Episode 702: A Roaring Start

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🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Today on The Editors, Rich, Charlie, Jim, and Michael discuss Trump’s first administration nominations, if Democrats will hold on to trans radicalism, and much more.

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0:00.0	Donald Trump makes his first moves and can Democrats give up trans radicalism?
0:21.6	We'll discuss all this more on this edition of the editors.
0:24.0	I'm Rich Lowry, and I'm joined, as always by the right, honorable.
0:26.5	Charles C.W. Cook, the sage of authenticity, Woods, Jim Garrity, and the notorious M.B.D.
0:33.0	Michael Brendan Doherty.
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1:29.3	wherever books are sold. So Jim Garrity, we got the initial appointments coming here,
1:36.5	fast and furious, obviously an intention to get a fast start out of the gate from the Trump
1:43.6	team and get a faster start
1:46.7	than they had last time around. We have Elise Stefonic, who's going to be the new UN ambassador.
1:53.1	We have Lee Zeldin. It's going to be ahead of EPA. Great guy. It doesn't really know a lot about
1:57.8	EPA, but it's going to be totally committed, obviously,
2:06.6	to the deregulatory agenda. Michael Waltz, the hawkish congressman will be the national security advisor. And according to all reports, I don't think this is totally locked down and confirmed yet.
2:12.4	Marco Rubio is Secretary of State. What do you make of it? Rich, I'm thrilled.
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