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00:00-17:45: Protests/Tariff Con/Whitmer WH Visit

Pat opens the show discussing Trump's Tariff Con, and how it's costing the working class. And while Democratic Party leaders still appear unable to fight back against MAGA Republicanism's embrace of corporate authoritarianism, Indivisible groups are leading the way with "Hands-Off" protests across Michigan and the country last weekend. Pat also has words for Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's disastrous White House visit.

17:46-40:01: Hamilton Nolan Interview

Labor Writer Hamilton Nolan joins Pat to talk more about why Trump's Tariff Con isn't about helping the working class. Hamilton describes the reasons why multinational corporations moved jobs overseas: to break unions. Hamilton also shares thoughts on how it's up to us to stop Republicans from redistributing wealth and power from the working class to the corporate class. Please visit Hamilton Nolan's site called, "How Things Work," to read all of his writings, and pick-up a copy of his book, "The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and The Struggle For The Soul Of Labor."

40:02-45:39: Last Call-What Happened To Gen X?

Pat wonders what happened to Generation X as it continues to trend more right-wing while other generations are not. 

45:40-47:45--Ending

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NOTES:

"They Are Going to Take Everything If We Don't Stop Them." By Hamilton Nolan in How Things Work

"An International Minimum Wage." By Hamilton Nolan in How Things Work

"Trump surprise led to cringeworthy moment for Whitmer, Michigan in Oval Office | Opinion." By Nancy Kaffer of The Detroit Free Press

"Gretchen Whitmer goes to Washington with a call for bipartisanship to grow the economy." By Alexandra Marquez of CNBC

"Hands-Off" Rally Video in Lansing, MI. Courtesy Julia Pulver