The latest episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast is now available ad-free exclusively for Meidas+ Substack subscribers. To support ad-free episodes like this, please consider joining as a paid subscriber today!
On this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast: Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” has arrived—and it’s an economic disaster. His sweeping global tariffs tank the markets and trigger mass layoffs, with job cuts now soaring to pandemic-era levels. As the fallout spreads, even some Republicans are breaking ranks and blasting Trump’s reckless economic agenda, while his inner circle scrambles to defend the indefensible. Trump, meanwhile, fires key members of his National Security team—not over misconduct, but because far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer told him to. Around the globe, world leaders are hitting back with retaliatory measures, and in Wisconsin, a major win for democracy offers a glimmer of hope. Ben, Brett, and Jordy break it all down!
You can also listen with the click of a button on Apple Podcasts and Spotify below:
The most inept and dangerous administration EVER
And corrupt!!
'Billionaires First'
The 'Demolition Age'
How about the Demon-lition age?
All of this will soon come to a head 🤷🏻♀️
About to implode…
It can only fail in the end
I so agree with you. Americans will be Pacifists only so long and there will be an explosion.
“This is not a drill.”
That line hit different. There’s a quiet panic in the air right now—groceries inching higher, housing out of reach, a creeping sense of fragility no matter how hard people work. What this pod captures, beyond politics, is that collective undercurrent: folks feeling unmoored while billionaires orbit tax-free above it all.
If we’re going to talk economic collapse, we can’t just debate charts—we need to talk about the lived toll: parents skipping meals so kids can eat, elders back in the workforce, the quiet shame of overdraft fees. This episode brings that into the light.
Not here to fear-monger. Just here to say: if it feels harder lately, it’s not just you. And you’re not alone in wanting something more honest, more human, more fair.
I'm going to add this 1 that I just noticed on my light bill. A $.50 service fee for paying my bill online after being preached to for years to do it this way. In addition the company is trying to force autopay onto their customers to remove this charge. They will now also charge $15.00 per month if someone comes to the house to read meters if they're not smart meters, which I don't have. Don't hear anything about this kind of thing from the trump/doge gang though.
Donna’s story speaks to something a lot of people are quietly grappling with—small fees and policy changes that add up, not just financially but emotionally. A $0.50 charge to pay a bill online, a $15 fee for opting out of tech—these may seem minor, but they reflect a broader trend: systems becoming less responsive to everyday people.
It’s not about politics—it’s about feeling seen. When basic services feel more like obstacles than support, it’s natural to feel frustrated, even powerless. Sharing these experiences helps others realize they’re not alone—and that’s a powerful first step.
These are the little charges that the Biden administration was fighting.. all the junk fees and hidden charges and caps on bank fees. The Republicans started working to reverse that as soon as they got a chance.. right up there with taking away the opportunity to negotiate drug prices and taking away the caps on certain drug prices and out of pocket costs for seniors? What is their end game? Hurting people who are just trying to get by. I don't get it. And I don't get why anyone, no matter how well off you are, is okay with people suffering.
Seem to be doing a pretty good job of hurting people. In Cleveland the Greater Cleveland Food Bank had an order for food for April - July canceled (valued at nearly $1M). Cuts at HHS threaten the Home Energy Assistance Program (assistance in paying home heating bills in the winter) and Meals on Wheels. Republicans seem to be intent on killing people by denying them basic food and shelter.
Their end game is putting the "little people" in what they deem to be their "proper place" - abject servants to the moneyed class, to be disposed of when no longer needed. They feel that the middle class has had it too good for far too long and mean to break their spirit of independence.
Same here
And they do Not provide a provision for one to pay bills in person without a service charge.
What is wrong with trump followers is the same as why Jim Jones followers would leave the United States and follow him all the way to Guiana. They are miserable people who enjoy seeing others suffer as greatly as they are. It is a mental health issue that no one knows how to fix. It is also a lack of education and followers are looking for someone to HAND them a better life in place of learning how to make their lives better. They would die for him just like the Guiana tragedy followers. Trump is a master showman, he knows how to get his people emotionally charged up, so they feel so good they would do anything for him. its called an emotional climax. Preachers do it all the time, that is why they get so emotionally fired up behind a pulpit then step down and molest children or teenagers. Its a horrible game with humans. Its very sad.
Don’t you wish decent moral Americans could give all the mean MAGA cult🏴☠️ kool-aid?😃😋😂
The corporatocracy has taken away their sense of self-worth, their analytic abilities, and their human values and filled the void with the endless compulsion to spend, consume, and serve themselves first. Demagogues like the Dumpster, Jim Jones and money-grubbing preachers likewise step into that void with their empty promises of something more fulfilling than their present shallow lives, and they readily go along. How to cure this? Only by restoring inner feelings of self-worth and appreciation for the good and simple things in one's life. It ain't gonna happen in a capitalist system that constantly stresses that the only thing that makes you matter is your bank account.
