from WNYC Studios. I'm Brian Lerer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Thursday,

December 12. So we're doing some segments on Trump nominees who are not necessarily the top

names and the headlines, but who could have a

big impact on Americans' lives anyway. We talked about his pick for Agriculture Secretary last

week in the context of our climate story of the week. We have one coming up on his Labor Secretary,

a surprisingly pro-Labor member of Congress?

Will she really implement workers' rights versus employers' privilege policies, unlike most Republicans?

Or is that appointment just performative?

We'll have that conversation probably next week.

Today, Trump's two picks, actually three picks for monitoring antitrust and generally regulating

domestic trade.

And if that sounds dry and irrelevant to your life, here are two reasons why this area really

does hit home.

One, a court ruled this week.

Did you hear this against the merger of two giant supermarket chains,

Albertsons and Kroger's, technically an acquisition of Albertsons by Kroger's.

If the election turned to a big degree on the price of eggs, right, as many people say,

lack of competition at your local grocery store means they can charge

higher prices on your eggs, your fruit loops, your whatever. We'll talk about the supermarket

merger issue as part of this segment. And number two, here's a great clip from the outgoing

chair of the Federal Trade Commission. President Biden's FDC chair, Lena Kahn,

considered a hero to many in progressive economic circles.

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