2421 - Trump's Illegal Government Shutdown

It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, they run through updates on Trump’s illegal freezing of government funds, firing of an NLRB commissioner, mass ICE raids, Hegseth’s confirmation, Bird Flu, the gutting of consumer protections, Trump’s DOJ, labor action among Whole Foods and Delta, Trump’s ban order on trans people in the military, the return of Palestinians to North Gaza, and the implosion of AI-adjacent Tech Stocks amid the release of Chinese AI tech DeepSeek, also unpacking Lindsay Graham’s predictably slimy response to Trump’s improper firing of myriad Inspectors General. After diving a little deeper into the drama behind the emergence of DeepSeek, a drastically cheaper and more efficient LLM AI technology out of China, Sam and Emma shift to Trump’s sweeping order to completely freeze all Congressionally-ordered federal funding, parsing through the devastating and overarching impact this order will have on the American public and any federally-funded organizations and Trump’s active targeting of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 in an attempt to legitimize this maneuver, as they explore the rapid initiation of the Project 2025 assault on (and “traumatization of” to quote the OMB head) federal workers. They also expand on Trump’s recent firing of the third NLRB board member, effectively barring them from taking actions until a new one is confirmed, the emergence of various public health threats in the wake of Trump’s killing of any federal public health communications, and wrap up with a killer Kickstarter project without a world without billionaires.

And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma watch notorious immigration expert… uh… Dr. Phill engage in a ride-along raid with ICE, and dive deep into Trump’s overwhelming anti-immigration orders and the utter dearth of any productive opposition from Democrats with some help from Ronald Raygun. Kyle from Columbus unpacks the Big Tech freakout over China’s DeepSeek AI, Josh from Bushwick unpacks the absurdity of charging for public transit, and Jim from Portland highlights his ongoing Kickstarter campaign for an anti-billionaire graphic novel. The MR Team also unpacks developments around RFK Jr.’s impending confirmation hearing, plus, your calls and IMs!

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