I took the tariff formula Trump used, input the import/export numbers for Vietnam, and arrived at the 90% tariff number Trump claimed they were imposing on us. BUT THIS ISNT a tariff number! The United States and Vietnam have a trade agreement which has been in place for many years. The previous tariffs that the US and Vietnam levied on each other were less than 15% and basically balance out. So the 90% tariff number is BS and is actually a calculation real dollars in trade between the two countries. Trump then took the “fake number” of 90%, cut it in half, and came up with the 46% tariff that he levied on Vietnam. ASSHOLE!!!!
But do any of his mega supporters understand this type of math or economics? NOOOOO🤦♀️
This is just the first country I checked. Not sure how I do the math on the island of penguins.🤷♀️
Even penguins are on Trump's hit list; they must be leftist lunatics.
The poor little penguins “woke” up and are smart enough to know the rich🏴☠️ radical ruthless republicans 🤑 are all sadistic corrupt liar bullies. 🤩😳😎
At least their not racist: they sport both black and white feathers.
The tariff plan is from a man who thinks, " GROCERIES" is an old fashioned word. For all you idiots who voted for this circus, this chaos, this nightmare, is this your plan to make America great again? Its clear we are being governed by a quintet of idiots. Stephen Miller is running the DEI show, Vought is implementing the Project 2025 playbook,( get rid of the deep state) Elon is tasked with tearing down the American system of government, Susie Wiles is the Q-Anon whisperer of Trump, and Trump is the empty suit. empty brain, leader of the quintet. Vance was supposed to be in the group but his idiocy exceeded the group's expectation. You voters normalized and made President, a dementia ridden felon whose first impulse after his tariffs caused world wide disruption, was to fly to Florida to play golf.
So true…He cares about No One but himself….The fact that he did not go the military base where the bodies of dead Soldiers were returned to pay tribute to them like most Presidents do…Instead go golfing…he’s despicable…
Perfectly put. Love the bit about 'Vance ... his idiocy exceeded the group's expectation'!
Dangerous, destructive and stupid. Describes this whole administration.
Trump is a liar and a VERY STUPID person. He is crashing our economy and raising prices. He is decimating our international relations and reputation. We are no longer respected anywhere in the world! Rather, despised. I wish MAGA would follow him to some island and all drink the koolaid and leave our country in peace and prosperity.
I own a bridal shop and our designers have just raised their prices 16% to cover the tariffs. We'll pass this on to our customers on future orders but we're going to get hit with the raise on anything that has not been invoiced yet. Way to put small businesses out of business😡
That is so unfair. After small businesses recovering from a pandemic. Now we r in a free fall created by t---p.i hope u r able to stay in business.
We were closed for eight months during the pandemic and we made it through. Unless we're all out there protesting tomorrow I have my doubts about this time🙁
I'll be there. I have a feeling it's gonna be a blow out. Just the beginning.
Conservative Law Group Sues “t” ungovernment On Behalf Of Florida Small Business
Here’s one for the history books. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), a conservative group, is suing on behalf of small businesses over the tariffs imposed on China. “The lawsuit contests Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA), arguing the law authorizes asset freezes and similar economic sanctions, but not tariffs.
“Congress passed the IEEPA to counter external emergencies, not to grant presidents a blank check to write domestic economic policy,” the lawsuit states.” We shall see how far the “right” lawyers get with suing the “t” ungovernment. https://thehill.com/homenews/5231388-trump-sued-over-china-tariffs/
https://substack.com/@techiam
So sorry!
Why do Trump supporters want our economy to crash everyday worse than the day before? They clearly love bankruptcy. Before it was all of his own companies, now it is our entire country!
WTH is wrong with MAGA. It must be that they have no investments.
They're uneducated like their leader!!
That and highly unscrupulous.
They will swoop in and buy for pennies on the dollar as people's lives
are upended. Also do not forget the tax breaks.
The Nazi Congress
The House Nazis have resolved that no bill can be brought to the floor to reign in the Nazi tariff plan Some Nazi Senators have come around too late and even if they pass a bill to stop tariffs it won’t be brought up for a vote by the House
The Nazis have developed a theory called Project 2025 supported by the Christian Nationalist movement They don’t know if it will work but it’s a plan to create a theocratic dictatorship It’s like the old Nazi theory in Mein Kampf or the Russian theory articulated by Marx and Engels in the Communist Manifesto The 21st century version of Manifesto is “burn the whole thing down and start over” and that Americans should get over their “dictatorphobia” according to JD Vance and Curtis Yarvin
But Der Fuhrer has added a global twist to Project 2025 The tariffs imposed didn’t work when he was last in office and there is no evidence that they will work this time And this time these devastating global tariffs will not be rescinded The classic mob boss/bully shakedown of global nations is underway The argument from the Nazi leader for the tariffs is that it will bring manufacturing and jobs back to America But experts argue that this is a theory that’s not going to work just like the German and Russian theories of the past Even in the best case scenario the Nazi argument isn’t even intelligible
Make a pledge that there will no Republicans(aka Nazis) elected and that you will actively facilitate campaigns against the Nazis for at least the next 6 years which will allow the country to rebuild after the Nazi decimation of government
Extremely important analysis on the German news channel N-TV:
What if there are never more elections in the USA?
link: https://www.n-tv.de/politik/politik_kommentare/Und-wenn-Trump-einfach-nicht-mehr-waehlen-laesst-article25681972.html
Translation with google translater: (Please expand the comment at the bottom. The last third of the article is disturbing and clear...it all makes sense...)
