November 14, 2024: Trump Nominates Rep. Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard, Here’s What You Should Know. PLUS: Can Trump Bypass Senate Confirmation? Is Harris’ Campaign in Debt? And More.

Episode Format:

  1. Trump Nominates Rep. Matt Gaetz for US Attorney General and Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence. Here's What You Should Know (1:15)

  2. Can Trump Bypass the Senate Confirmation Process Using the Presidential Recess Appointment Power? (8:52)

  3. Quick Hitters: DOJ Releases Fulton County Jail Investigation Findings, Polymarket CEO Has Apartment Raided Post-Election, The Onion Buys InfoWars at Auction, Spirit Airlines to File for Bankruptcy, Former Military and Government Officials Testify at Most Recent UFO Congressional Hearing (12:53)

  4. Rumor Has It: Did FEMA Employee Tell FEMA Workers to Skip Houses With Trump Signs During Disaster Relief Efforts? Is Harris' Campaign in Debt? Did Harris Win All the States With NO Voter ID Laws? Did Black Men, Women, and Students Receive Racist Texts About Picking Cotton Post-Election? (16:48)

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Trump Nominates Rep. Matt Gaetz for US Attorney General and Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence

https://www.justice.gov/ag

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_Kevin_McCarthy_as_Speaker_of_the_House#:~:text=On%20October%203%2C%202023%2C%20the,member%20of%20the%20Republican%20Party.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2k0472q8v0o

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/matt-gaetz-resigns-from-congress-over-trump-nod-attorney-general-johnson-says

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/14/who-is-matt-gaetz-trumps-pick-for-us-attorney-general

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/18/politics/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-committee/index.html

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/13/matt-gaetz-republicans-trump-attorney-general

https://apnews.com/article/who-is-matt-gaetz-trump-attorney-general-21a399a8563ce80ec682505a1f5b9ca2

https://www.intelligencecareers.gov/odni/about-odni#:~:text=The%20Office%20of%20the%20Director%20of%20National%20Intelligence%20serves%20as,and%20the%20Homeland%20Security%20Council.

https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are

https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-tsa-terrorist-watchlist-1985527

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/former-democratic-rep-tulsi-gabbard-trumps-pick-director/story?id=115772928

Can Trump Bypass the Senate Confirmation Process Using the Presidential Recess Appointment Power?

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1855692242981155259

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-recess-appointments-senate-179a16f7

https://www.vox.com/politics/384356/trump-recess-appointments-explained-senate-confirmation-thune-scott-cornyn-cabinet

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/recess-appointments-short-circuit-senate-opposition-trump-nominees/story?id=115741507

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C3-1/ALDE_00001144/#:~:text=Article%20II%2C%20Section%202%2C%20Clause,End%20of%20their%20next%20Session.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/is-a-recess-appointment-to-the-court-an-option/

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2013/12-1281#:~:text=The%20Union%20filed%20a%20complaint,the%20ruling%20against%20Noel%20Canning.

Quick Hitters

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/united-states-attorneys-office-finds-conditions-fulton-county-jail-georgia-violate

https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/business/fbi-seizes-polymarket-ceos-phone-electronics-after-betting-platform-predicts-trump-win-source/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/onion-buys-infowars-bankruptcy-auction/story?id=115858794

https://san.com/cc/spirit-airlines-preparing-to-file-for-bankruptcy-report/

https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/spirit-airlines-moves-toward-bankruptcy-filing-after-frontier-drops-merger-bid-5d492e80

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/house-ufo-hearing-pentagon-b3631f71?mod=hp_trendingnow_article_pos2

Rumor Has It

https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20241109/statement-fema-administrator-deanne-criswell-employee-misconduct

https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/government-verify/fema-trump-sign-discrimination-employee-fact-check/536-93bea1f8-9c98-400e-a4a5-2ff6cd639412

https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/elections-verify/harris-did-not-win-all-states-with-no-voter-id-laws-fact-check/536-f3fb6225-b35a-41ab-911d-e2a977e222e0

https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/national-verify/racist-text-messages-telling-people-report-plantations-pick-cotton-are-real/536-bfb1c716-799a-4075-8e77-cfeff764beda

https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/dnc-democrat-debt-harris/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/14/how-did-kamala-harriss-campaign-rack-up-a-debt-after-record-fundraising

https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?data_type=processed&committee_id=C00703975&two_year_transaction_period=2024

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/1-billion-disaster-heres-what-fec-filings-show-about-harris-campaigns-3-month-spending-spree

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/kamala-harris/clashes-confusion-secrecy-consume-harris-campaign-finances-rcna179654

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