Trump's 'Liberation Day', Wisconsin Supreme Court Race, Mistaken Deportation

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

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President Trump is set to impose sweeping tariffs on an array of countries. Liberal judge Susan Crawford was elected to the state Supreme Court in Wisconsin. And, the Trump administration has admitted to deporting a Maryland father by mistake.

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0:00.0	President Trump calls this Liberation Day, as in Tariff Day.
0:06.2	We are going to be very nice by comparison to what they were.
0:10.6	Markets have been jittery in anticipation.
0:12.4	Will tariffs help or hurt the economy?
0:14.3	I'm Steven Skiy with Layla Fottle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:26.3	It was the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history, and despite Elon Musk putting his money in support behind a conservative candidate liberals held onto their state Supreme
0:30.4	Court majority in Wisconsin.
0:31.9	I never could have imagined that I'd be taking on the richest man in the world.
0:37.2	How did this race become a referendum on Musk?
0:39.6	And the Trump administration has admitted to deporting a Maryland father by mistake.
0:45.0	If they're allowed to get away with this, then it means that the immigration laws are meaningless, all of them.
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