20250411Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show

Every Friday, I join with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net to recap much of what happened during the week. As has been the case every week since the inauguration, this week was a doozy. But as Marcy says, "gravity hit this week, in a big way."

Trump had his "liberation day" tariff announcement, causing the stock market to crash. Then he "paused" it (but not really), causing the market to spike before it crashed again. The DumpsterCoaster is one nauseating ride.

Things may be coming to a head in this administration's clash with the judiciary branch. The Supreme Court unanimously said yesterday that they must facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia who was deported illegally to El Salvadore. The DOJ missed the deadline for information they were supposed to submit this morning and apparently, in a hearing that was starting as we finished recording today's episode, they didn't comply with the orders for information then either.

What happens next? We don't know, but I'd suggest you make sure you're fastened in. This is going to be a tumultuous ride.