Take a Whiff of This Tariff

Ink Stained Wretches

Nebulous Media

News, News Commentary

4.8 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Do you smell that? It’s the McRib Shower Gel—available only in Germany. Aside from that, we’ve got Liberation Day, Cory Booker’s latest stunt, White House Correspondents’ Dinner drama, and more. Wretch on! If you have a story you want to discuss with us, email us at wretches@nebulouspodcasts dot com. Time Stamps: 2:02 - Front Page 1:00:12 - Obsessions 1:07:43 - Reader Mail 1:11:29 - Favorite Items Show Notes: The New York Times: How Are Trump’s Tariff Rates Calculated? Mediaite: Fox News Anchor: Trump Should Tell Americans Worried About Their 401(k)s to ‘Support’ It Like a ‘War Effort’ The Washington Post: Musk to keep spending on politics despite Wisconsin loss, GOP doubts AP News: Democrats demoralized by Trump get a boost from Wisconsin voters and Cory Booker’s speech Politico: The Mystery Buyer of That $23 Million DC Mansion? Mark Zuckerberg. New York Post: Joe Rogan calls the possibility of non-criminals being deported with violent gang members ‘horrific’ The Hill: Elon Musk says he sent MAGA influencer Ashley St. Clair $2.5 million, open to paternity test Fox News: Trump says he gave Tiger Woods blessing to date Vanessa Trump: 'Let them both be happy' The Washington Post: White House correspondents’ dinner scraps plan for comedian to host The Guardian: In a new book, top Biden aide describes ‘out of it’ president before Trump debate Mediaite: Trump-Backed Head of the FCC Threatens ABC’s Broadcast License In Fox News Interview Los Angeles Times: Steve Kornacki exits MSNBC for new deal with NBC News and NBC Sports The New York Times: The Big Fat Windsor Knot Takes Washington The New York Times: Steak Fries: Deservedly Reviled or Underappreciated Edible Spoons? The Free Press: The Double Standard in the Human-Rights World The Telegraph: Hamas ‘quietly drops’ thousands of deaths from casualty figures NBC News: Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so The Dispatch: Donald Trump, Franklin Roosevelt and the Allure of Permanent Power The Dallas Morning News: Reviewing The News' coverage of the Robert Morris scandal Nieman Lab: How to leak to a journalist The New York Times: How a Black Progressive Transformed Into a Conservative Star

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0:00.0	Is there anything you would have done differently?
0:02.0	We reported a true story.
0:04.0	Our colleague Brian Williams is back in Kuwait City tonight after a close call on the skies over Iraq.
0:10.0	Controversal Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and questions about Kavanaugh's drinking in the past.
0:16.0	Sean Hannity, come on up, Sean Hatton.
0:18.0	Today, Andrew Cuomo is having a moment.
0:23.3	Hi there. I am Chris Steyerwalt. And I'm Eliana Johnson.
0:27.5	Welcome to Angstain Wretches, where we break down what's going wrong. Yes. And what's going right.
0:32.7	Ah, with the American News Media, Eliana Johnson. Hello. How are you?
0:38.9	I'm good. How are you?
0:40.6	We're doing it. April is the cruelest month. It goes real, real fast now.
0:46.8	And I don't know, you're probably in the parenting phase, not at this part.
0:52.4	But the time between New Year's and spring break is
0:58.6	approximately 10,000 years. And then the time between spring break and the end of the year,
1:05.7	school year, is about 30 seconds long. And you just open your eyes and you say, oh my gosh, and I'm getting married.
1:13.6	All this stuff is happening.
1:15.2	And it's going, it's going too fast.
1:17.5	I'm going to level with you too fast.
1:19.0	It's the actual wedding plan here.
1:21.0	It's going to be awesome.
1:22.5	Release of doves.
1:23.8	I'm going to jump a flaming school bus on a motorcycle.
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