Why the F@#! It Matters

On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law his one, big, beautiful bill. We all have our types, but one thing we can all agree on is she's big. We get into the major highlights of the bill and what the f*** you need to actually know from changes to your future taxes, including tax deductions and "no taxes on tips", to cuts to Medicaid, clean energy, and student loans. Let's get into it. 

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0eqpz23l9jo

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/07/trump-bill-no-tax-overtime-tips/84489204007/ 

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5388608-trump-signs-tax-spend-package/ 

Happy birth of America! We're celebrating her birthday by covering the highlights of the first week and a half including updates on tariffs with the looming deadline for countries to make deals coming up, as well as what's happening with Trump's involvement with the wars. Will the tariffs actually happen? And is Trump finally over trying to negotiate with Russia? Stay tuned for new episodes every week updating on all the top highlights in the world of politics, along with supplemental episodes deep diving into the big things you need to know and understand. Let's get into it. 

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/07/trump-netanyahu-relocate-palestinians-to-other-countries/84500049007/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5387890-trump-announces-25-percent-tariff/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/08/trump-tariff-deadline-august-1-00442034?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=ecc3c8a1-061c-4ad8-af27-6bbb45ae2344

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5389004-trump-sends-ukraine-defensive-weapons/?email=4dd065776fb2934a883b11921c25aba56f8d1e0f&emaila=c01e1d549303cac7ced6278ed58cf579&emailb=6d1aa8b8f63bfb18f02437333f1ba9d3b0b3ad2d416013229d63a1fa0f92973a&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=7.8%2012:30%20Report

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/things-stand-trump-presses-netanyahu-gaza-ceasefire-analysis/story?id=123550884 

WE'RE BACK! Happy June, we're celebrating by heading into a new format starting with the top news and highlights of the past week with the weeks of June 3 and 9. We're going to be talking about Elon and Trump's messy divorce, the LA protests, and where and why they went down. What's going on with ICE and immigration and how did we get here? Stay tuned for new episodes every week updating on all the top highlights in the world of politics, along with supplemental episodes deep diving into the big things you need to know and understand. Let's get into it. 

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/10/los-angeles-immigration-ice-protests-trump-newsom/84129692007/

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5348010-senator-padilla-incident-political-tensions/?email=467cb6399cb7df64551775e431052b43a775c749&emaila=12a6d4d069cd56cfddaa391c24eb7042&emailb=054528e7403871c79f668e49dd3c44b1ec00c7f611bf9388f76bb2324d6ca5f3&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6.13%2012:30%20Report%20EM

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5348353-appeals-court-temporarily-lifts-judges-block-on-trumps-national-guard-deployment/?email=4dd065776fb2934a883b11921c25aba56f8d1e0f&emaila=c01e1d549303cac7ced6278ed58cf579&emailb=6d1aa8b8f63bfb18f02437333f1ba9d3b0b3ad2d416013229d63a1fa0f92973a&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=061325%20News%20Alert%20ZS%20KB 

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-raids-national-guard-lawsuit-los-angeles-f4809c7f39d09e4fdfa01982f44ec995

https://ground.ne

What is DOGE? Hint: It's not the crypto or dog meme. What is Elon Musk doing in the government? Why are we hearing about him so much? What's happened to the federal government departments? Maggie and WTFIM have you covered with all the bullet points of what you need to know going on with the government spending cuts taking over headlines next to Mr. Tesla himself. 

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https://doge.gov/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/politics/trump-doge-regulations.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/trump-presidency-news-speech/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/whistleblower-org-says-doge-may-have-caused-significant-cyber-breach-us-labor-2025-04-15/

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-doge-social-security-omalley-1235292652/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/musk-doge-social-security 

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2025/social-security-fraud-discovered-doge/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/11/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-federal-workers.html?email=4dd065776fb2934a883b11921c25aba56f8d1e0f&emaila=c01e1d549303cac7ced6278ed58cf579&emailb=6d1aa8b8f63bfb18f02437333f1ba9d3b0b3ad2d416013229d63a1fa0f92973a&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.19%2012:30%20Report%20EM

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/doge-elon-musk-report-people-staff-what-we-know-news-rcna191260

Trump has imposed tariffs on every country, which have been paused for 90 days besides China, but what do these mean and why did he do it? What does it mean for the economy and OUR money? WTFIM breaks it down from Liberation Day to now for you in its newest episode.

