Recently, the United States’ economic policies have focused on America first. But those policies and the promise of bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. could jeopardize the very thing they seek: a stronger U.S. economy. We get into the ways American protectionism could backfire. And, expelling a member of a state legislature is a rare occurrence; Tennessee did it twice in a day. Plus, we double jump into a game of Half-Full/Half-Empty.Here’s everything we talked about today:

• • It is alcohol responsibility month! from Responsibility.org
• • “BAC Calculator: The Virtual Bar” from Responsibility.org
• • “America’s Zero-Sum Economics Doesn’t Add Up” from Foreign Policy
• • “TN House expels two Dems over gun protest, despite removal looking temporary” from Tennessee Lookout
• • Tweet from @jhollymc on the Tennessee General Assembly expelling two representatives
• • A photo of Sabri’s ceramic art that was featured in the “Dungeons & Dragons” movie
• • “Elon Musk replaced Twitter’s bird logo with the ‘doge’ meme” from KOMO News
• • “Potatoes sprout as cheaper Easter egg substitute” from Axios
• • “Has the banking crisis been a boon for crypto?” from Marketplace
• • Video game adaptations are on the rise from the Make Me Smart newsletter

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