It's Thursday, November 14th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is Water Day, the show where we're thinking of things more enjoyable than living through Trump's cabinet pick announcements.

Getting a colonoscopy. Having a UTI. Walking in on your parents having sex.

On today's show, Trump and Biden sit down for a cordial meeting.

And GOP senators have chosen their new leader.

Let's get into it.

The Trump cabinet pageant continues, and we're all about to find out which of the judges,

aka our elected U.S. senators, are willing to let President-elect Donald Trump run the show and crown the contestants he wants, even if they seem poised to faceplant on stage or during their Senate confirmation hearing.

This is a tortured metaphor, but we are a tortured people right now. Because on Wednesday, we got the nomination heard round the beltway and beyond.

Trump announced on Truth social that he's

nominating Florida representative and contender for most hated member of Congress, Matt Gates,

for the role of Attorney General of the United States. Gates has served four terms in the

House. Prior to that, he spent a few years in the Florida State House. He did practice law

briefly before entering politics.

Though ideally, you would hope that the top lawyer at what's essentially the world's largest law

firm overseeing more than 10,000 attorneys would have a few more legal bona fides.

But in the world of MAGA, Gates trades in the highest currency of them all, unending, excessively

vocal and shameless loyalty to Donald Trump.

And he would absolutely help Trump make good on his campaign promises of using the Justice

Department to go after his personal enemies. For his part, Gates seems super confident that he's

headed for a promotion to Trump's cabinet because on Wednesday he resigned from his house seat.

And maybe he should be confident. Despite his

obvious lack of qualifications and the fact that everyone hates him, it's an open question

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