full ad free shows in your inbox every morning, the premium exclusive second half of every Friday show, and more!

Here are some helpful resources to get you started with your subscription:

Connect BP to your Podcast Player: https://support.locals.com/en/article/what-is-rss-and-how-do-i-use-it-ekrqi/

Connect BP to your Spotify: https://support.locals.com/en/article/connecting-to-spotify-dtbjpj/?bust=1745352886430

Account/Billing/Tech Support: http://breakingpoints.locals.com/contact

We're so grateful for your support and trust as you join us on our journey to create better independent media.

• BP Team

Thank you for becoming a member at Breaking Points, now on Locals!

You will get access to all the exclusive content, our full length shows, and new Q&A live streams that will be on Locals. Locals adds great features to the show such as the mobile app, higher quality video, and screen casting to your TV!

If you need any help, please contact [email protected].

Thanks for being a part of the next step in our independent media journey,

BP Team

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

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/2togMvVQ0F4mXQmbwuFs4K?si=wEARUQEoSR2o4KFxn-wR4w

Timestamps:
(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
(1:33:45)End Of Show

If you need any help, please contact http://breakingpoints.locals.com/contact

To connect your RSS feed, use this link: https://breakingpoints.locals.com/rss

Okay, going to throw an odd perspective out into the void regarding Robinson’s text vocabulary.

My wife was 27 when we met. One of the initial things I noticed about her was that she often used terminology that seemed weird to me. It wasn’t bad or anything. It was just different word choices from what I was used to.

What I came to realize was that she talked like her parents, both of whom had decades in law enforcement. Her brothers were, by and large, military, law enforcement, or lawyers.

She talked that way because that is how she learned to talk growing up in a house with law enforcement. She has lost the vocabulary as she has gotten older. But when she was 27, less than ten years removed from living at home, that is how she talked. The shooter is only 22.

I say this because a lot of the words people are pointing out are inconsistent with someone his age, are words used by law enforcement. They are the kind of words my wife used to say in casual conversation. I would definitely like to see ...

I normally agree with Ryan all the time but found his position on Kirk to be bonkers. I took two things away:

1) Hate speech should be called out until THE MOMENT someone dies, at which point we can never and should never posthumously criticize, for it would imply we are supporting death.

2) There is never any such things as hate speech. Any speech that is not criminal is “the right way.” With this framing, there is no way that calling someone “racist” or “homophobic” could ever be hate speech.

Do I have that right?