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In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman discuss Donald Trump’s horrible tariff proposal, reactions to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, and the late Joe Lieberman.

02:05Trump vs. Biden on trade

19:39Reactions to the Baltimore bridge collapse

31:17Weekly Listener Question

39:22R.I.P. Joe Lieberman

Send your questions toroundtable@reason.com. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.

Mentioned in this podcast:

“Trump’s Tariff Would Cost the Typical American Household Roughly $1,500 Each Year,” by the Center for American Progress Action Fund

“The Post-Neoliberalism Moment,” by Daniel W. Drezner

“The Obscure Protectionist Law That Will Slow Clean-Up of the Baltimore Bridge Disaster,” by Eric Boehm

“The Immigrant Workers Who Died on the Baltimore Bridge Were Hardworking Heroes,” by Fiona Hartigan

“No Labels, With No Candidate, Says Yes to a 2024 Presidential Campaign,” by Matt Welch

“In Search of Joe Lieberman’s Conscience,” by Jacob Sullum

“Biden and Trump Try To Wish Away the Looming Entitlement Crisis,” by Jacob Sullum

“Friday A/V Club: Joe Lieberman Battles Digital Demons,”by Jesse Walker

“Goodbye, Globalization?” by Daniel W. Drezner

“Johan Norberg: Why We Need a Capitalist Manifesto,”by Nick Gillespie

“Sharply Fewer in U.S. View Foreign Trade as Opportunity,”by Mohamed Younis

“3 Things To Know About the ‘New NAFTA’ That Begins Today,” by Eric Boehm

“Free Trade Would Boost the Economy, But It’s Not on the Ballot,”by J.D. Tuccille

“Biden and Europe remove Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, but it’s not free trade,”byChad P. BownandKatheryn (Kadee) Russ

“Managing Trade’s History,”by John V.C. Nye

“Trump, Reagan, and Why Republicans Flip-Flopped on Free Trade,”by Todd Krainin

“The Obscure Protectionist Law That Will Slow Clean-up of the Baltimore Bridge Disaster,”by Eric Boehm

“The Immigrant Workers Who Died on the Baltimore Bridge Were Hardworking Heroes,”by Fiona Harrigan

“Fox News host slammed for linking Baltimore Key bridge disaster to immigration: ‘Reprehensible stupidity,'”by Martha McHardy

“Maria Bartiromo: Money honey who stirred Ramone’s hormones,” by David Teather

“Rick Scott’s Thirst for Urine Will Remain Unslaked,” by Jacob Sullum

David Simon on Francis Scott Key bridge collapse

“Reaping the Whirlwind,”by Glenn Garvin

“The Problem with Hurricane Sandy Relief,” by Joshua Swain, Jim Epstein, and Nick Gillespie

“Adios, Vinegar Joe,” by Tim Cavanaugh

“Are You an “Electronic Child Molester?”by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie

“Get Yer Ya-Yas Out,” by Nick GillespieListener Question:

“The Movie ‘Miss Virginia’ Powerfully Dramatizes the Urgent Need for School Choice,” by Nick Gillespie

“Donald Trump Supports School Choice. Here’s Why You Should Too.” by Nick Gillespie

“Biden Expands Pardons for Low-Level Federal Marijuana Offenders,”by C.J. Ciaramella

“Biden Administration Endorses Legislation to End Crack Cocaine Sentencing Disparity,”by C.J. Ciaramella

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Music: “Angeline,” by The Brothers Steve Audio Production: Ian KeyserProducer: Hunt Beaty What are we consuming this week?

Matt Welch Kings County Distillery

Katherine Mangu-Ward Wavelength: The Party Game Show in a Box

Nick Gillespie “Housewife: Why Women Still Do It All and What To Do Instead,” by Lisa Selin Davis

Peter Suderman “The Hunter,” by Tana French

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COVID-19 fraud and error cost the taxpayer nearly £11bn, a government watchdog has found.

Pandemic support programmes such as furlough, bounce-back loans, support grants and Eat Out to Help Out led to £10.9bn in fraud and error, COVID Counter-Fraud Commissioner Tom Hayhoe’s final report has concluded.

Lack of government data to target economic support made it “easy” for fraudsters to claim under more than one scheme and secure dual funding, the report said.

Weak accountability, bad quality data and poor contracting were identified as the primary causes of the loss.

The government has said the sum is enough to fund daily free school meals for the UK’s 2.7 million eligible children for eight years.

An earlier report from Mr Hayhoe for the Treasury in June found that failed personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts during the pandemic cost the British taxpayer £1.4 billion, with £762 million spent on unused protective equipment unlikely ever to be recovered.

Factors behind the lost money had included government over-ordering of PPE, and delays in checking it.

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COVID schemes' fraud and error cost taxpayers £11bn

COVID-19 fraud and error cost the taxpayer nearly £11bn, a government watchdog has found.

Pandemic support programmes such as furlough, bounce-back loans, support grants and Eat Out to Help Out led to £10.9bn in fraud and error, COVID Counter-Fraud Commissioner Tom Hayhoe’s final report has concluded.

Lack of government data to target economic support made it “easy” for fraudsters to claim under more than one scheme and secure dual funding, the report said.

Weak accountability, bad quality data and poor contracting were identified as the primary causes of the loss.

The government has said the sum is enough to fund daily free school meals for the UK’s 2.7 million eligible children for eight years.

An earlier report from Mr Hayhoe for the Treasury in June found that failed personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts during the pandemic cost the British taxpayer £1.4 billion, with £762 million spent on unused protective equipment unlikely ever to be recovered.

Factors behind the lost money had included government over-ordering of PPE, and delays in checking it.

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Luigi Mangione had handgun, silencer and 'manifesto' in backpack during arrest, police say

Police officers found a handgun, a silencer and a red notebook described as a “manifesto” when they arrested Luigi Mangione.

The 27-year-old was arrested in December 2024 and charged with killing UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson in New York City.

Mangione‘s lawyers want to block prosecutors from showing or telling jurors at his eventual trial in Manhattan about statements he allegedly made and items they said police seized from his backpack during his arrest at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania.

The objects include a 9mm handgun prosecutors say matches the one used in the killing, a silencer, a magazine with bullets wrapped in underwear and a notebook in which they say Mangione described his intent to “wack” a healthcare executive.

Mangione with his attorney. Pic: Reuters
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Mangione with his attorney. Pic: Reuters

The defence contends the items should be excluded because police did not get a warrant before searching Mangione’s backpack.

Prosecutors deny claims Mangione was illegally searched and questioned.

They also want to suppress some statements he made to police, such as allegedly giving a false name, because officers asked him questions before telling him he had a right to remain silent.

Last week, Mangione watched surveillance videos of the killing of Mr Thompson, 50, as he walked to a New York City hotel for his company’s annual investor conference.

Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges.

The state charges carry the possibility of life in prison, while federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

This week’s hearing concerns only the state case, but Mangione’s lawyers want to bar evidence from both cases.

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In September, a judge dismissed two terrorism counts against Mangione, finding prosecutors had not presented enough evidence Mangione intended to intimidate health insurance workers or influence government policy.

Trial dates are yet to be set in either the state or federal cases.

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