--------Article ----------
The problem could be bigger
What if Trump simply stops allowing people to vote?
US President Trump's course contradicts all experience and expert opinions. But what if it's just part of a completely different plan? Then it would suddenly make a lot of sense. Because he wouldn't have to fear the anger of cheated voters anymore.
Donald Trump's tariff war is absurd and even self-destructive in every respect. In every respect except one. But if that turns out to be true, it would be an even bigger problem.
The US President actually seems to believe that he can protect domestic industry from foreign competition with tariffs and make imports so expensive that foreign producers will return to production in the US. It would be the first time something like this has worked across the board. All serious experts give it the thumbs down.
Some US union bosses are applauding nonetheless. They hope for a return to their former greatness for their industries, for example, in the steel industry. They don't mourn free trade; they have always viewed it as a threat and the reason for decline.
And it may indeed be the case that free trade put pressure on certain industries and their home regions because production moved away for cost reasons. The workers were initially left unemployed and then saw the products they once manufactured themselves enter their country unhindered by tariffs.
Why should a company invest in the USA?
But this is evolutionary structural change and calls for a government that supports and promotes those affected. The return of tariffs is not the answer. Trump's tariffs will drive up prices for everyone. People will become poorer, they will (be able to) buy less. Only if they absolutely have to will they accept the higher prices that come with the tariffs – or with production in America, if it leads to relocation. However, why should a company invest in a US location if it can't count on higher local demand, while other advantages are wiped out by the tariffs and counter-tariffs?
Donald Trump will hardly find a scapegoat for this. He can throw smokescreens, play on secondary theaters of war, or simply "flood the zone with shit." Will it deter those affected from expressing their displeasure at the ballot box? Not in the long run, at least not the swing voters who voted for Trump last time. In short: Economically and politically, what Donald Trump is doing right now makes absolutely no sense. In all likelihood, he's not strengthening America, not the Americans, not his billionaire friends, not even himself – and the next election will likely bring the payback. That's the common, albeit rather perplexed, interpretation of what's going on.
But what happens when one questions the most obvious of all premises: that there will ever be free and fair elections in the USA again? Elections in which anyone could express their displeasure with Trump? What if part of the plan is to cancel upcoming elections until further notice under one pretext or another – meaning Donald Trump no longer has to consider the voters?
Then everything he does suddenly makes a lot more sense. And the planned habituation to a state that is remote from democracy and even democratically non-democratic is already underway.
- It is no coincidence that Trump has so far ruled almost exclusively by presidential decree, and both houses of parliament are not consulted, decide nothing, and have no say.
- It is no coincidence that Trump bases large parts of his decrees on formal legal grounds, declaring thematic or regional emergencies or states of emergency, including those concerning tariffs. According to the Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt, the sovereign is always the one who can declare or end a state of emergency. And the sovereign does not need legitimacy, not even through elections: The sovereign is legitimate in and of itself. In a democracy, it is therefore solely the (voting) people who have the power to do so.
- It is no coincidence that Trump wants to undermine the separation of powers with his campaigns against critical media and the judiciary. It is not about individual criticism, but about the authorities and institutions. In a state of emergency, there is no separation of powers.
- And finally: Donald Trump sees himself as politically invulnerable. He once said he could shoot someone in the street and still be elected. He can afford anything, including suspending elections? He has already hinted at further terms in office. If he encounters real resistance in the foreseeable future, he will either back down or escalate.
And escalation could mean starting a war on the borders of the United States, which could allow him to declare elections impossible or illegal until further notice. Of course, that would be a fabricated war, a fabricated reason.
But Donald Trump also invented the reasons for his tariff war. For example, he accused Canada of flooding the US with vast quantities of fentanyl. In fact, that's a blatant lie. Regardless. Many kings need a war to remain king for as long as possible.
These tariffs are a pay-to-play scheme, i.e. he is trying to force countries to contribute money to him in exchange for lifting the tariffs. We should know by now that Trump always uses his power to enrich himself.
Part of his "I win. You lose" scheme.
Exactly, Haliburton was on the verge of bankruptcy so Republicans start the Vietnam war, which rich kids like Bush & Trump lied to draft dodge. Cowards! And the NRA (KKK) got richer!🤑They pour thousands of dollars into radical ruthless GOP politicians to assure guns for all, despite children and innocent adults being slaughtered on streets, schools, churches, malls, etc. 🏴☠️
Gas here in Florida is up 20 cents this week
He is as dumb as a rock, did you hear that? That is why he is always sticking his nose in the air because he knows it , Hitler used to do that too because he didn’t want to see the bullets coming at him!
Are we going to have 4 years of this shit? My retirement fund is going down EVERY SINGLE DAY. My sanity can’t handle this chaos and stupidity.
