Scott Pruitt did 'the swampiest thing imaginable'

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🗓️ 6 April 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Scott Bland is back! This week, our host has returned, and somehow, no one left the White House. We're talking about the controversies surrounding EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, then shifting gears to take on the big economic stories from this week: Tariffs from China and why President Trump really doesn't like Amazon. Plus, in a tale of three Scotts, a Nerdcast mega-fan lends a hand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello listeners this is political's nerdcast I'm Scott Bland and I am Charlie Matessian no longer sitting in for Scott Bland
0:14.7	Scott. Scott welcome back. Thanks Charlie, it's great to be back. So what I miss?
0:18.0	Yeah, not much really.
0:20.0	Breaking news, HR McMaster is out.
0:22.1	Ambassador John Bolton is in.
0:24.0	President Trump is losing one of his closest White House advisors.
0:27.3	That's Communications Director Hope Hicks.
0:29.2	Meanwhile, the White House is struggling with the fallout from the resignation of White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter.
0:35.7	Earlier this evening, New York Times is first to report that the number three official
0:38.9	the Justice Department is stepping down.
0:40.9	The name is Rachel Brant.
0:42.1	Well, if you're just joining us, President Trump's top economic advisor, Gary Cohn,
0:46.6	announcing he is resigning in the coming weeks.
0:49.2	President Trump has fired his Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Schulkin.
0:53.2	We are back with the Fox News alert.
0:55.5	Rex Tillerson out as Secretary of State.
0:58.0	President Trump tweeting moments ago.
1:00.2	Oh, okay.
1:02.4	So you guys kept busy is what I'm, is what I think I'm here in here.
1:05.6	Yeah, and Nancy was amazing as always. Thank you guys both so much for, for sitting in and help them while I was gone.
1:14.1	And Charlie, thank you for hosting while I was out.
1:16.5	And you're sticking around for today's show, correct?
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