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https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5233280-tiktok-deal-pulled-china-tariffs/?email=4dd065776fb2934a883b11921c25aba56f8d1e0f&emaila=c01e1d549303cac7ced6278ed58cf579&emailb=6d1aa8b8f63bfb18f02437333f1ba9d3b0b3ad2d416013229d63a1fa0f92973a&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=04.04.25%20RS%20-%20News%20Alert%20-%20TikTok%20deal
https://www.investors.com/news/trump-tariffs-what-they-mean-us-economy-stock-market/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-2a031b3c16120a5672a6ddd01da09933
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/2/where-are-the-highest-lowest-tariffs-trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-explained
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5228738-trump-imposing-reciprocal-tariffs/
https://thehill.com/policy/5229167-trump-imposes-tariffs/?email=4dd065776fb2934a883b11921c25aba56f8d1e0f&emaila=c01e1d549303cac7ced6278ed58cf579&emailb=6d1aa8b8f63bfb18f02437333f1ba9d3b0b3ad2d416013229d63a1fa0f92973a&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=04.02.25EL-News%20Alert-Tariffs%20Takeaways
https://thehill.com/business/5230679-5-surprises-from-trumps-sweeping-new-tariffs/

We've got a guest and we're testing her and your political knowledge playing true or false, are you smarter than a 5th grader, along with a fun, little game of FMK (f***, marry, get rid) politicians edition. (Disclaimer: This is purely for entertainment and we're not threatening the lives of these politicians, everyone calm tf down). We also dive into Tash's top 5 problems she cares about in politics and what Trump has actually done since then and if they're important to her being an average political consumer. Let's get into itttt.

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Trump has imposed tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China which have yet to be enacted, but, actually, what the f@#! is a tariff? WTFIM has you covered with everything you need to know about them and what they mean for you. 

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https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-imposes-tariffs-on-imports-from-canada-mexico-and-china/

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/03/22/u-s-tariffs-are-among-the-lowest-in-the-world-and-in-the-nations-history/

https://www.epi.org/publication/tariffs-everything-you-need-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask/

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/05/nx-s1-5284991/trump-tariffs-higher-prices-inflation-mexico-canada-china

https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/2025/trumps-tariffs-canada-mexico-and-china-would-cost-typical-us-household

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20myx1erl6o

https://fortune.com/2025/02/09/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-border-security-illegal-drugs-fentanyl/ 

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/05/nx-s1-5284991/trump-tariffs-higher-prices-inflation-mexico-canada-china

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/02/11/trump-tariffs-live-updates-eu-warns-of-countermeasures-against-25-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs/

Welcome back to Why the F@#! It Matters, Season 2! The United States has inaugurated the 47th president of the United States of America: President Donald Trump is back in action for his second term 4 years after he left office. Trump's first month has been an absolute whirlwind, so let's cover all those executive orders he signed that shook the country up immediately. Let's get into it.

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/29/us/politics/trump-cabinet-confirmations-tracker.html

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5112764-donald-trump-approval-rating-first-week-survey/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/us/politics/trump-immigration-climate-dei-policies.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/28/army-trump-executive-order-chaos-00201074

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/28/nx-s1-5277029/trump-memo-halt-funding

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/g-s1-45313/trump-federal-funding-freeze-reversed 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/29/us/trump-federal-freeze-funding-news

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/29/us/trump-federal-freeze-funding-news#trump-federal-workers-buyout

https://apnews.com/article/trump-dei-executive-order-diversity-inclusion-f67ea86032986084dd71c5aa0c6b8d1d

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyn2p8x2eyo

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7vdnlmgyndo

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/trump-transgender-youth-gender-affirming-care-executive-order

https://www.cnn.com/pol

The break is over, and WTFIM is finishing out its first season with one last episode before the new year. We're wrapping up all the big headlines of the last 2 weeks before we say goodbye to 2024 with Trump's first formal interview since the election, the murder of the United Healthcare CEO and its implications, and the (now passed) bill to keep the government from shutting down for three more months. Merry Christmas, America is still open for business kinda.

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https://apnews.com/article/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shooting-79a9710978fc7adbb23d3fed4ea2f70d
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rq479z44do
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5025499-united-healthcare-ceo-killing-industry-tension/
https://apnews.com/article/congress-budget-government-shutdown-farmers-disaster-relief-4c6ae1e0033637bb6398b00c4799ba0d
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5046806-trump-government-funding-deal/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/politico-playbook-daily-briefing/id1169056746?i=1000680811889
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/politico-playbook-daily-briefing/id1169056746?i=1000680680570
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5028982-5-takeaways-from-trumps-meet-the-press-interview/
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/17/g-s1-38712/congress-spending-bill-march-14
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/18/congress/johnsons-spending-plan-b-00195169
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5044208-house-republicans-fume-speaker-johnson-cr/