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On the podcast this week…
Weโre recording on August 1, the day that was the unchangeable deadline for trade deals that changed. To no one’s surprise, Taco Don has done it again – announcing a 90 day extension of the deadline with Mexico.
The tariff-created damage has already begun. Thereโs anger and apprehension in Michiganโs auto industry. Both the UAW and Manufacturersโ Association say Trumpโs sketchy tariff deal with Japan is devastating for domestic manufacturers, giving Japanese manufacturers an advantage over domestic producers. Some suppliers have already begun layoffs.
Trump traveled to Scotland to 1) promote his golf courses, 2) create the appearance of a tariff deal with the E.U., and 3) escape the daily questions about his onetime BFF Jeffrey Epstein. He cheated at golf, the announced tariff deal is probably an unworkable fantasy, and the Epstein story only got worse for him as his explanations kept changing.ย
His top priority this week is getting Texas to expand its gerrymander to create 5 additional Republican districts.
Some of the other stories we’re tracking closer to home:
- Michiganโs gubernatorial candidates have filed their first campaign finance disclosures. Mark and Jeff do a deep dive into those reports, and what they could mean for the future of several campaigns.
- Michigan Democrats continue to focus their attacks on John James and Mike Rogers with something they canโt escape: their support of Trump policies that are crippling Michigan.
- A new non-partisan analysis says Trumpโs budget will cost Michigan government a staggering $1.1-billion, most of it in Medicare and food assistance for children.
- The Trump economic chaos is also assaulting Michiganโs auto industry, with both Ford and Stellantis reporting losses caused by the ever-changing tariffs.
- State House Democrats are calling for unmasking ICE agents. Republican Speaker Matt Hall calls the bill Dead on Arrival.
Weโre joined on the podcast today by Jeff’s fellow warrior at the Lincoln Project,ย All Star campaign consultant Rick Wilson. Rick is a renowned political strategist, infamous ad-maker, writer, speaker, and political commentator. In December 2019 Rick co-founded the Lincoln Project. Their mission is to hold accountable those who would violate their oaths to the Constitution and would place their loyalty to others before their loyalty to the American people and democracy.
Rick has authored two New York Times bestsellers. His first book, the very prescient โEverything Trump Touches Diesโ, shot to #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list in 2018. His second book, Running Against The Devil โ A Plot To Save America from Trump And Democrats From Themselves, was released in January to rave reviews and opened at #4 on the New York Times bestseller list. Rick hosts the podcasts โRick Wilsonโs The Enemies Listโ and the Lincoln Project podcast.

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