Why can't we get rid of the lying FOX network?
Agreed. I can’t believe Fox fake news hasn’t been sued more for all the libel and slander. Dominion voting machines did well! 😤💪👏Of course they’re trying to buy judges to get away with all their rich republicans corruption. Stand proud, Wisconsin!!🇺🇸🕊️
its like dr. frankinstein amputateing someones legs when their only issue was the hiccups. Fking nuts.
Ben, there really are no words. NONE at all.
Now that trump is tanking the value of all nations' currency explains why he, his family and rich "buddies" are doubling down with cryptocurrency. I believe the only way we can stop trump is to appeal to the Supreme Court Justices to reverse Presidential Immunity the same way they reveresd Roe vs. Wade.
Thank you for telling us the truth. We are living on social security with a mortgage free home. I want to pay to subscribe to you and VMP/PBS but we're on shifting sand.
Mrs Kathryn M
Too bad people didn’t remember all the casinos (😳) he bankrupt and everything else he screwed up in his life. Now he on his way to destroying America. This is so sad. He says it’s just going to be rough in the beginning. Ask about those casinos, have any of them recovered? What an ass!
It's so fucking frustrating that he has gotten away with so much.
The world hates Trump. Secondarily, the world hates MAGA. So why does America NOT? What lower level of "inept" does this administration have to reach before we wake up and start holding them accountable, if not just escorting them to prison? Detaining and sending a U.S. citizen to an El Salvadoran prison without just cause is defined as kidnapping, not an “administrative error”. Find someone who isn't trying to skirt or even change the Constitution.
These tariffs are a pay-to-play scheme, i.e. he is trying to force countries to contribute money to him in exchange for lifting the tariffs. We should know by now that Trump always uses his power to enrich himself.
He’s a liar - can you just read what he says - his voice is so irritating I want to throw something!!
You're not the only one. I put the remote on mute every time he opens his mouth. Only stupid *** comes out of it, anyway. I always cringe.
While he shoots himself in the foot he is shooting the United States in the heart.
There is something mentally wrong with Trump.
The Dump and his allies are so stupid. These tariffs haven't really HIT yet. The Dump has to be kicked out of office. His mental capacity is zero. Doesn't even have a working brain.
Show up and speak out against the regime tomorrow at a Hands Off gathering. Show up and speak out at every opportunity.
April 5th: People's Veto Day/March in 50 Capitals
Coordinated by Indivisible and 50501
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/
https://indivisible.org/
https://substack.com/@techiam
Senator Booker was fantastic and amazing! God bless him always.
WE'VE DONE THIS MASS TARIFF THING
3 TIMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
Tarriffs? 1828, 1930, 2025.
ALL SPACED ABOUT 100 YEARS APART BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO REMEMBERS THE LAST ONE NEEDS TO BE DEAD FOR THE NEXT ONE TO HAPPEN.
THE LAST TWO CAUSED A GREAT DEPRESSION.
I HOPE THIS ONE MAKES US ALL RICH THOUGH.
He multi billionaires are buying low to sell high and getting richer on thos crash. It is manufactured to enrich the ultra wealthy and bankrupt the lower and middle classes.
Can we talk about Laura Loomer interfering with Canada’s election!
trumps tariff move was for his rich buddies, so they wait until the market crash, and now they invest, they make trillions now. Same playbook as when we went through COVID. How long he plays the game while hard working families suffer is up to his buddies.
The cycle of idiocrasy!
Thank you Meidas for the Canadian support. It’s amazing that your media network is carefully and vigorously fact checking. It’s so important to fight misinformation! You’re amazing guys! 🇨🇦❤️
I have no words to describe how I feel about that clown. I literally get sick to my stomach just hearing his voice that only spews lies.
5 STARS!!!
Love you all!
Thank you! Y’all have the touch 💙💙💙💙
I will purchase the Elbows Up Canadian-made T as soon as I have few dollars in the bank. Thank you Meidas for all your support on all levels, including the exposed lies and corruption from 'TimBit Trump' Poilievre....a most important election where our future lies in the balance as well.
Please don’t mock the penguins as they have far more intelligence than those who voted for Trump.
Any word on the national protests tomorrow, are they coordinated? Hope they are televised and reported on, since I’m unable to participate because of age and health 🤦🏾♀️💙🇺🇸🙏🏽
Tomorrow is the big April 5th Rally across the Country.
April 5th: People's Veto Day/March in 50 Capitals
Coordinated by Indivisible and 50501
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/
https://indivisible.org/
Get your signs ready for tomorrow’s protest across this nation. Take lots of pictures and video and post them to any and all media that you can. If you also tag Meidas Touch in the pictures and video, they can find them and report on them as well. Don’t just rally – tell everyone about it.
https://substack.com/@techiam
50501,I see next event is April 19th is the event another day of protest rallies?
I did look this up and it is listed as a "National Day of Protest" and a National Boycott day to buy only locally. There are lots of individual rallies going on from now on. Hope this helps.
https://substack.com/@techiam
But I will be with you all in spirit 💙🇺🇸💯👍🏽
I believe most of the job loss #s are the fired government works — those who served for the benefit of our country. 😡
How do we stop this and have this regime removed?
