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Hey y'all, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. We are here with our weekly round-up of political news.

We're going to talk about Donald Trump's latest appointees, including Steve Bannon.

I'm also going to discuss the ongoing debate over normalizing Donald Trump.

Plus, we're not going to talk politics and can't let it go this week. That is our weekly segment

when we all share something we cannot stop thinking about. I'm Sam Sanders, campaign reporter.

I'm Sarah McCammon. I covered the Trump campaign. I'm Scott Horsley, White House reporter.

And I'm Dominican Mutton, our political editor. So we're a bit split up today.

Scott, Dominican, and I are all in a booth at NPR headquarters in DC. But Sarah is working from home

in Virginia. How's it going? I hope you're like on a couch reclined at the moment.

Truth be told, truth be told, I am I'm spread out on my nine-year-olds twin bed.

I'm looking at some sheets that have football helmets and baseballs on them.

Wow. I sound like a luxurious studio.

Yeah. It's very luxurious, but it works.

So to caveat with these round-up episodes, we'll never have time to cover everything going on

in the week. So be sure to keep up with more of our stories and our coverage at NPRPolitics.org.

Also some housekeeping before we start. One, we're going to talk about how the media

covers Trump today. That'll be in the second segment of the show. And we'll hear from a special

guest. My friend, NPR's media correspondent David Fokenthalik, stick around for that. He's got

some really great insight to share. Two, gotta say thank you all for your patience as we pull

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