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This week, Jeezy, Manny, and Chuck break down Trump's “biggest oil deal in world history” with Venezuela: 17 oil fields, 65 billion barrels of reserves, and a 25-year agreement that may not put a single extra drop at the pump anytime soon. Then the boys turn north as the U.S.-Canada trade relationship implodes: 50% tariffs, a rarely used 1930s tariff provision, threats to cut electricity to millions of American homes, and a Trump executive order trying to rename Lake Ontario. Plus: a rabies scare at a North Carolina petting zoo becomes this week's Pickle, and the guys close out with Spotlights on a controversial federal court ruling, the data center backlash spreading through statehouses, and a fight over early voting access at Greensboro's two largest campuses.

Topics covered:

• Trump's Venezuela oil deal: 17 fields, 65B barrels, a 25-year term, and what Americans actually get out of it
• U.S.–Canada tariff war: Section 338, the Gordie Howe Bridge, and the “Lake America” executive order
• Pickle of the Week: a rabies exposure at a mobile petting zoo touches Iredell, Davidson, and other NC counties
• Manny's Spotlight: a narrow federal appeals court ruling making national headlines
• Chuck's Spotlight: the data center backlash spreading through governors' offices, plus a Fayetteville Woodpeckers shoutout
• Jeezy's Spotlight: Guilford County pulls early voting sites from NC A&T and UNC Greensboro

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