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.

Episode Format:

1. Trump Nominates Pam Bondi for Attorney General. Here's What You to Know About Her Career (0:30)

2. Trump Nominates Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary. Here's What to Know About His Career, His Role, and His Views on Tariffs (3:24)

3. 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)

4. Trump's Cabinet Is Officially Full (Pending Confirmation). Here's Who He Chose (11:18)

5. 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)

6. Daily Critical Thinking Exercise (16:53)

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Trump Nominates Pam Bondi for Attorney General. Here's What You to Know About Her Career

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/23/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-justice-department/index.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/who-pam-bondi-trumps-new-pick-attorney-general

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pam-bondi-tapped-trump-ag-still-haunted-controversies-rcna181609

https://americafirstpolicy.com/team/pambondi

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/6-things-to-know-about-pam-bondi-trumps-new-pick-for-attorney-general

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/22/who-is-pam-bondi-trumps-new-nominee-for-us-attorney-general

https://www.instagram.com/pambondi/?hl=en

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/21/who-is-pam-bondi-trump-pick-attorney-general

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3238871/who-is-pam-bondi-trump-new-attorney-general-pick/

https://nypost.com/2024/11/22/us-news/who-is-pam-bondi-trumps-replacement-pick-for-ag/

Trump Nominates Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary. Here's What to Know About His Career, His Role, and His Views on Tariffs

https://home.treasury.gov/subfooter/faqs/duties-and-functions-faqs

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/25/scott-bessent-what-trumps-treasury-pick-could-mean-for-markets.html

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/business/ceos-react-bessent-trump-treasury-pick/index.html

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/scott-bessent-sees-a-coming-global-economic-reordering-he-wants-to-be-part-of-it-533d6e71

https://apnews.com/article/treasury-trump-biden-finance-elections-bessent-transition-8df8be88e4c83df4b9f3c4238966e79d

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/11/22/what-to-know-about-scott-bessent-trumps-pro-tariff-treasury-pick/

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/11/23/what-scott-bessents-appointment-means-for-the-trump-administration

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-is-scott-bessent-what-to-know-trump-treasury-secretary-pick/

https://nypost.com/2024/11/22/business/donald-trump-taps-scott-bessent-as-treasury-secretary/

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/22/trump-treasury-pick-scott-bessent

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324432004578304533122800390?mod=article_inline

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

https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office

https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/

https://www.usa.gov/agencies/office-of-management-and-budget

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-project-2025-russell-vought-office-management-budget-rcna181453

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-nominates-scott-bessent-as-treasury-secretary-picks-russ-vought-to-lead-budget-office

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/people/russell-vought/

https://www.newsweek.com/russ-vought-trump-cabinet-project-2025-1990588

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-russell-vought-project-2025-office-management-budget-rcna181469

https://apnews.com/article/trump-project-2025-administration-nominees-843f5ff20131ccba5f056e7ccc5baf23

https://www.project2025.org/playbook/

https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-02.pdf

Trump's Cabinet Is Officially Full (Pending Confirmation). Here's Who He Chose

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx24gze60yzo

Quick Hitters

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/bluesky-growing-fast-racing-hold-090501251.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALirS5p1nA7-b_kUBI7K4Z7fTac0aK1OJpaCuVdCCMBBF_Mp5eL1mQ1Iz5qns7COeQo97D-rfEpjHGphOuuyUK_gKOMgs-j329QuWTCFzbDjCVfWihorwzlpqWBG71uVjdaluQseCpjt87ZEq5ndA5BBDR91zifv6dDv1w9mdXI7

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/macys-employee-hid-154-million-expenses-delays-q3-116196184

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/22/trump-hush-money-sentencing-delayed-indefinitely.html

https://san.com/cc/texas-approves-bible-based-lessons-in-public-schools-set-to-begin-next-fall/

https://x.com/i/trending/1861040323327111238

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/politics/trump-special-counsel-jack-smith/index.html

Daily Critical Thinking Exercise

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/analysis/nursing-student-laken-riley-murder-guilty-jose-ibarra-rcna181256