Brexit ... but make it American

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Nearly a decade after Brexit, the British economy is still feeling the fallout. Now, President Donald Trump seems to be pulling from a similar playbook — with tariffs that could reshape the U.S. economy in eerily familiar ways. (Shocker, we know!) But first: Trump threatens to send Americans to prisons in El Salvador. The constitutional crisis alarm bells are ringing. Plus, poop in space is a bigger problem than you might think.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• "Trump again threatens to send Americans to prisons in El Salvador" from Axios




• "Fox Nation Plans Game Show About Isolated People Guessing What Trump Did In His First 90 Days" from The Hollywood Reporter




• "Trump admin shrinks federal Medicaid funding available to states" from Axios




• "HHS Lays Off All Full-Time Cruise Ship Health Inspectors Amid Illness Outbreaks: Report" from The Huffington Post




• "NASA offers $3M in competition to recycle human poop in space" from UPI




• "How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed Trump’s Tariffs" from The New York Times




• "Meet the Comedian Putting Trump Voter Regret to Music" from Rolling Stone

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