Trump Slaps 104% Tariff on China, SCOTUS Weighs In On Deportations, and Dire Wolves “Unextinct?”

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April 09, 2025

Trump Slaps 104% Tariff on China, SCOTUS Weighs In On Deportations, and Dire Wolves “Unextinct?”

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China refuses to comply with the US tariffs, and Trump claps back HARD. SCOTUS releases some important decisions and we bring some good news to the podcast! Massive wolves 10,000 years extinct are… unextinct? Mississippi kids can read and Sean Duffy wants to bring Jesus out of the basement. All this and more on the LOOPcast!

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 – Welcome back to the LOOPcast!
1:10 – Charity Mobile
2:12 – University of Dallas
4:36 – Chinese Tariffs
21:26 – SCOTUS decisions
31:25 – Good News!
38:53 – Dire Wolves
46:22 – Refine! Literacy Rates
55:16 – Twilight Zone

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