November 25, 2024: Trump Nominates Pam Bondi for AG, Scott Bessent for Treasury, and Russell Vought. Here's What to Know About Them. PLUS Trump's Election Interference Case To Be Dropped, and More.

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🗓️ 25 November 2024

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Welcome back to UNBIASED. In today's episode: Trump Nominates Pam Bondi for Attorney General. Here's What You to Know About Her Career (0:30) Trump Nominates Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary. Here's What to Know About His Career, His Role, and His Views on Tariffs (3:24) Trump Nominates Russell Vought for Director of Office of Management and Budget. Here's What to Know About His Career, His Role, and His Ties to Project 2025 (7:13) Trump's Cabinet Is Officially Full (Pending Confirmation). Here's Who He Chose (11:18) Quick Hitters: Jack Smith Files Motion to Dismiss Federal Election Interference Case, Bluesky Sees Huge Increase in User Numbers, Macy's Delays Earnings Report After $154M Error, Judge Merchan Indefinitely Delays Trump's Sentencing, TX Education Board Allows Bible-Based Lessons in Classroom, Caitlyn Jenner Announces Run for CA Governor (12:41) Daily Critical Thinking Exercise (16:53) Listen/Watch this episode AD-FREE on Patreon. Watch this episode on YouTube. Follow Jordan on Instagram and TikTok. All sources for this episode can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Unbiased, your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis.
0:06.9	Welcome back to Unbiased. Today is Monday, November 25th. It is a short week, and this is your daily
0:12.4	news rundown. As always, if you love the unbiased approach that this episode provides,
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0:30.6	Since Friday, Donald Trump has nominated and selected many individuals to fill both his cabinet and his executive office,
0:39.5	and his cabinet is officially full. Now, we won't be able to cover all of the recent picks,
0:45.0	but let's go over a few of them, and then at the end, we'll do a quick recap of everyone
0:50.7	that he has nominated for his cabinet specifically and their positions.
0:55.9	On Friday, just one day after Gates withdrew from the Attorney General nomination,
1:00.6	Trump nominated Pam Bondi for the position.
1:04.1	As with any cabinet position, this is a position that requires Senate confirmation.
1:07.8	It's ultimately the reason that Gates withdrew.
1:09.5	He didn't have enough support in the Senate. And if confirmed, Bondi will head the DOJ. A little bit about Bondi, she started her
1:18.2	work as a prosecutor in Florida. She worked as a prosecutor for 18 years before becoming
1:23.5	Florida's first female attorney general in 2010. She is known for leading famous cases out
1:29.5	of Florida, like the case challenging Obama's Affordable Care Act, and a Florida case where she
1:34.6	fought to protect the state's ban on same-sex marriages. That was pre-Obert 12, which of course is the
1:41.0	case that legalized the right to same-sex marriage.
1:45.0	She also strongly fought to combat pill mills,
1:48.6	which are facilities that prescribe pain medication without an actual diagnosis or proper documentation.
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