A Republic, If You Can Keep It
Sep 10, 2026 · 44 min · 15 segments
### On our radar this week… For the first time in our nearly six years and 295 episodes we’re on the road, delighted to be in Grand Haven with good people of Progressive Lakeshore, a nonpartisan…
Jeff TimmerHost
Mark BrewerHost
Unless Trump's hand-picked Supreme Court majority decides to ignore the U.S. Constitution again.
Just last weekend, Trump filed yet another appeal with the United States Supreme Court, commanding that the post office be able to decide who gets their absentee ballots counted.
As we record here today, there's been silence from the United States Supreme Court.
I'm sure everybody's all excited about this week's Trumpapalooza in Dallas, a two-day tribute to America's first and only criminally convicted president.
If he can stay awake, Trump will speak both nights of the gathering to an audience of probably fives, maybe tens of people.
who, one, had nothing better to do, and two, were willing to pay a minimum of $25,000 for the privilege of being in the presence of the nation's chief executive slash pants shitter.
One of the few Michigan Republicans who will be on hand will be Senate Republican candidate Mike Rogers, who will no doubt use the podium time to lob anti-Muslim insults at Abdul El-Sayed.
Also on the speaker list, another Republican congressional candidate from Michigan, 10th congressional district candidate Mike Bouchard Jr.,
A new study finds that Michigan households are paying $5,600, and that's more than anywhere else in the nation since the new tariffs began to take effect in January of 2025.
During that period, importers of goods bound for Michigan paid an estimated $23 billion in tariffs to the third largest of any state, behind only California and Texas.
A new analysis by the Conservative National Taxpayers Union Foundation has found that Michigan's auto industry is particularly vulnerable to these tariffs because of its reliance on imported steel, aluminum, and parts, all of which are subject to the tariffs.
About $10 billion of Michigan's tariff cost is on cars and trucks alone, with another $5 billion in tariffs on auto parts, according to the report.
Of course, top of the mind for everybody in Michigan and across the country these days are retail prices.
The price of diesel fuel, which impacts the price of everything that has to be delivered in this country, is averaging $5.75 a gallon, an all-time record high.
Unless Trump's hand-picked Supreme Court majority decides to ignore the U.S. Constitution again.
Just last weekend, Trump filed yet another appeal with the United States Supreme Court, commanding that the post office be able to decide who gets their absentee ballots counted.
As we record here today, there's been silence from the United States Supreme Court.
I'm sure everybody's all excited about this week's Trumpapalooza in Dallas, a two-day tribute to America's first and only criminally convicted president.
If he can stay awake, Trump will speak both nights of the gathering to an audience of probably fives, maybe tens of people.
who, one, had nothing better to do, and two, were willing to pay a minimum of $25,000 for the privilege of being in the presence of the nation's chief executive slash pants shitter.
One of the few Michigan Republicans who will be on hand will be Senate Republican candidate Mike Rogers, who will no doubt use the podium time to lob anti-Muslim insults at Abdul El-Sayed.
Also on the speaker list, another Republican congressional candidate from Michigan, 10th congressional district candidate Mike Bouchard Jr.,
A new study finds that Michigan households are paying $5,600, and that's more than anywhere else in the nation since the new tariffs began to take effect in January of 2025.
During that period, importers of goods bound for Michigan paid an estimated $23 billion in tariffs to the third largest of any state, behind only California and Texas.
A new analysis by the Conservative National Taxpayers Union Foundation has found that Michigan's auto industry is particularly vulnerable to these tariffs because of its reliance on imported steel, aluminum, and parts, all of which are subject to the tariffs.
About $10 billion of Michigan's tariff cost is on cars and trucks alone, with another $5 billion in tariffs on auto parts, according to the report.
Of course, top of the mind for everybody in Michigan and across the country these days are retail prices.
The price of diesel fuel, which impacts the price of everything that has to be delivered in this country, is averaging $5.75 a gallon, an all-time record high.
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.