Welcome to The Burning Truth with Casey Hendrickson, where facts meet fire. In today’s show, we break down President Trump’s bold new tariff strategy and why the media keeps getting it wrong. We also dive into the chilling normalization of assassination rhetoric from the left and uncover how the Biden administration quietly buried crucial information on early COVID cases. And for Hoosiers—Indiana’s SB1 might just be a cleverly disguised tax hike. Buckle up, because we’ve got receipts.
Hour 1: Trump’s Trade War Strategy and Media Meltdowns
President Trump isn’t backing down, launching a 125% tariff on China and pausing others for 90 days. Kevin O’Leary explains why this is a strategic move, while the media flounders to understand it. MSNBC stumbles through good news as markets rebound, and Trump’s Press Secretary calls out the media’s ignorance of “The Art of the Deal.”
Y’all need to listen to Kevin O’Leary explain Trump’s 104% tariff on China, like, right now
Watch MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Choke As He Reports on Market Rebound
TRUMP PAUSES ALL TARIFFS FOR 90 DAYS, EXCEPT ON CHINA.
China raises tariff on U.S. to 84 percent overnight — Battle is on Xi, you will lose.
Trump raises tariff on China to 125 percent, immediately.
“WE ARE GOING DOWN TO A 10% BASELINE TARRIF, AND CHINA WILL BE RAISED 125% DUE TO THEIR INSISTENCE ON ESCALATION”
@SecScottBessent
“MANY OF YOU IN THE MEDIA CLEARLY MISSED THE ART OF THE DEAL”
@PressSec @karolineleavitt schooling the media’s failure in understanding President @realDonaldTrump.
Why US Has Upper Hand Over Beijing in Tariff Standoff
Hour 2: DOJ Bombshells and Government Secrecy Exposed
The DOJ releases stunning details about Trump’s would-be assassin, while a shocking 55% of self-identified leftists say killing Trump is justifiable. Meanwhile, Senator Schumer refuses to denounce attacks on Tesla customers. The Biden administration quietly hides a report on early COVID cases. James O’Keefe finally gets his iPhones back after years—and a lawsuit looms.
DOJ Reveals Stunning New Details on Trump’s Would-Be-Killer Ryan Wesley Routh
SURVEY: 55% Of Self-Identified Leftists Say Killing Trump Is Justifiable
Senator Schumer refused to criticize attacks on Tesla stores, employees, and customers; but willingly criticized Musk for cutting waste, fraud, and abuse from government.
The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act required the Biden administration to make its report on the 2019 Wuhan World Military Games “publicly available on an internet website in a searchable format” by the summer of 2022. Though the Biden administration transmitted copies of the two-page report to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees in December 2022, it didn’t see the light of day until sometime in late March when the Trump administration quietly uploaded it to a Defense Department website.
FBI finally returns iPhones to James O’Keefe after three years — Massive lawsuit coming.
Hour 3: Indiana’s Hidden Tax Hike and Federal Overreach
SB1 in Indiana is revealed as a bait-and-switch income tax hike set to begin in 2028. We break down the new structure and what it means for Hoosiers. Also, KFC launches bizarre toothpaste, a federal judge shuts down Arkansas’ Digital ID law, and Trump plans a patriotic parade that media tries to spin into outrage.
Indiana’s SB1 is actually a bait and switch tax hike
New LIT Structure: This bill increases, beginning in 2028, the maximum local income tax (LIT) expenditure
rate for all counties to 2.9%. It authorizes a city or town to impose a municipal LIT rate beginning in 2028
not to exceed 1.2%. It provides that within a county’s total expenditure rate, the county may adopt:
(1) up to a 1.2% rate for county general purpose revenue;
(2) up to a 0.4% rate for fire protection and emergency medical services;
(3) up to a 0.2% rate for nonmunicipal civil taxing unit general purpose revenue; and
(4) up to 1.2% for certain cities and towns that are not eligible to adopt a municipal LIT rate.(Revised) New LIT Structure: Effective CY 2028, the bill establishes a new rate structure and distribution
formula for LIT expenditure rate revenue for civil taxing units that is based on the following:
(1) up to a 1.2% rate for county general purpose revenue;
(2) up to a 0.4% rate for fire protection and emergency medical services;
(3) up to a 0.2% rate for nonmunicipal civil taxing unit general purpose revenue; and
(4) up to a 1.2% rate for certain cities and towns that are not eligible to adopt a municipal LIT rate.
Overall, the maximum LIT expenditure rate for all counties is increased to 2.9%. It also authorizes a city or
town with a population of 3,500 or more to impose a municipal LIT rate beginning in 2028 not to exceed
1.2%. The municipal LIT rate forthese eligible municipalities would only be imposed on income earners who
live in the particular municipality that is imposing the rate.
KFC Introduces New Fried Chicken-Flavored Toothpaste
