Savanna Tomei-Olson, our WMDX Newsperson, joins us to run through a few big stories on her radar, including the tariffs, panic at UW's research departments, and a proposed expansion to the Alliant Center. John gets to his promised Big Story, Trump's planned takeover of the USPS - as a way to regulate mail-in ballots. We check in with Brittney Merlot for a check of the weather, and return to talking politics with a clip of Pam Bondi dedicating herself to going after those who don't agree with Trump. Later, Russian asset (and Director of National Intelligence) Tulsi Gabbard explains in 100% falsehoods why Zelensky is a bad guy, before we move on to chatting about DOGE's hugely inflated "savings" the department continues to lie about. Wrapping up today's show, we hear from author Margret Atwood about totalitarianism, and how what happened to the Nazis is now happening to MAGA.

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