Speak up, speak out. Let your voice be heard with all the rest of the voices. Hound Congress daily with one email or call per topic. Join a group. Hold a Town Hall with or without a representative and report it to every media you can find. Here are some links to get you started.
Keep Pounding On Congress
Empower Your Voice!
KEEP FLOODING THE ZONE! - #wearetheflood
It works and here are some links to flood away.
April 5th: People's Veto Day/March in 50 Capitals
Coordinated by Indivisible and 50501
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/
https://indivisible.org/
Events & Rallies!
Groups You Can Join/Rallies in Your Area!
https://events.pol-rev.com
• Best Schedule of Upcoming Events!
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/
https://indivisible.org/
“https://jerryweiss.substack.com/p/remove-impeach-impeach”
https://5millionpatriots.blogspot.com/
https://www.troublemakerscommunity.org/
https://handsoff2025.com/
https://truenorthhq.ca/about/
Bernie Sanders In Los Angeles
https://act.berniesanders.com/signup/rsvp-oligarchy-LA/?source=txt250327
https://berniesanders.com/oligarchy/
Rallies & Events In Your Area
https://www.mobilize.us/events/rally/
Call or Write Every Day!
Call the Capitol Building: (202) 224-3121
• Try out 5 Calls App from your App Store to Assist!
Who are my Congressional Leaders in Washington, DC?
https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
Who are my State and Local Leaders?
https://myreps.datamade.us/#/?results_level=local,county,state,federal
Contact Hakeem Jeffries
Comments from the American People
https://democraticleader.house.gov/contact
Contact Former Presidents: - look for them on Social Media too!
https://uk.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/contacting-former-presidents/
President Joe Biden: Look on Social Media
President Barack Obama: www.barackobama.com/contact
President George W. Bush: info@georgewbushlibrary.com
President Bill Clinton: 212-348-8882
Contact the White House - 202-456-1414
comments@whitehouse.gov.
Contact the Supreme Court - 202-479-3000
https://www.supremecourt.gov/contact/contact_pio.aspx
Contact the DNC
https://democrats.org/contact-us/
Contact the DCCC - (202) 863-1500
https://dccc.org/contact/
AARP - 1 (888) 687-2277
Pound on the Republicans!
RNC - https://gop.com/contact-us/
NRCC - https://act.nrcc.org/contact-us/
1-888-606-1023
Boycott as much as possible.
Look at this link for more information:
https://www.goodsuniteus.com
40-Day Lent Boycott of Target
March 5 for 40 days!
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/business/target-boycott-jamal-bryant/index.html
More Boycotts Coming
Walmart: April 7-14 and May 20-26
Second economic blackout: April 18
General Mills: April 21-28
Amazon: May 6-12
Target: June 3-9
McDonald's: June 24-30
Independence Day boycott: July 4
https://substack.com/@techiam
This Regime has only one objective: to deliver the most intensive suffering to the state of extreme or profound pain, distress, starvation or hardship, encompassing both physical and mental anguish on the American people.
Kevin hasette talks so fast he sounds like a carnival guy. These people r so pathetic. We should be protesting at their homes!!!
MEIDAS AND ALL OTHER LIBERAL PODCASTS MUST BE SPEAKING TO THE REPUBLICANS AND THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN CONGRESS AND THE CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT, TO IMPEACH TRUMP AND VANCE TO SET THE COWARDS IN GOVERNMENT TO BECOME FREE OF THEIR BONDAGE AND THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR DEMOCRACY FROM TRUMP AND VANCE. PERSONALLY I FEEL IF THEY KEEP BACKING TRUMP AND VANCE THE TRAITORS, THEN ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WILL BE PROSECUTED FOR TYRANNY WHEN THE DEMOCRATS TAKE BACK THE PRESIDENCY, AND BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, AND NOT SOON ENOUGH.
True decent Americans had a chance to stop the OLD deranged felon in November yet we’re not able. (If the vote was legally correct.) Had never seen rich republicans messing with behind the scenes voting places before til video of the AZ Governor.
I still think the election outcome was manipulated, but Dems will never question.
Trillion coming in?? he's beyond stupid...
WE PAY THE TARIFF INCREASES WHEN WE BUY THE PRODUCTS, HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING!!! TRUMP IS DRIVING DOWN THE STOCK PRICES AND SHORTING THE STOCKS, THEN HE WILL DROP THE TARIFFS AND REAP THE BILLIONS IN PROFITS WHEN THE VALUES GO BACK UP. IT IS A RIGGED GAME. AND WHEN HE FINALLY HAS HIS BACK AGAINST THE WALL HE WILL DECLARE MARTIAL LAW.
We are doomed!!!!!!
when are you going after Fox News and calling out the lies that got trump elected?
Someday could you talk about what Trump sent Leland Dubek to Maine to do to their Social Security because she didn't bow down to him?
Holy crap he is insane.
