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Civics 101

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Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The White House counsel, the Department of Justice, and the unprecedented appointments and moves being made by the Trump administration

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. We are in a new administration, which means we at Civics 101 are not getting a whole heck of a lot of sleep.
0:07.1	So I'll make this quick. It is our winter fundraiser. We have one item on offer this year. And it's my favorite so far.
0:14.7	It is a large, robust, beautiful black Civics 101 coffee mug that says,
0:22.2	Democracy is my cup of tea.
0:24.8	Because it sure is mine, even if this cup will probably only hold coffee.
0:29.4	The mug will be yours for a one-time $60 gift or $5 a month.
0:35.0	Click the link in the show notes to check it out.
0:37.1	We are so grateful for your support.
0:40.1	Like, really, really.
0:43.3	I'm just going to go ahead and get started.
0:45.0	Sounds great, Christina.
0:50.3	Hi, hello.
0:52.2	Are you ready to do this?
0:53.5	I'm ready.
0:55.4	Born ready, Phillips. All right. Are you ready to do this? I'm ready. Born ready, Phillips.
1:01.2	All right. You are listening to Civics 101. I'm Christina Phillips. And today I have dragged you,
1:06.8	our host, Hannah McCarthy and Nick Cabelleeche, into the studio to talk about the most powerful lawyers.
1:12.8	We're going to start by talking about the White House Council, also known as the president's in-house go-to advisor for, can I do this, should I do this, and how can I do this?
1:19.9	All right.
1:20.4	Sounds good.
1:21.0	Yep.
1:21.6	And later, we're going to talk about the Justice Department and the relationship between
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