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That's correct. This is our final episode. We discuss some of our biggest takeaways from the five years we've been hosting this podcast and recap some of our favorite episodes. Thank you all so much for supporting us and this show for the last five years. And remember... think progressively.

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This episode we examine all the ways the second Trump administration is looking to kill the most vulnerable and in need among us with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. We also talk about the robot that assassinated Padme Amidala in Star Wars Episode Three. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review! Useful links from the episode:

• The One, Big, Beautiful, Bill Act
• Congressional Budget Office Analysis
• House Reconciliation Bill: Budget, Economic, and Distributional Effects (May 19, 2025)
• Illustrative Distributional Effects of Policies Consistent with the House Concurrent Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2025
• U.S. Census 2023 Income Data
• State of U.S. Tariffs: May 12, 2025
• Trump will get ‘punched in the face’ by markets if his spending bill passes without a plan for national debt and tariffs, says Wharton professor
• Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is going to be a big ugly problem for small business
• Trump's budget would make it harder for US courts to enforce contempt charges against government
• A More Generous SALT Deduction Cap in the Big, Beautiful Bill Would Cost Revenue and Primarily Benefit High Earners
• Solar stocks plunge as Republican tax bill worse than feared for clean energy
• For-profit immigration detention expands as Trump accelerates his deportation plans
• Republicans plan to overhaul the federal student loan system. Here's what to know
• Wisconsin would lose $314M in federal food assistance under ‘big, beautiful bill’

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This week, we go through waves of depression as we talk about whether the internet is a net positive or net negative. See what I did there? If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review! Useful links from the episode:

• MC Frontalot’s website
• USC study reveals the key reason why fake news spreads on social media
• Beware the ‘New Google:’ TikTok’s Search Engine Pumps Toxic Misinformation To Its Young Users
• TikTok hosts the latest dance moves and bad information on liver disease
• Fake news spreads faster than true news on Twitter—thanks to people, not bots
• The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
• More than eight-in-ten Americans get news from digital devices
• Podcasts as a Source of News and Information
• The Youth Vote in 2024