Todd Blanche gets the gig, oil shocks, and Trump vs. Congress
The Playbook Podcast
POLITICO
3.9 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The science is clear. Vaping saves lives and youth vaping is at historic lows. |
| 0:06.0 | Now, acting FDA Commissioner Diamantis must fix the broken system. |
| 0:11.0 | Establish predictable scientific guidelines for PMTA review, enforce against illicit products that fail those standards, |
| 0:18.0 | and protect adult Americans relying on flavored vapes to quit smoking. |
| 0:22.8 | FDA policy must change to catch up to its own data. |
| 0:26.3 | Learn more at vaportechology.org. |
| 0:34.6 | Today on the Playbook podcast, Todd Blanche gets the gig. |
| 0:38.6 | Trump nominates his acting attorney general for the full-time job. |
| 0:42.3 | But watch out White House is another big oil shot coming. |
| 0:45.2 | We've got the scoop on that. |
| 0:46.7 | And what a mess in Congress. |
| 0:48.3 | Voterorama starts today. |
| 0:49.7 | But every time they cut a deal, Donald Trump just blows it up. |
| 0:53.3 | Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard. |
| 0:54.8 | And I'm Dasha Burns. It is Thursday, June 4th. |
| 0:59.6 | They are still counting votes in California, because of course they are, because that's how it works in California. |
| 1:05.0 | So we're going to park that story for another morning and talk to you about a ton of other stuff that's happening. |
| 1:10.3 | Pretty exciting news out of the DOJ, I guess not completely unexpected, but still a big deal, |
| 1:14.7 | Dash. |
| 1:14.9 | So Blanche has been doing a sort of two-month audition for Pam Bondi's old job as Attorney General, |
| 1:20.4 | and Donald Trump has now decided to give him the gig full-time. |
| 1:23.6 | Yeah, that's right. |
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