You guys are the way I am surviving all the craziness right now. I have recommended you to so many people. THANK YOU FOR SHARING TRUTH! And I love the way you share it. Stay safe! Let's all keep fighting!
Writing was on the wall that this Moron who believes himself a know it all who has a base who thinks he the best will reap accountability for their ignorance…We can only fight this stupidity with town halls and rallies…Keep up the good fight…
47’s (and his cronies) accusations are their confessions
Who’s being allowed illegally into the US by the Trump Administration?
Trump is a total disgrace
How about some body language expert occasionally? I say Jack Brown/Dr. Jack Brown explain Gym Jordan's clown smile & OMG!
Please comment on this headline: Treasury secretary blames China’s DeepSeek for stock-market plunge: ‘A Mag 7 problem, not a MAGA problem’
My comment is it is a ridiculous comment from another person who just lies about everything. Why not just claim it is Cookie Monsters fault LOL. Because it couldn't be the fault of the Treasury Secretary that advised on the plan.
Yes, Deny, Deny, Deny, Deflect, Def;ect, Deflect.
Did you really just say reputable news sources? I must disagree—there are state media sources and independent media sources, which are honestly more reputable than state-run media.
Thank you all, brothers.
Thank you, Meidas Mighty! The Bros are awesome❣️
Brothers, your take on Cory Booker?
Our heart knows before the politics
Political winds are undercurrents
America was asleep and so happy with themselves… gutted to see this happen, but there was no other way!
Republicans need to grow a freakin' spine and stand up to Trump and Musk.
The world's response to Trump is very similar to what the USA imposed on Russia to destroy their economy for invading Ukraine, what USA imposed on Cuba in the 1960s. The only difference is that here the USA has begged for this response. And we know that the economies of Russia and Cuba has ruined their economies, and they have never overcome the outcome.
I stand with Mexico and Canada.
Proud to be a subscriber and love being a watcher/listener. I feel less alone when I view/listen, and when I see the comments from all the folks who feel as I do. We will get through this -- and you all are a big part of that. Thank you
So many issues, and STILL... I see so many people who support him. It is mind boggling to me. I am going to join one of the rally's tomorrow in Tucson. Thank you for sharing stories of people who are suffering, as the mm is doing a horrible job! The whole system needs to go.
Mad respect for you Brothers for doing your Maple Mighty shirt 💯 Canadian made!!! Sincerely, an embarrassed American. Keep growing! Elbows up!!
MeidasTouch are the best we have and they’re being dumb! Speak out what you see.
We had an old game show called catchphrase that had us on our seats at 10years old in the UK.
Come on!
Trump is talking to your older population, those who grew up
With the chart style presentation!!!!!!
Don’t be dumb
James Carville just echoed my opinion of Trump --- Trump is doing this to us because he HATES this country and everything it stands for. We should start a "wanted" list of Trump grifters/destroyers (and make sure they are properly reckoned with when this ends...)
In 1789 the USA did not have any money to pay the veterans from the Revolutionary War and ended up giving those soldiers land grants in the Northwest Territory in lieu of cash payment. So if the USA was the richest in 1789, then whoever believes that needs to crawl back into their hole and resume their drug induced mind-trips to never-never-land.
Hey, we might be getting penguins. LOL
It’s been weeks now, so I’m about to finally say what I wanted to: all that counselling went really well didn’t it, America! Do your work rather than constant talking!
Honestly, the brightest and most important insights are coming through right now, but, WTF, why is there never silence, always pundits….
I love you all, but do take a moment.
Uk
Everything Trump touches, he wrecks, including every business he ran.
Trump and his entire cabinet are stupid and insane people.
What, they don't know how to place their decimals from their stupid formula?
I don't ever want to hear the republiCRAPS blame the Democrats (presidents, specifically) FOR HIGH INFLATION AND SUPER-HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT.
When society rejects learning of the Ages and believes nothing is important but the here and now; we should take heed to Plato. The ship of fools which Plato describes in Book VI of his Republic, is an allegory about a ship with a dysfunctional crew. It is an allegory representing the problems of governance prevailing in a political system not based on expert knowledge but replaced with conspiracy theories, "gut feelings," projections, and lies. What we have now in Washington is the perfect example of Plato's Ship of Fools. If you are able to read and comprehend, go get a copy of Plato from the library and read it yourself. It speaks of people who are obviously not qualified with no experience, taking charge of the ship of state.
Hands Off or Get OUT! We The People want a government that Cares about US! American Democracy is not dead!!
I love your show and your message. I listen very often because I need/require normal information from sane people. Agreed, this administration is not normal. One item I would love to see discussed on this podcast is how we, the American people, can impeach this President. What are the rules for this type of action? Whose responsibility is it to take this type of action? Is it up to our people within the Federal Government? I agree, he is trying to destroy America. He wants Americans to kiss the ring, his preference is to own the people of America. It's time to push the Impeachment.
Awesome show!
Destroying us to sell to the cheapest bidder...Russia
I appreciate you guys more than you know. Thank you! I'm a Michigander by birth, which is almost Canadian, eh? Elbows Up!
