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This is Beth Silvers. You're listening to Pantsuit Politics.

Sarah is out today, and I am joined by comedian Matt Ruby.

Matt caught my attention around the presidential

election. He was very funny and also very reflective about what it means when we laugh at something.

Matt was writing about how obvious some of the issues in the presidential election were if you

were in comedy clubs. People were making jokes about and laughing about some of the themes

that became critical to deciding the election results.

So I wanted to talk more with him about that today. But first I have to say thank you because we are absolutely wowed by your response to our live show happening in Cincinnati this July.

As I'm recording on Thursday, our tickets have been on sale for one day and we are sold out.

Now, if you are bummed by that news because you plan to come, there is a wait list so you can go ahead and use the link in the show notes to get on that wait list.

We also have partnered with Substack. Thank you so much to Substack for sponsoring a live stream.

So we have virtual tickets on sale for just $25. Anyone can join us from

anywhere you can watch live or watch the replay when it works for you. And again, that link is in our

show notes or at Pantsuit Politics Show.com. This week, the news has been focused on our economic

roller coaster. I like this summary from the Associated Press.

President Trump delivered another jarring reversal in American trade policy Wednesday,

suspending for 90 days import taxes he'd imposed barely 13 hours earlier on dozens of countries

while escalating his trade war with China. The moves triggered a stock market rally

on Wall Street, but left businesses, investors, and America's trading partners bewildered about what

the president was attempting to achieve. Trump's U-turn came after he told us in all caps to be cool.

It came after he told Republicans on Tuesday night that he knows what the

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