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Catching up with a fired federal worker, a shrimper and a fraudster

Catching up with a fired federal worker, a shrimper and a fraudster

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After a firehose of economic news in 2025, we wanted to check back on some of the people we’ve heard from on our show. Today, we check in with a former federal employee caught in the Trump administration's wood chipper, a Louisiana shrimper on Trump’s tariffs and an update on a financial aid scam.

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