The operation was a success, but the patient died! ☹️
#BoycottWHBriefings until the lies, propaganda and favoritism ends. STOP GOING TO WH BRIEFINGS!! Professional, honest journalists with integrity do not listen to or
spread lies or propaganda.
These job numbers don't add up. I think they've been propagandized as they omitted the fired federal workers but counted the court forced rehires as new jobs. I'm asking for a meidas investigation.
Keep up the pressure of the facts
👏🏼👏🏾👏🏼👏🏾🌈🇺🇸
Trump said everything is going according to plan on his Truth Social BS platform. I don’t think his billionaire bros expected a 5 trillion USD kick in the stomach to their stock market investments. As usual the folks who need their money are going to get sodomised by Trump’s big beautiful plan. Elect a sociopathic felon …expect to get some felonising and ineptitude
Gmail? 😂 I get ads to meet “hot Russian women” on my Gmail account haha! I’m not into women, nor have I visited a site like that. Shows how secure that email server is
Brett, here's what I've noticed. Anybody that has a D behind their names or anything that these people have done that succeeds trump is destroying. The Kennedy Center, JFK was a Dem. Binden, for his successful policies while he was president. Harris, because she's successful as VP, former prosecutor & lt. governor as a woman of color. Putting up the FBI headquarters for sale because it's rumored J. Edgar Hoover was gay. I think this shows trump's path of destruction & absolute hate.
We love You. Together we will win
You guys rock! Doing the Hands Off from Soldotna Alaska!
It is reckless! Also I would take YEARS to build a manufacturing workflow in the USA. And who would work there? We no longer have a workforce for manufacturing
The Canada t-shirt is a must if you are traveling overseas this summer! Stock up! In fact, clothing with maple leaves and the word "Canada" will make some smart clothing manufacturer a fortune!
What will it take to see him gone.
Thank you for your hard work!
The patient is not living it is flatlining… why do CEOs think a country can be run like a business. A company can’t be run like a country!
Markets are still dropping.
Medias Touch, you rock!!!! Love Canada!
👏🏾luv the tee’s… great work 🙌🏾
I love the shirt. I'll spend my money on that..
In most contracts, there is a close called "Cos's" where the person can be removed or fired. Why can't we use this Cos' to remove Trump.?
'America First' is really 'Billionaires First'.
It makes no sense to me, why they can't understand, that a country that has a much smaller population than we do is going to import less from us than they export to us.
One of the saddest parts is that he is so stupid and wants to bring manufacturing, etc. back to the U.S. but then slashes education so we’ll only have stupid people manufacturing things and making drugs, etc. How much are we going to trust what they create? It would be another story if we put more money into education instead of demolishing it. I’m really scared.
To be clear, these Federal government is spending more now than under President Biden. No efficiency here, don’t look at real numbers.
This is oh so true. Congress is quietly working on a budget that even after eviscerating our civil service, cancelling grants, contracts and loans, and laying off 20% or more of the people who work for US, as well as gutting Medicaid, Medicare and potentially Social Security, is still planning on borrowing 4.5 Trillion up to 11 Trillion dollars to give to the wealthiest amongst us growing the national debt from 36 Trillion dollars at the end of the Biden presidency to 55 Trillion by 2035, or higher if we get into unfunded wars.
Hold onto your wallet. And Pound on Congress for their lies!!!! Spending cuts, my ass!
We can't afford to make every other country our enemy - no military is that good. We are upending our country and economy for 788 billionaires, 22 million millionaires, at the expense of the 300 million rest of us.
Hey, MAGOTS, are you getting tired of winning yet?
This is really getting scary. I do believe he’s psychotic, actually as well as mentally incompetent.
He's creating a disaster that allows him to grab more power and/or declare martial law
Martial Law in the United States: Its Meaning, Its History, and Why the President Can’t Declare It
Summary: The concept has never been well understood. What should be clear, however, is that the president lacks the authority to declare it.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/martial-law-united-states-its-meaning-its-history-and-why-president-cant
And take a look at what just happened in South Korea when their new president declared Martial Law... We can do that too! https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/asia/yoon-impeachment-verdict-south-korea-intl-hnk/index.html
https://substack.com/@techiam
He can use the PEADS Act - which actually gives him more power than Martial Law. Look it up that will give you some chills including of course house arrest, cutting off internet and phone and freezing all your financial assets for up to a year without Congressional approval (not that it would matter)
To repeat, these are not reciprocal tariffs and the calculations for the tariffs are a lie. Erroneous math. All lies.
We are for sure in deep for the long run! Don’t lose hope, keep protesting!
So so many lies and MAGA people believe all everyone one of these GOP and The President!!!!!!
I don't understand why or what some people get out of lying for Trump!
I will never understand with all the MAGA fans seeing how our economy were the highest number 1 on the Global market when Biden was in office now we're numbered last on the Global market.
Ben can you post how to contact MOVEON please. I need some help to remove Rep. Adam Smith who is only supporting Boeing but not the average voters in his district. I'm tired of him acting like a Republican while professingto be a Democrat.
