November 13, 2024: Trump Taps Musk, Ramaswamy, Hegseth, and Others. Plus Your Questions About the Future of LGBTQ Rights Under Trump's Administration Answered, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Trump Selects More People for Executive Office and Cabinet (0:26): Elon Musk/Vivek Ramaswamy (0:55); John Ratcliffe (4:05); Pete Hegseth (4:45)

2. Answering Your Questions About the Future of LGBTQ Rights Under Trump's Next Administration (7:15)

3. Quick Hitters: Sen. John Thune Elected as Senate Majority Leader, Jack Teixeira Sentenced, Biden and Trump Meet in Oval Office, Consumer Price Index Shows Increase, Jack Smith to Step Down from Position (22:23)

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Trump Selects More People for Executive Office and Cabinet

Elon Musk/Vivek Ramaswamy

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6364623111112

https://nytimes.com/2024/11/12/us/politics/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-trump.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-lead-trumps-department-government-efficiency

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/politics/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-department-of-government-efficiency-trump/index.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-will-lead-department-government-efficiency-2024-11-13/

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1856658569124262092/photo/1

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/11/12/trump-says-elon-musk-will-head-new-department-of-government-efficiency-alongside-vivek-ramaswamy/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/politics/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-department-of-government-efficiency-trump/index.html

John Ratcliffe

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/12/john-ratcliffe-cia-trump-00189143

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/11/12/trumps-cabinet-here-are-his-picks-for-key-roles-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-pete-hegseth-and-more/

https://www.cia.gov/about/director-of-cia/#:~:text=The%20role%20of%20the%20Director,sources%2C%20what%20we%20call%20HUMINT.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-picks-john-ratcliffe-for-cia-director-heres-what-to-know

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-picks-former-intel-director-john-ratcliffe-head-cia

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pete-hegseth-john-ratcliffe-trump-cabinet-f5711d3e

Pete Hegseth

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pete-hegseth-john-ratcliffe-trump-cabinet-f5711d3e?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/13/trump-pete-hegseth-secretary-of-defense

https://defense.gov/About/office-of-the-secretary-of-defense/

https://apnews.com/article/trump-hegseth-defense-secretary-pentagon-2d8030921ecef933778cf92afd40ec72

https://apnews.com/article/who-is-pete-hegseth-trump-defense-secretary-2e2bdd16c8e90f5d037f763cfadbde94

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoN5ovwB8s4

Answering Your Questions About the Future of LGBTQ Rights Under Trump's Next Administration

https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ228/PLAW-117publ228.pdf

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/11/09/transgender-rights-trump-election-prompts-fears/76099249007/

https://www.aclualabama.org/en/legislation/sb129-anti-dei

https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/issue-brief/the-trump-administrations-final-rule-on-section-1557-non-discrimination-regulations-under-the-aca-and-current-status/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-and-vance-make-anti-transgender-attacks-central-to-their-closing-argument-before-election-day

https://www.fastcompany.com/91113957/4-common-arguments-against-dei-and-how-to-dismantle-each-one

Quick Hitters

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pentagon-leaker-jack-teixeira-sentenced-15-years-prison-sharing-milita-rcna179792

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-trump-white-house-meeting-revives-presidential-tradition-skipped-four-years-ago 

https://apnews.com/article/climate-cop29-opening-da9c05754b766dc868d09cd7116826ba

https://www.bls.gov/cpi/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/special-counsel-jack-smith-team-resign-trump-takes-office-rcna179928

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/13/senate-majority-leader-vote-trump-election.html