How States Can Fight Trump feat. NY Gov. Kathy Hochul
What A Day
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4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Dozens of Democratic governors across the country are facing a nearly impossible task: Manage the day-to-day operations of their state while also playing wack-a-mole with the waves of awful federal policies coming out of Washington right now. From tariffs to mass government layoffs to threats to shutter the Department of Education, it's a lot! New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul talks about how she's navigating Trump 2.0 and the ways she's taking 'the gloves off' with the administration.
And in headlines: Trump considers revoking deportation protections from nearly a quarter million Ukrainians, the president puts a pin in tariffs on a wide range of products from Mexico and Canada, and California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says it's 'unfair' to let trans athletes play women's sports.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, March 7th. |
| 0:03.9 | I'm Jane Koston, and this is Waday, |
| 0:06.1 | the show that does not really know what to say about this comment from President Donald Trump |
| 0:10.4 | in reference to two American astronauts stuck in space for nearly nine months. |
| 0:14.5 | They've been, maybe they'll love each other, I don't know, |
| 0:17.6 | but they've been left up there, think of it. And I see the woman with the wild hair, |
| 0:24.2 | a good, solid hair she's got. There's no kidding. There's no games with her hair. |
| 0:29.0 | I am so sorry, record-breaking astronaut and icon, Sonny Williams. |
| 0:45.5 | On today's show, President Trump continues to toy with tariffs, and Governor Gavin Newsom launches his new podcast and some unpopular opinions. |
| 0:47.6 | But let's start with the states. |
| 0:49.2 | You know, where you might live. |
| 0:55.2 | Or maybe not, if you're an international listener, in which case, thanks for listening and also we're working on it. |
| 0:59.9 | Anyway, there are 23 states with Democratic governors, and under the Trump administration, they have been tasked with what feels like an almost impossible challenge, manage the |
| 1:04.7 | day-to-day operations of a state that might contain millions of people while recognizing |
| 1:08.4 | that currently the federal government is run by this. |
| 1:12.2 | There'll always be a little short-term interruption. I don't think it's going to be big, but |
| 1:16.1 | the countries and companies that have been ripping us aren't particularly happier with what |
| 1:22.7 | I'm doing. But the United States will be very happy. And, you know, our farmers are going to be |
| 1:27.3 | very happy. And again, there'll our farmers are going to be very happy. |
| 1:27.9 | And again, there'll be disruption. |
| 1:29.8 | That's President Trump discussing tariffs against Mexico and Canada. |
| 1:33.9 | Tariffs, which he simultaneously believes are wonderful and perfect, |
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