In a cult, some people never are able to see critically. And BTW, the same is true if one has the misfortune of having a grandiose psychopathic narcissist has a partner or parent— It has the same structure.
So he's telling reporters what questions to ask. He does that a lot. And any reporter who folds to it needs to quit the profession.
I'm an old reporter. What you do is say to his face, "So you're refusing to answer the question." Then you put that in your story.
Great idea, Brett. Anyone at a Hands Off protest - or any protest - take photos and post them online. Send them to Meidas, or Mary, or Brian, or Sarah or David or any of the pundit/reporter sites. Let everyone see that there are more of us than there are of them. Spread the word.
Can't tolerate DJT's voice so have to mute when you play clips of him. Mary Trump has the right idea, alter bus voice. That said, thank you for the information. We truly have become an ugly country.
I met some wonderful Canadians (and other international visitors and pilots) at our Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta this past October. It would be so sad if our international participants and visitors don't come this year. Our state (blue) is very welcoming to all.
Feel the need to share this, in 1941, Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor would reportedly write in his diary, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” ... fast forward... resolve is in our DNA people
Small mouth… anus.
The Dow exceeded 38,000 for the first time in January 2024. And now it's falling back to nearly that, off 2,200 points in two days. So Bidenomics made it great. Trumpcession is making it crash.
Never seen anything like it. Unbelievable.
What really blows my mind is how dense the MAGA base is to trust a man just because he is business man must know how to make life better for them…The man that has caused so much rift between family and friends….So now the wake up call is coming and they will become embarrassed but some will continue because they are stupidly stubborn…
My bosses and much of the people around me are pro Trump. It’s really hard to maintain a respectful relationship with them, knowing they endorse such lunacy.
Again (broken record-sry) I am very glad the government didn’t shut down! Schumer made a good call. The CR is shit but ya know, good was still have some things functioning. Maybe Congress grown a spine ((4 of Rs/Is found one (just one) of their vertebrae the other day)).
Isn’t Russia exempt?
Good thing my husband passed away 18 months ago, because if he had not the fall of the stock market in the last 48 hours surely would have killed him.
In the film "The Omen II", we see the anti-Christ Damien Thorn as a teenager calmy walking away from the museum containing evidence of his true identity that he has just set ablaze, along with his devoted adopted mother. In real life, we see the Dumpster as a demented old sociopath calmy walking away from the economic conflagration he has just caused, leaving millions, among them some of his devoted followers, to suffer. Life follows art.
WE LOVE THE MEIDAS TOUCH.....OH YA
Trump is a little man living in a shadow of who he is.....
Even though the Local Television News may not be at Madison Wisconsins Capital, the Protesters will be there on April. 5th, 2025. 50-50-1 Protesters are Mighty and Loud.
If Trump has a lot in crypto and not a lot in the stock market, who’s to say he even cares about it. Is it a vendetta on big banks? (This was not my original thought, it was brought up to me elsewhere)
Thank you Professor Meiselas for your explanation of how the tariffs were calculated. They are not reciprocal. I read an article about it this morning and am so pleased with your factual reporting. Your message bears repeating a few times. Flood the truth zone.
The only one ripping anyone off is Dumptty. He's ripping everyone off including his own country. Send him to Sal Avador
All these things are important, but why aren’t more people discussing the likelihood that this was all part of the plan?
How many of the billionaires were informed ahead of time, sold their portfolios, and will buy back at low.? Why aren’t we talking about the huge stock short that may be happening?
Are the appropriate people tracking their portfolios so they can be charged later?
Meanwhile, crypto booming. How much crypto has he bought? Did he just pardon a crypto scammer? Call me suspicious but I reckon people around him are making fortunes on the crypto boom.
And it's all part of a plan. This is intentional. https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/why-musk-and-the-broligarchy-are?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=2686450&post_id=160597416&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_gif&r=nyeo&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Very funny!
Duped!
Orange man is worse than a malignant narcissist & that's a malig. narcissist of the dark triad. I would add sadist also. Perfect example below, a combination of all.
To be more specific about Dark Triad personality expression, one must distinguish its three separate types from each other. First, narcissists — in the popular sense — correspond exactly to what you’d expect: They’re vain, grandiose, entitled, and possess an unearned sense of superiority. By contrast, Machiavellians are predominantly manipulative and deceptive, and often seek self-gratification at the expense of others. Worst of all, psychopathic personality types — sometimes called sociopathic or antisocial — are characterized by callous, remorseless impulsivity and a near-total lack of empathy. All three of these personalities, according to Darlene Lancer on Psychology Today, tend to “act aggressively out of self-interest,” and will “violate social norms and moral values” by lying, cheating, stealing, and bullying their way to get what they want.
Well those penguins are big spenders!
Sideline
You were controlling the world!
You’re people, not a brand!
Your brand?
What!!!!!
Yes
You guys are so right.
Yes, that
Imagine a scenario where Russian assets propped-up by billions of untraceable dollars wanted to systematically dismantle a democracy (using the term loosely in the case of the US) and in the process destabilize all other democracies and free nations...no, wait!
Twenty-fifth Amendment. He's clearly unfit to perform his duties.