On The Record (4-17-26).
Trump Is Ruining the U.S. Economy
We reviewed a documentary about the journalist who built Democracy Now! from nothing and spent decades getting beaten, ignored, and proven right, yet somehow came out the other side an optimist. Then we got back to the slow-motion economic catastrophe unfolding in real time, because the administration that broke the supply chain with tariffs decided the logical next move was to start a war with the one country capable of shutting off the world’s oil supply. Inflation was already set to explode. Now we’ve handed it a match.
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Clips
Episode Timestamp + Link | Clip Link
- 00:14:16 | PBS Hour: Sen. Kaine questions OMB chief Vought in Trump budget hearing
- 00:19:37 | The Humanist Report: Trump’s Biggest Meatriders Finally Admit He’s as Bad as Everyone Said He Was
Resources
- Steal This Story, Please!
- Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: The Effects of Tariffs on the Components of Inflation
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: U.S. Import Price Dynamics Following the 2025 Tariffs
- Jacobin: Viktor Orbán’s Hungarian Model Has Collapsed
- Truthdig: The Democrats and Discontent
- The Progressive: Israel Targets Civilians as Lebanon Operations Expand
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